As his people we are possessing the Kingdom through his great promises, occasionally we encounter direct Kingdom warfare with powers and principalities.
Here are 7 ways to defeat these attacks.
1. Walk in the Spirit - Sow to the spirit and nothing else will have preference or priority. Leave the flesh behind not by fighting it and seeking to control it but by sowing its demise deeply into the core of your life. Sow the Spirit. Release the power of Holy Spirit fruit, hone in on grace, welcome the kingdom, abide in first love. Walking is moving. Move in the Spirit. He is ever faithful to keep us informed and following the Lord. As you do this discernment, wisdom and love find a center place in your heart and mind. Walk in the Scripture and the Spirit. Word and Spirit. Sow, sow, sow. Keep your single eye focus on Jesus and what he calls you into today. Tomorrow will worry about itself.
2. Close doors - water grace. There is nothing common about the grace of God. It was purchased with the blood of Christ, empowered by the resurrection and ascends into heavenly glory in Christ. Learn the open doors, the avenues of access and abiding. Stay rooted and established in connection with Jesus, abiding in his love and commands. Close every other door. We were bought with a price. Walk as a living sacrifice. Focus your energy and efforts on pleasing the Lord. The eyes are the lamp of the body. Close every door that is not shining brightly with the face of Christ Jesus. Close each one. The Jezebel is an abiding spirit that works its way deeper by building relationship and later using that relationship to destory. Much like cheat grass that pokes into your sock and inches deeper and deeper the Jezebel looks to go deeper and deeper making way for fear. Cut off the open doors. The doors that lead your eyes, heart, mind, strength away from first love fires and serving Jesus with your whole life.
3. Exercise Kingdom Authority - Erase intimidation. No longer give way to passivity or lack of confidence in what God has said you are to be and to do. Just do it. Walk in it and in the corresponding authority of the Kingdom of God. Believe and steward the rhema words and grace the Spirit has given to you. Move out in faith and courage into the ground you cannot stand in alone. Do it because Jesus is going there and wants you to follow him there. Do it without everything in hand or all the risks dialed out of the equation. Plan with no money in the voice of the Lord. Stand with Jesus. Go into the places that you know you are to walk in regardless of fear or intimidation. Never let fear place boarders. Our King will let no gate prevail against him. We are his bond slaves. Go and Give and Be what he has spoken and called you to go and be. When you exercise divine assignment in faith the gateways and doors will be open for you to pass through. Jesus will be glorified by your sacrifice and love and the Gospel will go forth with amazing power. There is no room for a Jezebel in this kind of environment. No one will allow an unclean spirit to use their authority by doing nothing or not manning their post. Stand Up in Christ in the fullness of his grace and glory and be the man or woman he called you out to be. That is glory. That's when we all see the glory of Jesus shinning in you.
4. Get your affirmations from God - David strengthened himself in the Lord. His men wanted to stone him and he found strength in God. This is where we find strength. This is where an inner power from the Holy Spirit rises up in us and pours out courage and faith in the face of any and all circumstances. Paul learned that God delivers. He said those challenges were for one purpose. So that he and his companions would know that God delivers. God is trust-able. He will not abandon us. Jesus walked on water in the midst of a life threatening storm. There is no storm of any magnitude on the face of the earth that Jesus is afraid of or unsure of what to do. In fact he in his infinite wisdom and love combined "makes all things work for good for those who love God and are called to his purpose." (Rom 8:28) The Jezebel attack is a storm that the Spirit can use to free many people from control, manipulation, broken and unhealed inner parts and poor value for the family of God. Nothing separates us from the love of God. Not even a Jezebel spirit.
5. Put away control and world weapons - learn to identify gold, silver,
precious stones, hay wood and stubble. If is it ours we try and protect it. If it is God's we do our best to steward it for the glory of Jesus Christ and the coming of his Kingdom. In Christ through the Gospel we preach a message that calls forth new members in the Kingdom family and sets eternity into their hearts. We are stewards of grace. Control and power, especially as directed through relationship and politicking are the perfect means to produce and protect hay, wood, and stubble. The Kingdom is other. Our work and assignments of the Kingdom come not from men or though men but from God in Christ by the power of the Spirit.
6. Build the culture of love and Honor in Kingdom Family. The culture of love is both holy and welcoming. It is sacrificial and full of humility. It is a culture of concern for the welfare of all over that of our own. It is a Kingdom resourced culture that does not fail when practiced with faith, hope and love. The culture of love honors all above themselves and honors those to which honor is due. The Kingdom culture of love receives and welcomes those who come in the name of the Lord. A family that loves confronts. A family that loves is patient. A family that loves believes the best and sees people in the Spirit. A family that loves is full of wisdom, discernment and understanding. It can discern the brokenness and need of a Jezebel spirit at the door step. Yet it can love that one and believe for the inner healing and freedom needed without giving place to that spirit. The culture of love is God's redemptive atmosphere. Full of grace and truth.
7. Confront in love, with respect and grace. Confrontation is required to help a Jezebel. But it is not in power, control or with weapons of the world to silence and shut down. The confrontation is redemptive. It carries the eyes and mind of Christ. It offers hope and love. It is effective in power through the Spirit. It is insightful and prophetic. It is real and open. It is patient and enduring. The real power of the Kingdom is grace. With restoration, redemption and freedom in mind a Jezebel should be confronted. Never alone. Go with someone. But confront early and with the kindness and gentleness of Christ. Love always wins. It may not be winning in your present battle but it is winning in the world through Christ somewhere. Love hopes all things. Love believes all things. Believer for the Jezebel spirit captive to be set free into the most amazing first love encounter with Jesus. To be healed and see the glory of God in the fullness of the face of Jesus.
Hope this encourages you.
Five Faces of Wonder in the Face of Jesus
- Apostolic - Be sent empowered in word and Spirit in Christ through he Gospel
- Prophetic - Be guided, mindful, encouraged, strengthened and comforted in testimony of Jesus
- Teacher - Be rooted and established in love and build your Kingdom mindset in word and spirit
- Evangelist - be his voice and witness in Christ through he Gospel of the Kingdom
- Pastor - Be love like the Shepherd and be Kingdom family
Other posts that may interest you:
1.http://jeffreynoldsonedesire.blogspot.com/2015/01/7-things-enemy-devil-doesnt-want-you-to.html
Thanks for reading.
With much love in Jesus
You can do this thing! He's got you.
Jeff Reynolds ---
Brother Jeff
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