Avoiding Saul’s Fearful Fate

In our last post, we saw that Eve’s fear of God keeping something good from her caused her to disobey God. Let’s strip out the storytelling…

Is Fear Robbing Your Kingship?

In the last post, we looked at Saul’s fearful disobedience. That leads me to the next strategy of fear: irresponsibility. The same fear that tempted us to…

How to Defeat the Devil

How to defeat the devil. It’s something we’d all like to know how to do, right? Well, the truth is Jesus already defeated the devil for…

Does the Devil Exist?

Satan’s existence is the provocative topic of ABC News “Nightline’s” third Face-Off airing tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th at 11:35pm ET/PT. The “Nightline Face Off” series, launched two years ago, brings hot topics…

Unbelievable, Absurd, Inconceivable — Mysticism

I received a disturbing e-mail today from a duo in Europe. The authors described their e-mail as a diamond among the spam and hoped I was worthy of…

The Spirit of Jezebel, Part IV

In this final part of our series on the spirit of Jezebel, we’ll look at Jezebel’s demise.

Jezebel is an enemy of the apostolic because she counterfeits…

The Spirit of Jezebel, Part III

In Part III of this series, we’re looking at the damsel in Thyatira and how he handled this situation in the light of the Jezebel spirit…

The Spirit of Jezebel, Part II

We’re talking about the spirit of Jezebel, and false prophets. You’ll recall that the Apostle Paul spoke against false apostles who sought unjust gain, proclaiming: “I’d die before taking…

The Spirit of Jezebel, Part I

Jezebel gained her reputation as an enemy to the prophets of God in the Old Testament era. While dogs devoured the wicked Queen Jezebel, her spirit…

Resist the devil… and he will flee

I was teaching a class at church this morning on healing. I was expounding on James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

What does it mean to resist the devil? This is part and parcel of spiritual warfare. When we submit ourselves to God’s Word, we are, in fact, resisting the devil. But beyond that, resisting the devil means resisting the attacks he launches against us; attacks such as fear, doubt, sickness, discouragement, etc. These things are not of God and are contrary to God’s will for us.

So when fear comes, I engage in spiritual battle by opening my holy mouth and saying, “I resist you fear, in the name of Jesus. God had not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.” When sickness tries to find a home on my physical body, I resist it. When doubt comes, I resist it. We need to actively resist emotions, thoughts, and physical manifestations in our bodies that are not from God. Resisting means speaking against it.