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Meet Léonard


We talked for a while this afternoon. He told me he sees the Holy Spirit inside of me and angels all around me. He said God told him that I'm going to be blessed with wealth. He said he knows I'm a real Christian because I don't wear necklaces. Okay, so he's got some really really different beliefs. He used to be a voodoo priest. His past is full of darkness and evil. He showed me some signs voodoo priests use to communicate with spirits. He said they don't work until the priest says the password that Satan has given them. If they share this password, Satan will kill them. He told me about the terrible things he has done to women because they were justified in his religion. The priests can get away with anything.
Today, I learned one of the reasons behind the practice of voodoo in the Christian church. Léonard said if you renounce voodoo, the priests will come after you and kill you. This is why so many pastors are still under voodoo while they are in the church. Satan has such powers over the people of this country. Their minds have been twisted to believe these spirits are in control. The life has been drained out of Léonard. You can see it in his eyes. Voodoo had such power over him for so long and it killed the life in him. Jesus is in the midst of restoring him. He has already healed his body from blindness and He wants to heal his spirit from legalism. When Léonard became a Christian, he completely turned from voodoo, which is a miracle in itself. But now he believes all these rules about clothing and jewelry. He says we shouldn't be anything like the world and shouldn't even be friends with non-Christians. There is so much darkness left over in his heart. The life needs to come back to him. His heart is in need of so much transformation and I believe it is coming for him. He needs your prayers.


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  1. Anna on July 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM

    mmm wow. What a heart-breaking story.

     


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