The night we had our mini concert in Poland, there was a woman sitting on the front row after the show and our dance teacher Mrs. Scott went over to go talk to her. Mrs. Scott started talking to her about the message that was shared and talking about how God can free us from the sin and from the devil. and Catarina asked her, "The devil?" and Mrs. Scott said yes his name is Lucifer. and the woman leans over and says, "Oh, yes i know him, he talks to me all of the time" At this some of the other adults went over to Caterina and started talking about how Christ offers freedom from the devil you just have to accept His grace. They asked her if she wanted that and she said yes. So they started praying over her telling the devil he had no foothold over her life anymore and immedietly she started heaving, almost as if she were throwing up but you couldn't see what was coming out. She began yelling and screaming and the team in the room all began praying harder and louder. The dance team began to sing songs like "The enemy has been defeated" or The Great I Am (2:12) which says,
"The mountains shake before Him
The demons run and flee
At the mention of the name
King of Majesty
There is no power in hell
Or any who can stand
Before the power and the presence of the Great I am
While we were singing and praying she (or rather it) began to yell loud and curse and Jeff Serio shouted "In the name of Jesus, identify yourself", and a handful of people could here the words loud and clear when the voice came out of her saying, "I am lucifer". [Later after talking about it we realized that not everyone had heard what she said. To some (mostly the younger students) it sounded like she was just yelling and roaring, but to others they could here exactly what the demon had said very clearly which shows that God was shielding the ears of those who did not need to hear it!] So we all began praying harder and harder as the demons fought to stay inside of her. When we thought it was over, one of the leaders said it still wasn't out and that there was still something in her hands. we asked her if she had ever done anything evil with her hands and she said she used to work with energy and black magic. so again we began praying. We had to repeat the same process over her eyes as God revealed to someone else in the group another area of need. Several times we tried to get her to read the bible but once she was reading she would pass out. So finally we took out our prop bag and grabbed a white jacket (which was worn by Greg who played Jesus in the drama) and draped it over her. She had calmed down enough to tell us that she used to have these dreams that Lucifer would come to her and tell her she would never be free of him, and she would be in chains. Before she could ever find out how to break free she would always wake up. She had been having this dream for years...and it was only now she had found deliverance.
Catarina is now a born again christian free of the demons that were once inside her. She came out to dinner with us after that exhausting experience. She looked radically changed from when she had first came into the theater. We all celebrated and rejoiced in the victory God had provided.
(Not by might but my His Spirit)
Was this experience scary? No...not really. because at the time everyone jumped into a role. It really wasn't us working but the Holy Spirit. We had people as young as 13 on up on our team and yet everyone was moving in the spirit.
I feel so blessed to now have a powerful testimony to share. God hand picked every person in our team to be there for this and it something I will never forget.
I wanted you all to hear about this story because while its not something people like to talk about, it proves, the devil is REAL. demons are REAL. hell is real. But guess what also is real? God is REAL. God's POWER is REAL. God's LOVE is real. God's PROMISES are real. and God's WORD is real.
Every time we were spirtually attacked in Europe it made me smile to know that God is on my side. He is the Victor and he has already won.
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