JESUS IS LORD OVER EVERYTHING

Some really cool stories here... Try read them all, they're all pretty cool, supernatural, and God glorifying! Warning: if you're not a Holy Spirit lover you may take offense...
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I'm back from camp! And yes I did get the gastro bug which a few of us are pretty certain was food poisoning... For those of you who dont know I went to a Salvo camp in Adelaide and they had to finish a day early because over 20 youth and leaders got sick! They even had to quarantine the sick (lepers) from the rest of us on the edge of camp. It reminded me how in Bible times, and some places today, that the lepers were on the outskirts of town and people would ignore them etc... So, instead of ignoring them we decided to tease them to cheer them up... One guy preached to them and a couple got saved! Hallelujah! The week was great hearing RC, SC and AW and others preach! The last night was awesome, the leaders had a powerful prayer time beforehand where we sung Awesome God followed by an outbreak of shouting praises to our king! The night ended with demons getting booted out of every hole we could find! God is our deliverer! Hallelujah!
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Last nights Macca youth meeting was great! Not heaps of people there but heard some great testimonies! Worship was great with a leader seeing angels whispering into peoples ears! Then I had a short preach and a guy got saved! Hallelujah! To cement it all in, I got him to exercise his new God given power and authority over sickness and he layed hands on a guy with a bad neck and he was healed! Hallelujah! He hadn't been saved 20minutes and he'd obeyed Jesus command to heal the sick! Glory to God for He alone is worthy of all praise and honor!
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While I was sick and in bed I saw something evil in the spirit outside my window, as I prayed I saw a vision of a lion roar and scare it away! The lion kept roaring throughout the night as I was praying for healing...
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I heard great stories of Holy Spirit stuff while I was hanging with some guys at easter camp. One guy was prayed for by a friend of mine, he had a glory fit and woke up underneath the salvo flag, a symbol of being dead to sin alive in Christ!

Friend also prays for people but shoots them with a bow and arrow that we cant see. People have watched this holy prayer warrior at work and has been reported that he will walk behind people in worship un-noticed and shoot someone and they will be affected somehow, some even jerking forwards... Other times shot in knees to work for healing... Apparently this guys brother uses a spear...

These guys also prayed for another friend of mine that angels would tickle him (there is more context to this story... dont freak out too quick with questions of "why") and the guys said it was unbearable! He was getting tickled all over!
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Theres some stories of my last week for you to chew over and think about. How can you use the same techniques in your ministry today and this week?

Spiritual Warfare

Firstly, I had that vision of hell but my mate Steve from church had an even crazier one on the weekend which included smells and stuff! Infact, he smelt something that was yuck and didnt know what it was. Then today he smelt in class... The smell of burning hair which is also the same smell as sulfur... Thank you Jesus that i don't need to burn in hell! You can check out his blog here. It's his first blog so we'll see if he keeps it up...

Secondly, did Strike tonight at Macleod with Simon M. It was great. The topic was Spiritual warfare. A huge topic for a small amount of time. We could have done heaps more but we fitted in some cool stuff. We were able to change some beliefs shaped by TV, and told them about the Bibles version! We then prayed for the gift of discernment.

The way we tackled the topic was to basically say angels and demons are real. Angels out number demons 2:1, God has authority (Matthew 28), He gave it to us (luke 10:19), then how to be protected, (Ephesians 6) and how to get set free from them! Thank you Jesus for our salvation!

So, if you think your possessed, or know someone who is, take them to the Macleod folk who will deal with it! They have authority from God, faith to back it up, the armor of God on, and now know what to do! I can just see it now, the demons having an emergency meeting tomorrow morning as all the kids wake up! hahaha Glory to God!

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8

Spiritual Warfare

Ive heard lots of stories of spiritual warfare happening at the moment! All sorts of corps and people are under attack! It can only be a good thing! It means we are stepping into the war! Hallelujah! I have a feeling it is caused by the 24/7 prayer and is creating power encounters all over the place! Im so glad we've already won!

Speaking about winning, great testimony time today at Plenty Valley! It went for so long the sermon was cut short!hahaha woman helped to forgive mum, answers to prayer, prophetic dreams coming true, prophetic words of encouragement coming at just the right time, just to name a few! There were a couple of real tear jerkers!
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Im not sure if ive posted this before but its a good story...

During an Easter camp a mate of mine saw his cousin put a hood over his head during a worship time. My mate had a word with him afterwards finding out what was going on. In the end they discovered he had been seeing 2 demons, and had been having a dream of the devil taking him to hell. Every time he took a step down a stair the stair behind him would disappear. They prayed for him.

The next night my mate was having a chat to him as they walked around the footy oval. The demons had not left. So my mate told him to lie down, he claimed and consecrated the land. Then he asked where the demons were. The boy sat up a bit looked around and pointed in the direction.

My mate got up and walked towards them shouting at them in Jesus name! Telling them to leave. He then felt a release in the Spirit. His cousin began laughing. He was looking up into the sky.

My mate asked what had happend, his cousin replied, "As you walked over towards the demons a BRGHT light shon out of you and they got scared and ran away! Now, I see a legion of angels in the sky protecting the camp!"

There you go! We are the light of the world! Matthew 5:14
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also, if you can hear God speak to you, please do some listening prayer for me and let me know what He says! Thanks!

Go to hell demons!

This post seems long but have a read. Theres a cool story at the end too!
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At Plenty Valley we've had people getting saved lately. We've also had people getting healed. Peoples lives are transforming! Hallelujah!

The other week me and some guys from Plenty Valley were mucking around saying all we need now is some deliverance ministry happening. BUT Over the last couple of days one of the leaders has been having visions of a person with a demon with its hand on their head. The leader told me that every time he tells the demon to go away it does, but then it comes back with more demons.

When this leader told me this I knew it was from God. The bible passage I was up to in my devotions was Luke 11:24-26 where Jesus is saying how demons will return with their mates.
God-incidence hey?
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How many people these days have knowingly even been involved in spiritual warfare? How many have driven a demon out of someone or something or somewhere? Who would know what to do when it comes?
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I praise God that I have been brought up in a way that doesnt leave that part of life out. I also praise God that Ive been taught I dont need to be afraid, if anyone should be afraid its the demon!
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Heres one of my stories of the power of Light over the darkness. One night I was hanging with a friend and he told me hed vowed to pray for a church over some spiritual warfare. I asked him if i could join in coz he said hed been visited by a demon the previous night and had left 'something' in the room. Being me I thought it was drugs or something. I went home first got my Bible, prayed and went to his place. Walked into his bedroom and it was hot. Windy and cold as anything outside but hot and still inside. The heater wasn't on either. A candle started flickering and we found out by prayer that the demons name was legion. We then thought this is too big for us. The word I kept getting was 'Go.' But being me I didn't say it.

After an unsuccessfull night I went home. Tried to go to sleep but was scared. The fear was getting to me. I slept with the worship music going for about a week. Then I felt ok. Then I forgot to pray protection one night and I awoke the next morning. I thought the doona was heavy on my leg and went to kick it off but it didn't come off. Then I felt something crawl up my leg and start pushing down on my face. (It would have looked just like th exorcism of Emily rose when shes being possessed)

I screamed, well tried but I was panicking so much I couldn't get anything out. I cried out to God with a massive lack of faith. Then I started calling on Dad. Seems I had more faith in him. Then it went.

It came back 2 weeks or so later. This time I had faith and knew what to say. I woke up and the same thing happened. I couldn't breath but in my head I said "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazar..." and it left. Hallelujah!

It came back last year after an interesting easter camp with a few victories to Jesus. I woke up and all the lights had turned off even though I fell asleep and they were on. I felt an evil presence coming towards me but I said "IN JESUS NAME GO!" before it got to me and it was gone!
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so, dont be scared. Declare the authority. Go drive out some demons! But much greater than that, rejoice that your name is written in the Lambs book of life!

"I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." Luke 10:19-20 (NIV)

In the Bible we see that angels fight with swords... Do you think that now that we have better technology that angels have better weapons?

If youve watched Constantine you know what Im talking about...

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.