Share this…FacebookTwitterPlease read Part One and Part Two. How are we to deal with Satan? Resist him James 4:7 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. The word resist means to stand against or oppose. It implies that there is pressure on you to go in a certain
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Share this…FacebookTwitterPlease read Part One Levels of Demonic Influence There are four levels of influence or control a demon can have over a human being. Demonic Influence This is Satan (or any of his minions) whispering in a person’s ear and planting thoughts and making suggestions. The person is controlled only to the extent that
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Share this…FacebookTwitterIntroduction This is the beginning of a three part series on dealing with the devil. It is not a study of demonology or about the devil per se, although having some knowledge of the devil’s origins is useful. Rather, it is a study of what the Bible says we as Christians should do to
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Share this…FacebookTwitterSome groups like to use the word confession, others use the word declaration to pretty much mean the same thing. But what does it mean to confess or declare God’s Word? What is the Biblical basis for it? Definition Form Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary Confession: So we see that there are two aspects of
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Share this…FacebookTwitterCare – Worry – Anxiety The Lord knows there is plenty to be worried and anxious about, whether it is circumstances in your own life, or anxiousness about the crazy things that are happening in our country and the world right now. Care: merimna; lit. to draw in different directions. A state of mental
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Share this…FacebookTwitterMany years ago, actually on our honeymoon, we attended the second ever West Coast Believer’s Convention in Anaheim, CA. One of the speakers was Charles Capps. This post is based on the notes I took of his message. Foundation Text: Luke 6:46-49 46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not
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Share this…FacebookTwitterPlease see Part One and Part Two. 6. You Must Sanctify Yourself Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Before crossing the Jordan and entering the Promised Land, Joshua commanded the people to sanctify themselves. To sanctify means to be set apart
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Share this…FacebookTwitterIn Part One, we looked at To Get to the Promised Land, You Have to Get Through the Wilderness. But many Christians have a distorted view of what that means. 2. To Possess Your Land, You Must See Yourself as God Sees You Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is
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Share this…FacebookTwitterIntroduction As Christians, we are familiar with the story of how God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt: through mighty signs and wonders exercised in judgment, a nation of slaves brought the mightiest nation on the planet to its knees. We are also familiar with the parallel between the story of Israel and
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Share this…FacebookTwitterIn Part One, we looked at the two kinds of patience, longsuffering and perseverance, and how longsuffering should be exercised towards people, and perseverance towards the devil and circumstances. We also saw that the Greek word peirasmos used in James 1 can be translated as a temptation, test, or a trial. And then we
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