THE SONG OF THE ANGELS!

by James W. Goll | March 2008
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From the Desk of James W. Goll

We are on the verge of a miracle! It has not fully manifested yet – but Michal Ann has taken an enormous turn for the good. She completed her second round of chemotherapy this past week and the oncologist was thrilled when he saw that her cancer markers had gone down 25%. This is huge!

She is still weak and on oxygen, but things have taken a dramatic turn for the good. Keep praying with us! We must see all the cancer eradicated and Michal Ann restored to full vigor, health and fulfilling her destiny and calling in God.

This week's email centers on a dream I received in the early morning of February 13th where I heard a choir of angels singing. While this is a very personal dream as it pertains to our present fight with the enemy of cancer, I also feel the message is for the larger body of Christ and I want to encourage you with it.

If you live in the Nashville area, I hope to see some of you at our special three days of prayer during Purim on March 19, 20 & 21 from 2-4 PM at our EN Ministry Center. We will lift our voices to the Lord as we take a stand with Israel on those special days. For more details on this Jewish holiday read my book Praying for Israel’s Destiny. Israel is one of my life’s burdens and I encourage you to join in with us wherever you live around the globe in praying for Israel and all of Abraham's descendents. We will also emphasize special prayer during Purim through our Global Prayer Storm efforts as well.

Thanks for your ongoing prayers and support that enables our EN team to do the work of the Lord. Remember, together we make a great team!

Blessings to Each of You!

Dr. James W. and Michal Ann Goll

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THE SONG OF THE ANGELS

A Personal Testimony from

James W. Goll

I had returned from a wonderful weekend of ministry from a national Lutheran Renewal Conference in St. Paul, MN on Sunday afternoon, February 3rd. My wife, Michal Ann, had been having some very difficult days and our helper and friend of years, Kathy Colbert, had already come back into the home to help us out the week before. It was super bowl Sunday and I had made it home in time to enjoy the evening with our family like rest of America. We were shouting and acting crazy and enjoying the intensity of the whole ordeal.

Right when the crucial last two minutes were being played, Kathy could hear a low cry of help coming from our bathroom. I hurried in to find my wife gasping for air and not able to help herself. Things kicked into gear, I called our doctor and we made preparations to take my wife to ER at the Williamson County Medical Center close by. Paul Ehm, a dear man and helper who lives with us, had to literally carry Michal Ann in his arms to the car where I awaited to speedily take her to ER.

Test after test was run that long night until finally she was admitted at 6 am on Monday morning. The diagnosis was not good. Both the doctor in charge and our personal physician gave my dear wife a very bleak diagnosis. It was so intense, that on that Monday night I had a dear godly lawyer come to her bedside at the hospital where Michal Ann was and composed her Last Will and Testament. The next day I spent with our ministry lawyer, bankers and made phone calls to family members.

Tuesday evening the doctors did a procedure and withdrew three liters of fluid off her collapsed lung. They then put a large suction tube in her side to allow her lungs to breathe and drain off the fluid from her lungs - which were infested with tumors. Her feet and legs had been swollen for 2 and half months and she was in much pain. They said her liver was the source of much of her pain as the cancer had spread in that area as well.

What Do You Do?

I am not trying to paint some bleak hopeless picture nor am I trying to give you too many details, but I want to share where we were and what we were facing in these last few weeks. Together we have been in a five and one half year battle with cancer – both of us at the same time. At times, we have been on top of things and seemingly in victory. At other times, set backs would occur requiring us to re-evaluate, seek the Lord, seek counsel from others and medical attention. It has been an arduous journey for both of us and for our entire family.

But for me, all of this was about to wear me out. Yes, I remembered all the words from the Lord. Yes, I knew the healing scriptures and still do! Yes, we had done detoxing, immunity build up, eating healthy and standing on the word - and we had done all we knew to do. But right then, my emotions were bouncing all over the place. One hour I would weep – yielding my dear wife of 31 years to the Lord and then the next hour I would be proclaiming His word and fighting for her life. At times I would not know what to say or feel.

BUT...Michal Ann never gave up. She never gives in to the enemy. She is the most resilient woman of God I know. Her trust and her love is in Jesus. I feel that my wife is one of the greatest champions of the faith in this generation. She truly is a Woman on the Frontlines. Though at times she could hardly breathe and she was in so much intense pain, she tried to keep a smile on her face and would not let anyone be negative around her.

She fought!

She is still fighting!

The plot thickens!

All three of Michal Ann’s brothers drove in to see her and possibly say their last goodbyes. Justin, our oldest son, who lives in LA, California, flew into town. Cousins showed up. Friend after friend – some fighting in faith and others torn like me came to see Michal Ann, knowing that things did not look good in the natural.

Our kids have their own walks with God, and they too were seeking the Lord on how to respond in such a time. I was checking on insurance, paying bills that needed to be paid, and working on details of two possible services that might need to be held. I was overwhelmed to say the least.

The word was out around the nations and people were engaging with us to fight the enemy of cancer through the power of prayer. The bowls of heaven were being filled on our family's behalf!

A Break Through Happens!

On Wednesday morning, February 13th, after Michal Ann had already spent 10 days in the hospital, the Lord gave me a vivid dream. In the dream I viewed an entire “movie” in green screen. I was shown different sites of geography around the globe and saw people from every nation crying out the Lord.

Then suddenly the green screen movie of scenes across the earth was over and I saw, heard and felt a heavenly choir singing. I heard instruments and sounds that I cannot describe. I can only tell you that I heard a heavenly orchestra performing an amazing symphonic piece. I remember some of the melody even as I compose this sensitive piece to you.

I heard an heavenly choir – I assume they were all angels – but as I compose this right now – I am wondering – if I also heard mingled in with the Song of the Angels, voices of the Great Cloud of Witnesses who live before the throne of the Almighty. I know I heard a choir of angels singing, but my perceiver on the inside of me tells me it was more than that. Oh my, the thought of it all, the experience…. What was the song they were singing?

This is the Hour!

With brilliant harmonies and yet with a simplistic melody, I heard the Song of the Angels on Wednesday, February 13th – the day before my wife’s 52nd Valentine birthday. I heard their words and they penetrated my very being.

This is the hour;
This is His Way.
The release of His Power
To Change the Day.
Yes, this is the hour!
This is His way.
The release of His power
That will Change the Day.

I heard the heavenly chorus over and over again. I woke up hearing the sounds of heaven on earth. I woke up and the dark clouds were lifted. Hope had come again and faith was finding a fresh place in my heart.

I went to the hospital that morning and quietly sang the song of heaven over my dear wife. Things changed that day. Things shifted. Dark clouds faded and the death spirit was broken. Believers around the globe fasted and prayed on Valentine’s Day for my dear wife. The church where we are members, Grace Center, held 12 hours of non-stop intercession for my wife that day. Over 500 birthday cards came in from around the nation for Michal Ann Goll releasing prayers and blessings.

The next day the doctor looked at her legs and feet that were no longer swollen, and he declared, “Your liver is working again. The growths are shrinking in your liver.” Things changed. Life took a sudden change towards light, hope and renewed faith.

Where Are We Now?

Well, I was told she might not make it home from the hospital, but she did beyond all odds. On Tuesday, February 18th Michal Ann came home on oxygen – but she is home! One of the first things she did was put on the new shoes that our kids gave her for her birthday. At one time she was on pain killers six times or more a day, but today she just takes her morning and evening meds. She sings again. She is with us. Thank the Jesus! My mourning is being changed into life. O what a testimony is in the making for the glory of our God and King!

She has taken two rounds of chemotherapy and has one more to go before she has scans done to confirm her progress. The doctor stated this week that her cancer markers were down 25%. Folks – that is huge! May they drop until they exist no more. We are winning the fight!

Sing the Song of the Angels With Us!

So now, I want to share a thought with you. Our journeys are about our personal lives – our joys, our sorrows, our crosses and our victories. But at times, you face an enemy that is bigger than you and it takes others to fight with you.

The amazing song of heaven I heard that day was for Michal Ann – it was for me for sure and our whole family. But I feel that song is for you too. Our approaching victory is a body of Christ victory. That song is for you too.

This is the hour;
This is His Way.
The release of His Power
To Change the Day.
Yes, this is the hour!
This is His way.
The release of His power
That will Change the Day.

Okay – sing the song with me. Sing the song of heaven over your life. Sing until the battle is over and the victory has completely come. Because – This is the Hour! This is His Way!

Contending Until!

James W. Goll
Encounters Network

 

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