Julie was Saved From a Sinking Ship in a Stormy Sea

We went to the funeral and burial of one of our sisters who was a High School teacher. When we were coming back we were a bit concerned because it the funeral was held in a village over the sea from Lae and we need to return in bad weather.

When we were in the middle on the sea the big waves came rolling. Then suddenly the boat went off and the engine stopped - the fuel dried up and also there’s a hole in the boat and the water started coming up into the boat. There’s big waves rolling and I started to open my mouth and I prayed in another tongue, the language God gave me through the waters of baptism. I prayed loud and clear. In the boat there were 3 other spirit filled believers, caught in the middle of the sea and the very big waves keep running over us, nearly we drowned, and we prayed. The waves were like big mountains and we were deeply in the waves. Our Area Leader he told everybody to pray; “There is no hope, we are all to pray to God in other tongues” so we all prayed.

I prayed continuously in the power of the spirit tongue and in my mother tongue. Also I prayed until my mouth got dry and until I had nothing to say to the Lord but the only thing I want to say to the Lord is “Don’t leave us here. If we stay on the sea or if we drown your name won’t be praised by us”. Then I thought that I am filled with the Holy Spirit and the spirit controls me, and then at the back behind me was very big waves running, rolling over us. We can’t control the sea, then the spirit rolled the waves back. I prayed for the waves coming in the front of us. I looked straight forward to the waves and God looks through our eyes and when I looked at the sea the waves rolled back and then the boat was (in a great calm) inside the (circle of) waves for about 3 hours.

Then a boat came the 1st time to rescue us but then the waves shook the boat and it went away. Then it came again the 2nd time. It was like someone opened the door and let the boat in through the (circle) waves and it came close by and we got onto that boat and we went safely.

Julie is a member of The Revival Fellowship - Lae, PNG