Sunny Side of The Stream: The Light of the Gospel Shines in Prisons
By Aliya Kuykendall
Published on July 23, 2022
Sunny Side of The Stream: The Light of the Gospel Shines in Prisons - The Stream
Want to hear some good news? Here's a couple stories of God's light in prison: One man has been released from prison and finished his probation period after being locked up for acting on Christian beliefs. Another man remains detained after three weeks for what he says was only Christian ministry. Both say they did nothing wrong and share about God using them to bless others while locked up....
...Torben Søndergaard
The other man I have been reading about who is bringing God's light to a prison is Torben Søndergaard. I'm preparing to cover his story in depth for The Stream, so I won't go into full detail here, but it's encouraging stuff. CBN covered his detainment here and his persecution in his native Denmark here. Søndergaard explained at length the persecution he faced in a video and says, "We have experienced a crazy and organized persecution from many sides — a persecution that ended up with us leaving Denmark with 8 suitcases, in order to not go to jail, or lose our kids."
I've looked into some of the related Danish parliamentary documents and they specifically reference him and say that casting out demons in front of minors may be considered psychological violence. More on that to come.
I've personally witnessed Søndergaard cast out demons, watched videos of him doing it on his ministry's YouTube channel and done it myself with others. When the person is free, he or she feels light and unburdened, and Jesus is glorified. It's beautiful to see a person feel blessed and changed after getting free from demons and then getting filled with the Holy Spirit. If that all sounds too foreign to be truly happening today, the best advice I can give you is to check out the YouTube channel and read the Book of Acts. I can tell you, it's real!
Now Søndergaard is in Baker's County Jail in Florida. After doing ministry in Mexico, the FBI accused him of gun smuggling and arrested him three weeks ago. He denies having anything to do with gun smuggling and is waiting for a bond hearing in order for him to be released. In his Facebook posts he encourages others to "serve our Lord Jesus Christ with EVERYTHING He has given you" and asks for prayer.
Søndergaard shares updates on his life in prison through those who post for him on his Facebook page. First he was in solitary confinement and wrote that being in solitary "has truly been one of the best times WITH GOD I've had for years!!" Then he wrote that since he has been let out of solitary, God has done "MANY beautiful things." He baptized a man with a big cup of water over his face, cast a demon out of him, prayed over the phone and God healed the man's sister. He's since spent many hours teaching the man about being a disciple of Jesus. That new believer is now free and out of jail.
Praise God that jails and prisons cannot stop people from experiencing His freedom.
This week's good news has a serious tone. Here are some adorable videos and funny memes to hopefully bring on some smiles....
Aliya Kuykendall is a staff writer and proofreader for The Stream. ...
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