Deliverance Prayers - Day 12 - THE DEVIL HAS SOME TRICKS HE PLAYS ON US – NO ONE ESCAPES

The Devil wants to lull us into carelessness, seduce with selfish desire and destroy us with gradualism.  He whispers, "Throw all caution to the wind, be wild, crazy and reckless, follow the crowd, look for worldly excitement.  "He'll paint sin up real pretty.  (Heb. 3:13) But instead warn (admonish, urge and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened (into settled rebellion) by the deceitfulness of sin - (that is,) by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamour of his sin may play on him.  Satan never has his cigarette ads show an older person throwing up his lungs in the death grip of lung cancer.  When he suggests sex sin, it is not shown as it is - death from sexual disease or diseased, deformed and retarded children, mental, emotional terrors and grief over sins, and the curses put upon oneself and descendants.  He paints a pretty picture and uses peer-pressure to try to force us into his trap.

The Devil knows humans very well.  He has had many centuries to learn to trap us.  Humans have a great weakness.  It's called self.  We like to see, own and eat pretty things, we love the praise of our peers and we like to think we're smarter than the average human.  We like short cuts to all the above.

When we see we are caught in his trap, we get mad at each other and blame each other or God, but we seldom blame the Devil.  So, he generously adds hate to the list of demons he has in us.  The demons job is to play us along and when we begin to realize what has happened, he slams the trap door shut and tries to convince us that there is no way out. But, God has made a way out for all Christians. 

Satan and his host have power and authority (Eph. 6:12) in the heavenly sphere.  If we follow the suggestions given us by his demons, he will gain more and more power and authority to hold us captive until he has destroyed not only us but our children for many generations. 

"But God" - these two little powerful words hold the key to triumphing over the power of the Devil.  If we turn from Satan to God, we qualify to use the power and authority over Satan that God has given to all his followers.  Luke 10:19 BEHOLD! I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY AND POWER OVER ALL THE POWER THE ENEMY POSSESSES.  This power we have is through the blood and name of Jesus Christ, God's son, and our obedience to his commandants.  Our trouble is that most of us do not use hardly any of the power we have been given.  In fact, we'd rather believe the love gospel than to have to resist anything.  We certainly do not want to wage war against the Devil and the demons. 

Even as Christians, we do not have the right to attempt to use this power unless we are willing to study the Bible and discipline our lives.  This does not mean that we have to be perfect in every way; it means that we are always going after God and learning to obey more and more. 

SUBMIT TO GOD - James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  We are always getting things out of order.  We want to resist the Devil before we submit to God.  It requires: 

1. We must accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, Master and Saviour.

2. We will begin a diligent study of the Bible.

3. We will accept Biblical principals as our own.

4. We will begin to live by these Godly principals.

5. His will for our life is more desirable to us than our necessary food. 

Only as we begin and continue these things, can we say we are submitted to God.  Then and only then will we begin to be able to resist the Devil and have him flee from us.  With the Devil and demons, our words don't work but our actions will.  We can only say we have put on the whole armour of God after we have actually done it.  Eph. 6:11-18 must be an active part of our life. God wants obedience that comes from our desire to please God.  As we are learning to bring ourselves into subjection to God we may have to force ourselves to obey.  It is our actions we force not our desire.  Breaking old habits requires diligence.

We have power to bind and loose according to Mat. 16:18-19.  We bind the demonic activity within us and attacks on us in the name of Jesus Christ.  Our purpose in binding them is to cast them out.  Binding demons in someone is not done to control their will but to control the demon in them.  God has given each of us a free will so we do not ever try to control another person's will. 

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PRAYER - Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before you.  I cover myself with the blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST as my protection.  I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to you.  I take a stand against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in my prayer life.  I address myself only to the true and living God and refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer.  Satan, I command you, in the Name of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, to leave my presence with all your demons.  I bring the blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST between us.  I resist all the endeavors of Satan and his wicked spirits to rob me of the will of God.  I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind.  I pull down the strongholds of Satan. 

"Satan, we come against all powers, principalities, evil forces in this world and spiritual wickedness in high places.  We come against all demons inside or outside of anyone present, over this city, state, nation and world, in Hell or out of Hell.  The Bible says, 'Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.'  We intend to exercise that power to set ourselves free.  Satan, we come against you by the power and blood of JESUS CHRIST, by the Word of God, by the name of JESUS, by the authority of the Believer, in the unity of our spirits.  Satan, we tell you that we sit in heavenly places with our CHRIST JESUS.  We are over you, your fallen angels, your demons and all forces of evil.  We command you to line up in rank and file and order, and come out quickly.  We bind every power that you have and loose ourselves from you in the name of JESUS."  Amen!"

~Bits and pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Earline Moody