freedom from demonic oppression
a friend of ours has suffered from seizures for years. there is no medical explanation and they are sure it is a purely demonic affliction. the gift of the discerning of spirits is so important in these days. we have to know what we are dealing with - be it when we are praying for the sick, counseling someone, etc. if it was so simple to discern what is and isn't demonic, then why in the world would the Lord have given His Church this gift.
we set up an appointment to pray and he and his wife came over. since we had prayed before, I wasn't sure what to expect - especially as well because we were having a truly apostolic visitor who I knew we would have pray for him a few days later (which happened last night). However, the Lord showed up and began to give us revelation. I sensed the seizures had their root in a demonic affliction from the "python spirit" (Acts 16:16-19). I had a word of knowledge (or was it the operation of the discerning of spirits?) about something wrapped around the lower spine. My wife also had the same sense. We began to pray and rather than pray for healing, we focused on deliverance prayer. Something began to loosen and leave his body. It moved down his leg and ultimately out of his leg and foot. (why? who knows. that is just how it happened)
This seems to be something that he is being delivered from in stages as a slight seizure was suffered a couple of days later, BUT it was less severe and wasn't accompanied by some of the symptoms that normally accompany them. We prayed again last night.
You know, critics of deliverance ministry point to the way Jesus was able to "heal them with a word" - why do we sometimes see people set free in stages? these same critics would also be the ones who argue that growth in the Christian life comes slowly and gradually as we walk with Christ and practice the Christian disciplines. No argument there. Of course, we long to reach that place in ministry where we too can minister with the same kind of authority and power that Christ had. That's our goal - pray we keep moving in that direction. Until then, we'll take freedom and deliverance however it comes!!!
we set up an appointment to pray and he and his wife came over. since we had prayed before, I wasn't sure what to expect - especially as well because we were having a truly apostolic visitor who I knew we would have pray for him a few days later (which happened last night). However, the Lord showed up and began to give us revelation. I sensed the seizures had their root in a demonic affliction from the "python spirit" (Acts 16:16-19). I had a word of knowledge (or was it the operation of the discerning of spirits?) about something wrapped around the lower spine. My wife also had the same sense. We began to pray and rather than pray for healing, we focused on deliverance prayer. Something began to loosen and leave his body. It moved down his leg and ultimately out of his leg and foot. (why? who knows. that is just how it happened)
This seems to be something that he is being delivered from in stages as a slight seizure was suffered a couple of days later, BUT it was less severe and wasn't accompanied by some of the symptoms that normally accompany them. We prayed again last night.
You know, critics of deliverance ministry point to the way Jesus was able to "heal them with a word" - why do we sometimes see people set free in stages? these same critics would also be the ones who argue that growth in the Christian life comes slowly and gradually as we walk with Christ and practice the Christian disciplines. No argument there. Of course, we long to reach that place in ministry where we too can minister with the same kind of authority and power that Christ had. That's our goal - pray we keep moving in that direction. Until then, we'll take freedom and deliverance however it comes!!!
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