Watch out! It's a spiritual warfare. (Part 1)

My heart and mind became a little restless since I recently came back from holiday as well as a missions trip. While trying to settle back here at home, I became aware of the ministries and workloads that are lying ahead of me. I'll need to gather the leaders of different groups and ministries to concretize what was planned the previous year. I'll also need to lay down some clear steps for the major ministries of the church. In addition, I got to sit down with my seminary supervisor to finalize my research paper topic (and then start to do work on it). Heaps of other small stuffs are piling up as well.

Then all of a sudden, we had a close spiritual encounter. Without much foreknowledge, we thought we were praying for a troubled lady, but in fact it turned out that we confronted an evil spirit and by God's grace drove it out from her. The experience itself was tiring, and has caught us totally out of surprise. Yet with thanks to God, we were spiritually well in tune with Him. God's always on our side.

To put that into perspective, we then came to realize it's a spiritual warfare, in which all servants of God are always engaged. No wonder we had heard that our eldest daughter had nightmares a few nights back leading up to the "incident". Then she slept well and sweet for 2 nights, and again had another nightmare after I shared it with a rather large prayer group and urged them to cover us with prayers.

This is very real, up close and personal. We treasure your prayers for us and those who are serving Christ wholeheartedly.

"Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." (Eph 6:18)

"靠著聖靈，隨時多方禱告祈求；並要在此儆醒不倦，為眾聖徒祈求" (弗6:18)