Let me start by saying That I do NOT mean ALCOHOL... Rather... Are you filled with The Holy Spirit? Or are you filled with A demonic spirit? Let me try and put this Another way... Are you flowing in the Gifts and the fruit of The Holy Spirit? Or are you allowing A demonic spirit or Spirits to FLOW Through YOU...? "When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him" (Luke 8:28) This short verse Tells us what the Gadarene demoniac Did when he saw Jesus "He fell down before Him" The reason why I point This out is that EVERYONE Is in control of Their ACTIONS Even if you ever come Across someone who Appears to be "Out of Control" They are in that state Because THEY ALLOWED It to happen... "For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints." (1 Corinthians 14:31 - 33) Did you see What it said there? "the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets" (1 Corinthians 14:32) Remember I asked at the Beginning of this Devotional: Which spirit are you filled with? Whatever "spirit" you have... YOU are in control of... Now let me share with you A personal story... Which happened to me Many years ago... (Over 30 years ago) I had a problem with a sniffle And a cough that ONLY Happened a day or two Before I had to preach... It was uncanny to me... Mind boggling... To the extent that I sought HELP! The man I approached Pointed me to the following: "For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me" (Exodus 20:5) The Ten Commandments So I am 1st Generation My father is 2nd Generation My grandfather is 3rd Generation And my Great grandfather 4th... Or the other way around... But hopefully you get to see What I mean... Now I also need to point out That I DO NOT hate God... I love Him and know That He loves me So what can this Possibly mean? Well there are various Organisations Which I shall not name... That have practices and beliefs Which are NOT Christian And are definitely NOT godly... And many people who are part Of these Organisations Do not realise this... But are actually good people DECEIVED... I have NEVER been in any of These Organisations... Nor has my father But my grandfather (Who I never knew) WAS... And most probably his father My Great grandfather was too... "children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me" (Exodus 20:5) The "those who hate Me" Were and ARE the people Who belonged to or belong To these Organisations... And according to the Commandment... Their children will suffer... NOW - I am not going to Develop this any further All I have done is quoted A few Bible verses... Referred to the ten Commandments And implied a course Of events... But I will continue With MY story... The person I approached About my sniffle and cough Said that there was a very Easy and simple way To solve this... Simply pray, OUT LOUD: "Heavenly Father, I reject (Name of Orgainsation) in Jesus name. Amen" That was it As simple as that The problem was... I found it difficult to do READ THAT AGAIN And Yes You READ it correctly I found it DIFFICULT To do I paused... I avoided it... My mind was doing Cartwheels... After all I HAD COME FOR HELP WHAT was the problem? The problem was DEMONIC Demonic influence In MY life That I was totally Unaware of... "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6) This is how the Bible Says it What I DIDN'T KNOW Was destroying me (Or at least was trying to) So I was being asked to pray: "Heavenly Father, I reject (Name of Orgainsation) in Jesus name. Amen" And evetually After two or three attempts I DID... And as soon as I Prayed it OUT LOUD Slowly dragging the words out I was able to REPEAT It normally And I was delivered... And the sniffle and cough Were GONE... That is MY STORY Like my last Devotional: How do we minister? You now know how To minister to and With the demonic But please remember If the person does NOT Use their WILL to expel The demon - you CAN'T Jesus delivered the Gadarene demoniac Because he fell at Jesus' feet The "man" WANTED rid Of the demons Not everyone does... Some people actually Enjoy the "control" That it gives them... So minister wisely...
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