With Halloween coming up several of my favorite preachers have been talking about the devil on Bott Radio. YEP….the real devil.
The one who comes to steal and destroy. The one who oppresses even God’s elect.
He seeks to torture us in our minds and develop strongholds that only prayer and total commitment to Christ can break. Can a Christian be possessed? Absolutely not!
Can a Christian be oppressed? Yes!
Our battle is not with flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities in the unseen world.
We as Christian have the power to overcome any stronghold or oppression that devil throws at us.
We must determine that we will give no place to the devil in our thoughts or actions.
We must put every thought under subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ. We must get rid of all bitterness, unforgiveness, slander, gossip, lying and ungodly thinking. We must give no place to the devil and his evil ways. The devil is bitter and wants to make us bitter. But we have the Love of Jesus within us. So when anything that is not from God comes into your mind, kick it out in the name of Jesus….Through His shed blood. And ask God to fill you with His thoughts. After you commit your thoughts to Christ, praise HIM. God inhabits the praises of His people. So praise him…