My
first Encounter with the Holy Ghost
I was so intrigued with going to
this singles class that I had to go that Sunday. I walked into the church and
asked the first person I could see to direct me to the class. I thought maybe
there was a good Christian girl there that I could meet that would be my future
wife. I walked in and met this amazing couple. There was something different
about them. They were people of prayer and they knew how to really tap into hearing
from the Lord. Rhonda was a prophetic intercessor and she started
teaching. I was getting lightheaded in
my seat. To be honest, I thought I was going to pass out. I really didn’t hear
much that she had to say that day because I was drunk in the Holy Spirit and
didn’t know it. At the end, folks would ask me if I was OK and I said yes not
wanting to embarrass myself. I got up staggering to the sanctuary for the
service and it was a lot like the week before. The Lord would move powerfully
that day! I was hooked and I started listening to a different voice the Holy
Ghost. The enemy lost that battle and I’m glad he did. Receiving the power of the Holy Ghost
I remember responding to an altar call one Sunday Evening at the Church of God that I was attending. There were several men standing there and surrounded me to pray. I can’t remember everything they prayed over me, but I remember feeling all warm inside and so much peace of the Lord! The gentleman started praying for me to receive the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. One of the men started coaching me and had me just open my mouth to utter some easy words to say that was not in English. I took off! I started just using my tongue with saying just La La and then I remember the Presence of God getting stronger. I could no longer stand as one of them prophesied over me about being a prophet. I didn’t understand that at all and still don’t. Maybe that’s still in the future. I went home after the meeting that night and got alone in my room. I was very intrigued by what had just happened to me. Was this just a one-time experience or could this really be a gift. Of course, the devil was lying to me telling me that I received nothing. I closed my bedroom door and I remember saying OK Lord if this is your gift, I’m going to do it. I opened my mouth and started uttering the words that were easiest to say. The Holy Spirit’s presence came on me and it was as if there was a person that just entered the room. Well a person had entered the room for sure He was the person of the Holy Ghost. I got scared and stopped praying, but all I could feel was perfect peace, so I did it again and again. The Holy Spirit was teaching me how to pray as I practiced. He was giving me more and more words to say. You see I learned later that a body builder never starts out with heavy weights. He starts out small and then works his way up to heavier weights. That’s what the Holy Spirit was doing to me. I started out with a very small language, but today the Lord has given me a full language of tongues and its glorious. Praise Jesus! He gave me the gift to pray His perfect will and later He would tell me that all the other gifts would come out of praying in the Holy Ghost!
Learning to Pray and the gift of Intercession
After receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, I had this hunger in my heart to learn how to pray. The Lord had totally set me up. The Class that I was going to the teacher was a prophetic intercessor. I was intrigued by her prayer life and desired what she had. She would always get scriptures on her heart and she could always hear from God and would totally flow with what was on God’s heart. I made sure to be in every one of her classes and if she had functions outside of the Church I would be there. The Lord was using her to disciple me. The word of God was poured into me and I found myself hearing from God as I spent time with Him, and the Lord would share with me what was on his heart. The Lord was using this precious lady to disciple me and put the word of God into my life. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about the price Rhonda paid to pour into us in that Grads Sunday School Class. I know she will receive a huge reward in heaven for this! God Bless You Rhonda! I love You!
Demon Possessed Girl
I will never forget what happened! I was still very young and just filled with the Holy Ghost. A bunch of people brought this young girl into our Sunday School Class after it was over. They surrounded her and began to pray. This girl’s eyes started twitching and rolling back into her head. She then started speaking in a man’s voice saying I’m not Angie. I was like this is crazy, but I wanted to stay in there to see what was about to happen. One lady yelled out if you’re not filled with the Holy Ghost get out of the room. I thought well I just got the Holy Ghost, so I’m OK and I stayed. They wrestled with this lady for a long time. I believe it was for around an hour. They spoke to that demon to come out of her. She was throwing people around as if she was a body builder. It took several men to keep her steady. Finally, she was free, and all the demons had left. I thought to myself this is the real deal! That night gave me so much confirmation that there was a God and a Devil. There was no going back now!
