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If you had told me six months ago that I would be screaming and shouting to Jesus… on a chair… in an abandoned bar… I would have kindly said "nope."

I actually probably would have chuckled as I said it too.

But then I was called to the World Race. Then I was put on team Cherished Flame. Then I was sent to Albania.

Then Satan attacked.

"Seeing demons in the courtyard,

 figures hovering over your bed, 

having night terrors, 

RE-experiencing past struggles over and over again, 

and feeling oppressed." – Olivia Gill
 

 
Then I continued to feel this oppression. I felt defeated… tired of fighting. At training camp, Jonathan David Helser spoke this truth:

"Worship changes things. It changes the atmosphere of a place."

So we went to worship. 

We went to our meeting place – an abandoned corner bar on top of the local internet cafe that Campus Crusades rents out. We plugged in the trusty iPod. We took our shoes off. We welcomed the Spirit of the LIVING GOD into that place (for where He is – darkness flees!).


Before I knew it, arms were in the air, knees were on the ground, smiles were from ear to ear, the voices louder, the speakers turned up, and worship came into its fullness.

I found myself smiling so big that I was LAUGHING. 

 
Nine girls. In an abandoned bar in Albania. Dancing, singing at the top of our lungs, proclaiming our freedom in Christ alone. About halfway through a song called "The Anthem," which declares much of our identity in Christ, we realized we had all taken off our jackets because we were so hot, and were all on chairs, hair flying, singing our identity at the top of our lungs to each other.

At one point I had trouble praising like this. At training camp, I thought people were nuts. But now-a-days I find myself not being able to stay still. How can I NOT praise with all I have?

God showed up.
Darkness fled.
Chains fell off.
We are free.

That's grounds for some PRAISE, people. 

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