Seth Barnes Aug 29, 2010 8:00 PM

We all need spiritual adventures

Our faith in America is too tame. We need a few spiritual adventures to give our faith a jolt. Here are two stories from the field as reported by Aust...

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Our faith in America is too tame. We need a few spiritual adventures to give our faith a jolt. Here are two stories from the field as reported by Austin Robertson on the World Race. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Don't go through life playing it safe - there are spiritual adventure being laid up for you if you'll take a few risks.

The people of Africa are hungry for the Lord. They want to hear you speak about the Lord...even if they are not Christians. They want to hear you preach. They want to see you dance!! The children are looking for any and every opportunity to go crazy. I don't like dancing...but I'll dance with African children anytime!

This last week I took a break from dancing to pray for a demon-possessed woman. There were a number of pastors praying for her as she crawled and flailed her arms all over the dance floor.

She would crawl through the dirt to new places and send the children scattering. I would follow her wherever she went to be close to her and pray for her. Everything was fine until, in the middle of one of my prayers, she crawled straight at me with her arms going wild and punched me in the groin. What?!?! Are you kidding me? Did I just get punched by a woman on accident or did I just get sucker punched by a demon?!?! If it's the former, no big

deal. If it's the latter, I'm furious!! I said one final prayer for her and went back to dancing with the children

Muslim changes his name

One other story. It's about a 50 year old man named Mohammed who lived in one of the fishing villages. He had been a Muslim for 45 years and followed a local cult, where the leader believed that he was God, for the last 5 years.

I was able to share the gospel with him and hold his hands as he prayed to give his life to Christ. We were even able to supply him with a Bible before we left. It was such a beautiful moment.

 

After praying, he told me he wanted to change his name. The local Christians who were with me told him that he didn't need to do that. He could just keep his Muslim name but know in his heart that he was different. He quickly pushed back. He knew he was a new creation in Christ, and as a new creation, he wanted a new name. Amen,
Mohammed. Amen!!

 

 

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