Prepare-for-War

The more I am involved in deliverance, the more I feel like a spectator. I am only a servant. It is the Lord and His power that deals with the demons. I am completely unable to do anything on my own. I can only do as the Lord directs me.

"Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." John 5:19

Jesus set us the example. We do only the things we are commanded to do by our heavenly Father. We cannot use the power and authority of the name of Jesus as we want, only as our Father directs us. If we ever forget this principle, we are sure to fall into error. Let me give you an example. A couple of years ago, Elaine and I were asked to help a friend deliver a woman who had been a witch for many years. We prayed and received con firmation from the Lord that we were to go and help. When we arrived, after counseling with the woman, our friend opened with prayer. Then he looked to me asking how we should proceed. I told him that I did not know as I had not yet received guidance from the Holy Spirit. We had to wait for a whole hour before the Lord gave us direction! The others got pretty restless, but we could not proceed without direction from the Lord. I realized afterwards that that was a time of testing by the Lord. Needless to say, it was some what difficult to have to wait like that, because the others there expected us to give them guidance. They did not expect us to keep them just sitting waiting on the Lord! But, as a result of our obedience, the Holy Spirit revealed to us the keys we needed to successfully clear out all the demons. Our friend and others had tried three times to deliver this particular person. Each time was a failure. We must wait on the Lord in every case! Because of this fact, I cannot give you a lot of specifics, just

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