Jesus said, "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and cast into the sea' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says." (Mark 11:23). It is amazing to have the power to have "what you say" and this power is available to "whoever believes".
The operation of spiritual power requires faith. It may be faith in God, or faith in something else linked to the power of the devil, but faith is always involved. This verse says 'whoever'. There is power in our words when we believe in our hearts and don't doubt.
To seek spiritual power outside of a submissive relationship to Jesus Christ is to practice witchcraft. The practice of witchcraft is increasing in these last days. If you have been practicing witchcraft you will come to know that there is a heavy price to pay. The practice of occultism demands rituals and sacrifices on an ever-increasing basis. The fact that it sometimes works does not make it right. Witchcraft in all its forms operates by the power of demons who are liars and deceivers. This kind of power will eventually destroy you unless you truly repent. There is deliverance in Jesus even from witchcraft, but you must be very sincere with God to have any chance of freedom.
Christians, if we humble ourselves before God and focus on Jesus we will have the victory over every kind of witchcraft. Do not allow yourself to be distracted from Christ - be it through the things of the world, or through the more subtle trap of legalism, through which Satan wishes to put us in a relationship with a set of rules and not with Christ who alone can make us what we ought to be. (Read Galatians 3:1-5).
Christians - you are in God's army. Use your weapons!
For the Christian, someone who belongs to Jesus Christ and is submitted to Him, spiritual power is a command, not an option. "Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might" (Ephesians 6:10). "Be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18). "But wait in the city until you are clothed with power from on high"( Luke 24:49). "Imitate me as I imitate Christ". (1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17). "In my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues" (Mark 16:17). "Heal the sick" (Matthew 10:8). "Teach them to obey all I commanded you" (Matthew 28:19). "As He sent me, so I send you" (John 20:21).
To have true spiritual power as God wants us to have, one needs what Pentecostal Christians call "The Baptism in the Holy Spirit". Read more about it here. You must pray and use the Word of God in these last days. People are dying out there. Its time for war.
Seek the Spiritual Power that God Wants to Give
The great need of the church today is Kingdom power. I have known a measure
of that power in my life. It is something you experience, and it is something
that works. It is not political power, or even the authority to rule over others
(that kind of power is different and is not wise for us to seek after it - let
God appoint you if He wants to). The spiritual power we should seek is the power
to reveal Christ as Savior, Lord and Healer and to influence people to repent.
It is the power to defeat demons in their work of defiling human beings with
sin and sickness. The Holy Spirit will work powerfully to convict people
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Thank you Michael. You see i have been sorta searching for what i am supposed to do. I have time but i feel it has been pressing on me more and more that i must think and hurry. You see i am only 14 but i have much resposibility coming in my life. At the age of 13 i strayed away from God. My girlfriend and I practiced sexual relations and she is now pregnant. In August i will be a dad but i will have no child to raise. My parents are working in the military and our family is moving away from my current home, Ohio, to Colorado. I will be there until i graduate. I wish i could stay and raise my baby and keep my relationship with my girlfriend strong but i am forced to move. AT first i did not see the reason God would not want me with her, but it is now i see that i am to stop from sinning with her. I am being sent to colorado away from my baby but i think its meant to be a place where i will explore God's truths and grow deeper and closer to him. You see i am not one to search for power, but i never knew if when in the bible Jesus said, "With the faith of a mustard seed you may move a mountain." I did not know whether the actual moving was physicall as in picking up a mountain or if it was speaking as in a mountain being a non-believing person and you moving(Changing his mind) into believing in God, but now i know that it is what you believe and throught God i will gain whatever powers he wants me to have to bring others to him. I will bring my faith to the world... I will start with my girlfriend who is catholic christian but does not go to church or believe in all the words of Jesus... I will persuade her that my moving away is meant to be and that things will work out through the spirit. It is a difficult subject with her because she does not show proper respect to me when addressing my faith. I am off to start reading the bible. I have not read the bible in so long that it is deeply sad. I will now read until i go to church. Thank you. I do not know why but i wouldn't mind you emailing me back a reply. I would like someone to discuss things with.
Things can work out
Hi Michael, thanks for having the courage to share with us your situation. Even though you have sinned, it doesn't mean that everything will end badly. In fact, start praying for your child and you never know how God will bless and work with the child and your girlfriend.
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