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The following excerpt is taken from The Blood and the Glory by Billye Brim:
Remembering: Using the Name and the Blood to Bring Up Children
Later, when he was in college an interesting thing happened. Chip and three friends decided to rent a house their second year rather than to live in the dorm.
Early one morning my telephone rang. At first I didn’t recognize the high-pitched distorted voices.
“Mom!” “Mrs. Brim!” They squeaked excitedly.
I figured out it was Chip and his basketball player friend, Conley. They told me their scary story.
The doublewide mobile home they rented was far out in the country. The first day when the boys arrived home from school in one car, they noticed strange things. The doors and windows were open. Hair dryers and toasters were on. The television and stereos were blasting. They thought it was someone playing a joke. But when they checked with the owner, no one else had a key. For several days thereafter when they came home the same things were happening. And then came the eventful night before they called me.
Chip was in his bedroom studying. Everyone else was in bed. He heard the front door slam hard. The whole mobile home shook. He got up to investigate. Then the door to Conley’s room opened wide and slammed closed.
Chip asked Mart, who slept on the living room couch, “Did you see that?”
“Yes. What was it?”
At that Conley’s door opened and slammed again.
Then Chip and Matt saw a dark figure go out the front door which opened and slammed shut.
Mart and Chip ran to Chip’s room where they both spent the rest of the night in his twin bed. They promised never to tell anyone what they saw.
Rising unusually early Conley said to Chip, “I’ve got to talk to you about last night.”
(Conley and Chip grew up together. Conley’s parents were Spirit-filled Christians, too. Chip told me when we discussed this for the book, however, that he and Conley were not living for God as they knew to at the time.)
Robert evidently had heard it too, for he asked, “What was all that?”
Conley said, “Something came into my room and stood over my bed. It was hooded and carried a scythe like the grim reaper. I think he came to tell me I’m going to die.”
Matt cried out, “Oh, my God!”
With that the four boys took off running down the road toward a little store a mile away where they called me from the pay phone.
Such cases are low-level devils. They can only frighten. But this one had succeeded fairly well. For I am certain those macho athletic types would not have wanted the girls on campus to have observed their shaking and squeaking.
“It’s just low-level devils,” I assured them. I gave them Scriptures and told them how to cast out the devils.
Then I instructed them further. “Do you have any oil? Demons don’t have to use windows and doors, but as a point of contact for your faith, and as a symbol of entry into your house, anoint all the doors and windows with this oil and say, ‘In the Name of Jesus we apply the Blood of Jesus. Demons, you cannot enter our house.’”
The boys chipped in and bought oil at the store. Then they went back to the house—which they’d vowed on the way to the store they would never enter again—and carried out the instructions in detail.
They had no further trouble. And as a result of the evident power of God over the power of the devil, the boys started going to church.
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Prayed…
By Your blood, Jesus, we are cleansed and whole!
Precious is the blood!
Lord, we thank You for it, and we come before You by it!
The way is cleared before us
Pleading the blood over the young men and women who have walked away from Your plan
That they would see Your power and come back to You
We lift up all backsliders and call them up, out, and into restoration!
Calling victory into their lives
Families, we plead the blood of Jesus over you!
Every situation is covered in the blood!
Scripture focus…
(1–13) You who sit down in the High God’s presence, spend the night in Shaddai’s shadow, say this: “God, you’re my refuge. I trust in you and I’m safe!” That’s right—he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you— under them you’re perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. You’ll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses. Yes, because God’s your refuge, the High God your very own home, evil can’t get close to you, harm can’t get through the door. He ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go. If you stumble, they’ll catch you; their job is to keep you from falling. You’ll walk unharmed among lions and snakes, and kick young lions and serpents from the path.(14–16) “If you’ll hold on to me for dear life,” says God, “I’ll get you out of any trouble. I’ll give you the best of care if you’ll only get to know and trust me. Call me and I’ll answer, be at your side in bad times; I’ll rescue you, then throw you a party. I’ll give you a long life, give you a long drink of salvation!”
(Ps. 91 The Message)
Continued Praying…
Father, we receive every word as absolute truth!
We hold onto You for dear life, and we stand in the gap for others!
Lord, You will get us out of trouble
We have overcome through the blood!
No weapon formed against us will prosper
In You, we take our protection
We are changed in Your presence
Thank You for new ideas and revelations
Calling for miracles, signs, and supernatural happenings
We are going up, out, and through
There is an advance in the body of Christ to never be the same again
We plead the blood over the individual things You have called each one of us to
Covering the spiritual and government leaders in the blood!
We cover the north, south, east and west parts of America
Lifting up New York, Maine, and every port and coast!
Calling for doors to be opened that have never been opened before!
Pleading the blood over the southern border
Enemy, you cannot come in, and you must leave!
Drawing a line between Mexico and the United States
Protection by the blood
Applying the blood over all of the southern border patrols
We cover the coast lines of each island
Today, we are believing for change to come!
We pray for Canada and Mexico, for revival to break out in these nations
Lord, we know You have moved in these places before
We go in and around Washington DC
Pleading the blood over our President and the leaders around him
Covering the Congress and Senate
The foundation on which this nation was founded shall not be taken away
Lifting up the Supreme Court
Declaring that our freedom and prayer shall not be taken away
There is an opening for the blood to work today!
Father, we thank You for this day!
Declaring that Your favor is going before us
Everything we put our hands to prospers
Our families, churches, and pastors are blessed!
We know we are protected!
