Fall Back, Enemies of God 10-29-06

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift my eyes to Your face and call on Your name. … "On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord; and he said in the sight of Israel, 'Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.' And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies" (Joshua 10:12-13). Today is the day we "fall back" and turn back our clocks for one extra hour of daylight. In a sense, the sun and the moon stand still for an hour today, as in the days of Joshua. On that day, You went before Your people and handed all their enemies into the hands of "the fighting force" with Joshua, "all the mighty warriors" (Joshua 10:7-8). Today, let our enemies fall back and be consumed at Your hand in this hour when time stands still. Our enemies are not flesh and blood; they are the spiritual forces of wickedness who seek to resist Your promises and purposes in our lives (Ephesians 6:12). "For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might, when He comes to be glorified by His saints and on to marveled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of His call and will fulfill by His power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thessalonians 1:6-12). When I see how the enemies of our souls seek to distort our image of God and defile the image our ourselves through unspeakable cruelty -- when I see them laugh and mock at the love and glory of my Lord -- when I see them terrorize and torment little children in inhuman abuse and each of us at the most vulnerable times of our lives -- I am ready to see the power and vengeance of God poured out in wrath until every evil spirit is utterly destroyed and consumed by Your flaming fire. "Out of the brightness before Him there broke through His clouds hailstones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice" (Psalm 18:12-13). Come Lord Jesus, and consume our spiritual enemies this day, warring against them until they are utterly consumed and their power over our lives is broken by the power of Your love for us. "The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3:8). Let the devil and the demons of his kingdom of darkness fall back today, as You destroy his works in our lives and throughout the earth. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Ministering the Healing Love of God ... Preparing the Way of the Lord." 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 www.messiah-ministries.org Daily Archives: www.morningbymorning.injesus.com . Come to The Fountain! on the 3rd Friday night of every month for our ministry's gathering of the body of Christ from every tradition and stream to worship the Lord in Sprit and in Truth. Come drink deeply from the Living Waters in the freedom of the Spirit. 7 pm in the chapel at Centenary. All are welcome. Call for details: 859-422-1794