Prayed…
Thank You for Your presence today, Father
We are healed by the precious blood of Jesus
You are working in and through us and we thank You for it
This is a day that You have made and we will rejoice in it
Thank You that we have an opportunity to come together to worship You
Your blood is surrounding us and it is working in and through us, Lord
We gather together in Your name, and we lift You up
Yes, we are Your people, and we are called by Your name!
Humbling ourselves before You, and we turn from every wicked way!
You are healing our land, and we thank You for it
We worship and praise You, Father
Jesus, there is no other name above You
Blessed be Your name, Lord
A Word of the Lord came forth…
Hallelujah, so if You shine and we know You do, Your presence is in us and so we shine too. We are bright, we are light, we are full of expectation knowing that everything will turn out right. All cares have to go, depression has to leave, and separation has to go. For the presence, the power, the anointing is here to keep us in the right flow. So we will move with what we know to move with and that is Your glory, Your presence, the anointing resident within each one of us and we will contend for what You want us to contend for. We thank You for it, Lord.
Shared…
The following excerpt is taken from The Believer’s Authority by Kenneth E. Hagin:
Authority Now
It’s now, when there is something that will hurt and destroy, that we have authority. But many people believe we can’t have much of anything now. They think Satan’s running everything down here. We must remember, however, that although we are in the world, we are not of the world. Satan’s running a lot of what is here on earth, but he’s not running me. He’s not running the Church. He’d not dominating us. We can dominate him. We have authority over him!
Jesus said, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over ALL the power of the enemy: and nothing [nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing] shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19).
Does the Church in this century have less authority than it did right after Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and seating at the Father’s right hand? If it has less authority today, it would have been better for Jesus not to have died. But no, bless God, we have authority.
Jesus said in Matthew 28:18, “…ALL POWER is given unto ME in heaven and in earth.” All the authority that can be exercised upon the earth has to be exercised through the Church, because Christ is not here in person – in His physical body.
We are the Body of Christ. Even though we have prayed, “Now, Lord, You do this and that,” leaving everything up to Him, He has conferred His authority on the earth to His body, the Church. Thus, many problems exist because we permit them to – we’re not doing anything about them. We’re the ones who are supposed to do something about them, but we’re trying to get someone else, including God, to do something about them.
How to Deal With the Devil
As long as Satan can keep you in unbelief or hold you in the arena of reason, he’ll whip you in every battle. But if you’ll hold him in the arena of faith and the Spirit, you’ll whip him every time. He won’t argue with you about the Name of Jesus–he’s afraid of that Name.
I have found that the most effective way to pray can be when you demand your rights. That’s the way I pray: “I demand my rights!”
Peter at the Gate Beautiful did not pray for the lame man; he demanded that he be healed (Acts 3:6). You’re not demanding of God when you demand your rights; you’re demanding of the devil.
Jesus made this statement in John 14: “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do…If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it” (vv.14-14). He’s not talking about prayer. The Greek word here is “demand,” not “ask.”
On the other hand, John 16:23-24 is talking about prayer: “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” (The Father is mentioned here in connection with prayer, but He isn’t mentioned in the passage from John 14.)
The Greek actually reads, “Whatever you demand as your rights and privileges…” You’ve got to learn what your rights are.
Faith’s Role in Authority
Faith is involved in exercising spiritual authority. Yes, there are times when evil spirits come out immediately, but if they don’t when you speak the word of faith, don’t get disturbed about it.
I base my faith on what the Word says. Some people’s faith is not based on the Bible, however, it’s based on a manifestation. They operate outside faith in the sense realm If they get certain manifestations, they think the devil’s gone. But he isn’t gone just because you get a manifestation. He’s still there, and you need to know that and exercise your authority.
When circumstances don’t change immediately, some people become discouraged and slip back into the natural. They start talking unbelief and they defeat themselves. They give the devil dominion over them.
As Smith Wigglesworth often said, “I’m not moved by what I see. I’m not moved by what I feel. I’m not moved only by what I believe.” So stand your ground.
