I first wait for her answer, but assuming you ask me this she did not.
Yes I will pray this one again and see if I get a deeper revelation of this. If that doesn't work I'll command the pain to leave, in Jesus name (outstretched arm, spoken loudly)
Nikolaj Rising
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Right--she is unaware of having any enemies. They own a few orcs, of course, who work the farm, but those are only orcs.
You repeat the process, and this time you get a fuzzy image of what must be a female orc holding something like a wood and cord model of a person--really not more than sticks lashed together with something like a walnut at the top, but having the shape of a body. She is using another stick to rap on the crossbar that represents the shoulders of this model.
The vision is brief.
--M. J. Young
Tue Oct 26 2010 11:28 pm # -
Before the vision is over I take the 'fight' there. In the vision I 'speak' to the vision (visions can be weird like that, maybe it's better to say that I try to take control of the vision. I've done that before, 2 or 3 times) or rather to what it shows me. "I break this curse in Jesus' name! By His authority and might invested in me I break this curse." This has theological backing with verses about authority in Christ and invested authority Christ gave about power etc. In the vision I stretch out my arm.
So all that happens in the vision. There is no audible speaking going on for others to hear right now (unless, I guess, they are also in the vision).
Wed Oct 27 2010 7:00 am # -
Sorry--the answer was very clear, but the vision itself was weak and fleeting. It's gone before you can manipulate it. It is clear that there is an orc woman somewhere performing some sort of pain-inducing magic against your patient. You've been around orcs enough that you might recognize her (racial characteristic differences make such identifications more difficult, and most of your experience is with young males, with only some contact with older females).
So that doesn't happen in the vision.
(As a footnote, I have no trouble with the breaking of the curse by the words you used, and would grant you an example from scripture, but I would have trouble with the concept that you didn't actually speak the words aloud, and I wouldn't count actions performed by a non-physical body.)
--M. J. Young
Thu Oct 28 2010 4:25 am # -
You raise your arm pointing toward the woman, and speak your words forcefully. The power floods the room, and she swoons.
"What are you doing?" her husband exclaims, but she raises her hand to grab him.
"It's all right. The pain is gone. Sir, what power is this?"
--M. J. Young
Fri Oct 29 2010 5:27 am # -
"It is the power of the Spirit of God, of my God. He lives in me and can work through me. He can live in you too. But there are some requirements. Before I explain them, let's show the people what He did, and then I can explain it to you all."
I will lead her outside if there is still someone left. Otherwise I will head to the pub with her and show that she's healed.
Then I will explain the gospel using the wordless booklet. I will put slightly more emphasis on the healing, but not in a way that it changes the message.
Fri Oct 29 2010 9:45 pm # -
It's only been about fifteen minutes, and most of the crowd is still outside, although they're milling about at this point.
When you say that you intend to show the people what God did, are you going to stick to the simplicity of her having been suffering crippling pain and now released from it, or go into the matter of the spiritual attack against her?
--M. J. Young
Sat Oct 30 2010 7:47 am # -
Mostly the simple route of her having been healed. I might lightly touch the fact that it was a curse that has been broken by the Power of my God. Just to show that He is powerful. I am not publicly describing what I saw or accusing someone.
Do I recognize the orc woman in the crowd?
Sat Oct 30 2010 11:59 am # -
The crowd is all human from the tavern, most of them men; there were no orcs at the tavern at all, and only a few women.
They listen to your report. There are some questions, but Simon encourages them to come to a meeting tomorrow night at his leather shop to hear more.
As the crowd begins to disperse, Qormlach says, "I didn't know we were having a meeting tomorrow night."
"I didn't either," Simon says, "but I think we'd better at this point, don't you?"
--M. J. Young
Mon Nov 1 2010 1:32 am # -
"Good idea", I tell Simon. "Hey Qormlach, have you grown?", I ask him out of the blue with a smile, "I remember you being shorter."
I go to the woman that was healed and describe the orc woman I saw to her as best as I can. I tell her she put the curse on her. "Once she sees you, she will be getting pretty nervous I'd think. But you should forgive her. That is part of the power of God."
Mon Nov 1 2010 8:56 am # -
Qormlach says, "Didn't you know? We orcs age faster than you humans. But let me say, you don't seem to have aged at all."
The woman nods, but looks fearful. "Sir," she says, "what if she curses me again?"
--M. J. Young
Mon Nov 1 2010 7:43 pm # -
"Well, it's only been half a year or something since I saw you, right? Can't age much once you're an adult by that short time.", I tell him. (I don't remember what the architect told me and whether aging was included. I might look that up. I know that my character dismissed it all back then so there's probably not much about it he remembers.)
*
I look at the woman. "If Christ is in your hart, you should not be afraid of it. It's like a burglar wanting to come in to your house to steal something. In order to be successful, he needs to be able to bind the one living there. The same with our hart. When an evil spirit wants to cause havoc in there, he overpowers your inner man, or woman in your case. But if you have invited Christ to live in your hart, no evil spirit will be able to cause any havoc there, because He is simply too strong. No matter with how much they are."
If she wants that I will talk some more with her.
Mon Nov 1 2010 8:18 pm # -
"Well, it's only been half a year or something since I saw you, right? Can't age much once you're an adult by that short time."
"Right--I forget that humans age so much more slowly than orcs."
Nikolaj: "heart". A "hart" is something else entirely, despite the fact that they are pronounced the same in modern English.
But if you have invited Christ to live in your hart, no evil spirit will be able to cause any havoc there, because He is simply too strong. No matter with how much they are.
"Then I guess I'd better do that," she answers.
"I'll show you," Qormlach says.
As he takes the woman and her husband aside, Simon takes you aside. "That power over curses is something we may need again. There are many orc religions competing with Gaia, and some of them are very dangerous, and none of them are open to Christ. Qormlach finds that the young orcs are more open to the truth than the older ones. At first I thought it was because he was so young himself, but now I am wondering whether perhaps it is because the young are less entrenched in their old faiths."
--M. J. Young
Tue Nov 2 2010 11:35 pm # -
Right, well, hart is dutch for hearth :), I make that mistake quite often. Sorry.
I am positively surprised by Qormlach's initiative. Good to see.
"I will read you some scripture about spirits when we get back home.", I tell him.
I'll go through the gospels picking the stories where Christ confronts spirits and tell him that that Christ is now alive in Him through the Spirit.
I also tell him that the young are usually more open for the new. "Sometimes that's good, like now."
Wed Nov 3 2010 5:50 pm # -
"That's true," he says. "But it's also true that many of the older orcs were born in the jungles and taught their orcish beliefs, while those born as slaves were not so indoctrinated. At least, in the tribes the religions were very pervasive, while here they're only mentioned in secret, since none of the owners will allow orc religions."
After you read, he says, "We need this book."
--M. J. Young
Thu Nov 4 2010 3:18 am # -
"I am translating it for you guys an for us down at the ranch.", I tell Simon. "It's going to take some time. Next time I see you I will have a new book with me, God willing.", I tell him. "It might be wise to copy it yourself so you don't come without it if it gets lost.", I tell him.
Thu Nov 4 2010 2:39 pm # -
"Yes," he says, "I will do that with the part we have."
It's getting late, and the crowd is dispersing. Simon says he has to open his shop tomorrow, so he and Qormlach had better get some sleep particularly if there's going to be a meeting tomorrow night--and your people are probably wondering why you're not in camp.
--M. J. Young
Fri Nov 5 2010 2:23 am # -
Indeed it does, but the meeting is in the evening. Have you any plans for the earlier part of the day?
--M. J. Young
Thu Nov 11 2010 6:15 am #
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