4:32 p.m. Today's project was to meet with my pastor after Bible study. I wanted to talk with him before scheduling a time for the pastors to lay hands on Steve and anoint him with oil in the Name of Jesus.
I brought up the numerous generations of Kruckenbergs who had succumbed to Alzheimer's and the depression and oppression also manifested, and my concern for our children and grandchildren as the reason for the Holy Spirit's urging me to call for the pastors and elders to pray. James 5:14-16 says, "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, that you may be healed. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
Should we think of this inherited Alzheimer's in the same way as heart disease or diabetes? Possibly. But I'm seeing this dementia as the final iteration of the emotional and mental disturbances that long precede it, and that devastate families and other relationships in a way that no inherited bodily disease could ever do.
Generational curse? Hotly debated by Bible scholars. I'm willing to say that generational oppressive and depressive tendencies can be behavioral or physical in nature. And only God knows how or why destructive tendencies come into families. And He alone knows when the first ancestor manifested the tendency, and which generation will see deliverance from the pain!
My prayer is that the next generation be delivered from Alzheimer's, and that Steve experience a healing of peace and assurance that God is with him, not judging him, but loving him as he is. I do know that we as a family are engaged in spiritual warfare, and is there ever a good time for that? I certainly don't invite it, but I am willing to stand up to the enemy in unity and under the leadership of our pastoral staff!
Again, Ephesians 6:12 declares, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
In obedience, we will stand against the enemy in unified, believing prayer in the Name of Jesus!
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Dear Dana: You and Steve and your family are so dear to us. We will continue to lift you up in prayer. This is what we do help one another in this life be able to stand and show ourselves approved. We will stand with you in prayer:
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And so we keep on praying for you, that our God will make you worthy of the life to which he called you. And we pray that God, by his power, will fulfill all your good intentions and faithful deeds. Then everyone will give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus because of you, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the undeserved favor of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ
love you, Linda John Lisa Martinez 11/11/09
Amen! we are praying with you!
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