Beth Martin, member of the body of Christ
Today, Tuesday, July 8, I heard, "The devil has been cast out".
Our oldest son, Ian, has struggled with alcohol addiction issues all of his life. He is now 45 years old. He has been to rehab 3 times. He has been drunk frequently for 20 years. He has been tormented, anxiety ridden and easily angered for the duration.
This has greatly affected ALL of our family.
Ian's daughter, Mackenzie, just graduated from high school. Three weeks ago, she called me to say there was a medical emergency ...... I needed to get over there now. Ian had fallen after drinking beer, whiskey and had also taken a bottle of Xanex. He was yelling at his children, "Get away from me. I want to die!". Mackenzie and her 14 yr old brother were terrified. We went over. We passed our daughter in law pulling out of the drive taking Ian to the ER. We stopped and talked to the kids. Our grandchildren were upset at seeing their father this way and hurt at the words he spoke. I tried to explain the best I could that this was not their Dad speaking ....... but an evil spirit speaking through him ..... God had shown me this. I said that this is in God's hands. I asked them to pray.
He was taken to the ER and we went also. His wife tried to get him involuntarily committed for psychiatric care. The doctor in charge would not do that as my son denied wanting to commit suicide. He was kept in the ER until he was sober and released the next morning ...... refusing all treatment. He remembers nothing about the ER as he was in an alcoholic blackout.
A while ago, God told me that Ian and his family would be saved. I have been praying and waiting for this to happen.
The day after the ER visit, Ian and his family came over to fish. We saw no change in his behavior. He was rude, belligerent and verbally abusive.
The next day he came over to speak with his father. David refused to talk to him as he was drinking. Ian left angry. During that visit, Ian let me know that he has no plan to stop drinking. It is the only thing he does for himself. He also said that he can't stand to hear scripture.
I had been praying for months about the evil spirit speaking through him. At that time, I spoke with Ian about dealing with destructive thoughts, he said, "Mom the spirit speaking evil is not sending thoughts to me. It is inside me." He was crying and saying that he could do nothing about it. At that time we prayed together.
I know that all things are possible with God. I also know God's will for Ian. I began to hear to pray. I prayed and then heard "red hot". I began "red hot" praying and praying in the spirit. I asked God to cast out the spirit inside my son. I imagined my hands on him telling the spirit to come out. That went on for a couple of days.
David (Beth's husband) had a dream that God is not done with Ian yet.
We both were impressed to leave Ian alone and trust God. We did.
About the middle of last week, reports of changes in Ian's behavior started coming from the kids and my daughter in law. We were hearing that everything is good. He is calm and relaxed .... not wound up and yelling. This has continued.
Yesterday I spoke with my daughter in law. She said that the change in Ian is like night and day. That he is totally changed.
We can do nothing but rejoice.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall MY word be that goeth forth out of MY mouth: it shall not return unto ME void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
God's will concerning our son was done.
Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
I believed that the devil could be cast out. It was done.
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Comments from Pam Padgett
Reading how Beth was led to pray "red hot" reminded me of ... James 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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