[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Exercise your authority by Joyce Meyer

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Donna Kiser <kiserdonna57 at gmail.com>
To: URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Exercise your authority by Joyce Meyer
Date: 
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:36:00 -0400

*Exercise Your Authorityby Joyce Meyer
And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the
universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout
the church]. -Ephesians 1:22

>From the beginning of time, God has had good plans for our lives, but the
devil disrupted His original plan when he tempted Adam and Eve to sin and
they listened to him instead of obeying God. God had given Adam and Eve
dominion over everything in the Garden, but when they disobeyed Him, they
lost their authority and suddenly, Satan had the upper hand.

Know Your Enemy
We must never forget that Satan is a thief and a liar. He wants us to
believe his lies because that will cause us to be deceived and not to live
in truth. He will tell us God doesn't love us or want the best for us.

>From the beginning of time he has sought to divert the good things that
are
ours, and he will continue to do so if we allow him to. In other words,
he
will stay on our property if we don't run him off!

You're Not Defeated
Satan attacks us, but he does not have to defeat us. We can have dominion
over his works. All we have to do is exercise the authority that belongs
to
us in Christ by opening our mouth in faith and saying, "No, Satan, you
have
no authority over me."

In His love for us, God sent Jesus to earth to deliver us from the power
and authority of the enemy. Jesus is Lord over all; He has put all things
under His feet. Because we are "in Christ" as believers, the only place
Satan has in our lives is under our feet!

Love God Today
As you think of Easter and of Jesus' sacrifice for us, thank God that He
has given you authority over the devil and that you have the Power of the
Holy Spirit available to help you live in victory.
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*And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why], all
things
can be (are possible) to him who believes! Mark 9:23 *