The paramedics were astonished at Scott’s good condition because, given the severity of his seizure, he should have been brain-dead and on life-support machines. But by a miracle of God, Scott was raised up—at the very time I heard the voice of God at my sister’s house saying, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). The warrior angels I had seen coming down from heaven in the vision had apparently come to fight for Scott’s life.
Angels and Prayer for Miracles
When I lived in Michigan, I led a prayer meeting that met in my home. One day, I was leaving my house to run some errands in town with several believers who had been with me in the prayer meeting, when a storm quickly arose, and rain started pouring down.
As we got into the automobile, the winds and the rain seemed to get worse, so we sat in the car praying in the Spirit. Suddenly, we heard sirens and saw an ambulance. We knew that something had happened, such as an automobile accident, so we proceeded to the store with caution and completed our errands.
We were taking a different route on the way back when we saw another ambulance’s light flashing. There had been a car wreck. We saw a stretcher beside the road with someone lying on it. A white sheet covered the victim, so we knew the person was dead. The police pulled us over to wait by the side of the road while they got the other people out of the wreckage. It was still raining hard—just pouring.
As we waited, the Holy Spirit fell on us and impressed us to pray. As we prayed in the Spirit, we began, under the Spirit’s direction, to command life to come back into the victim. As the Holy Spirit prompted us, we remitted the person’s sins in the name of Jesus. (See John 20:23.) In a few minutes, we saw that white sheet raise up. Then the person on the stretcher lifted up his hands and pulled the sheet away from himself.
All at once, one of the paramedics turned around, saw what was happening, and ran over to work with the injured man. The paramedic was happy because God had put life back into the victim. We never even touched the man, but the angels did. We didn’t even get out of the car, but the Word of God was in action to save that person’s life.
Angels and Prayer for Deliverance
A few years ago, my family was going through an especially rough time. A family member had disappeared and had not been seen for almost six months. No one could find him. This was one of the most difficult crises my family had ever faced. We had to believe God with everything in us. In addition to this crisis, other blows
constantly rained on us. It seemed that the old enemy was hammering us first on one side and then on another.
I’m sure many of you can understand how hard this time was for us because you’ve gone through similar experiences. Perhaps the devil is hitting your bank account, taking money that doesn’t belong to him, and you wonder where it is all going. Maybe he is causing your automobiles to break down or your appliances to stop working. When he isn’t doing that, you are getting sued for something. Everything in your life seems to be in an uproar because there is always some problem. That’s exactly what we were going through. Troubles and difficulties were constant in our family at that time in our lives. I thought, O Lord, haven’t I prayed enough? Haven’t I stood on Your Word enough? I went to God in prayer because I was so deeply grieved over the situations that were occurring.
During this difficult time, the Lord would send His angels, and His peace would come upon us. God promised us peace, deliverance, and help. (See, for example, John 14:27; Psalm 34:7; Isaiah 41:10, 13–14.) So we began to stand on the Word of God, no matter how hard the waves hit.
One day I would have to be the strong one; the next day I would be weak and one of my children would have to be strong. It was awesome to see God’s angels ministering to us. Someone with the gift of prophecy would call me, or a friend would call me, or I would call them, and we would encourage one another in the Lord. It is so important for us to encourage one another, especially during difficult times.
In the midst of this trial, I saw a mighty vision in which God assured me that He is the Deliverer. The vision seemed to last for hours! It was a revelation of how the Lord brings deliverance to the lands through His angels! In the vision, I observed angels going into houses. The houses looked as though they were way back in a forest, and darkness was all around.
Suddenly, I saw witches and warlocks having séances. I also saw devil worshipers. Then I saw the angels of God shake the places where they were. When the angels did this, the witches, warlocks, and devil worshipers ran out of the buildings. They got into their cars and drove away with the fear of the Lord upon them. It was an awesome sight to see.
I have seen this kind of vision many times in the past fifteen years or so. I see it at least twice a year—usually when I am in intercessory prayer. I know that God is the Deliverer and that He sends His angels to His children on errands of mercy. He intervened in the situation my family was going through. Our family member was found and, though he had been ill, God restored him to health!
On another occasion, I had been in deep prayer and meditation. As I ministered at a church service that night, I saw angels everywhere. Every angel had a golden sword in his hand. The Spirit of the Lord spoke clearly to me in an unmistakable voice:
Child, when prayer time comes for the people, I want to heal certain physical problems. I want this to be a sign in your ministry that the testimony of hell that I gave you is true. I have given My word that I will give signs and wonders and work miracles as the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is preached.
I became so excited! In my spirit, I could see an angel with a large book writing things down as I preached. The ceiling seemed to open up, and I could see a vision of the throne of God. Angels were rejoicing all around it and praising God.
When it was time for the altar call, I saw angels going among the congregation, nudging people to go to the altar and give their hearts to the Lord. When the angels touched the hearts of individuals, the blackest sins began to churn up from their hearts as they knelt and prayed to God. It was so beautiful to see God working in their lives!
In the Spirit, I could see chains wrapped around the people. As they received forgiveness, angels seemed to break the bondage, to shatter the chains, to cast them off. The bands broke as people began to raise their hands and confess their sins to the Lord.
Cries and shouts went up all around from souls who were being delivered. It was wonderful. In many of my services all over the world, God provides great miracles like these, and wonderful deliverances happen. I praise God for His signs, wonders, and miracles. I know that the angels are at work helping me with the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He has given me.
One day, I was in prayer when the Lord began to talk to me about the revelations He was giving to me:
My child, you must learn that many times I will open up a vision to you, and what I’m showing you is not present right there before you. It will be for the future, or it will be happening in another part of the world. You were given the vision so that you can intercede. Listen to Me, and I will give you instructions on how to pray.
Sometimes, people will receive a revelation, and they will think that what is happening is right there beside their beds. They will think that what they are seeing is there in the room with them, but it is not so. I am a holy God, and I am protective of my children. I am revealing truth and mysteries to you so you can reveal them to the world.
I’m showing you one of the workings of the enemy, Satan, so that you can pray; and the blood that I shed—the blood covenant—will come and stop the flow of these channels, these avenues, of the devil.
I was so excited! I said, “Okay, Lord.”
Time went by, and one day, I was in Phoenix to preach the Gospel. Some of us had been in intercessory prayer for the city. We had prayed and gone to sleep, but I awoke at three o’clock in the morning. I felt as though I had been awake for hours.
I looked at the ceiling, and I could see something appearing before my eyes. A manifestation of a spiritual object came through the ceiling and hovered around in a circle. At one end of the object, I could see a small opening that measured about eight inches by twelve inches. I saw that the tiny opening was a door.
As I looked through this door, I could see a witch with a crystal ball sitting at a table. I knew that she could see from the crystal ball into the place where I was. I also knew that God had allowed me to see what I was seeing, and that He had allowed her to be able to do this in order to show me how to pray. I took in this whole scenario very quickly. Then the door shut, and the thing moved right out of the room.
I got up and said, “Lord, what in the world was that?” God said to me,
I’m showing you strategy of the devil. Many witches and warlocks work for the devil in this area, and they have these crystal balls. They have figured out how to go through the airways and spy out the land in certain areas where My blood does not provide a covering. A blood covering can be provided only through prayer and through believing in Me and the covenant of God. Many do not believe in My protection as you do.
When My righteousness covers my children and they are living holy lives before Me, when they are doing the best they can, My covenant—the Atonement—stands for them and their families. No matter where they are, no matter where their children are, a hedge of protection surrounds them.
Many do not believe this, but I know you do. I’ve proven this to you many times over with your own children and your family. Many times, I’ve saved your family from harmful things that crossed their paths.
My covenant—the atonement for the healing of the body, the blood that I shed over two thousand years ago—still stands today. My covenant promises are for you and your children.
What I’m revealing to you is a message for you to tell to other people. It is to protect the innocent and the guilty. My desire is to save the guilty and weak. I desire this, and this is why I’m telling you these things—so that you can tell the world.
The armlike object you saw, with the opening and a small door at the front of it, was a passageway from the crystal ball through the spirit realm to where you are in this home.
I allowed you to see this hovering in the atmosphere in order to teach you to pray. Watch closely, and I’ll show you something else.
God then showed me what looked like a huge television screen. I could see a woman’s face, and I would recognize her now if I could see her in the flesh. She was clearly visible, and she was hovering over a crystal ball and screaming in a loud voice. Then the devil came roaring and screaming into the place where she was. “Why did you let her see you?” Satan yelled. “Why did you let her see you?”
The woman and the devil began arguing. This led to fighting and more yelling. I heard the devil tell this wicked woman that she had a big mouth and would tell everybody. The devil—his form was huge—grabbed the wall and started roaring and screaming in anger. Then he went through the door, and the Lord suddenly spoke to me,
Plead My blood! Plead the blood of Jesus! Plead the blood that I shed. The life and the power of the blood of Jesus that was shed two thousand years ago has never lost its power over situations like these. The blood has power over those crystal balls that are the spirit realm’s venues of sin; it can shut those doors.
I did just as the Lord said because I believed Him. When I began to pray, I saw fire mixed with blood. I saw vapors of smoke. I saw the power of God shoot through the atmosphere and explode the woman’s crystal ball. She screamed and ran all over the room; as the power of God hit again, she ran out of the room.
The Lord told me, “Pray in every area where I send you as you have just done here. Pray right now for others who have these crystal balls.”
So I prayed for a long time. He showed me how to pray. His angels taught me how to pray through the Scriptures, how to bind and loose (see Matthew 18:18), how to plead His precious blood, and how to rely on the Word of God. Every time I would do these things, there would be a great deliverance among the people. In the spiritual realm, I saw the angels scatter many of the enemies of God’s people. In one vision, I saw what looked like about ten thousand scattered at one time.
I also saw people delivered who were in supernatural bondage. It was as though ropes and vines had grown around them, but when the fire hit them, the shackles would explode. I knew that God was showing me these mighty revelations through the power of His Holy Spirit. I thought, God, You are such a wonderful God.
Then I saw the dove of the Holy Spirit soaring through the heavens. God began to draw people by His Spirit. People started coming to the Lord, and I was so happy and excited to see the blessings and joy of the Lord. I truly began to understand that we are in a spiritual war where good is fighting against evil.
The Prayers of Believers
I thank God for these revelations and for the angels that I have seen. I believe God wants us to understand that the prayers of believers are very important. We are called to pray. Yet we shouldn’t pray just once a day and then forget about it. When the Holy Spirit prompts us to pray, we should pray right then, regardless of where we are. Paul taught us to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) in the Spirit.
Through the prayers of those who believe His Word, God commissions His angels to come and work with us, and He brings salvation, healing, and deliverance to people. Let the Lord’s words to Jeremiah when he was in exile be an encouragement to you as you pray for yourself and others:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity.(Jeremiah 29:11–14)