Reflect
Paul told the Galatians, “I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus” (6:17). He experienced many joys but also a great deal of resistance as he told people about Jesus, prayed for the sick, cast out demons, and served the poor. What struggles have you faces as you have done these same things?
A: It is hard for me to not feel like I’m not doing any good. Often I think that I’m ill equipped to do some of these things. I know that it is never me that is doing anything, except serving the poor, and it is in fact God doing things through me. I have prayed against demons, with little to mild success. Once I was praying for someone and my arm felt like it was simultaneously burnt, froze and electrocuted, and I saw something in my mind like a dark figure. After some discussion it was decided that it was in fact a daemon and I didn’t really have any success praying against that to leave, but I was pretty freaked out by then, and my arm still hurt. So that makes it tough sometimes because when I pray for people with demonic problems it is hard not to remember that pain in my arm. I’ve never prayed for someone for healing and seen it happen, so sometimes that makes it tough not to question myself when praying for healing. So anyway, that about sums it up. Next we are moving into Ephesians, a great book.