Don't Play With Demons (Video) — Shane Idleman

The title of the message is don't play with demons. Don't play with demons. Your mom or dad. Do they ever say don't play with that neighbor? Right or don't play with that boy. Don't play with that girl.

Why is that because ultimately? Those you play with those you hang out with ultimately many chance many times. Uh more than than than us helping that person. They actually pull us in the wrong direction.

It's actually easier to be pulled in the wrong direction than it is to pull people in the right direction from time to time. Depending on where you're at. Uh, and here's a good analogy. Even if it's even if it's my daughter weighs half my weight.

Is it easier for me to pull her up? Or for her to pull me down. Right, so it's easier often to be pulled down into the wrong direction. So it's very careful. We have to be very careful in this area. And this is an interesting topic because many churches, um, i've been guilty of this we either don't want to talk about demons.

We don't want to go there they're going to think we're weird. Right charismatic demon chasers. Uh, we don't want to talk about that but on the other hand. You know, there's this group that it's there's a demon under every.

Every rock i've heard i've actually not joking. The demon of caffeine. The demon of Coffee. The demon of alcohol. The demon of of bad attitude. The demon of anger. And I just got to get rid of this demon of anger.

No, you have to watch your mouth. You know, you just just come on now now, but the demonic realm will work in these areas. But we don't want to give them too much credit. And that's what's hard to find the balance because looking at scripture.

We know That the demonic realm was real. We know that satan is real. It's not a made-up figure and he's not wearing red holding a pitchfork. Easily spot. He actually comes in like an angel of light. Because if you oh I see you coming red red dressed.

Suit or red, you know in that red suit holding that pitchfork. I know what you're doing to me get away from me. He doesn't come like that and it's interesting often. You'll see throughout church history false teachers false prophets coming into a church.

They actually aren't what you think. They're smooth talkers. Drawing people to them. And they come in as an angel of light. It just come in as well. That's not what I because it's to disarm. It's just to disarm us and to other people around us.

So i've i've got this information last week from the doctrine of satan and demons by wayne grudem. It's it's in his book on systematic theology. So some of these notes are from his outline that we passed out.

Some of these are my own editions. Last week we talked about the origin of demons this week is don't do not play with demons. And then i'm hoping next week how to fight them spiritual warfare because this the the this type of Of of warfare.

It's not gonna it willpower doesn't cut it. You ever say that i'm not gonna do that again. I'm, just not gonna do that again. Then come wednesday. I'm not gonna do that again come friday. I'm, not gonna do that again and then year after year.

Right and and willpower and and these things sometimes, uh, this kind cometh not out except by Prayer and fasting many times so hopefully I can talk about that. But let's finish up on this one. Do not play with demons.

Don't play with demons. Throughout the new testament all throughout the new testament. There is clearly a demonic realm. But the focus is on evangelism and christian growth. The really if you look at the focus of the new testament, is it not for those of you read it?

It's on evangelism bringing the message of the gospel to a lost and perishing world and also christian growth the pauline epistles. You look at ephesians philippians you look at the the letters to the church in corinth.

They were sometimes hard things to say because it's on christian growth. And you know whether I don't know your position is or not, but the holy spirit does changes it's a holy spirit's work. But we have to be willing vessels.

You have to willingly Surrender to the work and power of the holy spirit. You can't just sit at home. I've said this before but you can't just sit at home eating donuts and expect to lose weight, right?

Same thing you can't just sit at home. Okay, lord change me in this patience and this anger. Hey, go get me that. What what what what lord change me change me, right? And I will change you he says but you have to obey my principles.

You have to look to my word. You have to humble yourself and allow the holy spirit to change you. So i've only got four areas here on on playing with demons. We play with them by walking with them. We play with them by walking with them and I get that from galatians 16.

Oh, actually, I don't have the chapter. I just wrote verses 16 to 21 many of you. I think it's galatians 5 probably. But here's let me just read the text. I say then walk in the spirit. This is important.

This will be life-changing for many of you. Walk in the spirit and you will not you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh less against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Here's one of the biggest elements. Maybe the biggest secret to victorious christian living. It's it's all right here. Do not walk according to the flesh. You walk according to the spirit. Well, can you get a little bit more specific?

Yes, I can. What is walking. You're going a certain direction you're going somewhere. So do not make choices do not go in a direction of the flesh. You're going and you go in the direction of what the holy spirit says.

And that would be a whole nother sermon. But most of us know what that is when I have a choice to make do I humble myself? And turn from what I know to be wrong and make the right choice and walk in the fullness of the spirit.

Walk in the power of the spirit or do I make the wrong choice and walk in the direction of the flesh? Because your body can't go two different directions. Have you ever tried that? Try to go up your street and down your street.

Try to go out that door and out this way. It's the same thing. What direction are we walking? But the christian walk isn't perfection. Right. I've just always walked a straight and narrow praise god. You're a liar.

Because we we get knocked off course, but the choices we make. Okay, I want to get the last word in i'm going to keep my. I'm walking in the spirit lord. You just changed him. I want to run to my addiction.

Hello. I'm going to make the decision not to do that. I'm going to walk in the spirit. Instead of getting the last word in i'm just going to love them walking in the spirit. Instead of looking at how we run business according to corporate america I'm going to look at what the bible says.

I'm not going to step on people. I'm not going to climb the ladder of success. I'm not going to Act the way the world acts so it's actually pretty easy. I I should say it this way. It's actually simple, but it's not easy.

It's very simple to walk in the the the direction of the holy spirit. It's easy. It's easy to make. Uh, it's simple to make choices that are honoring to god. It's simple. It's very clear, but it's so hard.

Right because we most of us know what to do. I bet if we took a survey. We would know what to do. So the problem isn't knowing what to do. The problem is actually doing it. And then when we know what to do and we don't do it we live in deception.

We live according to the flesh james says. Be doers of the word and not hearers only because if you're only hearing and not doing you're deceiving yourself. And i've noticed the more you walk into the direction of the holy spirit.

By the right choices by humility brokenness everything we preach here, right when you walk in that you're filled with that. So when you walk in love, you're filled with love when you're walking in joy joy the holy spirit.

You're filled with joy when you're saying no to temptation and yes to god. You're filled with the spirit of god. That's why glacians he was writing to the church in glacia. He said this is why you don't do the things you wish.

Everybody anybody ever experienced that why do I do that? I don't want to do that. I bet everybody in this room at some point maybe this week I said, why do I do that? And you know the list is long. Why do I snap?

At people. Why am I so moody? Why am I so bitter? Why the lord help me with this bitterness jealousy? Has anyone ever suffered with that? It just eats at you. Envy they call it a green monster for a reason.

And just why why why lord? It's often because we're walking in the flesh and not the spirit. I hope that drives for the next service. Walk in the light. I have another sure if it doesn't. Walk in the light.

This is interesting. You you all know the scripture your word is a what is a lamp. For my feet and a light to my path you have to remember this this has helped me for so many years. And again, I never want to give the impression i've mastered it because i'm i'm just I could be sitting in the audience.

And it just we're on the same journey. But god's word when it says a lamp. Have you ever you know what a lamp is? It's just right here. Perfect example when I go walking in the desert now, and i've seen a few snakes already.

I'm looking where am I looking? Right right here, but i'm also I want to see the rattlesnake before it sees me. So god's word is a lamp right here right now the choices I need to make at this very moment.

And then it's a light down the path that shows me. Oh, that's a direction to take now so I end up there. So the word of god is not just an ever-present help in a time of need now. It also gives us direction for the future.

For example walking in god's word the lamp. Uh, should I date that person? Not me right singles. It's that's over for me. When I said I do I said I don't. Anymore, but it's it shows you. Okay. Uh equally yoked do they love the lord, you know, we we know what to do.

Okay, that's the lamp now if I don't do that the light is pointing to. What this could bring about later on the decisions we make later on. The decisions we make now affect that so when it says walk in the spirit you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh the word of god gives us.

Gives us uh knowledge now and direction for the future. Now glacians keeps going on. I think we have it on there. Uh verse 19. This is interesting because here's the entry points. This is where the demonic realm works.

Maybe I should clarify this because not everybody maybe we're not on the same page or knows this. But as believers and i've talked about this before I might even get to it now. Um in a minute, but as believers, I don't believe a person can be possessed.

And the bible actually uses the word demonized. It doesn't say possessed throughout any of the new testament. It means demonized harassed. With unbeliever can control certain things. But as a believer we can be harassed.

We can be influenced. It's up. It's like this you ever hear somebody outside. You don't want to let into your house. Right, they're outside. They're knocking. Um, I don't want that or maybe you see a guy.

He's Not dressed well. Well, he's got a hoodie on a backpack and It's kind of dark. Why are you outside? See, so it's still outside. But if I were to open that door, I let that person inside. So that's the demonic realm we can keep them outside.

Or we can open the door and they come in and their influence now is inside. And it gets it gets stronger and stronger and stronger. So now the works of the flesh. Here's what the flesh will produce and this is interesting.

This is a great time to remind you. This is why we don't elevate one sin above the other. Right because many of you could think oh this sin. Huh. Right now the big thing is LGBT and gay community and different things.

Oh now that shame that sin. Oh, no. No you you sleeping around is just this. This is high. You're lying tongue. You liar. You you just loved a lot. That's that's right up here. But see how we like to throw the other ones real high and ours down.

The bible just says if you practice a lifestyle That denies god you practice it you're lost. And that's where it gives different references here. The works of the flesh are this they are adultery. And many people say oh praise god.

I don't struggle with that. Well, what do you look at online? What are you watching? What are you fantasizing about? Are you committing adultery in your mind? Let's remember I promised god. I would not preach popular sermons.

I would preach what. Just truth to help people because here's where the battle starts. Jesus actually said if you look at a woman to lust for her in your heart. You've already committed adultery. So fornication, uh sleeping outside of marriage uncleanliness lewdness.

Idolatry, what is idolatry? It's putting anything before god. And we see this often in the sports arena, don't we? Or whatever you put anything is above god this I have to. I actually worship this this which breaks my heart.

Even being involved when I was involved in uh, little league baseball. My lord. That's idolatry for many people. It's just it's just idolatry now i'm not saying everybody please don't misunderstand. I think it's a wonderful organization.

We're going to keep probably hopefully participating in it if if things go that way not saying anything wrong about it. But when it becomes the idol. Right, and it's all about that never church all about that.

I'm too busy for god. It becomes Idolatry a form of idolatry and all of us have struggled with it. Yours truly. Right, we tend to put things now believers. It's different because it's a struggle. We often god I have to remove this out of my life.

I have to reprioritize because it's becoming an idol. This is idolatry simply putting things before god or not even knowing god and then sorcery we read over that. We're like wow glad that doesn't happen now.

I went to the hospital homes many of you know what that is we have we minister in spite of of six, I think six hospital homes now where there's patients and When I get brave I go in there and say do you guys need anything from walmart?

Because there goes half my day, right? So socks underwear toothpaste clothing jacket shoes, whatever so I make a trip sometimes to walmart and and you guys. You know can do that and we can reimburse if if people need things.

There's people in the homes without shoes. I mean, can you believe that? Here's a church. We can go reach out to these people. And make a difference in their life. So anyway long story short, so i'm in the line here at walmart.

There's a lot of interesting people. And Right, we'll just we'll just leave it there. And um, and i'm looking this whole row is about magic for kids casting spells using your spiritual power over This and darkness and cat and commanding this and it's just there's a row of row of row and little kids wanting mommy.

Can I have this? Magic witchcraft sorcery. Or if we open ourselves up to you know, wow, look at that tarot card reading. I'm, just curious what they would say is that i'm just curious, but see you open your mind.

That's what that's what opening the door looks like or look in the paper. Oh wonder what month I am virgo or however any of that works. I've never really researched it, but you know. For obvious reasons, but you know you open your there's there's a difference though between saying uh, let me you know.

What's this about so I can minister to my sister who's caught in it versus saying? Hey, i'm opening my mind what i'm curious and then you open you give a foothold for the enemy. That's why I believe pornography is such an epidemic because it opens That door in the mind of people it begins to open that door and allow.

That's why when you get you ever get to a point where you say this is so hard to quit. This is hard to stop. It wasn't years ago. But now but now see that's a demonic realm. Something you used to control now controls you.

Because the door has been open. Sorcery hatred. Hatred that's what's that's what's actually rising up now in our nation civil disobedience. Hatred hatred for no matter what they just there's just so much hate contentions jealousies outbursts of wrath selfish ambitions.

Disputes dissensions heresies heresy is is I believe the definition is is a. Of a heresy is a self-willed opinion that opposes the truth. So do you see anything rising up in our culture that opposes the truth?

But see then when we embrace that. When we embrace that we begin to open the door. To god really say I mean i'll talk to. Well christians and like but shane, you know, but the science clearly teaches that evolution is a fact.

So god just let little cells kind of develop and. Well, yeah, but you know and they start to open their mind to things that just aren't true. So it's an area we have to be careful in. Envy anybody struggle with that murders.

Have you ever murdered anyone in your mind? That's where it starts drunkenness. Revelries and the like of which I tell you beforehand now i'm going to discourage at first and then encourage. Okay? I tell you beforehand just as I also told you in times past that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of god.

So that's why we can boldly say any sinful lifestyle where a person practices it. Will not inherit the kingdom of god. Let me clarify what that means. What is practicing? Hey, I know this is wrong, but i'm going to Practice it i'm going to I don't care what god's word says I'm going to practice it and I don't mean to keep beating up on this because.

You know, I I love people in this this this in the in the in the gay lifestyle. We we have people we reach out to but this is where it's getting really interesting in our nation because now. Right the church is saying it's okay to practice to still love god and practice.

Where you say it's not wrong. It's not there's difference between saying lord. I know this is wrong in your side. It's obviously not how you created me. I struggle with this. Would you help me? You're not practicing.

You've repented. Now you're struggling. You see the difference because believers will struggle with everything. I just read. You don't think there's alcoholism in this room. Come on, this is 9 a .m Church service, I guess the those struggling are sleeping in right?

They'll be here at the 11 but that that. It is it's especially among young guys and I mean I talk to a lot of people and with my past with that. Uh, I I know that's a very big stronghold and I know how it works.

Um, and it people are struggling with that and they get depressed. But they're not practicing it. Like saying I don't care what god's word says i'm going to live this way come hell or high water. That's practicing.

It's all what it's all really the condition of the heart. All these things right envy people and I know christians solid christians who struggle with envy and jealousy. They'll confess it shane. I get so envious.

Why am I living in this apartment. I can never god, please help me help me with this wrong attitude see they're not practicing. That's that's the difference. So I want to encourage you if you struggle.

It's a big difference or I also want to encourage you if you are Practicing all you have to do is simply turn to the light and allow christ to save and redeem you. That's that's it's it's actually that simple lord.

I want to come out of the darkness and into the light. I repent and I believe. So then the second point, oh, we're still on number one. Oh, it's gonna be a long sermon feel bad for you guys. Number two we we play with them by opening the door.

So we play with them by walking with them and i'm not going to spend too much time on this because we I actually Talked about the second point already we play with them by opening the door. That's how you play with with with demonic realm and I talked to this week.

Or I don't know when it was maybe last month I talked with somebody who's genuinely I believe struggling with alcohol. Uh, but they say well, it's a liberty. The bible says it's okay. And i'm like, but if you're asking questions of how far you can go.

That's usually a good indication that you've crossed that line. Because people who don't struggle have something a month every month or you know, it's they don't even think about it. But it's those who are is this too much?

I mean the bible says I have liberty. God's working god's convicting. And I he and I wish I would have told him this as I was leaving but he said can I. You know, can I can I have some. I mean, I mean when I and I thought of this well, you can play with a snake.

You can play with the snake. But be careful. And they're fast. I saw one in the desert. I'm like it was about this farm i'm like. That was close. I'm gonna walk slower now with the lamp. It was daylight actually.

But see you can play with the snake. If I came across a rattlesnake with my son. Hey, you know what you you can play with that. All things are law. I mean you you can it's your choice. But if you take that choice make that choice.

Be careful. So this is how we open the door. Uh, this is my one of my big Concerns, even though there's there's a place for it. But with all the the opiate crisis. Are you reading that that is killing more people than than?

Uh, it's just like an epidemic. And there's a time and place for things of course, but it can open the door. I'm praying for more the last five years for more people saying shane. It started with a shoulder injury.

It started with a knee problem. It started with a root canal. Whatever it is it five years ago. It's there's the open door. So it's just areas we have to be careful in. And I and the reason I say that is because I haven't met anyone yet that said I feel so full of the holy spirit when i'm on these things.

I have never now you might be full of something right, but it's not the. Because they're usually full of conviction. And see my heart isn't to rebuke my heart goes out. Because i'm i'm one step away as well if I open doors just like all of us.

But we have to we have to talk in order to get healing. We have to talk about the truth. How can we help people if we don't talk about the truth. Well, let me tippy-toe around that topic. I don't want to upset.

I got some people who love making their own beer. So I'll avoid that topic. I don't want to upset the big tithers right whoever they are. I mean, you know, you don't want you so you're tippy-toeing when god's word says just proclaim it just preach it.

Let the holy spirit go and convict and drive out the demonic realm. Let him if you preach it in love genuinely concerned for people weeping on the altar before the service crying out saying god. You have to move then let him move.

Let the holy spirit the hound of heaven. Let him loose. And let him convict and draw. I don't know why I don't know why but god has given his word and also through the power of preaching to change hearts.

Because often we don't change until we're what? Convict you're talking about me. You you talking about me shane? Yeah. What's that old saying if the shoe fits? Wear it. And you know who this preaches to before it preaches to you, don't you?

So be careful as well in this area. Do not open the door. First timothy four one three, I think we have it up there. Now the spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith.

Giving heed giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. Speaking lies and hypocrisy having their own conscience seared with a hot iron. Now here's what they'll do forbidding to marry. They'll say you can't marry.

Okay, you know of any churches that say that i'm not going to go there, but you can go there in your mind. Right. Don't marry. Don't marry priests. I guess I crossed that line. But you know don't that just be.

I would be I would read this I would reread this and be very fearful personally. Forbidding forbidding because it's a deceiving spirit. And then he goes on to say Commanding to abstain from foods which god created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

That's why I love vegetarians, but I can't quite go there with you. Yeah. Because I can't forbid what god has allowed now. I have opinions on being very careful eating clean. You already you already know all that.

But this is the area we have to be careful in forbidding certain things. It's a deceiving spirit sometimes. Again, most of this is coming from wayne grudem's book on systematic theology. The emphasis of the new testament is not on the influence of demons but on the sin that remains in the believer's life.

Remember I said earlier we don't get focused on the demon we get we we focus on if there is there sin influencing my life. Yet sinning even by christians does give a foothold for some type of demonic influence in our life.

Usually how it works. It's like this. Let me be back or back here. We we make we take a choice in the wrong. We make a choice and go in the wrong direction. Whether it's anything I just mentioned opiates alcohol, whatever it is, whatever it is.

Once we know that and we I should have made that choice and then we continue to make that choice. And continue to make that choice then the noose around the neck gets tighter and the bondage gets deeper.

And deeper the the grip of the enemy gets harder and harder. And now we're in bondage to the thing we could have said no to. Because we opened that door. And I believe. The enemy demonic realm how they primarily work.

Is they will often talk you into things, right? They can't make you do things like I just heard a voice. No, they'll talk to you they'll talk you into those things. You're tired you're lonely go back to that.

They shouldn't have wronged you go back to that. And it's interesting i've talked about this before too, but in in addiction ministry, there's something known as the hall principle. Watch out for h-a-l-t hungry angry lonely and tired.

I said, oh, that's that's spiritual too. Because that's when people fall back into sin hungry. Angry lonely tired. Those are opportune times for the enemy. To come in same thing with the spiritually. So I believe they can talk you into things.

Did god really say? Did god really say listen i'm going to be honest with you guys right now. Why why fasting is so hard for me? Because my flesh loves to negotiate every time I set out sometimes to do it like.

You got a long day you're watching the kids you better have a good breakfast. That's right. Yeah. I'll start tomorrow. I'll start tomorrow. I'll start tomorrow. And then okay i'm fasting i'm getting hungry and moody.

I don't want to be moody. I don't want my you know I got to eat something. Thank you for reminding me. Weeks go by right. Okay. I'm going to start again. Oh, but I got to preach on wednesday. I need to be there for the people and be fully, you know.

Because when you fast sometimes you get in a bad mood. You know that or cravings come so you can talk yourself into things. Or how many people this happens all the time young couples. They break up finally i'm done with that guy.

I'm, so glad i'm so glad that god got me. Got me away from that person, right? Thank you. And then a couple days go by. I wonder if they're changing. I know they hit me, but they said they never would again.

You know what you're right you're right. Let me give them a bet see how they negotiate. It's the only way they get in. They did god really say because don't you know? Sometimes you know without a shadow of a doubt god's telling you to do not anymore.

But then by the time a week goes by. There's there's something very powerful about the power of the made-up mind. When we say lord, I know what your will is. I know what your word says. I'm going to obey it even when I don't.

Feel like it. That's one area. Or one way we can defeat this demonic realm then number three we play with the enemy. By entertaining their suggestions and that's really what springs board off. I actually should reverse those.

When we entertain their suggestions we play with the enemy. Where there is a pattern of persistent sin in the life of a christian the primary responsibility for that sin. Rest with the individual christian not the demon.

The demons can only intensify that battle. And then I had this third point but or not a third point, but a A point under number three we already talked about but can a christian be demon possessed? Let me read here what he put the greek new testament never uses the lang language that suggests a demon possesses someone.

It's more demonized. If a christian does not make use of the weapons of spiritual warfare the degree of demonic attack could be quite strong. Think about that. If our weapon if you truly believe the weapons of our warfare are not spiritual or not physical.

They're spiritual and the bible is a weapon. Prayer is a weapon. The power of the holy spirit is a weapon. Worship is a weapon. I believe fasting is a weapon. We have all these things at our disposal, but we don't use them.

We wonder why why am I easy prey why am I getting hit all the time? Why am I growing distant from god because you're not engaging him on in the spiritual realm. Again back to willpower because most i'm not going to do that again i'm not I.

At least twice a week I say i'm not having chocolate again. And i'm you know, you're laughing i'm dead serious. I get dark organic chocolate and just dip in peanut butter. So this is the last day. This is the last day.

Yeah, it wasn't supposed to be a funny part of the sermon. I'm I'm relating to you, but we make right we make those decisions in the in the high point. But then when the weak moments come. That's when the door is open.

That's how we fight our battles. Spiritually, that's what I hope to to talk about next week. But let me leave you with a couple thoughts. I'm, not to the end yet. Don't don't worry. Or don't get excited just yet.

When I talk about spiritual weapons, sometimes we oh, yeah, I know I know but think about this when you're full of prayer. You're full of power. When you're full of worship, you're full of power when you're full of the word of god.

You're full of power the power to defeat the demonic realm. So whatever you're full of prevails. So if we're full of the things of the world, no wonder we're led to like a lamb to the slaughter. Because we're filled with those things.

So, how can demonic influences be recognized well. Severe cases in the gospel. There's often bizarre and often violent actions. Especially to those preaching the gospel and we see this sometimes, you know, you're throughout town.

You'll see people talking to themselves and sometimes it's mental disorder and I usually pray every time I drive by them you have to be careful when you talk to. To those type of people because there could be some severe challenges going on mentally brain chemistry.

But I often wonder how much of that is demonic attack. How much of those are aren't drugs alcohol and they have and that demonic element is so strong. That you see them them them just violent actions lashing out.

I mean, I remember I got on my truck and this guy's cussing at me. Like oh, sorry. I don't who are you? And he just decided to cuss at me. For no reason. And do other things I'm going to tell you about with this finger, right?

I said, okay, if you need anything, let me pray for you and he just got them. Just okay. I'm out of here. You know now had I been prompted by god to sit and pray I would have done that. But this that's often.

It's extreme cases are violent actions. Remember, there's also um. When I was preaching on a friday night, it was a prayer fest. We're outside and i'm preaching. I think i've told you this probably twice before but it fits.

So here we go again but as i'm speaking this lady over here is manifesting probably probably 50 feet 60 feet away and just. You know, you could tell something is wrong. So the prayer team's over there and they're praying for you.

She falls on the grass and some I stop and I pray for her and then I just go back to preaching. Because see that's often what that wants to do is disrupt what's going on. And disrupt what's going on and people do that.

Sometimes it doesn't happen here, but I've preached before and people will say something and you say, okay I'd love to talk to you afterwards. I'd love to talk to you afterwards. But i'm going to continue to preach and he keeps if you continue we're going to have the authorities remove you the choice is yours.

I'm going to preach either way. And you take control of that situation. You don't let them. Stop the work of god. Because ultimately christ is in control. It's his church. We don't have to be cowered away.

Okay. Sorry devil. No devil. I'm full of prayer. So i'm full of power. Right same with you what you're full filled. What are you filled with this morning? Let me ask that we should just I should just ask that question.

What are you filled with this morning god's power god's spiritual authority? And here's what i've noticed as a believer. The less you're filled with that authority with that boldness with the power of god.