OUR STORY

I can still see my father kneeling by the couch getting ready to pray as he did every morning  before leaving the house.  He would wait for the rest of the family to join him and oftentimes, in typical child-like manner, I did not kneel as quickly as he would like for me to.  That's when I would hear the infamous phrase “ Carmen come get on your prayer bones.”  When the Lord instructed me to begin this ministry I asked him what he wanted to call it  as I feel names are very important. That's when the Lord reminded me of my father and the legacy of prayer that he left.

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 I had considered myself a Christian and believer in Jesus Christ from a very young age. I was raised as a pastor's kid in the deep south. My parents were lovers of Jesus and fully committed to a life of full surrender to Christ. However, as I grew older and became an adult I could not understand why everything I had been taught wasn’t working. Why was my life and my entire family so out of control? Why was there constant destruction, loss, trauma, chaos, abuse, sickness, and sabotage? I loved Jesus! I taught my kids about Him. I was heavily involved in children’s church. Why weren’t my prayers effective? I was praying the way that I had been taught. Where was God?

 

  After decades of Satan having his way in my life I was at rock bottom. I had no conscience anymore. I had given up and had no hope. I was living in sin, abusing prescription drugs, suicidal, depressed, anxiety ridden, abusing my kids, my marriage was over, everyone thought I was crazy and at that point I believe that I was headed that way. After all of that Satan had a few more blows. I was given a death sentence and was placed on life support. I got bold one day and said “The devil can do whatever he wants to do to me but he will not shut me up.” Two weeks later I was on life support with paralyzed vocal cords. I spent nearly 6 months in and out of ICU. Soon after I filed for divorce and had my only living parent get diagnosed with cancer and pass away. Again, where was God?

 

   Although true lovers of Jesus, my parents and denomination were controlled by doctrine, religion, and man made rules. I had been having supernatural encounters my whole life and never knew what they meant or even had the terminology to explain what I was experiencing. No one else in my family was having these encounters. I knew nothing about the gifts of the Spirit, or the power of the Holy Spirit. I had been having supernatural encounters my whole life but this Holy Spirit stuff was weird. Except for the one time as a teenager when Jesus walked into my room with children speaking in tongues, all I had seen and heard of in the spirit world were demons. 

 

   It was God’s divine grace that pointed me to deliverance. I had no idea what that was but I praise God for His mercy. I felt this pull to go hear this guy named John Ramirez in Virginia. I had no idea who he was except that he had a cool story and seemed real. He seemed like a guy that wouldn’t think I was crazy with the things that I had been encountering. I drove several hours to this church and was manifesting the whole service but thought I was just nervous. When the altar call came John prayed for me and I was set free. I have never been the same. That began my road to freedom and healing. I began having many divine encounters with the Lord and angels. I began walking in signs, wonders, and miracles, visions, and dreams. The word of God became alive and the Lord began to reveal His heart to me. All of the pain was for a reason and this ministry is a part of that.

 

   My mother was not only a children’s church pastor but a school teacher as well. I carry on her legacy and love for children. I have been a pediatric RN for nearly 27 years and have 5 children of my own. The Lord originally had me in children’s ministry. However as the culture around us has changed the season of ministry has changed also. There is a direct assault on families. Homes are out of order and identities are confused. Jezebel and Ahab have entered the home. Children are running the family and suffering because parents are not in line with Biblical standards. Husbands are prideful, complacent in religion, and domesticated. Women are not respectful and submissive to their husbands. Divorce is a common word thrown around. Chaos ensues while our children are left to social media and the corrupt school system to step in. Parents are parenting out of guilt because their own trauma hasn’t been healed.  There is so much dysfunction in the home. 

 

 God’s heart and desire is to make the family whole again. There is so much power in a family operating in kingdom order according to the word of God. The Father wants to reveal to each member their true identity. Intimacy with the Father is to be taken seriously. He desires to download strategies and teach us how to overcome every onslaught and scheme of the enemy intended to keep us from our destiny. He wants to show you how to pray effective prayers in a place of victory. If we as parents are fully surrendered to the will of the Father then our children will reap the benefits. It’s time for generational curses to be broken and for families to rise up victorious. Your breakthrough is right around the corner and it starts on your prayer bones.