11.5 Testimony – The Drug Capital of the World Transformed through Prayer
For years, the city of Cali in Columbia was the world’s drug capital. The drug cartels were the best organized in the world. Crime rates and murder rates were high. It was a city under spiritual bondage.
When pastors in the city got together to pray under the leadership of Pastor Julio, things began to change. The churches organized overnight prayer meetings at the stadium and up to 60,000 people attended them. They prayed against Satan’s grip on the city. The prayer meetings continued every month.
Within 48 hours of the first prayer meeting, the newspapers reported that one night had passed without any homicide incident. Ten days later, the first drug lord was caught. Within 9 months of praying, all the drug lords were captured one by one by the authorities.
There was a great move of the Holy Spirit upon the city and the whole city was transformed. It all started with prayer. This is just one of the many cities around the world that has been transformed through prayer.
(Reference: Transformations – A Documentary by Sentinel Group 1999)
Are there circumstances that you wish to change in your life? Perhaps you have backslidden and want to get back to God. Perhaps you need God’s intervention in your business. Perhaps you have been troubled over some matters of the heart. Perhaps you want your loved ones to come to know Jesus. Perhaps you want God to turn your wayward children back to Him. Maybe there is a need for physical or emotional healing. Or it could be the burden of debts. You may have already been resigned to the situation.
Today, God is bringing you hope. He wants to turn things around but you must believe in the power of prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father,
I thank You that You have made me a New Covenant priest and a living house of prayer. I have received the delegated authority of Jesus on this earth. I have the power to change circumstances through prayer. Holy Spirit, empower me to pray for Your kingdom and Your will to be established in my life, my family, my church, and in the lives of those who do not know You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
When pastors in the city got together to pray under the leadership of Pastor Julio, things began to change. The churches organized overnight prayer meetings at the stadium and up to 60,000 people attended them. They prayed against Satan’s grip on the city. The prayer meetings continued every month.
Within 48 hours of the first prayer meeting, the newspapers reported that one night had passed without any homicide incident. Ten days later, the first drug lord was caught. Within 9 months of praying, all the drug lords were captured one by one by the authorities.
There was a great move of the Holy Spirit upon the city and the whole city was transformed. It all started with prayer. This is just one of the many cities around the world that has been transformed through prayer.
(Reference: Transformations – A Documentary by Sentinel Group 1999)
Are there circumstances that you wish to change in your life? Perhaps you have backslidden and want to get back to God. Perhaps you need God’s intervention in your business. Perhaps you have been troubled over some matters of the heart. Perhaps you want your loved ones to come to know Jesus. Perhaps you want God to turn your wayward children back to Him. Maybe there is a need for physical or emotional healing. Or it could be the burden of debts. You may have already been resigned to the situation.
Today, God is bringing you hope. He wants to turn things around but you must believe in the power of prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father,
I thank You that You have made me a New Covenant priest and a living house of prayer. I have received the delegated authority of Jesus on this earth. I have the power to change circumstances through prayer. Holy Spirit, empower me to pray for Your kingdom and Your will to be established in my life, my family, my church, and in the lives of those who do not know You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
posted by Joshua Lye @ 11:47 PM
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