Warning: This blog contains spiritual material that may be too intense for some readers

I have debated whether or not I should post about the following. After much thought, I figured that since we are posting about our family and what is going on, I should be honest. I would like for those who read this to be able to pray for us while knowing who we truly are.

As most of you know, we have been having a really difficult time with Reagan the last several months. She was always the most easy going, laid back child, full of joy and light....and then one day, something just changed and it hasn't been the same ever since.

Every time I would bring up whatever we were dealing with, my friends and family would say, "oh, it's just the terrible twos." But you moms can attest, that mom truly knows best...and this mom just wasn't convinced that the terrible twos was what we were dealing with.

Several weeks ago, our church was having a churchwide fast, so Kris and I decided that we would participate. To be honest, at first, I spent most of the time learning about fasting. It's one of those biblical principles that I never really understood. But then as I continued to seek God on the issue of fasting, He kept revealing so much to me. I was satisfied at the end to have a few answers to prayer and a better knowledge of fasting and God's character. But I still didn't have any answers about Reagan...except for a "feeling" that we weren't dealing with Reagan anymore, but a spirit.

I would pray over Reagan...pray against the spirits of rebellion and anger....anything I could think of, but nothing seemed to be moving. I just didn't have a name for whatever it was.

A week or so later, my mom called me in tears. She had spent a long time in the secret place, reading her bible and seeking the Lord. She was shocked as God revealed to her exactly what was going on with Reagan. She couldn't even move from her chair as God told her each thing that was going on. "I have to repent," she said, sobbing on the phone one morning. "It's the movie, Beauty and the Beast. She has been watching this movie her whole life and we've allowed her to. A spirit has her and it's the spirit of this beast."

We talked a little while longer. As she talked I could see the characteristics of the Beast in the movie and exactly how Reagan was modeling the character. She told me to pray about it and talk to Kris and that we needed to get rid of the movie. I told her that this was my confirmation that my suspicions were correct. I immediately called Kris at work and told him. That day, I was able to deal and communicate with Reagan with new light. As soon as Kris came home, we prayed over Reagan, over her room, everything. Right before we started praying, she started burning up with fever. By the time we were done praying, her fever had broken and we could see an instant change in her behavior and mood.

Praise God!! Our baby was back....but we weren't done with this spiritual battle.

That week, we got hit with sickness....one by one, taking turns. Then 2 Saturdays ago, Satan tried to attack us again. We were at the park with our small group from church, just picnicing and fellowshipping with everyone there. I met this lady who was selling tye-dye shirts and offered her and her young son some food. She refused but said we could feed her son. She talked to me and friend of mine for a while. She insisted that I take a shirt for Tristan for feeding her son. I didn't want to be rude, so I reluctantly accepted. At the time I didn't think it was odd, but she kept saying that the shirt was safe and that Tristan could put it in his mouth, but he just kept throwing it on the ground.

The next morning I got an urgent phone call from my friend who had talked with the lady with me. She had purchased a shirt for her daughter who is only a few months older than Tristan. That night,her daughter was up all night sick with a horrible fever. They did everything they could to try to calm her down and take care of her, but nothing was working. Finally she just started praying. God said, "it's the shirt." She thought it was weird but asked her husband to take it outside just to see. Immediately her daughter's fever broke and she was back to normal. My friend continued to pray and God revealed to her that the woman was involved in witch craft, and that was the reason she wanted Tristan to put it in his mouth. I called Kris right away and told him to get rid of the shirt...so he did.

Finally, I thought...we are done with this. But we weren't.

My mom started praying and interceding for us. (She is the most amazing woman of God...I love my mom and I am so thankful for her). She asked God why we had so much sickness in our home and plain as day he told her...it's still that movie. She called me and said, "Did you get rid of that movie?" I hadn't. I was crushed, but I knew what we had to do.

When Kris got home, we made a little bonfire in the backyard. We went through every single one of her movies and prayed. It was very emotional for me. I was just so angry with the devil for corrupting something that is supposed to be good. See, I absolutely loooove Disney. I have loved it my whole life and had always looked forward to sharing it with my kids and now Satan's stupid self was using it to try to destroy Reagan and steal her joy. I fought back tears as I tried to explain to my baby girl that she wasn't in trouble or being punished, but we had to get rid of some of her movies to keep her safe. We all prayed together, and then one by one, we burned those movies.

Reagan has been a completely different child. I feel like I have my baby back again. She is so full of joy. Her patience is increased. She walks around singing worship songs and praying. No one believes me until they see her and then they just say that they can't believe the change. God is so good...He is so amazing...His promises never fail. It's just been incredible.

I would like to say that we are done...we have defeated this evil, but we both feel like there is something else. Don't get me wrong...we claim victory in the name of Jesus! Breakthroughs and victory have been made! Please be in prayer for our family. Pray that God will strengthen our family, our marriage, and give us wisdom and discernment. Pray that He will give us eyes to see and ears to hear and obedience to His instruction. And pray for continued protection over our children. "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of POWER and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND."