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Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Chapter 1 – The Power of Obedience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 2 – The Power of Salvation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 3 – The Power of Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 4 – The Power of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter 5 – The Power of Forgiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter 6 – The Power of Faith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Chapter 7 – The Power of Suffering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter 8 – The Power of Tithes and Offerings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter 9 – The Power of Wisdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 10 – The Power of Vigilance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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ate and I were in prayer, when she was taken up in a night vision and saw droplets of liquid, falling on me like rain. However, the rain couldn’t stay on me. It was falling to the ground. It was somewhat like rain falling on a car window. When you turn on the windshield wipers, they move the rain off the window. She didn’t understand at that time what the vision meant. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 54:17) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always pray, and not faint. (Luke 18:1)
There was a woman openly practicing witchcraft at my job. In an open vision, the Holy Spirit showed Kate that this woman was coming against me. I was ministering effectively to the people on my job and the enemy wanted to stop me. I walked into an office and that woman was in the office with a co-worker who happened to be deaf. She was notably angry at him and then at me because I had entered the room. The young man walked out of the office as she was still talking. I turned around to walk out and the Lord turned me back around toward her. The Lord opened my mouth and I spoke to her: “I know you’re going about doing witchcraft on certain people around here. Now, in the name of Jesus, work your voodoo on me… if you can.” Then, I walked out. Halfway down the hall I asked myself, “What did I just say?” I wasn’t afraid. After work, when I got to my car, the Holy Spirit impressed upon me to look carefully at the car before getting in. I noticed a lot of small seeds and blood stains all over my car. She tried to destroy me but no weapon formed against me prospered. To God be the glory. I began to pray, with no fear. I got in my car and went home. Kate and I prayed for her later that evening.
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The next day, I got up feeling good in the Lord. I went to work at 2:45 pm. As I entered the building, the woman was there waiting for me. I don’t think she thought I was going to show up for work. She could see the joy of the Lord all over me. When she looked at me, her eyes got real big. I greeted her, “God bless you.” Her witchcraft did not work on me. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your father also which is in heaven may forgive you for your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11:25-26)
After that, this same woman’s house caught on fire. A short time later, Kate and I were out witnessing and noticed that we were on the street this same woman lived on. Kate and I did a lot of street witnessing. We would drive to an area, get out of the car and go witnessing, from house to house. We preached the gospel to people from all walks of life. Kate and I were still talking in the car, when the Spirit of the Lord told me to go to the woman’s house and pray for her. When we knocked on the door, she let us in. We witnessed to her and began to pray for her. She agreed to give her life to the Lord so we took her through the sinner’s prayer. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that god hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)
The Word says that when one person gets saved all the angels in heaven glorify Him. Thank God for saving her! To God be the glory! Jesus said: Therefore doth my father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father. (John 10:17-18)
For these words to come to pass, Jesus had to humble Himself. Our Father, God, raised Him from the dead that our sins be forgiven in Him, praise the Lord. My brothers and sisters in the Lord, if we would pray and fast and seek the Lord for direction, we can get what we want from the Lord. Answers to our prayers will be given. And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
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nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. (Matthew 17:20-21)
It will happen if you have faith in God.
Mother Workman A Missionary to Haiti, Mother Workman, came to speak at our church, Victory Christian Assemblies. One night, Mother Workman spoke at our revival for missions. The Lord put Mother Workman on my heart to hold her up in prayer until He released me from praying. As time went by, I stopped praying for her. After a good while, Mother Workman came to speak at the church again. I had to work so Kate went alone. Mother Workman testified about a battle she had in the spirit with voodoo worshippers. She was weak that night. Kate shared this with me; I was troubled to tears in my spirit that night. The next morning, I went into prayer for Mother Workman. As I prayed in the spirit, after about an hour, God took me, in the spirit realm to Haiti. I knew my spirit was in another country. My spirit was flying through the air and came down into the roof of a voodoo priest. As I was looking down at a man lying in bed, evil spirits were looking up at me. Suddenly, the man jumped up. So, I rebuked the unclean spirits, as instructed by the Holy Spirit. I experienced his deliverance and receiving salvation, that night. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through god to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of god, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
There is great power in having compassion and obedience to the Lord in prayer and travail. The next night of the meeting, Mother Workman received word from Haiti. She testified that 300 voodoo priests and their worshippers had gotten saved; they gave their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ!!! For this anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalms 30:5) The lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked,
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That was victory for Mother Workman. These were that same voodoo priests who had troubled her when she was in Haiti. The victory was won in the Lord Jesus Christ that day and night. All the glory goes to our Father, God. My brothers and my sisters, if you are in a battle with witchcraft, sorcery or any unclean spirit, I know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the Lord will set you free. Greater is the Spirit of the Lord in us than satan in the people who worship him. To God be the glory. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (Mark 11:23)
Now we were witnesses that Jesus was the Christ! Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. (Acts 17:3) And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. (Acts 18:5, 28)
Set the Captives Free We were witnessing to a man named, Leon, telling him about Jesus. The evil spirits in that man got angry. Leon balled up his fist and pulled it back to hit me in the face. As Leon did, his fist froze; he could not move it; he was paralyzed from his head to his feet for about 5 minutes. In the midst of that, the Lord opened my mouth to tell Leon, “You will be alright.” I spoke to the spirit using Leon and said, “Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God.” Leon was set free by the power of God. This just amazed Kate and I. When we got home, I asked God what happened – why Leon was paralyzed. The Lord told me that the angels that are around me stopped Leon from hitting me. I said to my Lord, how great Thou art! For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Psalms 91:11-12)
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One Sunday morning, after church, some of the members asked if Kate and I could go with them to a man’s house and pray for him. We agreed to go. When we got to the house, I saw evil spirits moving all over the house. We began to pray, coming against the devil. I bound the demons in the name of Jesus. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:19)
I was led to ask the spirit what his name was. The spirit answered me saying, “my name is legion.” The man was standing against the wall. I asked everyone to praise the Lord. As we began to sing and praise God, I was led to hug him. I pulled him off the wall into the middle of the floor. I spoke to the legion of spirits, “It is time to come out!!!” I rebuked the spirits, in the name of Jesus! The “man” began vomiting up green liquid for about 30 minutes. He was then set free of the evil spirits. As the spirits left, the man was rendered speechless. So, I laid my hands on his mouth and commaned his voice to come back. He came back speaking in Holy Ghost tongues. The man was a voodoo worshipper and had a crystal ball he used in his craft. We took the crystal ball outside to destroy it, as instructed by the Spirit of the Lord. I threw the crystal ball down onto the concrete, in the name of Jesus. However, the crystal ball down turned left onto the grass. So, I ran after the ball and threw it down onto the concrete again saying, “In the name of Jesus!” As the crystal ball broke into little pieces, a large cloud of white smoke came up out of it and disappeared. We all began to worship the Lord. To my father, God, be the glory, forever. Giving thanks to God!!! Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Psalms 100:1-5)
Prayer: My Father, I pray that whosoever is involved in witchcraft or voodoo be delivered by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.