Sid Roth

But because it was both of us have the same symptoms at the same time we thought maybe this is an evil spirit up to something. So we prayed together and we said we just tell our evil spirit to leave in the name of Jesus. Now all the symptoms left apart from that I still had a bad headache. And my friend went home and I thought I’m not putting up with this headache any longer. This is from the enemy. I’m not having it. We have authority. We have power over all the power of the enemy, Jesus says in Luke, chapter 10. That’s amazing, isn’t it? Just go away and read it. Just keep reading that verse where He gives us power and authority over ALL the power of the enemy. That’s the truth! So anyhow so I’m there on my own then.

I’m in my living room and we’ve got these French windows looking out onto the garden. My headache is really bad. And I’m like in the name of Jesus I command that evil spirit to leave me now! And as soon as I said it there was a big bang. And what happened was there was a woodpecker, just which— they’re not very common really in England. But it was flying through our garden towards our house. The evil spirit must have left me and it entered this woodpecker cause evil spirits want to be in a body. The nearest body was this woodpecker flying. So it left me, it enters this woodpecker and the woodpecker bashed itself into the window upstairs, fell to the ground just outside the French windows. Dead! I mean “deadedety dead!” Like— dead! It must have broken its neck. I mean it was like its neck was twisted. It was on its back. Its feet in the air. It was like— similar, similar to that. But not exact.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

ALISS: So— and I’m like oh no. I’ve killed a woodpecker and I was feeling so bad. But my headache had gone. Like all the symptoms had gone. And I’m like I just felt really bad. And it was just lying there. And I, you know after about 5 minutes— so 10 minutes went by and I’m looking at it. And I’m like should I do something? It’s obviously broken its neck. It’s completely dead. And I thought there isn’t much teaching on raising the dead. So are you supposed to lay hands on it? Or can you just speak to it? Do I have to go outside? Can I do it through the window? I thought well— so after about ten minutes I thinking okay, I’ll give it a go. So I spoke out loud. Because when you speak out loud it’s very powerful. So I spoke out loud. And I said in the name of Jesus I command that spirit of death, cause it was a spirit of death obviously it killed this woodpecker, or it was some kind of curse or something to do with death. I said spirit of death I command you to leave that bird now. Now as soon as I said that this woodpecker— it’s like this— and it goes— turns around, it sits up, opens its eyes and it’s like— well it wasn’t smiling, but if it could it would be.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHING)

ALISS: Just looking at me like that. (laughs) And I’m like “YES, my first resurrection! Come on! (laughing)

AUDIENCE: (APPLAUDING) ALISS: Because you’re going to practice these things. I’ve been practicing. Praying for people who have died cause I want to see the dead raised. But were not going to see it if we don’t actually practice it and have a go. Well you’ve got to practice. You know you’re learning all the time. I learn a lot from my mistakes, I have to say. I make a lot of mistakes but I just keep going. And I keep saying Holy Spirit, what should I have done? Holy Spirit, what were you doing right then? Can you show me? I’m always asking Him. Just get to know the Holy Spirit. So this woodpecker’s sitting there. You know it’s alive. And it’s sitting there for like 5 minutes and it’s not flying away. And I thought wouldn’t it be ironic if a cat comes round the corner and just like swoops it up so I was like in the name of Jesus fly and I pointed to it and said it and it flew off into the trees. Now about 6 months later I was speaking at a after dinner, I was an after dinner speaker at an event. And before I went I said Holy Spirit what would you like to do this evening in this meeting? And suddenly two woodpeckers came and sat in the tree right outside where I was looking. And I thought you know something happens like that, anything that happens that’s slightly unusual or you have— you’re just thinking, hmmm.