The Bible Prophecy Archive
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, 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, called astral-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 so many confusions. And he began
to work on this church. But at that time, the pastor called a fast for
the whole church. And the church began to fast, and during the fasting,
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 the 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 astral-travelling and leads a mighty force of demonic spirits
against this church.
Now this is his testimony. He was moving in the spirit in the air
over the church and they were trying to attack, 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. Arrested by whom? The angels! And he
saw himself being held by about six angels, and they brought him through
the roof right before the altar. And there he was. And the people were
praying. They were deep in prayer in spiritual warfare, binding and
breaking and casting out. And the pastor was on the platform leading the
prayers and the warfare. And the Spirit of the Lord spoke to the
pastor, and said, And he opened his eyes and he saw this young man, who
had 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, and 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, The young man was trembling, and the demons began coming out
of him. So they prayed for deliverance, and afterwards, he began to
share his life.
That young man has now come to the Lord and is
now an evangelist, preaching the Gospel. And he is being used by the
Lord mightily in setting other people free in the ministry of
deliverance. But one night, I went to a dinner, and the sole reason I
went is that someone told me about this young man, and I was so curious
to see him. So I sat at that dinner and sometime in the evening, this
man was given the chance to give his testimony. And he talked about so
many things. Sometimes he cried because of the things he did. And then
as he finished, he made an appeal. There were so many pastors in that
room.
And he said, 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. People who don't know how to
pray, they literally pray, and the enemy knows even how to exploit their prayers. We're going to talk about that.
Then
he began to give a testimony of how he used to 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.
Both
evil spirits and human agents that are serving the devil and when they
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, they could be 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 talked about lots of things which really troubled
my mind. He said when they are up there 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, and he
says that some prayers appear like smoke and they go meandering and
disappear in the air. He says that the people who normally pray like
that and their prayers disappear are people who have sin in their lives
and they are not willing to deal with it. Their prayers are so weak,
they are blown and they disappear in the air.
And he said there
are others whose prayers are like smoke that rises up until it reaches
this rock, but it does not break through the rock. He says, usually
these are who try to purify themselves, but they lack the faith in what
they are doing as they pray. And usually they ignore the other keys to
use; areas that they need to put together in prayer.
It says that
the third type of prayer is like smoke that is filled with fire. And as
it rises up, it is so hot that as it reaches the rock, the rock begins
to melt like wax and it pierces that rock and goes through, and he said
many times, people begin to pray and their prayers are like the first
type of prayer, but as they continue praying, their prayers change and
become like the second prayer. And as they continue praying, suddenly
there is suddenly fire that is filling their prayers. And their prayers
become so powerful, they pierce through the rock.
And he said,
many times would they notice the prayers of the saints changing and
coming very close to the state of fire, they communicate to other
spirits on earth and they tell them,
And many times so many
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,
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 enjoy some and so powerful
and intense.
And I've discovered at that moment, we normally lose
consciousness 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,
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, Just remember
what the Bible says, 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,
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
God is able to do that. He is able. That is why
sometimes things happen, all you need to say is, That's why Apostle
Paul wrote in the book of Thessalonians and said,
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, 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,
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 doctor 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, And then He
said, 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, 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, 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.
Three: 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, and 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,
You say, And He says, Why? He sees what is happening in the spirit.
Sometimes He says, You say, 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.
An excerpt from a sermon by John Mulinde. John Mulinde is the founder and leader of World Trumpet Mission
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