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Recognize The Spiritual Landscape

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Often God's people do not realize when they are in a power encounter. For example; often the spiritual realm has been described as superstitions, myths, wild imaginations or unscientific. Evangelistic and mission efforts are at times ineffective, because believers have not taken the spiritual dimensions into account. Elisha did well to pray that his servant could see with spiritually sensitive eyes (II Kings 6:15-19).

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"When a strong man fully armed guards his own homestead, his possessions are undisturbed; but when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied, and distributes his plunder" (Luke 11:21-22).

 

 

 

The strong man described here is a demon. The demon guards his territory. What is the spiritual territory that is in conflict? It is the souls of men, women, and children. The strong man will guard his possession, the souls of people, until someone stronger than he subdues him.
 
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Only God can bind the strong man. He does so-with His power, working with the five-fold gift ministry and the church. All power in heaven and earth was given to the body, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.

 

Our prayers done in love and unity can unleash the power of God and bind the strong man. This not only works for countries and peoples, but also within companies where we work.

 

It all can be accomplished if we understand His ways and covenants and the five-fold gift ministry and the work of the church. Many unreached people are unreached because God's people have not prayed strategically for their release and stood in His authority and covenants, His way by faith. In many instances, God's people could not pray strategically because they did not know who the unreached peoples were who have made allegiances to demonic deities centuries ago.

 

God has given us the spiritual authority to occupy the gates of our enemy. Instead of using prayer as a combat communication device to unload Holy Spirit guided bombs to enemy targets, we often use prayer as a genie's lamp to lavish blessings on friends, family and ourselves instead of doing what God has called each of us to do (Matthew 16:18, Matthew 28:18, Acts 1:8, Romans 1:16, Ephesians 1:18-23).

 

What will you do today?

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