azaziah
August 30th, 2006, 12:24 PM
I have not seen an angel or a demon (that I am aware of), though I recently had an experience that was unsettling and encouraging at the same time...
I share a home with my best friend. About two months ago, his younger sister, who is about 35, came over to our house for the weekend. She was having trouble with her husband and was on the verge of leaving him... she wanted some time away.
She has been bi-polar her entire adult life, and has been on serious medication for decades. Her behavior could be pretty bizarre, kind and sweet one moment, angry and upset the next. If she missed a dose of medication she would get real bad, fast.
In the evening, before going to bed, the three of us were sitting up talking. I was witnessing to her. One of the things that is interesting is that my friend remembers what I said but I don't. Not a word. Praise the Holy Spirit, huh? Anyway, I asked her if she wanted to accept Christ as her saviour right now, and with tears in her eyes, she said yes. The three of us knelt on the floor right there in the living room and I led her in the sinner's prayer... when we were done, the three of us were standing their in a big hug, crying and smiling and laughing and praising God. It was amazing... the sense of power and love in that room may have given me a tiny little taste of what heaven may be like... too beautiful for words!
The next morning, I come into the living room and find her cleaning the kitchen floor on her hands and knees. She looked radiant and happy and (this may sound weird) new.
She immediately tells me what happened during the night. I get Holy Ghost bumps just thinking about it...
She was asleep in the living room on the couch, when she suddenly woke up. She saw and felt something leaving her... she said it looked like a smoky, black round ball about two feet in diameter. It floated up and away from her and was gone. She eventually went back to sleep and then was woken up by another one leaving her. She said she then fell asleep and “Had the most peaceful sleep she could ever remember...”
She told me that when morning came, she woke up knowing that Jesus wanted her to return to her husband and work on their marriage. I gave her a bible and a hug and she left.
End of story? Nope.
A couple days later she calls me and tells me that it is going better with her husband, that she has read Matthew and is starting Mark, that the Bible is amazing to her, and that she doesn’t think she needs her bi-polar meds anymore. :freaked
Long story short, she quit the meds, completely, about six weeks ago. No medical explanation, no side effects, no symptoms of bi-polar, no problems. She has also purchased a KJV study bible and is looking for a Bible-teaching church. :clap
Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!
Her family and friends are a bit stunned, to say the least. One of the other neat things is that her husband is a strict catholic (prays to Mary and believes you work your way to heaven) and he & I have since spent a lot of time talking about scripture... he is a tough nut to crack, but he cannot deny what has happened to his wife! Oh well, one plants the seeds, another waters them, right?
Also: I was not supposed to even be home that night... a major, unexpected thing happened that pretty much forced me to be there. Once again, praise God.
At the beginning of this thread I said that this was encouraging and unsettling. The encouraging part is obvious... the unsettling part? I am so grateful that my friend and I were both saved, and there was no room in us for those demons... but where did they go? Kind of freaky to think that they left and immediately began looking for another body to occupy.
This leaves me wondering whether bi-polar is sometimes caused by demonic possession? Are there other examples of the disorder being healed upon salvation? Blows me away thinking about it.
Anybody have any similar experiences?
May the Lord's grace an peace be with you all.
I share a home with my best friend. About two months ago, his younger sister, who is about 35, came over to our house for the weekend. She was having trouble with her husband and was on the verge of leaving him... she wanted some time away.
She has been bi-polar her entire adult life, and has been on serious medication for decades. Her behavior could be pretty bizarre, kind and sweet one moment, angry and upset the next. If she missed a dose of medication she would get real bad, fast.
In the evening, before going to bed, the three of us were sitting up talking. I was witnessing to her. One of the things that is interesting is that my friend remembers what I said but I don't. Not a word. Praise the Holy Spirit, huh? Anyway, I asked her if she wanted to accept Christ as her saviour right now, and with tears in her eyes, she said yes. The three of us knelt on the floor right there in the living room and I led her in the sinner's prayer... when we were done, the three of us were standing their in a big hug, crying and smiling and laughing and praising God. It was amazing... the sense of power and love in that room may have given me a tiny little taste of what heaven may be like... too beautiful for words!
The next morning, I come into the living room and find her cleaning the kitchen floor on her hands and knees. She looked radiant and happy and (this may sound weird) new.
She immediately tells me what happened during the night. I get Holy Ghost bumps just thinking about it...
She was asleep in the living room on the couch, when she suddenly woke up. She saw and felt something leaving her... she said it looked like a smoky, black round ball about two feet in diameter. It floated up and away from her and was gone. She eventually went back to sleep and then was woken up by another one leaving her. She said she then fell asleep and “Had the most peaceful sleep she could ever remember...”
She told me that when morning came, she woke up knowing that Jesus wanted her to return to her husband and work on their marriage. I gave her a bible and a hug and she left.
End of story? Nope.
A couple days later she calls me and tells me that it is going better with her husband, that she has read Matthew and is starting Mark, that the Bible is amazing to her, and that she doesn’t think she needs her bi-polar meds anymore. :freaked
Long story short, she quit the meds, completely, about six weeks ago. No medical explanation, no side effects, no symptoms of bi-polar, no problems. She has also purchased a KJV study bible and is looking for a Bible-teaching church. :clap
Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!
Her family and friends are a bit stunned, to say the least. One of the other neat things is that her husband is a strict catholic (prays to Mary and believes you work your way to heaven) and he & I have since spent a lot of time talking about scripture... he is a tough nut to crack, but he cannot deny what has happened to his wife! Oh well, one plants the seeds, another waters them, right?
Also: I was not supposed to even be home that night... a major, unexpected thing happened that pretty much forced me to be there. Once again, praise God.
At the beginning of this thread I said that this was encouraging and unsettling. The encouraging part is obvious... the unsettling part? I am so grateful that my friend and I were both saved, and there was no room in us for those demons... but where did they go? Kind of freaky to think that they left and immediately began looking for another body to occupy.
This leaves me wondering whether bi-polar is sometimes caused by demonic possession? Are there other examples of the disorder being healed upon salvation? Blows me away thinking about it.
Anybody have any similar experiences?
May the Lord's grace an peace be with you all.