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“Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were ill and those tormented by impure spirits and all of them were healed.” (Acts 5:16)

Halloween has exploded in popularity over the last decade. Statistics also show there is a growing fascination and involvement with the occult in our country.

Humanity has always yearned for and sought a supernatural power beyond themselves. God has designed us to find that in Him alone and scripture is clear about the dangers of the supernatural outside of Him. The occult offers the lure of power and control when life is hard and unpredictable but risks destruction and darkness.

Acts 5:12-25 is full of the Gospel shared through word and authenticated with signs, wonders and miracles. Jesus himself promised in John 14:10-12 “very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things then these”.

Would people turn to the occult if they saw the grace and love of the gospel authenticated and demonstrated through signs and wonders? Or saw and heard many testimonies of transformed lives through the power and compassion of Jesus? Is the church showing the full, unadulterated gospel to give people every opportunity to know Jesus and be turned from darkness to light?

Let’s pray that God’s power be fully turned on in the church and people would be amazed and captivated by testimonies of lives transformed by Jesus.