Trials now a testimony

A new week has begun and we have overcome the enemy again. I had been invited to preach in Cape Town but we experienced so much resistance for weeks up until yesterday morning. Familiar spirits 'visited' me but thank God for discernment, demons tried to intimidate us and the enemy tried sowing seeds of disunity in our home. I started getting ice pick headaches that would make me dizzy and pains across my chest but my God supernaturally protected us!

Yesterday we experienced a very challenging morning too, where people broke their promises, others disappointed us and we took turns in the despondent lane as a family. I started doubting whether God wanted me to go to Cape Town but then the Holy Spirit reminded me that the message I had received was from God and He said it was for that specific church. Long story, short - We got to the church just on time and I have never experienced the Holy Spirit like yesterday while serving the church with the word. When the Holy Spirit gave me the topic I needed to address, I thought, "Wow! that's a heavy, meaty word God!" I frequently prayed and asked God for boldness and rebuked the spirit of fear when I thought about how people would receive this sermon about purity.

I had to repent of course. I submitted to the Holy Spirit and God used me. Perfect love casts out fear. I am so humbled when I think of those who cried and those whom the Holy Spirit touched in other ways. I learned that dying to self is the only way to effectively do the will of Abba Father. As a family - we have learned not have bad attitudes towards each other when things don't go our way.

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose". - Romans 8:28