“POWER”

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 435
October 1, 2019///

I had a new thought on a familiar scripture. I am sharing this with you because I believe that we would do well to examine the purity of our hearts.

In Mark chapter nine Jesus took Peter, James and John with Him up to the mountain and they had the privilege of seeing Him in a glorified state.

When they came down from the mountain the other 9 disciples had a crowd gathered and were attempting with no success to cast a demonic spirit out a young man,

Although these disciples were able to cast out other demonic spirits, this time they could not.

The desperate Father begged Jesus to do something and Jesus commanded the demonic spirits to leave the boy and in an additional statement, found nowhere else in the scripture, Jesus commanded the spirits to never enter the boy again.

There is an amazing amount of truth in the ninth chapter but two things I want to point out.

FIRST: I believe that because this boy had been tormented by this demonic spirit so much, that Jesus knew he was weak and was a likely candidate for the spirit or spirits to return. Therefore, he forbade them to do so.

When we pray for spirits of any kind (unbelief, physical, mental, emotional, etc) we need to be sensitive to the need of the one we are praying for, just as Jesus was. We can command them never to return.

Then when the disciples were alone with Jesus and asked him why they could not cast this demonic spirit out, Jesus makes this statement:

JOHN 9: “THIS KIND CAN ONLY COME FORTH BY PRAYER AND FASTING!”

SECOND, and main thing that I saw in this that I wanted to share is that the 9 disciples may have been hurt and jealous that the other three got to go up on the mountain with Jesus. When we allow hurt, offense or jealousy, or envy in our hearts we lose the power that allows us to defeat the forces of hell every time.

They had cast out demonic spirits before so I believe the reason Jesus told them this kind needed prayer and fasting is that prayer and fasting would cleanse their hearts of jealousy and any impurities and prepare them to be a vessel of honor for His Power to work through.

David said in the Psalms: Cleanse me oh God and know my heart. In another scripture we are told God looks on the heart and we are told to guard our heart.

May I tell you that if we will Pray and study the word and seek the face of the Lord God Almighty, we will be ready to speak life to people and command all of the irritations and forces of hell to go back where y came from.

May I suggest we are powerless because we lack persistent prayer and cleansing of our heart.

May I suggest we are powerless because we harbor resentments, envy, jealousy, unforgiveness, and other ungodly attitudes in our hearts.

I encourage you to let the Holy Spirit search your heart and remove all the junk and fill you with the knowledge and power He wants to give, and we can change the world around us!
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Father search me and cleanse me and make me pure. I release every attitude or action that is not of you to you, to purify. Make me a vessel of Honor so that the world will see your reflection in me! In Jesus name I pray! Amen

Love, MeMaw