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So, I finally know what's next in this wonderful little life.

It's good to be able to follow dreams, and to have people willing to sacrifice so they actually happen.

If we could all do that for each other...

Humm..

Man. I don't know. Last week wasn't the best.

But this week is a bajillion times better.

He said, "I AM".

That means, He still is.

Not He was.

A few days ago I saw Jesus heal someone who had pain in their foot immediately when they were prayed for and laid hands on.

Also, about 4 days ago, there was a girl with laryngitis who was prayed for, with hands laid on, and the next day could speak again.

Again, the power of prayer... so... why don't we believe people will get healed? Why DON'T we pray for them?

We should. It still works. Someone might not believe me, but I've seen it. It wasn't just for the apostles. If it was, God wouldn't heal people when we prayed for them now. So why don't we start praying? Why wait? Let's do it the moment we have opportunity!

A couple of weeks ago, my mom called me. She gave me some really bad news that she went for a check up and they found something.

We started praying.

We, as in a small army of people around me.

My friends here were praying. About 2000 people in Haiti were praying. My church at home was praying.

My mom called again last Wednesday, and she was crying. She said they found cancer cells.

We kept praying.

All of us.

Everyone in New Wave Ministries prayed for her that night, and we prayed for her Saturday when we came to Athens.

My mom called again today, and left me a voicemail. She said, "I was just gonna call and tell you to tell our Lord, 'Thank You, thank You, thank You!' I went to the doctor and got a good report. I'll tell you about it when I talk to you!"

So I called my mom.

And she said, "I don't have cancer!"

=)

Jesus is the Great Physician! He is Jehovah Jireh, my Provider, the One who provided my mom's healing. He still heals today. He is I AM who WAS and IS and IS TO COME!

And... I love Him a whole lot!!!

October 28, 2006
Chains Be Broken
The Ramp
Hamilton, AL


Have you ever had some kind of sin that you got mixed up in and just couldn't seem to get rid of no matter how hard you tried? Something that you absolutely hated but were so infatuated with it that you couldn't give it up? It's like these chains of darkness have you bound. It feels like you are in a hole or under the entire weight of the ocean. You live daily with the pain of knowing you are breaking the heart of the God who stepped out of heaven to rescue you and it tears you apart, but you just falling and failing time after time.

I was bound up in the chains of spiritual darkness. I won't go into much detail on here. I don't mind sharing AT ALL if anyone wants to hear about what was going on and how Jesus changed my life and set me free. It's really quite amazing. He is SO SO SO SO good! (Email me at eroddy00@gmail.com if you would like to hear my whole testimony with this.)

For six months I was stuck in that sin. I tried everything. I knew it was wrong, even came to the point that I didn't care and wanted to do it anyway. Rebellion was in my heart. I would become convicted of my sin, and would feel horrible about it, and would pray for it to leave. Then it would come back. This happened over and over and over. I would go a little while without messing up, and then I would fall to right back where I was getting worse each time. I felt like I was dying.

Now, please do know that this was a sin which I struggled with in small ways since I was little, and then it grew into the actual thing in the beginning of 2006. For at least 6 months, the cycle mentioned above was a constant battle.

And then I came to Cleveland, TN.

Jesus put some people in my life who love Him a whole lot. No one here knew about my struggles. I was too ashamed to tell anyone. But those people invited me to go with them to The Ramp in Hamilton, AL.

The Ramp is a place where people go to worship Jesus... and I will say that I could FEEL His presence in that room so much. The first night, I was completely lost in my sin. Yeah, I was still a Christian, but I was dying...

The second night, I reached a point of desperation. I prayed a simple prayer, "Jesus, I MISS You. I know I've been asking this, but I'm going to ask one more time. You have GOT to set me free from this stuff." And as soon as I prayed that, He touched my heart! The "chains" were broken and my wounds were healed and I felt all of that "weight" lift up off of me. I was filled with the joy of the Lord so strongly, I started jumping around and spinning and dancing. I couldn't hold it in. I know that may sound kind of different, but when you have been to that point, where you ARE DYING SPIRITUALLY, and then JESUS CHRIST, the LORD of Heaven pulls that junk off of you, you can't help but be filled with so much love for Him and joy that it can't be contained.

From that night on, no more struggles with that sin. All the desire and lust for the things of the world that filled my heart fell and was destroyed in His presence.

There's so much more... His love is unable to be comprehended. There are so many deep places we can go in our relationship with Jesus. He's not just some person who lived a perfect life and died in my place- He's the Creator of the Universe and His love for us is a passionate burning desire. His name is Jealous, and He hates anything that comes in the way of our relationship with Him. Apart from Him, we're not worthy of anything. Yet we were created for Him and by Him for an intimate friendship. He is the Lover of our Soul, our Father, and our Best Friend.

And I am SOOO glad that He set me free!!!!!


YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HHHeeeee!!!! =)