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Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

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We destroyed everyth<strong>in</strong>g, burn<strong>in</strong>g or smash<strong>in</strong>g it, and <strong>the</strong>n wedumped it all <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> river at 1:00 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> morn<strong>in</strong>g, while wesang, “There is Power <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Blood.” A policeman who stoodwatch<strong>in</strong>g us from a distance must have thought we were mad,but we weren’t mad, we were glad! As we traveled home <strong>in</strong>Jim’s car, <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit came upon Robert. He jumped out of<strong>the</strong> car and leaped around <strong>the</strong> town hall, laugh<strong>in</strong>g and shout<strong>in</strong>gwith joy. Although it took him almost a full year to walk out hisdeliverance, stand<strong>in</strong>g fast <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> name of Jesus, it was <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gof a brand new life for him.The devil goes about like a roar<strong>in</strong>g lion seek<strong>in</strong>g whom he maydevour. One of <strong>the</strong> wiles of <strong>the</strong> devil is to deceive you and methat he is still <strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess, but Jesus put him out at Calvary. Thedevil seeks, by bluff, to make you put him back <strong>in</strong>to bus<strong>in</strong>ess. Hecan’t do it, but you can.An African bro<strong>the</strong>r who I knew had a compound for his cattleencircled with spiked branches where <strong>the</strong> cows were safe from<strong>the</strong> lions. But one night, two wily old lions got on <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>dwardside of <strong>the</strong> compound and began to roar and roar. They terrified<strong>the</strong> cows that began to mill around jostl<strong>in</strong>g one ano<strong>the</strong>r, untiltwo of <strong>the</strong>m were pushed through <strong>the</strong> barrier. The lions, whocould not get to <strong>the</strong> cows by use of <strong>the</strong>ir claws, were able to getto <strong>the</strong> cows by use of <strong>the</strong>ir roars. The cows believed <strong>the</strong> roars,which could do <strong>the</strong>m no harm, and by <strong>the</strong>ir own panic, fell preyto <strong>the</strong> claw.Likewise, if you believe <strong>the</strong> devil’s bluff, you give him poweraga<strong>in</strong> which he lost at Calvary. Our fight is a “fight of faith.”(I Tim 6:12) In this, we do not use our own strength, but we lookto Jesus who is <strong>the</strong> author and <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>isher of our faith. Our fightof faith is not a fight of our might but of be<strong>in</strong>g strong <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord,and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> power of his might.” (Eph 6:10)We weren’t go<strong>in</strong>g to stop go<strong>in</strong>g to church meet<strong>in</strong>gsjust because <strong>the</strong>re was a war on.A group of believers called <strong>the</strong> Surrey Group would sometimescome down from London to our meet<strong>in</strong>gs. God had blessed <strong>the</strong>mand <strong>the</strong>y brought <strong>the</strong> bless<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong>m wherever <strong>the</strong>y went.One of <strong>the</strong>ir young men would dance, lean<strong>in</strong>g almost completely130

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