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Friday, April 1, 2005
A Glorious Overcoming of Suicide
Dear Beloved Brethren,
I am sending this newsletter to you with a very peculiar
burden. I have an overwhelming burden that someone with a
deep need is to read A Glorious Overcoming of Suicide.Please pray about reading this newsletter very carefully.
Perhaps you are to share this with someone. I have no
explanation as to why this is to be sent, I am only being
obedient.
A Glorious Overcoming of Suicide is a chapter from the
book, Chosen to Honor Thee, a Book of Life. I have just
finished writing this book and just delivered it into theprinters hand. There is a very great likelihood that the book
will be printed and available by the time you receive this
newsletter. It is my sincere prayer that this newsletter willfind its way into the hands of those who are to read it with
the specific purpose that God has burdened me about.Incidentally, we now have a website which we invite you to
visit. Our site can be found at www.treeoflifefellowship.net.There is also information in the website on how you might
personally correspond by e-mail should the Lord lead. My
prayer is the website will be a strength and encouragement
to you.In His Great Love,Pastor John Murray
A Glorious Overcoming of Suicide
NEWARK, NEW JERSEYIn the summer of 1978, by the direction of the Lord, I cameto live in Newark, New Jersey. At that time Newark was
without a doubt one of the most difficult cities in the United
States. During the 1960s when racial riots took place incities across the United States, the two cities that were the
most violent and dangerous were Detroit and Newark.
Newark was a city that was in great decay.Newark had once been the crown jewel of the insurance
industry. At one time Newark was a very desirable place to
live. It was founded by a missionary Robert Treat as a place
of the new ark and it was necessary to be a Christian to live
in the city of Newark in pre-colonial days. Newark is one of
the oldest cities in America.
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The Newark that I moved to was a very dangerous place. In
the north ward there existed a private police force under thedirection of a man named Anthony Imperialle. Anthony
Imperialle was a very serious man. During the riots Anthony
Imperialle had his own tank that he used for law and order. Iwas amazed when I first came across members of his private
police force.
Newark would bring amazing experiences to my life. Duringthe time when I lived in Newark I saw a woman being raped
on the street whom the Living Sacrifice Band would rescue
off the street completely drunken and naked. I encountered
people possessed with devils, saw body parts on the street,and encountered a spirit of lawlessness that was hard to
comprehend. Newark was filled with venereal diseases,
prostitution, drug addicts, robbery, and murder. The first
night I moved into Newark a young man was executed by an
opposing gang and nearly decapitated. That happened two
blocks from where I lived. It seemed that every day there
would be a house that would burn to the ground with fireengines and sirens being a part of every day life. At this time
and for obvious reasons the Lord led a group of us into a
time of fasting and praying. If I have mentioned fasting andpraying often in this book, it is not that I desire to be
unbiblical and sound a trumpet concerning my being
involved in fasting and praying. The truth being told, the
motive is quite the opposite. The reason I share about fastingand praying is that it is linked to events of spiritual power.
We learn that fasting when mixed with prayer and faith
becomes a cure for unbelief that often comes to abide in aChristians heart. It is my hope in reading this book that you
will be drawn into fasting and prayer at a time of such
darkness in the world.
While in this fasting and prayer time while driving home
from a prayer service I saw something that amazed me. As I
was driving up Mt. Prospect Avenue in Newark with a
group of prayer warriors, a young lady ran across the streetand put her thumb up in the air trying to hitch a ride. To my
complete amazement and against all common sense I pulled
over and picked up this hitch hiker. No one in their right
mind picks up hitch hikers in Newark New Jersey at nightwith one exception, the Mighty Holy Spirit.
SATAN INDUCED SUICIDEAs the side of the van door was opened, a very distressedyoung lady came through the door and instantly proclaimed
that satan was directing her to kill herself. She proclaimed
that he was claiming her soul and that she had called out toGod and God was not answering her prayer. In an instant the
company of Christians who were fasting and praying laid
hands on her and proclaimed in prayer the delivering power
of Jesus Christ.
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That evening I would share the Gospel with her for about
two hours. I discovered that her name was Donna and I gaveher a Bible that had the church address where I was planting
a church as a pastor. After sharing as much as I could about
the Lord I drove her to her house in Belleville New Jersey, atown that adjoins Newark.
The next morning I received a phone call from her father
who was very upset and was reaching out to me indesperation. His daughter Donna had taken a razor and slit
both of her wrists very deeply, and he found her in the
morning unconscious clutching the Bible I had given her.
From the Bible I had given her, he took the number we hadprinted on the inside and called me. At his request I went to
Clara Maas Hospital to the psychiatric ward where Donna
had been committed.
Out of those visits the Lord began to visit Donna and I
began to discover the background of her problems. Donna
had been involved in lesbianism as well as satanism. She
would attend satanic masses and possessed Anton Levaysunholy bible. When Donna decided to try and make a break
from her involvement with satanism, she had become
flooded with thoughts of suicide. Also at this time demonshad attempted to possess her. In her desperation, she cried
out to God and there on Mt. Prospect Avenue put out her
thumb to hitch hike a ride home looking for safety. Beloved,
we wrestle against a very clever devil. One who has invadedBibles, churches, governments, and every facet of society.
His desire is to be worshipped, and according to the
Scriptures, the whole world will go after him in the lastdays. We must never forget that he is a murderer and a liar
from the beginning.
I continued the hospital visits and eventually Donna would
be released from the hospital. Likewise she began to attend
church where one night she came forward and gave her life
to Jesus. This would be a beginning point of the workings of
the great deliverance of God. As I began to meet her familyI discovered that they were afraid to go into their basement
because something lived down there and would even throw
things around. With the familys permission I went down the
basement and discovered all kinds of books that involvedpeople in occultism, witchcraft, and satan worship including
a satanic bible.
Again with the familys permission I began to remove all ofsatans literature. As I did this the demons began to attack
Donna to the place where she nearly fainted and seemed as
if she was in a semi-conscious state. I could feel the anger ofhell as I took all of this material out of the house and
brought it to my house to burn page by page. For the next
two nights I would experience satanic attack in my dreams,
but the Lord would manifest deliverance. I returned to
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Donnas house, prayed a blessing over it, and the demon
powers left that house.
HEALEDAt around this same time I discovered that Donnas father
had a large tumor on his kidney. In the providence and graceof Gods timing, we were having a guest speaker at the
church that would pray for the sick. As I invited Donnas
father to come to the service he graciously accepted myinvitation. That night he would be prayed for and he and his
wife would accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Also in
the grace of the Lord, Jesus gave a healing touch to his
physical body. X-rays would later show that the tumor wascompletely gone.
Whenever the Lords saving and healing power comes the
enemy will always try to come and take back what the Lord
has done. Within a few months time Donna would be
influenced by her former acquaintances from her satanic
activities. Her father called and asked for prayer because
Donna had not been home in a few days.
GODS PURPOSES IN CAR ACCIDENTSOn the Friday night after we had received the call for prayer
on Donnas behalf, the Living Sacrifice Band had played aconcert in the borough of Brooklyn. The ride back was
interrupted when a teenager in a stolen Lincoln Continental
smashed into the back of our van which was stopped at a
street light on Broad Street in Newark. As the driver put theLincoln Continental into reverse, he crossed to the other side
of Broad Street and sped away from the accident. Prudence
dictated that it was necessary to drive the van out of thedark, dangerous streets of Newark to a homeward direction.
When I returned home my neck and back began to ache. I
decided to go to the emergency room where I was given a
brace to wear until I could see a doctor on Monday. As I left
the hospital and drove through the streets of Newark at 3:00
a.m., I came across Donna being pushed into the streets to
prostitute by a man and a woman. As I pulled my car over Icried out, In the Name of Jesus let her go! She now belongs
to God. I then commanded Donna to get in the car. As
Donna got into the car she was nearly hysterical. The man
who was pushing her in the streets came up to my carwindow and pointed a pistol at my head. I had been in this
situation on another occasion with Timberwolf the Indian,
so I rolled down my window and called upon him to repentof his wickedness and to ask Jesus to change his life. As I
shared the Gospel he brought the gun down to his side and I
was able to spend about twenty minutes talking with himabout the destiny of his soul. That night I returned Donna to
her family. Truly Jesus hears prayer and guides with His
protection when His sheep are lost.
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Shortly after this incident, I was preaching a Sunday night
service and Donnas family was present. As I began mymessage, the woman who I saw in the streets of Newark at
3:00 a.m., came through the doors of the church. From the
back of the church she lifted both hands at me in a gesture ofevil power and released something of a soulical,
demonic nature. I found my mind would go completely
blank and I was unable to speak. I would later find out fromDonna that she was one of the leaders of the satanic masses.
By the grace of God and through the Blood of Jesus, I
regained my senses and went on to finish the message.
Jesus Spirit is an overcoming Spirit. Also by the grace ofGod, Donna did not return to the church of satan.
It is important to understand that we wrestle not against
flesh and blood but against principalities and powers that are
under the directions of satans throne. They come to steal,
kill and destroy. One of their weapons is suicide. They
especially want to lead young people into suicide. Through
Jesus Christ there is great power to overcome satans call todeath. Never forget that Jesus overcoming Spirit is greater
than satans murderous attempts to destroy life by suicide.
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