“The Ghost Of Alabama”
You know there have been many stories of ghost sightings. Everyone seems to know one. When we boys were teenagers, there was a place in north Mobile County known as Kalioka. That was one of the places people went to park and smooch. Some would see a light coming down through the woods towards them, excuse me, but it would scare the hell out of them. They would tear down trees and bushes, excuse me, getting the hell out of there. Some of us decided that we would go up there in the dark woods and see what was going on. Darn near wet my pants when I saw that light coming, a tree fell across the road, we tore down more bushes and trees leaving. We decided to go back up there in the day time and so to say, shed some light on the situation. We got there and started looking around, cautiously, if you know what I mean. You might know, we found a white sheet, cables, pulleys and spent camera flash bulbs. Yep, it was a hoax, meant to keep people off private property.
It seems like every old house has its’ Ghost story. It’s like we all want to believe in ghosts and see one. We want to see them do something, something to believe they are real. I guess the ghost hunters will keep on looking and making money on TV. shows that leave you hanging on until the next episode. The movie “Ghost-busters” is what some believe they are like. Really? Then there are the good ghosts. That is the counterfeit. The devil always wants us to believe that something is different than what it really is.
There are made up ghosts and there are the real ones. The real one’s are called demon spirits. They act completely different than “Ghost-busters”. It seems that when man makes up something in his own mind, that he thinks is, is usually not. It doesn’t look or act the way he thinks it should. That is a perfect example of the devil’s deception. Hide the real, so he won’t be recognized when he comes. I call this, distorting the image, or repainting the picture.
The earth is full of demon spirits that manipulate the mind of man. It won’t hurt you, if you do this. It’s not bad if you do that. It’s ok to hate this and love that. It’s OK, it’s OK. What we think in our minds can turn out to be our worst enemy. It can leave us sick, afflicted and crippled.
When I returned to Alabama a few years after being born again in east Virginia, I met some folks, some were sick and some had family members that were also. Some practiced witchcraft out of ignorance, just not knowing, but still, listening to those instructions we just talked about above. Take a lock of hair and nail it to a tree to heal a cut. Take a sick child to a woman known to heal by blowing into the child’s mouth. There were many more such things. I was told that if it worked, it had to be from God. When I saw these practices and the results of them, I knew that I had to deal with them. I was told by a woman that her baby was sick, and was getting worse and would I pray for it. When I saw the child it was screaming. I asked what had she done to help. I will tell this story in a allegory, but the facts are true .
The child was taken to a woman, we’ll call her name “witch”, by a woman named “ignorant” The child was getting weaker and close to death. My pastor and I laid our hands on the child we will call “Fortunate To Have Us”, and by the authority of the one we will call “The Ghost Of Alabama”, better known as “The Holy Ghost Of God”, we commanded the demon to come out of “Fortunate To Have Us, and she lived. Jesus came to undo the damage the devil has done to His people.
The Holy Ghost and I together, came to Alabama to undo the damage the dark lying spirits had done to His people. I heard a statement made by a minister many years ago. He used this term to the devil, “Step Aside”.
I went to visit a man in Bon Secour, Alabama once. He seemed to say all the right religious words, but was shallow in his way. While sitting at his picnic table in his front yard, I noticed his dog laying in the grass. He was not moving. I asked about the dog and he said he’s been laying there for three days. I asked him if he had prayed for him. He looked at me kind of funny and said no. Well, I said , do you mind if I do. He said he didn’t. I laid my hands on him and commanded the sickness to leave. To the owner’s surprise the dog jumped up and started running around the yard. The “Ghost of Alabama” was not surprised at all. I looked down at the grass where the dog had been lying and there was the perfect outline of the dog. All the grass was dead. The dog lived, the man was surprised, the Holy Ghost of Alabama was not.
We went a lot of places in Alabama, the Holy Ghost and me. There are many examples like these. A church body was built, the people got well, I was surprised, The “Holy Ghost of Alabama” was not.
PS: The Ghost of Alabama is the same, in Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and in every State in America and the world. He is The “Great Holy Ghost Of God”.
Amp: 1 John 3:8 says. “The reason the Son of Man was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil has done”.
