Newsletter India 2005 –4

There is so much to say and I am trying to keep the details down to prevent the reports from being so long. So many deliverances and healings but there is no time to report them in detail. We completed the battle I call the 3 and 4 of the major stronghold in Kalimpong. That stirred up a hornet’s nest so to speak. Please keep us in prayer. Interesting that we were not to attack any of the enemy head on especially the major enemy of Thimpu but we were just to stop all power sources.

[I later came to understand Thimpu means something similar to quicksand, something that pulls you down to the depths and pulls you under. That would make sense because this enemy was in the deep caverns of the earth and was not evident on the surface except by the great oppression, destructions and temples. So this enemy pulled people down into the darkness and held them captive by his great oppression.]

As we have talked many times the rivers and waters are a major source for the enemy to flow through. Also any blood in the land and there was much blood in the land. Then finally to shut down the cavern itself, draining the power of it into hell and sealing it off from anything in or out. This will make any other smaller battles much easier. The instructions were to worship through to the throne of God and by that release the Lord to fight, then to follow His instructions. As you can imagine worship was difficult at first. We had some of the local people come watch (though we were in a room) and they were very angry. But we ignored them.

Though it took some time we had a good group and we finally prayed through. I was ready to go to the river and put things in the land but the Lord said not this time. The battle was won with God Decrees and the Holy Spirit fighting through us. That cannot be done as you choose, you must wait for the anointing to hit and do it through you. It must be the exact timing for each part and only the Lord flowing through you, so you must wait for that anointing to move. The enemy was big and angry but we did not give him our attention and the Lord won this major battle.

Interesting enough the main enemy being from Bhutan, the next day we headed for our conference in Jaigon, which is on the Bhutan border. As you might imagine there was a battle. I cannot emphasis enough how important it is to keep your heart attitudes and thoughts pure, to be quick to repent, and never allow yourself to be too busy to worship and have a personal prayer time that presses in on a daily basis. Allow the Lord to correct you and appreciate it. In such intense battles it doesn’t take much out of line for the enemy to press through to get to you. If you have been attacked hard find out what in you might be out of line for the enemy to gain that access and do it without condemnation for yourself or pity. Both of those are enemy tools and we must not use them. Thank you for your prayers and the victory won for the Lord.

Bhutan

There has been so much prayer for Bhutan. It is a closed country to the gospel and to change and very hard to get into. You can for a very expensive amount (perhaps around $500 daily, obtain a visa for a couple of days only and a guide that will not let you go anywhere but where he wants to take you by government permission.) But God has a plan and a people everywhere. My beloved friend Gamsho who is from Bhutan was able to get us permission to enter for breakfast only – very rich food and with a good buttery taste. Their tea is made with butter and salt instead of milk and sugar. But we went to the Buddhist Monastery first to pray. It was of course on a tall hill over looking the entire area.

The children are given very young to the monastery to remain and be taught to be monks. They have no choice but must remain. It was chilly but the children were sitting outside studying their scripts. My heart went out to them but you are not permitted to interrupt. Bhutan will be having a special council meeting in June or July. During that meeting they will talk about two very urgent topics. 1. What to do with the Christians – do we give them freedom or do we restrain them. 2. Do we become a democracy – which would change the policy of foreigners coming in and what they can do, including preaching. These two major decisions could change Bhutan and release Bhutan to receive the gospel.

I knew we had gained access for one purpose to call in the synergy of the ages for Bhutan. All of the prayers and fasting for Bhutan over the ages and all of the blood shed by Christians through the ages to join with our prayers as we join with the Lord to influence this council meeting so the Lord can harvest Bhutan. People may die but prayers remain and we can release them and join with them with the Lord’s help to have the greater influence in an area. So praise the Lord please keep these two issues in prayer.

Jaigon Prophetic Leadership Conference

As I said Jaigon is on the Bhutan border. It is a dirty place with much poverty and sickness. Unlike the mountain regions it gets very hot here and with all of the open sewage the mosquitoes often carry sickness. All over much of India there are problems with having enough water and especially having a good clean water source. It is nothing to see men and women wearing a thin cloth and bathing with it on at a water source rather than carrying the water to bathe with. They have to carry water sometimes very far and over mountains trails to have water.

But in Jaigon the water problem has become severe. Our first day we had a bit of rain, just enough to put a few inches in the sewage ditches. They have open sewage ditches like many places do in third world countries. This is where toilets or outhouses flow and any other such water. We were a bit shocked to see the people flocking to these sewage ditches with containers to scoop up the rainwater from the sewage ditches for their homes. Any water must be purchased and some simply cannot afford that. They were pushing the trash and refuse aside to gather any fluid they could. Needless to say we prayed for many stomach problems.

The first night, Monday, April 11th we had an End Time Handmaidens and Servants meeting but others came as well. The Lord moved powerfully though we had to break through some obstacles. The next three days of the conference became more and more powerful. As more and more people heard about the teaching and the miracles the church became more and more crowded. The church could hold 100 comfortably and squeeze 200 in sitting on the floor. But there must have been close to 300 that last day because when you prayed for a person there was no place at all for them to fall but just to lean back a bit against the next person.

Many Hindu’s came wanting a miracle and several received Jesus as their savior. This new river or love flowed and it is very different. Often a person would fall so quickly I was sure they couldn’t be healed but they were. It flows soft and yet very powerfully. There were so many wanting prayer that we split into 2 groups. Healing was flowing from both groups. The Lord met the people at their needs. There were also many delivered. The Lord ministered to the pastors in a new break through, a refreshing and in prophetic words.

One sweet pastor’s wife was so precious. With tears she thanked me hugging me again and again and finally took a silver ring off her finger and gave it to me, crying that it was all she had to give. I tried to tell her that her friendship was enough but she insisted. It fit perfectly; I will never take it off. It is a gift of great love. What she didn’t know was a couple of month ago I asked the Lord for a ring. (I have no rings at all.) Nothing expensive or extravagant, I would never feel comfortable with something like that but just something simple I could look at and be reminded of His great love for me every time I looked at it, something that came directly from Him to me. I had never been given a ring before. What a miracle of love the Lord worked.

We had pastors come from Bhutan, the surrounding areas of India and from Nepal. These people from Nepal live in one of the refuge camps for the Nepal people who were forced to leave Bhutan. 150,000 refuges live in terrible conditions in these camps in Nepal I was told. There are 7 camps. They are asking that next year we go to Nepal and minister in some of these refuge camps. If the Lord is in agreement we will go.

As you can imagine the enemy was very angry with us for breaking the strongholds and the people set free, saved, delivered and healed. Though we faced a great attack that was very difficult for us, I must say it has all been worth it. Paul was beaten and in prison for doing the same things and he also thought it was well worth it. How can you ever count the cost? You just can’t and we won’t.

Delhi

This was my first time to minister in Delhi, though I have been through Delhi many times and spent the night there many times to catch a flight the next day, this was different. We worked with Pastor Amar who is the brother of my friend Brother Gautam. He was a very kind Pastor that we enjoyed working with. We were greatly surprised to see about 90% of the congregation was Hindu. They had come because they heard there would be miracles. These are the poorest of the poor. It is hard to describe how difficult life is for many of them. They need a miracle and believe for it.

They had never fallen in the power of God but by the second night they were coming for this blessing as well. I want God to bless me, they would say. I would estimate that well over a hundred were healed in the three days of meetings. My hand, cheek and even my ear were red from the lipstick dot they wear on their forehead and in the part of their hair. They would be so grateful for their healing or the great touch of love they would kneel and touch your feet. But we told them the Lord Jesus Christ had healed them thank Him. So many came to the Lord. The pastor will have a lot of follow up to do to explain to them what being a Christian is and to guide them and get them started. The Lord directed me to quietly forgive them before praying for them. This made a big difference in the effectiveness and quickness of the healings.

Again the power of God was intense, yet soft. One woman the first night came for deliverance, though she didn’t tell us that. She had been tormented by a curse. She had been delivered before but I always came back. It was a very difficult situation with many demons. She would begin to thrash about and speak harshly, shaking and yelling. This eventually stirred up the demon in someone else but I was not going to be distracted by that. The Lord said, this one is not mine and to be free of this type of enemy she must be mine. So in the middle of the thrashing about and the enemy trying to interfere we led her to the Lord. Now we had legal grounds.

When the main demon saw he would have to leave he told me he would kill her. But of course we bound that. I found out later he said the same thing through her in her own language. Strange because the same thing had happened in a couple of other deliverances when it was finally over and the demon was leaving the person who knew no English, would speak in perfect English and say, "I go", or something similar. We gave her instructions on how to break the curses daily and remove them from her land. She had someone cursing her daily and she did not want this to come back. She came again the last night and brought a small gift to thank us. She also brought others who needed healed. This is the way to bring in God’s harvest.

One older woman we prayed from began to speak in demonic tongues. I am finding this more and more. In the demonic tongues they either curse or call the demons we are casting out back in. It is hard to get them to stop sometimes. I check this by asking the local people what she is saying. When they have no idea then it is confirmed that she is speaking in demonic tongues.

If you will remember before we left on this trip the Lord said evangelism but how were we going to do that speaking in conferences and churches. Now the Lord had not only worked in the school in Kalimpong for evangelism but also at this church bringing in many Hindus to be healed and saved. This will spread and many more will be saved. When you get one healed and saved in a family it often spreads through that family as they see the difference in that persons life. Praise the Lord.

Goodbye Larry - Job Well Done Hello Don

With only a little over an hour of sleep we left for Hong Kong. I was not looking forward to a long flight when I was already so tired but the Lord worked an amazing miracle and without my asking I was moved to Business Class. There I was able to get some sleep.

We will miss Larry. His anointing with the Shofar and Fire is intense. Often he would just head into the crowd and people would fall left and right. When people refused to go forward he would go to the back of the room and minister to them. May the Lord richly bless him for his work in India and bring him back again. Don Toothman joined us yesterday. Please keep him in prayer as we are ministering here in Hong Kong. But that is another Newsletter.

Don’t you think we know that it is your prayers and faithfulness with us that releases the Lord to move so wonderfully? Thank you. Please keep us in prayer for guidance, protection, provision and strength as we continue.