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Friday 26 July 2013

Retaining Your Healing and Resisting the Devil

Ignorance is costly. It has cost many their happiness, jobs, marriage, properties, rights, health, money and even their lives. Indeed, we live in a world that is fast passing away; and the earlier we realized our authority as believers, the more assured we are of victory over the enemy of our souls. “In this world you will have tribulations”, Jesus counselled, “but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world”. Despite this re-assuring statement of Christ and many other biblical promises, why do many still find it difficult to get healed and/or retain their healing? 


Today, I’ll be sharing Bro. Kenneth Hagin’s experience on this subject. Be rest assured that his experiences have biblical justifications. I have practiced them in my own life and experienced similar results. If you have been battling issues regarding your health, divorce, marriage, relationships, finance, job, career, ministry, etc, the following insights from this man of faith will be of immense help to you.

“Often we realize that certain trials in our lives are the work of the enemy, and we cry out to God to rebuke him and alter circumstances for us. However, God’s Word tells us to rebuke the enemy ourselves. In James 4:7, we are told, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” The authority over the devil is ours. The responsibility is ours. We’ve got to depend on the Spirit of God to know when demons are present and to know how to deal with them. We’re helpless without both the Spirit and the Word. Don’t just be a Word person without the Spirit, and don’t just be a Spirit person without the Word. Many try to act on the Word of God without the Spirit of God. You’ve got to have both of them. The Spirit and the Word agree.

“You don’t need to deal with a spirit in every case of healing. But if you have to, the Lord will show you. You’ll only defeat the devil when you’ve got a foundation of God’s Word and you act upon it. Many got their healing from big meetings, crusades or encounters but after two weeks, their healing was gone. Why did they lose it? Because they didn’t know their authority. They didn’t know how to hold onto what they had, so they didn’t try to exercise authority themselves; or if they said anything, they said the wrong thing.

 “You can be released from oppression to your body and your mind. You can exercise spiritual authority over others as long as they are in your presence. You can take authority over all unseen forces. If you learn how to exercise spiritual authority like this, it will work in your home as well. I’ve heard of women who exercised their spiritual authority when their unsaved husbands came home arguing and fighting. The women had learned how to quietly and calmly rebuke the evil spirits behind the situation and claim authority over them – and the situation changed.

“I learned how to do this many years ago when some of my relatives would get extremely angry. I simply took authority over the situation. They knew when I did it, because they looked at me with a startled expression – and they straightened out immediately. I wasn’t exercising authority over their will, however, but over the spirit that made them act the way they did.

“Conditions exist because we permit them to. Of course, we’re always going to have spiritual babies, and we ought to carry them on our faith, but some of us ought to grow up enough to be able to help look after the babies and not leave it up to the pastor to do everything. Matthew 18:18 says, “Whatsoever things ye refuse to be permitted on earth will be refused to be permitted in heaven.” Exercise your authority, now!”

In summary, to be qualified to get healed, retain your healing and resist the devil over every area of your life, you need to be: Born-again; Get grounded in the Word of God; Learn to walk in Spirit; and then consistently Exercise your Authority! However, if need be, don’t hesitate to seek help from men and women of God. Remember, exercising your authority and living in constant dominion and victory is not a ‘sometime’ thing, it’s an ‘all-time’ thing. God bless you!


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