CASTING OUT DEMONS! DO K 7/70

         1. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DEVIL TO WIN OVER YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE IN TO HIM. "Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the World."--1 Jn.4:4; Jam.4:7. It's up to God. The Devil is a liar & is usually bluffing.
         2. TO SOME CHRISTIANS' WAY OF THINKING, STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE IS DOING NOTHING. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous", but God will deliver us--Psa.34:19. God is the way out of trouble.
         3. CASTING OUT DEMONS: PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS & BELIEVE IT WILL BE DONE, & if you are of Jesus, it will be done. Begin by building your own faith by telling about God's miracles (Psa.77:10-12) & recalling incidents that apply to this particular case.--Also through prayer & fasting.
         4. IF YOU CAN, GET THEIR WILL ON YOUR SIDE, OR EVEN GET THEM TO PRAY & ASK GOD TO DELIVER THEM IN JESUS' NAME. This is a prayer Grandmother used: "Jesus, I don't want anything that's not of You, I resist anything that is not of You, Jesus. Now in Jesus Name (Jn.14:14), I command you to leave, Satan!"
         5. GRANDMOTHER HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH EPILEPTICS, WHICH IS A FORM OF DEMON OPPRESSION. Oppression is where the Devil attacks from the outside. You are not your own, since you are bought with a price (1 Cor.6:19,20: Acts 20:28)--no one else can own you but God. The Devil can both oppress & depress you by speaking to your mind & tempting you. But you have a will (Luk.22:42), & can ignore him--unless you surrender your will to him.
         6. GOD HAS MADE PROMISES IN HIS WORD. WHEN YOU PRAY, BRING THOSE PROMISES WITH YOU TO REMIND HIM. When you remind God of His Word (Exo.32:13; Num.14:17), it shows you have faith in it. It's a positive declaration of your faith & your knowledge of the Word which pleases God.--Col.1:10; Heb.11:6; 1Jn.3:22. It's like a lawyer in a courtroom reminding the judge of the law of the land. When you are praying for someone, quote Scripture & recall similar situations from the Bible. Faith comes from the Word.--Rom.10:17. When you remind God of His promises, you are challenging Him.
         7. YOU CAN'T DO MUCH FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE DELIVERED. Sometimes God will give you the power to command a demon, even as it is causing the person to resist you--Mk. 1:23-26; Mat.8:29.
         8. MAT.10:1: "AND WHEN HE HAD CALLED UNTO HIM HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES, HE GAVE THEM POWER AGAINST UNCLEAN SPIRITS, TO CAST THEM OUT, & TO HEAL ALL MANNER OF SICKNESS & ALL MANNER OF DISEASE."--You will run into this more & more. It's not a problem of disease or sin, but more & more it will be demon possession. There is such a thing as a demon of fear.--Heb. 2:15. I remember a girl, Helen Jones, who was sick in bed for eight years, her feet like hands, through a fear of death, literally in bondage. A few minutes after we prayed for her, she got up & walked. The best thing to do is remind them of the Word; the Devil can't stand the Word, nor the Name of Jesus.--Mat.8:29. You should try to get them to say the Name of Jesus. Remember, Jonah got out of the belly of the whale when he said, "Salvation is of the Lord!"--Jonah 2:9.
         9. THE MAIN THING IS TO KNOW THE WORD. FAITH IS BUILT ON THE WORD, that's the contract & the law. That's why you can claim it & command the Lord to fulfill His promises.
         10. SECONDLY, REMEMBER TO GET THEIR WILL ON YOUR SIDE & GET THEM TO ASK FOR THEMSELVES IN JESUS' NAME, & get them filled with the Spirit, if possible. If there's some area in their life where they are resisting God, it will give the Devil a chance to get in--pride, disobedience, selfishness.--Eph.4:27. Don't have any area in your life that the Devil can get hold of. Don't let him claim any area of your life, some area of rebelliousness or of self-indulgence etc.
         11. YOUR HAPPINESS & YOUR HEALTH & YOUR BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE DEPEND ON YOUR OBEDIENCE TO GOD. If you aren't obedient to God, the result will be sickness like the present-day church System (Psa.18:26; Pro.26:2; Isa.1:19,20; 24:5-6; Jn.5:14).

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