Run Him out of Town !

(Run Him Out Of Town) "Stand therefore. . . Having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm footed stability, the promptness and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. "(Ephesians 6:14- 15) The Amplified Bible. Preparation. When it comes to fighting spiritual battles, that's a word you'd do well to remember. Most believers don't pay much attention to it. They don't prepare themselves in advance. They go from Sunday to Sunday; they fiddle around until the devil makes his move, then they jump up and try to fight him with the Word. . . And they usually lose. I used to do the same thing until the Lord taught me differently I used to wait until my meetings begin to pray for the success. As Satan would come against them from one direction, I'd fight him there. Then he'd move around and attack them in another area, and I'd fight him there. One day the Lord showed me that by waiting until the last minute to take my stand, I was giving Satan time to build up his forces against me. And consequently, I was losing many of my battles. Then the Lord said something to me I'll never forget. He said, "if they had kicked Al Capone out of Chicago when he was just a small time operator, he wouldn't have been so hard to handle; but they waited until he became a first-class criminal with his forces built up around him. That's why Chicago is the murder capital of the nation. Then it took an homage to bring him down." When I heard that, I made up my mind never to be caught unprepared again. I started praying about those meetings weeks in advance, getting the stage set spiritually before they ever begin. Instead of letting Satan get his forces enhanced, I started throwing him out before he got a single foothold. So, when you are doing any kind of meetings what is the prison ministry, street ministry, jail ministry, don't wait to prepare the day of you should be preparing weeks before when I did, I saw more victories than I ever have before. Don't let the devil catch you offguard. Be prepared ! Start praying and speaking the word of faith now over your family, your ministries, your businesses, your particular body of Christ. Get your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Then if Satan causes trouble, you;ll be well-equipped to run him out of town. (1 Samuel 17:12-- 51).