The Phone Rang At 2:44 AM
The Phone Rang At 2:44 AM
I (Chaunda) had recently begun attending a 5 am prayer meeting on Fridays at the Spanish speaking Central Christian Church, located just around the corner from us. Just this Friday, when my phone started buzzing, I thought it must be time to wake-up at 4:30 am… however, when I reached to turn it off, it was actually a phone call – at 2:44 am! It was Pastor Roger’s wife, Hilda. She pleaded that Pastor Roger had something going on with his chest and breathing and could we help by driving them to the clinic? Like many locals in this region – they don’t have a car; and had actually tried to reach several taxis as well as other family and friends before calling us. It seems that this was meant to be. “Of course” I replied, “we’ll be there right away”. Then I turned to Michael and said “It’s ministry time”. Remember that the Lord had blessed us with a car shortly after we moved here? We’ve been able to assist many people since then because of it.
Pastor Roger’s symptoms included pain in the chest, hard breathing, itching and tingling in his face and hands. When we pulled up, Roger and 3 others were waiting outside. Michael walked up and without really saying anything, placed one hand on his chest and one hand on his back and prayed that the doctor would not find anything wrong and would just send him home well! On our way to the clinic, we also prayed he would be able to see the doctor right away, with no waiting. That’s exactly what happened. Within just 15 minutes after arriving, we were all walking out – AND Roger was feeling fine (PRAISE THE LORD)! Due to the early morning pre wake-up call; Hilda mentioned that they would cancel the meeting that morning and resume the following Friday. HOWEVER…It would seem that was not God’s plan.
We went to bed at 4 am, but Michael could not sleep. He kept having an increasing feeling that the prayer meeting needed to be held. ALSO for the 1st time, Michael felt led to attend – even though he was previously planning to start the following week, due to some scheduling conflicts.
Michael felt the Lord was specifically revealing that Pastor Roger’s symptoms were actually a specific spiritual attack with the intention to stop the meeting– and was even given the name of the demon, which was Asshure Tetrus… I called Hilda and told her that we felt we should still come over and have the prayer meeting. They readily agreed, and actually they were still up and were praising the Lord for his healing.
That morning’s prayer meeting was extremely powerful. We felt a “shift” in the spirit realm and are looking forward to seeing in the natural what God did in the supernatural. What a blessing it is to be able to dwell in unity with the believers in this area, to work together for the Kingdom of God, and to help each other in practical ways!
NOTE: During this time – Pastor Roger was lead to invite Mike to teach at their midweek service next Thursday. What is interesting about this, is the need to have an interpreter has recently been brought up in the past 2 ½ weeks – and now he has been given the opportunity to teach through an interpreter. IT MUST JUST BE A COINCIDENCE? LOL
