This article was published on the Glory Brides Global page in 2004, and we are leaving it as a reminder of how great God is. Joan Ann lives in Sarasota, Florida and Hurricane Charley was forecast by the national weather and all the TV and other media to come directly to Sarasota. Joan Ann put her faith and prayers into seeing God move on behalf of her and the others who prayed with her and who lived in the Sarasota area also.
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Beloved, By the GRACE of God, my family and the two families staying at our home - due to evacuation orders in Sarasota, Florida during "Hurricane Charley" - last Friday were spared. We were spared from the disaster this hurricane brought to so many here in Florida.

The Wobble the newscasters and weather forecasters talked about was:

We took the authority in the Name of Jesus to command the storm winds to blow out to sea and not touch a hair of our heads, AND other Word of God too.

We live in Psalm 91, and this "Wobble" the hurricane took all over Florida was no mistake. I get in me it was prayer heard by God that moved the storm out of "His Psalm-91-Living Children's Way" - To God be all the THANKSGIVING AND GLORY!

Intercessors:

As Glory Brides Global Intercessors, there were many of us praying and praising God a week before this storm hit the land here in Florida.

The peace of Jesus was all over me as I invited a Siesta Key family and another family west of Route 41 who were to evacuate their homes to come to our home just over Tamiami Trail, east of Route 41. I assured everyone that the storm would not be a problem for us.

Everyone is sent to live in an area by God, and we have the authority in the Name of Jesus and the Word of God to take what is ours and STAND IN FAITH FOR IT AS WE WORSHIP GOD IN THANKSGIVING BEFORE, AND NOT ONLY AFTER, in this case of the hurricane.

If we had not covered our area in prayer and praise, we could have had the HURRICANE CHARLEY hit our area.

Hurricane Charley WAS FORECAST TO HIT SARASOTA, FLORIDA THE MOMENT IT HIT LAND IN FLORIDA. Sarasota is where I live, and the forecast for Hurricane Charley did not move me one bit. I had the peace of Jesus and a word from the Lord.

God heard our prayers, and on the newscasts we heard that "A WOBBLE BEGAN TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS ALL OVER THE FORECAST LANDINGS OF THIS HURRICANE CHARLEY HERE IN FLORIDA."

The weather forecasters said it was such an "UNUSUAL PATTERN FOR A HURRICANE TO TAKE, ETC." AND IT WOBBLED AWAY FROM SARASOTA "Just like that!"

JUST AS IT DID IN OTHER AREAS OF FLORIDA WHERE I KNOW OF PERSONS WHO WERE PRAYING AND PRAISING GOD TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR AREA.

WHAT ABOUT THE BRETHREN HIT BY THE HURRICANE AND DEVASTATED TILL THIS VERY DAY?

We have a family of our friend from Indiana who have not been able to reach by cell phone or regular phone service to see how their relatives are as of today in the hard-hit area of Punta Gorda, Florida. Punta Gorda was pretty much destroyed.

In my own area we have new neighbors who went to Arcadia, Florida to avoid the storm that was to hit Sarasota hard, but got hit so hard themselves in a hotel with so many other Sarasota, Florida people who went there to be safe. They said the destruction was terrible, and they were so scared in the hurricane that hit in Arcadia that they hid in a bathtub with blankets, etc. to wait out the hurricane.

These new neighbors who waited out the storm in Arcadia, Florida said, "How sad it was to see the poor people who have no insurance in Arcadia, Florida and who lost everything."

BELOVED, IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN FLORIDA, YOU CANNOT BELIEVE HOW TERRIBLE THE SUFFERING IS HERE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HIT BY THE HURRICANE LAST WEEK. THE TEMPERATURES ARE SO STEAMING HOT AND IN THE 90S, AND MOTHERS WITH LITTLE CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY WHO ARE SO WEAK AND HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AND HAVEN'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO MAKE A NEW HOME FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST MAKING IT THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE THE HURRICANE.

I could go on and on telling stories of what I see here. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A PICTURE on TV or in the newspapers, I CRY AND PRAY FOR THEM and ALL those who are suffering.

THINK ABOUT IT:

Not being in your own bed or even in a motel bed, but on a floor or a cot AND HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IN THE 90S, and only if you were lucky to sleep at all, and you're in your 70s or 80s or older.

Not having your toys and familiar surroundings, if you're a tot or even a young child. Also if you're a child seeing your parents crying a lot and depressed because all is lost and no money to rebuild.

Think of all the time it takes to rebuild, if you can do it, etc.!

BELOVED, THE WHY FOR THIS E-MAIL TO YOU IS: PLEASE PRAY:

*PRAY AND DO NOT FORGET FOR ONE DAY TO PRAY FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HIT BY HURRICANE CHARLEY as you rest in your own bed in your own home.

*PRAY FOR "ALL" YOU ASK HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW YOU TO PRAY FOR CONCERNING THESE BRETHREN.

*PRAY FOR THOSE COMING TO "STEAL" EVEN MORE BY CHARGING HIGH PRICES TO DO WORK TO REBUILD FOR THE DISASTER VICTIMS - THAT THE PEOPLE ALREADY DEVASTATED WILL NOT BE VICTIMS OF PRICE GOUGERS WHO RUN TO FLORIDA WITH SUCH INTENT.

*PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JESUS FOR EACH ONE WHO KNOWS JESUS AS SAVIOR AS WELL AS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT - THEN PRAY FOR THOSE WHO NEED JESUS AS SAVIOR TO FIND HIM - FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

Love & Blessings,

Joan Ann