Ring of Power

Many people on Sumatra carry items called jimat [gee-MAT]. These items are believed to have magical power. The jimat takes different forms depending on the people group and the area. Amulets, rings, empty nut shells, ceremonial knives and small scrolls are several examples of jimat that are found on Sumatra. While riding a becok [bay-CHOK], a motorcycle with a side car for passengers, one cross cultural worker noticed a man wearing a large ring with a black stone. He asked the man if the ring had any power. The man denied it. Perhaps he did so because it wasn’t a jimat, or maybe because he was embarrassed to answer that question from a foreigner. But regardless of facts about this specific ring, the satanic stronghold of jimat is very real among the people groups of Sumatra.

Pray for the Holy Spirit to break spiritual strongholds like belief in a jimat among the people groups of Sumatra.

Pray for believers to live in the power of Christ so that people caught up in the occult will be able to see the difference between faith in demons and faith in God Almighty.

Pray for believers on Sumatra who dabble in the occult to see it as sin and repent.