Clyde R. Vegas Sr.

It has been thirty days today since my Dad’s surgery and it has not been easy. He’s been through a lot, and we have been challenged with so many things(Our faith level). My younger brother posted in his blog. We are over comers, born and raised, yes it is true.

Please don’t misunderstand me, we are not super humans, but solely dependent in Christ alone. We cry, and break, and wonder and sometimes are stricken with fear, but one thing I do know is we keep on pursuing God, perseverance.

Each day we would come home from the hospital, it would be, good-news today, and bad news the next concerning Dad’s health. Following the leading of the Holy Spirit was pivotal in Victory. An emotional roller coaster flooded me and we needed peace in it all.

Two days ago, Dad actually opened his eyes (after heat sergery, secondary exploratory sergery, x-rays and probes and blood transfusion, to pain medications and everything you can think of, he was drained, he has lost a lot of weight but “New wine skins-God is giving him new wine skins”) and he was looking very discouraged, healthy and still getting better, but he looked like he was throwing in the towel. I cried out to the Lord, “What else Lord you promised me-us, not more then we could handle”. Sometimes it just feels to much.

That night as I was sleeping, I was awaken, by the Holy Spirit and he said, “No Short Cuts on this Honey Girl” I just cried and and looked up to heaven (basically chin up, daughter of the king remember who you are in Christ-Chin up, the Holy Spirit said again) My whining cry of sorrow turned into a cry of trust tears rolled down my face. Because that’s what my daddy called me growing up, “Honey girl” Don’t you give up now, no short cuts. The lord told me pick up your sword and I will do the rest.

This brings me to the story of Moses;

Exodus 13:17 When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them on the road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest way from Egypt to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” Exodus 13:18 So God led them along a route through the wilderness toward the Red Sea, and the Israelites left Egypt like a marching army.

Exodus 13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear that they would take his bones with them when God led them out of Egypt-as he was sure God would. Exodus 13:20 Leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. Exodus 13:21 The Lord guided them by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. That way they could travel whether it was day or night. Exodus 13:22 And the Lord did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from their sight.

If we keep on reading on we come to the part in the bible, Pharaoh pursued them towards the red sea

Exodus 14:13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch the Lord rescue you. The Egyptians that you see today will never be seen again.
Exodus 14:14 The Lord himself will fight for you. You won’t have to lift a finger in your defense!”

Exodus 14:20 The cloud settled between the Israelite and Egyptian camps. As night came, the pillar of cloud turned into a pillar of fire, lighting the Israelite camp. But the cloud became darkness to the Egyptians, and they couldn’t find the Israelites.

Exodus 14:21 Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land. Exodus 14:22 So the people of Israel walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

This message was really for me, and my family, but God never uses anything just for ourselves, but use it for everyone who needs it at the time. Yes No short cuts “Honey Girl” Just follow the Cloud & fire (Holy Spirit) and he will lead you. Even if you think your back is facing the wall-red sea. Gods glory will be there if we continue to trust him, and sometimes put our sword up, towards heaven so he will do the fighting for us. AND SET OUR ENEMY’S IN A STATE OF CONFUSSION

Exodus 14:23 Then the Egyptians-all of Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers-followed them across the bottom of the sea. Exodus 14:24 But early in the morning, the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw them into confusion. Exodus 14:25 Their chariot wheels began to come off, making their chariots impossible to drive. “Let’s get out of here!” the Egyptians shouted. “The Lord is fighting for Israel against us!”

Be encouraged today my friends, if God did it for them he will do it for us, God is not a lier, he is the delieverer! Leaving you with this song. Miracles….When you believe.

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When all the believers clear the room and it’s just you and God sometimes this is when you are tested. We are always being asked by the Lord to reflect on who we are in Christ. The last blog was part 2 of my Dad’s miraculous miracle surviving heart surgery.

The next day he was in a lot of pain, and it was hard to watch. He opened his eyes, and nurses would be coming in and out. Giving us the utmost worst news of his recovery process. We strong in the lord was floored, by what was being said. One nurse said, “He’s never going to be the same again, he will be paralyzed, if he makes it” Straight from the Devil’s mouth. Mom felt upset, because she said it standing right over my fathers bed. Declaring such non-sence, mom quickly said,”I’m not going to receive that!” The nurse was shocked, in return the nurse tried to look as professional as possible, because she was training another nurse. She came back in saying, “We need to prepare you for the long run, even if he makes it out of this. Mom said, “I know my God, and he can do all things, we serve a mighty God.” I stood across of the bed looking at this nurse watching her speak death over my Dad. I could not be silent any longer. Mom was like a lion ready to rip her to shreds.

I said, “my God said he can do the impossible” and believe it or not she came back by saying, I’m sorry but we serve the same god. “Same God!”What god do you serve! Surly not the God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac!” I thought. I looked at her, with the most calmest voice and said, “My younger brother flat lined at the age of two, and God brought him back to life and my God can do the same and then some here.” The nurse came back and said, “I’m sorry, but we need to look at the facts, he did survive the surgery and that’s a miracle already.”

So I came back and said, “So your telling me, if you were in our shoes, and you had a chance to be in the throne room of God, and he said ask of me anything my child, what would you ask?” The nurse came back by saying, well,I would ask, give me strength for this long haul of caring for my dad, and help me through this hard time, give me courage for him to do his will,with the paralyzation of his left side.” (good prayer, but sad.)

Basically the nurse could not ask God what she needed and then some! kind of a beat around the bush sort of prayer to God. He’s our creator!! With her answer we knew the kind of faith she had, also in that I discovered that when a miracle is so profound and against the odds, many people can not handle such a manifestation of what took place because the size of their unbelief, so to make them feel comfortable they rationalized and make their own understanding because they feel uncomfortable.

My friends we are coming to an age when the Lord is pushing full force on this spirit of unbelief and religious spirit. The nurse could not ask God what she needed or wanted she had a spirit of false humility. If I had my leg cut off and I WAS IN THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD, and God asked me to ask of him anything, Would I just ask for a brace or a new Leg!! Come on friends!! He’s OUR CREATOR!! You have not cause you ask not.

Majority of the nurses were great, and they would be a blessing. However the medical community was draining us with his chance of survival. One doctor came in and said he is not a normal case he wasn’t supposed to make it pass the surgery, and if he did, (which he did,) this would not be normal so they were just taking it day by day. She said Dada’s case was not normal. Da! we were setting the pace for the future… God was showing up and setting his standard for the impossibles….

Dad began to talk a little, move more a little, pass all his testes, but still in a lot of pain. Anyhow to make a long story short, he came off a secondary surgery, an exploratory surgery because he was in so much pain, they found nothing. However, everyday he would progress from glory to glory. Many people prayed and agreed with us on God completing a work in my Dad.

So much revelation, so much emotions that we have experienced within the last 16 days. Dad opens his eyes, and is responsive but is painful for us to watch and keep the faith, and just to have patience. We have to just wait on God, but ready in and out of season.

Keep praying for full recovery and with my next post I will bring out personal revelation on what has been happening to all of us, and how God spoke to us in bringing comfort and assurance that Dad was going to be around for a long time, their was work still that needed to be done for the Kingdom of God. I won’t stand here as if we are super human beings but, it is hard to watch my daddy, and my mommy, be taken to a new level. With that being said, I will leave you with a word given to mom by our Pastors. They said many things but one stood out in my mind. It was that the Holy Spirit would be in that room, a change of atmosphere would take place, and it did.

I Prophesy…………………………

Dad you are a king! Your body is strong your mind is strong! Your body is healed fully your are the head not the tail, you are Gods warrior. You have been called in the land of the living, you are a walking testimony, your body will line up with the word of God, your body will make harmony together like music.

You are protected by the hand of God, God will never leave you or for sake you. God said,” he has a plan to prosper you and he has a future for you,” God is a giver of life, Dry bones rise! dry bones rise! Body dance before the Lord! Body sing praises! Body blood, mind line up! line up! with the word of God.

God’s said, “he will complete a work he has done in you Daddy!! Seek Daddy! knock Daddy! ask of God. Holy Spirit will roar, inhabit and take up root and he will establish all the hands that work on you. The Holy Spirit will bring healing oil, fire, and wind to this hospital room. Holy Spirit manifest, not only visit but stay.

Let no weapon form! No weapon form against you!! We are above the storm we are eagles!! We are in the hiding places!! We know your words will not fall to the ground Lord! You are not a God who would lie. We have given authority in the name of Jesus and power through the Blood of Christ to overcome! overcome!!

Lord we have seen great and mighty works that you have done we, stand knowing you will do it again. We Pray, We walk through the valley of death, we will not sit and stay. We WALK.. WE WALK… WE WALK… WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MOVE FORWARD. We know everything in the spiritual realm is lined up concerning us and dad, and the hospital and his nurses and all that concerns our protection, but now we command! We command! we command the Natural- physical realm to lineup with the spiritual realm! Have the natural realm Lord line up with the spiritual realm. We call order, we call order in the name of Jesus!! Dad you have a future!!!

“ Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Mat 6:10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Mat 6:11 Give us today our daily bread. Mat 6:12 Forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors. Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.”

John 5:19
Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

look for my next posting will be on the revelation, my family had through all of this. also all the miracles signs and wonders of what took place………like

-Anointing oil on Dad’s head,

-Angel in the sky, under Dad’s bed, by the door, making the motion censor go off from the paper towel machine.

-A dream about our direction to take with Dad

A dream Dad had about two military men saying Push….(Pray, until , something, happens.)

-My eldest brother and the number (3)

-Younger brother (watch man-who’s praying at night?)

-Mom the lioness

-Church family and friends support.

I just wanted to add thank you Joseph for being my best friend and husband, for caring for all our children in this time…………of my need you are my hero…….I love you and for your covering of prayer over meas I went to the battle for my Daddy.

C.Apana

Joshua 6:16 And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!

On the way to the hospital my husband and I were in the car, warfare music blasting as we began to pray with the grandchildren. We just called on the Holy Spirit to tell us what to pray, sometimes we are in such a state of mind that we run off in utter rumbling. Our prayer is all over the place, and the enemy has taken us by surprise and we become like chickens without heads, how can we fight we need to be strategic. Luke 12:12 “For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” The Lord began to tell us to sound the trumpets on the Angels and saints to stir them up and call them in spirit to rise in battle with us. Where ever they would be in the physical to jolt them in their spirit man to begin intercession for us. If we pray in the spirit, and others pray in the spirit, the Holy Spirit will drop a warning trigger in your gut to pray-pray for what? Sometimes you don’t know, but you begin to pray until he-The Holy Spirit releases that physical feeling that grips you, that uneasy feeling is gone, giving you that peace. Sometimes the call goes out-you don’t know what to pray but the Holy Spirit knows. Romans 8:26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groaning that cannot be expressed in words. Romans 8:27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. So my husband and I began to do just that we called in the spirit to all who would hear the call to come in agreement of a victory in this battle and the Holy Spirit wanted us to just SHOUT! So we began to SHOUT! Something happens in our shout it breaks the demonic target causing the enemy to be blinded, jolted, to be shaken dismayed, disorientated. So we can regroup together in unity, to get our minds in one accord. Joshua 9:2 that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.

My younger brother was in Nashville, and was trying to rush back to Vegas. At the Hospital my eldest brother and mom had just a moment to meet with the surgeon, she had a fast briefing with them in what was about to take place concerning dad in the surgery room and she said, “it doesn’t look good,” Quickly mom said, ” I wanna pray for you and your hands” the doctor said, “Ok” and mom prayed. Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Sometimes we are pushed against the wall to do things that we need to do. We are driven not by what the world thinks anymore we just react, because it is our way of life. My eldest brother made the call to our church to start prayer and quickly two pastors came to be by our side to pray agree, and encourage us. The supervisor in charge of operation at the hospital came by to tell us the surgery can take about 4-8 hours. At this time commenced the waiting process. To just and wait believing the report of Good news, but now the battle was in our heads, with ourselves, “No doubt! No doubt! No fear!, No fear!” I kept repeating in my mind. Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, Ephesians 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Ephesians 6:16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints–

At this point the Lord was dealing with all of us in an individual process of faith and believing and hoping for the best. We were believing for a miracle, signs and wonders. We were trying to Pull together, to be in expectant of God showing up. We cried together, prayed together, and laughed togetherthinking og Dad and his favorite prasie and worship songs. We continued to focus on God, telling ourselves God was almighty, and he was able to do the impossible. We were being tested in our faith. As we waited we could feel the watchmen of our church arise for us, to cover us and bring us to a place of comfort, and peace. As they battled in prayer, we believed as we could feel something was happening in the heavenlies, something was forming. Something was taking place right in the hospital. The watchmen were at their post and we could feel it.

Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, Isaiah 62:7 And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth

Some of the family members went to take the kids to get some snacks, but just then the head nurse came out looking for us, she walked over to my mom, me and my sister in-law. She reported, “It was a difficult surgery but he’s doing fine, the surgery went well, and now we will just have to wait and see.” I hugged mom, and we cried tears of Joy “Yes Lord!” Thank you Lord!” we cried. At the same time the rest of the family was coming down the long hall back towards the waiting room, where we were. I seen my eldest brother and my husband with the kids from afar and all I could do was motion thumbs up, I jumped up and down. They motioned back tumbs up. “Yes Lord! You are an awesome God! All Glory!! To you Lord all the Glory!! We all hugged and cried, just cried. 1Ch 29:13 “Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.

We were all excited walking towards the elevators when Mom fainted from the great news, we grathered ourselves and went up to the floor where they would be talking Dad for recovery. We waited for the surgeon to update us on what took place; finally, she came and gave us the update. We were so grateful; Mom thanked her, and said if she could pray for her again so Mom did. After the prayer the surgeon was amazed that he made it this far, because he really had such a slim chance. She said, his aorta tore like a crosscut opening up, shooting blood towards his head, as it tried to find an escape route it went towards his brain and he lost a lot of blood and they had to freeze his body to stop his heart, so they could to fix it. Not sure all the medical terminology but that’s how we understood it. However she said we would have a long way to go still, but he’s a fighter, because he should have not made it this far, but he has, someone really care for him up there. We all agreed!

Luk 18:27 But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

Rev 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

(Please stay tuned for the last part of this blog part 3)

“Don’t sit down yet the battle is not over, he said, we were in the eye of the storm, the back end was about to hit, you are coming to the last band of this race,hold on, and keep pushing.” The Lord said, we walk by faith not by sight.

“Lord don’t take my daddy”

(Part1of 3)

On July 8, 2008 (eight days ago) the call came and it was my dad, he could hardly breathe yet alone talk to me, he said, “I have a hard time breathing”. I asked him if he needed me and quickly he responded by saying, “yes hurry”. I grabbed my infant and my two other kids, got them settled in the car drove right to the house. My parents live only four houses away from mine, and for dad saying yes for help was alarming in it’s self. Anyone knows my dad he’s a big dude,(teddy bear) and if he needed help, it would be serious. Dad was a home alone and I was just a phone call away.

Got to the front door, and their big white German Shepard met me, I could hear the bathroom water running as I called out for my dad, I placed the infant seat on the table told my two other kids to stay put by the baby. I quickly ran to the bathroom and opened the door, Dad said my name, looked at me and fell on (us) me and the dog. I frantically yelled,”Daddy! Daddy! hold on!!”, I ran to get the phone and called 911. Ran back to him and at this point he was moving his right arm grabbing his head and chest, and turning very purple. I cried thinking, “No Lord, have mercy!, no Lord!”. Then I felt the Holy Spirit come on me, as I felt my mouth open up and I yelled, “Back off Death!!” Back off!! The Dog backed off, and even I was surprised in my frantic state. The operator on the phone called out, ” 911 what your emergency,” I was so out of it I could only get across that dad was not breathing and I needed an ambulance. I could not even remember the address, she asked of my phone numbers and I could hardly give that. Finally she said, in a firm voice,”You need to stop, calm down,” I was so frantic, she said,” shut up and listen to me”. At this time the emergency ambulance came and dad was barely non-responsive and it took six guys to carry him out.

I walked around tyring to gather my thoughts and called my mom, couldn’t get a hold of her, finally got a hold of my eldest brother and he got a hold of mom and told her of the news about Dad. I was crying and praying while I finally got to talk with my mom on cell. Mom was on her way, and she said to me, I want you to call the family and every one needs to get to the hospital now!! She demanded!! She was on her way from school.

I kept on feeling in my spirit fight, fight, it’s not his time, like the Lord was egging me on to let me know this was an attack and he wants us to fight. My prayer was be with my dad Lord as I kept on getting the scripture no weapon, no weapon formed against him shall prosper, no weapon, I just kept repeating that out loud. I said, repeatedly stop the spirit of death!! in the name of Jesus, no weapon, no weapon. I just kept on hearing in my head the Holy Spirit tell me Stop the formation, that the enemy was strategically doing, stop the formation Lord!! It was trying to form a formation line around my dad-and we weren’t going to let it happen. My spirit was willing and in control, but however my flesh was week , because I would be crying at the same time, knowing very well what could be taking place.

Got to the emergency and my oldest brother and my mom was in the back with the doctors, a friend of the church came by to pray with us. I wondered what was going on, so I was released to go to the back where my brother and mom were. As I walked in all I seen was the hospital nurses running my dad out towards another ambulance, mom hugged my oldest brother and she ran along side my dad on the gurney. My brother turned around to meet me. Looking at me he cried saying they are rushing him to another hospital to do open heart surgery and he may have a 50% chance of living. We both hugged and met the rest of the family outside in the waiting room, my brother told of the news. It was silent for a second, and we all started to cry especially his nine grandchildren.

I had all the youngest of the the grandchildren, and I had to stop off at home to get a few things before I went to the hospital, I prayed in the spirit all the way home-it was continual. I went up stairs to get extra clothes for the baby,and came back down stairs and the kids were in a mournful cry. I said stop that because this is a time not to morn, your Papa is not dead! He’s alive, and this is the time that you pull up out of your spirit all the stuff you have learned from being Christians & kids church (CSI-Children’s Sudden Impact) to declare scriptures that is of life. Scripture to fight in battle in this war we were entering into-pull up scripture that would prepare us to be over-comers. They were still crying but began to call out scripture putting Papa’s name in between the lines. Example-saying,” Papa you are under the shadow of the most high, Papa you are blessed,Papa you are the head not the tail, Papa God said he would never leave you.” Stuff like that, the children’s voices I knew entered the thrown room of God. The children said, “we trust in you Lord, Our Papa is in your hands.” They Prophesied who Papa was and is- declaring his future to be.

My eldest brother got to the other hospital first meeting up with mom. Quickly they took my dad straight into the operating room. The head nurse assistance came out telling my mother and brother that dad has a 15% chance of living, then 30 minutes later the head nurse came out saying,”I am going to be frank with you, your Dad has a 5-3% chance of living, His aorta tore.”

My eldest brother said, “I’ll take it!! God can work with 5%” and my mom agreed!

It is the main Traumatic aortic rupture, also called traumatic aortic disruption or transection, is a condition in which the aorta, the largest artery in the body, is torn or ruptured as the result of trauma. Death occurs immediately after traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta 75%–90% of the time since bleeding is so severe, and 80–85% of patients die before arriving at a hospital.[2] Though there is a concern that a small, stable tear in the aorta could enlarge and cause complete rupture of the aorta and heavy bleeding, this may be less common than previously believed as long as the patient’s blood pressure does not get too high.

(Taken from the Wikipedia ecycopedia)

Stay tuned for part 2