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08/14/05 |
Now when
Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his
windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as
he did aforetime. Daniel 6:10
Today the Devil said to
God’s people, “I will determine when you will pray, and when you will
not pray.” He didn’t say it out loud; oh no, he is far more cleaver than
to that open about it. If had said it out loud, by government edict or
by religious mandate, or by peer pressure, then we would have risen up
like Daniel, called out for God to shut the mouths of lions and boldly
declared ourselves in prayer.
But the Adversary knows
that he does not need to be so brash to stop the intercessors, prayer
warriors and defenders of the faith. All he has to do is WHISPER! He
passes the decree in the throne room of the mind. All he has to do is to
appeal to the king that is seated on YOUR throne – to test and see which
king is truly there.
The Serpent is subtle,
and it is crafty, and knows how to swallow its victim’s whole, right
after biting them, injecting them, with mind numbing poison. He is no
fool! But he plays the wise as fools. He finds those who are not in need
of a physician and keeps them hooked on the most powerful emotional
drugs in their pharmaceutical closet.
And the end result is:
we don’t open the windows of our closet; we don’t turn our face to the
sides of the North; we don’t face toward the heavenly ‘city of peace’;
we don’t even consider the kneeling for one time a day.
Maybe we would prefer to
have a Hitler chase us, an Antichrist stir us to cry out, an oppressor
to stick and angry face in out face to force us to turn away and look UP
to see the face of the Savior?
The Accuser of the
brethren says before God: HOLD BACK YOUR POWER JUST A LITTLE LONGER. You
will see! They will not seek your face in the Quiet time, because they
do not SEE ME! Let me hit them directly; it is my right!
What does the God who lives in you reply, oh Saint?
31And the Lord said, Simon,
Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as
wheat: 32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:
and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Luke 22:30-32 |
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© Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M. 8/14/2005
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Original Quote by Pastor Anthony |
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Man creates games to test human decision making -- where do you think that gift came from?
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