Understanding Spiritual Warfare By Elaine Davenport ( Sunday, August 12, 2007)
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I know this is a HEALING BLOG! I have an obligation to give you this information. One night Satan assigned his demons to take a hammer and pound on my head all night long. At least that’s what it felt like. Now as a powerful but humble prayer warrior; I spent the night in denial. I truly had been healed of headaches and I knew this was COUNTERFEIT. But it still hurt real bad. Mixed with “sleepy” my mind wasn’t working right. I just thought I had a headache. If you don’t understand what I’ve said here…please read it again s-l-o-w-l-y. It will help you if you understand it.
Different types of peop0le come to this site. Many are victims of spiritual warfare, so we’re going to talk about it. We’re going to break it down and help you to change your way of thinking.
MY OLD JOB
I worked as a Social Worker for many years. Management didn’t like the staff other than themselves and vice versa. The union was strong, strong strong. There was an us versus them mentality. You’ve probably seen that somewhere. There is an us versus them mentality when it comes to Satan and his co-horts. You’d be wise to remember this.
Every day each of us faces spiritual warfare. Every single day in some way or in some form; you’ll face it.
Ephesians 6: 11-17
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
THIS WARFARE IS INVISIBLE WITH PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES. YOU”VE GOT TO LEARN TO RECOGNIZE IT!
I recognize it when I talk to my friends and family a lot. I’ve even recognized it since I’ve begun to write this Blog. I’ve been falsely labeled and persecuted; but I’ve had to forgive instantly and look into the spirit realm and take authority over Satan and move on with my work.
MAKE NO MISTAKE; THIS WARFARE IS TAKING PLACE INVISIBLY. A good example of how things can go on invisibly is with your doctor’s visits sometimes. It’s no fun when they tell you they found something that you never saw or felt but it was going on invisibly.
WAR AGAINST SATAN : THE ENEMY WHO OPPOSES BELIEVERS; HIS WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO KILL, STEAL OR DESTROY YOU.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10: 10
HE KNOWS HE HAS A SHORT TIME
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. REVELATIONS 12: 12
IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL IT SAYS: INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE, COMUNICATION AND KNOWLEDGE- SIGNALS THE END OF TIME
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Daniel 12:4.
AS TIME GROWS SHORTER HE (SATAN)INCREASES HIS TACTICS.
Whether it is baseball, football, basketball, soccer or golf; they scout out their opposition. Satan does that to you and you need to do that to him.
WHY?
So that you can be ready for the next move.
WHAT DOES SATAN DO?
Answer: A lot of stuff.
Satan doesn’t come with the red suit.
Satan tries to twist scripture.
He is called The Great Red Dragon- 18 times in the Bible. 12 in the Book of Revelations.
Dragons always come in a destructive mode.
His Nature:
* GENESIS 3
The most subtle (sneaked in)
He presented sin
Talked her (Eve) into it.
Convincing
Twister
There’s a well known story about om Sawyer- he paints a fence white, but he hates it – then his friends come by- HE THEN tricks them into painting it for him by telling them how much fun it is. They fall for it and paint the fence while he sits back and watches. This is what Satan does. He comes with a smile so to speak.
Satan presents evil to look good, good to look evil.
The word Devil means slanderer
slanderer means gluttony and gossip. That is sin. I’m not saying it self righteously but because sin opens the legal door for Satan (the accuser to come in.) Read Job Chapter One and Chapter Two.
Slander means- propogator of the truth- taking the unauthentic to be authentic, taking untruths to be true. Twisting without verifying.
SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES-
Satan doesn’t care about you. His mission is against believers. In Job One and Two Satan says and means:
I’ve been walking to and fro
I’ve been destructive. It is implied that he was looking for targets.
The bible says he walks around as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
Satan is a deceiver 2 Corin 4: 4 His mission is to blind our eyes. Supernatural spiritual blindness. Good news:
The weapons we can use:
1. The Blood of The Lamb- Being a chikd of God. Salvation- You must be born again.
AS soon as you become a child of God, you are not only a target but you have a Bull’s eye on you. As soon as you get saved, the attacks increase
2. By the word of their testimony; the devil is going to accuse, you decieve you, slander you.
3. The sword of the spirit, the breastplate of righteousness, The Word of God, The Gospel of peace.
Everytime Satan came to Jesus; he quoted the Word.
Satan quotes the bible. Cloaking deception with the word is very common.
You’re in Christ now. You must remember this in your battle.
We will continue…
