Satanic Attcak while sleeping

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crusader Apr 24, 2011

Over the last 8 days God in his mercy delivered me in a part of my life. In my whole christian walk there was a part of my life that was captivated in fear and it was one part that i truely wouldnt trust my lord to set me free until 8 days ago. i was set free but i woke up this morning overcome by attacking thoughts, in my despair i cried out to my lord and said why have you forsaken me the enemy is gained victory. I got up angry and could feel the enemy drawing my thoughts to except defeat and give in. At this i said jesus i lay my lack of trust in you at the cross. the thoughts stopped pestering me but i still didnt have the right frame of mind. The lord led me to a sermon i downloaded from sermon index a week ago that i hadnt heard yet about renewing the mind. this brothers word hit the target, my anger left and peace came over me as jesus strength renewed me. Today has been a major victory for the Lord in my life and i pray that God will open my understanding to see these things while under attack. Today the Lord has risen stronger in my heart.

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Giggles Apr 24, 2011

Praise God!

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roadsign Apr 24, 2011

Crusader, I am blessed by your testimony. It is not unlike many of the lament Psalms - ex Ps 3.

1 LORD, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”~~[b]~~

3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the LORD,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.

5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.

7 Arise, LORD!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.

8 From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.

Thank you,
Diane

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pingpong Apr 24, 2011

Thankyou for this crusader, it is encouraging to hear stories of victory like this despite difficulty :).

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mama27 Apr 24, 2011

Praise the Lord! What is the name of the sermon you listened to? We all may do well to hear it...

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crusader Apr 24, 2011

The sermon was

Renewal of the Mind by Richard Sipley

thankyou all so much for your comments i will meditate on the scriptures given so that i will have this as a reminder. Well the lord used me to witness this to my unsaved brother in law today. For the first time he was in tears. in over 18 years he never really listened to the words i had to say but today they peiced his soul because of the true living jesus inside my heart. I am very humble today and tired so goodnight all. (the lord carried me today)

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mama27 Apr 24, 2011

Praise the Lord regarding your brother-in-law - may the Lord bring him to saving faith!

And thank you for the sermon title.

God bless...

sermonindex Apr 25, 2011

Good message Crusader.

http://media.sermonindex.net/19/SID19771.mp3

He covered just about everything, from TV, what we feed our minds with, the people we like to blame, to full salvation from some of the deepest sins and did it, as he promised, showing the way out of it all, in just that one message.

2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ

Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Bless our Mighty Saviour! Our Redeemer, Who showed us the way; His Word!

No coincidences that He reminded you of this message that you had downloaded.
Jesus Bless!

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crusader Apr 25, 2011

At first when i was listening to him i was curious as to why he laughed so much, God told me to keep listening as he would feed me(I saw the laughing more as a joy then a mocking). The bit about satan being the lord of flies and buzzing around your head annoying you, really spoke true because i woke up with the thoughts, tried to shake them off but they would come back and pester me. Rebuking satan hadnt even entered my mind at this point until i heard him talk about it. Satan had bombarded my mind. the attacks are still happening but i have a peace going through them as God quickens me to rebuke him. while i was having a shower tonight i started worshipping God and my tongue spoke with an authority and power i havent heard before and while i continued to sing in tongues i could see in my mind a sweet incence rising above me. I heard God say to me i am pleased with you Karl. while these words were being said i heard a small amount of wind rushing around me to which i new it was the holy spirit. There are some big things happening at work this week and i know that God is preparing me to stay in his strength. I have been very tired the last few days but i rejoice that my Lord can use me to bring Glory to himself. I have walked with baggage from this world too long, fearful of being destroyed and rejected by others. Now i know that if i throw my fears at the cross that jesus will deliver me. he bore the crown of thorns for this very reason.

Satan moulded me into a violent man that brought fear to many men that crossed my path. The more he abused me the more i abused others. every man i met with, i would size up and be ready to smash in the blink of an eye. No matter how strong or fast i became in fighting, the fear never left me. God is showing me something so powerful that fear trembles at its very presence and that is LOVE the lords pure love. Not the wishy washy hippy stuff but a love that can tell the truth to a person wether in correction or encouragement. and when i look at a man now no matter what he is saying or his intentions are i feel love for him there is no fear because i know that Jesus strength is in me.

sermonindex Apr 25, 2011

:)

Perfect Love drives out All fear.

What a great testimony Brother!

I had the same reaction that you did while listening to the sermon until mid-way when the LORD told me that his laughter was his way of loosing the people up for easier acceptance of what he was trying to get through to them. I'm just guessing, but I'd venture to say that he doesn't laugh through all of his sermons but when I have time, I'd like to hear more from him.

I always take "being attacked during sleep" as a
compliment. :)

If the enemy can't get us to go down-hill while we're awake, he'll try when we're most vulnerable - while sleeping ... but the enemy is on GOD's leash, [remember Job] and he can't touch us - except that GOD plans to work it for the Good.... as He's done with you - indeed He has!

Just from my own life's experiences - every attack has just caused me to run to GOD, to go "deeper still" in Him.

If we could only see that the enemy cannot come against one of HIS Children without passing through Head Quarters first.
Yes, the enemy has come to rob, steal and destroy - but the weapons of our warfare are mighty and if we don't have the armor on - GOD can use these attacks to remind us to put all the pieces of our armor on - one by one, with understanding. In fact, He's helped me to understand each piece of our armor all the more Because Of attacks. Bless The LORD Almighty.

Blessed to hear your testimony and that He is proving His Word true in your life. That Perfect Love drives out ALL fear and that it is Love that perfects us as well.

The LORD Bless you and Thank you again for sharing this terrific Resurrected-life story, Brother.

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crusader Apr 26, 2011

thankyou for your comments everyone they are a great help. God is taking me to study the armour and the renewing of the mind. It amazes me that my whole walk with God these area's have been prominent features in my understanding but when i meditated on the shield of faith and walked through the bible with it (after reading the posts on this post) i finally understood what faith had to do with a shield. before i would say yeah i got faith and wouldnt think any deeper but today i realized that if i dont trust every part of my life to the lord then this shield has no effect against the fiery darts. I feel strong in saying that i am standing in the strength of the lord with this but my physical body feels like ive gone 5 rounds with tyson. I got up after 8 hours sleep studied the word, chewed the cud, rebuked satans attacks then had a lie down again. this has been the longest that i have ever been free of this fear in my life and i do feel that God is being gloryfied in all of this.

i hope that all of this posting is ok, i just know that God has started a work and i feel like shouting it to the world.

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p.s ive watched more of Richard Sipley and i got to say after watching him on video ive got heart for his ministry and his relationship with God.

sermonindex Apr 26, 2011

Hi brother,

This whole thread is encouraging! I know what it is to be delivered from fear after a very long time. It's kinda strange at first and that old extra vigilance has to move over for the Lord to fill up that which has been lacking.

I feel strong in saying that i am standing in the strength of the lord with this but my physical body feels like ive gone 5 rounds with tyson.

I believe this kind of tiredness is to do with the release of tension you've experienced since the fear left you. It will pass quite soon but the strategy to stay free needs to carry on.

today i realized that if i dont trust every part of my life to the lord then this shield has no effect against the fiery darts.

Reading this, I had a thought, which I hope doesn't affect your plans to study the armour and lay hold of it as you get even more understanding.

You have heard that we are in Christ, and He is in us. There are many good verses about us being 'in Christ', but the verses about Christ being in us in some ways are harder to get our heads round. Still, I'm about to offer a clue. If we can grasp that He is IN us then it is His helmet of perfect peace protecting our minds, His breastplate of righteousness protecting our inner life (heart), His faith which holds the shield unwaveringly against the enemy's attacks, His word (sword) in our mouths and memories, His peace upon our feet as we walk where He directs. My role is to make His armour MY armour and occupy His victory - let His victory occupy me.

I hope that makes sense. I find I am speaking to myself here, also.

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crusader Apr 26, 2011

Hi Alive-to-God

You have heard that we are in Christ, and He is in us

This rings true brother and it is where the lord is teaching me. last week the lord was showing me ark that noah was in and what everything ment. Brother every responce that you have given, so much is fully testified in my heart. God is drawing me to see the importance of these things deeper and deeper.

I am not sure where God is going to lead me over the next 3 weeks but i am not frightend as i know that i can lay any fears upon the cross. For last two weeks i prayed to the lord that if he didn't want me to be in the band that i am in then to let it fall apart. i wasnt to have a hand in this as the lord was going to take charge. Well the band broke up last night without my hand on it. Praise God

I hope that God will find a place for me to sing in the future but i leave that with him. Today my co-worker may get the sack but i will leave that to God and hopefully God will use me in someway in her life. I rubuked Satan again this morning when fear arose. I am so greatfull that when he is attacking that i am aware of whats going on now.

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crusader Apr 26, 2011

P.s Roadsign the scriptures that you posted have definatley helped in building my faith towards the lord delivering me :)