Spiritual Warfare and Territorial Spirits (~5.5 MB) - Moriel Ministries

Moriel MissionsDear FriendsDavid RoyleMORIEL AFRICAGreetings in Jesus name.The Apostle Paul tells us that hislife and ministry were fraught withperils, in fact from 2Cor 11:21-29, itshow’s us the life he led was not a comfortableone with dangers from all angles,even from his own countryman.South Africa over the years has becomea place of danger. The statisticsare frightening and the truth is that mostof us here know someone who has eitherbeen hijacked, raped or murdered. SouthAfrican residents are leaving in theirdroves for more peaceful countries suchas Australia and New Zealand. But mostSouth Africans have to live here and ridethis wave of shocking violence that hasgripped this land. However in contrast wesee that not only are people leaving for abetter life, we also see people from these‘safer’ countries coming to South Africawith a burden to help the situation. Peoplesuch as Dianne from New Zealand, whohas swapped a comfortable life as a collegelecturer to help young pregnant mumsfrom our neighbors on Kwazinzele. Youngladies like Becca and Suzie who haveswapped the peaceful hills of Yorkshirefor a life helping HIV orphans. Take Erinas another example who could be leadinga comfortable life by the sea in Formbywho chooses to come to South Africa tohelp school our children. So why do theycome? It’s a simple answer; they like Paulhave become obedient to Gods call, andwhen God calls, He supplies the means tosurvive and like Paul, some of our peoplewill have to go through dangers too. Thiswas no more evident the other Friday eveningwhen seven of our people were havingan evening off and visited a local restaurant.While dropping off a member oftheir group, three armed men entered thefront yard and robbed them stealing thecar, cash, cards and cell-phones. Salvadorwho was trying to witness to them was hitover the eye with the butt of a gun; it wasa shocking experience for them all. Howeverwhat impressed me about our guyswas this. First of all they had a calmnessabout the whole thing which I attribute tothe shalom peace that only Jesus can give.Secondly when the press got hold of thenews and wanted to interview them; theyasked one of the ladies did they now wantto get on the next plane home? Her reply?God has called her and she will be staying.I would like to take my hat off to ourmissionaries. They have come to a placeMoriel South Africawere few want to go. They have comewhen others are leaving. They have comein the place of many who do not head thecall. I then realized “how then do we treatbrothers and sisters who go in our place?”Do we encourage them with a letter? Dolook after their physical needs? Makesyou think doesn’t it? Well I was telling theguys that this incident was a wake up callthat must shake us from our complacency.The reality is that this is a wake up call foreveryone of us in the Church and particularlyin Moriel who love the idea that weare now missioning on several continents.It’s a wake up call to the fact that missionariesneed love. It’s a wake up call to thefact that missionaries need support. It’s awake up call to the fact that God may wantyou to go in their place after they have leftfor home. It is a wake up call to the cost ofmission in terms of our priorities. As formy wake up call? Well I am glad it went asit did, God has been compassionate withus. These young people could have beenkilled. Our Son could have been killed. Ihave become awake to the fact that Goduses the foolish things of this world toconfound the wise and the fact is, He haschosen to use even young girls fresh outof school to go in the place of men andwomen who are better equip. Let me ask,what will it take to awake you today.In JesusDave RoyleMISSION NEWSBuilding work continues thanks totwo nice donations from the UK andUSA. We have just seen completed 274meters of concrete walling and 54 metersof steel palisade fencing. This means thatEbyown is completely sealed off from theoutside and security has been upgraded.We now need about $1000 to secure razorwire and the job will be complete. Theanimals can now be kept outside the habitatcompound securely and we hope thatin the near future we will be able to purchasesome sheep and a few more cows.The children are all doing fairly well.A few problems with chest infectionsdue to the onset of winter and the woodfires from Kwazinzele across the road.We have a new social worker thatdropped in unexpectantly. We have not hada visit from any government official for 7months or so, which is both a blessing and acurse. Anyway it looks as though this ladywill be easier to work with than the last.Apart from the obvious glitch, ouroverseas visitors have really settled into their roles. Dianne has been busy puttingtogether the Bethesda project. ThisJune 2007 • Moriel Quarterly 31