Remember Satan’s Tactics

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Remember Satan’s Tactics

Mark 4 –
14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended..

.It was around 1993 when I first received the revelation that God and His Word and His Will are one-in-the-same, and that what is written in the Bible is the Truth and can be stood upon as Truth and that all circumstances in life would bow the knee to the Word IF I stood my ground with faith and patience {Hebrews 6:12}.  I received this Revelation that all of the Promises of God were for me {2 Cor 1:20} with GREAT JOY, even as Mark 4:16 states.

But even as Mark 4:17 states, “affliction” soon followed with the goal to tear the Word from my heart, and the affliction that came was strong enough that I finally did give up believing the Word for health and healing which I was standing upon.

I had returned from India as a missionary, weak and emotionally broken and sick, and then in December 1992 my girl was born sick. She not only had eczema, as I’ve written about in another post found in the “Testimonies” category, but she also had chronic sinus problems.

But when I heard in 1993 that healing would come to her if I would “believe that I have received” the answer to my prayer at the moment that I prayed, a new hope sprung up in me. So I prayed and believed I received my answer and then waited to see the answer manifest.

I waited one month and still my girl remained sick.

I waited three months and still nothing was happening.

I thought I was believing that I had my answer, so why wasn’t my girl getting better?

It was finally around the eighth month that I dropped all hope in the Word as being True for my girl’s health.

I forgot that I had an enemy who was strongly opposing the Word of health that I was standing on and I gave in to the doubts that the Word “wasn’t working”.

As I turned my back on believing that every Word in the Bible was True and for me, a bitterness set in and I became angry with God, Who did not seem to keep His Word. (*)

Why do I write all of this?

Because I am currently watching people I know let the Word of God be plucked from their hearts also.

After praying and “believing they have received” and then waiting for what seems to be too long of a period of time, I see people giving up hope in the Word.

They are not remembering what the tactic of their enemy is.

It would be ten long years of despair, rage, bitterness, and even a suicide attempt, before I would even dare trust God at His Word again, and it is my desire that all who are facing the same hopelessness because the Word doesn’t seem to be “working”, be encouraged by this Post. It is my desire that you avoid the same pitfalls that I fell into and that you come through the “testing of your faith” victoriously {James 1:2-4}!

Satan had come to steal, kill and destroy the Word from my heart and he did so in a large way! He nearly stole, killed, and destroyed my very life and nearly destroyed my marriage and my family as well.

It wasn’t until 2003 that I turned to God again and stated, “God I need Your Word to be True so much in my life. How can I believe that salvation is True, if Your Words about healing aren’t True? How can I believe any part of Your Word, if I can’t walk in the freedom Jesus talked about? I need Your Word to be True in my life, Father, because I can’t live this way any longer and I need Your help. You’ve shown Yourself as real in my life many times in the past, so I will choose to believe You at Your Word again Father. Come hell or high-water I am going to believe You at Your Word from now on and I totally expect that Your Words will be True in my life.”

That was in 2003 and as many may recall from the Posts I have written on this Blog, I have since seen God’s Word do exactly what It says It will do, many times over these past years. I have seen God’s Word as absolute Truth in my life.

But what changed between 1993 and 2003?

I changed.

Total and utter desperation set in and it made me absolutely determined to NEVER let go of the Word of God as final authority and as Truth in my life again.

God would be to me either ALL Truth ALL the time, or a God Who couldn’t be trusted at His Word.

I also realized that if I was truly “believing” that I had “received” my answer at the moment I prayed to God, then I would have to change my speaking the moment after my prayer. I would have to act like I had my answer, even before my eyes saw the answer. And I would have to talk like I had my answer, even before my eyes saw the answer.

I made a strong determination to stand on the Word … no matter what.

Now many may say…

“Oh, LeeAnn, just because I don’t see all of God’s Promises take place in my life on earth, perhaps even as I’d like, it doesn’t mean I don’t love God. And I am not going to turn my back on God.”

I am glad that many don’t get as angry at God that they backslide like I did, but when letting go of a Promise in your life you are still allowing satan to pluck the Word from your heart!  If satan has successfully plucked the Promises for health {Ps 103:3, 1 Peter 2:24} or freedom from bondages or sin from you {Romans 6:12,14} or if he has successfully plucked the Word of your authority over all his power from you {Luke 10:19} then he has left you powerless and defeated on this earth … and again, I am seeing too many people walking in despair and hurt, hopelessness and defeat, and giving up on “hoping” or “believing” that God will intervene in their lives, for “hope deferred makes the heart sick” {Proverbs 13:12} … and many times if left unchecked, this hopelessness, despair, and hurt CAN turn to hatred and bitterness towards God.

Here’s a Quick Testimony

In January 2004 I was very dramatically delivered from depression after stating that I was FREED since June 2003. But in January 2005, a strong depression once again tried to get a hold of me!

For one week, I spoke no Words of victory. I simply sat moping most of the day in my home. Fear also tried to grip me, because I did not want to return to the depression that I had been delivered from.

“This is just like in 1993! You believed for a little while, but the Word doesn’t REALLY work” the enemy spoke into my thoughts. “The Word doesn’t work. You aren’t free at all! You’ll always live a depressed life“.  And I let satan’s words roll around in my brain for about one week.

But at the end of one week I remembered HOW I got free in the first place. I remembered that I SPOKE THE WORD DAILY over my life.

I had prayed once to bind depression and hatred and rage off of me, then from that time forward every day I proclaimed, “I AM free from depression and depression will never have a hold on me again. Thank You Jesus for freeing me!“

I spoke that way every single day, even during rage or depression episodes.

So in January 2005, I KNEW I had to start speaking the Word out loud once again. Even though I did not feel like it, I knew the Word was my power. I knew the Word was my Sword to cut this depression and fear off me.

So I squeaked out of my mouth, pretty lamely, “I am free from depression forever. And I love to speak God’s Word over my life daily“.

I said the last part of that sentence, because if I could get my joy and love back for speaking the Word over my life then I knew depression would be quick to go! I was calling things as though they WERE, even before I could see it with my eyes {Romans 4:17}.

And so I continued to call myself free from depression for one week and I continued to state that I loved speaking God’s Words over my life.

One week.

Please get this.

As many may recall who have read through my “Testimonies” category, there are times that I have “spoken the Word of God” {Mark 11:23} and/or prayed the “prayer of faith” {Mark 11:24} and have seen extremely quick or immediate results {like my dad’s broken neck being healed within 5 days of praying the Matthew 18:19 “prayer of agreement” with my husband for my dad’s healing} and then there have been times where I have prayed the “prayer of faith” {Mark 11:24} and simply stood BELIEVING that the prayer “worked” for many years before seeing the manifestation of the Word in the natural realm {like with my little girl for freedom from eczema, again, as detailed in the “Testimonies” category}.

And THIS is the KEY:

Faith WITH patience. Never giving up. Choosing to believe the Word is the TRUTH no matter what … and then ACTING and SPEAKING like the Word is the Truth, all the time, from the moment after you say the AMEN!

God is NOT Sovereign to change His Word, otherwise He would be unreliable, changeable, fickle, not faithful and untrustworthy … at best.

He could be called a liar, at worst.

Please my brothers and sisters, who are at the point of giving up…

Remember the enemy has come to steal the Word from your heart.

Remember the enemy stands opposing all the Words of God so that you won’t hope in His Word as Truth ever again.

Remember that by faith WITH patience you WILL receive all of the Promises of God for your life and for your family’s life … IF you will continue in faith and not give up the Promise.

For ALL of the Promises are YES in Christ Jesus for us. And now all we have to do is say the “Amen” or “So Be It” and then STAND believing and speaking and acting as though the Word is True. And after having done all, keep standing!  And as you stand believing God at His Word, I pray:

Now (I ask that) the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
{Romans 15:13}

for
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our FAITH
{1 John 5:4}

(*) Ending thought:
In 1993 I did not have the revelation that my mouth had the “power of death and life” {Proverbs 18:21} and so I never confessed daily that “by Christ’s stripes (my girl) was healed” {1 Peter 2:24}.  It is our mouths speaking God’s Words daily that will keep our minds from wandering off into doubt and questioning and fear.

Speaking the Word DAILY is the key to receiving the Promises of God in our lives as speaking the Word keeps cutting at strongholds in the spirit realm, it keeps our minds focused on Truth and off doubt, and it builds our spirit man in faith, for faith comes by hearing God’s Word.  

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