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Conference, uh, ministering. Don't put that up yet, or people will leave. Uh, we're in the Bible conference. We planted a church in Guam in, I don't know, probably the early 80s or so. And, uh, through there, workers from our church have pastored there. The Nicely, the Klux, uh, twice have been there, and now pastored by Jesse and Angel Clark. Just a tremendous time that, uh, was there.
Just show you a video of the, uh, uh. No, out of order. Go back to the video first. There. No, back. Keep on going back. There we go. There. This is the church. They just added a balcony, uh, to this. I think this was probably Monday night, uh, of the conference. Tremendous building, and very, very powerful, uh, from all over the islands in the South Pacific that they're there.
And so that was their then the next photo. They planted three international churches. Uh, three international churches. Here's all of the couples. It was their largest amount of churches that they've ever planted in a conference. Three were international. Five additional from that, including, and I'm sure they probably said on the weekend, but in White River, where Pastor Chris Hart has been laboring to open doors for us. Is actually, uh, Donna Clark's sister has opened the door for many years. They're not able to get into White River, but she opened the door, was able to do that. And so they're planting a a couple from there. Uh, going to be taking that, be here in July, and be planting the church in White River. So that was very, very exciting.
Uh, then the next photo, uh, you see here. Here's all of the couples that just happen to be there. They have now 56 churches out of Guam in total. These are just the ones that were at conference there. Myself, Jesse and Angel, and Garrett King was the other, uh, speaker there. And then the next photo, what do I do when I'm, I go there? I answer questions from the morning breakfast, every break, before church, every meal. This is Saturday morning. Uh, numbers of the men gathered there, uh, they asked me questions, as you've heard of the, uh, getting it from the horse's mouth, that's, uh, me. And so that is what I do constantly, and I'm answering questions. So it was a fantastic time that, uh, very, very excited. The Klux are doing a great job there, and, and of course, carrying on with the wonderful work that Glenn and Donna did there. Thank God. Amen.
We're going to go into the word of God. Acts chapter 16. Now, you can put up. Some of you were worried about this, uh, uh, this photo, uh, here. Uh, just by way of introduction, I don't know if you saw in the news, I think three days ago in Indonesia, a 45-year-old woman who was a mother of four children went missing after walking through woodland. She was on her way to sell food to the market. When she didn't return home, her husband went looking for her, found her belongings scattered on the ground, and right near that, a 20-foot-long python that had a huge belly. He went and got some villagers. They captured, killed the snake, cut it open, and his wife was found dead inside. That is AI. I'm not going to show you photos of, uh, actually this woman that was inside there. The husband said he will be forever sorry that I let my wife go out alone. I was going to call this sermon, snakes need to die. That's, that's that would be appropriate. That's how I feel about them. But the reason why I have this illustration and this, um, on the screen, the scripture that we're going to read is Acts chapter 16. Paul encounters a girl in Philippi, a slave girl that in the King James and other translations, it says that was possessed with a spirit of divination. But that word divination is actually python, or literally she had a python spirit. And so we're going to look. This is actually, uh, something that every believer is going to face. And I really felt in my spirit that there are some people here, you are under assault from the python spirit. And I'm going to believe you are going to be set free before this service is over. I want to preach about dealing with snakes. Acts 16, let's read verse 16 through 18. The Bible says, "Now it happened as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her master's much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, 'These men are the servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to us the way of salvation.' And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, 'I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.' And he came out that very hour." Dealing with snakes. Let's begin.
I want to talk about the serpent's trail for a moment. We understand in the Bible there is an enemy of our souls. He's called by various names in the Bible. Satan and the devil are two of the most common ones. John 10:10 tells us something about the nature of the enemy we face. It calls him the thief. The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. These always negatives of what the aim of hell. He's called in other places the adversary. That word literally means one who stands against to resist or oppose. 1 Peter 5:8 says, "Be sober, be vigilant." Uh, vigilant because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Peter says you have to be aware there is the devil is an adversary. He wants to devour. He is opposing the work of God in your life. He's opposing your work for God. Zechariah 3:1, he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. There's the same word adversary, resist. It has the same idea, standing in opposition, trying to stop God's work in you and trying to stop God's work through you in some way.
Now, the Bible reveals the strategy of the devil all through the Bible as a serpent or as a snake. Let's take a biblical tour of snakes for a minute. By the way, of foundation, the Garden of Eden, we know that the beginning of time, the devil appeared to Adam and Eve in the form of a serpent. And we learn his strategy here is always to gain entrance in order to bring negative, uh, effect. This is always what the devil is after. He is trying to gain access to your life in some way. When he gains access, there will always be a negative effect. And in the King James, it tells us that his work is often subtle or undetected. Genesis 3:1 in the New King James, "The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field." King James calls it, he was more subtle. It has that idea of cunning, but it, it also is catching this idea. He is crafty because his strategy is often hidden. It is not obvious. So now we're learning something about the serpent tries to gain access, and often the, when he is gaining access, this is crafty. It is hidden. You're not aware of his full work.
Then we read about Moses. Moses is doing God's work in Egypt. Exodus 7:9, in obedience to God, God said, "Throw your rod down." That's the shepherd's staff, and it will become a snake. He does this in front of Pharaoh and all the magicians of Egypt to show them the power of God. But the Bible says that the magicians of Egypt, they throw down their serpents and their or their, uh, uh, staffs or rods, and they become serpents. In the New Testament, in 2 Timothy 3:8, like Janice and Jambre withstood Moses, withstood the same word adversary, resist, withstood its opposition. These also resist the truth. Janice and Jambre. These were the two main magicians or we could say witch doctors of Egypt. And the Bible says that what they were trying to do is resist. Very interesting word. Any of you that you have allergies, you take something called antihistamine. That word resist is actually antihistamine. And antihistamine is something that works against histamines are things that make you allergic. So if you take antihistamine, it is resisting that work. So here it is saying when they're throwing down serpents, they were resisting or trying to negate the work of God through Moses. So now we're learning the devil works against you, against God's work in you, and against God's work through you.
Revelations 12:9, our next verse. "So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world." We know in Revelation 12, we see it's like a, a picture of a battle going on of this dragon, this serpent, that this woman who gives birth is the picture of the church and the work of God, but he's trying to swallow up and damage it. But in that verse, it says the serpent deceives. One of the strategies of hell is that the devil tries to get you to believe things that are not true. And that is why his work is so effective. You come to wrong conclusions. When you are under assault, you are not aware what is the source of the feelings that are going on in your emotions and in your mind. And many times we incorrectly attribute where this is coming from. The devil causes you to see yourself incorrectly. The 10 spies in the Old Testament, they came to the conclusion when they saw the enemy, they said, "We are not able. We are like grasshoppers. There is no way that we're going to be able to do what God, uh, wants us to do." That is what happens to people under assault. They take it very personal. I am not going to be able to do God's will. And then he causes us finally to see God incorrectly. That God can't help us, or that God is not fair. He's not worth serving. Job's wife, when her and her husband were under intense assault, her conclusion in assault was, "Curse God and die." God is not fair. God is not worth serving. But that is because the serpent is a deceiver.
Luke 10:19, "I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy." The power of the enemy is here connected to serpents. And finally, Mark 16:18, "You will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means harm them." Here it is. He says, when you do God's work, serpents are connected to the power of hell. So the serpent tries to gain entrance in subtle ways. He resists in order to discourage, and he deceives. Okay, having laid that foundation, now let's go back to our text. So now it'll make more sense.
Let's talk about the python spirit for a moment. In our text, verse 16, I was reading from the New King James. It says, "a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination." That word divination is literally python. That is what the word in the Greek literally means. So this girl literally had a spirit of python, or we could say she had a python spirit. Give you a background. Python was the spirit that guarded what was called the oracle of Delphi. Delphi is a goddess that they worshiped that they believed this goddess could foretell the future or could see into the future. And so here this girl, the text says that she had a demonic power to be able to tell people the future, and the people who controlled her were making a lot of money from her. But it's very interesting. We are focusing not on every strategy of hell. We're talking about the python spirit. It's interesting. A python, the strategy of a python is to squeeze the life out of its prey by squeezing the breath. A python will wrap around its prey and then will flex its muscles in order to squeeze the breath and crush the lungs. In the Bible, the Bible speaks about the breath of God. The Bible says that God breathed into Adam, and he became a living soul. Ezekiel, the breath of God, brought life to, uh, the, the valley of dry bones. In John 20:22, when he said this, this is Jesus, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit." So the python wants to squeeze the breath, which is the Holy Spirit. Wants to squeeze the spirit of God out of your life.
So now, let's look specifically at the strategy of the python spirit. The python spirit wants to choke the spirit of God in our lives. He does this physically. One of the things about sickness is sickness produces emotional lows. Is there anybody here that when you're sick, you feel fantastic? I am vomiting. It's going to be a great day. I don't think so. With sickness comes emotional lows. The devil uses that. What sickness in many times when they are under assault by a python spirit is it is the feeling of tiredness, not simply because of the sickness. It is more than physical. It is an emotional and a spiritual weariness. And often connected with sickness is despair. People who are battling sickness often what comes in their head is, "I am never going to feel better again." He does this mentally. Acts 10:38, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him." This word oppressed is literally to weigh down, to press upon, to exercise dominion over. In our verse, Acts 16:18, "She did this many days, but Paul was grieved." When oppression comes, it affects you emotionally and spiritually. That word grieved is troubled, bothered, exasperated. Judges 10:8, "In that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel." Vexed in that word, it means to be harassed or broken in pieces. We sometimes speak of our minds being scattered. When Lisa and I pastored in Johannesburg, South Africa, it was very common us missionaries that we had something I dubbed it, vice head days, that literally you woke up in the morning, you went to bed feeling great, wake up in the morning, and it was like your head was in a vice, and someone was turning the handle. You were oppressed. Python was squeezing on you for no reason. You felt Acts 10:38 oppressed. Verse 18, he was grieved. He was annoyed. For some people, when the spirit of python is attacking them, they feel a loss of confidence. What normally they are certain of what God is going to do, what they are able to do. Their confidence is gone when they're under assault. It can create unnatural, uh, tension with others. Unnatural conflict. There are people here, every day, every conversation is conflict. This won't mean anything to you. I'm talking about people who don't spend all their time fighting. It is noticeable when there is an atmosphere of conflict. Paul was grieved or annoyed. People feel this. It is like for no reason they're agitated.
Second thing about the python spirit, the python spirit wants to choke our spiritual life. Verse 16 is very interesting. It says, "When did the enemy attack? As we went to prayer." That is very significant. "A certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us." This is strategic. What is the python spirit trying to do? To interrupt their relationship with God? This is normal. We are going to talk to God. But then someone with a python spirit interrupts. When people are under assault like this, normally people that have a basic relationship with Jesus, sometimes they will say, "I just don't feel like reading my Bible. I just don't feel like praying." And I'm talking about something that is unnatural. There are people when they're under this assault is, "I just don't feel like going to church." That is strategic. If the devil can keep you from relationship with God, you become weaker. You become weaker. You become more vulnerable. It's very interesting. Pastors come under assault from the spirit of python. And what that does, it interrupts connection with God. Their ability to get revelation for sermons is somehow interrupted in this way.
Third strategy here, sometimes the python spirit is released in us through a person. It's interesting in our text, it says how did the python spirit come? Now, the devil could attack anytime in different ways. It came through a girl. It came through another person. This person comes and begins to speak. That is the only thing that is happening. She is speaking words, but the effect on them is they're vexed. They're grieved. They're tormented in some way. Listen, people carry a spirit. You have to learn this. If you're going to survive over time, you better believe every human being has a spirit for good or for bad. And when you come in contact with other people, whatever is in one person, it starts to get on you. This can come in different ways. Rebellion is a, is a common one. You have someone that they're mad at the church or they're mad at the pastor, and so you speak to them. You are simply wanting to say hello. They want to tell you how the pastor is the Antichrist, how the church is from hell. On and on and on. You are feeling good. And now all of a sudden you're agitated. You don't want to come to church. You don't want to pray. You're looking at people suspiciously. Why? Because a python spirit came through a person. You can come against people that have a, a spirit of uncleanness that can get on you. People involved in witchcraft that can get on you. You know what's interesting is sometimes you don't know what's inside of people. I wish I, I often joke that I'm waiting for my, uh, helpful Steven Casio, Pastor Casio, work on the app. That would be nice if we had an app. Every person that we came in, we go, "Yeah. No, thank you." But it's not like that. You don't know what's in people. But there's a very important principle in life. Pay attention to the tension. The, let me tell you how this works out. You, you're agitated. You don't know where this is coming from. Who have you been in contact with? Who have you been speaking to? That's a very good indicator sometimes of where this is coming from.
Fourth strategy in a python spirit. Sometimes this assault is subtle. That means that we initially often don't realize what's going on. Verse 18 said, "She did this for many days." This is the Apostle Paul, for crying out loud. And apparently he did not, the moment he saw her, he didn't say she's from hell. She spoke this for many days, and he didn't recognize what's going on. This is why the devil is subtle. He's crafty because he makes his assaults feel very personal. He is the one assaulting you, but he makes you feel bad for being assaulted. You are the one he's tormenting. Some of you gone from one sickness to another, and, and, and you are this, you're feeling the effect, but the result because it's from hell is, "I must be the worst Christian in the world. Who, I just, I cannot seem to get any better." The devil does it, then he makes you feel bad for what he created. "I guess I just don't have what it takes." This is common. People are under assault from a python spirit is, "I don't even know why I'm going on because clearly look at all those other smiling, happy people in church. Apparently they're stronger than I am. I can't go on. I can't do this." Listen to me. Despair, which means absence of hope, is always a sign that you're under assault. It is normal. If you have the flu, you don't feel good. Have some chicken soup. If, if you're a man, lay on the couch and moan, and you'll feel better for a while. Okay? It's therapeutic. You'll feel better in a day or two. Despair says there's no hope. There's no hope there. There's no point in going on. There's no point in going to church. There's no point in trying. Despair is always a sign that you are under assault.
Final thought here. This assault, the python spirit, is not connected to wrongdoing on your part. Now, I could have preached another sermon. I could have preached a sermon called "Feeding the Snake." That would be a completely different, uh, strategy. Some people are feeding the snake, and then they're upset that they're under assault from the snake. They say, "I'm, I'm tormented by fear." You're watching horror movies. You should be afraid. You're reading scary psycho books. Of course, you're under a, you're feeding the snake. I don't know. I'm just having mind battles. I'm battling lust. You're watching pornography. That's feeding the snake, right? So that is a totally different. I am talking in this, uh, scripture. The Bible says they were on their way to prayer. They're not doing something wrong out of the blue. They come under the influence of the python spirit.
Let's talk finally about dealing with snakes. If you want to get free from a python spirit, you have to understand the enemy's power is no match for God and is no match for God's children. Exodus 7:12, "But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods." Here, Moses probably was disorienting. God told him he had seen this. I mean, what a cool party trick. And what if they don't believe me? He says, "Throw your stick down." You, you got a, you got a dead branch. Watch this. You throw it down and it turns into a snake. Some of you didn't even like the photo up there. How would you like to be around this? This stick turns into a snake. I already don't think snakes are normal. They move and they don't got legs. But, but here, this, this snake, no problem. He thinks they're going to go, "Oh my gosh, go free." That's not what happens. All the magicians throw their snakes down or their sticks, and they become snakes. God doesn't go, "Oh my goodness, Moses." No, no problem. Moses' snake swallowed all theirs up. I don't know if I gave a little burp. Thank you. You know, I don't know. The enemy is no match for God. If you are a child of God, you have all of the power of God at your disposal. Luke 10:19, "Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Daniel Kenda does, uh, crusades in Africa. He tells of doing a crusade in, in, uh, African nation. He said a local witch doctor had stones in front of his house. When people would come to see him, he would have them stand on the stones, and while standing on the stones, they would hear the voices of their ancestors speaking to them. We know is actually demon spirits, familiar spirits. But he came to the crusade to Daniel Kinda and complained, saying, "Since you came here, the stones no longer speak." In other words, witchcraft is not working anymore. Why? Because greater is he that is in you than he that's in the world.
So in our text, if you want to get free, you have to recognize that you are under assault. The devil works in darkness. He tries to hide. That is what he does. That's why I have never received a call or a text from hell saying, "Listen, I'm coming to attack you tomorrow." Never. It is always hidden. That's what he wants to do. But the devil exposed is the devil defeated. Paul was followed by this girl. Verse 18, it says, "For many days, but finally he recognized it." Wait a minute. This is not me. This is from hell. And the moment he recognized it was from hell, he could deal with it. In your life, you have to recognize the signs when you're under assault: oppression, unnatural relational tension, vexation, lack of spiritual desire, loss of confidence, despair. You have to see that is from hell. And finally, you have to resist the enemy. I want to tell you, all the power of heaven goes to work when you decide to fight the enemy. James 4:7, "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." Verse 18, our verse, "But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, 'I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.' And he came out that very hour." That is what has to happen ultimately. You're a child of God. You don't have to live like this. And when Paul said, "I've had enough, and I command you to come out, you will leave." The devil has no choice, but he has to leave.
I close with a story. A man named Jensen Franklin. He's a pastor, uh, I think in Georgia somewhere. He tells of a man in his hometown named Joe Baker. Joe Baker said that they were raised very, very poor. They had one laying hen. They had three eggs. They were waiting for these eggs to hatch because they wanted more laying hens that could lay eggs. Two of them hatched. They're waiting for the third. He said, "One evening, Joe and his sister, they were children, they heard a huge commotion coming from the chicken coop." Running into the hen house, they discovered a huge black snake had found a way into the chicken coop, had scared off the hen, and swallowed the last egg whole. They said when they saw this snake, they could actually see the shape of the egg inside as it, uh, the snake as it slithered out of the coop. He said, "We chased it around the yard until it finally crawled in a hole and disappeared, but they were poor and they needed that egg." So he said, "My sister handed me a shovel. She grabbed a hoe, and we both started digging like crazy until we saw that snake. I pulled that egg stealer out of the hole, cut off its egg, and got our egg back. I wiped it off and carried it back to the nest." I told that mama hen, "Get up a minute." I put the egg back where it belonged and asked her, "Get back to business hatching that egg to lay, give us another laying hen." You know what Joe Baker did? He said, "I am not gonna let you rob me anymore." Right there. He's gonna preach in conference. He stands here with a shovel and a hoe. That is simply, that's all that happened with Paul is he said, "Enough. I am tired of being robbed. I'm tired of my peace being robbed. I'm tired of my health being robbed. I'm tired of being blocked from the spirit of God. I'm not going to let me, uh, let you rob me anymore." In the name of Jesus Christ, come out. And that spirit had to obey. That is what God is going to do for people tonight. There are people, you came, I felt very strongly. There are people, you are under assault. You're personalizing it. You don't, under despair is setting in. I am telling you, Jesus wants to set you free tonight. Can you believe that?
Let's give God praise right now. Let's thank God for his goodness. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Oh, thank God. I want you to bow your heads. Close your eyes all across this place. Thank God for every one of you that are here listening to the word of God. There are people here tonight. If you are not right with God, you really are under assault from the power of hell. John 10:10 that I quoted says, "The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy." That's exactly what the devil's strategy is. He wants to ruin anything good in your life. He wants to steal your soul. He wants to ruin your relationships, and he would love to destroy you eternally in hell in judgment by God. But listen, I am preaching Jesus Christ. Jesus died on the cross to pay with his blood so you can go free. You don't have. Paul said in the name of Jesus. Jesus did something when he died on the cross. He died in our place so we can go free. And there are people here tonight that you are not right with God. God wants to set you free from your sin. I'm going to pray for oppression. I'm going to pray for deliverance in, in a few minutes. But first, I want to give an opportunity for every person here. You are not right with God. If you want to pray and ask God to forgive you, you want to turn from your sin tonight. While our heads are bowed, this is private. I want you to do one thing. If you want to pray tonight, lift up your hand so I can see it. Pastor Greg, I want to pray. I need God to save me. Thank you, sir. God bless you. How many others? You need Jesus, lift up your hand. God's dealing with people. God bless this one. Already being honest. How many others want to join him? Lift up your hand. Some of you are backslidden. You were saved. Maybe this is what happened to you. Got under attack, and it messed with your head, and you turned back. You were confused about where it was coming from. Backslider. Come home. Let God save you tonight. God wants to help you. He can help you again. Others, you need Jesus. Unsaved or backslidden, lift up your hand. Anybody else? Quickly, we're going to pray for some people in a moment, but I want to give you an opportunity to get right with God. Thank God. My brother, you lifted your hand. Look up at me. Did you mean that? You meant that. Yes. You're sincere. Come here. I want to have someone pray with you. God bless you, man. I appreciate that. You being honest. God bless you, man. Thank you. I want you to kneel down right here. Matt's gonna pray for you. Yeah, you've been going through it. God's going to help you. Amen. Matt's going to help you to pray right now. Thank God.
I want the rest of you to stand up. First thing is, I want to open the altar. Some of you are wrecking. While the lights were going on, while I was preaching, first you come to the altar. You tell God, I'm going to believe you, and I am going to be free from this. And then we're going to pray for people. The altars are open. You come right now and ask God to help you. Thank God. They're going to sing while people are coming.
He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus is all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus is all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus is all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus. Jesus is all I need.
[Music] I worship. Oh God, you're going to deliver. I worship. God, you're going to set people free. Lord God, do a miracle in them. God, I'm asking for deliverance right now. [Music] God, set the captives free, Lord God. Set the captives free, Lord God. Sing it again. He's all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus. Jesus is all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. He's all I need. Jesus is all I need.
Now let's praise God for his goodness and deliverance. Lord God, thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Lord God, I thank you for the blood. Thank you for the power of the Holy Ghost. Lord God, oh thank you Jesus. Praise God. Amen. I want you all to stand up to your feet. I want all of the staff to come to the front. We're going to pray. I'm going to first of all lead you in a prayer, and then all of the staff, we are going to come. We're going to pray, lay hands on you. I'm going to agree. I really felt in my spirit, there are people, you're going through it. Something's going to change tonight. You're going to leave here different. Every snake needs to die. That's my opinion. So, we are going to take dominion. I want you to lift up your hands and I want you to say this out loud. We're going to agree first, and then we'll pray for you. I want you to say this out loud. Say, "Father God, Father God, I am your child. I am your child. You don't want me. You don't want me to be under assault. You want me to have victory. You don't want me. I recognize the strategy of hell. That spirit of python, that spirit of python that is attacking me. I reject it. I reject it. It is not my portion. Not my portion. I rebuke despair. Every lie from hell. I cast it out. I cast it out. I command oppression. I command oppression and vexation. Fear. Fear. Despair. Despair. Unbelief. I cast it out. I cast it out. You will leave me. You will leave. I will have freedom. I will. I will have connection to God. I will have the victory. And I claim it right now. In the name of Jesus. Amen."
Now, let's pray in the staff. We're going to come pray for you right now. I am sure. [Music] [Music] [Music] Shut up. [Music] [Music] Now let's worship God together. Let's thank God for freedom. Oh God, we thank you for the power of the Holy Ghost. Thank you for deliverance right now. Thank you for freedom. Thank you for healing right now. Oh God, thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. Oh God, right now, thank you Jesus for freedom. I want to pray specifically. One of the works of, of hell that he brings against us that brings this spirit is sickness. I'm not just talking about a temporary or, you know, you just happen to get the flu. There are some of you here, it is a repeated pattern. And it's like you can't.