Several years ago Ancha awoke in the night to her husband standing over her with a machete. Her husband had gone to a local witch doctor for “guidance”. The witch doctor prescribed that he must murder his wife in order for him to gain the desires that he was looking for. As Ancha awoke to him standing above her with the machete she lifted her arm in self defense and it was severed off. Ancha has since lived with her young child alone and has managed to find various ways to sustain her family as a single mother living in Africa this can be quite hard. Thankfully Ancha has a brilliant mind and determination.

Recently I taught an inner healing and deliverance seminar in which Ancha attended. In Isaiah 61 we are shown that Christ came to preach good tidings to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to the captives, open prisons doors for those who are bound and proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Christ spoke of the fulfillment of this in Luke 4. We are to do the same through the power of Christs’ crucifixion on the cross. This was a 2 day intensive, each day having teachings from 9 am to 5 pm. Attendees where given biblical truths about the battle against powers and principalities, how the enemy can influence our spirit, souls, and body, and our authority as redeemed sons and daughters. Freedom comes to bound people by the power of the blood of Jesus. The bible says that truth sets us free, in order for this to happen we have to know the truth. We are called to tear down every strong hold and take captive every lofty thought. Many believers walk in bondage to strongholds caused by life’s experiences and deceptions, but in Isaiah 53 it says that the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed. Healed both physically and mentally, externally and internally. Thank You Jesus!

At the end of first day of the seminar Ancha boldly spoke about her encounter with her husband and how it has affected her in the years since. She shared about how she is in a constant state of fear, not only for her self but for the life of her child. She shared how her fears are many times irrational and gripping. as a normal routine, she will enter into her home at night and lock her door, search under and behind everything making sure no one is there. At night she will hardly sleep because she is afraid to close her eyes, she will search the house several times even after she has already locked the door. Keep in mind the homes that people live in are very small, typically 4×3 meters so it is very difficult for someone to hide or enter unnoticed. When she awakes in the morning she searches again. She was crippled by fear. This fear caused her to have nightmares, and trust issues. Ancha began to see that this fear was something that was keeping her bound giving her and anxious mind and she didn’t want that anymore.

As her and I entered into a time of one on one ministry, she began to open up even more about how fear keeps her from being honest, for many years she has been walking bound under a lying spirit because she was afraid that she would not be accepted or she would be ridiculed so she said what she thought people wanted to hear and her lying became a normal part of her every day speech. She lied more than she spoke the truth. Many times after she would wonder why she had to lie about even the smallest thing. She couldn’t help it, it just came natural to her.

We were able to bring truth from the word of God to Ancha’s situation. Ancha repented and asked forgiveness for lying. We prayed for her to be set free from a spirit of fear and a lying spirit.

That night she went home, she was so bold and desired so greatly to be loosed from the bondage she was trapped in that she confessed to those whom she regularly lied to that she had been lying to them.

The next day at the seminar, before I could even address the class she wanted to come up and give a testimony.

Ancha spoke about how she had confessed to her mother about her lying and her mom confessed the same to Ancha, they had both been lying and were able to ask one another for forgiveness. When Ancha went to bed that night she locked the door and sat on her bed while her child was playing in the same room. The next thing Anch woke up to was the sound of the morning bustle coming from out side!

She had fallen asleep and woke to a blanket dropped over her, she didn’t check under or behind anything, she didn’t wake at all throughout the night, she had no nightmares. Her child tucked her in unknowingly.

Ancha slept through the night and awoke completely SET FREE.

Isn’t God amazing!! His desire is that we would be whole and healed. In fact He died on the cross for it and it is ours for the taking.

If this testimony has touched you or you have questions on how you can walk in your God given freedom paid for on the cross please contact us, we want to hear from you.

Today was another day of ministry on small market corners and in small village settings. We just continued to drive down village roads trying to find an adequate place to set up the speaker for an out reach. The area we were in did not seem too busy, but we found a small soccer field with some boys playing.

We tried to go from house to house in the area to create some excitement and invite people to our program. But there was hardly anyone around! When we returned to the field to begin to preach there was only three boys sitting to hear the gospel. We were just going to give a short gospel and leave to find a better place.  It was my turn to do the salvation message.

As I began to speak, what I thought would be an abbreviated gospel message, I saw multiple people coming down the road. Before I knew it there was over 40 people sitting to listen to the gospel.  Glory to God, nearly everyone that came made a decision to follow Jesus Christ!

We were not even going to do a healing time because when we started there was just a couple boys. But since so many people had arrived I went straight into praying for the sick after the salvation time. There were multiple people that receive healing!

One young lady testified that she had injured her back many weeks before and God healed her and all the pain was gone! I learned that sometimes there is places that we desire to look over quickly, but that might be the very place that God puts us to change the eternity of those that he loves.

Today we ministered from the large gospel truck in some of the small villages on the outskirts of the main city. Our second location happen to be in a schoolyard along the main highway. The headmaster gave permission for the kids to come out and listen to the gospel. Our main audience was children, but there were many other adults standing in the back and in their shops across the street. Nearly everyone receive salvation!

God blessed so many during the healing time. One healing really grabbed my heart.  A man by the name of Lacici came to talk to me as I was getting in the van to leave. At first I just assumed that he was crazy or drunk.  He was excitedly shaking his legs and smiling, but I had no idea what he was saying.

I finally found out that he had been healed but did not come to the stage to give testimony publicly. Eventually through an interpreter I heard his testimony.

Lacici was just walking by our outreach when he heard us praying for the sick. He stopped and receive prayer and the power of God went through him. He had been in an accident in 1986, and because of this accident suffered pain in his hip and down his leg for 35 years. This injury had limited his motion. But as he explained his healing to me he was shaking his legs, squatting down, and jumping up and down. Jesus had set him free from 35 years of pain and limited mobility!

All glory to God!

I want to praise Jesus for what happened to my friend Alamu today!  He is an old frail man.

I met Alamu during the healing time in the market during our outreach. The time of preaching the gospel had finished and Alamu had given his heart to Jesus. As the altar call ended, Alam ustayed near the truck. He was just stumbling around aimlessly.

One of my team members began to minister for the time of healing and I was responsible to run the camera. My heart was moved with compassion for Alamu as I watched him worship and cry out for his healing. His hands were raised high and tears were coming down his cheeks. I had a phone in one hand to film, but with my free hand, I grabbed his hand and pulled him close to me. I just held him and prayed for him while I did my best to film.

Alamu had one eye that was completely white. I knew he needed healing in his eyes. I held him for a long time. Even through the time of prayer. Other people began to be healed and were being brought up for testimonies.

Alamu finally let go of me opened his eyes and stepped back. He blinked heavily, looked around, and then begin shouting and pumping his hands in the air! In his broken English I could hear him saying, “I can see clearly! I can see clearly!”  He was so excited he began to jump. He caught eyes with me and he jumped for me. He was so excited he grabbed me around my chest and hooked both feet around my legs and cried in joy!  When he lost grip and made it back down to the ground, he jumped on me again with both arms and both legs!

My heart was undone! He had been almost completely blind in his one eye that was not white, and completely blind in his other. The eye that was white remained white and blind. But the other was restored completely!  The love that was shown this man from the Lord was enough for him to be transformed forever!