Power over the Enemy by John Osteen & Joel Osteen

Power over the Enemy by John Osteen & Joel Osteen

Author:John Osteen & Joel Osteen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2014-05-06T04:00:00+00:00


NO HOPE

Let me share another amazing story of a dear Christian woman who after eight years of suffering and five painful surgeries recounted her sad situation to me:

“January 1970, my doctor spoke the worst words anyone could hear. He said, ‘My child, you will have to go to bed and make it your life. You will probably be able to get up once or twice a day without too much pain, but that is only to go to the bathroom. I will prescribe painkillers for you.’

“I remember the month of March 1970 as being terrible. Not only was I on Darvon compound every four to six hours, I was also taking narcotics and a sleeping pill at night. On April 1, my body refused to accept any more medication!”

Here was a believer who was not only desperately ill, but who was flooded with the thought there was no remedy. The thought of the doctor’s words, “There is no hope for you,” lingered in her mind continually. This defeating thought and, I am sure, many others flooded her heart and mind as she lay in that state of suffering. These thoughts became strongholds.

Then she tells of receiving a letter from her sister, and how it lifted her faith and helped her begin to believe for a miracle. That was followed by a visit from a young woman who left one of my books, You Can Change Your Destiny, with her. She tells it like this:

“That morning, I read all the words of that book and reread the first chapter six times! The third and fourth paragraphs of the first page stated: Have you become convinced that your destiny is to suffer pain and disease and defeat? Have you given up and resigned yourself to the position that there is nothing that can be done about your situation? You can change your destiny!

“Get out of your wheelchair, your bed. Open the doors; enlarge your coasts! I have seen multitudes change their destiny by believing these promises and rebelling against the devil. You will never be healed as long as you think God wants you to be sick. It is the devil who wants you to suffer. God wants you to be well. Rebel in your heart and be done with it. Faith is an act. To believe the Word is to act on the Word!”

When she read those words and the truth from God’s Word, she began to change her thinking and to replace her thoughts of “no hope” with the promises of God. She literally began to pull down the strongholds of Satan by the Word of God.

It was not an easy task, and she did not get well instantly… but she did get well! She stepped out in faith on God’s Word and began to confess His promises. She began to act like God’s thoughts were true.

The battle raged on, but she did not give up. She refused the thoughts of sickness and defeat! She replaced them with the thoughts of God’s promises to heal and deliver.



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