| Testimony Time [message #14225] |
Sat, 19 July 2025 19:03  |
 Mark L
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Registered: October 2006
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I had a big answer to prayer this week. I feel like shouting it from the housetops but there aren't any suitable housetops here so you guys will have to do. Sorry if its rather long but wanted to give an explanation.
Quite a few years ago I stopped for lunch with the crew I was working with. There were these snap tickets (for a charity) everyone was buying so I bought a couple. .50 cents and win 1$ 10$ or whatever. When I snapped it open here came as clear as anything I've ever seen right down from heaven the deep abiding concern of the Lord for me. I didn't know what I had done but I knew it was serious.
Over the next years I didn't notice anything wrong but tried to deal with it in various ways. Always in the back of my mind wondering and worried.
About 15 yrs ago I started noticing a shortness of breath. I didn't connect the two but noticed it. Walk across the parking lot to go in the office and have to slow down. Walk upstairs at home and have to lean on the end of the bed to catch my breath for 5 min. Lie down in bed and have to work to get my breathing under control. At work dropping a trailer ( tractor trailer) sometimes it is easy sometimes one has to exert a bit. On two occasions I over exerted myself and had absolutely no breath. Very upsetting and scary. Hard to describe but I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone. I was very very careful after that.
When you're in a trial fear can be such a big issue. The Lord showed me several weeks ago the fear when going to bed was making things worse. After dealing with that going to bed at night was much easier.
Some time ago I started a series of fasts to deal with some problems in my life. The breathing issue was in the back of my mind but wasn't front and centre. Up until this time I still didn't connect the snap ticket with the breathing problems. Then about 3 weeks ago the Lord reminded me the charity for the snap ticket was the heart and lung association. Then he showed me I was dealing with a Spirit of Emphysema. Since I was on this series of fasts I was able to deal with it. I rebuked it then prayed for healing. Sometimes after deliverance one has to pray for healing for the damage that has been done.
For several days I watched carefully to see if it was really gone. Its all gone. I was so grateful for what the Lord had done for me. For days after when I remembered I would stop lift my hands and thank him. Profusely!!!
I would like to add for my bro, & sisters out there in the christian world with some big problems there is an easier way to get answers. Deliverance, healing, get rid of poverty, kids family loved ones with problems
I wrote a post on it some time ago which I will link below. If you're God's man (women) of faith and power there is no need to read further. If like me you just want the Lords help then read on. The Lord has given wisdom on the matter.
Sometimes big problems need big fasts. The Lord has shown me an easier way to do it and since he will allow me then I'm going to shamelessly take advantage of it. You don't have to prove yourself worthy. You don't have to earn an answer. Dying out to self is important but all you're looking for is an answer to prayer. Jesus paid the price. Again if he has given me an easier way to get big answers then I am going to shamelessly take advantage of it.
http://overcomersonline.com/FUDforum2/index.php?t=msg&th =1027&start=0&S=4bae072a68e125e343c8e88c13a3eed0
You can read
"Meanderings on Scripture by Mark
https://mlederman.substack.com/
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| Re: Testimony Time [message #14226 is a reply to message #14225] |
Sat, 19 July 2025 23:30  |
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william
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Great testimony, Mark!
I won't try to top your story but what happened to me this week was equally a blessing from God:
For the last 9 months or so I've experienced extreme weakness, it wasn't pulmonary but it was like something was sucking the energy out of my body. Not being an expert in "old age" it was one of those things that one might think comes from growing old.
Anyway, pardon the stream-of-thought kind of writing here but either Monday or Tuesday of this week, on top of the extreme weakness I had this mother of all toothaches make an appearance. I've had pretty good teeth all of my adult life (all praise to Jesus!) and don't remember anything like this since my childhood.
I battled the pain associated with this all day and all night getting precious little sleep in the process and, as usual, thanking the Lord for His provision of healing, confessing, and doing all those things we would generally do as believers. As the trial persisted I had nothing better to do than to listen to some of the old tapes, now online, that brother Freeman did back in the early seventies, some of which were considered "old hat" for those of us that love the teaching. Just for one example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjptrsrtbMk
I don't know of any one thing that I could point to as being the inspiration but for some reason, something that he said got me to thinking about the things that Jesus did for us as His people. Like, for instance, His provision for our Salvation. He didn't come back down and do anything more to provide Salvation for me (I'm leaving out a lot of relevant theology here, but hopefully you can follow along!). Anyway, this led me to thinking about the other provisions: healing, STRENGTH for the weary, etc..
Don't ask me why this struck me differently on this day but as I mused on the fact that He didn't need to do any thing more, cause He had already done all of this to defeat the works of the Devil; the only thing left was the appropriation of this in my life. I appropriated the Salvation part a long time ago by my repentance and confession. What was needed now was for me to appropriate (a big word but a completely simple concept!) the healing part of my inheritance, especially the STRENGTH part but also including the toothache that was sapping what little strength I had left.
Now if you are expecting something new here, sorry, but I got my thinking right (like the tape above stated) and realized that Jesus had already done His part by making the provision available to me (a long time ago) it was up to me. Yes, just like my claim of Salvation, I got up the next morning, confessing (agreeing with His promise and stating as much with my tongue) and I experienced one of the most powerful expressions of His power--in my body--that I've felt in a long time! That was two days ago and I feel like I could pick up a car!!
Need any exhaust work done on yours? Call me. I can help!
Blessings,
William
I want to believe!
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