1/5/16
Karakol Journal
Yesterday as we began, even coming out of the meeting with Pastor ( ) discussing plans for Osh and Bishkek, teaching felt like such an effort. Like there was a heaviness and and wet blanket over us. Nothing visible just a feeling. After dinner break Debbie led a personal deliverance of a young woman ( ). What a story. She reported that she was angry, wasn’t going to church anymore, hated her husband and child, that everything seems dark, that she felt very aggressive and basically ready to fight anyone and anything. You could literally see the hostility and aggressiveness in her eyes. It was a bit scary.
While serving an 8 year prison term for killing her second husband she became a believer last year. She shared how she so felt the love of God that the world took on color and life, that she wanted to hug the whole world with the love of God. But soon after she came out she “backslid,” was looking for love and got involved with a married man who fathered her now 5 month old daughter. She left him and met the man who is now her husband and with whom she is now pregnant with her second child. This child resulted from before their legal marriage 3 months ago. About that time she had attended church and brought her husband and he became a believer. But also about that time he took her to a “fortune teller” to find out about her future and what she should do with her life. This is a fairly common practice here. Immediately afterwards she began to hate her husband and 5 month old, her unborn child; she hated her church and pastor, and felt much rage and aggressiveness.
It was pretty obvious to the prayer team of five that she needed deliverance. But rather than immediately going after the demon we sought to remove the grounds it had by taking her through a time of repentance. One team member said she needed to repent but we sensed that wasn’t quite the timing. We asked her why she did what she did, especially her rampant sexual immorality. She shared she felt alone, that no one cared, that she was loveless. She had never known love from her parents, only abuse and hurt. Another team member who herself had similar experiences but had been radically delivered years ago poured love and compassion into her. Then Pastor ( ) shared a vision he had of a rock with two eyes on it and beams of light coming out like birds flying. The discernment was to not to focus on the birds/sins themselves but on the root cause. We then led her into an experience of God’s love as Father, assuring her she was never alone or unloved. We were led to hold her from the side as a father, with Father God loving her and calling her into relationship with Himself. We then asked her imagine she was holding her heart in her hands and to give it to Father. I sat beside her, she gave me her heart and then threw her arms around me in a huge Father’s embrace. I could literally feel healing and love flowing into her.
She then shared she wanted to be free of the guilt and shame so she repented of many things, one by one naming them and weeping over each one. She symbolically tore up several paper napkins and placed the pieces in a trash bag which we burned. After these grounds were removed the team then went after the demon which clearly had entered from the fortune teller and other demons from other times in her life. At first it mocked with laughter, took her through contortions and resisted for a while, but then it came out when Debbie commanded them to bind together and then Debbie did a long, hard pull from her abdominal area. Immediately there was a massive change in her countenance. God's love and profound peace were all over her.
We truly saw the value of a team approach to deliverance and intercessors praying around the room and the class all participating by praying for us. Every team member had vital input and spiritual gifts that God used to bring great healing and deliverance to this young woman.
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( ) looks so peaceful and happy tonight. Did it give glory to God? YES she says. The team worked as a whole, no one person gets the glory for the work of God. The whole process pointed her to God. Her husband saw the difference in her and said he wants to be with us here in Dunamis.
Was it consistent with Scripture? Yes. ( ) said Mark 16 deliverance in his name, Luke 9 power and authority to cast out demons. The whole team loved Jesus and her.
Do other believers have a witness? “She was delivered, was sick inside and it was cast out”. “Jesus said freedom would come for captives and she was set free.” “Had not felt like this in a long time.” “Can see the joy in her now, light.” “Strong presence of God.”
Is there verifiable evidence? Her change of attitude. From hostile to peace and joy. Her husband just came into the room. At dinner I spoke with her husband, who became a Christian just a few weeks ago and came tonight, our last night. I asked him about the difference in her. He said when she came home she was so gentle and kind, loving and caring. Before she had been so hostile and angry. He wants to know more. Wow, what a miracle.
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On Jan 8, 2016, at 10:47 PM, Martin Boardman <intercession007@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Allen,That is a great idea and as you have seen from Cindy’s email something which we will be look at for the new year. I think some of this will also flow out of the Israel trip too.I finally got the update out (I was sick at the beginning of the week and have been playing catch up ever since). Thank you for sharing the story of Ilnaura. Would it be possible for me to share that at the DFI laster this month as a story of what is happening in Kyrgyzstan?As I pray for you and Debbie I continually get the sense of Father’s deep deep love for the people there.Blessings,MartinMartin Boardman
Mission Outreach Intercessory Prayer CoordinatorPresbyterian Reformed Ministries International
