Mardi Gras 2009 Testimony

MARDI GRAS 2009

We were on assignment in Jackson square in New Orleans when an old friend, Wayne walked up to me. We embraced and he asked me "where are you staying," we miss you at Veau Carre, no one will get up with me to go prayer walking in the early morning. I told my friend Wayne that he would be welcome to join our small group from Gentilly Church for prayer walk in the morning. Wayne said that he would love to and we coordinated with our small group leader, Steve, to meet the following morning, which we did.

The following morning, Sunday, our group met with the group of three men from Veau Carre Church. We met at Café Dumonde and then prayer walked Jackson Square and then up to Royal and Bourbon streets and then on to canal street. Later in the morning our prayer group from Gentilly was given the assignment of witnessing and passing tracts at a parade downtown. When we got to the parade route our group leader drew a blank as to what area along the parade route we were to work. Another member of our small group spoke up and told us that he had stayed at "The Way" facility last year and maybe that was what we were today. Confusion set in and also Spirit of Offence came into our midst and said something to the effect of "how many leaders do we have and who is actually in charge now", as our group leader could still not remember our assignment and area of operation. We prayed and bound the spirit of confusion and offense but our group leader started calling out "chaos, chaos, chaos, everything is chaos. I then took him aside personally and prayed for him and told him that we had prayed over and bound the spirit of confusion and offence and to be at peace and forget about it and quit saying chaos, which he did. That was my mistake for telling the group leader to forget it as the event should have been discussed at the next group leaders meeting. We wound up working way out of the territory assigned to us. Our group leader later admitted that when we would get out on assignment he would draw a blank as to what our assignment actually was at the time. Later that afternoon our small group to the man asked if we could bow out of the evenings march downtown in order to get some rest for the final push on Monday and Tuesday. We were given permission and stayed in our facility for the evening and prayed for the men out in the field and had a very long small group meeting.

The next morning, Monday, we met with a group of four men from Veau Carre for a total of nine prayer walkers in 2009, I just love it when the Lord does something like that. We met at Canal street and then headed down Bourbon and Royal streets to St Ann street. We reassembled at the corner of Royal and St. Ann street where we prayed and then our brother Fred read some declarations and decrees

I am somewhat slower than the rest of the group of men and as they moved off towards Jackson Square I was still standing at the corner. All of a sudden an awesome outpouring of God fell on me, it kept coming and coming just like that energizer bunny only this outpouring was refreshing and exhilarating all at the same time. This was not one of those short blasts of heat energy that the Lord sometimes does, this was cool and refreshing and rejuvinating and I believe the Spirit of the Lord said, "tell the men, thank you for being faithfull men of God." We then gathered at Jackson Square where I told the men what happened and what I believe the Holy Spirit told me to tell them. I later asked dear Holy Spirit why this had taken place for it seemed like there was just more meaning regarding this event. Then Holy Spirit brought to my rememberance, That morning around 5:00A.M. I was in the common area with my bible and flashlight opening to Proverbs but my bible opened to Psalm 133 which I had already highlighted sometime in the past. It was still dark in the common area and Ps 133 almost seemed to glow in the dark. "How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity. It is like the precious oil poured on the head running down on the beard, running down on Aarons beard, down upon the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mt. Zion For there the Lord bestows His blessing, even life forevermore." {NIV}. I had been asked why I had come to Mardi Gras and had answered all I know is that Father {Heavenly Father} just calls me down there and I always am so blessed, and I like the T Shirts. However the outpouring on the corner of St. Ann and Royal was this. To bestow His blessing upon us. How awesome is our God.

That afternoon however confusion arose on the streets regarding our praise and worship group and the time and place they were to perform. They actually took up time from a group which made their living performing at the same spot. Spirit of offense manifested. Later that evening this was discussed at length at our Gentilly large group meeting. I was very disturbed as the knowledge was being manifested to me, I believe by Holy Spirit, and that knowledge was that He had warned our prayer team the day before that these spirits, "confusion and offence", were assigned against us by the enemy. I prayed to the Lord "what am I to do, I am just a member of our small group, would I be out of order if I got up in front of our large group , many of these men are highly esteemed pastors whom I greatly respect. I know authority and chain of command having been a squad leader in the Army in Vietnam but the fact remained that dear Holy Spirit had warned us the day before and I had told our small group leader to "drop it, to forget it," I was the one responsible, I had been out of line the day before. Holy Spirit is too precious to me, if you have read my book you would know why.

I decided I would walk toward the front of our large group trusting precious Holy Spirit to either stop me or to make the way and help me to speak not what I thought needed to be spoken but what He wanted spoken and probably just as important how to speak it. As I walked towards the front of our large group I slowed as I started to pass our small group leader and quietly the gift of my prayer language came forth from me and as I reached out to touch his shoulder the power of God flowed thru me thru my left arm and out to him. He looked up to me and kind of smiled and slumped down somewhat as if peace had just engulfed him. I then walked on and approached the front of our large group still not knowing what to say or how to say it.

I looked to Steve McKewon and motioned that I needed to speak. He assented and then I knew to speak "in defense of Holy Spirit, He had made it clear to us the day before, that the enemy was coming against us with the spirits of confusion and offense and that I was the one who was out of line when I told our small group leader to drop it that we had dealt with those spirits. I should have encouraged our small group leader to bring this up with those in authority over him." Whew, the shaking I had been experiencing was finally over. We then went out for the evenings ministry. Our assistant small group leader, Marvin Stanke, by mutual agreement, took authority in our small group. Everything went well that evening and the next day. We got our assignments done with no problems, everyone in our small group was at peace and in total agreement with our new small group leader. Marvin had remarked in our first small group meeting that he didn't know why he was with us at Mardi Gras this year. I felt impressed of Holy Spirit at our last small group meeting to confide to Marvin that his taking over the leadership of our small group was why the Lord called him to Mardi Gras 2009. I asked the Lord "doesn't it get easier, all these awesome Holy Spirit filled men with all of these years of experience." I believe He said,"No, it gets harder, we are to near the end and the enemy is thrashing around like a roaring Lion, he knows his time is short. Thank you Lord for the interssors at Community of Faith and Adat Ariel, Church on the Way, Southern Illinois Interssors, and Prepare the Way Ministries International. Thank you Lord for all the other intercessors represented by all the other men who showed up "in the season when Kings go to war."

Love in Christ, Myron