It was like any ordinary church Sunday. I was in church at 9.00 a.m. I was the pianist for that Sunday and by 8.45am I was already by the church grand piano, dishing out soft music to ‘enhance’ the worship atmosphere.

That day’s service was a special meeting. An American evangelist came to our church to conduct a series of Spiritual training. In short ‘Ghost-busting’. So we were asked to bring all those ‘troubled’ souls to our church for some ‘cleansing’. I could sense the great amount of anticipation and excitement in the air.

Half-way through the praise and worship session, suddenly there was a scream in the middle of the congregation. A teenage girl fell out of her seat and was wriggling on the floor ! She was slithering like a serpent !

Everyone was shocked but they continued singing , pretending nothing had happened because of the Kiasu attitude.

The church pastor , several church elders and the American evangelist came to see what had happened. They were trying to pin her down to stop her from shaking violently.

The girl shrugged off her restrainers with just one swung of her arms.They were all floored. Then she raised herself up like a cobra, swinging her head back and forth and hissing.

There was a general fear among some of those who witness the incident. Some quickly distanced themselves from her and some ran to the back of the congregation.

It was now quite obvious that the girl was demonically-possessed. Or ‘oppressed’ if you are those who could not believe that Christians could be possessed by evil spirits. She screamed “Pastor Morgan, what do you want to do with us !!!”. We were quite surprised she knew his name. Then again, perhaps she had read the brochures given out earlier on.

The pastor approached her face to face in the aisle and asked her,”What is your name, demon?”

“haha, which one are you asking?”

“All of you.”

“We are the seven spirits of the Serpent. You may call us Serpents.”

“Where are you from , Serpents.”

“Ahhhh, we are from the snake farm.”

“What do you want to do with ..” the pastor paused and whispered to the elder beside him. The elder whispered back.

“What do you intend to do with Lisa?”

“we want to torment her,her family and friends and make them afraid.” growled the girl in an almost coarse manly voice.

“No we cannot let you do that because she is a child of God. You will have to leave her and her family and friends alone. You hear?”

“Hahahah make us !!!!!”

The pastor started to speak in ‘tongues’ for 10 minutes. The whole congregation also went into tongues.All the while , the Serpent never ceased doing the cobra stance and hissing and spitting.

Finally, the pastor stopped speaking in tongues.So does everyone. He took his huge bible and said “In the name of Jesus, i command you Spirit of Serpent to leave Lisa right this moment and never to return again!!!”

He whacked the bible on Lisa’s head hard and down she went onto the floor. She passed out. The pastor took some ointment and rubbed it onto her forehead. She came to herself a few minutes later and she was herself again.

Later some of us asked her what had happened. She said that during the service , she suddenly found herself alone in a dark room. She could see nor hear anything. The next thing she knew was she was waking up after smelling the nasty ointment on her nose.

However she was never ever possessed again.