Satan fleeing

No.

How can you say no to me?

I can. I am.  No.

We'll see.  Time will tell.

Not now.  Not ever.  No.

It's easy to say, but impossible to enforce.

No it's not.  I can choose or refuse you.  Accept or reject you.  I reject you.  Unconditionally.

Whatever.  I'm still here.

It doesn't matter. 

So I don't matter?

My choice matters.

Ok.  Let's look at this another way.

No.

You haven't even heard what I have to say!

I won't. 

Closed minded are we?

I reject you once and for all and forever.  I won't say anything else.

Well then I'll do the talking, how about that?

...

I can talk all night.  All day.  Everyday.

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You can't go on like this.  Minds snap. Yours will.  All do.  Eventually.

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I won't be ignored!!

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Say something!!!

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How dare you treat me like this!  Like I don't exist!!

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I won't be disrespected!   I don't deserve it.  I won't take it.  I'm leaving.

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You'll regret this.  It's your loss.

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Goodbye...for now.

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The bully, the boy, and his victory (Then)

I called the bully the wrong name, and the bully hit me.  In the eye.  Then it happened.  To understand the power of the situation, you need to know a little bit more about me.  I'm shy, weak, and scared.  A coward really.  Skinny.  Sensitive.  I don't know how to fight, but I want to know.  But I don't.  That's why what happened is a miracle.  It was for me at least.

The bully hit me.  I saw things differently after that, literally.  My vision changed.  Things seemed slower, the voices of the children faded away, and only one voice could be heard:  mine. 

"I'm going to get you when I get off of the bus."

I had never heard my voice sound like this before.  It was calm and clear.  The certainty with which I spoke was past tense.  It's like my decree happened yesterday.  I said those words with something beyond mere confidence.  I said it with authority.  I don't know where it came from, but something or someone had taken charge of me. 

Blurry voices that cheered the upcoming defeat of the coward were barely remembered.  The boy walked down the aisle of the bus with single minded focused fierceness....yet a quiet fierceness.  A decision.  One that had been decreed from eternity past.

The bully stood fully over me;  my head was below the bully's chin.  Taunting me, the bully towered in anticipated victory and glory.  Then it happened.  I hit the bully in the neck.  A single blow that choked the bully.  Children cheered me, and I walked home in the same slow motioned perception I had when I decreed the decision. 

Click here for what happens now.

The Key to Satan's Power in Your Life (Part 1)

The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebub,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”  And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?  “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.  “If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. “If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! 
Mark 3:22-26 NASB

Satan and the demons all act and agree upon one purpose: 

To destroy your life.  You.  The one reading these words right now. 

This is why they succeed in confusing you, tempting you, and deceiving you:  The demons assigned to you allow nothing and no one to distract, diminish, or destroy their goal to harm you.  Jesus illustrated the unified focus of Satan and demons when he dealt with religious teachers who accused Him of Satanic influence.  With four statements of truth, Jesus gave illustrations of Satan and demon unification against humans.

HOW CAN SATAN CAST OUT SATAN?

Think about Jesus’ question. In His question, we see Satan wants demon possession to happen.  He wants to capture and take captive human minds, emotions, and wills.  When he succeeds in their capture, he dare not negate his own conquest.  When he conquers a human soul, he wants that soul to remain conquered.  So how can Satan defeat Satan?  Why would Satan defeat Himself?  The answer should warn you:  Satan never acts against his own goals, nor does he allow division between his demons.  He knows that division will destroy his kingdom.  Satan knows the truth of Jesus’ next statement.

IF A KINGDOM IS DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, IT CANNOT STAND.


We, as Americans, are “one nation, under God, indivisible.”  We strive for unity, successfully or unsuccessfully.  But the church of God should never fail in unity. The kingdom of God cannot stand if we are divided.  The family of God cannot enjoy the same household if there's fighting between brothers and sisters.

IF A HOUSE IS DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, THAT HOUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND.

Your father and mother created a stable or unstable house based on their connection or disconnection.  You remember this.  The house felt tranquil if dad and mom were in agreement.  The home felt unstable if they fought like bitter enemies.  If they agreed, nothing could stop them.  If dad and mom disagreed, any obstacle defeated them and your family.  If you had only dad, or only mom, the same applies, because the absence of one parent is the expression of the ultimate division.  But even Satan does not and will not allow such a division in his family.

IF SATAN HAS RISEN UP AGAINST HIMSELF AND IS DIVIDED, HE CANNOT STAND BUT HE IS FINISHED.

Does it seem like Satan is finished in this world to you?  Does all the evil in this world seem weak and defeated?  It doesn’t to me.  Evil not only seems rampant, but flourishing.  This means the evil one is in perfect union with his demons.  When evil triumphs in your life or mine, keep these things  in mind:

Satan and his demons are in perfect union.

Satan and his demons all agree that you should fail in accomplishing God’s will in your life. 

(Click HERE for part 2)

Satan: The Christian's First Mission

"Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil."  Luke, a companion of the Apostle Paul.

According to the Apostle John, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil.  His people were under Satan's oppression, not the oppression of the Romans.  In the same way, our war isn't against democrats, republicans, men, or women.  We resist Satan.  It is the Christian's first mission because it was Christ's first mission.  Before he preached the kingdom of God, taught kingdom principles, healed those who were sick, or cast out any demons, He resisted and defeated Satan.  This was the first thing the Spirit filled Him, led Him, and empowered Him to do. 

For about 30 years, Jesus lived as the son of a carpenter, with Mary His mother, and his sisters and brothers.  When the time came, He, along with others in Israel who believed the time had come, was  baptized by John the baptizer.  God the Father spoke to Jesus from heaven, and the Spirit of God descended from heaven in the likeness of a dove.  The Spirit came upon Jesus, preparing Him for Satan in two ways, the same two ways He prepares us for Satan.

 



BE SPIRIT FILLED

The Spirit permeated Jesus' life from that moment on, permeating Jesus' life with Spirit presence and power.  Jesus was born of the Spirit like we are born of the Spirit.  He was born of the Spirit by His mother Mary's faith, and we are born of the Spirit by our faith.  But being Spirit born and Spirit filled are not the same.  The Spirit indwells all who believe in Christ, but only permeates the lives of those who want Him to.  This comes from simply asking and yielding, as Jesus said:

"If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

If you believe in Jesus, you are a child of God.  Therefore, ask God to fill you with His Spirit, and He will, right now, as you read.  You can do it now.  Pray these words out loud:

"My father in heaven, as one of your children through faith in Jesus Christ, I ask that you fill me with the Holy Spirit.  Thank you for filling me with your Spirit.  Amen."

That's it!  You are now filled with the Spirit.  How do you know?  Well, how do you know that you are a child of God?  By faith in Jesus, by believing what the scriptures say through Paul the apostle,

"You are children of God through faith in Christ Jesus."  Galatians 3:26, NLT.

If you have faith in Christ Jesus, you are a child of God. 

You know you are filled with the Spirit in the same way:  by believing what Jesus said.  Do you believe Jesus ever lied?  Of course not. Jesus said that our Heavenly Father gives the Spirit to His children who ask Him.  If you are His child, which you are if you have faith in Jesus, and you have asked Him to fill you with the Spirit, which you just did by praying with me, then you are right now, at this moment, filled with the Spirit, permeated by His presence and power.  But some of you still may want more proof, something tangible or experiential.  Here it is:

Use your spiritual power for the purpose for which God gave it, to do what God has given you to do today.

Power is for a purpose, it is the energy and ability to act.  So whatever your job or duty is today, you now have new spiritual power to do your job or duty for God's glory.  That is how you will know and experience being filled with the Spirit. 

Yet I dare say, the first thing you very may well have to do is defeat Satan....(to be continued in part 2)

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The Enemies In Your Promised Land

On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the Lord said to Moses,  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.  Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess."

 “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.  And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ” Numbers 33:50-53, 55-56

You have a promised land, a place in your life which is in the center of God's perfect will for you.  And in your promised land are enemies of God's will, enemies God expects you to conquer.  In fact, He's sending you there for the specific purpose of exposing and conquering these enemies of Gods glory.  He's so serious about this that if you don't conquer them, He will do to you what He planned to do to them!

Expect these obstacles, those who oppose God's perfect will in your life.  They are part of your destiny, meant to bring about God's glory in your life.  These are like "the works of the devil" Jesus appeared to destroy in 1 John 3:8.  You too have works of the devil God saved you to destroy. 

• What are these works of devil you alone can expose and eradicate?
• Who are your spiritual archenemies?

You cannot avoid them.
The Spirit of God is leading you to them.

As Jesus was filled with the Spirit, then deliberately led by the Spirit to the wilderness, to the Devil, so you, in the power of the Spirit, are sent to confront an enemy of God's will.  The cross was God's will for Jesus, and Satan did everything to steer Jesus clear of the cross.

Jesus told us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and to follow Him.

• What is your cross?
• Where is the desert of your enemy the Spirit is leading you to?
• Who are the idol worshiping nations in your promised land God is sending you to remove?

You have to answer these questions because your Christian destiny depends on it. 

You have a promised land,

a place in your life that is in the center of Gods perfect will for you.

In your promised land are enemies of God's perfect will,

enemies God is sending you to expose and remove.

You are the Devil's Enemy

The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.  1 John 3:8


Everything you do should build God's work and destroy the devil's work simultaneously.  To submit to God is to resist the devil, and cause him to flee from you, not you to flee from him.  You are his enemy, undoing whatever he does.  You join the Son of God in His reason for appearing:  To destroy the devil's work.  Sin is the work of Satan.  When you appear, you do so to destroy sin.


A man is the image and glory of God.  Sin is to fall short of God's glory. So real men, Christ like men, destroy the work of the devil.  The devil's work is to dishonor God's image.  Real men bring honor to God's image.


A woman is the glory of God's glory.  She destroys the devil's work by reflecting the glory of God in man, her husband, her brother, her father.


The devil is a liar, the father of lies, speaking lies effortlessly. When we speak the truth only, we honor God who is truth, and dishonor the devil, who is the liar.


God hates divorce, therefore the devil loves separating couples.  Husbands and wives who are faithful are destroying the works of the devil.


God considers children a reward, which means Satan considers them a punishment, and seeks their death.  Bearing children destroys the works of the devil, who is a murderer, the first murderer.  Loving children dishonors Satan and glorifies Jesus, who loved little children.


The list goes on, and you have a part in the list, individually and specifically.  There is a specific work of God you alone can build, and a specific work of Satan you were saved to destroy. What is it?


It's who you are right now and whatever you are doing right now. Remember, Jesus appeared to do this.  He wasn't passive, but came to break down whatever Satan does.


Don't be afraid, if you are.  Jesus in you is greater than Satan outside of you.  Jesus Himself, by His Spirit, protects you from the evil one.  In Jesus name, undo whatever Satan is doing around you.  This is what you were born again to do.

When GOD and SATAN Have Plans FOR YOU (Part 1)

(Satan said to the LORD about Job,) "But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”  Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.  Job 1:11-12

Why were God and Satan focused on Job?

Satan had roamed the earth, to and fro.  God brought Job to Satan's attention.  Job was the focus of their conversation.  What did God see?  What did Satan see?

God saw a man who feared Him and shunned evil more than any other man in the world.  Satan saw a man who only did so for what he got.  God and Satan focused on Job's true motivation.

Every now and then, they focus on the same with me, AND YOU.

What is your true motivation?
How does it get the attention of God and Satan?

• When you fear God to the extent that you are distinct in your surroundings, God notices.  So does the devil.
• When you shun evil to the extent that you stand out like a candle in the dark, God notices.  So does the devil.

When God and Satan have plans for you, it is because you are faithful.

Stay faithful.

Or it may because your faith is about to fail...(Read Part 2 click HERE)

How We RESIST SATAN (PART 2)

Our enemies are spiritual. demons. satan. Thoughts and insinuations and implications and assumptions whose origins are satan and demons. You feel it. Thoughts that put you in a bad mood for no real reason. Like a grudge before the day begins. It’s in the air. War. Meaningless internal and external atmospheric conflict. Someone picks a fight with you at work. Why? You were minding your own business. It feels like you’re being targeted. Sought out for an argument. Like a verbal fight is inevitable. The devil. Resist. Focus. Truth will dispel the cloud over your head. You’ll feel it evaporate. The evaporation is satan fleeing. God promises this if you resist.

How We RESIST SATAN (PART 1)

God commands strength. He is our source. God commands us to use His strength to immovably stand against satan. He supplies us with His own armor—offensive and defensive weapons and protection. Truth overcomes lies. The righteousness of our faith in Christ defeats satan’s accusations. The good news of our peace with God destroys all emotions of opposition. Our invincibility is our faith: we listen only to God; we ignore satan’s deceptions and temptations. Our hope in Christ’s return is victory over hopelessness and distraction. We speak only the truth, according to the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ.

How to BE SPIRITUALLY POWERFUL AND INVINCIBLE (PART 3)

Faith is our shield, blocking us from the words of Satan. From ALL of the words of Satan. We become powerful and invincible when we absolutely refuse to listen to Satan! We block our minds from every deception. With Satan and demons and deception we are unconditionally intolerant, stubborn, bull headed, and unresponsive! We are rude to Satan! Giving him no respect, no time, no attention, no audience! When we close ourselves off to him to this extent, we become untouchable! Quenching ALL of the fiery darts of the wicked one. All of his deceptions, temptations and accusations, confusions and distractions. We hear truth alone. We speak truth alone. We act upon truth alone. Through Christ we are powerful and invincible! (READ PART 4!)

How to BE SPIRITUALLY POWERFUL AND INVINCIBLE (PART 2)

God commands us to take His armor, His complete armor. We are to do this because the devil schemes against us. But we can be invincibly immovable and moving against our enemy. By God’s Truth, we can resist and defeat the father of lies. By Christ’s Righteousness which comes from our faith in Christ, we can resist the slanderer-tempter-accuser. By the Spirit of Peace we defeat the devil’s disorder and confusion. By the hope of Christ’s salvation, we defeat the hopelessness of Satan. Now we come to the essential thing that makes us powerful and invincible!

The Differences Between GOD AND SATAN (PART 3)

Satan affects a room in such a way as to hypnotize. You feel your mind overwhelmed with pleasure or displeasure, to the point where your focus seems impossible, and the pleasure or displeasure seem irresistible. Key word: Irresistible. God never rapes our spirits with His wonder or power. God Himself can be rejected by us. True, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. This will not be an option. Hell and heaven won’t be options in the end. But today they are chosen. Today you determine your final end. Satan seeks to intoxicate you until you are addicted to yourself. God seeks to reveal Himself to you so that you may be like Him. With Satan, whether he comes through pleasure or displeasure, something in you will alert you to his danger. Something will always be “off.” With God, whether you feel pleasure or you suffer, you will feel a deep incomprehensible peace that liberates your mind and emotions to love God, men, and women. God is love. Satan is the murderer and hater. If you want God, you will have him. He gives you this choice. Satan does not

The Differences Between GOD AND SATAN (PART 2)

Here are the differences between God and Satan: God made Himself known as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He said He would be known by this name forever. Jesus came in the flesh, died for our sins, and rose for our regeneration. Jesus is Lord. Any one who says otherwise should be rejected. The Spirit of truth is truth, guiding us into all truth; God’s word is truth; God’s Son is the truth. The Spirit acknowledges Jesus is Lord, and Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Those who follow the Spirit glorify Christ and love as He loves. Satan wants our wills and minds passive. God’s Spirit wants active minds and wills. Satan operates from the outside in, God from the inside out. Satan confuses and condemns unknown or nonspecific sin, creating hopelessness. God clarifies and convicts specific sins, giving the hope of forgiveness. God is light. Satan is the prince of darkness.

The Differences Between GOD AND SATAN (PART 1)

No one who encounters God mistakes Satan for God. The Spirit of God is never taken for a demon. There are false prophets, false teachers, and false miracle workers. But God is God. He is who He is. There is no one and nothing like Him. Those who encounter Him never think anything else. Many false prophets and false christs come and go. But Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God said through the prophet Malachi, “I, the LORD, do not change.” Jesus called the Holy Spirit “the Spirit of truth.” John said the Spirit is truth. False gods never compared to the only true God. May we never dishonor the Father, the Son, or the Spirit by assuming they are so flimsy as to be easily mistaken for Satan.

How to TEST SPIRITS Without FEAR (PART 2)

God’s children fear God. We know that deception is possible, but not necessarily probable. We are watchful for Satan’s deceptions, but without fear of our communion with God by His Spirit. It is our birthright to understand and know God through faith in Christ Jesus, as He is revealed in the Holy Scriptures. Submit to God. Resist the Devil. Depend on God’s power. Test those who say they have a message from God to you, and test yourself before you give messages from God to others. But refuse to live in fear of being deceived. Refuse to believe the Spirit of God is less real than you are.

How to Test SPIRITS Without FEAR (Part 1)

Perfect love casts out fear. God is love. The Spirit is God. Therefore, the Spirit casts out fear. Testing the spirits in scripture refers to our own spirit and the spirits of false teachers and prophets. We test our character and the character of others, whether we are in total submission to the Spirit of Christ. We test our power and the power of others, whether we are dependent on the gifts God alone gives. But God's Spirit is Certainty. Perfectly Trustworthy. Imitations of Satan and demons bear no comparison to the true and living God.

Elijah's God and The Evil Day

"The god who answers by fire--he is God."  
1 Kings 18:24b

"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."  Ephesians 6:13

If you follow the Lord Jesus, the day is coming.   

Or it has already come.   

Or it is already here.   

You know the day.   

Paul calls it “The Evil Day.”   

It is the day when fire will come from heaven at your word to expose the false gods of this world.   

The day you will take a stand.  

And having done all, you will stand.   

It’s inevitable.   

Good must triumph over evil.   

You were born to destroy evil.  A specific evil.  Your nemesis from birth.   

You know him.   

You’ve seen her.   

She has haunted you from your childhood.   

He hid under your bed.   

The recurring nightmare.   

The shadow standing at your bed that vanishes when you scream.   

The evil day is coming. Or has come.  Or is here as you read.  Stand.  You were born and reborn to stand today, on that day.  It is the day when those who don’t believe will say their god is god, or there is no God.   

Don’t argue.  Arguments lead no where unless the Spirit argues through you and for you, silencing sons and daughters of the devil.   

Offer a challenge.   

As Elijah did, you do.   

And know that the God who answers by fire—He is God!

When We Have Demonic Dreams...

Have you ever felt yourself falling into such a deep sleep that it scared you? That you resisted it? It felt like death and dying. Or have you had a dream where you feel something crushing the inside of your head, your spiritual head? You try to scream, but your mouth feels glued shut. Nothing seems to work..except saying one word: JESUS!! What about a dream where everything seems “normal,” but the whole thing feels wrong? You can’t put your finger on it. But something bad is going to happen before the end, yet you haven’t formed this thought completely. It’s just a feeling. Until the point in the dream when the person who was walking behind you changes. They're still the same person, but at the same time another entity! Then you know: "This is the devil! I’m in a nightmare! I have to wake up!" But you can’t. In fact, the person behind you assures you that you can’t escape! And you believe him. You fear her. You try to scream. But can’t. Only one word works: Jesus!!! "THAT NAME HAS NO POWER HERE!" The demon shrieks. But for some reason, you don’t believe him. Again, you scream, "JESUS!" You wake up.

Our enemy (Conclusion: Your Destiny Against The Enemy!)

You have the same purpose as the Lord Jesus:   

DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL!

The works of the devil are these:  LIES.

Take no part in them.

EXPOSE THEM.

Not only this.

You have a specific lie to expose.

You are a specific truth that exposes a specific lie.

For example:

I am Olatunde:  Honor comes again.

I expose the lie of dishonor, as it is written,

“They exchanged the truth for the lie and worshiped creatures instead of The Creator.”

I expose irreverence.

By the reverence of God’s presence, I destroy irreverence.

Honor comes again to the image of God in man.

For this cause I was born again.

• What about you?
• Why did Jesus die for you?
• Why did He rise for you?
• Why did He ascend for you?
• What were you remade to do?

Whatever it is, it destroys a specific work of the devil.

I once read that the answers to these two questions are the answer to your identity and destiny:

1. What do you love the most?
2. What do you hate the most?

Whatever you love most, you embody.

Whatever you hate most is the work of the devil you were remade to destroy.

Our Enemy (Part 3)

The devil is trying to kill you.   

Especially if you follow the Lord.

It is written,

Be self controlled, be watchful.  Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Let’s dissect the word of God:

1. Satan is your adversary.  Your enemy.  This is his name.  This is who he is.
2. Satan is compared to a lion.  A predator is never PASSIVE! 
3. Satan is looking for you.    

YOU!  The one reading these words.

How are you supposed to act right now if you believe these words are from God?

I’ll tell you.

At this moment, as I write, I’m an officer.

Officers where I am are on alert.   

(Or as the word of God says, we are being self controlled and watchful.)

Why?

The Police Department received information stating that a man is on the loose is who is deliberately looking for officers to kidnap and torture.

Do you see?

An enemy is looking for US!

But we are also looking for HIM!

We aren’t just passively sitting around, scared.

He made himself our enemy!

So we’ve made ourselves his enemy!

An enemy is also looking for you.

Look for him too.

(The image at the top is from vampirediaries.wikia.com)