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Changed Lives

Within a short time, we prayed and I led Ah John to invite
Jesus into his life.
There was one Buddhist prisoner whose name I cannot
recall. For one whole year, I had been sharing with him the
gospel. Two weeks before he was released, he told me he
wanted to receive Christ as his personal Saviour. After I was
released I met him again and he thanked me for bringing him
to Christ. There are many other stories similar to this.
The prison is also a haunt for evil spirits and I personally
experienced God’s supernatural power over demonic forces.
One time when I was asleep in my cell, there was the sound of
heavy breathing. This went on for a few nights. Whenever I
turned to the left, I could feel the breathing on my right; when
I turned to the right, the breathing was on my left.
Realising that it was a demonic spirit after the third night,
I remembered that I should command the spirit to leave
the prison cell in Jesus’ name. I did that and the sound of
heavy breathing gradually retreated, ‘leaving’ the prison cell
through the small window.
There is another testimony I wish to share. Because
the window of my prison cell was very close to a bell that
would be rung every 45 minutes, I was unable to sleep
uninterrupted at night. I spoke to the prison wardens,
requesting for the bell to be moved elsewhere, but they said it
was not possible. I decided to commit the problem to Jesus in
prayer and from then on, even though the bell continued to be
rung, I slept soundly at night and never woke up in the middle
of the night again.
In one of the cells, some prisoners would go into a trance
and invite spirits into the body. Usually this was done secretly,
and the prisoners would ask the spirits for four-digit numbers
or other favours. One prison warden even won a cash prize of
a few thousand Ringgit when he bought the four-digit number
given by a possessed prisoner.
Others would ask for advice, such as if they should hire a
lawyer, and if they did, whether the lawyer would be able to
win the case. One time I tried to join them in their cell, but
was stopped by some of the prisoners.

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