Candace's Conquerings

God Separated Me	Whatever You Need
We Wrestle Not	A Special Delivery
A Fuzzy Blessing	The Truth Came Through
A Spirit of Torment	Relationship with the Lord
Playing the Flute

As God directs, I will be sharing more testimonies about what God has done in my life.

The Truth Came Through

I would like to share a testimony about how the power of God moved miraculously in my mouth. When I was around 10 years old, I had a front tooth that would not come down. I had lost both front teeth several years before probably around 5 or 6 and one of my front two teeth had not come through. The other front tooth had moved over to where it was close to touching if not touching the next tooth over from where the other front tooth was supposed to be. We were told to go to the orthodontist, and I was immediately informed that I was in need of braces. The orthodontist put braces on my top teeth first to try and move them where my tooth had room to come down. They tried many other appliances, as they call them, on my mouth to try and get it to do what they wanted. Trial and error as you might call it, but nothing they did moved my mouth. Every time my teeth were in a place where they would not move or something was wrong, my dad would pray, and by the next day, they had moved. This happened on several occasions. One day we went for my monthly visit to the orthodontist. He informed my mother that I needed surgery on my front tooth to get things to move and pull the tooth down. My mom replied to him, "How long do we have?" He suggested a couple of weeks. She did not believe it was right, and she went home and talked with my dad and he did not believe it was either. They believed with me that the power of God would manifest in my mouth. That night the Lord revealed to my dad, that he needed to break a curse over my mouth. He prayed and within 48 hours, my tooth broke through the gums and began to come down. It was a miraculous overcoming. We went in to see the orthodontist, who did not know that this had happened and when he sat me down to look at my mouth, I smiled with 25% of that tooth shining right back at him. He was astounded. He didn’t know what happened and we shared it with him.

After this happened, the Lord had told my dad not to go on with the second phase of braces. He told the orthodontist that God manifested his power in my mouth, and if we continue to believe, he will heal it all. The orthodontist was not very happy, but he went ahead and took off my braces. We didn't go back to the orthodontist after that.

Since that day God has been perfecting my faith concerning my mouth, and I now have a beautiful smile. As I continue to trust in, rely on, and adhere to the gospel. That power that raised Jesus from the dead is what we need to believe to overcome any tribulation or affliction Satan brings against us.

I am thankful that I have the opportunity to share with you how the foundation of the gospel has worked in my life. It can work in your life too, if you will just believe. Thank you and God Bless.

When I was in the sixth grade, I believed and knew in my heart that the Lord wanted me to play the flute. I told my parents that I wanted to play, and they took me to the school to enroll in band. We met one of the band directors who tried to discourage me and get me to play some other instrument. I had a situation with my mouth where one of my front teeth would not come in, and I had braces. You can read about that in my testimony about The Truth Came Through. This director said I could not play with my mouth in the condition it was in and basically almost had me convinced of it to where I agreed to play something different. I went home with my parents and told them I really believed it was the will of God for me to play the flute. We prayed and believed, and I didn't pay attention to what that man tried to put on me. I just believed God and knew that I would overcome and be able to play. In the eyes of that man and the world I am sure they thought it was impossible, but not with God. With God all things are possible to him that believes. We found out that the band director that tried to discourage me ended up leaving the school to go some where else. They signed me up to play the flute, and at the beginning of the school year a new director arrived who encouraged me a great deal. God really blessed me for believing him, no matter what I saw or heard, I just believed what he told me. As the years went on God healed my mouth, and he helped me to play the flute. I ended up receiving top honors in band and this was for the glory of God. I really enjoy playing the flute and using the ability God gave me to worship him. Praise the Lord!

In Psalm 107:9 it says, "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." This psalm is written in my heart and has ministered to me over the years. God revealed this to me many years ago, when my mom read it to me and encouraged me to believe God and he would be with me always. I have watched through the years where people have come in and out of my life, and then there were times it was just me and the Lord. I thank God for the experiences that I have been through, and I am truly grateful for what God has established in my heart.

My parents have always encouraged me that, God has chosen someone for me and me for him, and if I seek the kingdom and believe God he will bring that person into my life, and we will walk together. I hold on to that. They have also told me that my relationship with the Lord Jesus is the most important one, and then all the others will be set in order. You cannot set your heart on a person, or think someone can satisfy what you want. It may satisfy your flesh, but there is always going to be a void in your heart. So many people have that void that they are trying to fill and they think a person will fill it. Well, only one man can do that and that is the Lord Jesus. He is the only person that will not leave you. He said, he would not leave you, neither will he forsake you. Hebrews 13:5, ".....I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. " He is one that you can trust to be with you in all things and understand all things. I am so grateful for the relationship that I have with the Lord. You don't have to feel lonely. Yes, you have those moments, but you get your heart on the kingdom and believe God and all of that loneliness and despair, or whatever is bothering you, will leave. I am not saying it’s always easy. Believe me, I am just like any one else and I still have flesh to deal with, but I don't dwell on it or let it rule me. I just believe and overcome it. I am not alone, neither do I feel alone. Some nights I just sit at my place by myself, worshipping God and thanking him that he is there with me. I pray and overcome whatever it is trying to hinder me and make me doubt. It is very assuring to know that He is with me and that He satisfies that longing in my soul. If it is ever longing for something whether it be a person or something else, He is there to satisfy it. You have to keep your heart on the kingdom and believe God. We don’t live as the world lives. I cannot imagine my life without the Father and the Lord Jesus in it. I have been blessed being raised where the power of God works in my life daily. You have to hope against hope and fight the good fight of faith. I am pressing in to this kingdom and believing with everything in me to see the power even more in my life. I thank God for the opportunity share this with you. God bless!

Most of you have probably read this about me from my dad's testimony page, but I felt it was right to share on mine as well since it involved me and made a major impact on my life after God delivered me. He refers to this scripture in I John 4:18: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: Because fear hath torment. He that feareth not is made perfect in love." I thank God that our love has been perfected through the years and continues to be perfected to overcome the powers of the devil that oppress us. Torment is not something you want to live in and I thank God that he moved and delivered me from a spirit of torment at a very young age.

As a child, I was a pretty easy baby and not much bothered me. But after I was born around 10 months of age, when my parents would put me down for bed I began to have trouble going to sleep. I was tormented by the devil. They would play worship or my pop’s teaching tapes and pray by my bedside until I would fall asleep. This grew worse over the next two years. Finally after much prayer and fasting, my parents were praying with me one night around 1:30 a.m. where I was crying uncontrollably, and the power of God rose up inside them and they began to resist the spirit of torment. At that time, in the corner of my dark room, my dad saw a shadow of what appeared to be the image of a person. My mom noticed it at the very same time. They set their hearts and began to command that spirit out of the house in Jesus name. My dad actually followed that shadow out of the bedroom, down the hall, and he even pursued that thing until he reached the front door. He opened the door and commanded that spirit of torment out of our house. The spirit left. He didn’t even think about what he was doing, he just yielded to the Spirit and power of God. Thank God. It was pretty cool what happened and when they returned to my room they found me sound asleep, and I have never been bothered again. I am truly grateful for that, because I remember those days even though I was young, I remember being tormented and not being able to sleep without them by my bedside praying and I am thankful to God that we overcame.