PRAYER FOR DAVID'S FEVER!        DO 2236  9/86

         1. (Sara: David had been seriously ill with a high fever for two days, & everyone was trying their best to tiptoe around the house & pray for him. But when his fever rose to 39.9 degrees C [104 degrees F] & he was overcome by delirium, I called for Dad & Maria & Peter to come lay hands on him & pray for him. As the staff also united in prayer, Dad entered David's sick room, rebuking the Devil in the mighty power of the Spirit, & he had David also repeat the prayer & make a stand against the Enemy, even though he was so weak with fever & delirious!)
         2. (STRONG TONGUES!) HALLELUJAH! TYJ! HALLELUJAH! REBUKE THE ENEMY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST! Flee & depart from this place, in the name of Jesus we ask Thee! Depart from this body & leave this child of God alone! In the Name of Jesus we ask, right now! In Jesus' name! Rebuke the power of Satan! We rebuke you, in Jesus' name! In the name of Jesus! Amen! Do you love Jesus, David? (David: Yes!) TYL! Say, "I don't want anything that's not of Jesus!" (David: I don't want anything that's not of Jesus!) Amen! Say, "Jesus, help me!" (David: Jesus help me!) Heal me! (David: Heal me!) I rebuke you, Satan, in Jesus' name! (David: I rebuke you, Satan, in Jesus' name!) Amen! PTL! TYJ! Hallelujah! PTL! Hallelujah! TYJ!
         3. "CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO ONE ANOTHER THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED!" (Jam.5:16) Is there anything that you think you might have done to bring this on, David? Is there any sin you want to confess, that you think maybe you did something wrong? We have to be open & honest with the Lord & confess our sins. Can you think of anything that you shouldn't have done?--Any fault that you have that brought this on? (David: Maybe I didn't put a jacket on when I should have.) Amen, Son, praise the Lord, God bless you!
         4. HAVE YOU BEEN COMPLAINING OR MURMURING ABOUT ANYTHING? That's one thing the Lord really doesn't like! (Sara: He didn't want to put a jacket on a few times, that's true. I asked him to & he didn't really want to.) He confessed that. Amen.
         5. SO WE DO ASK THEE RIGHT NOW, IN JESUS' NAME, YOU PROMISED, LORD! You said, "These signs shall follow them which believe"--& we believe--"they shall lay hands on the sick & they shall recover!" (Mk.16:17,18) So he's in Your hands & we know You've heard these prayers, Lord! PTL! Hallelujah! TYJ!
         6. HELP THIS AFFLICTION TO TEACH HIM SOMETHING, LORD, to be more obedient, more quick to obey when he's asked to do something & not doing it grumbling & reluctantly & murmuring or complaining. When Sara tells him to do something, to do it, & do it quick!--To say "Yes, Ma'am" or "Yes, Sir," whatever it is, Lord, in Jesus' name!
         7. WE KNOW, LORD, SOMETIMES HE'S HAD A LITTLE INCLINATION TO BE HURT & TO GRUMBLE & TO COMPLAIN about some things he's asked to do & not want to do them. So Lord, we ask Thee to rebuke this murmuring spirit he has sometimes! Rebuke, Lord, this rebellious, reluctant spirit he has sometimes, in Jesus' name, & this feeling of hurt, that he's been offended or mistreated when he hasn't. We're just concerned about him & his work & about his health & we're just trying to get him to do things he should do, & to do them right, the way he should do them, Lord.
         8. HELP HIM NOT TO BE HURT ABOUT OBEYING! Help him not to be hurt, Lord, about having to do this or that. Help him not to complain, not even in his heart, Lord, not even to be offended in his heart, but to be thankful for all things, Lord, "in everything give thanks," to be joyful, more cheerful, happier, Lord, & more praising You, Jesus, in Jesus' name we ask for Thy glory! Amen! PTL! TYJ!
         9. AMEN, I THINK YOUR FEVER'S EVEN BETTER! TYL! It's only in his head, the rest of his body doesn't seem to be feverish at all. (Sara: He's really cooling off!)--Really? TYL! TYL! You've rebuked this fever, Lord, this enemy, Lord, this devil, Lord, in the name of Jesus! TYL! PYJ!--And he has flown, fled, Lord, before Thy Name & Thy mighty power & Thy Angels protecting Thy child!
         10. WE KNOW THAT YOU ALLOW THESE TESTS, LORD! We're not to think that they're something that we can't overcome, Lord, but they're tests & trials to test our strength as soldiers of Thy cross, to battle with the Devil & the Enemy to strengthen us on how to fight, Lord, in Jesus' name we ask for Thy glory! Amen! PYJ! TYL! Amen, Lord, thank You Lord!
         11. (MARIA: ONE THING I WONDERED, HONEY, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN MURMURING IN YOUR HEART THAT THE LORD HASN'T HEALED YOUR PIMPLES YET. Do you think so?) (David: Yes.) Maybe that's to keep you humble, Honey, praise the Lord? (Maria: The pimples don't hurt you, do they, & they don't hurt other people, but you certainly don't want anything worse!) Maybe they're just to keep you humble, Son, right? (David: Yes.) PTL! There are things I think the Lord allows Grandpa to suffer just to keep me humble!--So I won't get too self-righteous & too proud & too hard on others. PTL? Amen! PTL!
         12. I THINK ALSO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING AS MUCH SLEEP LATELY AS YOU SHOULD GET, you've been staying up too late & getting up early before you really were ready to wake up, & we're partly responsible for that. (Maria: And maybe you haven't been having naps in the afternoon.) Have you been having a nap every day? (David: No, every few days.) Well, he needs to really be made to take naps. (Maria: He works hard.)
         13. SEE, IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO EVERY DAY, & WHAT YOU SHOULD DO EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES THE LORD MAKES YOU CATCH UP!--If we abuse our bodies & overdo. Now you've got to stay in bed all the time for a day or two in order to catch up! You're a good worker, Honey, but you don't want to work too hard just to show how good a worker you are! You've still got to take care of your body & make sure that you stay warm & make sure you're getting plenty of rest.
         14. SO I THINK THEY NEED MORE REST! He needs to be encouraged to at least take a nap, even a short nap, Son, in the afternoon. Just lie down & try to see if you need to sleep. That's what I figure, if it's God's will for me to go to sleep & I need it, He'll help me go to sleep!
         15. (MARIA: GRANDPA LOVES YOU SO MUCH, HONEY, IN THE NIGHT HE WAS SO SAD THAT HE MADE YOU CRY THE OTHER DAY IN OUR CLASS. He was feeling real bad about that.) I didn't mean to! But you're awfully sensitive, you get hurt pretty easy. And you know what that is? (David: Pride.)--Pride, right! And pride comes from where? (David: Sin.) From sin? It is a sin. But it originated with whom? (David: The Devil.)--Right! It caused his fall out of Heaven, right?
         16. MY MOTHER WAS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE, & THAT WAS ONE OF HER PROBLEMS, HER PRIDE! She'd get sensitive & offended by little things, like when my Dad would say something that he didn't even intend to offend her.--Such as I did the other day in class. I didn't intend to offend you, I was just trying to get some answers! So my Dad would say to her, "Sensitiveness is born of pride, & pride is of the Devil, & the Devil is from Hell!" So he was telling her that her sensitiveness was from Hell!
         17. (DAVID: I FEEL DIZZY!) Well, praise the Lord. Thank the Lord, Honey, you're often dizzy after sickness or a fever. PTL! TYJ! Rebuke the Enemy, Lord, in Jesus' name! Keep your eyes on Jesus, Son! Maybe there's something else the Lord wants you to confess! I don't think the Devil likes this little talk I'm giving you! He's resisting it in your mind, even making you dizzy, because it's the truth & you know it!
         18. NOW REBUKE THE ENEMY IN JESUS' NAME! (David: I rebuke you, Satan, in Jesus' name!) I rebuke your pride, Satan! (David: I rebuke your pride, Satan!) I rebuke this sensitive spirit that tries to make me offended at little things! (David: I rebuke this sensitive spirit that tries to make me offended at little things.)--In Jesus' name! (David: Amen!)
         19. DELIVER ME FROM THIS PRIDE, LORD! (David: Deliver me from this pride, Lord.) Deliver me from this sensitive spirit that makes me offended so easily. (David: Deliver me from this sensitive spirit that makes me offended so easily.) Help me, Lord, to resist this pride. (David: Help me, Lord, to resist this pride.) To be humble, accept rebuke & not get offended & hurt. (David: To be humble, accept rebuke & not get offended & hurt.) Because that's pride, Lord. (David: Because that's pride, Lord.) And I don't want to be proud, Lord. (David: And I don't want to be proud, Lord.) Help me not to be proud, Lord. (David: Help me not to be proud, Lord.) Help me to be humble, willing to take rebuke. (David: Help me to be humble.)--In Jesus' name! We resist you, Satan, in the name of Jesus! Praise You Lord! Hallelujah! Thank You Jesus! Thank the Lord! Praise the Lord! (David: Thank You Lord! Thank You Jesus!)--In Jesus' name, amen!
         20. SAY, "I REBUKE THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, IN JESUS' NAME!" (David: I rebuke the spirit of fear!) Help me, Lord, to have faith! (David: Help me to have faith.) In You, Jesus. (David: In You, Jesus.) To trust You, Jesus. (David: To trust You, Jesus.) "Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace..." (David: "Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace...") "Whose mind is stayed on Thee..." (David: "Whose mind is stayed on Thee...") "Because he trusteth in Thee!" (David: "Because he trusteth in Thee!") (Isa.26:3) Thank You Jesus! In Jesus' name! PTL! TYJ! Amen! Praise the Lord, Honey, thank You Jesus! TYJ! TYL! Amen. PTL!
         21. USE THE NAME OF JESUS! Not even Lord is sufficient, say Jesus! Even Satan-worshippers call the Devil "Lord"! You've got to make sure what Lord you're talking to! "At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow!" (Phil.2:10) Keep saying Jesus, Son! (David: Jesus! Jesus!) PTL! Say, "Jesus help me!" (David: Jesus help me!) Finish the work, Jesus! (David: Finish the work, Jesus.) Help me to rest now, Jesus. (David: Help me to rest now, Jesus.) Take away the dizziness, Jesus! (David: Take away the dizziness, Jesus!) In Jesus' name! (David: In Jesus' name.) And help me rest. (David: And help me rest.) Thank You Jesus!
         22. HELP ME NOT TO MURMUR & COMPLAIN! (David: Help me not to murmur & complain.) Or be hurt or sensitive, Lord. (David: Or be hurt or sensitive.)--In Jesus' name. (David: Amen.) Deliver me, Lord, in Jesus' name! (David: Deliver me, Lord, in Jesus' name.) Deliver me from all my sins! (David: Deliver me from all my sins.)--In Jesus' name, amen! PTL! TYJ! Amen? Praise the Lord? Thank You Jesus? Can you smile? PTL! Amen, Honey, are you thankful? (David: Yes.) Praise the Lord! Thank the Lord, thank You Jesus. All right, praise the Lord, Son. Well, we've prayed, amen? And that's it!--Right? We believe the Lord heard us, & we leave it in the Lord's hands & know that He'll answer, in Jesus' name!
         23. THE LORD JUST WANTED US TO HAVE A LITTLE SPUNK & FIGHT THE DEVIL & SHOW THAT WE STILL TRUST IN HIM! TYL! We're not to worry about these trials & testings, how does that verse go? (Sara: "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings!") (1Pet.4:12,13) Amen! Can you rejoice in Christ's sufferings? (David: Yes!) PTL! TYJ! Amen, thank You Lord! Well, you're better, amen? PTL! TYL!
         24. GRANDPA & MAMA HAVE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE LORD'S WORK, OKAY? We've got some wonderful things happening, marvellous things, & the Devil's really fighting! We're really making some terrific inroads into the Devil's territory! No wonder he's mad & trying to hit us in some weak spot. Okay, now don't you be the weak spot! Be strong in the strength of His might! Amen? PTL! "Resist the Enemy & he'll flee from you!" Be strong! Don't let the Devil get in through you! Amen? Don't be the little chink in the wall or do anything to let him in. Resist the Devil, Son! Really fight him! PTL! TYJ!
         25. OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE YOU IN THE LORD'S HANDS NOW, PRAISE THE LORD? Can Grandpa & Mama go back to work for Jesus? You wouldn't want to stand in the way of the Lord's work, would you? (David: No.) (Maria: He never does! God bless him!) All right! TYJ! Lord bless & strengthen him now & give him a good rest. Completely cure this thing, whatever it is, & rebuke it! We've put him in Your hands, we've prayed, we've done all the things You told us to do, & that's all we can do, Lord! Now he's in Your hands & we know that You'll take care of him, You'll never fail! He's been sick many times, Lord, & You've always healed!--In Jesus' name, thank You Lord!
         26. SO HELP HIM TO REJOICE IN THEE! You said to rejoice! Are you rejoicing? (David: Yes!) PTL! Amen! You look like you're happy! (Maria: Do you feel like going to sleep?) (David: Yes.) Let's let him go to sleep, praise the Lord. God bless you, Son, we love you! As soon as Mama & Grandpa heard that you were really sick we rushed right in! All right, praise the Lord! Now try to go to sleep, okay? Rest & recuperate & get back your strength--the Lord's strength, amen? PTL! Lord bless & keep him now & keep him safe & help him to fight the good fight of faith & resist the Enemy!--In Jesus' name! PTL! TYL! Hallelujah! Amen!
         27. ALL RIGHT, SON, IF YOU NEED HELP, JUST CALL ON THE LORD! Amen?--Or call on Sara or whoever is with you to pray with you & rebuke the Devil! Are you trusting the Lord? (David: Yes!) Okay, that's all we need to know! We'll see you later! Okay? Come see us when you feel better! I love you, & I hope that's soon! You've been through a real strain & now you need a little rest to regain your strength. PTL? TYL! ILY! Are you happy? You're looking better! Praise the Lord? (David: Amen!) Thank You Jesus? (David: Thank You Jesus!) Amen! Thank You Lord! Smile! Amen, that's good, I like to see you smile when I'm leaving so the last thing I can remember is your smile! XXX! I love you, Sweet Boy, God bless you! XXXXXXX! I love you, Sweetheart, go to sleep now. TYL!

(Two days later, after David's recovery:)
         28. IT WAS A REAL ATTACK OF THE DEVIL! It looks like he's really mad because we're having such success! I'll tell you, the Lord is really blessing, so the old dirty Devil tried to give us a little hard time! Sorry it had to be you, Son. (David: That's okay!) Anyhow, I'm sure you had lots of love & attention & they took good care of you.
         29. WELL, I HEARD YOU FINALLY GOT THE VICTORY & YOU WERE PRAISING THE LORD! Thank the Lord, that was wonderful! (Maria: And a little while ago he listened to your prayer for him while he was sick.) Well, I don't know what the first part said that was in tongues, but I had the feeling it was challenging the Devil! I was really angry at Satan! I didn't know I was going to pray in tongues, it just suddenly happened! I mean, I just came in &, boom, the Lord was really mad at the Devil for getting you down! So I was really bawling out the Devil! Praise the Lord, Son, it did the work! (Sara: It sure did! It got us fightin' mad!) PTL! You've gotta fight!--Get up & fight, claim Scripture, praise the Lord & don't let the Devil get you down! (Maria: It doesn't mean you have to get out of bed, but just get up in the Spirit.) Yes, of course.
         30. THANK YOU JESUS FOR PROTECTING THY CHILD & FOR ANSWERING WHAT WE ASKED THEE TO DO, LORD! We knew You would, Lord, because You love us & You love David & he loves You! Thank You even for this experience where he was tested & tried & went through the fire, the fiery furnace of this hot fever he had, Lord, & came out as pure gold! PTL! TYL! Hallelujah! And stronger & more victorious, knowing that he can fight the fight of faith & come through & win, in Jesus' name! Keep him strong & well & finish healing him! God bless you, Son! ILY!