It began with a song.
It echoed off the walls of the old buildings as we walked, giddy with joy, down the hill toward the wharf. A couple walked in front of us and stared, the man's eyes lighting up with recognition of true joy, though he didn't know where it came from.
A sign and a wonder, said the Spirit. A sign that makes you wonder.
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come quickly, your will be done the same, on earth as it is in Heaven, let Heaven come to Earth.
Telicia was pacing by, a piece of bread in her hand and a mocking grin on her face. She did not come too near to us, but my eyes met hers and she smiled, as if to say, "What are you doing in my city?"
I stepped closer. So did Sara. A glimmer of fear flashed before my eyes and then vanished, total freedom. There was nothing going on behind us; the world was reduced to us and her. The people passing by we're just figments of time and light.
She said, "Do you have a dollar?"
Sara put her hand on her shoulder and said, "What if I told you that I could look into your eyes and change your life forever?"
"I'd like that."
She said she wanted to kill the devil. Sara told her that she knew how, for the Devil was already under her feet. Sara said to look into my eyes. She did and told me that if she died, the city would die too, and I knew it was the demon speaking out of her.
I was not afraid.
See, the Devil has already been defeated. We have the power to release the love of God to the darkness that puts chains on people and constricts cities with addiction and a perverted version of identity. We have to tell them there is One that loves them. We have to show them that there is life abundant in Jesus.
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