Dear Friends of Jesus,
I am currently in very cold (14F/-10C) Ontario, Canada, conducting public meetings at New Bethel Church in the city of Scarborough. It’s been quite an interesting night. Just getting to the church was a battle as we had to fight through a snow storm that blanketed Toronto and the surrounding areas. Though it was quite frigid all of our hearts were warmed by the fire of the Holy Spirit that rested upon our first evening meeting at New Bethel Church pastored by Dr. Devon Laird who wholeheartedly supports the ministry of deliverance and inner healing. He’s been following the work of the ministry for many years and invited me to come and speak in a series of meetings that the church is hosting.
From all over the region families and individuals have arrived seeking freedom and healing! I still marvel at this. It speaks volumes of the great needs of the people –as people traveled into the city hours away. I’m grateful for New Bethel Church that has opened their hearts to those oppressed by the devil!
On this night this small church was filled to capacity. After a brief teaching from the Scriptures I began to pray for those tormented by evil spirits. Immediately, many souls manifested demons. One Indian family was delivered from numerous Hindu spirits. Many were freed from Masonic curses and demons. As a group we renounced generational curses and many were released from demonic bondage.
One lady who traveled into the meeting from Montreal was deeply troubled by witchcraft spells and spirits. Her entire life was filled with great sorrow, demonic torment and pain. She also revealed she was not a Christian but a Muslim but was desperate for healing hence her arrival to the meeting tonight. She had witnessed others freed from demon powers so her heart was already being softened to the love of Jesus!
I tried to lead her in a simple prayer of confession: I need Jesus!
However she was unable too as these strong spirits rendered her mute! They were literally robbing her of her ability to speak.
It reminded me of of what transpired in Mark 9: A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.”
For awhile she could only utter the word “I.”
That is when these robbing spirits stepped in. They literally tied her tongue so she could say the word “need Jesus.”
The Body of Christ fought aggressively the demonic spirits battling against this woman and we prevailed!
Eventually, the demon loosed her tongue and she eventually uttered the words, “I need Jesus!”
What a powerful victory! Mind you, this was a Muslim woman who came from a deep Islamic background that was now confessing that she needed the Savior. Moreover, I had her call upon Jesus as LORD! That alone brought a powerful response from the demons and many of them surfaced. They threw to the ground violently and for a good portion of the night we battled these vile spirits.
They spat on me. They kicked me. They mocked me. They assaulted me in various ways. They screamed at me all night long: WE WILL KILL YOU! WE HATE YOU!
Even during the night as I allowed this woman to take some breaks, the demons would resurface and would cause her to get back up and briskly walk over to me, to assault me, right during the public meeting. The people attending the meeting was astonished and amazed at what was transpiring. Many of them had never seen anything like this before.
Though these spirits wanted to kill me, Jesus sustained me and many of these Islamic and witchcraft demons were expelled in Jesus name! You could tell she was being released and such peace and joy was now being exhibited on her face!
All night long dozens were being delivered from demons! There were screams, violent manifestations, demons surfacing everywhere. These spirits were sent to the pit in Jesus name!
There were also amazing miracles of healing. Pains, various kinds of afflictions were all sent out in Jesus name. Many were testifying of being supernaturally healed! Furthermore, so many hearts were healed by the power of Jesus. It was astonishing to see so many parts of broken hearts surfacing and speaking to me –little babies, little children, and teenage parts– many of them were seeing Jesus and being healed by Him!
The best part of the entire meeting was leading souls to Jesus!
Prior to the mass deliverance prayers I invited souls to the Savior, some responded and then through the night of ministry more souls were brought to Jesus! Including a precious 43 year old man from Kuwait who at the conclusion of the service came up to me and bowed down on his knees desirous of Jesus and His salvation power!
I finally got to bed around 4am and now up again early to prepare for the training session for later this afternoon. Appreciate all of your prayers. God is answering them. We are experiencing the blessings of Jesus!
We also have another public meeting tonight!
For the Lamb who delivers and heals!