25/ Diary entries made over the years.
The Lost Watch - 1978
Last weekend the children and I went for a picnic with my Vietnamese friends. We had only been in the picnic grounds for a short time when Kwai became very upset. He had left his watch in the men's room and on his return it had gone. The watch was made out of solid white gold and had been a present from his wife, Liem. Under the circumstances it was easy to see why he was so upset.
I suggested that we should all pray asking God to convict the person who had stolen the watch to return it. Our prayers seemed pretty impossible for nobody would hand in such a valuable item. After an hour Kwai became so depressed we left for home.
Praise God Kwai just rang me to say that last night he had received a phone call to say that the watch had been found in the grass. Apparently, whoever had the watch either lost it, or threw it away, either being a pretty amazing thing.
Praise God for his miracle working powers.
Matthew 19:26. Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for man, but for God everything is possible."
Living Halfway between Heaven and Hell -1979
My mother was living in the Church of England rectory, besides that she was surrounded by churches and a graveyard. To her right was the Church of England, to the left the Catholic convent, in front, across the road, the Methodist church and the cemetery became the boundary to the backyard.
One day, while in my loungeroom, I saw a vision of my mother's place. By walking halfway down the backyard you could see my mother's house, the church and the cemetery. God told me to tell my mother that she was living halfway between heaven and hell. She had the choice to go to his house and eternal life - through the Lord Jesus Christ, or go to the cemetery and eternal hell.
The next time we went to visit my mother I took her to the exact spot I had seen in the vision and gave her God's message. Her angry response was that she didn't have time to go to church because of her cake business. Besides she could talk to God in her bedroom any time she wanted to.
"I will show my concern for you." - 1980
On a day when I was feeling a bit down I threw myself on the bed and asked God to speak to me. I opened the Bible at Jeremiah 29:10-14 (Good News version). I knew Jeremiah spoke about God's punishment for the people of Israel, so I decided to close the Bible again. As I was about to do so God said, "First you ask me to talk to you, then you don't want to hear what I have to say." As I looked at the page I had opened these words imprinted themselves upon my heart.
I will show my concern for you and keep my promise to bring you back home. I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for. Then you will call me. You will come and pray to me, and I will answer you. You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart. Yes I say you will find me ... I the Lord have spoken.
Haven't I always Promised to Provide for You? - 1980
My friends Liem and Kwai asked me to pray to God so that Liem would pass her examinations in order to get a permanent position. (She already had a part-time job.) I prayed and the immediate answer was:
Haven't I always promised to provide for you, I will do no more and no less.
Liem failed the examination and didn't get the full-time position. God not only answered Liem's question, but also reassured me that I was not to worry about the necessities of life, because God would provide.
God's Jewel - 1980
Malachi 3:16-17
After teaching I would normally go to Bible study. This time however, I was too tired and I drove home instead. I don't know why, but halfway there I found myself turning around and ended up at the Bible study. After a while the leader remarked that God has two books, one where our names are written before time and a Book of Remembrance. The following Bible verses touched my heart.
16/ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17/ And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (King James version)
Divorce - 1982
Rosemary a good friend, is separated from her husband. As I like both of them, my dearest wish was for them to stay together. I was thinking to myself, "I wish Rosemary would stay married. I wish Rosemary would stay married."
God interrupted my thoughts and said, "Why didn't you stay married?"
"Because I couldn't bear it Lord!"
"Then don't expect her to bear it!"
I never saw any physical abuse, but that doesn't mean to say that there wasn't any mental abuse.
Fear Not - 1982
A few days before we went camping, I felt rather discouraged at having to cope by myself. As I was arranging some papers a sheet fell out on which I had written a scripture lesson from the previous year. In big bold letters the memory verse read:
Isaiah 41:13 "For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, fear not I will help you.
Car accident - 1983
I don't insure my car because I trust God to protect me. In all the years that I have owned a car (11 years) I had never had an accident. Other cars had run into me and out of that my cars had been fixed up, then I would sell them at a profit.
This time however, I ran into a new Corolla. I had not even had time to brake and hit the other car with full force. Unbelievably there was not even a scratch or dint in the Corolla's bumper bar. The damage to my own car came to $400.
For a week I had to drive around with a wreck of a car until the required parts could be obtained. People said, "But of course you are insured so it won't cost you as much." To that I would reply, "No I'm not insured, because God looks after me. "Well where was God when this happened?" came the reply.
On the following Saturday morning, while sitting in bed, I sincerely asked God why he had allowed me to have the accident. God's answer came immediately.
"What hurt more the dint in the car, or the dint in your pride?" I am afraid the dint in my pride had hurt more, after all the car was only one and a half years old.
A Cellar of Wine Turned to Vinegar - 1983
Blessed be the wonderful name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I had prayed to God on many occasions about the evil surrounding the house in Warrawong, where I was holding Bible studies. I had asked God to show me what it was that allowed the evil to be in the house. Two or three weeks later while visiting friends I asked them to pray for my sore neck. Incredibly as my friends were praying God gave me a vision about the house in Warrawong.
In my mind I saw the side of the house and an iron gate leading to the cellar which was full of home made wine. In dismay I realised that I could not destroy the bottles. Driving home later that night God answered my problem by saying: "Jesus can turn water into wine. Jesus can turn wine into vinegar."
I prayed the prayer, believing a hundred percent. At the next Bible study I asked Chris about the welfare of her father, the owner of the house and maker of wine. "He can't drink the wine anymore from under the house, it makes him sick," came the reply.
The same reply came for many weeks, until one evening Chris said, "He drank a mouthful from one of the bottles last night, however, spat it out immediately saying, 'I can't drink this, it's vinegar'."
The wrong doctrine of the Unification Pentecostal Church -
The church is also at times referred to as the Jesus only church. My friend Rose had become pulled in by the false doctrine and was trying to convert me. As I was listening to her on the phone, God spoke to me.
"Write down what has happened and every time you think they're not wrong, read it."
The following diary entries tell of people who either were already in the cult, or were being indoctrinated by its members.
1/ Friday: 2Peter 3:16 There are some difficult things in which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.
As I read the above passages to Anne, there was a tremendous touch of the Holy Spirit and God said:
"Because they deny the Holy Spirit they do not have Him to explain the Scriptures for them."
2/ Sunday: Betty came down for a chat; to run down the Holy Trinity. When I told her to stop insulting the Holy Spirit, or change the subject, or leave, she tried to strangle me. Jesus never tried to strangle anybody because they disagreed with him. Her actions were of the Devil. Praise God for his protection, for as she tried to grab my throat the third time it felt as if an invisible wall had slid between us.
3/ Wednesday night: (a few weeks later),
As Anne was about to leave she told me she was terrified of going home in her car. We prayed and an evil presence seemed to leave her. Sonja and I felt that there might be something in the car, not of God. Anne explained that earlier, when she had tried to get into the car, she had felt a horrible iciness. As we discussed the matter Anne remembered that she had two books in the car from Tammy, one being called, "The Two Babylons", or something to that affect. The books spoke against the Trinity. We burnt them. When we came back upstairs Anne sank to the floor and asked God's forgiveness for not having paid attention to Him before.
4/ A few days later, Tammy rang Anne, wanting the books. Tammy put all the blame of the destruction of the books on me and said such horrible things about me that Anne felt herself getting sicker and sicker. Anne told me in her sick state she went to John's place, on the way she decided to briefly stop of at her daughter's place. After she finished telling Angela the story, she tried to say, "but Tammy said," and again "but Tammy said." At this point God spoke mightily through her mouth and said, "I am the Lord your God, listen to me, don't listen to Tammy."
5/ 29th November, 1983
I was surprised that Tammy came to wish me a happy birthday, today. She even brought me a lovely bunch of flowers. I received her pleasantly, wondering why she had come. That night I picked up the Bible as usual. The first page I opened showed Acts 26:18, verse 18 was heavily underlined.
"You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to power of God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people."
I cried out to the Lord Jesus that I couldn't do anything on my own; only by the Holy Spirit could their eyes be opened. A few days later God caused me to study Daniel - chapter 7:9-14. Verse 9 speaks about God the Father sitting on the throne, verse 13,14 speaks about Jesus Christ approaching the one who sat on the throne.
I rang and told Tammy what God had shown me. Her reply was, "It's a difficult topic. We will have to discuss it at another time."
The whole argument of the Unification Pentecostal church is that there is only Jesus and he is God. Yes, Jesus is God, but we can't ignore God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, "Baptise them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." At no stage would Jesus Christ lift himself up above the Father, or the Holy Spirit. So when Peter baptised people in the name of Jesus only, that was not what Jesus had intended. There is only one God, but three persons of that Godhead.
l John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
John 1:14 tells us that Jesus Christ is the Word.
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.
Lila
Lila was one of many children who came to Bible study at lunchtime while I taught for the Education Department. Like many other 14 and 15 year olds she had a very sincere heart for God. As God does not look at our sex (Galations 3:28; Joel 2:28), or age (1 Samuel chapter 3, 1 Samuel chapter 16) he gave Lila spiritual gifts such as the gift of speaking in tongues and interpretations and the word of knowledge (1 Corinthians 12:1-11). Lila however was not the only one who God anointed in a mighty way by his Holy Spirit. The reason for God's presence in these children might be that they came to him in a simple faith and had not been contaminated by religion.
Our Bible studies did not centre on the doctrines of any church, nor did we follow a particular bible study plan. We simply invited God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to be present and teach us. One minister expressed his jealousy at God's outpouring on these children saying, "In forty years of serving God I've not been given any of the gifts these kids have!"
The Bible says test the spirits, so whenever Lila came to me and said, "God has said this ..." I would check it out with the Bible. The following are some of the words of knowledge given to her.
Newspaper headline - Woman claims to be the Virgin Mary - 1984
In these harsh times, you've seen the headlines, "Woman Claims to be the Virgin Mary", how absurd. Mary was a woman just like you. Also headlines such as, "Man speaks to Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the saints, once a month". Those poor people have to be prayed for, to have their eyes opened to the evil around them.
Christmas
Please give generously to all your brothers and sisters, after all you have got everything because I have willed it to be. Do not, all of a sudden, now at Christmas time feel close to me. That is not how it should be, you should feel like you do now always, not once a year when all this good will towards men is going around. Good will towards men should be constant and not taken out of a box only once a year on December 25th.
And in your search for love, don't look too hard or you'll make a mistake.
A Message for Karolina - 1984
Karolina, being filled with the Holy Spirit is a tremendous step, but you must feed on the Holy Spirit with the nourishment it requires. After all if you don't give the fire wood, it will die out, it is the same with the Holy Spirit. You must keep the Holy Spirit alive in you so others may also see the difference.
A message for Trenna - 1984
You have got to learn to stand on your own two feet. What will happen when you get to Keira? Will you neglect your gift because you don't have anyone to sort out your problems? Look Trenna, all you have to do is ask Me how to go about solving your problems and I'll give you your answer. Don't learn to depend on people too much, you know who they are. You have got to turn yourself over to Me entirely, not just half of yourself, not only your ears, or your eyes, these are only instruments I have given you to use in your jobs as disciples for Me. After all I created you, and therefore shouldn't you let me take a little control of your life?
Showing respect
To respect is to honour. To show respect is to have a special acknowledgement towards someone you hold special in your heart. It doesn't mean you only respect some people, such as elders, but respect all, including Myself. It is not such a big favour to ask. And why do you not obey when I tell you to pray. But you hurt me most when you complain saying, "God has given me too much of a burden". Well there is no need to feel heavy in your heart, for I know just how much you can take, and the minute you begin to fall I shall pick you up. He who is a Christian should dedicate his life to God, not to himself. Do not think Lila has written this of her own accord, it is Me - God. Ask yourself, am I doing all that is expected of me? Or, if I'm a Christian should my life be in God's hands (or my own). If the answer is no, then you will end up nowhere - lost, but if the answer is yes, you shall have the glory of my Kingdom for ever and ever.
Heavy Rock Groups
Lila had been singing Boy George's song, "It's a Miracle", when God said to her:
The only miracle they can make are that of Satan to draw in the young and brainwashing them into believing that hell is a free and wonderful place. But when they do find out it is disgusting and foul, it will be too late to change their ways, for all their lives they had a chance to follow me.
The Power of the Tongue
How precious are the words you speak. I made your voice, your mouth and your tongue, which enables you to speak to Me and to others. Even though I have given you all these things, you abuse them and you use foul and dirty language, which has all come from the dark side. I do not want to hear that language which you think is fun to speak. Do you think you will get on better with your friends if you swear? Well if that is the case, you should have realised a long time ago that you are mixing with the wrong kind of people. I'm not saying that you should cut yourself right off from other kinds of people, all I am asking is not to get too involved. You should know the right time to bow out of a group of friends and if you don't, ask Me and I will tell you. The mouth is a powerful weapon, do not use it too often, because it can lead to your downfall. (James 3:1-11).
There is no coincidence only God!
I have given you so many miracles to show you just how strong and powerful I am. But even though I give you all these miracles you still think it's a coincidence, or something else. I know what you want even before you open your mouth to speak to Me. I want to give you all your desires, but you are impatient and you won't wait for further instructions. You let Satan in and he shows you an easy way out, but it's the wrong way. If you have a little feeling inside of you, that doesn't feel so good, then make sure who it is - Me or Satan. You'll come to the conclusion it's Satan.
Ask Me for strength to tell others about Me. That particular task could be impossible for man, but not to God. After all what feels better, bringing someone before God, or not telling them about Me and opening a wide path for them to Satan?
The Love of God
I am one God and there is no other. He who disobeys Me will feel my anger and yet he who obeys me will feel my love. Compassion and understanding must be given to those who do not know me, for they too are helpless, and weak as you were before you knew Me. Do you realise how much I love you? Could any earthly person love you more? No!
Water Baptism
Today you have pleased me Lila, (Matthew 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22) not only you, but Eileen and Helen also. Going through the waters of baptism was a beautiful step.
God Craves for our Love
Maybe you think I don't love you, well I do. You just don't know how much. You see you put me last, you leave me waiting for you just to make a move. Look, you sit here and put other things before me, such as the television.
Love me and care for me the way I love and care for you. Do you realise how much I crave for your love? Well I do and I wait there at the door, waiting for you to open it.
Many don't know me. Do you realise how much they are missing out on? You have someone to turn to. Someone to praise and some one to ask something from. All these things should make you glad, not depressed. Depression is only for those who do not know me. If you know me as well as you think and say you do then you should know I love you, I protect you and I will never give you away to your enemies.
Tell Karen not to worry about her figure and you too. If boys will only look at you because of your figure then they're not even worth a second look. Boys should like you for what you are, not for what you look like. Surely if I think you're perfect shouldn't others think the same? I mean, I'm so much more powerful than those others and yet I think so highly of you. If you pray and ask me to bring someone your way to love, the right person, then I will help you. I want you to find someone to love and care for and start a family with, I wish it. Don't forget me, that is all I ask.
Delivered from arthritis - 1985
Today I had the privilege of praying for Irena's father, Michael. Upon our arrival Michael complained about the incredible pain in his fingers. Things had gotten so bad that he could hardly hold a knife or fork. The joints of his fingers were already badly deformed. I asked Michael to place his hand on the table. As I placed my hands over his I prayed for healing - nothing happened. Suddenly I felt a tingling from the top of my head to the tips of me fingers and I commanded the spirit of arthritis to leave his hands.
After I had finished praying I told Michael to cry out to Jesus to help him, this he did. Then I asked him to raise his hands and praise God for his healing. After Michael had finished praising God he told me that he had also felt God's anointing from the top of his head to the tips of his fingers. Before prayer the fingers had been icy cold and stiff, but now they were visibly perspiring and Michael could move them without pain. Praise God for a mighty miracle.
Stung by a Wasp - 1985
Sonja was stung 3 times by a wasp. As she screamed in pain I placed my hand on the affected area and prayed hard claiming the Word of God - Mark 16:17-20. I especially prayed that God would neutralise the poison. It was easy to see where she had been stung because the area swelled up as well as becoming very red. I bound the pain in Jesus' name as well as the headache which was developing. Within minutes the pain and the headache lessened. Twenty minutes later all discomfort was completely gone.
Spirit of Mongolism - 1985
When God performed a mighty miracle in Michael's arthritic hands the man lost no time in telling his family about it. His sister-in-law rang me and asked if I could pray for their son who was a mongoloid. I agreed to go to their place a few days later. In the meantime I decided to seek God on the matter. I needed to know whether the sickness was simply an illness, or whether it was demonic.
I asked God to give me a sign. The sign came in the form of an Old English Sheep dog. Some years before I had been praying for Julie from the Bible study. As I prayed for her I saw a tightly closed rose bud. God told me that if she was to ask Jesus Christ into her life the bud would open up into a rose and his fragrance would flow from her. The colour of the rose could be of her choosing. Another person I prayed for was Nancy. I saw a gold fish swimming in and out of crevices. She was searching, but not prepared to make a commitment. Lastly I prayed for Karin. I saw a beautiful fawn running here and there in the forest, oblivious to danger. That was how she was in real life too. After sharing with the children what God had shown me, Karin asked God later that night, what He saw me as.
Firstly she saw a magnificent horse leading a herd of horses. Then she saw an Old English Sheep dog rounding up the sheep, even nipping them on the back of the legs to get them to go into the fold. God said to Karin, Mrs. Zechner's job is to bring the sheep into the fold. Since that revelation, if ever I ask God for something special, or God is pleased with me in some way, I see an Old English Sheep dog. So it was, as I was on my way to pray for little Mark. I saw an Old English Sheep dog by the side of the road. The dog casually walked to the middle of the road, oblivious to the traffic, stood there, turned around and walked back to the side walk. I then knew that Mark's condition was demonic. We need to be very careful how we pray, because not all sickness or disease is demonic.
I asked Mark's mother if there had been an unusual event around the time of her pregnancy or birth of the child. She immediately responded by saying, "In Hungary, in the old days, we poor people had to entertain ourselves. We did so through seances, contacting spirit guides or fortune-telling. I had a spirit guide. When horrible things started happening around the house I decided to tell the spirit to go. Sometime after my decision my husband insisted that I contact the spirit again for the benefit of one of his friends. Apparently the friend's car had been stolen and he wanted to know where it was. The spirit gave me the information even down to the garage where the car was being kept. All this happened around the time of my son's birth. I made a firm decision after that not to contact the spirit anymore."
She went on to say that Mark had been released from hospital totally normal. As a matter of fact the Paediatrician had commented on the perfect health of the child. Five months later while she was holding the baby it let out a piercing scream, from then it was classified as mongoloid. Apparently when the spirit was told to go it wasn't happy about it and decided to stay in the baby instead. Parents, by the sin in their life pass misery and heartache onto their children.
I prayed for the child and in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ the spirit had to go, that was evident by the fact that the child's face, now 5 years old, no longer looked mongoloid. The parents were overjoyed at God's mighty work and became Christians. Some months later while both our families were camping God pointed something out to me about the parent's treatment of Mark. The father was still feeding him and treating him as if he was handicapped. I was told to tell them that as long as they treated him as a mongoloid he would stay one. If they believed that he had been set free then they were to treat him as such.
Gradually Mark started to speak and I even started teaching him to read and write. The child made wonderful progress. Sadly however, the parents did not stop treating him like a handicapped child and so God was only allowed to do that in their son's life what they allowed. Some years later when I saw the boy again he wasn't as bad as when I had first met him, but he certainly hadn't been totally restored. It is sad when people stand in God's way.
The Burning in my Eyes - 1986
Rebuke the pepper that Satan has put into your eyes and ask that God wash out the eyes with his cleanser, antiseptic and medication the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Tell Satan that it says in the Bible that God cares for every sparrow, then how much more, will he care for his child who has His precious blood in her.
My Spine - 1986
The following prayer enabled me to stand and sit without back pain.
Ask God to replace the worn disc. Ask God to put his calcium compound into the bones of the back to make them stronger, Ask God to make a prop to hold up the spine correctly. Rebuke the slimy fluid that Satan has injected into the spine to make the discs move.
Praise God my back is totally healed.
A Prophecy - 1986
Be kind and gentle for these are the days in which Satan will rise and look as if he is to defeat. But I will not allow him; for such a mighty stir will arise within my people, that Satan will be totally crushed. These are the days in which my servants are necessary and need to be strong, wise and bold to fight the enemy, and save all my dear blind beloved children.
Erika's Physical Condition - 1986
Rebuke the spirit of violence that is stopping her from total healing. Rebuke the spirits of delay and incomplete deliverance - ½ of everything spiritually and physically.
The Lump in my Throat
A prayer for the lump in my throat.
Take hold of the affected area and ask that Jesus give your hands healing power and rub your hand up, down and around the lump. Ask Jesus to surround it with his healing balm. Then tell Satan he can't get to it because it is covered by healing balm and he cannot disobey (Psalm 148:6) for Satan was defeated long, long ago and in the name of that defeat and in Jesus' name - command it to go and it will. Praise God the lump went.
Unbelief that Christians can be possessed by an evil Spirit
Although he is a lovely caring man, my minister did not believe that a Christian could also be possessed by an evil spirit. This really irritated me for I had seen the contrary many times in Christians.
I prayed the following prayer God gave me.
Ask God to open his eyes and let him see himself inside and that he really understands the true meaning of the verses he reads in regards to possession. Command that that unbelief living within him curl up and die - disintegrate and never come to life again. Tell that spirit it must go and read the Word of God to it. Say to that spirit - in Jesus' name I take control of you and I take your concentration and attention and I command you to listen to me.
I prayed that prayer and left it at that. A little while later, during Bible study God showed Lila a vision of my minister. She saw a big black snake curled around his heart and reaching for his throat. The mouth of the snake was slit on one side. My prayer had only slit the snake's mouth; not killed it. Truly the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword.
Lila and I prayed earnestly then and there. I also prayed more that afternoon when I got home. I kept it up till I felt in my heart that there had been a breakthrough. I was to learn later that the man had already had three short heart attacks in the previous months. I know that the second prayer accomplished what it had been sent out to do for the man no longer argued about the fact that Christians can have demons.
Work Accident - 1987
Michael rang to ask me to come and pray for a friend of his who was visiting his home. This man had been involved in an accident at work. He was suffering severe pain in his back and shoulder. The Lord Jesus healed this man, for after prayer he was able to move about freely again. Thank you Lord Jesus for your healing touch.
The Apple Core in my Throat - 1988
Thursday proved to be an eventful day. Not only did I realise that Diana and her mother had most definitely been involved with a cult, but also the fact that after eating a piece of tea cake I felt as if part of an apple core was still stuck way down my throat.
The interesting revelation after my discussion with Diana had been about the demon, the "imitator of the Holy Spirit". I was able to explain to Diana and her mother, after much prayer, what they had been involved in. Namely that a church that teaches you are only saved once you speak in tongues is not of God. For the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ saves us not tongues. Also the church baptised in the name of Jesus only, therefore by leaving out God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, they didn't have the Holy Spirit to give them the gift of tongues.
Diana had come to Bible study saying that she spoke in tongues. Asked when she had invited Jesus into her heart she said she hadn't. So where did the tongues come from? After asking Jesus into her heart Diana admitted to no longer feeling comfortable speaking in tongues. Praise God both mother and daughter made Jesus the Lord of their life and then the Holy Spirit gave each a new tongue.
By Friday the lump was still in my throat having gotten worse instead of better. I had claimed my healing, but nothing happened, now I got really angry with the devil and told him to get lost. After that my throat rapidly improved so much so that I could freely eat again on Saturday. By Sunday I had forgotten I had ever had a huge obstacle way down my throat.
The Anointing with Oil - 1988
Satan doesn't like it when you lead people to the Lord Jesus Christ and then cast demons out of them. K.C. had been brought to me by a friend. K.C. couldn't even ask the Lord Jesus into her heart because Satan had taken control of her tongue. The Holy Spirit told me to anoint her with oil. I had never done that before when casting out demons. The effect was electric. K.C. reacted in almost a violent manner. Nonetheless, after the anointing and prayer she was able to ask Jesus into her heart and ask forgiveness for her sins. I commanded the evil spirit, which had manifested itself to tell me its name. It said, "death".
I asked God to tell me what gave this demon a hold in her life. God told me that at some stage in her life she had said that she hated God and wanted to be a child of Satan. I had to take her through a prayer which asked God's forgiveness for having said that. Then she had to say that she wanted to be God's child, while at the same time telling the devil to get out of her life. She was also to cut off all other previous associations with the Devil. Still the spirit wouldn't leave. I asked K.C. if there was anything else she had to tell me. She said that she saw the face of her mother, a woman who was involved in the occult. K.C. then had to be taken through a prayer cutting the spiritual association with her mother. Satan made it very difficult but eventually that was also achieved, by the constant anointing of oil.
Finally the evil spirit said that Satan still had a hold on K.C. through her boyfriend. Even though Satan through this prayer, and the previous one, made it very hard for K.C. to talk, that tie was also cut. During the prayer of deliverance K.C. constantly saw visions of her mother, with grotesque demonic faces. She also saw herself travelling through a tunnel, going down. The evil spirit said when I was praying for Kelly and anointing her with oil it was being cut up. The evil spirit tried to trick me making believe it had left, when it hadn't. Finally however, K.C. saw it in her mind going down a chute screaming as it did.
God reminded me to also cast out the spirit of imagination and lies. As I caste out the spirit of imagination, she saw what looked like a glass container filling up with muddy water. After that she no longer saw any visions. Praise to the Lord Jesus Christ that he has given us the power over "all the works of the Enemy".
Consequently Satan tried to attack my skin through burning and itchiness; as well as cutting off the circulation from my hand and feet. Praise Almighty God for He also healed and delivered me from those afflictions.
The Opaque Window - 1989
For weeks I had been beating my head against a brick wall, so to speak. The Year 10 girls were coming to Bible study, but I wasn't getting through to them. It was as if there was a wall between them and myself and God. I told the girls as much. To my surprise one spoke for the three of them and said that they weren't really interested in God, but they came anyway. They didn't know why they came, but they just felt compelled to do so.
At this stage God gave me a vision. I saw myself in the bathroom. The light was on and it was dark outside. It was as if I was looking down on the situation, for I saw the three girls outside trying to look in.
God explained the vision to me as follows. The light in the bathroom represented Jesus - the light of the world. The girls although they had previously asked Jesus into their heart were in the world of darkness, Satan's kingdom. The opaque window represented the barrier between them and the Lord Jesus Christ. After I explained the vision the the girls, they became very excited and agreed that that was how they felt.
Two girls at the same time also had a vision of being locked in the shower recess. I asked them whether they wanted to be God's children, or Satan's children. They chose God. I then led them through a prayer and as I finished I saw the glass of the shower recess first crack, then break altogether. Praise God for His mighty miracles!
A prayer for Irene's Ears and Eyes - 1989
Rebuke the plug Satan has put in her ears and ask that God flush out the ears with his cleanser - the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ask God to drain the fluid in her eyes and to refill the eyes with God's healing fluid. Ask that God replace all the dead instruments in the ears and eyes, and replace them with living components of God.
A Prayer for Patricia - Lock out the Past - 1990
Ask that God will remove the blindfold and handcuffs holding Patricia back from God. Pray that her past will not cluster and choke her. Ask that God will hold back her past and prevent it from affecting her.
Pray that God will fill her with discontentment where her present life is concerned. Pray that God would fence her in (Hosea 2:6) to his life and to lock out the filthy past.
Hosea 2:6 So I am going to fence her in with thorn bushes and build a wall to block her way.
Jesus the Lighthouse - 1997
When my face appeared on the front page of the newspaper, after the court case, people who I didn't even know, rang to congratulate me. That is how I came to speak to Debbie. Listening to a complete stranger on the phone, I found out that this woman had also been battling corruption. She passionately described her struggles. After half an hour I said that I needed to get of the phone. Her reply was, "I suppose you think I'm mad." "No", I said, "I see you more as somebody who has been put through a washing machine and then the wringer."
"That's true."
Before we could continue our conversation she asked me to hold on a minute as there was somebody on the other line.
As I waited I saw a vision of a woman standing on short cut grass, near a cliff. Behind her was a lighthouse. She was being buffeted by very strong winds, the aim of these winds being to throw her of the cliff.
When our conversation resumed, I didn't tell her what I had seen, nor did I tell her that God had told me to tell her to run into the lighthouse. Jesus being the lighthouse. Not till the next time when I spoke to her on the phone did the topic come up. The conversation turned to Jesus and I suggested she should hand her problems over to him. However, she had had a bad experience with a particular church and therefore had lost her faith. I decided that now was a good time to tell her what God had shown me.
Bearing in mind that I had never sat eyes on her I described what she looked like in the vision. The woman agreed that my description of her had been correct. I also pointed out to her that she had a peculiar trait, that trait being unusually long arms. That revelation astounded her and she agreed that whenever she bought a long sleeved blouse, the arms were too short for her. At the close of the conversation her attitude towards God had changed and she asked me to let her know if God ever told me something about her again.
I recommend that everybody should seek their refuge in Jesus Christ, whether they are buffeted by life's problems or not.
A dream about my daughter Sonja - 1998
I praise God for his goodness and speaking to me in dreams and visions.
I only spoke to Sonja on the phone for a little while on Saturday. She complained about being in severe pain in the back and neck region.
Later that night I said my usual prayers of, "God please protect my children, grandchildren and myself as we sleep." As I prayed, God reminded me of a terrible nightmare I had had in the early hours of that morning. My neighbour had rudely awakened me that morning by starting the car at 4.45 a.m. I wasn't impressed! Finally I fell asleep again, it was then that I had the nightmare.
I was in a room with my two children, Connie and Sonja. In the dream they were about 10 and 12, although they are now 31 and 33. All of a sudden Connie stuck what looked like a skewer into Sonja's forehead.
As Sonja reeled back I was too horrified to pull out the metal skewer. The next thing I saw was Sonja rolling on the floor like a cat or dog that had been run over and was about to die. At that stage the dream ended.
As I said my prayers on Saturday night, God reminded me of the dream and told me to pull out the skewer in the spiritual and then ask God to repair whatever damage had been done to the body. For here was the cause of her back and neck pain.
Today I rang Sonja and asked her about her back pain. She said that amazingly there was only a tiny bit of pain. The severe pain that had plagued her for one and half weeks, had gone the night before.
I told her about the dream and God's instructions. She was amazed. I truly thank almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cholestral and Trigclycerides 1998
I praise God for his miracle working power. About 6 weeks ago I had a persistent upset stomach, although I had prayed about it. I went to the doctor and as a routine question she asked me what my cholestral was like. I told her that a test I had had 17 years previously had been 4.6. She suggested that it was high time I had another one.
I don't know who was more shocked, the doctor or me, but the results showed that the cholestral level was 8.6 and the trigclyceride level was 2.4. In the case of the trigclycerides the maximum allowed level in the body is 2, mine was obviously well and truly over the limit.
The doctor pointed out to me that there was enough fatty tissue in my arteries to cause a stroke, or heart attack. She immediately put me on medication. One tablet per day for 30 days. I told her that I wanted to have a blood test after 30 days, to see the change in the reading. She told me that it would take 4 to 5 months to reduce the cholestral and triclycerides.
Besides taking the tablets I was also to have 2 tablespoons of red wine with my meal every night. To her instructions I added a prayer every morning before I put any food or drink into my mouth.
Oh Lord my God, please clean out all excessive fat in my arteries and veins. Please reduce the level of cholestral and triclycerides. I rebuke the Devil's interference with the production of excessive cholestral and triclycerides. I put all food and drink that will enter my mouth today, into the bondage of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Five weeks later I went to another doctor for a blood test the result was:
cholestral 6.4 triclycerides 1.6
The doctor asked how I had reduced the levels so quickly. My answer to that was, prayer. He couldn't accept that so he came up with the excuse that maybe I hadn't fasted before the last test, or maybe pathology had made a mistake. To his argument I simply said: "Why don't you just give God the credit!" He then answered and said, "Well you better keep on praying every day and come back in 5 months for another check up."
Prayer for the unsaved - 1998
God gave me the following prayer for an unsaved person.
"Just as Jesus Christ called Lazarus out of the world of the dead, so ask Jesus Christ to call them out of the kingdom of darkness and by the power of his Holy Spirit they must come."
Allergy to cats - 1998
The church I attended needed a place for their visiting evangelist to stay. Jenny's place was suggested, but alas, the woman had a cat and as Dolcene suffered from an allergy to cats she couldn't possibly go there.
From childhood onwards Dolcene had suffered from an allergy to cats. Her body would break out in a rash. In severe cases she would almost suffocate as her lungs closed up. In these instances she would need medication, or choke to death. It was therefore understandable that she didn't want to go somewhere where she had to share a house with a cat. My place became the only other option.
I could sympathise with Dolcene's handicap, but I was a bit puzzled as to how an evangelist could be on her way to India to help the masses, when she couldn't overcome a problem in her own life. After a few days at my place I challenged her on the problem. I told her we would pray about the issue then she could play with the neighbour's cat, in order to put her faith into practice.
For three days she always came up with the same excuse, "Oh I don't feel up to it today, we'll do it tomorrow." Finally I had enough and told her point blank that if she couldn't deal with this issue how was she going to deal with the problems that would arise in India. She got my point loud and clear and consented to prayer. First we bound the spirit of fear. Then we bound the spirit of allergy and claimed God's mighty healing power, in Jesus' mighty name.
Faith without action is worthless, so it was time to play with the cat.
Dolcene picked up the cat and played with it for 5 minutes. There was no reaction whatsoever. Previously for 42 years she couldn't go near a cat, but now she was actually holding and playing with one. God is indeed a miracle working God.
Prepared to go only halfway.
I asked the Lord Jesus what the difference was between a friend and myself. Sheila and her husband had started the local Missionary Alliance Church. She went to every church meeting and knew the Bible a lot better than I did. Yet I felt in my heart that there was a difference between us.
I hadn't expected God to answer me, not immediately anyway. As I sat with my eyes closed, I saw the following vision. Jesus came out the front door of a magnificent double storey mansion and ran down the front steps. Next, I saw on the left hand side of the picture Sheila. She was trudging along a completely barren landscape. There were no trees, grass or even rocks. Jesus and Sheila met exactly halfway. Jesus joyfully said to her, "Welcome my child, welcome my child; come on, come on." She replied sternly, "No this is far enough!" At that stage the vision ended.
Sadly Sheila and her husband are only religious, refusing to believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and instead have set up their own rules and regulations, deciding on how far they should go. Romans 10:2,3
2/ I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge.
3/ They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.
Jesus Christ went all the way to the cross. How far are you prepared to go?
(There are many more diary entries but the above are the only ones I felt in my heart to include.)
Conclusion
Jesus said:
"Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
How simple the above words are. I have come to experience the rest,
peace and joy that only God can give in very difficult circumstances. My
prayer is that whoever reads this book will also reach for the kind of
fulfilment that is not found in the world, but only through the Holy Spirit.
Let God's miracle working power give you new life through the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1/ Fiji
2/ Egypt
3/ Israel
4/ Papua New Guinea
5/ Forgive or I cannot forgive you
6/ Jesus still heals today
7/ Suicide
8/ Long Bay Gaol
9/ Attempted murder
10/ Bathurst Gaol
11/ Angels
12/ How to pray
13/ Cords
14/ Counting the cost
15/ The heart condition
16/ Lorraine
17/ Dracula - fact or fiction
18/ If you love me
19/ Being gay
20/ Faith
21/ Roots
22/ Malaysia
23/ Fiji revisited - 1997
24/ What Jesus means to me
25/ My diary entries
26/ Conclusion