What in the world is going on? That question is being asked everyday around the world.
We are witnessing unprecedented events happening almost on a daily basis. Our world is experiencing a tornado of lawlessness, evil, and corruption, that is combining with Christian apathy and ignorance to form the perfect demonic storm. We are in that storm.
Whether you believe in demons or not – they definitely believe in you. This world is in the early stages of a raging supernatural storm, the likes of which we have never seen before, and demonic forces are responsible.
In 1993 God called me into the deliverance ministry, but I avoided that calling for the next 15 years. I was into me. My need to succeed in business and acquire material things was the focus of my life, not God. I was not “ready” to be called into any ministry, much less deliverance. I wanted to build my “corporate” career. I loved money more than I loved God, and that’s just the painful truth.
Of all the ministries I could be called to, deliverance ministry is not one I would choose. I didn’t know a lot about deliverance, and it all seemed kind of “out there” to my very logical mind.
To be honest, I thought the whole deliverance thing was kind of “kooky”, and that I was smarter and cooler than that. After all, I have been a professional musician and singer since I was 14, and I could easily see myself in a music ministry because, well, that just made sense — but God had other plans for me.
Although I had been involved in a “Deliverance” church when I was first born again back in 1980, I had not really seen or heard anything about deliverance since those early days. Through the years, in the different churches I was involved in, I would have occasional brushes with demonic oppression and demonized people, but I really never thought too much about it. I had become a “comfortable Christian” and I was more interested in the pursuit of material things, prestige, and social standing than I was in helping people who obviously needed help.
I spent 10 years in law enforcement as a police officer, and although I didn’t realize it at the time, I was dealing with demonic activity in people’s lives on a daily basis! During my time as a police officer I also won a professional KickBoxing title.
At that time in the early 1990’s, “Big” George Foreman’s training camp was in my hometown of Marshall, Texas, where George was living and staging a comeback career that eventually won him the Heavyweight Boxing Title of the World for a second time. George had a gym in Marshall and I was able to work with his people and his trainers during my KickBoxing career, and that world class training allowed me to win a KickBoxing title. Through all the blood, sweat and tears, I learned what it takes to be a fighter. I understand the mindset required to prepare for battle, and I understand the courage required to step into the ring with an adversary who wants to destroy you.
All of that experience back then was laying a foundation for the ministry I have today. My law enforcement training developed my boldness, calm, and courage in the face of adversity, and my competitive KickBoxing career taught me how to train and fight! I was being prepared for this ministry even back then and I never knew it.
One of Satan’s greatest deceptions is the lie that a Christian cannot be affected by demons. That is a lie. I can give you a pretty long list of solid Spirit filled evangelical pastors, teachers, Christian singers, and others who have succumbed to an area in their life that was under demonic influence or control. We can start with one of Jesus’s hand-picked 12, a guy named Judas.
People have the misconception that every encounter with a demonic person will result in a scene from the movie “The Exorcist” with the demonic person’s head spinning 360 degrees around and green pee soup being spit out! Although this crazy kind of stuff does happen once in a while (yep, I’ve seen some way out stuff), the vast majority of the time demons stay hidden in the darkest recesses of a person’s inner being, and only surface when they desire to influence that person to do something.
Because of the misconception of how demons operate, and a general lack of knowledge about how to deal with demonic manifestations in people, Christian leaders often avoid the topic of demons altogether. I believe this absence of teaching has significantly contributed to the rampant epidemic of “demonization” we are seeing in people today.
Demons prefer to hide, not make spectacles of themselves! When you think of demons, think of rats in the attic; They scamper about destroying things until the light is turned on, then they go back to their hiding place. Demons do the same thing.
If you have a rat problem, you have to take some action to get rid of them because they will often have “nested” in a secluded part of your house, and the will not leave on their own!
Think of Demons the same way you think of rats; it’s very common to find Demons have “nested” in certain areas of people’s lives, and the people don’t even realize they are there. Demons take the form of addictions, compulsive behavior, self destructive patterns, anger, need to control, and about 4,000 other things.
The deliverance ministry is not a game we play or a ‘hobby’ we like because it can be exciting; dealing with demons is very serious business and if an individual is seeking help, that individual must reach out themselves. Sometimes friends and family members take it on themselves to reach out to a deliverance minister as a type of ‘intervention’ for the demonized loved one, but this type of coercion on the part of well-meaning people doesn’t work. If the demonized person doesn’t reach out for help themselves, they are not ready to let go of their demonic “rats”, and all the deliverance prayer you can find will not get and KEEP them free.
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God Bless you!