Deliverance

Just a brief summary of today's sermon by Mike Connell:

The devil is a theif who has come to steal, to kill and to destroy.
You can see a robber, but a thief is concealed, u cant see him coming until its too late.

Sheep get lost and defenseless -> Thats why we need God, our Shepard. (From CG message: Rod + Staff)

How does Jesus deliver people/destroy e works of e evil one?

Expose -> Speak/Renounce -> Confront

Acts 10:38, Luk 4:18, 33-34

1) We are empowered to bring reconciliation with God (Salvation)
2) We are empowered to heal the broken hearted (Emotional healing)
3) We are empowered to deliver the captives (Spiritual healing/Deliverance)
4) We are empowered to recover the sight of the blind (Restoration of visions and dreams)
5) We are empowered to set to liberty those who are crushed (Physical healing/deliverance)
6) We are empowered to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Financial restoration)

PS: Those in brackets are summaries only, ps mike preached quite fast so if there are any mistakes let me know :)) Im just recalling :D

1) Demons are spirit beings -> We are spirit beings in a body
2) Demons, as spirit beings, crave bodies
3) Demons move freely from place to place
4) Demons can recognise people, especially people who move greatly in the anointing
5) Demons have a will, a personality, a name

1 cor 4:20, eph 4:26-27

Each time we sin or break the law, we give demons LEGAL ACCESS into our lives!

SPIRITUAL DOORWAYS FOR DEMONS

1) Generational curses/iniquities (Exo 20:1-6)
2) Occult practices (witchcraft, magic, mediums, fortune telling, etc, deut 18:9-12)
3) Idolatry / False religion (1 cor 10)

People think: Hungry Ghost = more problems mean more demons therefore more offerings, but in TRUTH, more offerings mean more happier demons mean more trouble!

Sometimes things happen in our life even though we dont allow it, but we forgot that we gave them LEGAL ACCESS in the first place!

4) Personal habits/sin (Mt 18:34-35)

unforgiveness is a good ground for demons to access your life. once e devil has a grip over your mind, all he has to do is to squeeze a bit and you'll fall into depression/heartaches/emotional problems, etc.... (frm AFV :D)

5) Sexual sin (1 cor 6:13-18)
6) Rejection
7) Abuse

8) Shock / Trauma

Fear is a spirit. Once it enters you, itll long to stay in you! Unless you deal with it.

9) Curses
10) Abortions

Col 2:14-15, mt 27, jhn 1:12
Satan has already been defeated and disarmed. Deliverance is merely to ADMINISTRATE/ENFORCING that defeat, of what Jesus has done on the cross.

HOW TO GET DELIVERED?

1) Repentance (Prov 18:13)
2) Forgiveness (mk 11:25)
3) Be willing to renounce (Ps Kong: e power of confession :D)
4) Rely on God (u can fool people but u cant fool God)

THOUGHTS

service was great. reuben morgan was really anointed, and e songs were great too :D e moment e first worship song hit, i felt e tangible presence of God and tears rolled down my eyes...

then e preaching was awesome as well. e moment mike connell stepped onto e stage, man e atmosphere changed. e atmosphere was thick with e glory and e anointing of God, it felt as if anyone could manifest at anytime, anywhere..lol

but yea, e Holy Spirit doesnt disrupt His own services, so we had a 2 hour ministry session after service for deliverances. it was awesome, i remember as this brother, (thank you brother, ill never forget you..thank you for obeying the Lord, thank you for taking that step of faith! =)), as he laid his hands and prayed for me...

e glory of God came upon me and almost immediately my legs weakened and i fell under e power of God. as i lay there with e brother praying for me constantly, i broke out in weeping i cried like ive never cried before, i was literally crying out loud, every negativity bottled up finally came out...

although during tt process anonther brother's head landed on my hip and another's hand landed across my neck, but i was feeling numbed all over, e glory of God covered me and God gave me e assurance that He was there right with me...

i remember weeping for 10 minutes, and my face was burning hot. even the tears felt like hot water flowing down my face...tt brother prayed for me one last time, gave me a hug and everything was well, i know that ive been 'reformatted'..lol

as usual after deliverance i tend to feel hungry and thirsty, and tired. and my eyes were red...felt weepish for e next hour or so. must have plenty of rest, eat well and drink lots of water...lol like medical checkup :S

well, after svc went to eat at BK at changi airport, BK had never tasted so good lols. managed to catch e last train home...

well, still have my IHP in my face...ive been 'reformatted', we'll see how it goes. i feel like starting all over again, which i felt i shld like AGES AGO lol...

im e kind of person tt doesnt like to try and fix a problem, im e sort who would give it up and start all over and not dwell on it too much...

well, tonight later gonna watch pirates with liwen and e110, haha...tink its gonna be a good show :D Jesus i wanna hug and kiss you all the days of my life!!!! You are my true lover. Even though im dust, but in you i am a diamond!

Ive failed you so many times, yet you remain faithful, because u are a covenant keeping God! you will not break your 'marriage vows' you made with your church. next time in future i will shower my wife with the same faithfulness and love that God has showered upon me!

well, i still got a long way to go. :S next weekend is 17th anniversary and FOP. im serving on sunday night's FOP, arrgh i wanna serve on Friday! im gonna be sooooo lonely...lol *sniff