Children/Youth
 I'm
asking the youth of today to be rebellious,
boldly opposed to the works of the devil,
who is the real enemy, and not rebellious
toward those who love them.
This is an empowerment message -- fighting back
against evil things. We fight by harnessing our
natural rebellious attitudes and rebel against
those things that are trying to steal, kill, and
destroy our lives. Rebelling against evil is the
wise thing to do, so that we can have a life free
from bondage!
We are told, "The fear of the Lord is to
hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil
way, and the forward mouth, do I hate" (Proverbs
8:13). This saying comes from God's word, the
Bible! Faith to stand against the evil way increases
in us as we reflect upon what God says in His
word.
Faith is acting on what we believe. If you believe
drugs will get you high and carefree, you act
by taking drugs. You believe a chair will hold
you up before you act by sitting in it. On the
other hand, if someone wants to drop off a bag
of rattlesnakes inside your front door, you act
by slamming the door in their face. The same goes
for the devil when he comes to rip you off; slam
the door in his face!
What about faith in God? If you have faith that
God loves you and sent His Son, Jesus Christ,
to die for your sins, you will act by receiving
Him as Savior and Lord. If you take that one step
of faith and act again by taking another step
towards God, He will increase your faith even
more.
Maybe you lack faith in God? "...the
apostles said unto the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'
And the Lord said, 'If you have faith as a grain
of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine
tree, Be plucked up by the root, and be planted
in the sea; and it should obey you'" (Luke
17:5, 6).
This is called mustard seed faith. It sounds
like the Lord is saying that mustard seed faith
speaks to trees and they obey you -- plucked up
by the roots. In another Scripture the Lord says,
that not only trees, but mountains are cast into
the sea by us speaking to them.
WOW! What kind of faith is this, that
our Lord is talking about? Trees and mountains
obeying me? I've found that these trees and mountains
are mostly problematic thinking, where demonic
thoughts try to persuade me to believe a lie either
about God, myself, my wife, or my friends. This
is when I must take a stand and refuse to believe
that lie and say to that devilish thought, "Be
gone in the Name of Jesus," and I find it
obeys me in His name.
Mustard seed faith speaks boldly to the problem.
This applies to any thought that is contrary to
God's word; for instance, I'm to love my neighbor
as myself, and not think hateful thoughts towards
my loved ones. We can be rebels with a cause.
I am on a campaign to demonstrate that it is more
cool for us to confront demonic thoughts, even
tobacco, alcohol or drugs, and premarital sex,
than to continue to be duped by decades of lies
and misperceptions of this world.
Of course, I could sit here and believe some
weird accusations against my loved ones, and even
medicate myself with drugs, but I choose to stand
up in constructive rebellion toward this thing
that is causing problems by speaking to it. I
find as I take a stand against what I know is
demonic thought, that thought has to obey me.
God desires for us to be authoritative against
the thoughts of the devil.
For years, I felt it was cool to do what
everyone else was doing. If that meant taking
drugs to be cool, I took drugs; whatever it took
to be cool. But no more; I've learned to be my
own man, to fight back, and stand for the truth,
even if those around me don't. I've found that
truth is in God's word, and that it's cool not
to be ripped off any longer.
I've decided to put on the armor of God, as a
soldier against the media powers of this world
that define coolness. This demonic thinking propagated
by the media, constantly targets us to replace
the thousands who are dying of AIDS, smoking,
and suicide. It's time for us to have an [in-your-face]
attitude against these trees and mountains of
media before us by talking back. We must take
back our minds, fight back, and be enforcer of
the things of God. Enough is enough!
This empowerment to stand up for what is right
and to speak to those demonic things that bombard
us daily, comes only through a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ. We have no authority to speak
in faith as long as we remain in our sinful state.
We must be born-again of the Holy Spirit. Our
Lord gave us this empowerment when He defeated
the devil by His blood on the Cross. The devil
thought he had Him down in the grave, but Christ
arose to triumph over him, making the way for
His victory to become ours. As we trust in and
rely on his death and resurrection for us, the
Holy Spirit raises us into victory. We are now
empowered to speak to those trees and mountains
saying, "Devilish thoughts, in the Name of
Jesus Christ, obey me and be plucked up by the
roots." And they shall be plucked up!
This bold authority to speak out in rebellion
against destructive thinking in the Name of Jesus
comes as the Holy Spirit fills our lives. Mustard
seed faith comes forth with a bold voice because
we are now born of God, walking in His authority
-- the Word of God. What God says becomes our
voice of authority, causing a victorious future
to spring forth! Be blessed.
Children's Praise
I would like to start out with words of thanks
to you. Not only for writing me back, but for
letting me know about your website and your books.
Since you wrote me, I have been to church every
Sunday. I have even started a youth group at my
church and have received a great response. Many
more kids now come to church on Sundays and to
our youth group on Wednesdays. I thank you for
inspiring me so deeply!
Kayla, California
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