Good one Phil.

Vicki

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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:56 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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