During more than 45 years of serving God, I have seen the Enemy
launch many attacks. More than 20 years ago, I saw God do something mighty to
overcome the attacks of Satan against His work. I am sharing this with you today
because we are facing a new attack—and it is serious. We need to see God work
in a great and powerful way right now. Let me share this story with you to
encourage and strengthen your faith:
Mike Evans
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In 1994, during the massive genocide in Rwanda, God directed me
to go to the neighboring nation of Congo to hold a mass evangelistic event.
When I arrived, I learned that thousands of Believers were praying. En route to
join their meeting and thank them, I made my way through a crowd who opposed
what we were trying to do. As I walked through the darkness, I heard a Muslim
leader say, "You will have five days to kill Mike Evans. Get big stones.
We will stone him or shoot him, but do not eat any food until he is dead."
As I stood on the platform to preach, I saw witch doctors with
large dolls sporting huge hands and feet. One was sticking pins in an effigy
when I suddenly realized it was supposed to be me. I quietly moved away from
the crowd, hoping no one would realize that I was there. The demons of hell
were raging, but God was greater. One night as the witch doctors were sticking
pins into the dolls, I stopped in the middle of my sermon and commanded them to
stick the needles deeper and call on their false gods. I vowed to call on the
one true God. As the test continued, the power of God fell on them, and the
witch doctors hit the dirt screaming. They slithered like snakes as demon
spirits were leaving them.
Miracles happened spontaneously throughout the crusade. The
blind were seeing; the deaf were hearing; the crippled were walking. There were
so many miracles that the president of the country decided to turn the Voice of
The Congo, the national television station, over to us for the daily evening
news. That station broadcast across Rwanda as we proclaimed the Gospel nightly
as well as delivering the news. We called it the "Good News" and
invited people who had been healed and delivered by the power of God to give
their testimony.
Ten thousand pastors, many of whom had walked for days, came to
the Peoples' Palace in the capital for our five-day School of Evangelism. More
than 650,000 came to the crusades at night. A tremendous number of people not
only came to Christ, but were called into the ministry. They are now preaching
the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ all over central Africa.
The Bible says, "Arise
and shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Darkness shall cover the deep and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall
arise upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). Today I'm asking you to rise
up and shine a light for the nation of Israel. It is time for those of us who
love Israel and God's Chosen People to stand up in their defense.
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