Jesus Heals the Mute

The backstory:
Romeo had been showing "signs" of autism from around 18 months of age. He had essentially regressed in his speech, and all the words he had learnt he slowly stopped speaking. Romeo had no understanding of social cues, was not responding to his name and from frustration of being unable to communicate, was throwing a multitude of tantrums throughout the day. When I had first noticed the speech regression, I did contact speech therapists and was quoted an awful amount of money to start him so that he could catch up and decided I would wait it out to allow him time to do his own thing.. But not too long after, my close friends and in-laws began to notice and began to observe him and make comments regarding his inability to speak.. Calling him a mute etc. On the same day I had spoken to my sister-in-law who had been "observing" my son since he was only sixteen months old, I received a call back from a speech therapist who I had left a message for weeks prior. Her prices were much cheaper and she had availability, very close to home, to start Romeo immediately. I took up the opportunity and he began his speech therapy, which he loves! In the interim, Romeo was going back and forth with hearing tests for fluid that was building up and clearing constantly for a few months straight that was inhibiting him from hearing properly. We made the decision to book him in to have grommets inserted to clear the fluid. The date was set for 19 November 2024.

Onto the good news!:
Eventually, my husband and I decided to go down the path of obtaining a diagnosis, where Romeo received a diagnosis of level 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder, requiring "substantial support" (weekly speech therapy and occupational therapy to catch up).

The night we received the diagnosis, I woke around 2:00am to feed my baby girl, Grace and felt very strongly that the Holy Spirit was prompting me to find stories in the New Testament regarding deliverances. I spent an hour reading up on the stories where Jesus removed demons who made people mute (Mark 9:14-29 and Luke 11:14), scripture where Paul had cast out a demon (Acts 16:18) , scripture about being unable to cast out a demon, where Jesus advised the disciples the demon could only be cast out by prayer and fasting (Mark 9:28-29), and also the story of where the disciples were trying to stop a person who was not in the group from casting down spirits, but Jesus advised them to leave the man alone etc. (Mark 9:38-41). After reading, I prayed and I immediately fell into a deep sleep where the Lord gave me a prophetic dream.

In the dream it was Romeo and I looking directly into each other's eyes. I could see that behind his eyes, there was something that was not entirely him. He had been spiritually oppressed by a demon. I immediately quoted Paul and said to my son "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out!" In that moment, my son, for the first time in his life, spoke a full sentence. He said "Mummy can you help me? There is ringing in my ears!" I knew there was more to do to help my son and the Lord woke me from my sleep.

I called my mum, Josie, after I had woken to tell her of what the Lord had showed me through the scriptures and the dream. Mum said the best thing to do was to have elders David and Michael deliver Romeo, and praise the Lord, we booked in for the deliverance date, which occurred around early to mid-October 2024. From there, we all stood in faith for the miracle waiting to happen. A reversal of this diagnosis. A son who was no longer mute.

At the end of October/Start of November I came across a video on Instagram from a prophetess that really stuck out to me. She was discussing a 25 day fast she was doing with the ministry to remove bloodline curses, and discussed the scripture I had read about where Jesus advised that particular demons could only come out through prayer and fasting. I immediately decided to join this fast and speak to my husband about it. My husband, who is yet to commit himself fully to God, instantly agreed and stuck out the fast in its entirety (6:00am to 3:00pm no food, only water, for 25 days). We began this fast on 2 November 2024. From here, it felt like everything had kicked into gear. My son had begun saying a few words here and there, began responding to his name more, and his tantrums were reducing. Here it was! Our miracle made manifest! Praise the Lord for the process!!

We did decide to go ahead with the grommet insertion, which was based on my husband's decision from hearing about my dream where Romeo had said "Mummy can you help me? There is ringing in my ears!"

Romeo is saying not only one word, but up to three or four words at a time. He is responding at all times to his name. He can hear, he can speak! Before he would just stare at people, but now, even if he doesn't have the right words, he will babble non-stop. He is ALWAYS speaking, even if it doesn't make sense to us. No one will be able to call this boy of ours a mute again. He outspeaks even my neice, of the sister-in-law who made the comments regarding his development.

Romeo has excelled exceptionally, and we know it will only get better from here.

We stand in faith and in gratitude. Romeo is the head, and not the tail. He is ahead and never behind, in Jesus' name. Praise the Lord!

Thank you for your faith and encouragement. We are grateful that where we fail, we have committed elders and a faithful God to help us along the way.
Our family is very grateful.

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