Amen, sure is - and it spoke directly to me . . . and I told the Lord what I 
wanted to see in my life . . ..

--
Carol
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: Victory Stands


> Thanks for sharing this Phil!  It is a powerful message!
> Virgie and Hoshi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:56 PM
> Subject: Victory Stands
>
>
>> This is an oldie but a goodie.
>>
>>
>>                      Where Victory Stands
>>
>>
>>                         By Phil Scovell
>>
>>
>>
>>     How far do you want to go with the devil?  How much do you
>> want him to control your family?  How much ground do you want to
>> give him?  How much are you going to allow him to take from you
>> financially?  How much room are you going to allow him to have in
>> your life or the lives of your children or in your church?
>>
>>     You see, if Satan or his demons could be seen physically, we
>> would be more on the look out for them.  If demons fought fairly
>> and walked right up to you and clubbed you to the ground, kicked
>> you a few dozen times in the ribs, and then for good measure, spit
>> on you and laughed at your pitiful condition, you would get right
>> down fighting mad.  You would jump up and start fighting.  You'd
>> scream the name of Jesus and kick every single demon out of your
>> life and home and church and family and neighborhood.  You'd bust
>> heads and take names.  You'd hunt them down and stomp them beneath
>> your feet and then you'd stand back and laugh at their pitiful
>> condition.  You'd curse their works and curse the darkness.  You'd
>> swear by the name of Jehovah, the Great I am, and you'd call down
>> fire from Heaven to consume the works of the enemy.  You'd bind
>> their curses and hexes and spells they have spoken against your
>> children or that has been pronounced through human instrumentality
>> in the natural realm, and you'd stand watch over them; cursing the
>> fiery darts of the enemy every time they were launched in your
>> direction.  You'd rend your clothes and cast dust into the air,
>> spiritually speaking, and stand in the middle of your living room
>> or in the middle of your church, and with an open Bible in your
>> hand, you'd confess God's Word over and over and over again until
>> you either got what you wanted or dropped from exhaustion.  Then,
>> when you awakened, you'd start all over again.  You'd stomp your
>> foot and stab the air with your fist and demand your holy rights
>> as a blood wash born again child of God.  You'd confess the
>> promises of God until the demons shrank away and ran for the
>> hills.  You'd command God's warrior angels to go forth and smite
>> the enemies of the King.  You'd jump and dance and leap into the
>> air and break through the enemy lines bellowing the name of Jesus;
>> declaring the King has already won the victory.  You'd call every
>> Christian you knew to agree with you in prayer.  You'd split the
>> darkness wide open by yelling the promises and praises of God at
>> the top of your lungs and then you'd turn every demon torturing
>> your family and church and friends and family over to the Chief
>> Shepherd, the true Lord Jesus Christ, commanding them to go to the
>> place the True Lord Jesus Christ wants them to go, and then you'd
>> shout it has been done as the Lord has commanded.  Then if they
>> came back tomorrow, you'd repeat the whole thing over again.
>>
>>     That's what we would do if we believed God instead of the
>> devil.  So, what do you believe?
>>
>>     The problem is, demons don't fight fair.  They don't just
>> walk right up to you and clubbed you to the ground.  They don't
>> kick you a few dozen times in the ribs, and then for good
>> measure, spit on you and laugh at you for your pitiful condition.
>> Instead, they lay in hiding and in the darkness for an
>> opportunity.  They use intimidation techniques to tamper with our
>> finances to frustrate our relationship with God.  they sneak up on
>> our children and grandchildren and plant lies in their minds
>> through worldly entertainment, worldly influence, and worldly
>> relationships with others who don't even believe demons or the
>> Devil exists or, God, for that matter.  They follow Christians
>> around looking for opportunities to plant deceitful ideas into
>> their minds so when they go to church, they bring the hurts and
>> pain and woundedness, raw, festering, and bruised and bleeding,
>> right into the congregation.  then when they bump up against
>> another fellow Christian with similar woundedness, conflict sparks
>> and flares and they stand back and laugh at us while we do our
>> best to destroy each other.
>>
>>     So what's it going to be?  Are we going to remain ignorant of
>> Satan's devices?  Are we going to allow them to beat up on us and
>> our children and our churches and our finances and a physical
>> bodies until we are so weak in the Spirit, we cannot even defend
>> ourselves?  What did Jesus really die for?  Did He die to see us
>> lose conflict after conflict?  Did He shed His blood just so we
>> could be born again and than barely make it through life;
>> scratching and digging and begging for everything?  Did Jesus
>> suffer in order that our children could be ripped apart and we
>> stand around ringing our hands; helpless and saying Woe is me?
>>
>>     Get up and fight.  Stand, therefore, taking upon yourself the
>> whole armor of God's light.  Pray for divine understanding in
>> order that you might see the root cause of the attack coming
>> against you and your family and church.  then stand and curse the
>> works of darkness; commanding them to die from the roots and
>> forbid them from bearing fruit any longer in your life and family.
>> Speak death and darkness and destruction to who stand against you
>> and God's Word.  Then, when you get knocked down, get up again and
>> again and again until finally somebody gets the idea that you are
>> one of God's chosen who cannot be moved and who refused to quit.
>> If you get discouraged, call for help.  Call God's angels into the
>> battle.  They are used to fighting in our behalf.  Call your
>> friends who know how to pray and who believe in the power of
>> agreement in prayer and who believe God's Word.  Whatever you do,
>> don't stop until you are the last one standing.  That's where your
>> victory is.
>>
>> He's ready when you are.
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