things that go bump in the night

One of the first experiences I can remember of praying God’s word and proclaiming his promises was over our children and our home. Our daughter had been experiencing night terrors. For months she would scream in her sleep, crying and thrashing in her bed. We would pray over her many times in night. The terror would stop only to reoccur 30 minutes later.

This continued for hours this particular night. We had come to a place of complete desperation. My prayers had been for God to cause our daughter to sleep. She was sleeping, not once did she remember anything about the night terrors. She had no recollection of us waking her, of any dreams, nothing. She had slept through it all. So, I decided to change my prayer!

I started asking God to show us what was causing the night terrors. I declared God’s promises over our kids and our home. Psalm 59:1 “Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.” Not long after I started declaring, God dropped a word into my heart. He showed me a kid’s game that was in our house to be the cause. I later discovered that symbols on some of the pieces were occult images.

I promptly collected all the parts of the game, with the help of a flashlight, and threw it out the back door. I yelled something like “You have no place in our home, you must flee in Jesus name, you have no right to return!” Our daughter hasn’t had a night terror since! Glory to God!

I learned a couple valuable lessons that night. First, I have the authority to claim Gods promises over my children and my home. And I have done this many times. Second, speaking Gods word over a situation is the way to go! We just have to be patient and remember that God has a plan and it is a good plan. Our God is a good God and He has our back, all the time! Exodus 14:14 “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

~ Stephanie Thiessen ~