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| Jan 29, 2003 |
| Senegal, Africa |
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Blessings in Jesus' name overcomes evil
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Over time and with exposure to the Word, a young man in Senegal came to the point of accepting the truth of the Bible and Christ as his Savior. His wife was the daughter of a sorceress. The sorceress' mother passed on to his wife certain of her powers via evil spirits. She was capable of foretelling the future, but the price for this foretelling was great weakness for a week or more afterwards. Also, she could never eat meat without severe physical repercussions.
This couple was invited to the home of Mary Anne Lattin and Marilyn Escher, CBI missionaries in Senegal, for dinner. These ladies did not know any of the woman's history and for supper they served spaghetti with meat sauce. The wife did not know what to do when presented with meat to eat, since she and her husband knew the dire effects eating meat would have on her. However, before the meat was eaten, the two women prayed in the name of Jesus and blessed the food. The man told his wife that she could eat the meat without worry because Jesus was more powerful than the spirits. So she ate, though with fear and concern. To her great amazement, in the days that followed there were no after-effects from the meal--an unheard of situation.
Some time later this couple was invited back to the ladies' home for a meal and again they were served meat. Once more the husband told his wife to eat since the meal had been blessed in the name of Jesus. As before, she ate and had no repercussions. Because this woman saw that Jesus had power over her evil spirits she became a believer in Jesus Christ. |
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