August 24, 2002

A blogfree day

Friday I chose not to blog. We needed to spend time in prayer and in the Word all morning. The Thursday night we took part in an exciting cell-group gathering in S�rv�gen. Ten of us were gathered in the name of the Lord around a sofa table lavished with waffles and a variation of home made jam of local wild berries. With water, coffee and tea to drink the chat took off. It was just good to see one another and to be together. Then each one shared something from their week, how the Lord had blessed them or used them to bless others. It was amazing to listen to all these small stories of the goodness of God in the ordinary life of common people. I also shared with them along the content of my blog on Thursday.

So Friday we needed to pray. The demons had been exposed and defeated but we needed to secure our victory ground, no time to blog in the morning. During prayer we felt that we needed to go a different borough: B� in Vester�len. Two appointments with people from that place had been cancelled and we felt this was not right, but a demonic manipulation trying to put obstacles in the way for the new thing God wanted to do in this place. By car we went through many of the small villages and the administration centre praying and blessing all the way. The pleasure of God was with us the entire trip and God even gave me some keys to unlock the spiritual situation in this place.

When we were back in our house a new assignment waited for us. An elderly man, a non believer, had been challenged by Bernt Tore earlier in the day to accept prayer for healing in his body. After thinking it through he came back and expressed his appreciation and acceptance of being prayed for through the laying one of hand. Off we went to see this man and pray for him. We were warmly welcomed into his house by this elderly couple. Bernt Tore shared his testimony. Solveig and I did the same. Then we were able to lay hands on him, pray for healing and bless him and his house in the name of the Lord. We had a good time with them in the presence of God. No instant miracle took place, but I am in faith for him to be healed and for salvation to come to his entire house! Please join me in continuous prayer for him, his wife, their five children and eleven grandchildren that full salvation may come to them all.

After this session of prayer we went home to receive some wonderful friends that we had invited for an evening meal. We enjoyed a good meal together but even more we enjoyed the spiritual fellowship in talking of the things of the Kingdom and praying for its advance in this area. When all our friends were gone, there was no time left to blog! The bed was eagerly waiting for us.

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