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Without Seeing
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(323) 758-3777 By A. Michael Evans, Jr.
By Dr. Betty R. Price
E-mail: By Apostle Frederick K.C. Price A front-row seat into the most Dr. Betty has the true heart of
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Website: Apostle Price outlines how the recent tour of Israel led by an intercessor. In this issue,
www.faithdome.or g prayer of faith moves the Apostle and Dr. Betty Price. she shares exactly how she
hand of God. It brings God
To order from or present on the scene of your 16 HEALTH & HEALING
prays—and how you can
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If you
Believing the Word are not a
Christian
and
As I have said time and time again, our words are so very important and
would
even more so when it comes to praying and the confession that follows our
like to
prayers. A person once asked me, “Pastor Price, it says in the Bible in I John
5:14-15: that ‘if we know’ then why can’t we pray I know that I have received.”
become one,
Well, because the Word of God says I have to “believe” the Word. The rea-
pray the
son our confession is stated in this manner is to claim in faith what God has
already fulfilled by His Word. Verse 14-15 again, “Now this is the confidence
following
that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears
prayer:
us. And if we know that He hears us....” How do we
know that He hears us? Well, God said He did. But
“Prayer you may say, “I never heard the Father say He heard
me.” Since we never heard God talk to us personally,
must be we have to believe that He heard us, don’t we?
spoken in Therefore, it is a matter of our faith in His Word.
I have spent the greater part of my ministry teach-
Faith.” ing that prayer must be spoken in faith. Otherwise, Dear GOD in Heaven,
why pray? Prayer is our lifeline to God—and this issue
is dedicated to our communication with the Heavenly Thank you for sending Your
Father. Son JESUS CHRIST to destroy
This issue’s feature story is dedicated to the prayer of faith. Read how the power of Satan over my life. I
accept Jesus now as my personal
you can take hold of the power of prayer and live in God’s power. Sharon SAVIOR and LORD, and I
Washington, a member of Crenshaw Christian Center, talks about how she choose to turn away from the sins
confessed the Word of God and overcame her weight battles. My wife, Dr. of my past to a renewed Life in
Betty, shares her heart for intercessory prayer and how you too can go to Jesus.
God on behalf of others. Though not prayer related, Pastor Robert Bolden
shares a very important teaching on the subject of Strife. You said that if I would confess
Remember that you can go boldly before God’s throne as His child. with my mouth the LORD
JESUS and believe in my heart
Never forget the great opportunity that you have in prayer. There’s so much
that You raised Him from the
power there! dead, that I would be saved. I
believe JESUS died for my sins
and that You raised Him from the
dead for my benefit.
HEAVENLY FATHER, I
thank you for the gift of salvation
and for accepting me now as Your
child.
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The prayer of faith moves the hand of God. It ow, whether you’re aware of it or not Mark 11:24
is the prayer of faith. The prayer of faith is pri-
brings God present on the scene of your circum-
N
marily a prayer you pray for you. It is primarily a
stances. The prayer of faith works, but it doesn’t petition kind of prayer. A petition prayer is a
prayer where you’re asking God for something
work unless you’re praying it according to the for you, or asking Him to do something for you.
rules that are laid down in the Word of God. You In Mark 11:24 Jesus says:
“Therefore I say to YOU, whatever things YOU ask when
need to know that so you can know whether you YOU pray, believe that YOU receive them, and YOU will have
are, in fact, praying the prayer of faith. Now, let’s them.
find out what the prayer of faith is. Turn to Mark He didn’t say, “…whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that SHE receives them, and SHE will have them.” There
11:24. Jesus is speaking and He says: are other kinds of prayers that you pray when you’re praying for
someone else, but we’re talking about the prayer of faith and how it
works for you. Now look at Matthew 21:21-22:
“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you
ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, 21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to YOU, if YOU have
faith and do not doubt, YOU will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also
and you will have them.” if YOU say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
22 “And whatever things YOU ask in prayer, believing, YOU will receive.”
That means that if I ask for a brown car I’m not going to get a
green one. If I got a green one then God didn’t answer my prayer,
because He told me that whatever I
ask, believing, I’ll have that. If I didn’t
get that, then apparently God didn’t
answer that prayer. If He didn’t
answer, then He violated His own
Word because He said whatever I ask
that’s what I’m going to get. He never
said, “whatever things you ask when
you pray, believe that you receive them,
and you’ll get something like that, or
something that resembles that, or
something that’s closely associated
with that.” No, He said, whatever you
ask for you’ll get that.
Let’s return to Mark 11, and let’s
look at something else about the prayer
of faith.
“Therefore I say to you, whatever
things you ask when you pray, believe
that you receive them, and you will
have them.”
Take special notice of the word
believe. All people who are not
Christians, and too many who are
Christians, are bound by their senses. And I can understand why,
because all that we’ve learned through our educational processes
have been through our senses. We relate to the universe and the
environment around us through our senses, and there’s nothing
wrong with that. You have to live in the physical
world. But the world of God is a world of the spirit.
By Apostle Frederick K.C. Price You’ve got to get your petition into the world of the
spirit first, and then it comes back and affects the
world of the physical. But what happens is so many
Christians try to move in the physical first to cause something
to happen in the spiritual. They never get to the spiritual
because they’re bound by the physical, and they allow the
physical to dictate to them, to tell them where they are
with God.
Jesus said, “believe that you receive them.” He
This article was excerpted from a two-tape series by Dr. Price called, “The Prayer of Faith.”
A
By A. Michael Evans, Jr.
DAY 3
In Galilee, the land of Jesus, the weather report for the day was 91
degrees and sunny. Instead, it was around 80, slightly windy, but very
postle Fred and Dr Betty Price led a group of visitors to nice. Our first stop was the Mount of Beatitudes. Our drive took us par-
Israel in Spring from April 25- May 4 of this year. Michael tially around the Sea of Galilee.
Evans offers readers a front row seat to the sights and The next location was called, Peter’s Primacy. The grounds here
sounds of the Holy Land. are just as beautiful as those of the Church of the Beatitudes. We toured
On Tuesday April 27, the second day of the tour, the group the day the grounds and walked to the shore of the Sea of Galilee for photos,
was beautiful, warm, 86 degrees, sunny and awesome. We passed by the playing in the water, gathering souvenirs and just enjoying physically,
cities of Afula, Herzlia, Netanya and others enroute to Caesarea. walking in the footsteps of Jesus and the Apostles.
David Kidron, our favorite Israeli guide of the past 30 years, gave From here we went to Jesus’ city—Capernaum. If you know any-
the history of the area and the Amphitheatre. Then Apostle Price min- thing about the Bible, you must know this was the headquarters of
istered and laid hands on the sick. Jesus ministry in the Galilee. We spent a lot of time here, touring the
When it was all done, we left the amphitheater and toured the ruins, the Synagogue, the new church over the ruins of Peter’s mother-
grounds of Herod’s palace, the Hippodrome, both the upper palace and in-law’s house, again for our own personal reflection.
the lower palace on the Mediterranean and saw the marble pillar with Our next stop was Kursi. The site is located east of the Sea of
Pontius Pilate’s name chiseled into it. Galilee on the bank of a river bed descending from the Golan
Next stop, driving past the Crusader walls of Heights. It is significant to many Christians and
Caesarea’s Byzantine period. We stopped again for “This was the 11th Holy Jews because it has been identified by tradition as
photos at the Herod’s aqueduct which provided water Land tour for Ever the site where Jesus healed two men possessed by
to Caesarea. All-in-all, Caesarea comprised over 250 demons (Matthew 8: 28-33). One of the highlights
acres. We left the Mediterranean coast and headed Increasing Faith of any tour to the Holy Land is having a St. Peter’s
inland and up into Mt. Carmel. We drove through the Ministries and as far as fish lunch on the Sea of Galilee. Every trip we look
beautiful, rural, hilly countryside to Megiddo which is forward to our stop at the Kibbutz that supports
surrounded by the Valley of Armageddon. From here, I’m concerned, the
Israel’s largest dairy as well as a huge fish restaurant
we drove past the cities of Cana and Nazareth to best. Visiting the Holy on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Tiberias, our destination for the next three nights. Our Next, we went to board the boat for our ride
hotel had great views of the Sea of Galilee.
Land doesn’t get old, it
across the Sea of Galilee. The winds of earlier in
is new every morning.” the day had picked up, significantly. We could
see white caps all across the Sea of Galilee and
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Day 6
Our first stop was the Mount of Olives. While on the mount, we
take in the awesome, almost 180 degree view of new and old
Jerusalem and take a bunch of photos as well as our group photo
with Jerusalem in the background.
From there we walked down the Mount of Olives as Jesus did to Apostle Price teaching in the Amphitheater.
still comfortable made our way, we observd a number of other groups of pilgrims who
to a visit. were actually retracing every station of the cross and actually car-
rying a huge cross themselves for more realism.
Day 8 We reach the center of town which separates the four quar-
In the early ters of the city. From here, we pass by the church of the Holy
years when we Sepulcher, where Catholics believe Jesus was buried. We
toured the Holy continue to the church of St. Anne and the Pool of Bethesda
Land we always before exiting the Old City at the Lion’s Gate and back to our
had an opportu- waiting busses.
nity to spend Next stop was the Pool of Siloam. We arrived in what
some quality appears to be Arab East Jerusalem, a densely populated, urban
time in the Old area where the ruins of the pool are located.
City of After lunch we proceeded to the Garden Tomb. We saw the
Jerusalem. This site of the skull, Golgotha, which is believed to be the place where
Apostle Price praying for tour attendees. year, our day in Jesus was crucified. We then pass through the garden to the empty
Jerusalem was a tomb. Naturally, this area is crowded with tourists, but we’ve got to
rest day for everyone—but those who wanted to go to the old city were wait our turn and experience actually going in the tomb. It’ a moving
free to. Fortunately, our hotel, the King David Citadel is within walking experience for many.
distance of the Jaffa Gate to the Old City. A new mall has been built We relocated to a secluded spot in the garden for our Communion
between the hotel and the Jaffa Gate allowing for a nice mix of old and service. Apostle Price shared his communion message and we took
new. Communion. It was a very special occasion for little Gabriel Bostic.
Earlier in the tour, he was captized in the Jordan River. Then he received
Day 9 his first Communion in the Garden Tomb. It doesn’t get any better than
Our first stop was just steps away from our hotel, the Jaffa Gate to that. What a fitting end to a marvelous tour.
the Old City of Jerusalem. Our destination wass the Via Dolorosa to This was the 11th Holy Land tour for Ever Increasing Faith
retrace a portion of the stations of the cross of Jesus Christ as He made Ministries and as far as I’m concerned, the best. Visiting the Holy Land
His way through the city to Calvary. It’s explained to us that the city was doesn’t get old, it is new every morning. —EIF
much more crowded in Jesus’ day, which is hard to imagine. While we
Are You
I sn’t it a good idea, some may ask, to give kids
condoms just in case? After all, with two-
Praying the sexual rites of passage left its disappointing
tears on many a cheek.
thirds of all who contract HIV/AIDS doing
so before they’re twenty-five, isn’t it better to pro-
tect children by giving them an alternative to absti- for Your Today La Nej and Jeremy remain friends.
Jeremy is now married and recently celebrated the
birth of his daughter. Prom night was special for
Children?
nence? him, too. He didn’t go to his own high school
My answer is a resounding no! Clear guide- prom because of his parents’ strong Christian con-
lines are much more effective than the best-intend- viction and desire to protect their son from the
ed mixed message. pressures of his peers. So for Jeremy, La Nej’s
prom night was a dream come true. Isn’t it amaz-
Prom was around the corner. After a rocky
freshman year that resulted in a change of high
There are condoms ing how God honors his children when they are
obedient?
schools, La Nej was now focused and doing well
in her classes. With plans to attend a Christian col-
in our schools! We must protect our children by setting clear
lege solidly in line, we relaxed and enjoyed the standards in our home. And, we must pray with
By La Verne Tolbert, Ph.D.
excitement of La Nej’s high school graduation. our children, and talk with them. When parents
Well, Irving didn’t really relax. He scrutinized don’t communicate they are still sending mes-
every young man who asked La Nej to the prom. sages—silent as they may be.
He met each one—seven requests in all—and said With sexual activity, studies show that par-
no to every one! ents’ attitudes impact their sons’ decisions about
“But why, Daddy?” The dinner table conver- whether or not to become sexually active. For
sations seemed to go on forever. Irving would girls, studies show that early sexual activity is relat-
explain that there was something he didn’t trust ed to a breakdown in parental communication.
about one boy, or that he didn’t like the attitude of Children raised in a godly environment real-
the other, and on and on it went. Throughout
Let us behave decently, ize that as they are obedient to God’s Word, it will
these discussions I was silent. I didn’t perceive as in the daytime, sustain them, guide them, and give them wisdom
what my husband did, but I trusted him, and so not in orgies and drunkenness, to make right decisions. This doesn’t mean they
did his daughter. not in sexual immorality will be perfect and not make mistakes, but it does
The prom was now three weeks away, and La mean that they will be aware of laws that exist out-
Nej still had no date. “If push comes to a shove, I’ll
and debauchery, not in side themselves and for their own good.
take you myself,” he said. And that was that. dissension and jealousy. Herein lies the difference between the camp
What amazed me most throughout this entire Rather, clothe yourselves with that would offer contraceptives to kids and teach
process was my child’s attitude. I kept expecting the Lord Jesus Christ, kids that they have a choice of alternative lifestyles
her to become belligerent, insistent, or rebellious, versus teaching them that there are absolutes
and do not
but she didn’t. With every boy her father rejected, about which they are to make the right decisions.
she asked why but never argued the point once he think about how to gratify the This difference is philosophically at the core of our
gave his explanation. She showed no anger or ani- desires of the sinful nature. argument, and it is evident in the language we use.
mosity, and there was no tension in our home. Romans 13:13–14 The difference is God.
Meanwhile, at the university where I taught,
graduation was approaching. One of the young how expensive it is.” Because her attitude through- WHEN CHILDREN CHOOSE
women I mentored, Jerilyn, was graduating, and out the entire search for a prom date had been so When children choose, they are selecting from
her family was flying from Tennessee to Los gracious, we wanted her to have the best of every- the many options presented to them. It’s as if we’re
Angeles for the ceremony. During the week of thing. And I relied on her wisdom not to break the telling them that any choice they make is fine and
graduation everyone came to our home for din- bank! that all choices are equal. But children are not
ner—Jerilyn, her parents, sister, and brother. What It didn’t take long for us to find an adorable, equipped to make such choices. Neither are they
a side-splitting evening we had, trading stories and above-the-knee, sleeveless red dress. We were equipped to decide whether or not they will be sex-
telling family jokes! caught in a whirlwind of visiting the hair and nail ually pure.
When they left, Irving said to me, “I’d trust salon, shopping for shoes and makeup, and hunt- Why? They do not have all of the facts to
Jeremy with my daughter.” Jeremy had just com- ing for the perfect earrings. make a sound judgment. Therefore, it is our
pleted his freshman year in college and had come After a picture-taking send-off, the house responsibility as adults who do have all of the facts
home in time to join his family on the trip to Los seemed empty and so very, very quiet. I assumed not to present our children with a host of options
Angeles. His character testified of his relationship that Irving would wait up for his daughter to come or choices, but to present them with an absolute to
with Jesus Christ and spoke volumes of his home, and I was prepared to sit up with him. which we expect them to adhere. When they are
upbringing in a fine Christian home. Irving called But Irving went to bed. Confident that La mature enough to make decisions, we expect them
Jeremy’s dad the next day and asked if Jeremy Nej was in good hands, he slept peacefully. And so to make the right decision.
could remain in Los Angeles to escort La Nej to did I. In schools today, our children are given choic-
the prom, which now was just days away. The The next day La Nej and Jeremy told us how es that wreak havoc on themselves, their families,
answer was yes. much fun they had at the prom, and they joined their communities, and their country. Condom
Irving took Jeremy to rent a tuxedo and a car some schoolmates that day for a trip to availability is a choice that should not be presented
while La Nej and I shopped for a dress. “You can Disneyland. There they learned that prom night to our kids.
pick out any dress you like,” I told her. “I don’t care wasn’t as much fun for everyone—the pressure of
Our children trust us to guard their well- choice, do we not also imply that it is a positive in case really don’t expect their children to remain
being, to guide their lives, to teach them right decision for their well-being? sexually pure, do they? Approval for sexual inter-
from wrong. We say, “This is the correct way to This is why kids today are confused, and we course is vicariously implied through the very act
spell.” “That is the right way to multiply.” “One are the ones confusing them. We don’t need to of putting condoms in our children’s pockets.
plus one does not equal three. That is wrong.” offer choices as if anything is acceptable. It’s not! Worst of all, children are given a false sense of
Once we present children with options, is it We need to present absolutes, right and wrong, security that they are protected against the poten-
unrealistic for them to assume that since we know and then equip children with the tools they need tially lethal HIV virus. Condoms may be safer
what is best for them, we are offering them a to make the right decisions. than nothing, but they are not safe.
choice that is equally beneficial? By offering the Parents who give their children condoms just
MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Is there an environment in high schools that 1. Female sexual activity rates are higher in the clinic ceptions between males in the clinic school and males in the
encourages sexual activity? Does the presence of school. More females in the clinic school became sexually active nonclinic school. Males in the clinic school especially perceived
the school-based clinic on school grounds and con- than did females in the nonclinic school, 60 percent versus 37 that they were expected to have sexual intercourse more so
doms in the classroom convey a message to stu- percent respectively. than did males in the nonclinic school.
dents that sexual activity is expected and accepted? 2. Males perceive that schools accept and expect sexual 4. Students who attend church are more likely to dis-
These questions were the basis for my doctor- intercourse. Males in both schools agreed that, “If schools give agree with the “safer sex” message. Students who attended
al research. To find answers, I surveyed 450 out condoms, it must be okay to have sex,” and “If my school church one or more times a week disagreed that “Teenagers are
gives out condoms, it’s because they expect students to have safe from contracting the HIV/AIDS virus if they use condoms.”
African-American inner-city high school students in
sexual intercourse.” Teenagers who attend church are more likely to affirm, “I would
California. Students attended two schools that
3. The school-based clinic creates a sexually permissive not have sexual intercourse even if I had a condom.”
were only four miles apart. One school had a school-
school environment. There was a significant difference in per-
based clinic, and the other school did not. Here is a
summary of the major findings.
Although the school-based clinic’s goal is to become pregnant, clinic nurses remove students Continue to be involved in your child’s
reduce sexual activity, its presence on school to a nearby Planned Parenthood facility and abort school. Let the principal know that under no cir-
grounds may establish sexual activity as the norm. their babies during morning school hours—all cumstances do you want to have a clinic in the
The clinic may send social cues—messages without parental consent or notification. school. Put your foot down and involve other par-
implied in the environment—that it is acceptable ents.
for students to have sexual intercourse. WHAT PARENTS CAN DO If you’re a trained speaker, teach or “guest lec-
Other studies concur. Access to family plan- If you have children in public school, you ture” on abstinence. I’ve given talks in schools, and
ning services may suggest to teens a greater com- must become involved. At home, whether your teachers welcome this type of parental involve-
munity tolerance for sexual activity. Handing out child attends public or private school, seize every ment. La Nej, who is all grown up now with a
condoms in classrooms may imply that the princi- teachable moment to talk to your child about sex- masters in philosophy of religion and ethics and
pal, administrators, and teachers approve of and ual purity. Annually, make sure your sons and married with two sons, has taken over this role.
accept sexual intercourse among teens. This mes- daughters participate in the church’s abstinence She’s one of the best abstinence educators I’ve ever
sage is reinforced again and again with the avail- programs. Here’s why… heard.
ability of more and more condoms every day that According to the recent National Survey of Most of all, parents must pray for their child’s
teens attend schools that have clinics or condom Family Growth (a survey by the Centers for school. Especially pray for Christian teachers who
availability. Disease Control taken every six or seven years) teach in public schools because they are the real
Clinics on school grounds do not encourage 42% of girls 15 to 19 reported having sex at least missionaries in America. And why not take prayer
sexually active students to use contraceptives. So once; for boys, it was 43 percent. The good news one step further? Ask your church to support a
why are these clinics still in our schools? And why is that a majority—a whopping 58% of girls and local school. Walk around that school and pray for
are there still plans to put school-based clinics or 57% of boys—are not having sex. Why are they the teachers and students.
school-based health centers into every school? abstaining? The most common reason teens cited If we don’t pray, who will?—EIF
There’s only one reason: to teach comprehen- was that sex was against their “religion or morals.” Portions of this article are excerpts from Chapter 9, “Condoms—Just In Case?”
sive sex education which some researchers say This calls for a standing ovation for parents and in Dr. Tolbert’s book, Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure: A How-To Guide for
encourages early sexual activity. Once girls youth leaders! Parents, Pastors, Youth Workers and Teachers.
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I had faith then but now I know and under- television and there was Dr. Price teaching. It
stand that I must walk by faith and not by changed my life that morning when I started
sight. May God continue to bless you. I am so listening to his message. Thank you!
pleased and thankful to you and our teaching. —Edward & Betty Heath (Glade Spring, VA)
Your proved that we can become all that God Include your name,
A Survivor
Crenshaw and Imperial Blvds in Inglewood, edited for length and
California during the 1960s and 1970s. My
mother and I came to your former church on clarity.
I was a single mother at the age of 16—I Crenshaw Boulevard when Bro. Hagin was All submissions become
am now 56 years old. I have followed and there in 1972 or thereabouts. I am now in
northern Neveda (for the past 30+ years). the property of
watched your teachings on television for many
years. Since Ever Increasing Faith started, I Every Sunday, I look forward to the Ever Ever Increasing Faith
learned how to have a relationship with God Increasing Faith Ministries program. I am
always blessed either by you, Fred Jr. or Dr. Magazine.
our Father and learned all about faith. I have
tithed in hard times and good times. There Betty. God bless you all.
were times when I could not tithe at all. But
through keeping the faith, things will get bet- —Deborah McDaniel (Elko, NV)
By Antracia Moorings
S
haron Washington admits that she went on her first diet
when she was 12 years old. Since then, she’s been on just
about every diet—Nutrisystem, Atkins, Weight Watchers—
and every time, she’d wind up right back where she started.
After she’d had her son 20 years ago, the weight steadily kept coming.
Then a fellow church member told her about the gastric bypass sur-
gery she’d had and suggested the surgery clinic she’d used.
“I told her I’d looked into gastric bypass surgery,” says
Washington, “but I wasn’t really happy with what I’d found. The peo-
ple in the center I’d found were all depressing and sad. I didn’t want
to be like that. So I called the group she told me about and it was a
totally different environment. I made the decision to have the gastric
bypass. Basically, I believe that was my way of escape. When they
would lay hands on the sick, I remember hearing Dr. Price and Dr.
Betty say, “don’t judge the people up here who are having surgery
because God will meet them at their level of faith.” I believe God met
me at my level of faith through the gastric bypass surgery.”
On the day that she checked in
for surgery six years ago,
Washington weighed in at 338
“I thank you
pounds. Father for this
“I truly stepped out on faith time to sow
[having the surgery],” declares
Washington. “You have to use just
seed towards
as much faith having the surgery as submitting my
you did trying to do it on your body to you as a
own—even more so because you are
going under the knife. You have to
living sacrifice.”
totally change your eating because if Sharon can now fit her entire body in one leg of the pants she wore before
you don’t you’ll have a lot of pain. I was determined to follow the pro- the weight loss.
tocol and do exactly what I was told. When I was in the hospital, this
guy came into my room and he’d had the surgery six months prior, She admits that some people think she’s crazy for working out so
but did not follow post-surgery instructions. He told me, “Do exact- much. But, she says, working out is crucial for her to maintain her
ly what they tell you to do or else you’ll end up in the hospital like me.” weight and not pack the pounds back on.
Washington says not only did she adopt a strict exercise regimen “Each day that I would exercise, I had this confession I would
but she also involved God in her weight loss journey. She also made make which is: “I thank You Father for this time to sow seed towards
sure to totally transform her diet. She began working out everyday— submitting my body to you as a living sacrifice and that the harvest is
even though right after the surgery she could barely walk because of mighty for my metabolism burning at a higher rate, towards me
lack of energy from the excess weight. Soon, she was picking up the being strong lean and tone.” I would tell Satan he had no control or
pace and after a year, she started jogging. She upped her work out to authority over anything that was involved in or related to what I
twice a day. She then began working out with a member of her fami- needed to do to train my body. When I would get done with my exer-
ly at a local gym. Her husband eventually came up with the idea to cise, I would give God praise for it.”
build a gym inside of their garage complete with a treadmill, elliptical Six years ago, she weighed 338 pounds. Since then she has
machine and weights. Her work out includes lifting weight four dropped 190 pounds. Her clothes size went down from a 3X to a size
times a week and doing cardio twice a day, four days a week. 4. It’s not just exercise that helped but a diet change as well.
“I had to totally change my diet,” she points out. “All the changes
that were made for the surgery were changes that needed to be made
anyway like eating smaller portions of food, chewing my food very
well and not drinking soda.”
She says she’s not even tempted to drink soda, but admits that she
does miss In-N-Out Burger and spicy foods. She also still follows
post-surgery advice to wait an hour after eating before drinking so she
won’t flush the food out of her system. She also doesn’t drink 30 min-
utes before eating so that she won’t be too full. Her dishes now
include ground turkey instead of ground beef and more soups and sal-
ads.
Having gastric bypass surgery was the Six years
best choice for Washington who says that she
was more afraid of not having the surgery
ago, she
and continuing to gain weight. weighed 338
“The surgery was not a quick fix,” she pounds.
notes. “But because I had the surgery, it
allowed me to become active and that is what
Since then
has kept me. My lifestyle is totally different. I she has
do need to say this. There have been times droped 190
when I’ve eaten stuff that I shouldn’t have
eaten. You do pay for it. There’s what’s called
pounds.
the dumping syndrome. It can be very
painful. Of course at parties, I do tend to eat differently. That’s only
normal. There are occasions where I did go up five pounds and then Washington of her life before the weight loss. “I’m 50 years old and I
I had to get myself back on track. I don’t want people to think it’s all can cross my legs. I can go shopping in any store. It’s wonderful and
smooth sailing. I’m very happy.”—EIF
“I just don’t want to go back to that place of darkness,” says
M
y 4 year old son, like to proclaim who we are in Christ. I am…
most little boys, has an healed! I am…wise! I am… an
affinity for superheroes—especially Iron Man. As most Overcomer! Boldly confessing who we are gives us the right to come to
parents know, this generally leads to the subsequent pur- the throne of grace, obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of every
chase of the action figure and all of its accessories. Because my son has need. (Hebrews 4:16)
been completely intrigued and enamored with the ever-popular Iron The next declaration the action figure loudly proclaimed was:
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know
God has called us to do, and that Jesus will be exalted in our lives. at Romans 8:26: .
what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes inter-
I pray that every member will walk in divine health and divine
prosperity, and have all their needs met according to His riches in
glory by Christ Jesus. Then I confess my agreement with those cession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
who believe they receive their healing. This verse is not telling us that we don’t know how to pray. It’s
Next, I pray for Fred – and you can get into agreement with telling us that we don’t always know what to pray for. And this is
this – that every decision he makes will be the Scripture that you would use in intercession when you don’t
the right decision, and that the Lord pro- You need to know what to pray for. If you’ll give yourself to praying in the
tects him from any voice or spirit that’s not discipline your- Spirit, the Holy Spirit, who knows what the needs are, will pray
of Him. I pray that He surrounds Fred through you. Sometimes that’s where groanings and the travailing
with people who are from Him to help self to pray in come in. Some people are trying to teach others to groan and tra-
Fred fulfill the ministry that he’s been the same way vail, but these are not to be taught! That’s what the Holy Spirit
called to. I pray that the Lord continues to you discipline does through us. If you’re taught to travail and groan, it becomes
expose, reveal or remove anybody or any- nothing but flesh and you won’t accomplish anything by it. Let’s
thing that is not right, and that Fred yourself to exer-
27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the
continue in Romans.
would have an understanding heart to dis- cise physically.
cern the good and the bad.
Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the
will of God.
Then I pray for all the people that are in the help ministry, that
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those
they will be on one accord, of one mind and one spirit, serving the
who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Lord.
Finally, I pray for my immediate family – my husband and my
children. I thank the Lord every day that I have a godly husband When you’re interceding, all things are working together for
and godly children and that my children are walking in line with your good because you love God. Again, you have to use faith,
the Word. I thank the Lord that we’re blessed because we fear because sometimes it seems things are not working for your good,
Him, because the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. I but in the end they will.
pray for their protection. See, when you pray in the Spirit you’re building up your spirit
It’s important that we pray in the spirit. Everyone should have man, and it can help you to ward off any temptations that might
a definite time to pray daily. That’s the way you get built up in the come your way. That’s why it’s so impor-
spirit. So many times Christians don’t want to take the time to If you’re tant to do it. And even though you don’t
pray, but you need to discipline yourself to pray in the same way taught to travail feel like doing it, and you may not feel
you discipline yourself to exercise physically. Though you might anything when you’re doing it, you’re
not feel anything from it at the time, but you know you need to do
and groan, it building yourself up. You have the
it to get the results. becomes noth- power, but you have to be the one to ini-
ing but flesh tiate that power through prayer and this
is what will change the circumstances
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself…
First Corinthians 14: 4 says:
and you won’t around you.—EIF
accomplish any-
This article was excerpted from Dr. Betty’s
This word edifies means you’re building up or charging up
teaching, Intercessory Prayer.
your spirit man. thing by it.
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