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[Guest Onlythetruth101]

This in from me, i did not tyrpe it but rather i thoguht it would be good thing to share do to the time where in.....

Dawn of Liberty

Michael Phillips

"And so, my friends and fellow believers in Christ

[Catsmeow]

Onlythetruth: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are the very FIRST person I have ever seen speak my heart to the very core.

I went to do missions in Muslim dominated Indonesia and when I went into the streets and gutters to spread the gospel, I was COMMANDED to remain in our compound at night and not to go out because "it's against the law to prosyletize".

My response was, "Then why am I here?" They couldn't really answer that. They said, "Well, you teach at the school."

I said, "Yea, during the day...then I have nights and weekends and there's a huge harvest of souls in the streets and gutters."

"Well you could be imprisoned or deported!"

"So WHAT!" I said.

Onlythetruth, that got me the BOOT! Can you believe it? They sent me back to the United States under the pretense that I had to return due to a family death, (which there was....) but I wasn't willing to go.

I was in Indonesia for a reason and a purpose and if it meant I died there, so be it.

They all attended a lovely church in a beautiful hotel visited by Westerners. I was the lone black sheep who attended a poor, shabby, broken down Indonesian Church in Bandung, where Westerners NEVER set foot.

I was among only the native Christians. They were SHOCKED to see me but very kind and welcoming.

ALL my friends were the indigenous native people of the country; I hung out with them. I evangelized in their streets and I made enemies ONLY among my own people....not the natives.

You have just given me a gift. This story speaks to my heart and lifts me up in my soul. I was called, "rebellious" because I refused to attend the parties, pot luck dinners and socials with others of my kind.

I spent my time with the people I was there for. I was hated and reprimanded on numerous ocassions by my own kind.

I agree, brother...if you can't take the heat, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN! I knew the risks and I took them.

So be it. We need missionaries who have backbone in the areas where persecution is rampant.

I LONG right now to return to Indonesia and work with an Indonesian pastor to rebuild his orphanage destroyed by the tsunami. I am not physically able now because I'm very ill, but I can walk with a cane and with medication, I'm able to get around with some help. If I could find that pastor, I would surely help him rebuild. Only because of my health can I no longer evangelize as I once did.

In my case, all I "can" do is help financially. You give God what you have, and hold nothing back.

If you're sick or immobile, it's kinda hard to roam the streets and preach so my days gone, less a miracle of God heals me.

Be there a miracle of health, you watch me....you just watch me. Cut me loose and I'll go. If I die, I die.

I've done it before; I'd do it again.

Thanks so much for this story!

[Leonard]

Wow Cats'; Way COOL!!!

[Guest Onlythetruth101]

Onlythetruth: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are the very FIRST person I have ever seen speak my heart to the very core.

I went to do missions in Muslim dominated Indonesia and when I went into the streets and gutters to spread the gospel, I was COMMANDED to remain in our compound at night and not to go out because "it's against the law to prosyletize".

My response was, "Then why am I here?" They couldn't really answer that. They said, "Well, you teach at the school."

I said, "Yea, during the day...then I have nights and weekends and there's a huge harvest of souls in the streets and gutters."

"Well you could be imprisoned or deported!"

"So WHAT!" I said.

Onlythetruth, that got me the BOOT! Can you believe it? They sent me back to the United States under the pretense that I had to return due to a family death, (which there was....) but I wasn't willing to go.

I was in Indonesia for a reason and a purpose and if it meant I died there, so be it.

They all attended a lovely church in a beautiful hotel visited by Westerners. I was the lone black sheep who attended a poor, shabby, broken down Indonesian Church in Bandung, where Westerners NEVER set foot.

I was among only the native Christians. They were SHOCKED to see me but very kind and welcoming.

ALL my friends were the indigenous native people of the country; I hung out with them. I evangelized in their streets and I made enemies ONLY among my own people....not the natives.

You have just given me a gift. This story speaks to my heart and lifts me up in my soul. I was called, "rebellious" because I refused to attend the parties, pot luck dinners and socials with others of my kind.

I spent my time with the people I was there for. I was hated and reprimanded on numerous ocassions by my own kind.

I agree, brother...if you can't take the heat, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!  I knew the risks and I took them.

So be it. We need missionaries who have backbone in the areas where persecution is rampant.

I LONG right now to return to Indonesia and work with an Indonesian pastor to rebuild his orphanage destroyed by the tsunami. I am not physically able now because I'm very ill, but I can walk with a cane and with medication, I'm able to get around with some help. If I could find that pastor, I would surely help him rebuild. Only because of my health can I no longer evangelize as I once did.

In my case, all I "can" do is help financially. You give God what you have, and hold nothing back.

If you're sick or immobile, it's kinda hard to roam the streets and preach so my days gone, less a miracle of God heals me.

Be there a miracle of health, you watch me....you just watch me. Cut me loose and I'll go. If I die, I die.

I've done it before; I'd do it again.

Thanks so much for this story!

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[Catsmeow]

Bump.

[ann2]

Cats,all i can say is you are a great blessing from God.You have one beautiful life ,sister.God bless you and keep you in His grace.

[Catsmeow]

Ann, I am aching to go back into the field. I don't know why I'm left incapcitated in this manner at present but God's got me "on the bench".

Perhaps He's teaching me the lessons of suffering before I experience persecution to a higher degree.

[deliveranceminister]

If you are not cast out demons your church is spiritually dead. Mark 16: 17

[Ovedya]

If you are not cast out demons your church is  spiritually dead.    Mark 16: 17

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Well that's just not true.

[refugepsa91]

In whole...

And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tounges; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. Mark 16: 15-18

Then Christ ascends to God's right hand.

No where in there did I see if a church doesn't cast out demons they are spiritually dead.

Love and Blessings,

Angel