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God Sends Revival
thought that the Lord gave me—Ephesians 5:20: "Giv ing thanks always for all things unto God," and a com panion statement in Hebrews 13:15: "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to Godcontinually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." The more I prayed, the more definitely the sermon came, with dozens of verses of Scripture flashing in my mind.
A young man came to get us, and on the way to church, I heard for the first time the story of the old Dutchman whom God used as a signpost to point toward the mighty outpouring of the Holy Ghost destined to come to Ethiopia.
"IamAyele,Marta'ssonandSalome'sgrandson," he explained, "and best of all, I am now a child of God! I received the Holy Ghost six weeks ago, and the old Dutchman's prophecy might come true after all."
People flowed over into three rooms of the house where the church met, and a sweet spirit of worship prevailed from the start. Suddenly, a young girl fell to the floor screaming and pulling her hair, being tormented by evil spirits. Deliverance came in minutes by the power
of the name of Jesus. The scene was repeated a few minutes later with an older woman. Then a man led his son forward. I noticed the son's darting eyes of insanity as the two of them stood before my husband and Tekle. After prayer Tekle told the father to loose him. I did not realize that his hands were tightly bound until he removed the gcibe, a gauzy white stole worn by both sexes against chilly, high-altitude mornings and evenings. The father slowly untied the ropes, explaining how violent the boy had been. Once free, the son merely rubbed his hands together to restore circulation and smiled shyly withnor-
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