The glory of the Lord has arisen
It was over 14 years ago, but it was a day that is etched in my mind as if it just happened this morning. I walked into my 3-year-old daughter’s room and heard a giggle coming from under a little blanket-covered head playing hide-and-seek. As the sheets flew back, I was overjoyed to see that the glory of the Lord had risen over my son after a previous night of praise, spiritual warfare, and deliverance. His whole countenance had changed. It was as if the sun shone not only on her, but shone from deep within her. She was free, happy, smiling and full of the joy of the Lord.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of justice will rise with healing in its wings. And you’ll advance and jump [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stable.
The miracle I had been fasting and praying for finally manifested in my son’s deliverance. I knew without a doubt that my daughter had been healed, set free, and freed from the enemy who had her bound to many demonic spirits including rage, wrath, fear, disobedience, stubbornness, jealousy, frustration, and manipulation.
transfer of spirits
I share my story today because I know there are many parents who are currently going through or have gone through what seems like an impossible journey of raising a child who has been “labeled” by society as different or even weird. .
At the time of my daughter’s release, I was a divorced mother of two young daughters and in my early years as a Christian. I was born and raised in the church, but no one taught me how to prepare myself spiritually to raise my children. During the pregnancy of my second child I was in a marriage that was not ordained by God, and shortly after my daughter was born I divorced. Many of the spirits I carried during my pregnancy were transferred to my unborn child through bitterness, anger, loneliness, fear, and frustration.
The older she got, the more disobedient and stubborn she became. Every time she asked him to do something, she would throw huge tantrums, she would get angry, scream and fall down. She would never allow anyone else to hold her or watch her for long. She always wanted to be with me 24/7. Whatever she wanted or whatever she didn’t want, she would manipulate and control {spirit of Jezebel} the situation by causing a major and dramatic scene just to get back at me. I never knew what to expect when we went out in public. If I said no to anything she wanted, that spirit of anger and rebellion would rise up to embarrass me so much that I would simply leave the stores and go home frustrated and defeated. As a mother she had no problem disciplining her children and would try to take that path many times. I quickly realized that spanking didn’t work and that timeouts were a joke.
Demons must be cast out… not flogged
One day I heard the Holy Spirit tell me that if you send it to school they will label it and put it on medication. He knew that this was not God’s will for his life. He then said that demon spirits can’t be whipped, Kim, they must be cast out. It was a blessing to me that at the time, I had my own home daycare and was able to stay home and spend time with her before her school years started.
I often thought back to before I had my children and when I was working in the Early Childhood Education field as a teacher in various nurseries. He had such a passion for children that they were labeled with autism and attention deficit disorder. He hated to see them so lethargic and drugged. He may have kept them calm so we could handle them, but he did not hand them over or release them. I really wanted to help them, but I didn’t know what to do other than love them and pray for them. Just as I knew it was not God’s will for those children to remain in that state of mind, I knew it was not God’s will for my daughter to remain in the place of slavery that she found herself in.
My daughter was never diagnosed or medicated, but I remembered what the Lord had told me. If she allowed him to stay in that place, she would have. There were times when she was so out of control that when she prayed, she would say “Say Jesus, just say Jesus” and she couldn’t say her name. She literally couldn’t form her mouth to say her name. He prayed and worked with her for hours until the spirits of rebellion and stubbornness came back down and hid {the spirits came back down and hid so they wouldn’t be thrown out of her}. When the stubborn and rebellious spirit broke, she would cry, call out to Jesus, and say “I’m sorry, Mommy.” It hurt me a lot to see the enemy torment my daughter in such a way.
God has an expected end for you
I was so exhausted and she was exhausted. To be honest with you, I didn’t know what else to do. There were times when she even refused the sentence. One day a preacher was praying for my 2 daughters and when he was ready to lay hands on my only daughter, she brushed her hand away. He said, “Oh, this one is different.” Even though he said it in a negative way, he really knew that she was different, but in a good way. As a spiritual mother, I was able to see past what the enemy was trying to accomplish and see what God had planned for his life. Although the enemy tried to destroy her during my pregnancy, she received the divine inheritance that He had planned for her life long before she was born.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I met you. Before you were born, I chose you for a special job. I think you are a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 29:11-12
I say this because I know the plans I have for you.” This message is from the Lord. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future. Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
I was able to see God’s plan for my daughter. When I began to seek the Lord for my son’s deliverance, the Holy Spirit told me that until I gave birth, my children would not be. The Lord wanted me to seek Him, submit to Him and surrender everything. Many times we have received the salvation of Christ, but we simply have not been delivered. As believers, we must move from the outer court of salvation to the inner court where we wash ourselves in the Word of God and then enter the Holy of Holies in the presence of God.
As a mother there were things that I had to go to God and ask him to get rid of first. I had to submit, repent and humble myself before God. When I gave everything to God, He was faithful to set my son free.
Isaiah 66:9
Should I deliver to the birth point and then not give birth? asks the Lord your God. Nope! Never!
We have the victory!
There was a great spiritual war for my daughter, but I was determined that the enemy would not have it. There were days when the battles were very intense, but I literally fought for her life! I thank God for a mother who prayed and strong Christian friends and family in my life who understood the fight and got into it and fought with me. The day she gave birth we were praying and praising and she screamed “The devil is gone!” And I knew right then and there that the devil was surely gone and my little girl was delivered from the hand of the Lord.