Prepare-for-War

Jane looked startled as if she wondered if I had taken leave of my senses. But I merely changed the subject and talked about something else for about 10 minutes. Then I said: "Jane, I asked you about accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior awhile ago. You know that's what you need to do, how about praying with me now?" She looked surprised, then relief flooded. over her face. "You know, I would like to pray with you now. I can accept Jesus. I don't know why I didn't do so earlier." We both knelt down together, and another captive was re leased from Satan's kingdom of darkness and entered into God's kingdom. I then told her about the doorways she had opened, and she prayed and closed them to Satan forever with the precious blood of Jesus. You may not always know exactly what doorways are open in a person's life. But if you are trying to share the gospel and you seem to come up against a wall, don't forget to bind the demons. You may be led by the Lord to bind them right in front of the person with whom you are talking, or you may need to get away where they cannot hear. Bath rooms were made for spiritual warfare. You can always use them as an excuse to get away from any situation to bind the demons. Demons have very sharp ears. You do not need to speak loudly to bind them. You may not only need to bind the demons in a person with whom you want to share the gospel, but you may find that you need to bind demons afflicting you also. Let me give you an example from my own experience. Several months ago Elaine and I were on a flight to the East Coast for a speaking engagement. We were very tired and I had planned to sleep much of the way. However, when we started the second part of our trip, I was seated next to a tiny lady who appeared to be in her eighties. I tried to make conversation with her, but she cut me off, obviously not

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