THE BATTLE!!

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 352
November 7, 2017////

Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

As I wept at the carnage evil left in a church in a little Texas town Sunday, the scripture above invaded my mind and spirit.

Evil is everywhere but the real battle is not with flesh and blood but with the forces of hell that promote evil and work to destroy through people who will allow the lies and deceit and unimaginable thinking take over.

The enemy of all that is good did not start this evil deed in Texas just this past Sunday. This unseen enemy starts small and when an individual buys his lies, increases the deception until it explodes in unspeakable horrors.

Forgive me if this freaks you out but there is a spirit world all around us and a battle going on in the atmosphere that we cannot see. Angels and Demonic Spirits are in a battle of proportions we can only imagine.

Those who have received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior represent the enemy to those who have not received Jesus as their Savior.

When evil reacts with hate and murder and unspeakable horror against the people around them, they are rising up against the good in this world and its people.

So as children of the Almighty God should we run and hide in fear and trembling because we know there is an enemy of all that is good out there.

NO!! a thousand times NO!!

We need to rise as a mighty army of the Creator of the Universe and fight in the real battle ground: The Spirit. PRAY>>>>>>PRAY against the forces of the devil who are trying to ruin our lives, our children, our cities, towns and neighborhoods.

May I call your attention today to the book of Genesis. Where it all began.

Genesis 1:26-28 (KJV)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Synonyms of dominion:
POWER, AUTHORITY, JURISDICTION, CONTROL, COMMAND, SWAY

Just look at these words. God has given mankind dominion over all the earth. When sin took place in the garden, evil entered the picture and there has been a spiritual battle going on since.

Who has the answer? The child of God does! The answer is Jesus! Through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the authority over evil has been given back to Gods Creations.

I encourage you today to shake off complacency, and rise up as a son and daughter of the most high God and let your prayers shake the heavens with their power.

I truly believe at this time in history the most powerful thing we can do to derail evil is pray. Changing laws will not change people: only the Spirit of the Living God can do that.

We have authority and dominion and we cower in the face of the enemy like scared babies, wrought with fear and confusion.

Let us rise up as the might army of good that God intended us to be and take our place (as I shared last week, wearing the whole armor of God) as the representatives of the Lord God Almighty!!

Yes: Greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world.

I say again……Pray…Pray for your family, your friends, your church, your State, your Country and its leaders. The battle must begin on our knees and then we can walk forth in the power and authority that we have been given and slay the giants in our world.
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Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and I decree and declare that each person reading this will cast off a spirit of complacency, and understand the authority they have as your representative on this earth. I decree and declare in the name of Jesus that we are loosed from fear and bound to the knowledge of who we are in you. Bless and empower your sons and daughters with the understanding of who we are in you. Amen

Pray: There is Power in Prayer!!
Love Me-Maw