On the day of the festival, I had just given the invitation
to receive Christ as Lord and Savior. The crowd pressed forward –
counselors began to counsel and we rejoiced as a team watching the miracle of
salvation take place and witnessing so many Bhutanese refugees desire to receive Christ. As
the counselors had begun to counsel we were startled by the shrieking of a
woman near the front. Her body began to convulse as she screamed and
writhed back and forth. Instantly, two team members and several
counselors went to her and placed their hands on her to pray. She had
such an angry posture and violently shook her fists. As folks began to
pray over her a couple counselors spoke to her. It was clear she was in
bondage to a demon!
After about ten minutes there was a sudden quietness.
She collapsed into the arms of two individuals but quickly recovered. The
look on her face was amazing. From anger to beauty and lightness of
spirit. Through tears of great joy she told her story. Her name is
Sahara. Two years earlier her sister committed suicide by hanging
herself. Life in the refugee camps had been too much for her
sister. Sahara said that ever since discovering her sister hanging, she
had been plagued by very dark dreams of death. In fact, she told those
near her that she often thought of death and had felt an overwhelming desire to
kill herself. These dark thoughts, evil dreams, and a sense of being followed
by death were a daily burden. Sahara then said that as people were
praying over her and she wanted Jesus in her life she saw a great light and a
person. It was the living Lord – Jesus Christ. Sahara said the evil
presence immediately went away and she was flooded with an inner peace.
She told us her whole person felt lighter and that she had joy.
It was an amazing testimony of the power of the Gospel to
heal, free, and save! Sahara gave her heart to Jesus and in the process
was set free from demonic affliction.
Blessings,
Mike Parker
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