Daily Devotional

ALL POWERS UNDER GOD’S CREATION AND COMMAND

January 4

hild of God, what do you believe about your Father in Heaven? Of course, you believe that He exists! Do you believe that your Father is the Creator of everything in existence? Indeed, you are right! Even Lucifer or as he is now called Satan, was created in the beginning by your Father as an angel of light. Do you think that I would create anyone or anything that is greater than God? I did not! All things conform to the plan and purposes of your Father’s holy will. Therefore, when the Lord Jesus called together the disciples and gave them "power over all unclean spirits and over all the power of the Devil,"(Luke 9:1), there was not one evil spirit that did not obey their commands that were given in and through his name. This should be comforting to you! You are empowered by your Father to go anywhere at His holy command and win the victory over all the powers that you encounter! Again, this is good news, right? You bet! Now, I warn you not to seek out the devil to engage him in battle! Your battles are always appointed of the Father, and if you fight outside His will, you can be injured and greatly overwhelmed by the Enemy. Your Father in Heaven will make it obvious to you when to go to battle. Any time that you personally, or as a family come under attack from the Evil One is the time to fight! Your fight is with the sword of the Lord--- the word of God! Do not battle him out of your anger or sense of revenge--- the Bible says, "vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord." (Romans 12:19) Your fleshly person cannot overcome the spirit of the Devil. The nature of war will not permit that! You must always war on him using praise, worship, joyful declarations, full belief and trust in your Father’s faithfulness and power! Also, make use of the strong, wonderful name of Jesus! You will not fight to a standoff. Neither will you fight a war in the Holy Spirit that you will lose! You will always win when your Father initiates the battle! Above all, do not declare that you are in a "deliverance ministry." You may see many set free, but the nature of your ministry is to minister to the Lord. If He chooses for you to be useful in setting captives free that is good. Your first line of your work for the Lord is to minister to others Christ and His love. This is the calling of the righteousness!

Prayer

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Father, I thank you that you set the course and actions of my entire life. I will only go forth at your urging. I will not go looking for a battle--- I will allow you to set the battles in motion in which I am to fight! Then, I will joyfully take the sword of the Lord in hand, and win! In Jesus’ name, amen!