Write The Book

Months earlier, on March 1, 2011, at the end of a service the pastor began to cry as he spoke these words, “God was going to use someone in a mighty way”. At that moment, I felt a lightning bolt shoot from my head to my feet. I began to cry extremely hard. God was letting me Know instantly He was talking about me. Even still at that time I did not know what was yet in store for me.

On April 8, 2011, I received an email requesting anyone that had a miracle they could document to please submit. I thought okay God, I will submit all the miracles you have done for me as I was bursting and needed to share all He had done for me with everyone. In my mind, I thought that is why God had told me to write it down. It was to later take me 9 days to fully understand that God did not intend for me to stop there. God had much bigger plans as I would soon find out.

On Monday, April 18, 2011, for the first time in more than 10 years, I awoke at 7 a.m. feeling completely rested and refreshed. This was far from normal for me. For the average person you would say, “So what?  What is the big deal?”  For me, it is a big deal when you consider that I slept a good deal more than I care to admit. I was sleeping upwards of 16 plus hours a day and sometimes more. It is painful to admit even to myself. I was ashamed and could do nothing to stop it. I would be in the middle of a conversation with my husband and go out cold. It was embarrassing to say the least.

I am now, for the first time in well over 10 years, a real honest to goodness person when it comes to sleep. One less secret that I now have to keep, thank you Jesus for another miracle you bestowed on me.

The day before, April 17, 2011, God spoke to me and told me to “write the book”. He told me that, “Great things are coming” and “It would be a blessing to many”. 

I marvel at His timing, on the exact day He intended for me to start His book, He gives me a miracle of normal sleep. God REALLY did mean business, He wanted His book written and He WANTED me to start the very next day after telling me to do so. He has such awesome power and TIMING!

 Lynn’s recording normal sleep Miracle: 

 It is God’s world and His timing

“Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?  And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?  Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”  Genesis 18:11-14

“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.  So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”  Genesis 45:7-8

I was pushed so far out of my comfort zone, not to mention my skill level. All I could think was, “God, are you sure you know it is ME you are talking to?” I don’t possess the ability to write a book. I can read one, but write one, REALLY?

As I sat down to begin, I felt as though I was beating my head against a brick wall. I was way over my head and I needed God to tell me what to write. I sat looking at the same sentence for what felt like hours and could not move beyond that point. It had only been less than an hour, but I was going nowhere until God opened up the heavens. As I began to pray, once again God began giving me the material He wanted for His book.

satan seeks to destroy and he has tried many times over my life to do just that. But God let me know I was here for a purpose and my time was now. God was asking me to step up to the plate. What He was asking of me was something I felt was impossible for me to be able to do. I had not held a job in 10 years and I struggled to carry a conversation with anyone, much less be able to write a book that would make sense and others could follow. The saying ‘use it or loose it’ in my case had certainly applied. I had not used all the skills I did have and now I did NOT have them at all. I never had the skills to be able to write and after all these years I was in bad shape.

It was not that I didn’t want to do what God was telling me to do; I just was at a complete loss. How do you even start a project when you are way over your head? Pick anything that you DO NOT know how to do; now if I ask you to do it, you are clueless. That was me; I was in trouble but not without help. God was and is my help, and I was doing a lot of leaning on Him. I am so thankful He is right there anytime you need Him.

The same as when God used David to slay Goliath. David was just a small boy compared to a 9’ 7”tall (six cubits and a span) giant. His coat of mail (flexible protective garment made of overlapping metal rings) weighed 156 pounds and his spear head alone weighed 19 pounds. God’s choice for slaying Goliath was not your conventional choice, as was all God’s choices, David was but a small shepherd’s son when God used him. God took an unlikely candidate like David and made him into something mighty, as only God can do.

The key is David still had to be willing to be used of God. I am sure he had fear, just like we all do. The fear of the unknown, the fear of failing, the fear of being the laughing stock for all, or to be the butt end of their jokes and to make fun of. Yes, I am little David, my fear I can put aside. This is not about me; it is something so much bigger. I would never succeed on my own; I would be just another failure. But I am not doing this on my own; it is all God, for He is the one that is fighting the battle. Just like with David He just needs a willing vessel.

David & Goliath

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.” I Samuel 17:4

“And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” I Samuel 17:33

God even blessed me, by telling me how successful His book would be. I am not surprised at the success, but what does surprise me is that He has allowed me to be part of something that big. It only makes me that much more humble.

The nasty one (satan) was determined to put a halt to even my beginning this book; the neighbor’s car alarm went off. It was just a few doors down and I was struggling to get my thoughts together. The sound was so loud I could not think. In over eighteen (18) years, that was the only time that was to occur longer than a couple minutes, blasting for several hours straight.

I was to get a computer virus, the only one I have ever had, and I have owned a computer since 1988. It would take Bill just over five hours to get it removed and I was unable to work all that time. From there I began having one computer issue after another. I anointed the computer with oil and God took care of it immediately, there was one little flash and no more issues.

The pastor had just mentioned in the last service about a man who was having problems with his car and anointed it with kitchen oil and never had another issue, it was to last him many years. If I had missed that service, I would not have even thought about doing that.

I also began to notice that my babies, Knight, Angel, and Diva were requiring a great deal more attention than usual. They wanted to be held and on the desk at all times, this was not normal for any of them much less all of them at once. I was finding it so difficult to be able to work; they were taking up all my work space on my desk, not to mention I could not get to my keyboard for holding them in my arms. It is pretty hard to type if you can’t access the keyboard.

It was not until we were grooming them that it finally slapped me in the face. Knight was being super fussy, he didn’t want me to trim him or cut his nails. He kept trying to bite at me, not actually bite me. That little man loves us so that he would never harm us, there was something REALLY wrong, and that is when I finally got it. I anointed Angel, Knight, and Diva with oil and prayed for them as well and they returned instantly to their sweet, gentle nature just like they were when God had given them to us.

God had given me just one word, on three separate occasions starting on May 1, 2011 spanning several weeks or so. I could not understand what it meant. With the last one, He woke me up at 5:30 a.m. and gave me the feeling that my belly was on fire. It was the most strangest feeling. I knew from the second I woke up that my belly was on fire, as if flames were shooting out of it. It was almost as if I could feel the heat, but I couldn’t.

That is when God gave me the word for the third time – ‘Job’, the man from the book in the Bible. Under any circumstance that is a word that puts fear in me, because he lost everything. Yet I was remarkably calm, with such peace and comfort; I knew my belly was on fire. I knew it was God, I just didn’t understand what He was telling me. I got up and began praying. I still didn’t get an answer. I did speak with my pastor; however, he had no answers either. It is my belief that God was warning me that the evil forces were going to try stopping this book from the beginning and He was still there with me.

I have had to overcome a great deal of obstacles just to be able to work on this book, and they are still continuing. But when you have been faced with all that I have in life, it was not about to slow me down and it certainly was not going to stop me.

There is nothing that satan can do with a made up mind!

Bill was being bombarded with phone calls for computer assistance. He was being pulled in so many different directions and still trying to stay calm and assist me as well. He was struggling, it was breaking my heart, and I told him “it was all a trick of satan if he could keep you focused on all these other things then he would have succeeded.” Unlike the direction I had from God, Bill was not getting anything. I told him that God would not tell me to do one thing and he to do something that would contradict it.

I told him he needed to “give it ALL to God”. I told him “you don’t give a gift to someone with a string attached, and take it back when you want to”. The same with when you give it to God, you have to REALLY give it all to Him. That He alone could provide the peace that Bill so desperately was seeking. Shortly thereafter, he had the peace he needed and I the help I needed.

A mere thirteen days after Bill lost his job; the head gasket blew on the car. We were now without any transportation, no way to get to church, that was my only concern. God came first.  Kevin, our son-in-law, (he feels like my son) was able to take us a few days later and we bought another car. You know I prayed, and got an incredible deal all orchestrated by God.

My daddy called to say he had a hole in his retina and would have to have surgery. When he began to describe the sight in his eye, I immediately recognized what he was talking about because it was what I had with my eye and God had given me a miracle after we started back to church. I was almost completely blind in that eye, the same as my daddy was describing. I love him greatly and concerned for him; I continue to give it to God.

I was awakened in the middle of the night. Getting out of bed, I began walking around the house. I could feel an eerie, chilling, evil spirit. The feeling gripped me to the bone, it was horrible. It felt as if all of hell’s demons and imps were in our house, you could not move they were everywhere. I began praying. I felt a feeling like I never want to experience again. I could feel the forces of evil, it was an icy, bone chilling, wicked feeling and it was very strong. It is not a comfortable feeling, it will rattle you to say the least. You can never cast out any demons without prayer and fasting, and I had been doing a great deal of both.

The next day Diana called, she was hurting and I didn’t help matters when she said to me “Mom you just don’t understand”; she was referring to an issue she was dealing with. There are so many fronts that I want to just stop and be there for each of them and yet I know I have to keep giving it to God. I could not help them. Their issues were not within my limited abilities. However, that does not mean that I don’t continue to pray and fast while I am giving it to God.

Prayer & Fasting

“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”   Matthew 17:20-21

“And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”  Mark 9:28-29

I also went through the entire house praying and anointed every electrical item with cooking oil, and prayed in Jesus Name on each. I was fed up with all the distractions, chaos, and havoc satan was attempting to create and I was going to stop him before he could attack another thing. Why not, after all God was the one that was giving me the heads up and I was going to take full advantage of it.  All thanks to God!

Lynn’s recording casting out demons: 

The gratitude I have for HIM is immense.  I can’t seem to find the words. I try but my attempts are futile ... He is awesome!!!  All I can do is squall, the tears are flowing like a river and breathing is so difficult. How could anyone love me so much? And yet He does and He loves you too just as much!

I HAD to give HIM my ALL! 

Seeking God's love & help for needs

“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.”  Proverbs 8:17

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”  Matthew 7:7-11

“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”  Luke 11:9-10

I received a call early on Saturday morning; someone I love so dearly was in deep distress. They had been ‘Baker Acted’, I never saw it coming, yet it will not distract or detour me. This was just another thing that was being put in my path. Walking in there it became clear within minutes that they were NOT right and something terrible had happened. They were no longer the sweet wonderful person I had known most of my life. My heart was aching, but not in the way you may think. It was aching for all the pain they were causing all the others connected to them and those that loved them so dearly. Yet, they maintained they were the one that was normal.

As Bill and I were driving back home it was pouring rain extremely hard. You could not see your hand in front of your face. I told him that the storm that was occurring outside should also be inside of me, but I was feeling none of it. I told him that it is as if God had me cradled in His arms ever so tightly. That I felt my life was being played out on a massive movie screen and I was watching it all unfold as a third party. That is the amazing part; it is MY life, on the screen. So do not tell me you cannot be in the midst of a horrible situation and feel no effects of it. That is the Power of MY God!  He gives us such peace and comfort as the storm rages around you.

He will keep me; I am unable to face any of this alone. I will cling tightly to Him, I will NOT be letting go! You have to have that made up mind, because if you do not, you will be going down when satan comes around.

The struggles I face will not stop me, I will make it through; He will provide me with what I need to accomplish the task, as I need it.  He has asked this of me and it is the least that I can do for HIM!

‘Baker Acted’

A Baker Act is a means of providing individuals with emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment when required, either on a voluntary or an involuntary basis.

Lynn’s recording someone loved dearly: 

We are often faced with obstacles in our path; it is up to us to find a way around them. For me I just give it to God and keep on moving forward. Determination is the key to remember. satan cannot succeed if you have a made up mind. It will not stop him from trying but hold your ground. Have your line in the sand and stand on the word of God.

God does not make it easy; but he makes it possible!

For me it was all about believing in God and letting Him have the reins. I myself was not ‘good enough’ or capable, but then again I did not have to be. I just needed to put my faith and trust in Him and He would carry me through. It was like stepping over the edge of the cliff and KNOWING I would succeed, there is no turning back once you take that final step. I was in free fall ... I would be victorious, with God as the pilot, co-pilot, and navigator.

 God does not put more on us than we can handle

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. I Corinthians 10:13