{"id":243,"date":"2019-08-12T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scribewalker.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2019-08-12T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:30:48","slug":"recognising-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/12\/recognising-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognising the Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When Dorelle, my wife, went to town early on a freezing\nmorning, her heart was touched by homeless people sleeping on the porch of an\nunused shop. We both sensed we should provide a little comfort for them, so we\nbought some jerseys and sealable containers in preparation for giving them a\nlittle warmth and some nourishing soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we went next door to ask the shopkeeper if she knew how\nmany slept there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her eyes widened and she exclaimed, “Don’t have\nanything to do with them, especially at night. They’ll attack you and rob\nyou.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were in a quandary and thought perhaps we should forget\nabout the soup and give the jerseys to a charity to be distributed. Then we\nrealised what was happening. The enemy was using his usual tactic of instilling\nfear to prevent us from doing what God was prompting. That evening we took the\njerseys and soup there. We were greeted enthusiastically and gratefully by six\nof the poorest of the poor. When I said, “We’d like to say a prayer with\nyou,” they all knelt before us with heads bowed. It was a holy moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is often an element of fear when the Lord prompts us\nto do something. We need to remember where this comes from. The Lord does not\ngive us a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I prayed with my patients, as I describe in my books, God\ninthe ICU and Prayer, Medicine and Miracles, it wasn’t always easy. I remember\na pre-op visit to a macho man who had Men’s Health and Car magazines beside his\nbed. How was he going to take my suggestion that I pray with him before his\noperation? I steeled myself and offered to pray. He answered in grunts and\nmonosyllables and I left wondering what he thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day after his operation I visited him and what a change\nthere was. He was effusive in his thanks. “Dr. Walker, you’ve no idea what\nthat prayer did for me. I was terrified when you came to examine me, but a deep\npeace settled on me as you prayed and I went into theatre completely\ncalm.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God might warn us of a dangerous situation and of course, we\nmust be careful and wise, but understand, when the main factor stopping what\nyou sense God is prompting you to do is fear, that is Satan applying his\nfavourite tactic. When you recognise where it is coming from, then you can call\non God for His strength and protection and overcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Dorelle, my wife, went to town early on a freezing morning, her heart was touched by homeless people sleeping on the porch of an unused shop. We both sensed we should provide a little comfort for them, so we bought some jerseys and sealable containers in preparation for giving them a little warmth and … <\/p>\n

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