Dutch Sheets shares with us, “I
led an outreach of 200 students from Christ for the Nations Institute to Mardi
Gras in 1979.
We focused most of our ministry on Bourbon Street. Where the
biggest portion of the partying occurs. I have seen few places where darkness
rules so dominantly as it does at this continuous celebration of evil.
We
had many hours of prayer and preparation before going on this outreach, and
were assured in our hearts that we had established victory in the Spirit. The
light had preceded us. We felt we were going physically only to reap the
spoils.
We
saw dozens of people come to Christ and experienced many dramatic events as
time and time again light triumphed over darkness. It was not without its
tests, however. One of the events that impacted me greatly was an encounter we
had with a demonized man who intended to do some of us bodily harm—kill us.
One
evening my partner and I crossed the street to speak with two of our students,
who happened to be carrying a sign that read, ‘God Loves You.'
As
we stood talking, a giant of a man, whom we’ll call Goliath, came at us seemingly
out of nowhere. He was about 10 feet tall (at least 6’ 6’), weighed 500 pounds
(at lease 260 pounds). He was dressed from head to toe as a Roman soldier— or
maybe as a Philistine soldier—and carried a long whip he was cracking as he
came up to us. His lips were covered with bloody froth and blood was trickling
out of the corners of his mouth.
He
approached us cracking the whip and growling like a mad dog. The area around us
cleared as people back off and watched. Goliath then began to shout in a deep,
raspy voice, ‘God is love, huh? I’m gonna kill you!’ "
[Dutch decided not to say and do what he thought!]. "As we stood and bound
the powers of darkness in this man in the name of Jesus, within seconds he
began to change. His countenance changed, his voice changed and his attitude
changed.
The demons controlling him had been overcome. Light prevailed. The man
actually appeared confused. He looked at us with a strange expression, muttered
something about going ahead with what we were doing and walked away slowly as
the crowd watched in amazement.
Light overcame darkness. God’s power ‘struck the mark,’ (paga quieting the evil spirits and
saving us from embarrassment and probable injury.”
Prayer Note #85- Dutch Meets Goliath on Bourbon St. -taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (188, 189)
The next Prayer Note, Living Temples that Carry
Glory,
on 11/1
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post: Drop Your Hands Joe Stowell
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treasure truth #20: If you are “born again”, you are and doing the Lord's commandments. Deu. 28:12
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thought for today: When there's demonstrations of God's love, people are drawn to Him.
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