Second Prayer Meeting!

Praise God! We met for our second prayer meeting today!

It is amazing the sweet fellowship time that we have when we come together!

I do have a praise report! I was able by the power of God through the Holy Spirit to minister to a young girl on the phone the night before. She is struggling with both bolemia and anorexia. O what a lie from the enemy!

As the Lord poured forth wisdom to know what to say, so many great things manifested over this young woman as I was able to minister to her. I have struggled with bolemia since the age of 21. It is amazing how we unknowingly worship our bodies and the one's we compare our bodies to.

The one underlying theme in the whole scheme of things as she was talking to me was that lying and manipulation had become a way of life for her. This was her way of surviving through the lies of what she saw in the mirror.

To make a very long story short, there was truth that needed to be revealed to people that she was closest to, such as her doctor, and coaches on her cheerleading team. She was confronted earlier in the day yesterday about an eating disorder by her cheerleading coach and she denied it. As she denied it, the coach threatened to take her suspicions to her authority within the school. She knew the reprucussions of this would most likely be suspension of being on the cheerleading squad.

First, I told her to calm down and I told her you have to make the choice not to lie. She stated, "You don't understand, for me to go to the doctor was a big step for me, but then to be confronted of why I went to the doctor when she knew I wasn't sick, it makes me think I made a mistake of going to the doctor." Without all the details, the Lord kept pressing me to tell her to call her coach and to be upfront with her and to be honest with her. Praise God! She did call her coach last night. Her coach is obviously a very good one, because what has taken place is amazing and it is a God intervention!

The coach told this young woman that she would not take this any further and because she called her and let her know, she will do whatever it takes to keep her accountable. She will still be allowed to cheer, praise God, as I know that this was really the only biggest factor of what keeps her going to school. The coach is going as far as calling her doctor to find out ways they can assist this young woman while she is cheering. This young woman has lost 36 pounds since October. She has been excessively working out and either not eating or eating then purging. Because of the massive weight loss within such a short time, you can see why concern has been hurling around this young woman.

She called me today and left a message and was so elated that she called her coach. The coach did make her aware that she would have to let the head coach know what was going on as well. However, she would not make this known to the other cheerleaders, which was one of her biggest concerns, knowing that this could truly hinder her healing process. When you struggle with an eating disorder, you truly believe that you have it under control, when really it has full control of you.

God is AWESOME ALL THE TIME, and we are praying and believing that she will receive the healing of God upon her life and be delivered from this horrible bondage of vanity. The book I have written, addresses the issue of how we perceive ourselves. The way we perceive ourselves is the way we assume others sees us. I know that as I struggled with bolemia, my perception of who I was and what I looked like misconstrued the way I heard people, received people and interacted with people. Why? Because whether I knew it or not, I thought it was all about me.

We pray for innocence to be upon our children! We also pray for righteous holiness to bubble up within our children as they desire to serve the Lord and please Him in all they do!

Finally, we continue to pray for our school district, staff at all the schools, the board of education, for boldness over teachers and favor over the one's who serve the Lord! We are praying for teachers to rise up and to see supernatural ability and strength come forth as they educate our children...what a responsiblity.

If you have any questions, comments or anything you would like to add, please post them via email at: wmcip@yahoo.com

God bless you all!