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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: A New Doctrine
>A New Doctrine
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> Demons Going To Church
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> By Phil Scovell
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> 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;
> and he cried out,
> 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
> of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou
> art, the Holy One of God.
> 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of
> him.
> 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a
> loud voice, he came out of him.
> 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among
> themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this?
> for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and
> they do obey him.
> 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the
> region round about Galilee," (Mark 1:23-28).
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> We generally consider church a place of safety and a place we
> go to be encouraged. It is a place we pray and worship God. The
> last thing we would expect is for a demon to be in church. It
> didn't seem to surprise Jesus.
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> One Sunday, I felt quite discouraged. I didn't feel like
> teaching that morning but I went over the notes I planned on using
> and familiarized myself with what I had written and planned on
> sharing that day. Yet, I didn't feel comfortable about it.
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> As I sat in my office thinking, I felt the Lord directing me
> to a totally different passage of Scripture with a totally
> different theme. I dialed up the miracle on the computer, typing
> in the reference, and began to read the text. I immediately knew
> that was what I was supposed to teach on that morning. I still
> didn't feel right emotionally or spiritually but I decided it was
> simply due to discouragement. I jotted down a handful of notes
> about what I would say that morning.
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> Before church, everyone sat and visited for awhile as we
> often do. I said little as I listened. I just wasn't feeling
> well. In fact, by this time, I felt right down rotten, to tell
> the truth, but soon it would be over and I could go home and try
> and relax for the rest of the afternoon. I should have been more
> spiritually alert.
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> The closer we came to beginning our Sunday service, the worse
> I felt. As we began to sing, it finally hit me what was wrong. I
> sensed the demonic presence near. I could also hear his words in
> my thoughts and felt his unholy feelings. "You don't have to
> sing. You don't need to worship today. Just stop singing.
> Don't do it any more. You feel bad enough and aren't well. No
> one will criticize you for not singing today and worshipping the
> Lord because you are the pastor. Stop. Stop singing." My chest
> flushed and tingled as the anxiety of the demonic presence
> intensified. My stomach felt nauseous. Maybe I really was sick.
> There had been some virus or colds or something in the family that
> past week. His words and thoughts mixed with my thoughts, an the
> feelings of fear and anxiety, mixed with even the physical
> sensation of illness, gave him away.
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> Trying to pray and sing at the same time is difficult but in
> this particular living room sitting, we were meeting in a home,
> and not my home, it was a little different so getting up to go to
> another room to pray wasn't convenient. I tried to get the Lord
> to run the demon off for me, or at least to hold him at bay until
> after church. Jesus wasn't interested in doing my job for me and
> made that clear. What I should have done was stopped the singing
> and prayed out loud because later, I learned, I was not the only
> one feeling the demonic presence in church. Next time, by the
> way, I will do exactly that. I will stop the service and pray out
> loud for others to hear in case they are being attacked as well.
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> Silently, I finally prayed the following prayer which is
> normally what I do when becoming aware of any attempt of demonic
> infiltration or intrusion.
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> "Dear Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of the True
> Lord Jesus Christ, your only begotten son. If I have listened to
> any lies of Satan's or his demons, If I have listened to any of
> their words and repeated them as though they were true, if I have
> thought any of their thoughts as if they were my thoughts, if I
> have felt any of their feelings as though they were my feelings,
> I confess this to you as sin. I ask you to forgive me. I take
> back all the ground I have given them and I give it back to you
> for your honor and glory. I now call this lying spirit to
> attention and all those under his authority that might be working
> with him against me. I dismiss them from all of their assignments
> against me. I bind all of their words and utterances they have
> spoken against me, or are trying to carry out in my life, and I
> now bind them all together as one. I command them to leave now
> and to go to the place the True Lord Jesus Christ wants them to go
> in the name of the True Lord Jesus Christ I pray.
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> "Did they leave?" someone is asking about this time. No,
> they didn't leave. "So what did you do?" I started singing.
> "Why?" Because I know this lying spirit, and any others operating
> under his authority, would leave because I had told them to do
> exactly that in the name of Jesus because I was using His
> authority and not mine. I, therefore, ignored him following my
> prayer. Yes, it was hard to sing. I could hardly get any sound
> out of my throat but I forced myself to sing. The louder I got,
> the easier it became. Within less than a minute or two, the
> spiritual sensation of malevolence faded, my stomach returned to
> normal, my chest stopped tingling, and by the time I opened my
> notebook to begin teaching, I felt perfectly normal.
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> First of all, the prayer is a combination of more than one
> prayer I use when a demon is trying to gain a foothold in my
> thinking. My version of the prayer came from a man I know who has
> been in the Christian counseling ministry for several decades and
> are a mixture of prayers the Lord gave him.
>
> Secondly, demons always begin with your thoughts. Let's look
> at a passage of Scripture.
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> "3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the
> flesh:
> 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
> through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
> 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
> itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
> every thought to the obedience of Christ;
> 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when
> your obedience is fulfilled," (2 Corinthians 10:3-6).
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> Thirdly, since we do indeed have this authority in Christ,
> the 6th verse, which says, "And having in a readiness to revenge
> all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled," means pushing
> your authority in Christ to the limit. You see, your authority in
> Christ is based upon Him and His authority which He has given you.
> Therefore, we are complete in our Lord's authority over the
> demonic realm according to Colossians 2:10 which says, "And you
> are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and
> power."
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> The people who witnessed what Jesus did thought this was some
> new doctrine. Do you think the same? As you can see, it is not.
> Demons go to church just like you do. They come to cause
> confusion, discouragement, deception, and to do as much spiritual
> damage as possible. The question is, how much are we going to
> allow them to do before exercising our authority.
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