JESUS IS IN YOUR BOAT!

Hey ya'll!

Do you need encouragement today?  Are you believing God for a miracle and Divine intervention in the midst of circumstances, situations and storms waging against you, a loved one or friend?  Quite honestly, it seems so many of us in the Body of Christ are in a season of the blowing winds of adversity and/or discouragement right now in varying degrees and are steadfastly looking to our Rescuer to bring us through!  We are expectantly standing by faith upon His Promises and looking to Him for healing, deliverances, restoration and breakthroughs that only He can perform!!

I humbly ask that you pop over to my sweet bloggin' friend Sandy's site...Faith Hope Love where I guest post today and share the documented, REAL LIFE MIRACLE AND DIVINE INTERVENTION that was performed by the mighty Hand of God to deliver and save my daughter's life and believe it will encourage your heart today! Some of you who were my bloggin' friends last December may recall when I posted a very urgent prayer request regarding Katie...we had just been notified that she had been found near death and unresponsive in her car.........BUT GOD!!!...............

God can do anything, you know..

far more than you could ever imagine or guess

 or 

request in your wildest dreams!!

Ephesians 3:20 Msg

Be encouraged....JESUS IS IN YOUR BOAT!!

HE IS FAITHFUL!

Love, Hugs and Sweet Miracle Blessings!

Latest on Anne Marie........

Hey all you wonderful prayer warrior bloggin' friends!

I want to share an update on Anne Marie......When I spoke with her last week she was sooo appreciative of your prayers and just the thought of prayer warriors from all parts of the globe standing with her means so much and encourages and strengthens her faith!  She sent me an email this week thanking you for your continued prayer, but before I share her words with you, I want to bring you up to speed on what's been going on. Last week was a roller coaster week for Anne Marie and Mark.  My sis, Diane, was with them helping out and kept me informed so specific prayers could cover Anne Marie.  Anne Marie was prepared to begin a regimen of various aggressive chemo treatments last week (as I posted in my last update), but out of left field, her pre-chemo heart tests reported that something was wrong with her heart!......This report came as a total surprise and as you can imagine "piled-on" what was already a difficult time for them.   Her chemo treatment plan was halted because the type of treatments ordered for her can be hard on the heart and a heart cath was performed last Friday to determine what was going on there.  BUT, after earlier heart test reports indicated heart problems, her cardiologist was happy to report that the heart cath showed that her heart is perfectly fine!!  PTL!!!  What began as a bad report became a GOOD REPORT!! ........  Rejoicing in the good report of the Lord!!  Hallelujah!!

Anne Marie was cleared to begin her treatments......They've been "here" before (nine years ago) and have seen Him work miracles in the midst of the storm!  We covet your continued prayer support as we stand upon the healing promises of God for her full recovery and total healing and that her treatments have no adverse side effects and do her body good and no harm!!   In the Mighty Name of Jesus!!

I want to take a moment to introduce you to the precious little guy in the photo above with Anne Marie........that's Mark and Anne Marie's precious little miracle - Joshua! Oh, and I must say that he's the light of my sister, Diane's, life....let me tell you!!  Mark and Anne Marie were told nine years ago when she was first diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer that they most likely would never have a child of their own due to early menopause that would be brought on by the extensive chemo she would have to undergo.   Anne Marie and Mark stood upon the promises of God and in the face of tremendous obstacles and mountains of oppositions, believed in the One Who makes the impossible, possible and in faith believing became pregnant and gave birth to  a perfectly healthy baby boy.........little Joshua came screaming into this world two years ago.......he is a TOTAL MIRACLE and a constant reminder of the faithfulness of our God!!  Hallelujah!!

The scriptures tell us that...

And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb 

and

the word of their testimony.....

Rev 12:11

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STANDING UPON!  THE BLOOD BOUGHT COVENANT PROMISES OF GOD OF COMPLETE HEALING AND WHOLENESS AND THE TESTIMONY OF WHAT HE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT THEM THROUGH!!  HE IS FAITHFUL!!

Here's a few words from Anne Marie's update email I want to share with you.......

"Please tell everyone how much I appreciate their prayer support.  We are praising the Lord for the good report we got last Friday when I had the heart cath and they said my heart is normal!!!  I start back on chemo tonight and will be on it for one week then off a week and will continue to this for at least 12 weeks (I'm not sure what the long term plan is).  This morning I had the first shot of the bone building drug.  I'll have this every 6 weeks as it can be rough on the kidneys.  Thursday I'll have the drug that is very effective in fighting this type of cancer but this is the drug that can affect my heart so they will watch my heart closely with echocardiograms every 9 weeks.  I SHARE THESE DETAILS SO YOU AND THOSE SPECIAL PEOPLE WILL KNOW HOW TO PRAY.  I'm trusting that according to Psalm 91, I'm protected and no drug will do my body harm!...........You all mean so much to me and Mark - thanks for your love and prayers!"

Love,

Anne Marie

Thank you "Special People" bloggin' prayer warrior friends for standing in prayer for Anne Marie and Mark!  Your prayer support lifts up and encourages the weary in battle, buoy's their faith and STOPS the advance of the enemy!!

....The prayer of a person living right with God 

is something to be reckoned with!

James 5:16 MSG

I'll keep you posted.......

Trusting in the One Who makes the impossible, possible.......He is Faithful!!

Love, Hugs and Sweet Blessings!

WITHOUT WORDS

Hey precious faith-filled bloggy friends!!!!

This is the first time I've been on line since last Saturday and I want to tell you that I have witnessed the miraculous workings of the hand of our God first hand in the life of my precious daughter Katie!

Please know that all of your prayers and emails of prayer support and encouragement have strengthened and "propped up" this weary mothers heart and kept me focused on the greatness of our God in the face of very near death circumstances. I weep with gratitude as I type this and wish I could hug each and everyone of you my precious bloggy friends and let you know the power of your prayers and how your outpouring of love has strengthened my daughter and our family to fight the good fight of faith! I am truly without words!

At another time I will share the details of what we've walked through over the last five days but I will tell you this.............before receiving the phone call that no parent ever wants to receive on last Sat a.m. I thought I knew what Psalm 23:4 meant. But now I know IT!

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff comfort me" Psalm 23:4

Even while cratering on the inside I watched miraculous moves of the hand of God upon my daughter. I thought I knew what a miracle was.....but within the last five days I've observed first hand one miracle after another. I was told by her doctors that they've seen people who come in this unresponsive state never come out of it, remain on life support (intubation) or if they do they have brain damage or altered brain function. EVERYTHING IN ME SCREAMED NO IN JESUS NAME! We prayed over her body and spoke that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in her body and will quicken (make alive, AWAKEN) KATIE!!!! At times her doctors and the resident docs looked at us like we were nuts and thought she had brain damage when she began to breathe on her own and BEGAN TO WAKE UP AND SAY THE NAME OF JESUS, OVER AND OVER, AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN - The docs asked me "Mom is this normal behavior for Katie to be speaking the name of Jesus?" With a resounding "YES, SPEAKING HIS NAME IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR HER AND OUR FAMILY!" She even sang the song "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory" including verses by memory that I don't even know by heart and then would drift off again..................... we knew we were witnessing a miracle!

Her status began to rapidly improve quickly and moment by moment, hour by hour we stood in awe of what God was doing! There were times when I stepped into the hall for a moment and would return just a few minutes later and witness such a change I couldn't process it!! I truly "feel" that my emotions are completely unengaged today because I've been in the midst of such anointed moves of His Hand that I can't process it all in my limited human understanding. I will never be the same!!!!!

Fastforward.......Monday her doctor, with much dismay, told us that she wasn't just going to be stepped down from ICU..........SHE WAS GOING HOME TO RECOVER!!!!! WE WERE ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY....I MEAN HOW DO YOU PROCESS SUCH MOVES OF GOD!!!

We have been in some kind of Divine twilight zone...........From Saturday, litterly at death's door, unresponsive and life support to eating chocolate covered oreos and watching Evan Almighty movie last night!!! ...................Divinely surreal to say the least!!!!! Glory to God!!

We're still trying to process all of it - all that's transpired and now following doctors orders, rest, follow-up, etc. ....there are still sooooo many details of the moves of God that I'll share with you sometime in the future.!! THERE'S A HUGE TESTIMONY OUT OF THIS - ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD!!

There is one thing I want to leave you with.......Katie told me that she can see how someone can be soooo far gone in unconsciouness that they just give up and slip away, but she could hear us praying and speaking the Word over her and deep inside she found GREAT STRENGTH to fight the fight of faith to wake up!!! HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!!!

THE WORD OF GOD, THE MIRACULOUS HAND OF GOD AND YOUR PRAYERS BROUGHT MY KATIE BACK!!!!! WHAT A TESTIMONY TO THE POWER OF FAITH-FILLED PRAYER, THE MOUNTAIN MOVING HAND OF GOD AND HIS FAITHFULNESS !!!

MY BABY GIRL IS A WALKING MIRACLE.......TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!!

We're resting in Him and resting our physical bodies today and for the days to come as He completes her recovery and strengthens her (and mom too!!) THANK YOU JESUS!

Oh, and for those who entered the giveaway...........when I get back home to AZ I'll have the drawing and send your goodies to you!!!


Much Love and Sweet Blessings!
Jackie