Testimony Update

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485769317275896331.post-29409363804496251632008-05-08T21:41:00.000-07:002008-05-09T13:52:54.400-07:00Testimony UpdateDawn Dice: Pastor Sharon, Melissa, Lisa and all of the intercessory prayer warriors, During my anticipation of attending WOV '08, I searched my soul for what God need to change in me so that I may experience deeper intimacy with him. God very clearly showed me that I need to loose the bitterness in my life. It was affecting my home life, my job, and most of all my ability to be able to truly forgive those who have hurt me so deeply in my life. On Thursday night after hearing Pastor Libby's message I felt that I was ready to have hands laid on and to get rid of this bitterness. I was standing in line and was praying for one of my sisters in the Lord, and God spoke to me and told me that none of the people in front of that service could help pray this "thing" off of me because it was my own "Free Will" and so I had to go back to my seat, I felt as though all the air was just let out of my balloon. I called my husband when I got back to my room and told him, I just could not believe that I was carrying this bitterness out of my "own free will" and I was allowing it to hold me back. Through the day and evening on Friday I kept hearing about bitterness and free will and was taking all if it to heart, because I knew that it had to go. After listening to Lisa on Saturday morning I felt like every word out of her was intended for me. I knew when it was time for her alter call that I just had to get there as fast as I could because I was ready to let all of the junk in my life go. When Pastor Sharon said that none of the intercessors could touch anyone, because it was their own free will to hold onto their bitterness, I knew that was God, because he already told me that on Thursday night. As I began to pray and Pastor Sharon was leading I could actually feel all of the heaviness lifting off of me and although I didn't realize it, but when Pastor Sharon said that we had to forgive God for allowing us to be born into a DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY, I saw a vision before me of an old, dead, twisted tree, and out of that tree came a new tree busting out and growing so big that I had to look left to right to see it all. The tree was full of big green leaves, then all the leaves were gone and it was covered in big white flowers. I knew that the Holy Spirit was doing a new work in me. When I got home Saturday afternoon, my husband had replaced a small tree in our back yard that was dead with no sign of life with a beautiful new fruit tree on Friday while I was away at WOV. God is so awesome, I had no idea that he was going to do that. It was a confirmation to me that the old dead unfruitful deeds were gone and a new fruit was coming forth. I gave my testimony in Church on Sunday morning and people came forward wanting prayer to break the tie of bitterness over their life. One lady said that it was like I took a knife and cut her abdomen open and looked inside of her. I was able to pray with them and break the generational curse of bitterness that has held me in bondage for over 30 years and claim victory for Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I praise my God on every remembrance of you ..... all.Melissa Floreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05322114247061011655noreply@blogger.com