God lives and works today.
Yes, He is truly alive and He is
stronger than any other power in heaven or
earth.
Christ has conquered hell and sin.
Today's meditation is the testimony of someone who
personally experienced this.
A Christian once dreamt that he was being
pursued by a demon.
He saw that the demon had been given
a commission from Satan to bring the Christian
back into the realm of darkness.
First, the demon tried to make the Christian
fall into the trap of covetousness.
Then he tried to make him apathetic.
But the man stood firm.
His faith was steadfast.
In the end, however, the demon did win.
But how?
He whispered critical remarks about others into the
man's ear.
And it worked.
The man accepted these thoughts and he began
to find fault with everyone else, but not
with himself.
This led to the next stage.
He lost all desire for the Word of
God and for prayer.
Finally, he could no longer win others for
Christ.
How the demon rejoiced!
He had discovered the perfect method.
At that moment, the man awoke from his
sleep.
Deeply horrified, he realized, this is no dream.
God has shown me the cause of my
own spiritual death.
This experience brought the man to repentance.
Then the Lord laid it upon his heart
to write down this dream so that many
others might still be awakened and challenged to
reckon seriously with the Word of Scripture.
Be sober, be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around like a
roaring lion seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter chapter 5.
One day I came across this account in
a booklet and as I read it I
was startled.
I came to a conclusion then.
It was not harmless that I had been
judging and could not forgive a certain person
who had been causing me trouble and hurting
me.
A determination grew in my heart.
Resist the devil.
Satan shall not gain power over me and
destroy my life for now and eternity.
I began to follow what is written in
the Bible.
Fight the good fight of the faith.
Even though it meant sacrificing 15 minutes sleep,
each day I began calling upon the victory
name of Jesus and the blood of the
Lamb over my criticizing and inability to forgive.
These sins had opened the way for Satan
to come into my life.
And Jesus proved himself to be the victor
who has come to destroy Satan's power.
Now I experienced, instead of seeing the faults
of others, I saw my own sin.
I could no longer judge those who had
upset me.
Yes, I can really testify.
Jesus lives.
Jesus is victor.
For every sin, Christ's help means always victory.
He stretches out his strong right hand.
Our foes before him cannot stand.
And they are all defeated.
Alleluia!
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you from the little land of Canaan.
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