I was not much of a religious person before this happened. I had a basic belief in God but, was not active in my belief. I rarely ever prayed. I was not raised in the church and had rarely ever attended church in all of my 36 years of life.
When I found out in April of 2001 that my children had been molested. I realized that I did need the help of God so, I put my children and myself into church and we have attended church almost every Sunday since the news of their molestation by their father. I asked for Jesus to come into my life. I Asked for the salvation of Jesus. I didn't feel any different after doing that. Let me say that I am no saint and did not feel worthy to have any of my prayers answered. I asked a few church members to pray for our circumstances. I myself was not praying at that time. I did not actually pray for many months. I believed that the prayers of the others were enough and that they were better christians to have the prayers answered. That was foolish thinking. I did not actually start praying for protection until January 2002.
The reason I started praying is because, I had a dream that I believe was of divine intervention in my life. I rarely dream and if I do, it's not very detailed. This dream I had was so real and so emotional. I was crying and praying in the name of Christ as I was waking from the dream. I immediately wrote the dream down on paper. I have been praying once a day for the protection of my children. My prayer is simply this; "I ask for the protection of my children, in the name of Jesus and of the holy spirit amen. The meaning of the dream that I had is simply this; it's not enough that others are praying about this. I had to actively participate and pray myself. I know the dream was from God because, as I was waking from this dream, I was reapeatedly praying with tears rolling down my face, this prayer: " I pray for the protection of my children from their father, in the name of Christ and of the holy spirit." From that moment on, I prayed this prayer daily for the next six months. I still pray this prayer at least once a week and thank God for the protection he has given us.
A month after I first started praying, I started seeing great results and the power of God. I have started my children praying for their own protection too. I am seeing incredible changes and more confidence and peace in them. I have increased our prayer time to twice a day. Shortly after my children started praying, my son revealed to his counselor's the things his dad has done. He was very detailed this time. I believe this is all because of prayer. Two weeks after I and my children started praying for protection, their father voluntarilly decided not to make any more contact with the children. We have not seen or heard from him since, March, 2001.
Here is the dream that inspired me to turn my life and my troubles over to God.......  In the dream my mother and I were driving at night. We got out of the car. She told me to look up at the shooting star. I saw it. Then I saw several parachutes landing. I thought it was involving the war & I suggested we leave. As we left, I heard machine gun fire and soldiers were chasing us.
Then the dream changed to a building where I was with this man in a small room. The people in the dream were not really soldiers but they were on the devils side trying to destroy everyone. I went to shut the door & realized it had no lock. There was a lady demon on the other side of the door. I tried to shut the door but didn't have strength. The man tried to help shut the door too. The man started praying outloud. He said, "In the name of Christ and the Holy Spirit we ask for Christ's protection." He kept repeating this prayer over & over. I noticed the door started to shut a little after he started praying. Then he asked me to say say the prayer with him. When I did, the door started shutting easier. Then,I shouted, "In the name of Christ we command you to leave." The door with no lock shut immediately. When I opened the door, the horrible lady was nowhere in sight. I told the man, "nothing can defeat us now!"
Then the dream switched to us running down the hall looking for a safer place. There was a mob of about eight people chasing us now. We ran into a room where we were cornered & outnumbered. The room was made up of glass windows with no doors. We prayed in Christ's name and of the Holy Spirit to protect us and in Christ's name we asked that they leave. We repeated these prayers strongly and with faith. In the dream they had weapons but our prayers distracted them enough for them to be defeated. We were able to take their weapons off of them. It was only done because of a belief & prayer to God. I know this dream was sent to me from God or a divine power. |
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