VENOMOUS VIPER OVER DETROIT

     Praise God for He is worthy of all praise! Here is another blog post that will go unpopular with many people, particular the people who live in Detroit. First off let me say that I am a black Canadian/American who was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. I really miss and love the old Detroit. Those were the great days when the neighborhood watch actually watched the neighborhoods. Shopping downtown with my family back in the 1970’s early 80’s was great. Traveling across the Ambassador Bridge to Canada for family picnics was so much fun. That is the Detroit that I miss and love. The Detroit of today, it is not the same.


     I just want to first take time out to give thanks. Thanks to the group of Detroit residents that honestly have not changed for the worse. The Detroit residents that honestly love and care about the city. Those Detroit residents that actually fervently pray for the city while trying to live a great life. They are hard working devoted people keeping their families together. I know what it’s like to try and survive when almost everything around you seems to be corrupt! It is not a good feeling at all.


     Here in this blog post I will speak my mind, how I feel and the truth. A few will like it but most won’t. I’m not doing this for a popularity contest like some do on Facebook, because these days what’s popular always seems to over shadow truth and what is right. People love being popular because they want to be liked so badly. They love to sugar-coat things by saying what the world wants to hear but too weak in their own faith to share real truth for correction. Me, Todd Edward Davis, you don’t have to like me because God loves me and knows that I speak truth. We have many Christian claimers out here who fear telling the truth because they think that the people who like them will not want to be around them anymore, lol. Again I speak the truth because that is what I’m lead to do. If you don’t want to be my so called friend, pal, family member anymore like we are in 3rd grade then so be it! I will still love you with the love of the Lord. You don’t have to read my blogs if you have a problem with the truth. If you know deep in your heart and I’m not talking about your blood pumping heart but I am talking about the heart of your soul (inner being), that you represent Detroit well not falling under the Stronghold of Satan then this does not apply to you. 


     I have a very close cousin living in Detroit, and we are like brothers. We have been so close from early childhood. Are spirit always connected in every way to where the devil got mad and tried to break us up. Funny because we thought we were hearing from God when the voice said to leave the other cousin alone and don’t talk to him. Then we figured out that it wasn’t God but Satan. Why would God have two men praying together, on fire for Him, operating in the same spiritual gifts while edifying each other to just stop speaking cold turkey? Satan tried to stop that! My cousin operates deeply in the prophetic and deliverance ministry which we all did together when I was living in Detroit. He shared with me regarding a photo that was taken and being shared through someone’s ministry of Detroit. In this photo that he told me about was described as Detroit having a VIPER over it! We all know that a Viper is venomous snake. The prophetic symbolism here is that the Viper is releasing its venom continuously over the city of Detroit. It has been doing this for a number of years. The word of God tells us what we are dealing with.


Ephesians 6:10-18


Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...


This is no surprise to me that this viper shaped demonic spirit was captured on photo over the city. I’ve seen many demons with my very own eyes. I’ve felt them, their presence and experienced much of it since childhood. I can remember one particular experience I had many years ago regarding these demonic spirits while living in Detroit. Please note that there are demons in every city in America but for this blog I am talking about Detroit. I was driving through the city at night on a Friday with my wife Latasha. I don’t remember where I was going but I do remember that almost everyone that was driving that night was driving crazy. It was a different crazy! As we drove through the streets it got worse and worse! I then realized that those cars that were driving at near freeway speeds had demons clinging onto them. There were many demons on and in these cars. They were on the roof of the cars with some climbing into the cars clinging like magnets! The atmosphere was so heavy and thick laced with demonic spirits, the Lord had me to pull over onto a neighborhood side street and pray. My wife along with myself prayed hard in the spirit with tears rolling down our face with fogged up car windows. There is a major stronghold over the city of Detroit and I don’t like it one bit! 


     When I look at my former home Detroit, I see two cities. City #1 is the actual foundation and structure with buildings, houses, land and water. City #2 is the actual citizens like the city government and residents. Let’s look deeper into city#2 which is made up of government and the people. For many, many years the city government and residents have been at work against each other even until this very day. When something exciting is being planned, talked about, as part of the future of Detroit, often times there is great division due to a group of citizens or city council members with opposing ideas. It can often times be much harder to come together on different issues and planning projects for the city. There was also a time when controversy surrounded several city council members. While sitting during meetings, the members of the city council would bicker like little old ladies. It seems that every time a new project was planned for the city, the Detroit City Council would shoot it down while playing the race card. Many of the residents play the race card today. You have former Detroit Pistons basketball star Dave Bing in as mayor while many citizens of Detroit have been shooting him down. Many did not even give him a chance but they cry, wine, and complain about Mayor Bing when they don’t understand that he has a huge mess to try and clean up that was left over. Each person that steps foot in the Mayoral office has to clean up the previous mess. Mayor Bing has to make drastic cuts to save money. No one likes cuts but it has to be done. The mayor doesn’t like to do it either but he has no other choice. People really think that they can do a much better job than the mayor, lol. A lot of residents would rather have corrupt Mayor Kilpatrick back! He did have Detroit on the right track until the scandal broke out. I could never figure out why for so many years the voters would place these same people back in office? I believe that they just voted because of popular names! Many voters would drop their proud ballot into the box with their kiss of approval on it without ever doing the research of the candidates! The result in voting for the same people term after term without the proper research can be pretty devastating. There you have many Detroit residents who are carnally minded.


Romans 8:6 says “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” 


Now back to my point regarding many Detroit residents playing the race card. The race card is just a code name for “RACIST”. Yes I said it and will say it again! R-A-C-I-S-T. I keep hearing of my own black race asking each other would they vote for a white man for mayor?!! I will not attempt to repeat any of the racist response! What is wrong with a Caucasian man or woman leading a predominately black city like Detroit? What does skin color have to do with it? I guess a whole lot seeing how the highest voter turnout rate amongst Black Americans voting for the first black president was 65.2% compared to the previous presidential election at 60.3% in 2004.  A lot of Detroiters don’t like to step outside of the city into the suburbs. They dog out whites to each other while still blaming them for being held back! It is you, your own self under the Stronghold of Satan holding you back. 


2 Corinthians 4:4


4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.


The minute these people hear someone white on television or on the radio make a racist comment regarding a black woman or man then they want to quickly call upon Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson! These same people of my own black race walk into professional businesses where whites and other races work and while waiting in the lobby area or standing in line, they are having a conversation over the phone using the word “NIGGA”! Then they try to justify it by saying “NIGGA” is different or not the same as “NIGGER”! What?!?! Clearly these people don’t know their history because blacks were called all forms of the name! You better go ask the TUSKEGEE AIRMEN! I don’t understand when someone white says that word then blacks are ready to pull a gun! Blacks have used that word so much now that Mexicans have adapted it. I guess the famous word “NIGGA” is always going to be a cool word. I remember back in the day that if one of your friends made a mistake and said “NIGGA” then the whole world would get quite because they knew that you were going to knock him first into Mars, then Venus, Jupiter, Next Week, and finally into the Golden Sun! I often heard people for years talking about how much they love Detroit and how everyone needs to represent the city. You better not say anything bad about Detroit around them because they get so offended to where you will hear more of that classic “N” word. Oldies but still goodies! These same jokers that love Detroit so much and claim they care about the city can be seen quite often when you’re driving. Try looking directly in front of you or in your rearview mirror as they toss a load of garbage out of their car window! They don’t love Detroit because if they did then they would not be littering! Then many Black Americans in Detroit are still fighting against each other and turning their noses up. We can all get along if we really wanted to. Every year Detroit is #1 or 2 in crime/murders in the nation. I don’t like hearing that, but for some reason some of the residents think that the numbers are fabricated to make Detroit look bad! Yeah the numbers were made up when it was learned that Detroit actually falsified their numbers so that they wouldn’t be in the top #1 spot for crimes/murder. I was a victim of crime and so was my wife. Many years ago before I met my wife she was a victim. Only standing in a store waiting to make a purchase, a man, I mean loser approached her and hit her right in the face while a store full of grown adults did nothing to help her. They just stood around and watched. They did not call the police or anything! Her father went looking for the guy with a gun. I was at a gas station on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit about 6 years ago when this jail bird approached my SUV with wife inside. I had to protect my wife by telling him to get away from my wife and vehicle. He came in after me and threatens to kill me while demanding that I worship his god (Satan)! Just wasn’t going to happen! The workers did not call the police but just stood behind the bullet proof window watching as if there was a popular movie playing. Come to find out there was a Detroit squad car sitting out front. Sorry but I didn’t get the memo that the officer was at the donut shop! It was very upsetting to learn of my former boss as well as former pastor Marvin Winans who was beat on and car jacked while people just watched! What’s so annoying to me is that for years Detroiters always claim that the city gets a bad rap! I never bought into that mess because I saw and experienced firsthand how bad the mean streets of Detroit can be. I even had Detroit and Michigan State officers yell at me for no reason at all while minding my own business. I could go deeper with this. I’ve been with Detroit police officers at a whore party while guns were piled up on top of a table with strippers performing all kinds of sexual acts. Yes I was there way back in my ungodly sinful days but you won’t get that from most Christian claimers admitting to once living in that dark world. I really hate the fact that since I’ve been living in Los Angeles, I read and constantly hear about Detroit! When people find out where I’m from then I get so many questions about Detroit. People of different professions have told me right to my face that they could never live in Detroit!  


     Let’s talk about city#1 which again is made up from the foundation first because the land was here before the people. The foundation now has many structures, buildings, and parks in place. Downtown Detroit has nice historic buildings with a beautiful riverfront. They also have the International fireworks show on the Detroit River. Now this is the Detroit I still love until this day which is city#1. Both Kilpatrick and former mayor Archer did a great job in the vision for the new Detroit. My issue is not with City#1 because it is just the land and foundation which cannot develop on its own. My issue is with City#2, the people which affects the building and moving forward upon the foundation. Now I know that you have asked yourself at least once in your life why isn’t Detroit like Chicago or New York? Chicago went through the same type issues as Detroit once but they managed to come together and turn it around which caused a building boom. You would think that Detroit would be a super power like Chicago and New York with Detroit being right in the middle location wise. Detroit had riots once and Chicago as well. In my personal opinion one of the biggest issues plaguing the city of Detroit is racism. The people of Detroit have a problem with whites being in authority! What kind of question is that to ask if people are ready for a white mayor? The color of a person’s skin should not disqualify them from applying for the job. Detroit needs to have more of a mixture of races within its government, working and living in the city. Let’s look at the racial population of Chicago only including whites and blacks. As of 2010, 42.0% of whites make up the city with 36.8% of the population are black. Here are the stats on Detroit: As of 2010, 82.7% of blacks make up the city with 10.6 of the population are white! We tend to blame everyone else for the problems of the city. If we are not married yet nor have a significant other than we often times point the blame in the opposite direction saying there aren’t any good men or women out there. We never ever think to finally and for once take a huge honest good look at ourselves because in so many cases the only true one that is stopping us is us. We all need to come together in love and stop all of this hate against each other. There is a reason why Detroit is in the current state that it’s in. If it wasn’t for the fervent prayers of the righteous, the city would have gone completely under but God’s grace and mercy is perfect. God is stopping Satan from completely taking over the city because of the great people of Detroit that I mention in the beginning of this blog. Don’t be so quick to call whites racist when blacks are just as racist. As the old saying goes, “TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT”! If you can’t love your neighbor of a different skin color then shame on you. If you don’t want whites running the city or in government then you need prayer. Detroit needs to welcome more whites in the city because not only can we learn from them but they can also learn from us. Can you imagine what kind of city Detroit would be if we would just love and embrace each other? The blacks that I’m specifically referring to and it’s not all of us but a great amount should start caring for the city and be more supportive. Stop crying regarding the mayor just because you don’t understand what he is doing and can’t see the bigger picture. I heard out here that Dave Bing has many big money backers in pouring money into the city. If Detroit is to leap ahead then the people that make up City#2 needs to change their mentality! It’s time for Detroit, Michigan to go through deliverance and healing. If not then that VIPER (demonic spirit) will continue to swarm over the city pouring out its venom. 


Titus 1:15-16


To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.