Demonic possession in Rustenburg

A bit of background

We watched furious love and finger of God (two amazing documentaries – GO watch it!) and really got challenged on how real we are experiencing God working in and through us in miraculous ways.

The story

We received an email from a concerned work colleague about a family member acting strange. We read through the emails and quickly concluded that there was definite demonic influence. So after taking a lot of faith we decided to fast a day then drive to Rustenburg, where she was staying, to go and visit her. The drive was just over an hour, we prayed the whole way! We all could feel the battle taking place in the spiritual, we felt that if God does not come through for us here we would be like those children of the priest in acts, whom got beaten up to the point of running away naked.

Acts 19:13-16

Amplified Bible (AMP)

13Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches!

14Seven sons of a certain Jewish chief priest named Sceva were doing this.
15But [one] evil spirit retorted, Jesus I know, and Paul I know [a]about, but who are you?
16Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering [b]two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house [in fear], stripped naked and wounded.

When we arrived at her house the air was electric, we were praying like crazy! After speaking to her we realized she had a very open, spiritual, mystic upbringing, being introduced to things like tarot cards from a young age. Even signing a covenant document she could not read, because the symbols are in a strange symbolic language, with her own blood. We knew it was going down, so one of us started reading a bible verse that was laid on his hart. At this point the demon starting getting very aggravated. We called her back and asked if she wanted to be free and accept Jesus Christ into her life. She struggled to get that yes out… so after a rather lengthy struggle and two broken beds she was free. We prayed with her to accept Jesus and we baptised her in her bathtub. We kept contact with her, she is still going strong and reading bible to her daughters every night. God set her free that night and called her into His kingdom!

God is good! Oh yes GOD is GOOD! He loves us so much that He won't leave us where we are!