by Kayla Kennada
My journey to deliverance continues
Many years had gone by since I last saw my Dad. I had tried to have a relationship with him, but our visits didn’t go very well. He talked badly about my Mom as though he was a good father. He never tried to see or call me. If I saw him it was because I initiated it. I eventually stopped trying. Then one day I saw him at a family funeral. As he walked in his first remark to me was “you’re putting the weight on, aren’t you?”
I saw him at a second funeral some years after that. Someone wanted to take a family photo so I volunteered to round up the family that was still inside. He came in after me and angrily questioned what the blank was I doing. He told me to just get the blankity-blank photo taken. At that moment many memories of his anger that I evidently had suppressed, came back to me. It was then that I realized how blessed I was that he wasn’t in my life. I felt relieved. At that moment I was delivered from that pain of growing up without a father. I never saw him again after that.
Through the storm
This next deliverance may not seem a likely solution, but what the enemy meant for my harm, God turned for my good. At this time I was living in Indianapolis. One night I went to see my Mom who lived in Evansville and was in the hospital. As I headed to stay at her house, the storm sirens were going off. Up ahead I couldn’t believe my eyes as I spotted clouds on the road. Remember, I had been through scary tornados and had a fear of them.
As I hit the brakes and came to a quick halt, the clouds hit my car and pushed it against a guard rail. It began rocking so hard that I feared it would be pushed over the rail and fall into the valley below. Everywhere I looked all around was nothing but slowly churning clouds. The lightning was continual and was flashing fast like a strobe light. When my mind finally registered that I was in a tornado, despite the shock, my spirit man kicked in. I spoke firmly “in the name of Jesus, dissipate!” As I opened my eyes, it was gone.
In shock
The shock caused my mind not to function properly. I couldn’t remember how to drive. I had to think hard about how to put the car in gear and how to get the car moving again. Once I got rolling very slowly, nothing looked familiar, even though I had been to Mom’s house many times before. I was only about a mile away, but I had to study every street I crossed carefully to see if it was the street I needed to turn on. There was no electricity at her house and neighbors were outside talking about the storm. All night long every time my eyes closed, the scene replayed in my mind. The fear instantly overwhelmed me again so much that it would take my breath away. I ended up calling for prayer to help me calm down and be able to sleep.
Prayer and revelation
Dr. Johnnie told me that my fear had come to pass. He was speaking of Job 3:25 when Job said “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.” I knew I had to put an end to it. Not wanting that to happen again, I knew I had to change what I focused or meditated on. Quoting scriptures over myself when it stormed and especially while I was driving through a storm caused me to focus on the Word. Praying, speaking the Word, and praying in tongues boosted my faith to believe I had the victory.
Free at last
Recently, I marveled at my reaction one evening when we had a tornado on the ground in my area. I actually went outside. In the past, I never would have done that. Seeing the very eerie clouds approaching I spoke the Word to them and prayed in tongues. As they came closer, I didn’t waiver, but spoke harder and they began to dissipate. A moment later, a neighbor who lives across the street came to me saying “We sure dodged the bullet there, didn’t we?” I knew it was the power in the Word and in the name of Jesus that stopped the storm.
I am so happy to say that I no longer have tornado nightmares. An unhealthy fear of storms no longer bothers me. The pain of my past no longer hurts me. I also have forgiven everyone who mistreated me and let go of those who I knew would continue to hurt me. I thank God that He has not given me a spirit of fear; but of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).
Verses to overcome fear:
- Cast all your cares on Him, for He cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7.
- For God has not given me a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. – 2 Timothy 1:7
- So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:6-7
- There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. – 1 John 4:18
- The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? – Psalm 27:1
- Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. – John 14:1
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