I Remember When

I remember when things were a lot less complicated.  I remember playing outside with my cousins riding bikes, playing baseball, making mud pies, catching fireflies, playing Red Rover, Red Rover, Hide and Seek, water balloon fights, rolling down the hill in the school yard across the street, playing checkers, coloring books and paper dolls, sponge rollers in our hair, Prell shampoo, can, can slips, poodle skirts, brown and white saddle oxfords, bobby socks, pin curls, sock hops, teasing our hair, orange juice can rollers, transistor radios, wearing angora under your rings, penny loafers, madris blouses and purses, and slumber parties.

TAKE AUTHORITY

     As Smith Wigglesworth often said, "I'm not moved by what I see.  I'm not moved by what I feel.  I'm moved only by what I believe."  This is one of my favorite quotes by a mighty man of faith.  We must base our faith on what the Word says.  Some people's faith is not based on the Bible.  They operate in the sense realm.  When circumstances don't change immediately, some people become discouraged and slip back into the natural.  They start talking unbelief and they defeat themselves.  They give the devil dominion in their life.

     Ephesians 6:12 says, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers..."  In our battle with the enemy and his forces, we need to keep in mind that we're above them and we have authority over them.  The Word tells us that Jesus Christ has conquered them.  Our job is to enforce His victory.  His victory belongs to us, but we have to carry it out.

     God's plan for us is to rule and reign in this life as kings.  He wants us to rule and reign over circumstances, poverty, disease, and everything else that would hinder us.  We reign because we have authority~ the authority that the Lord Jesus Christ gave to us.

     Now, I want to talk about families, because that's where my heart is.  God didn't intend for the devil to dominate our precious families.  A family is one of the most beautiful institutions in this world ordained by our Heavenly Father.  We must not allow the devil to run over our family.

     We Christians must learn that we are seated with Christ.  We must learn to be exalted to the place where God wants us.  Jesus is Head over sickness, disease, and anything else that's evil.  He proved that when He walked here on earth.  He took authority over the enemy and He gave us that authority too, by using His Word, His blood, and His name.

     When we understand what belongs to us, we will enjoy the victory Christ has for us.  The devil will fight to keep us from getting there, but through stubborn faith in Christ, the victory can be ours!