Jesus
is coming to heal through open visions.
Testimonies
Your ministry
here is a divine answer to prayers that have gone up since at
least 2002: our spirits have longed for at least one "Spirit-filled"
ministry to come in on a regular basis. The brothers in Christ here have been praising God for the
Prison Ministry. We thank God for all volunteers but you are an answer
to our cry.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday have been set aside by many of us
as fast days to accomplish what your first class taught us -
TEARING DOWN STRONGHOLDS - wherever they may be found. We have
been calling those things which are not, as though they are. We
are already appropriating by faith. That which we have prayed
for by faith, we are now taking. That which is lacking in
ministry, we are believing for the "filling, breaking and melting."
If you could spread the word that the brothers in chains desire the
prayers of their family in Christ, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Strongholds need to be broken and we need a unity of like mindedness
with one accord.
The men want more hands-on ministry experience in ministry to each
other. We have several men in the class who are desirous of
the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Most of the men just need to
experience the Holy Spirit on a deeper level. The key word is
experience. We are praying for you and the class, believing that
Restoration Prayer Ministry is a great factor in the revival that has
started at Calhoun CI. Quite a few have already received the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Quite a few have received
deliverance from demonic spirits. Quite a few have received
healing in their bodies.
All of this has taken place outside the chapel, on the yard and
in the dorms. We feel that this is just the beginning, the mercy
drops. O, for the showers we plead and believe. God bless
you. We say, "Blessed is she who comes in the name of the Lord."
I thank God for pulling down strongholds in my life! When I
was 5 years old, I was hit by a car, my neck was broken and I was
paralyzed from the neck down. I was in a prison of bitterness
but now I am delivered. Jesus Christ is the head of my life and
I thank God that although my body is in prison, I am free. I
love Jesus, He loves me and Jesus loves you, Amen? I thank God
that He delivered me from the power of darkness and I am in the light.
The Light is in me, thank God. My prayer life has changed;
I am thanking
God that He will deliver me from a 40 year sentence.
Since
attending Tearing Down Strongholds,
I have learned what strongholds really are, the causes and effects of
them and various avenues by which they travel. I understand how
we give the enemy power and authority over us and most importantly,
how to combat them. Without this ministry, many believers would
still be uninformed and ill-informed. We have a new
understanding of the power of words, vows and the positive power of
praying in corporate agreement. A ministry like yours deserves
to grow and I believe by the power of God, it will.
Twenty-four
years ago, while heavily intoxicated with drugs and alcohol, I
shot a police officer twice at point-blank, with a 357 magnum
revolver. He died on the way to the hospital but through God's
grace, miraculously survived after electric shocks were given to him
by para-medics. I was found guilty and received a life sentence
as punishment.
Right before I
committed that crime, my 49 year old father passed away from
cancer. During my 24 years of incarceration, I have lost my 29
year old sister to cancer and nearly lost my mother in a car accident.
In spite of unnumbered trials and tribulations in prison, I have
managed to survive and overcome. With much discipline and
determination I have overcome my drug and alcohol addiction and have
gotten an education. My negative and destructive behavior has
become a positive and productive attitude.
After I gave my
whole life to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I have come to know and
experience love without boundaries, a peace that surpasses all
understanding and a joy that is over whelming. Today, I fully
understand that it was God's mighty hand that actually kept me safe
and sound throughout this terrible ordeal. Glory to God!
By man's law and
standard, I currently do not have a release date yet; however, by
God's law and perfect plan, freedom is at hand. Because
the eyes of my faith see the answer as having it already. I came
to prison with a life sentence and I am leaving prison in God's timing
with a promise of eternal life. Only Jesus Christ, the true
advocate of His people can guarantee a bargain of such magnitude.
I will forever praise, love and serve Him wholeheartedly. Amen
I once was bound with anger and fear.
Since I have been attending Carlotta's class, I have noticed a change
in me as a person, physically and in the Spirit. I now have the
desires of Jesus. I have actually felt His presence upon me and
around me. This class has brought me into a realm of awareness
and alertness; now I am quick to pray about situations and
circumstances. I'm now living in the love of Jesus Christ, no
longer angry and chained with fear. I am free in every area of
my life. I thought I could never live with my wife again but
because of the love of Jesus, I can now remain in my marriage and love
my wife no matter what. I can forgive now.
Everyday now, I have been receiving so much of God's grace.
I just want to say praise the Lord for Tearing Down Strongholds.
I know now how to rest in Him. All of pain and worries about
life is gone and now I can trust the Lord with all my heart. I
used to be selfish and lusting, but I have been trusting Him through
my suffering from these sins I had committed. Through my trials
and enduring pain, He has set me free.
I
come from a very good background and family. I was well
educated and my family had very high expectations of me. I
made some bad decisions and I ended up in prison. My sentence
was short compared to most people in here (only two years) but I was
still devastated by it.
I am an only child, my Father has died and my Mom has become
terminally ill. Look at where I am when she needs me most. The
feeling of guilt was getting to be too much for me. Tearing Down
Strongholds has really helped me to deal with my issues.
Since I was a child, I have felt strongly that God has a special
purpose for me. I've studied the Bible seriously for the past
fourteen years. I had all this knowledge, but didn't put it into
practice and apply it to my own life, as I should.
From hearing Carlotta's own testimony, I came to realize what I must
do and that I wasn't all alone. Others have back-slidden, such
as I, and felt as I do.
I get out of prison in a few months and I now feel confident that I
can stay in the Lord, giving all my cares and worries to Him. I
am no longer over-whelmed with guilt. The strongholds have been
torn down! You have been a God send to us here at Calhoun
Correctional Institution.
Testimonies from Counseling
Women in Jail
Since I was saved 2 months ago, everything looks different!
It is so weird. I really can't explain it myself, but everything
that went wrong is now going right. I don't get mad anymore. I
don't feed into bad things anymore. When stuff comes up in the
pod, I go straight to the Bible. I know God will have a
scripture there for me. There will always be a verse that
pertains to me. I am learning so many verses. (She really
is.)
The
women in here have known me for years and they know that I was like
the worst gangster there was. They know I am changed; I am not
always wanting to take the easy way out. I am telling the other
girls, "That just doesn't make sense anymore and this high on Jesus is
better than any high I have ever known." I prayed to be filled
with the Holy Spirit and I have been getting goose bumps all over my
body every since! I just pray all the time.
Please request prayer for me that I will keep growing and pray for my
handicapped son, who is staying with my mother.
Thank
you, for counseling us women weekly at the County Jail.
We had been tearing copies of "Our Daily Bread" devotionals into
little pieces and rotating them among ourselves so that each of us
could have a piece each day. Now we are also sharing the verses you
give us and we have our own Bible Study in the mornings. Each of
us will only stay here a few weeks before being released or
transferred to prison, but we will be taking these teachings with us.
We are already planning to start a Bible Study after some of us are
transferred to prison. Thank you, for the paperback books and
any Christian literature that you can bring. We especially
like Bible Study books.
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