Topic: God Has Already Given You Authority Over Satan
SCRIPTURE: Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19 (NKJV)
MESSAGE FOR THE DAY: There's not one single place in the New Testament where God's Word instructed believers to pray to God the Father or Jesus Christ to do anything against the devil on their behalf, so praying that kind of prayer is a mere waste of time and effort. As a believer, you are to rise up and command the activities of the devil to cease in your life. The reason is because God has already given you the authority to do this. The least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else, and unless believers do something about the devil, nothing will be done. Often people realize that certain trials in their lives are the work of the enemy, and they cry out to God to rebuke the enemy and alter circumstances for them. Prayers like that are based on ignorance and hold no value for the person praying them. God has already given you authority over the devil; you also have the responsibility to exercise that authority over him and stay his hands in your affairs.
Mark 16:17 says, 'These signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name shall they cast out devils.' The very first sign mentioned as following any believer—not any pastor— is that they shall cast out devils in the Name of Jesus. Other words for cast out are throw out, boot out, etc. That is, you are to treat the devil with disdain and walk him out of your life. Likewise, in James 4:7, we are told, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." To flee means to run away in terror. This means if you're seeing the activities of the devil around you, it's because you permit him. If you resist him vehemently in faith, standing on your authority in Christ, he will flee from you in terror. Therefore, make up your mind never to give Satan another day to perpetrate his wickedness around you. Resist him violently, command his activities in and around you to cease in the Name of Jesus, and he will obey you. The authority over Satan is yours; the responsibility to exercise that authority is also yours. What are you waiting for?
PRAYERS
Father, in the Name of Jesus, thank You for the light of Your Word shining into my heart today. Today, I adjure you Satan in the Name of Jesus to take your hands off my affairs, and I decree your activities over my life to cease now. It is over with delay and denials; it is over with sicknesses and diseases; it is over with lack and want in my life and family in Jesus Mighty Name. A new day dawns for my family today in Jesus precious Name
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