For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Please pray for Abigail and the rest of us...
Last night, Abigail woke up around midnight with a 104 fever, diarrhea and was completely delirious. We gave her Tylenol, and waited... and prayed. Her fever took an hour to get down to 102. When we finally got her back into her bed, Abigail began talking to people that were not there. We prayed in our bed. She got real loud, and we flew out of bed to pray over her. It was a bit nerve-racking. Tyler was reading Psalms over her to try to get her to settle her little mind. I opened my Bible, and happened to be reading this:
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the
Son of God might be glorified thereby.
John 11:4
This morning, Tyler went to get our neighbor, Julius, to come pray over Abigail. Julius said that last night, he was awoken with a vision of spirits battling with white flesh. (We're the only white people in... well... anywhere...) Anyway, he prayed for us and fell back asleep. He then had a dream about himself praying, and the evil spirit left. When he stopped praying, the spirit would come back. So, Julius woke up at 3am and prayed until morning... when Tyler showed up to ask him to come pray for Abigail. We happened to fall asleep in peace at 3am.
Second account:
A Ugandan woman, Lucy, is staying here for a few weeks to help in caring for all of the children. Yesterday, the Lord told her that a spirit was coming with sickness. She woke up in the night and felt the presence of that spirit. She got out of her hut and prayed on the ground all night.
This is reality. We are praising God this morning for His protection and His presence. We are in a spiritual battle. We ask Him to fight for us. And in our weakness, He raises up prayer warriors and an AWESOME testimony of His faithfulness.
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Job 2:9
Like Job's wife, you may be thinking this too: Are you crazy? Go back to America!
We choose to respond as Job did...
"Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?”
Job 2:10
Please join us in prayer today. I'll update later tonight.
Praying, Dear Friend. Praising God for Julius and Lucy, for Jesus, for His Word, the Holy Spirit, our Faithful God! We love you! The Hardens
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Abide in the Lord. "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: My God, in Him I will trust. Surely He shall deliver you form the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence, He shall cover you with His feathers and under His wings you shall take refuge". Psalm 91. We are praying for you all - Glory to God.
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"Didn't I tell you, be strong and brave...don't be worried, don't be scared...God is with you wherever you go."Joshua 1:9
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I had the kids watch Lilah singing last night and we were all blessed. Salome saw a picture of the boys and right away said, "There's Jonah." We will continue to pray for each of you...everyday. Update here...I ended up have the incision open nearly all the way! I had to go back and have a couple things done...only to get an infection. We are praying that God removes it quickly. Lucy is doing great! She is the happiest, quietest, smiliest newborn I have ever seen! Thank you for prayer. Samantha
Yikes! Praying for you today Samantha. Thank you Jesus for a happy newborn in the midst of all that!
ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing testimony! God is good. What a change you guys are experiencing over there and how comforting to know that God is with you. I wish spirituality like that would be seen here. Praying for you all.
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