Evidence

“Evidence”

“Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you!”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:11‬ ‭TPT‬‬

My daughter, Sarah, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 9. It has always been a struggle trying to maintain her blood sugar levels. But over the past couple of months, it was a CONSTANT struggle. It was taking its toll on Sarah’s body. No matter what we did, we couldn’t get her blood sugar under control. It was so bad that her daily blood sugar readings were averaging in the mid-high 200’s (it’s supposed to be between 70-120).

Sarah & our family were stressed. I remember one night, Sarah’s blood sugar alarm just kept going off constantly, alerting her that she was above 300. There was nothing we could do and it was in the middle of the night. She was exhausted and not in the mood to be messed with. That night ended with us both crying and wanting to give up! We were at our limit! Nothing was working.

A few days later, Sarah went to our church’s youth retreat with her brother & Dad. The first night there, the youth pastors wife had Sarah & another girl stand in the middle of a prayer circle. All the youth & staff gathered around and prayed over her. My husband said he had never seen such passionate, fervent, fierce & persistent prayer! It was powerful! He was just overwhelmed with tears! God’s presence was intense. He couldn’t help but believe that something had changed in Sarah.

The amazing thing is that ever since the retreat, Sarahs blood sugar readings seemed to stabilize. I couldn’t believe it! One day I decided to download her blood sugar records onto the computer. I wanted to see the evidence. I needed to see it with my eyes!

When I looked at the chart I couldn’t believe what I saw. She takes her blood sugar about 4 times a day. When I looked at the chart she went from having 3-4 high sugar readings EACH DAY to now maybe having 3 high readings in a WHOLE WEEK. Hallelujah! The evidence was perfectly clear! God had moved in Sarahs life!

I wanted to shout it from the rooftops! I knew that I had to share this with other people! Others needed to hear about what happened at the youth retreat. They needed to hear about the powerful, persistent, fervent praying that the youth did at this retreat! They needed to know that God’s power is within us! They needed to know that we can pray over people with confidence!

During this time the song Same Power by Jeremy Camp came to my mind:

“The same power that rose Jesus from the grave
The same power that commands the dead to wake
Lives in us, lives in us
The same power that moves mountains when He speaks
The same power that can calm a raging sea
Lives in us, lives in us
He lives in us, lives in us”

Ladies, this makes me want more!!!! Does it make you want more?!?!? I always KNEW that we held the same power in us. But this made me BELIEVE it! It makes me want to shout & jump & dance!!!! It makes me want more of God!

Let’s not hold back! Let‘s BELIEVE that this power is in us, and act like it! Let our prayers be powerful, passionate, fervent, fierce & persistent! Then look for the evidence, because it’s all around!