by John
Mulinde, Obsteig (Austria)
I
want to share with you from a testimony of someone who was saved, someone who
had been serving the devil. And when
that man gave his testimony, it so challenged me, I did not want to believe
it. I had to go ten days before the Lord
in fasting, asking Him, "Lord, is this true?" And it was at that time
the Lord began to teach me what happens in the spiritual realm when we pray.
This
man was born after his parents dedicated themselves to lucifer. When he was still in the womb, they made so
many rituals dedicating him to serve lucifer.
When he was four years old, he began to exercise his spiritual
power. And his parents began fearing
him. When he was six years, his father
surrendered him to the witches to go and be trained. And by ten years, he was doing great things
in the kingdom of the devil. He was
feared by the normal witches.
He was still a young boy, but he was so
terrible in the things he did. He grew
up to be a young man in his twenties with so much bloodshed on his hands. Killed at will. He had the ability to go out of his body
through transcendental meditation. And
he could levitate. Sometimes his body
would lift off the ground and stay in the air.
And sometimes he could go into a trance, and come out of his body; his
body would remain behind, and he would go out into the world, this is called
astro-travelling. And this guy was used
by satan to destroy so many churches, to break down so many churches and to
destroy so many pastors.
One
day, he was assigned to destroy a church that was so full of prayer. There were so many divisions in this church,
and many confusions. And he began to
work on this church. But at that time,
the pastor called a fast for the whole church.
As the church began to fast, there was a lot of repentance and a lot of
reconciliation. And the people came
together, and they began to pray for the work of the Lord in their midst. And they continued interceding and crying to
God to have mercy and intervene in their lives.
And as they days went by, this man was coming again and again with demon
spirits against this church. But there
was a word of prophecy that came telling the Christians to rise up and to wage
warfare against the powers of darkness that were attacking the church.
So
one day, this man leaves his body in his room and goes astro-travelling. He leads a mighty force of demonic spirits
against this church. Now this is his
testimony. His spirit was moving in the
air over the church and trying to attack it, but there was a covering of light
over the church. And suddenly, there was
an army of angels that attacked them and there was fighting in the air, and all
the demons fled, but he was arrested by these angels.
Yes, arrested by the angels! He saw himself
being held by about six angels, and they brought him through the roof right
before the church altar. There he was,
and the people were praying. They were
deep in prayer in spiritual warfare, binding and breaking and casting out. The pastor was on the platform leading the
prayers and the warfare. The Spirit of
the Lord spoke to the pastor, "The yoke has been broken, and the victim is
there before you. Help him through
deliverance." As the pastor opened his eyes, he saw this young man
collapsed there. His body was with him,
he was in his body. The young man says
he doesn't know how his body joined him; he had left it in his house. But there he was in his body, he didn't know
how he had entered in except the angel had carried him through the roof.
Now
these things are difficult to believe, but the pastor silenced the church and
told the church what the Lord had told him and asked the young man, "Who
are you?" The young man was trembling as the demons began coming out of
him. So they prayed for deliverance, and
afterwards he began to share his life.
This young man has now come to the Lord and is an evangelist, preaching
the Gospel. He is being used by the Lord
mightily in setting other people free by deliverance.
One
night, I (John Mulinde) went to a dinner.
The sole reason I went is that someone told me about this young man, and
I was so curious to see him, and see if his story was true. So I sat at that dinner and in the evening,
this man was given the chance to give his testimony. He talked about so many things. Sometimes he cried because of the things he
did. As he finished, he made an appeal.
There were many pastors in that room. And he said, "I appeal to you,
pastors. Please teach the people how to
pray." The people who don't pray, can be taken in anything, in anything by
the devil, and there are ways that the enemy exploits their lives and their
prayers. The enemy knows even how to
exploit their prayers of those people who don't know how to pray. "Teach the people how to use the
spiritual armor that God provides."
Then
he shared how he lead expositions into the air.
He would go with other satanic agents and lots of demon spirits into the
air. It was like a shift, you've got to
go and work your shift. So regularly he
had a time he had to go and wage war in the heavenlies. And he said that in the heavenlies, in the
spiritual realm, if the land is covered under the blanket of darkness, that
blanket is so thick, it is like a rock.
And it covers the whole area. And
these spirits are able to go on top of this as well as below this blanket. And from that level, they influence the
events on earth.
When
the evil spirits and human satanic agents leave their shifts, they go down on
earth at the points of covenant, even waters or on the land at the points of
covenant for refreshing of their spirit.
And how do they refresh their spirit? By the sacrifices that people give
at these altars. They could be
sacrifices in open witchcraft, sacrifices in bloodshed of all types including
abortion, including warfare and human sacrifices and animal sacrifices. They could be sacrifices of sexual immorality
where people go into sexual perversions and all kinds of promiscuity. And that act services the strength of these
powers. And many are the different types
of sacrifices.
He
said that when satanic agents are up in the heavenly realm, and the Christians
begin to pray on earth, the prayers of the Christians appear to them in three
forms. All prayers appear like smoke
that is rising up into the heavens.
Some prayers appear like smoke, and it goes
drifting along and disappear in the air.
These prayers come from people who have sin in their lives and they are
not willing to deal with it. Their
prayers are so weak, they are blown away and disappear in the air.
The other type of prayer is also like smoke
that rises up until it reaches this rock, but it does not break through the
rock. These are usually people who try
to purify themselves, but they lack the faith in what they are doing as they
pray. They usually ignore the other
important aspects that are needed when someone prays.
The third type of prayer is like smoke that is
filled with fire. As it rises up, it is
so hot that when it reaches the rock, the rock begins to melt like wax. It pierces the rock and goes through.
Many
times, as people begin to pray, their prayers look like the first type, but as
they continue praying, their prayers change and become like the second
prayer. And as they continue praying,
suddenly it ignites into fire. And their
prayers become so powerful, they pierce through the rock.
Many
times evil agents would notice that prayers were changing and coming very close
to the state of fire, then these agents would communicate to other spirits on
earth and they tell them, "Distract that person from prayer. Stop them praying. Pull them out."
Many
times Christians yield to these distractions.
They are pressing through, they are repenting, they are allowing the
Word to check their spirit up, Faith has been building up. Their prayers are becoming more focused. Then the devil sees their prayers are gaining
strength and the distractions begin.
Telephones ring. Sometimes we, in
the middle of very, very intense prayer, the telephone rings and you think you
can go to answer the phone and then come back and continue praying. When you come back, you go back to the
beginning. And that's what the devil
wants.
Other
kinds of distractions come your way, even if it means touching your body and
bringing some pain somewhere. Even if it
means making you hungry and you want to go to the kitchen and fix something to
eat. As long as they can get you out of
that place, they have defeated you. And
he will say to the pastors, "Teach people.
Set aside some time. Not for just
some casual kind of praying. They can do
that the rest of the day. Once in a day,
they should have a time when they are focusing wholeheartedly on God, nothing
distracting them.
And
if people persist in this kind of prayer and allow themselves to be inspired in
the spirit and keep going and keep going, something happens in the spirit. The fire touches that rock, and it melts. And this man said, when the melting begins,
it is so hot, no demon spirit can stand it.
No human spirit can stand it.
They all flee. They all run away.
There comes an opening in the spiritual
realm. And as soon as this comes, all
this trouble in prayer stops. The person
who is praying on the ground just feels like prayer is suddenly so smooth, so
enjoyable, so powerful and intense. And
I've discovered at that moment, we normally lose conscience of time and other
things. Not that we become
disorderly. God takes care of our
time. But it is like you lay down
everything, and you hook up with God.
And this man said that when the prayers go through, from that moment
there can be no resistance at all, and the person praying will continue as long
as he wants. There is no resistance that
can stop him.
And
then he said, after he finishes praying, the hole remains open, and he said
that people, when they rise out of their place of prayer, and they walk out,
this open hole moves along with them.
They are no longer operating under the blanket. They are operating under open heavens. And he said in that state, the devil cannot
do what he wants against them. And the
presence of the Lord is like a pillar from heaven resting on their lives. They are protected, and there is so much
power inside that pillar that as they move around, that presence touches other
people. It discerns what the enemy has
done in other people. And as they talk
to people and those people are standing with them, they come inside this
pillar. And as long as they stay inside
that pillar, all the bondages of the enemy weaken.
So when these people who have this spiritual
break-through share Jesus Christ with the sinners, their resistance is
low. It is so easy to bring them
through. When they pray for the sick or
pray about things, the presence which is there makes all the difference. And this man said the devil hates such
people. And it said if there are places
where prayer is regularly being prayed through like that, the presence comes
upon that place and does not leave. So
even the people who don't know God, when they come into this place suddenly all
the bondages are weakened.
And
if someone cared to just minister to them patiently and with love, they can
easily be pulled through, not by power nor by might but by the Spirit of God,
who is present. And he said, if no one
bothers about these people, they come into his presence, they feel convicted,
they begin to debate whether to yield or not, but if they are not pulled
through, when they walk away from this place, bondages get stronger. And the devil tries his best not to allow
them to come back into such an environment.
You
can imagine we were all seated looking at this man. He was telling us the things he used to do
and what he used to see. Then he told us
what they would do to people who have broken through in prayer. He said they marked such people; they studied
such people. They dug up everything they
could find about such people. So they
knew their weaknesses, and when someone overcomes them in prayer and breaks
through, they communicate with other spirits and say, "Target him with
this and with this and with this. These
are his weaknesses." So when this person walks out of the prayer closet,
the spirit of prayer is upon him, the presence is upon him, his spirits are high,
the joy of the Lord is his strength. As
he moves the enemy tries to bring those things that can distract him from
focusing on the Lord.
If
his weakness is in the area of temper, then the enemy is going to cause people
to do things which can make him really angry.
And if he is not sensitive to the Holy Spirit, and he allows himself to
go into the temper, he takes his eyes off the Lord. He gets angry, he feels so furious, and after
a few minutes later, he wants to put that behind him and move along in the joy
of the Lord, but he doesn't feel it anymore.
He tries to feel good again; he doesn't feel any good again. Why? As he yielded to the temptation, they
worked hard to close the door upstairs.
And once they restore the rock, the presence is cut off. The person does not cease being a child of
God. But that extra anointing that goes
on his life, that presence that could do things without his manipulating
anything, it's just cut off. They seek
out where the weaknesses are.
If
it is in the temptation to sexuality, the enemy will prepare people, events,
something that will suddenly draw out that passion to go towards that
temptation. And if that man yields to
this temptation and opens up his mind to receive these thoughts, entertains
them, when he is through with everything and wants to move again in the
anointing, he just discovers it is no longer there. Maybe you say, "That's not fair."
Just remember what the Bible says, "Put on the helmet of salvation. Put on the breastplate of righteousness."
We normally do not see the position, the place of these weapons of
warfare. But remember what Jesus told us
to pray towards the end of the Lord's prayer, "Take us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Every
time you have a breakthrough in prayer, as you come to the end, remember you
are still a weak human being. Remember
you have not yet been perfected. Ask the
Lord, say "Lord, I've enjoyed this time of prayer, but when I walk out
into this world, lead me not into temptation.
Don't allow me to walk into the devil's trap. I know the enemy is setting a trap out
there. I don't know what form it is
going to take. And I know I am still
weak in certain areas. If I am just put
in the right place, I will yield to that.
Protect me, Lord. When you see me
turning that corner where the trap is, just cause me to turn to the other
side. Intervene, O Lord. Don't allow me to move by just my own
strength and ability. Deliver me from
the evil one."
God
is able to do that. He is able. That is why sometimes things happen, all you
need to say is, "Thank you, Jesus." That's why Apostle Paul wrote in
the book of Thessalonians and said, "Thank God in everything for that is
the will of God in Christ for you." Some things are not good. They are painful, and we wonder why God would
allow it. But if only we knew what He is
saving us from, we would thank Him. When
we learn to trust the Lord, we just thank Him in everything.
Beloved,
I don't know whether to go deeper because I do not want to start something I
cannot finish. Let me just try to take
one step forward. And this man said that
when prayer breaks through like that, the answer will always come. He said he does not know a case where prayer
broke through and the answer did not come.
He said the answer always came, but in most cases, it would never get to
the person who asked. Why? Battle in the
heavenlies. He says as long as they
succeed in cutting off the open heavens and the rock is restored, they watch
this person, they are waiting because they know the answer is definitely
coming.
And
then this man spoke something that really shook my faith. It is because of the next part he shared that
I went into fasting ten days to say, Lord, is this true? Can you prove it to
me? This man said that every Christian has got an angel serving that
Christian. Now we know the Bible says
angels are ministering spirits to us. He
said that when people pray, the answer comes in the hands of the angel. The angel brings the answer like we can read
it in the book of Daniel. Then he said
something really tough; if the one who prays knows the spiritual armors and is
clothed with them, the answer comes by an angel who is also clothed in full
armor.
If
the one who prays doesn't care about spiritual armory, their angels come
without spiritual armor. Christians who
don't care about what kind of thoughts come into their minds. They don't fight the battle of their minds. Their angels come without the helmet. Whatever spiritual weapon you ignore on
earth, the angel doesn't have it as he serves you. In other words, our spiritual armor is not
protecting our physical bodies; it's protecting our spiritual exploits.
This man said, when the angel is coming, they
would focus and look at him and notice the areas which are not covered, and
those are the areas they would attack.
If he has no helmet, they would shoot at his head. If he has no breastplate, they would shoot at
his chest. If he has no shoes, they
would make a fire that he is walking in the fire. Now I am just repeating what this man
said. Actually, we asked him, "Can
angels feel fire?" And you know what he said to us? Remember this is a
spiritual realm. These are spirits
dealing with spirits. The battle is
intensive, and when they overpower an angel of God, the first thing they target
is the answer he is carrying, and they get that from him, that is what they
give through the cults, the witchcraft, and people say, "I got this
because of witchcraft."
Remember
what the Bible says in the book of James? All good things come from God. So where does the devil get the things he
gives to his people? Some people who cannot have children, they go to witch
doctors and satanists, and they get pregnant! Who gave them that baby? Is satan
a creator? NO! He steals from those who don't pray to the end. Jesus said, "Pray without ceasing."
And then He said, "But when the Son of Man comes, will He find
faith?" Will He find you still there waiting? Or will you have given up
and the enemy would steal what you have prayed for?
Then
this man said that they are not satisfied with just stealing the answer. They are also interested in detaining the
angel. And they start fighting him. And he said sometimes they succeed in holding
and binding the angel. And he says, when
that happens, the Christian is a victim on earth. They can do anything with that Christian
because he is totally left without ministry in the Spirit.
I
said to him, "Do you mean an angel can be held in captivity by demonic
forces?" This man did not even know the scriptures by the time he was
saying all this. He did not know very
many scriptures. He was just sharing his
experiences. And he said, they wouldn't
hold the angel too long because as other Christians prayed elsewhere,
reinforcement would come, and the angels would go free. If the Christian responsible did not pray
through, he remains a captive. Then the
enemy sends his own angel as an angel of light to this person, and that is
where the deceptions come in. False
visions and false prophecies. False leadership,
I mean leading, guidance in the spirit, making wrong decisions of all
types. And many times this person is
open to all kinds of attack and bondages.
And
I asked the Lord. I left that dinner so
troubled, so troubled. I said,
"Lord, I don't want even to try and believe this." It removes all my
confidence, my security. When I went to
seek the Lord, it was ten days, the Lord did two things. He did not only confirm the things I had
heard, he opened my mind to see a lot more that this man could not tell us of
what happens in the spiritual realm. And
two, he led me to see what we are supposed to do as the things are happening so
that we are not overcome but that we can overcome. And we need to know three things and really
come to terms with these three things.
One:
how to operate with the weapons of our warfare.
The Bible calls them the armor of God.
It is not our armor; it is God's armor.
When we use it, we allow God to fight on our behalf. Two: understand the relationship of the
ministering spirits-the angels-to our spiritual lives. And to be sensitive to what is happening in
our hearts as a leading to what needs to be happening in the spirit concerning
us. That brings us to the third thing:
that is the Holy Spirit.
The
Holy Spirit is not supposed to come as our servant, serving us and bringing
things to us. He does not run to and fro
to the Father to tell Him what we need.
That is the work of angels. But
He stands by our side. Doing what?
Guiding us, teaching us, leading us, helping us to pray the right way. And when these things are happening in the
spiritual realm, He tells us, sometimes He wakes you up in the night and says,
"Pray." You say, "No! My time is not yet come." And He
says, "Pray now!" Why? He sees what is happening in the spirit. Sometimes He says,
"Tomorrow-fasting!" You say, "Oh, no, I'll start on
Monday!"
But
He understands what is happening in the spiritual realm. We should learn to be sensitive to the Holy
Spirit. He guides us in the paths of
righteousness. Beloved we've got to stop
here. Maybe tomorrow morning, we can
talk about how we can pray through, knowing the battles in the spirit and how
we can break through. How we can
maintain our breakthrough once we have scored it. And once we learn this, it becomes
enjoyable. Then we learn one thing: the
battle is not ours; the battle is of the Lord! Hallelujah!
Let's just stand up. Look someone in the eye, and just think about
how many times that person could have missed what God had for him. But join your hands if you can, two or three
people, and just tell each other, "There's no need for more defeat! We can
overcome! There is enough power to overcome! Jesus has already done the whole
work." Pray for each other that the Lord will help us to overcome. We should not lose. There is enough grace, enough power for
victory.
Thank
you, Jesus.
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