Yesterday I was at a day of fasting and prayer for pastors in our district (actually a section in our district). It was wonderful to get away for a day to spend time seeking the Lord in prayer, especially with other pastors and a few other church leaders as well.

There was a point in the day that was an incredible adventure in prayer. When it comes to intercession, I get nervous. I have to admit it. I make a petition before the Lord and really ask for him to work in a situation. That’s not the problem. It’s when I really sense there is a declaration in my spirit from the Spirit of God that there is a definite “YES” to this request. I don’t mind hearing, “YES.” I did ask, didn’t I?

But when it comes to this powerful sense I had yesterday, I don’t have this experience very much. The situation was praying for three people battling cancer. Their situations are incredibly grave and we’ve been praying as a district for these friends for a LONG time. Yesterday, however, as someone led in prayer collectively for them, the Spirit flooded my heart. The next 20 minutes were spent praying in the Spirit, praying in tongues, praying in English, declaring things in my spirit that I sensed the Lord was saying, “Just go with this.”

In my spirit there was an attitude that rose up and said, “This sickness will not take them out. The enemy does not win this one.” (I don’t get those kinds of words very often. Not like that.)

I spent my time in prayer walking and declaring what I sensed the Spirit telling me to declare. NO to cancer. NO to the attack of the enemy. YES to healing. YES to deliverance.

It was a time where there just seemed to be a divine “YES” to this situation. Heaven was open, the Kingdom was moving, and all I was doing was agreeing. There was no immediate indication as to healing, of course, but I long to hear soon what the Lord may be doing in their lives!

The time of prayer was a time I admit I don’t experience very often. It was just a time of openness in heaven and the Spirit saying, “Join this chorus.”

There are times of intercession where the prayer is tough. Those moments yesterday, praying for huge mountains to move, were incredibly easy in the Spirit. The Kingdom was moving and I was along for the ride.