Thanks Phil,
Thank you very much for sharing this powerful message with us.  If I were 
one of those demons I would be running for my life.  Jesus sure knows how to 
put them in their place.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Hold The Phone


> Hanging Up On the Devil
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>
> By Phil Scovell
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>     This is something every Christian needs to read because of
> the growing confusion, and misconception, of demonic influence in
> the life of a Believer.  What you are about to read has been
> approved by the two women who are mentioned using fictitious names
> and I appreciate their willingness to let others know the truth.
>
>     I was praying with a lady one day, whom I will refer to as
> Gloria, when she reported having difficulty hearing from the
> Lord.  It was obvious to me she was experiencing this problem at
> that moment during the prayer session because every time I prayed
> for the Lord to speak to her, something unusual would happen.  For
> example,  she would report that she was suddenly ice cold.  When I
> would pray for the lying spirit, a demon in other words, to stop
> what he was doing in the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ, her
> physical feelings would return to normal.  Again, I would pray and
> ask for the Lord to speak His truth to her.  She now reported that
> she had a splitting headache.  I then prayed for this demon to
> stop what he was doing in the same manner as the first.  The
> headache vanished.  The third time I prayed and asked for the Lord
> to speak to this woman, she reported that it felt as if someone
> were putting their hands over her ears.  I prayed the third time
> just as I had the first two.  The sensation went away.
>
>     By this time, I prayed to get the demon to announce his
> presence but he wouldn't talk.  This, too, in my experience as an
> intercessor, was not uncommon.  In fact, nothing this woman was
> experiencing was uncommon and I had seen much of it before when
> praying with others.  To tell the truth, I had seen much worse.
> Besides, I figured he wasn't going to verbally talk anyway.
> Demons often don't like to speak because they know, if they do,
> the intercessor is going to discover they have no right to be
> there, or if they think they do, the reason for their tormenting
> presence will be quickly exposed by the True Lord Jesus Christ.
> So, as in the case with Gloria, the demon remained silent but
> perpetrated physical responses just to let me know he was there.
>
>     I might point out, at this point, that these physical
> symptoms do not mean that every time you feel cold, or have a
> headache, or feel you aren't hearing very well, it is caused by a
> demon.  It may simply mean you need to cover up, turn up the heat,
> take some aspirin, relax and take a nap, wash the wax out of your
> ears, or remember to remove the ear plugs you forgot to take out
> two weeks ago when you went swimming.
>
>     By this stage of the prayer session, it was pretty obvious
> that the demon was going to continue his little game.  In a manner
> of speaking, it is pretty common for demons first to appear with
> frightening farcical demonstrations of what appears spiritual
> superiority. this is for your benefit, for the most part, but
> admittedly, it does have, or can have, a very unsettling effect
> upon the person with whom you are praying.  Especially, I might
> add, if that person is alone with no one to pray in agreement with
> them.  If, on the other hand, the prayer partner knows his place
> and authority in Christ, the tables are easily turned.  Once the
> purpose for the presence is established, they begin acting like
> children and often, what I call, demonic games are then played.
> This is designed to keep the intercessor from assisting the person
> to get to the point of the woundedness, and eventually the lie,
> and finally to where they can hear the voice of the True Lord
> Jesus Christ.
>
>     For example, I was praying with a blind woman one day.  I
> will call her Patience.  We reached a blockage which, in this
> case, turned out to be demonic.  Not all blockages to the truth
> are directly related to the demonics.  In this case, however, it
> was exactly that.  The demon, in this lady's situation, happened
> to speak through the woman's voice.  this seems to be an
> indication of how much influence a demon feels he has and can
> employ to manipulate a person.  Normally they only inject their
> words, or thoughts, or feelings upon the person, but based upon
> their level of perpetrated manipulation, they occasionally will
> attempt to heighten the fear factor by speaking through the
> person's own voice.  Big deal and who cares!  Generally the vocal
> tone is slightly altered, as if they are really inside the
> person, but this tactic, in my opinion, is mostly to produce a
> level of heighten fear.  By the way, they are not inside the
> Christian with whom you are praying.  If you believe they are, the
> demons will pick up on your level of fear and capitalize upon it.
> As I said, in this case, the demonics spoke and used the woman's
> own voice.  By the way, I have had demons speak through me, using
> my own voice, in a prayer session with someone who was ministering
> to me, and I know I am not demon possessed but back to my story.
>
>     When, by the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ, I gave them
> no option but to answer according to His will, the demonic
> presence said, "We are playing the game."  I asked what game they
> were playing.  The answer was, "You know.  The game; the game."  I
> told them I wanted to know the nature of the game and commanded
> they answer.  All this, of course, is done in the name of the True
> Lord Jesus Christ and with full knowledge of one's identity in
> Christ and His authority.  They said, "The game; the game.  She
> knows; ask her."  So I did.  For the first time in this woman's
> life, she suddenly realized what was happening to her.
>
>     As I mentioned, this lady was blind.  From her early
> childhood, due to horrible trauma she had experienced over and
> over again, demons had taken advantage of her blindness.  Many
> sighted people, she explained, think it is interesting to walk up
> to a blind person and say, "Who am I?"  sighted people, God bless
> them, have heard that all blind people have perfect pitch,
> extraordinary touch so they can feel the lettering on a paper bill
> and tell you the denomination, super human hearing, and the
> wonderful ability of recalling every voice and name they have ever
> heard.  I have personally been blind for over 40 years and I have
> none of these qualities but, of course, I digress.
>
>     In this woman's case, the demons had heard people doing this
> to the traumatized little blind girl and they picked up the game
> in order to further torment her.  This hideous evil demonic game
> had been conducted over and over again until the little girl was
> nearly out of her mind.  The demons, of course, never once let
> the little girl know what they were doing to her.  They thought
> what they were doing, in fact, was funny.  Jesus didn't agree so
> He kicked some butt that day.  In case you haven't figured it out
> as of yet, demons never ever play fair because they are evil just
> as their father is evil.
>
>     Once this particular demonic evil game was exposed for what
> it was by the True Lord Jesus Christ, they were sent packing;
> never to return.  They know who Jesus is.  Do you?
>
>     Now, back to Gloria's situation.  After discovering the hide
> and seek methods of the demon making Gloria cold, then suffer from
> a splitting headache, and then covering her ears, they made a
> mistake by saying, almost through the woman's voice, "We are going
> to hang the phone up on you."
>
>     Being led of the Holy Spirit what to do next, I said, "Oh,
> good.  I want to see this.  come on!  Get all your buddies
> together.  I command, in the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ,
> for you and all your buddies to come together and to work on this
> together.  Come on!  Hang up on me.  Let me see you do it.  Right
> now.  Do it.  Hang up on me.  I command you to hang the phone up
> on me by the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ.  Come on.  I am
> going to sit right here and listen.  I want to see you hang up on
> me.  Come on.  Do it.  Right now.  Hang up the phone."
>
>     Moments later, Gloria began laughing.  I asked her what was
> so funny.  she said, "They are climbing all over the phone and
> using their little fingers to try and press the buttons but they
> keep slipping off or missing the buttons."  I had seen this
> happen before, in other ways, so wasn't surprised.  Regardless, I
> only preceded with that type of technique because the Holy Spirit
> had given me direction to do so.  It also provided me with an
> additional advantage.  It caused all those demons, associated with
> what was going on at that moment in this woman's life, to come
> together.  Now they would be commanded to stop, disarmed by
> dismissing them from their evil assignments against this woman,
> and sent on their way.  No, silly!  Not by me!  By the name of the
> True Lord Jesus Christ!  You don't think I do this sort of thing
> by myself, do you?
>
>     The purpose of this testimony is basic, or foundational, in
> nature.  Demonic influence is real.  Yes, even in the lives of
> Christians and especially in the lives of Christians.  How do I
> know?  Talk to me for five minutes about what you believe and how
> you live and what you feel about your relationship with Christ,
> and I'll tell you how seriously you are being deceived
> demonically.  Yes, I am talking about baptized Believers.  Yes,
> these are Born Again Christians washed in the blood of the Lamb.
> Yes, these are King James Bible toting, hallelujah shouting, God
> fearing, pulpit pounding, amen yelling, and true Christians; the
> sons and daughters of God whose names are written in The Lamb's
> book of Life.  No, dad gum it, we aren't talking about demon
> possession so forget that.  We are talking about you and your
> relationship with God.  We are talking about the lies you believe
> about yourself.  We are talking about the woundedness and pain you
> suffer.  Noah's ark is built.  The door is closing.  Either get on
> board or swim for it.  If you need help, call me.
>
>     Learn how to hang up on the devil in your daily life by
> simply thinking the thoughts of authoritative prayer.  Yes, it is
> that simple.  Yes, many of us make it theologically complicated
> and doctrinally impossible to believe but hang up on those people
> and get on the phone with Jesus.  Do it now!
>
>
> Safe Place Fellowship
> Phil Scovell
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