Lift a Shout of Praise To The Living God

Here we go…

The week of July 31, 2018, I found something in my right breast it felt like a pea size lump. Bob felt it too. It was there for three days. On the day before I called my doctor I prayed and fearing the worst I said, “Lord, you know I’d really like to stay here a little longer. I’d like to see my grandkids grow up and there are things for me to write for your glory and I don’t want to leave Bob and, and, and…but…Lord, if you want me to come home I’m ready.” I heard my father’s voice, the one I’ve come to trust and know that it is his voice, because he has confirmed to me each time that he has spoken to me. His sheep know his voice and a stranger they will not follow… I heard him say, “Not yet! Praise Me!” So then I messaged my friend and sister in the Lord Kathy Langley. She came over that afternoon, we used anointing oil (representing the Holy Spirit) and we prayed. I have to tell you I was flooded by waves of HIS presence…I don’t know if you know what that feels like, or not, but some of you know about the Holy Chill bumps…well this wasn’t just a little thrill up and down the spine…it was like oil being poured over my entire body…I was saturated with the touch of my heavenly father it was like I had been dunked under a water spout…later that afternoon I called Kathy and I asked her if she had felt anything when we were praying, She said, “Yessss it was powerful.” Even as I write this I’m getting touched with His Presence. So later that day I felt for the lump and it was gone. But I kept my appointment with my doctor. The mind is difficult to control especially if we focus on the circumstances…fear tried to grab me…doubt tried to tell me lies…but I kept hearing the Lord’s voice say, Praise Me!!! So I pressed in and I praised my Hashem…

We began our 21 days of Prayer and Fasting at Journey Church…I am fasting Facebook and praying and spending time with the Lord it has been intense…and through this…I have not freaked out…there have been tiny thoughts but I take them back to the Praise Room of my heart and I hold onto what God said, “Not yet! Praise Me!”

The doctor did the examination and he didn’t feel anything. But there was a tender spot in another area. I asked him if they can move. He said yes and that is a good thing. Then I told him it felt like the size of a pea and it didn’t move and that Bob felt it too. He said those are the ones they look for like the size of a pea and it’s frozen it doesn’t move. Mine was gone!!!

My mom died three years ago with cancer of the tongue and cancer has taken members of my family as I know it has some of yours too. It is nothing to play around with. It is serious.

So the doctor said he wanted me to have an ultrasound and a mammogram and then see a surgeon because sometimes things can be over looked and he wanted to be sure that nothing was there. In the mean time I asked my son Abram and Robin St. Pierre and a few others of my sister’s in the Lord (Darlene, Karen, Diane) to Praise God with me for a good report.

Yesterday I went for the tests. About an hour ago I got the phone call the tests were all negative, No lumps!!! But the doctor still wants me to see the surgeon so he can go over the tests to confirm and reconfirm that all is well.

But I know God took it…I am giving Him all the praise and all the glory…I know it was Him who touched me and I know it was Him that spoke to me…I don’t know why he does what He does, all I know is that He is God…He is a good, good, father and He loves us more than we can imagine. One day I will go home…we will all be leaving this earth one day. But for Now as I live and breathe ….I will Praise The Lord! He is my Healer! My Redeemer! My Loving Papa God!!! Let All that Is Within Me, PRAISE THE LORD!!!

I am praying and fasting for this 21 days for you! Lift a shout of PRAISE in the earth that the demons will tremble and run at the sound of your voice as you stand in the Presence of the Living God!!! You may be facing cancer…heart disease, MS, diabetes, bankruptcy, whatever the sickness or disease or turmoil you are dealing with…You are not alone…God is with you…Jesus still heals, still delivers, still sets free…

Praise Him In All Things…

Open your mouth and Praise The LORD!!!!!!!!!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 9, 2018

Psalm 103 New International Version (NIV)

Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.

He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.

The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.

Praise the Lord, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
Praise the Lord, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.