May 6, 2012 – Pastor Tim – “Make Satan Listen to Your Praises” – Click to download
There is just one way of resisting the devil; and that is, by steadfastly believing and acting upon God’s Word.
Whenever we are affected by any other voice more than the voice of God, we have forsaken the Lord’s way for our deliverance.
The same serpent from the garden seeks to persuade us that we are powerless in this plan of God (to preach the Gospel, to cast out demons, to speak with new tongues, to be divinely protected, to lay hands on the sick and see them recover). Is it rational to believe the ‘father of lies’ in preference to the Son of God, as though Christ’s words were of less consequence than those of the devil! The truth of God or the lie of the devil?
When coming to God for salvation, healing, or anything else, it is essential for each one of us to decide whether we will allow the hiss of the serpent to rise above the voice of the Lord.
Every Christian, while going though whatever, has a thousand times more to be happy over than the most cheerful sinner in perfect health.
Real faith rejoices in the promise of God as if it saw the deliverance, and was enjoying it.
Faith does not wait for the walls to fall down…faith shouts them down! Make Satan Listen To Your Praises, and he will flee!!
This week’s scripture references (all verses quoted in New King James Version unless noted):
– Matthew 4:4,7,10
– Matthew 4:11
– James 4:7
– Genesis 2:17b
– Genesis 3:4b
– Mark 16:15-18
– 2 Corinthians 1:20 (NLT)
– Psalm 8:9
– Psalm 9:1-2
– Psalm 150:6
– John 14:1
– Philippians 4:6
– 1 Peter 5:7
– James 2:20
– 1 Thessalonians 5:18
– Hebrews 13:15
– Psalm 63:3
– Psalm 92:1
– Psalm 30:4
– Psalm 31:1 (NLT)
– Acts 16:25-36
– Psalm 100:1-2