Phil, I heard a minister of a church in Brazil say that the other churches
in the town who didn't know the power and authority of Jesus' Name, would
bring their demon possessed folks to his church.  When that person would
get to the front of the church, the minister would simply turn his back on
the demon and say, "In the Name of Jesus".  The power and authority in the
Name of Jesus would deliver the person immediately.  How the enemy hates
not only our Lord, but even the mention of His precious and powerful Name.

Helen

Earlier, Phil Scovell wrote:
>      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.
>
>
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