Doug Addison just posted this on 25 Feb, titled 'March Forward: Get Ready to Advance!' When we entered into March, the expectation is heightened up because it seemed like we have entered into another time zone. The set time zone, the time for action zone. The spiritual atmosphere also seemed to have changed in this month. He said in his earlier post that March is a time of breakthrough. We have pressed past the times of pruning, alignment, increased resistance and attacks in January, February and we have finally made it into March! Praise the Lord! This is a highlight of his recent post.
This year, the month of March is going to be a turning point spiritually. On the last Yom Kippur, (September 23, 2015) I heard God say that 24 weeks from that day there would be a big shifting happen. You can read more about it in my 2016 Prophetic Forecast. We are currently in a time of pruning and preparation.
So often it is common for things to look the opposite from what we thought would happen. We should not expect or make room for this in our lives, instead we need to take authority and battle it. There is a fight of faith involved. But the battle belongs to the Lord. Over the past few weeks, several demons and attacks assigned to harass us were revealed. We continue to break these things as they are being exposed.
I have been asked, “How is it possible for the enemy to attack us when we are under the Blood of Jesus?” This is a great question. There are a few reasons. I sometimes get attacked even though I battle daily over myself and others. We are in a time that evil is increasing and we as Christians need to be advancing in the anointing to overcome these things. Most Christians are operating in older ways of doing spiritual warfare that worked 10 years ago, but they need to be updated to survive what is happening right now.
Yes, we have the Word of God, the word of our testimony, the Name and the Blood of Jesus. And they are all powerful to destroy the attacks of Satan. But if you are seeing a continual attack on your finances, chronic sickness or anything contrary to God’s Word, then you need a strategy from Heaven to overcome.
Recently as I was listening to the sermons, Pastor Prince was also talking about spiritual warfare. Pastor said to resist the devil and he will flee from us. How do we resist the devil? By standing in the faith that we are justified by Jesus' blood. The devil has no power over us. He is a defeated foe. That's why he is seeking those whom he can devour. Those with a guilty conscience or fear in their hearts. He cannot take us down, if not why would he be roaring like a lion? God has put a hedge around us and the devil cannot take our lives. He is not almighty and powerful. All he can do is to deceive us into giving up our authority and power, get us into condemnation and fear.
Pastor also said that the testing or trials or challenges is only for a season, a short while. There is one evil day compared to many good days. We are told to stand on the evil day. An evil day could be more than 24 hours. A time of testing for a week or a month but don't give up because victory already belongs to us. We don't even have to fight for God is fighting our battles. We just need to stand until the battle is over. The devil can only try to deceive you by putting symptoms on your body to make you think you are sick. But put on the whole armour of God and use the sword of the spirit against him. Pray in tongues, speak the word of God.
And thank God that the trial is only for a season because there is an end date. God will not allow the enemy to attack us indefinitely. There is a time limit to his attacks. Because he does not have the resources to sustain an attack. We don't have to fight him, all we have to do is to outlast him by standing in the faith. He will try to wear us down with those recurring symptoms but don't be fooled by him. Don't surrender to his attacks no matter how fierce the battlefield seems. You already have the victory in Christ and you know there is a time limit to his attempts. Sooner or later he will have to back off.
Yesterday when I saw Pastor Joel's devotional, I felt like God is showing us another strategy. In the Bible, when God’s people were going into battle, many times they sent the worshipers out in front of the warriors. When you choose to be thankful and bless the Lord in the midst of your battle, you are making a way for Him to move in your life. Start today by thanking Him for His goodness. Magnify your God; don't magnify your problems. Give Him thanks and make the way for victory!
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