Dealing with the power of darkness

[paul]

I just returned from our trip to Ghana Africa. God blessed greatly. This was the first trip where we was able to bring one of our graduate students from Nigeria to join us in the crusades. Our desire is to raise up men and women around the world to share in the missionary experience, and to catch a burden for their nation and those nations around them. Upon his return he sent me this testimony. We in this country very rarely have to face the demonic power of sourcery and witchcraft such as many experience in developing countries. ( I know it messes up our theology sometimes )

to my papa paul

no amount of words can truly express my grattitued for all you have been doing for me & the church since we came in touch with you, thank you & mama so much for giving me the opportunity of going out on my first missionary trip of my life. I pray that the Lord will give me more opportunity to serve as member of your missions team to the nations.
Thank you so much for all your fatherly love & care while i was out there with you in the missions filed.

i told them you & mama send your love & that the items are from you for the work of God in kano, that you want us to enlarge & expand our coast to various place before you visit again.

papa here is the latest miracle that happened yesterday afternoon, while i was away one of our member was attacked, this lady was into a business of fast food & she was doing well,

there is another lady close to her business center who was very envious of her so that lady charmed her, here in africa things like that exit though it might sound funny to you out there,

this sister began to act like a mad woman, the husband told me that she will pull her cloths all & will want to run out of the house to the street but they held her, they took her to the hospital where she was addmitted for one week she got to the place where she could not stand up from the bed she was not eating her condition was bad,

yesterday morning the husband discovered that iam back & he called me & i met him in the church, he narrated all that have been happening,

the Lord impressed in my heart that i should start praying in tongues b/4 meeting her in the hospital. so i began, the moment i steped into her room she said" pastor "( this is a lady that cannot talk or recognized people) she started crying, everybody there was shock because she stood up & held my hand & we begin to walk around the room to the amazment of the doctors.

then i began to pray then i anointed her & gave the communion on that spot she asked for food she eat & began to talk ,

sir, the funnest thing about the whole thing is that the doctors 30minitues before were preparing to move her to the mad people's hospital, the doctor's all stood speechless, i told them to pick there things & leave, right there they where dischared from the hospital, she will share her testimony with you when you come.
our God is a mighty God.
stand strong my papa,
you are always in the deepest part of my heart & prayers always,
your son prince.

NOTE: Pastor Prince pastores in Badawa Kano Nigeria where the population is more than 99% muslim. Pastor Prince see's great power in the communion. Knowing that the blood that is represented and the broken body both delivers, saves and heals. Past miracles include a child being raised from the dead, and a young lady being completely healed from aids.

[cndlou]

Awesome message!

[/quote]We in this country very rarely have to face the demonic power of sourcery and witchcraft such as many experience in developing countries. [quote]

Bro. Paul, is it that we in the USA rarely face the demonic powers or do you think that we have just gotten so accustomed to running to the doctors here instead of running to "the doctor".... I believe whole heartedly that we experience more demonic powers than we could ever imagine hear in the US, I just don't think we acknowledge it like we should... Just my thinking...and I would love to hear yours....

[Mike Vande]

We in this country very rarely have to face the demonic power of sourcery and witchcraft such as many experience in developing countries.

Yeah, here in the land of the big BX, we have more experience with the powers of DORKNESS than thoe of darkness...

[Gerald Creasy]

We in this country very rarely have to face the demonic power of sourcery and witchcraft such as many experience in developing countries.

You are wrong about this.

Here in THIS country we just mix the witchcraft with a little Bible and call it "Word of Faith"

[paul]

We in this country very rarely have to face the demonic power of sourcery and witchcraft such as many experience in developing countries.

You are wrong about this.

Here in THIS country we just mix the witchcraft with a little Bible and call it "Word of Faith"

Gerald you might want to stay in your little world of paranoia, or you might encounter ACTS 19:

Acts 19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:


Act 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.


Act 19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.


Act 19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests, which did so.


Act 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?


Act 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Be blessed, my narrow minded little friend

[Full Quiver]

From your posts I understand that your organization works in 3rd world nations around the world. I also understand that you have great success in these regions. My question is that does your organization promote health, wealth, and prosperity in the ways that Hinn, Duplantis, and some other "evangelists" do? I would tend to think that the poor of the world would jump at a chance to have what these men promise. Just curious; is this part of the bait that you use as a fisher of men?

[paul]

From your posts I understand that your organization works in 3rd world nations around the world.

Yes, I work in mostly Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist areas. Which are mostly in developing countries. In the Philippines we work on the Island of Mindanao which has more than 5 million muslims. We currently have work in Philippines, India, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Burma, and Pakistan. We have Bible Coleges in each of these countries and also sewing centers for women, four orphanages and other programs. We currently have around 700 churches and 1,000 pastors and ministers.

I also understand that you have great success in these regions.

God has been very gracious to the miistry. Using the Jesus Film, other outreaches and crusades we have seen many thousands come to Christ, deliverd and many many miracles.

My question is that does your organization promote health, wealth, and prosperity in the ways that Hinn, Duplantis, and some other "evangelists" do?

Do I promote health ? yes why would I not. Isa 53, Do I promote wealth ( first of all you might need to define your meaning of wealth ) Philippians Chapter 4,
2 Cor. chapter 9

I would tend to think that the poor of the world would jump at a chance to have what these men promise.

You think wrong.

Just curious; is this part of the bait that you use as a fisher of men?

FQ, I will give you the benifit of the doubt here in this statement. That you are trying to draw an anaolgy between fishing for fish and fishing for men and using bait.

I learned a long time ago that God through the Holy Spirit is the one who baits, it is called conviction of the Holy Spirit.

I base my ministry on the following portion of scripture that I feel sums up the entire word of God.

2 Cor. 5:18-21 " Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself, through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their tresspasses against them,, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

If you are implying that I use the wealth of this world to entice men to Christ. Then you are sadly out of touch.

Have I prayed for prosperity in these countries. You bet. I was in a village several years ago. the entire village was starving because of the draught. the men would work all day only to have the employers deny them their wages. They would work every day believing that that day they would receive the wages to buy rice and fish. God moved on the hearts of the employers and from that time on these men were paid each day their wages. They bought food, and necessities for their family. guess what, they were prosperous.

I have prayed for water wells to clear up, I have spoken over live stock, I have watched as God has blessed cattle, crops. Yes this is God prosperity. I have prayed for transportation for pastors who were walking. We believed God, they got transportaion.....Donkeys, horses, bicycles, and motor scooters. This is wealth and prosperity.

Our trip to Ghana this month we saw 1,000's come to Christ and many many healing. One report I got yesterday fromour director was of a mad man in one of the cities who tore down one of our cloth banners to make himself a loin cloth. When he put it on he was completely healed. By the way, did I tell youo I believed in health and healing.

So much for now......

[Full Quiver]

My questions were honest and based on your acknowledgment of being close to the WoF crowd.

[paul]

My questions were honest and based on your acknowledgment of being close to the WoF crowd.

I believe that they were honest and I received than as such. I just wanted to share these things with you. I am close to the wof crowd as I am to the cogop, cog and other groups. YThank you for your post

[MacUser]

Awesome Paul. I accept this positive report and look forward to many, many more. God Bless.

[Gerald Creasy]

Gerald you might want to stay in your little world of paranoia...

Be blessed, my narrow minded little friend....

As I have said many times before even the Dictionary of Pentecostalism relates that WOF was based on a mixture of witchcraft and Bible.

So If I am paranoid and Narrow minded I am in a good company of Pentecostal scholars.

WOF has destroyed more Christians than it will EVER help by elevating avarice and greed to fruits of the spirit.

It teaches that the very soverign will of God can be enslaved by the wagging of a carnal tounge and the desires of a fleshly heart.

It denigrates God into a human lackey, and negates the sacrifice of the cross for a Christ tortured by deamons.

And finally, it takes a Minister such as yourself and converts him into an addled old buffoon that wouldnt even stand up and stop preaching that says Jesus was not God...because the POWER of SOMEONES FAITH would be deflated.

I stand by my statement.

WOF is NOTHING but Bible santized witchcraft, deluding thousands, bilking millions, and destroying people who are hurting.