Cgeneration devotional

Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...”

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What does this mean and how can we overcome the enemy by the word of our testimony?

The blood of Jesus is a weapon that we as believers have against our accuser, the devil. Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ says

“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”

As powerful as the name of Jesus is, with the ability to move and change things both in heaven and on earth, it is not every random person that uses the name of Jesus that will achieve results.

The seven sons of Sceva tried to use the name of Jesus and received the greatest shock of their lives!

As believers, we have access to very powerful weapons that are not physical or human which we can use to destroy the enemy’s strongholds. So what are these weapons that we have at our disposal to successfully and effectively fight our battles?

1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ says

“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”

Our great enemy as believers is the devil and in one of our devotionals this month, we actually named him public enemy number one! For us to effectively fight against him we need to know who he is. So what is the devil’s nature or what are his characteristics?

In Mathew 4 Vs 1-11, the devil waged a war against Jesus through different temptations but Jesus fought the battle against the devil and won using the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God.

The devil fought a similar battle against Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3.

Why did they lose their battle?

Ephesians 6 Vs 17 refers to the Word of God as ‘the sword of the spirit’. We know what a sword is used for. It is used to attack and fight against an enemy. Jesus taught us how to fight in

Mathew 4 vs 1-11.

In Mathew chapter 17, an interesting incident happened. A man brought his son to the disciples of Jesus Christ for them to heal him of his disease but they couldn’t! How did that happen?

What could possibly have gone wrong?

In Jonah‬ ‭chapter 1‬ Vs 1-2, God called Jonah and sent him to tell the people of Nineveh that they were going to be destroyed because of their wicked and sinful ways. But what did the people of Nineveh do to reverse this verdict?

2 Kings‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.””

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King Hezekiah was terminally ill and he had received a message from God that he wasn’t going to recover, he was going to die! But what did Hezekiah do?