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Spiritual Warfare
Reach
for This Powerful Weapon When Religious Spirits Invade Your Life
It's time to evict
the devil from our homes, our communities and this nation and claim ownership
for the King's domain. Regardless of how he came in, he is trespassing, and
it's up to us to throw him out the door.
Wanda
Alger
Many of the battles we are facing today, both
personal and corporate, are the result of a limitation of Holy Spirit's
presence and power.
The politically correct spirit is the world's
version of a religious spirit, and it seeks to kill any authentic
Spirit-directed initiative or agenda.
It uses threats, accusations and twisted
truths to try to disqualify any work of God-ordained reformation or
supernatural transformation on the earth.
The religious spirit in the church seeks to
discredit anyone or anything that has the mark of supernatural intervention or
inspired revelation.
It too uses manipulation of ideas and
distorted realities to confuse people and rob them of true spiritual power.
If we can see past the smokescreen and
understand heaven's purposes, we can stand strong in the face of seeming defeat
and remain steadfast when things get tough.
1 Corinthians 2:14 states that the flesh
cannot access the things of the Spirit because they are foolishness to the
natural man.
Apart from the Spirit of God, nothing that
originates from His kingdom will make sense.
The enemy knows that if we access the
presence and power of the Holy Spirit, he will be exposed for what he is — a
fraud, a liar and a charlatan.
If he can get us to focus on what we see and
hear in the natural, he can stir up doubt, unbelief and even cynicism against
the things of God.
If he can keep us from operating and walking
in the power of Holy Spirit, he can continue his assault on heaven's agenda and
limit our influence and authority.
I believe our greatest strategy in overcoming
this attack against the work of Holy Spirit is to pray in the Spirit.
This is the best way to bypass our human
reasoning and any demonic interference and go directly to the throne with God's
will.
"Take the helmet
of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the
Spirit always with all kinds of prayer and supplication. To that end be alert
with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints" (Ephesians 6:17-18).
We are being told that the sword is of the
Spirit; therefore, we must pray in the Spirit when we hold it.
The Word of God is not of the flesh. It was
born of the Spirit.
Therefore, we must put on our spiritual armor
and pray in the Spirit in order to disable the demonic assault on the King's
advance.
Notice, too, the goal of our prayers — one
another.
Rather than warring against the devil, we are
supposed to be praying for each other to stand strong and not give up.
Rather than getting distracted by all the
brush fires he keeps starting, we are supposed to lift one another up to the
throne of grace to receive strength, courage and the boldness needed to not
retreat.
I am being personally tested in this like
never before.
My oldest son just recently "came
out," declaring he no longer believes in God.
My son, who had a visitation from Holy Spirit
when he was 7, has preached, prophesied and led worship, gone to ministry
school for three years and was raised as a preacher's kid in the church.
Why? Because the religious spirit has warred
against his soul, convincing him not to trust the Spirit within. Yes, it breaks
my heart. But God's not done!
I believe I am like many other parent warring
for their children and many other believers warring for this nation.
The enemy is hitting below the belt and
stirring up a zeal within the house of the Lord.
Rather than giving in to hearsay and
deceptive reports, I choose to stay in the Spirit and not yield him any ground.
I'm not going to yell because he's not worth
my energy. But I will raise my voice to heaven and speak the language of the
Spirit so that the presence and power of the King will be felt!
This is my watch, and I will not let this
low-level demon rob me of my inheritance or cheat me out of my legacy. I will
not back down!
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Perhaps things are intense because the enemy is on his last leg.
.
Perhaps things are intense because the enemy is on his last leg.
Perhaps it gets the darkest before the
morning light.
All I know is that we have no other choice
but to stand, not give in and yield continually to the Spirit of God.
We must contend for those who are lost. We
must be steadfast in our prayers for this nation.
We must not give up when the forecast looks
cloudy.
We must encourage one another and stir one
another's faith for greater things.
And we must pursue the presence and power of
the Holy Spirit as if our very lives depended on it.
Stand strong on the promises of God. Take
hold of any prophetic word spoken over you, your family and this nation, and
don't back down.
Worship and build up your spirit so that your
spirit-man remains immovable in the face of adversity.
Nothing is impossible with God. His Kingdom
will never end, and it will be established.
The enemy may think he is taking ground
through his threats and manipulating schemes, but little does he realize how it
is stirring up a zeal of the Lord within the saints to secure our inheritance
and take the victor's spoils.
It's time to evict the devil from our homes,
our communities and this nation and claim ownership for the King's domain.
Regardless of how he came in, he is trespassing, and it's up to us to throw him
out the door.
Wanda
Alger
is a field correspondent with Intercessors for America. She ministers with her
husband in Winchester, Virginia. Follow her blog at wandaalger.me.
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