Power over the Enemy: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds

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Authors: John Osteen
L ORD your God, and Him only you shall serve’ ” (v. 10).
    Anything that exalts us and our abilities out of proportion is not good. It is dangerous the way some people make themselves so great and high and mighty. They need to turntheir abilities over to Christ. Turn away when the tempter says, “If you are a child of God, cast yourself down. Show others your stuff!” I have seen many people with that type of attitude. But God does not honor a prideful attitude.
D O W HAT J ESUS D ID, AND Y OU W ILL O VERCOME THE T EMPTER
    Jesus overcame Satan by the Word of God and only by the Word of God. Here are four important things that you can do to send the tempter away.
    First ,
find out what the Word of God says about the situation.
    Second ,
read what God says about it in His Word and meditate on it until you get that Word down into your spirit.
    Third ,
quote what God says about it in His Word to the devil. Don’t just quote the Scripture to yourself; quote it to the devil, because that really torments him. Just open your Bible and read the Word to him.
    Fourth ,
learn to keep your mouth shut, lest you add something to what the Word says. Don’t get into a discussion with the devil.
    You will notice that Jesus did not get into an argument with the devil. He didn’t say, “Well, sit down here and let’s talk about it.” He simply quoted what the Word said and never went beyond the Word.
    After you quote the Word to the devil, keep your mouth closed. Do not say anything except the Word of God.
    In my life, there have been several times when I felt so sick that I thought I was going to die. I might have been in some foreign place, and it felt as though everything was over. In those situations, I would quote what the Bible says, “With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation” (Psalm 91:16) and “by whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:5).
    I never go by what or how I feel. I do not get into a discussion with the devil. I find out what the Word of God says about the situation. I read God’s Word and meditate on it, and I begin to speak God’s Word to the devil.
    In Matthew 4:11, you will find that when Jesus did all of these things, “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.”
    After you follow Jesus’ example, you will be doing what you are supposed to do when the tempter comes to you, and He will have to go.
    Then, just as the angels ministered to Jesus, they will come and minister to you.
A W ORD OF E NCOURAGEMENT
    As I was teaching the content of this chapter, a prophecy was given that encouraged me in my faith, and I believe will be a blessing to you as well.
    “I am a Healer,” says the Lord, “and My compassion reaches out to all mankind, to young and old alike. There is no one who escapes My eye, for I am your Creator, I am your God, and I am your Physician. Nothing is too hard for Me. O My child, lift up your eyes to the heavens; yes, behold the heavens, and the heaven of heavens. Did not My hand create all these? Look about you in the world. Did not My hand create this? I am the God of all flesh. Do not despair or lose hope. Read My Word. Rise up in faith. I am a God of miracles, and I will do that which you desire.”
    That Jesus is our Healer reminds me of a lady who came into a church where I was ministering with knots all over her body. She could not even turn her head a certain way because of a huge knot. Her arms had been frozen by rheumatoid arthritis. I had met her, but I did not know she had lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs.
    The Holy Spirit said to me, “I want to heal her.” Note that there is a difference between what I say and what the Holy Spirit says. When I touched that woman on the forehead, the power of God came on her, and in one moment’s time she was healed. Her hands and arms flew up, and every knot left her body instantly. She

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