I have a friend that has been given a promise to make it through to do great things in the NJ. I seek the same promise. In that desire, great faith and great power will have to be obtained and exercised. Whom the Lord God calls, He qualifies - even if it must be through the furnace of affliction, in order that they might win the prize, to sit down in the Kingdom of God in the company of the great and noble ones. If you desire it, seek it.
This friend asked me about casting out of evil spirits and I did a search on the blog. This is what I got. As I fast, this testimony burns within me, like it did the day I wrote it. God is great:
http://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.ca/search?q=casting+out+an+evil+spirit+in+brazil
Interesting - the most intense experience I saw with an evil spirit in Spain was also with a Brazilian woman. Her mother was a witch and the lady herself was a former prostitute, so the powers of darkness were not happy when she joined the church. She was confirmed the day after she was baptized, but when the sacrament was being passed her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she started speaking with a gutteral voice very strange things about how she's the holy ghost and that she's coming soon among other things. Then she went into a seizure. Nobody cast out the evil spirit, and after the meeting I heard her speaking to the relief society president who was trying to console her. This woman who all the times I had met her had always had a very sweet spirit, but now she was full of complete anger and had intense eyes full of hatred. She never came back to church again.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, I remember the missionaries telling me that there was a creepy feeling in her home when they taught her. It's a sad story.
We are all given gifts of the spirit - many times our patriarchal blessings spell them out clearly for us but often we have experiences that finally reveal them to us. Different gifts given for different reasons. Best we concentrate on our own and not desire those of another. For whatever reason, known only to the Lord, we are gifted individually and need to embrace those given to us. I'm not trying to take down desires to increase one's spirituality, living closer to the spirit and the Lord - only trying to hope we all don't try chasing the dreams, visions, callings or revealed promises of others. We have been given choice ones of our own. I sometimes think we treat "too casually or share sacred personal experiences" that would better be kept closer to the heart. When we start sharing these "sacred gifts" too easily, too often and in a general forum where anyone, including those that could use them for evil - we put ourselves in the position of losing them. We can bear testimony in general of a gift or blessing - but the intimate detail is best kept personal.
ReplyDeleteFascinating. My experiences with evil spirits have been those that are not in a body.
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The ability to cast out spirits is not a specific gift that is only given to some. This ability is available to all who follow Christ and make covenants with him. In essence, those who have light with them. The more covenants made and kept, the more power that a person has through Christ to command in his name, and the more effective casting out spirits is, but it is meant for anyone who desires to, I have known people who see spirits and don't know how to get rid of them, and know people who have seen them and do know how to cast them out. Everyone should know how to do this, just as everyone should know how to defend themselves from evil people. It's not some secret that should be kept. If you are part of God's army, then you need to know how to exercise the power he has given you to help fight the Adversaries army.
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree. "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." I've done my share of battle. I know the moment they show up in the room or if someone reeking with their influence is around.
DeleteToday on my way into town I saw a teenage girl on the corner. She was wearing a long black robe with a hood. Some may have thought she was in costume. I knew different. She was very much a practicing witch and I sensed her feeling of power and magic. Only she is being sorely deceived with the illusion of power as the demons who do her bidding will soon possess her.
She fixed her gaze on me from across the street like a tractor beam. Wonder what she was seeing? All I could think was, "show up at my home and you'll look like one of those stuffed witch on a flying broom decorations that look like they've hit a wall.
And if you're into Halloween. STOP! Do not participate in it one little bit. It truly is a satanic day and you're actually inviting demons into your home when you put out jack-o-lanterns. I heard this from a satanic high priest, now convert to Jesus Christ, who said the devil of all devils delights in Halloween per a personal face to face conversation.
He said, think about it. The movies that come out on t.v. and theaters during October. The face painting and costumes and masks. The witches and zombies and devil paraphernalia. All month long you're invited to view and partake of DARKNESS. He said, say extra prayers for your home to be blessed and protected on all Hallows Eve.
Evil spirits he said are truly running rampant on this day possessing the drunk crowds, those playing with Ouija boards out of curiosity, following the children around wearing masks pretending to be something else, etc.
This guy said he had the ability to "astral project" to "assignments" in league with demons to kill people by getting them into fights or to overdose on drugs or commit suicide.
He also saw how some homes are guarded by VERY BIG and very powerful angels with drawn swords and that those were NOT challenged! So that there should be enough to make us pray for protection and BE GOOD!
Now there is a difference between evil spirits and unclean spirits and each must be dealt with differently. The evil spirits can be rebuked immediately with the arm raised to the square and rebuking in the name of Jesus Christ with the command to leave. I've encountered some so powerful they return a minute or two later. These can be Nephilim and are quite dangerous. In that case, you must call out to Father in Heaven immediately and tell Him what is happening and to send angelic help right away! I've asked Him or Jesus Christ to come personally to help me. And let me tell you this......HELP COMES and it COMES YESTERDAY! Stand your ground full of faith in Father's Priesthood authority.
Unclean spirits are ghosts and are very resistant. They leave when rebuked but come back and try to be sneaky about it. They must be tattled on forthright to Father and tell Him you are being harassed by an unclean spirit and to please remove it from your home forever in the name of Jesus Christ.
I realize how "out there" this may seem to some but this is my life a lot of the time. I'm very sensitive to the unseen. Another thing, the Dark One doesn't want you to read Visions of Glory! READ IT! It will help you become spiritually strong. And another one, Ralph Jensen's "Taught by Christ". That book left me weak for days and feeling closer to Jesus Christ in such a way that can't be explained.
Fascinating! Did you ever record the rest of the story? Would love to read it?
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