Joy is still very, very sticky and she is even more strong-willed than Faith -- she bullies Faith sometimes. :p We had one of the worst weeks with her scream and cry last week. She was crying throughout the nights and refused to sleep anywhere else away from my elbow bends! In fact, she had never really slept well since we moved to this new apartment.
Anyway, a new friend I met who lives two doors away noticed Joy's crankiness from few days back when we went out to do grocery together, and asked if we've done 'cleansing' prayers for the apartment since we moved in. She and her husband got to know and accepted Christ 3 years ago when a pastor prayed over their little boy for a situation similar to what we faced with Joy.
She lent me her family's prayer book with prayers of spiritual warfare. So Daddy and I prayed through every room to cleanse and claim possession of the residence and bind any evil trying to touch the children. At first Joy was protesting and trying to stop us from praying. After awhile, she started to echo 'Amen!' too. After cleansing the house, we proclaimed our authority as parents to Joy and pray that she would always remember she was named Joy by the almighty Father and she would not hear and believe lies from the devil that she is otherwise.
That night she slept from 8pm to 8am the next morning. She continued to sleep like that since. Even Faith who had been battling with us about going to bed and switching off lights, volunteers to switch off the laptop or the lights since!
Lesson we learnt -- VIGILANCE!!! True, we are saved; but the devil never gives up any loose links...and the closer we are, the more we're taunted.
Monday, 26 January 2009
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