House Church Talk - bringing down strongholds (from Cliff)

[forwarded]

(From: cliffsilliman at juno.com sent to homechurch.org instead of 
housechurch.org)

Hi Bruce,

I appreciated your personal testimony of bringing down the stronghold of 
pornography.

I would like to add a testimony of what happened in one hc when we 
through the leadership of a brother named David attacked the stronghold 
of pornography. Our hc was right off the main drag of our community which 
traveled from San Francisco to San Jose a distance of 45 miles. In our 
area there were two adult bookstores, one of which was extremely large 
and an adult theather. In praying that this stronghold would be broken 
David was led to go and pray outside the theather every weekend night. 
(David was led to Christ with a friend who had been in x-rated movies) He 
was also led to write down the license plates of the people who came to 
the theather so that he could pray for them during the week using their 
license plate number as a reference point. After doing this faithfully 
for six months the theater closed. He then applied the same thing with 
the smaller bookstore. Bathing it in prayer, praying that God would 
redeem the people who went in, that the destruction to lives of the 
people who participated in making the materials would stop, that the 
building would be a place of the glory of God. It closed down. End to the 
story the large bookstore not only closed down after a year but a church 
then bought the property and moved in. This was in 1978 to 1980 in the hc 
where I met my bride.

The stronghold of pornography attackes more than just individuals but 
attacks communities lowering the moral standards of God and dishonors Him 
who has rightful ownership over all the earth.

Cliff Silliman <cliffsilliman at juno.com>
1 Corinthians 14:15