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How
God showed me
Scared, weak, withdrawn and insecure.
That was me. I was in a small group of people
that was experienced in dealing with demons.
They were there to pray for me.
We’d had several sessions, and this one was
about over. One
of them prayed, “Okay, God; what do we do now?” As
they were silent, God gave me a vision.
I saw myself standing tall and confident;
regal. At my feet was an ugly little monster about the
size of a house cat. He was prowling and growling
around my feet as if he wanted to hurt me.
Then my eyes shifted to over my left shoulder
and a bit behind me -- the regal one. Jesus stood
there radiant and dazzling.
He spoke: “Tell him to go, in My name!”
I saw myself raise my right arm out straight
and point. I said, “Go! In the name of Jesus!”
And the little monster ran off, whimpering like
a whipped puppy.
That was exactly the revelation I needed.
Before that, I imagined Satan and his demons as
being much too big for me.
But the point is not that Jesus is great big,
and the devils are small.
It is that you have authority!
Declared
Righteous
No matter what sins are still in your life, the
moment you received Jesus as Savior and Lord, God
declared you righteous. (Rom. 3:22 and II Cor. 5:21).
And as such, you have authority in this natural,
physical world. Rom.5:17 says, “… Those who
receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness will reign in life through the
One, Jesus Christ.” If you know you are made
righteous, then that qualifies you to reign in your
life! That includes your own mind and body,
circumstances, the weather, and demons -- but not
other people. That’s the areas of our authority.
A Covenant Child
As a member of His family, you are now a
covenant child, a joint-heir with Jesus (Rom.8:16-17),
declared right with God, with blood-bought rights
(Rom.8:32). That
means you are put right with Him.
And entering His family makes everything He
promised yours! (II Pet.1:3-4)
Learn
to walk in it
Just like receiving the promises of health,
wealth, length of life and protection, authority must
be learned from the Word of God. This brochure can
only introduce you to the subject, but I will give you
one very effective tool.
Concerning your mind and body, please get my
brochure called, How to Use Your Sword and Shield.
Your effectiveness in this greatly hinges on
your development in walking in love and holiness. And that
depends on your time spent with God in the Word, in
prayer, and in praise. This gives the Holy Spirit
access and time to work in you.
That’s abiding. (John 15:4-8). The more you
grow in abiding, the more authority you will have,
See, you have it, but if you don’t know about
it, it can’t do you any good. Then if you know it,
but don’t really believe it, likewise, it can’t
benefit you. That’s
why it’s a process.
Another reason it’s a process is that we
have to learn to die to self.
That’s our cross. See my brochure, What’s
My Cross? That’s what I meant earlier about
learning to walk in love and holiness. The more we are
dead to self, the more Jesus can manifest His likeness
in us. See
Gal. 2:20.
The
Word of God
In Matt. 4:1-11 is the account of Jesus’
temptation in the wilderness. Satan tempted Jesus with
three offers, but Jesus refused each one, and used the
most powerful thing at His disposal.
Think of it! He could have called legions of
angels. He
could have called fire down from heaven. But He used the Word of the living God! He quoted an
appropriate verse at Satan with each one.
The Word is:
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The
sword of the Spirit, Eph.6:17
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Alive,
and sharp, Heb. 4:12
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Effective,
Isa. 55:10-11
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A most powerful weapon!
Other
weapons
The Word says in Phil. 2:9-10 that every knee
has to bow at the name of Jesus.
And Mark 16:17-18 says we are to cast out
devils with the name of Jesus.
Rev. 12:11 says, “They overcame him (Satan)
by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus) and the word
of their testimony.” That testimony could easily be
the verse that we quote for making a devil leave.
That is what we are standing on and what we
believe. Isn’t that a testimony?
My brochure called, How to Use Your Sword
and Shield will help you with some of the armor
that’s listed in Eph. 6:11
-17.
A
Necessary Warning
It needs to be said here that none of these
weapons will work unless you spend time studying and
reading or listening to teachings on these to develop
your faith in them! I have heard stories about people
using these weapons and failing anyway, and it was
because they had not developed any faith in them!
What
to do
A worthwhile practice that should be done every
morning of your life is to submit yourself to God and
resist the devil. (James 4:7) You can say it like this:
“Father, I submit myself to You and Your will
for me. I praise You for the blood of Jesus and Your
angels to protect me.
For You said, ‘No evil shall befall me.’”
(Psa. 91:10)
Then you open your eyes because you don’t bow
to the devil! Say: “Satan and demons, in the name of
Jesus, I resist you and you must leave, for it is
written, ‘Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.’” (James 4:7)
Some other verses that can be used are: I John
4:4, Matt. 18:18, Luke 10:19, Rev. 12:11, Mark
16:17-18, Phil. 2:10, Col. 2:15, Heb. 2:14, and II Cor.
10:5. Do
this even if you don’t have time for anything else
some mornings.
Practice
Small
Speak to your problems:
“Heart; be healed, work right, be strong!
Mind; be quick, bright and sharp!
Bills; you are paid! Babies and small children
respond well to your faith.
You can command healing or peace, or whatever
is needed. For testimonies of how I started at this,
see the brochures called, Growing
in Faith, I, II.
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