Prepare-for-War

life to God to be used in any way in which He chose to directly combat Satan and his demons. Secondly, I must un derstand that such a commitment would carry a very high price. I would end up loosing my career, my family, all my friends and nearly everything I held dear. I would also suffer tremendously physically and emotionally. But, God promised that He would be by my side through all of this and that through it, He would reveal Himself to me in a deep and personal way which would not be possible through any other course of action in my life. Many souls would be saved and brought out of captivity to Satan. God also made it plain to me that this commitment was His first choice for my life. However, if I did not choose to follow it and make this covenant with Him, He would still bless me in the career I had chosen in the field of oncology. I would not, without this covenant, come to know God personally as closely as I would by going through the persecution of the road of spiritual warfare. It was a tough decision! I anguished over the decision for about a week, counting the cost as best I could. I knew without a doubt that once I made such a covenant, there would be no opportunity for backing out. When the going got rough, I could not change my mind. If I did, I would lose my relationship with the Lord, and that, I could not bear. Finally, at the end of that week, I got down on my knees and made that covenant with the Lord, thus changing the course of my life forever. The Lord approached me with various covenants more fre quently after that. Shortly after Elaine's final deliverance He spoke to me one day regarding my "quiet times." He asked me to covenant with Him again. He told me that He knew how much time I needed to spend with Him each day reading His word and praying. He asked me to get rid of my alarm clock and let Him wake me up. He told me that when ever He awakened me I was to get up and spend the remain der of the time before I had to prepare to go into work, with Him. I agreed with the covenant and have not used an alarm clock since. 32