Category Archives: My thoughts

First anniversary

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Today is the anniversary of the beginning of my website.  It is a joy to me to write down words that have brought life to me and share them with you over the past year.  I am also happy to share photos of my family.  There is power in our words as we speak them to change situations just as God spoke words over the earth and he created light, water, ground, vegetation and all life.

Yesterday at Church the speaker gave us some wisdom.  He told us the difference between liberty and licence.  He was saying liberty is the freedom to do what is right and licence is the freedom to do what one wants without regard whether is good for one or others.  He gave the example of driving up to a red light.  The person who uses liberty will stop for his own safety and the safety of others. The person who uses licence can go through the red light endangering himself and others.   I hear so often people say, “I want freedom, don’t control me, God has given me free will.”  I have learnt from rearing my children that I will never hinder their desire for liberty.  I will rejoice even and look forward to the outcome, perhaps they will help with the housework without being told.  When I hear from them “Don’t control me” I hear rebellion.

I had a “Liberty” experience last week when we were abroad.

When we went there Brendan and I were already tired.  But the lady, with whom we were staying had a full schedule of meetings lined up for us.  We arrived Monday and went to first meeting on Tuesday night.  The next day I went for a walk with my friend.  We sat down in a cafe for coffee.  I discovered my right hand covered in fresh red blood.  I wondered where did this come from.  I discovered it was coming from a burst blood vessel.  I got help to wash and stop the bleeding and I held my hand up high to help stop the blood.

I was going around like a policeman with my hand up just like a policeman does to stop the traffic.  I was thinking about this sign and I felt it was a warning to STOP, red, DANGER.  We talked to our host, cancelled all meetings after Thursday and took more rest.  Brendan said later as the week went on “I’m glad we didn’t continue with the other events.”  We would have been stressed out and exhausted.

Sometimes circumstances can be the way God guides us.

Angela

Dreams build us up

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Dreams can build us up

I had a dream last night about one of my children which one might think would cause me concern.

But what in fact God is saying to me, rise up in my spirit and take authority over the situation and it will change.

God created man and woman in his image.  We are different from animals in that we have a body, soul and spirit, whereas the animals have a body and soul.  When we believe in Jesus, God our Father, his Son and Holy Spirit come to live in us.

We have God living in us.  Just contemplate that.  He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world.  The devil is the one that is in the world.  He is ruling, because Adam gave authority over to him in the Garden of Eden.  But Jesus came to destroy his works and give us back our authority through his death on the cross and his shedding of blood.  Alleluia.

When we sleep our body and soul get rest but our spirit is receiving dreams and refreshing from God in us.  We get built up while we sleep.  For example if one is starting a new job God may speak to him about the new situation and prepare him for it.  We may receive direction for our lives in a dream.  I often get pictures relating to my circumstances, my children or direction about a decision I have to make.

The Word of God says troubles are sure to come but God promises to be with us.  With God’s help we will overcome.  This is what happened to me when I was diagnosed with cancer.  God spoke through others in dreams and scriptures about my situation. These gave me encouragement to overcome.

God’s word says whatever we bind on earth shall be bound in heaven.  So I will bind the evil that is attacking my son and he will be free, because I have authority in the Spirit.

Angela

Seeing is Believing

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Seeing is Believing

I am excited about the story of a man who was crippled from birth and was healed in Acts3 v 1.

Peter declares,

The name of Jesus has healed this man and you know how lame he was before.  Faith in Jesus name has caused this healing before your very eyes.  (New Living Bible)

The Oncology consultant at the hospital told me I had fourth stage cancer in my colon.  He showed me pictures that were taken during a colonoscopy.  My husband and I saw the pictures.  At the time I did not know how serious my condition was.  He decided to treat my condition with chemotherapy and radiotherapy to reduce the tumour and then operate to remove the tumour.  I would receive the maximum dose of radiotherapy one can have in their lifetime.

Seven months later that same consultant examined me again and could not find any tumour.  The lining of my colon was like a baby’s skin.  I saw that my colon was healed.  The doctors and nurses in that theatre saw the clear skin with their eyes.   The doctor said “You can’t get a better result.”

Another doctor, to whom I was referred for a second opinion, and who would have performed the operation, was adamant that the treatment would only have reduced the tumour.   He still wanted me to have an operation.

My daughter found out that I had a tumour the size of an orange.  Someone told me later that fourth stage cancer is terminal even with treatment and surgery.  There is no fifth stage.  I did not realise that at the time.  More glory to God.

I can say that Jesus healed me from cancer completely, like Peter said in Acts 4 v 6 and 12 (New Living Bible)

“Do you want to know how he was healed?  Let me clearly state to you that he was healed in the name and the power of Jesus Christ from Nazereth.  There is no salvation in anyone else.”

Angela

 

 

 

Going to Church

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Going to Church

Good morning to all of you.

I recently cut out of a paper an article titled “Going to church is good for you.”  I will quote some of what it says.

“Going to church may be good for the soul, but scientists have discovered it is good for the body. Researchers found that attending services lowers blood pressure and the more often you go the lower it becomes.  Professor Jostein Holmen from the faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Medicine and Technology, and one of the study’s authors, said “It would appear that religious belief is relevant to your health.””

One gets high blood pressure through living under stressful conditions at work or at home. Stress without being dealt with, causes many diseases that are life threatening, for example diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

Peace is the opposite of stress.  Our busy lives cause our souls to cry out for peace and serenity longing for a quiet beach, or still waters to get away from the immediate situation that is stressful. God our Father knows we will face difficulties and stress living in this world.  He provided a solution by sending Jesus.

“He is the Prince of peace,” Isaiah 9 v 6.

That is why  Matthew 11 v 9 says

 “Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”

I have found as I go to Jesus each day, praying and reading the Word of God I continue to be kept well, physically and mentally.  I am staying alive!

Jesus said to his disciples in John 14 v 27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you.  I do not give you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

After Jesus was crucified, he arose from the dead and appeared to his disciples twice.  Both times he said peace be to you.

To the woman whom Jesus healed of the issue of blood, he said, in Mark 5 v 25, your faith has saved you, go in peace.  God gave me this peace and I was healed of my bleeding too.

When we have peace, our body and mind relax.  Perhaps that is why going to church lowers blood pressure and brings peace.  The church represents the body of Christ.  He is present among his people.

Greetings  Angela

Made Whole!

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Giving thanks to God at the Family Gathering in 2012.

Giving thanks to God at the Family Gathering in 2012.

It is two and a half years since I was healed of cancer.  It is Jesus name and the faith that comes through him that I am healed.  I am feeling great and am feeling better than I was before I had cancer.  This is testimony to God’s healing power and promise of wholeness.

Luke 17:12-19 KJV

12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

This passage tells us about Jesus healing ten men from leprosy.  One of them praised God and returned to find Jesus and thank him.  Jesus declared to him you are made whole.

I believe a key to being whole is to praise and thank God.  We are made up of body, soul and spirit.  As they are healed one is made whole.

My spirit was healed as I confessed my sins and curses, my body was healed from the cancerous tumour, but I needed healed in my mind and soul.  I needed healed of traumas that my mind and soul remembered.

Malachi 4 v2  says

 the Sun of righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.

And in Revelation 1 v 14 and 16

His eyes were like blazing fire and his face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

I enjoy resting in the sun when I am on holidays.  The heat is comforting to my body and gives me a sense of well being.  The above word says Jesus face is brighter than the sun.  I decided to rest in the sunshine of his face and his eyes and let him heal me when any memory of a past trauma would arise.   I am being made whole as I thank and praise God and as I rest in the presence of Jesus’ face shining on me.

Rest in His light today!

Angela

Happy New Year 2013

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Hello.  Welcome to my web site on this the first day of 2013.  I think this is a good day to start writing.

I love God and I want to tell you what he has done for me.  He has saved me from death.

I believe in Jesus who died on the cross and shed his blood to become the perfect sacrifice to the Father to set us free from sin, disease, curses and provided deliverance for us from the power of the devil.

I am a busy mother and housewife and I desire to do his will on the earth.  I am particularly interested in praying and healing.

About twenty five years ago I was reading in the bible:

John 15:4-5

4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit of itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, you are the branches.  If a man remains in me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.  

I decided to spend 15 minutes a day reading the bible and fifteen minutes praying and said to Jesus, I am doing my bit so you will cause the fruit to grow.  My husband gave me a daily bible that covers the entire bible in a year.  Fruit did grow.  In the next years some of the fruit was my children Jacob, Isaac, Abraham and Angela.

I have tried to keep up this pattern and I have become more familiar with the scriptures.  God speaks to me through his word and encourages me in the right way to live.

Psalm 1 says

Blessed is the man who meditates on Gods law day and night, he will prosper.

I thought that seems a good idea. It does not say if you work harder you will prosper.

I have read that the proverbs makes one wise and gives knowledge and purpose to young people.

So I want to encourage you to start doing what I did all those years ago.  I am sure you can set aside thirty minutes to pray and read the bible.  It is a small book but in it you will find the truth.

Greetings from Angela

Staying Alive!

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I’d been bleeding from my back passage for three years. I hadn’t told my husband. Hadn’t told anyone. Just hoped it’d go away. I wouldn’t even think the word cancer. I know God heals. Brendan and I have been committed believers for over thirty years. Brendan is a full time prophet and author. I am an intercessor with a gift of healing. We have fourteen children. Brendan has ministered in over sixty nations. I have often accompanied him. Our Christian journey has been one of agony and ecstasy, the agony of dying to self and the ecstasy of being Christ’s friends and hearing his voice.

Our children all excelled at school. All won places in grammar schools and have gone to the best universities – Oxford, Cambridge, LSE London, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Trinity, Queens and the University of Ulster. I loved it when they were young and in bed early, prayers said, teeth brushed and lights out. But now I was feeling neglected and battle weary. Satan was attacking and winning on many fronts. I was maintaining our home and praying for our family but it felt like an endless and thankless task. It seemed my family were doing their own thing and I was left behind. My bleeding started around this time.

On Easter Monday 2010 I finally told Brendan. Thinks moved quickly after that. It was discovered I had a 4th degree colon cancer as big as an orange. The doctor recommended five weeks of chemotherapy & radiotherapy and later an operation to remove the cancer. He’d then create an opening in my side and I’d have to wear a bag in order to collect my body waste. Hopefully this would be reversible.

Now all my family knew I’d cancer. They were anxious to know whether it’d spread or not. Everyone wondered what the future held. Would God heal me? Would I live to celebrate my 60th birthday and my 40th wedding anniversary? Live to see my children graduate from university? Live to see my children’s children? See all my beautiful girls married? Hold their lovely babies in my arms?

In Northern Ireland we have physically and verbally murdered one another for over 800 years. Here Catholics and Protestants so easily consign one another to hell. Brendan and I, born Catholics and born again Catholics, have ministered in the midst of Catholics and Protestants for over thirty years. Brendan says we are called to the whole church and the whole world. Although I knew we should love one another so that everyone will know we are Jesus’ disciples I wasn’t finding it easy. In fact I was at loggerheads with many people. I’d often complain Brendan didn’t love or understand me, my children didn’t love or understand me, other Christians didn’t love or understand me. I was keeping many believers at arms length. Yet in my day of trouble God used all kinds of believers to love and heal me. God treated me to a practical outworking of the body of Christ.

Romans 16:20 says if we walk in unity and love then God will soon crush Satan beneath our feet. The moment I stopped hiding my bleeding from Brendan there was an immediate shift in the pressure. Some great weight lifted. A stone rolled away. As if God kicked in and the body of Christ was freed up to work. And work it did! Catholics and Protestants. Irish and English. Christians I’d previously quarrelled with were moved to help me. God used the body of Christ to heal me. After Brendan told our family some log-jam moved and love flowed freely. Brendan and our children prayed for me. Within a week my bleeding ceased never to return again.

God spoke to us through dreams and visions and supernatural happenings. Brendan had nine dreams, I had five, four of our children each had one and other believers had three dreams. Many people had visions. Prophets came to our home. Three of our children each fasted for twenty-one days. Other believers fasted for smaller periods of time. God used parables, scriptures and prophecy. An English prophetess, Shirley Bowers, came and repented of all the evil the English dictator Oliver Cromwell inflicted upon the Irish. Shirley said Cromwell’s hatred of Catholics was like a cancer spreading across our land. We live in a large home formerly occupied by Cromwell’s niece.

I was also delivered from two demons, a generational spirit of rebellion and a spirit of bitterness. After I was delivered I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt I was healed. So I stopped all treatment but restated it again after Brendan said he wanted me to continue with it. Apart from one day I suffered no ill affects whatsoever from my cancer treatment. In the end I didn’t need an operation. A colonoscopy confirmed the cancer had disappeared and my colon was now as pink and as healthy a baby’s skin. At that point Brendan and I were now in agreement. I’d shown myself to the priest and I was healed. Nothing further was needed.

Brendan and I have written a book about my healing called Staying Alive. It contains over one hundred supernatural happenings and events that occurred during my healing. It has also been translated into Slovakian by the very capable Branislav Skripe. It’s just over a hundred pages long, called …a stále živá! I hope you get a chance to read it in order to see just how much God loves each and everyone of us and how much he desires to heal us. He really does care for us.

To get your copy of Staying Alive! email: irishprophet@hotmail.com