hi it's Jennifer LeClaire you probably know me from books like the spiritual
warriors guide to defeating Jezebel and you've probably read my articles in
charisma magazine or on my Facebook page at facebook.com slash prophetic books
I'm constantly sharing there but I wanted to talk to you today about seven
ways to make the devil flee seven ways seven ways to make the double flee seven
ways because how many do you know the devil needs to flee at the name of Jesus
but sometimes he doesn't but I'm getting ahead of myself I want to talk to you
today about these seven ways and it all lit lies on the foundation of
Deuteronomy 28 when you're living and covenant with God you can stand on the
blessings in Deuteronomy 28 and one of them deals specifically with spiritual
warfare I want to read that to you it Deuteronomy 28 and verse 7 and the Bible
says the Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated
before your face I like that they shall come out against you one way
and flee before you seven ways I like that too now in past columns I've
explored with you issues of discerning demonic strategies and and breaking free
from the enemy's stranglehold and what Satan doesn't want you to know about
spiritual warfare and why you really don't need to scream at the devil and
the one question every believer should ask before engaging in spiritual warfare
and and even sometimes why the devil won't flee when we're resisting him and
submitting ourselves to God according to Jaynes what he told us in his epistle so
I want to dig a little deeper here the Bible tells us to submit ourselves to
God resist the devil and he'll flee and here in Deuteronomy 28 and 7 it says the
devil will flee before you seven ways as part of our covenant with God but let's
face it sometimes that doesn't happen so let's dive into that now God has
promised us that he will cause our enemies to rise who rise against us to
be defeated before our faces he declared that they shall come out against us one
way and flee before us seven ways so how do we
he make the double fleet when the devil's not fleeing we know we're
supposed to submit ourselves to God resist the devil and he's supposed to
flee but when he's not fleeing and I've addressed this topic in different ways
in the past but I was inspired by the Holy Spirit to tackle it this way
because we really need to get this there's too many people sending the
emails and writing me letters and calling me on the phone telling me that
they're just going through all hell they're using the name of Jesus they've
submitted themselves but they're but there's something wrong because the
devil is not fleeing and so what's going on well I don't have all the answers
obviously but but here are seven ways to make the double flee seven ways and the
first one goes back to Deuteronomy 28 and one diligently obey the voice of the
Lord your God see in order to see this this blessed promise come to pass we
need to put it in its context now Deuteronomy 28 and 1 clearly states now
it shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God to
observe carefully all his commandments which I command you today then we go on
into these blessings these blessings are for those who would diligently hearken
to the voice of their God this is our foundation now listen God doesn't expect
us to be perfect he doesn't expect thank God he doesn't expect me to be perfect
I'm a recovering perfectionist myself and I had to break that mindset it's not
that we set out to sin or make mistakes but God knows before what he knew before
he called me he knew before he called you that you were going to be sinless
after you got saved we all make mistakes we all fall short of the glory of God we
can't keep the law that's why Jesus came to die for our sins now we can seek
perfect obedience will never attain it as long as we're in these bodies but we
can set our hearts toward 100-fold obedience we can do that that's our part
and God can pour out the grace of obedience upon us and we'll see as we
grow mature in the Lord and as we seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness he will add what we need and many times we need the strength to
resist temptation strengthen our inner man
that grace of obedience that grace of humility that that ability that
empowerment to walk out his word and this alone if we diligently listen to
God's voice and obey what he says by his spirit and in his word this alone will
cause the devil to run for the hills I mean he just has no way in number two I
would stitch you watch this video again and make sure you check out the article
on my website and on charisma magazine my of my column called the plumb line
because you can meditate on these scriptures they're all written down in
an article for you but number two repent before you engage in battle Oh what do
you mean repent I haven't done anything wrong
well maybe you have and maybe you have it see there are sins of omission and
sins of commission it could be that you were supposed to do something that you
didn't do maybe you didn't pick up on the Holy Spirit's promptings but he was
trying to communicate with you but you were too busy watching TV uh-oh I'm not
picking on you listen we all have times and seasons where we're more sensitive
to God and less sensitive to God because we're distracted by trials and
tribulations family issues good things bad things we need to repent before we
engage in battle we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and not
just before we got saved but after we got Sid we're still falling short of the
glory of God according to Roman's 3 and 23 now there's the sins of omission and
sins of commission that I thought I mentioned many of us we think wrong
thoughts well that's a sin nobody knows it it's not this horrible immorality
necessarily but it's a sin we think wrong things we say wrong things we we
do wrong things over the course of a day or a week or a month we sin we make
mistakes we missed the mark and that means we're not fully obeying the voice
of the Lord our God doesn't it when we miss the mark when we sin we have not
fully obeyed the voice of the Lord our God so now when this is the case we need
to repent we need to repent before we engage in spiritual warfare because if
we're going to submit ourselves to God and resist the devil that means we have
to submit ourselves to God and resist the devil that means we can't be walking
around with known sin is difficult to defeat an enemy who
already has you pinned in a corner it's difficult to defeat an enemy on which
you share common ground and so reap it before you run to the battle line just
take a minute I'm talking about fasting in sackcloth and ashes for a week just
take a minute as the Holy Spirit if there's anything you need to repent for
maybe you know what it is maybe you don't but allow him to speak to you and
minister to you so that you'll be strengthened and prepared and equipped
and ready and you know she'll run to the battle line alright number three know
that God is on your side this is so important so many people they just they
think God has mad at them or maybe they're mad at God and I get that I've
been mad at God of course nothing's ever God's fault it's it's it's our
perception of it but I get that but in Exodus 15 13 sorry X is 15 3 the
children of Israel they knew that God was on their side they knew where they
stood with God and they knew where God stood with them they were confident and
so after this great deliverance from Egypt they sang this song and I like
this I don't know what what they had actually harps and trembles or if it was
just they were just singing acapella but it says the Lord is a man of war the
Lord is his name see they knew according to Isaiah 42 and 3 that the Lord shall
go forth like a mighty man he shall stir up his zeal like a man of war he shall
cry out yes shout aloud he shall prevail against his enemies this is the God
that's on your side this is the God that's in your corner this is the God
that has your back this is the God who serves as your victory banner this is
your God and you have to know that he's on your side according to Jeremiah 51
and 20 they will when we first backup first samuel 17 and 47 the israelites
knew that the battle belongs to the lord they knew that they were God's battle
axe and gods weapons of war according to Jeremiah 51 and 20 they had these
revelations or at least some of them did at certain times and that's how we are
sometimes sometimes we have this revelation we know that if god be forced
then who can be against us no weapon formed against me shall prosper my god
so supply all my needs according to his riches and glory
in Christ Jesus greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world
I'm the head and not the tail above and not beneath I shall lend in many nations
and never have to borrow I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus I
mean we are on fire and then you know maybe a week later two weeks later a
month later we're like you know woe is me where is God the devil won't flee you
know poor me and we're having this pity party and so yeah there's a little bit
of an emotional rollercoaster going on in the lives of a lot of Christians and
it's because there's this battle against our mind and that's a whole nother topic
that I did a video on I think it was last week discerning demonic strategies
against your life you can go look that up if you want more on that but God is
on your side now number four war this is very
important while these are very important but this is very important war from a
position of victory war from a position of victory see when Goliath challenged
the army of Israel they were scared witless David shows up on the scene and
he's a covenant guy and he knew that this Philistine didn't have a covenant
with God and he knew that he did so he's like who is this uncircumcised
Philistine you know I don't have any problem I'm gonna go up against him and
I'm gonna win I'm gonna hand you your head Goliath you know and it wasn't a
cockiness or pride it was knowing that he was warring from a position of
victory it was knowing that God was on his side it was knowing that he had a
right standing with God so as believers we also war from a position of victory
knowing that God always always always leads us into triumph in Christ Jesus
according to 2nd Corinthians 2 and 4 and we're more than conquerors through him
who loved us Romans 8:37 and if God is for us who can be against us Romans 8
and 31 so war from a position of victory now number five praise your way through
you've heard this before praise your way through I think there's
a song about that probably more than one in the song of Moses in Exodus 15 and to
the children of Israel sang a song to the Lord that went something like this
and I'll spare you I'm not actually going to sing because I'm a much better
writer than a singer at least I'm told but it it the lyrics
were the text of the verses go like this the Lord is my strength and song and he
has become my salvation he is my god and I will praise Him my father's God and I
will exalt him of course that was after Israel's delivery deliverance from Egypt
and so they were really on a high they really saw the power of God I mean they
were convinced now if you want the devil to flee praise before you go into battle
praise during the battle the praise brought down the walls of Jericho
according to Joshua 6 you read that chapter praise gave Jehoshaphat the
victory in battle praise see when we praise when we praise the Lord we are
sending confusion into the enemy's camp he's bringing everything he can against
us and we're still praising God God will set ambushes for your enemies according
to 2nd chronicles 20 and 22 your job is to praise Him
so yeah repent and praise the Lord because the devil's faith is sealed but
so is yours you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
now number 6 take up your armor would you please Saints take up your armor
don't drag it behind you don't leave it in the closet take up your armor God has
get this it's called in Ephesians 6 Paul calls at the whole armor of God the
whole armour of God now this is God's armor remember in when David and
Jonathan it cut a covenant he gave him his robe he gave him his belt he gave
him his yeah this is the same thing this is a covenant thing God has given us his
robe of righteousness God has given us his armor he expects us to use it he's
given it to us so that we can go on the offense and be on the defense it's all
outlined in Ephesians 6 but how many of us actually put on the armor before
running to the battle line how much of a revelation do we have about the helmet
of salvation how much of a revelation do we have about the breastplate of
righteousness or the shoes apiece or the sword of the Spirit which is the word of
God or you know how much revelation do we have on this
how much we need a revelation we needed clothes ourselves in the armor this is
part of what it means really to understand the Covenant of God on which
Deuteronomy 28 is based in which it tells us that the devil will flee seven
ways see this is all about covenant really this is about covenant today so
here you see it over and over in this video I've said it covenant so armored
up don't go into battle without armoring up if you've got your whole armor of god
on if you've repented if you're praising if you are obedient to the Lord if
you're submitting yourself to the devil I mean the devil is going to flee and go
bother somebody else who's undressed unrepentant and uninformed about the
Covenant and then you can go help them and equip them and teach them so that
they don't have to get beat up by the devil either remember everything you're
hearing look you might have heard this a million times maybe it's a refresher for
you maybe you need a better way or clearer way to explain it than what
you've heard I hope that I'm providing something I'm hoping that you're getting
something out of this today I believe there's something in it there certainly
was for me we there's something in it for you too now the last way pray always
and be watchful pray always and be watchful listen at least half the
battles being on the offense and of course we are always on the offense but
Peter tells us to be vigilant because that the our adversary is roaming about
like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour so we need to be on the offense
from that perspective and that there's there's an often-overlooked instruction
in Ephesians 6 that allows our spiritual warfare to transcend space and time and
it's found in Ephesians 6 and 18 and it says praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the spirit listen being watchful to this end with all
perseverance and supplication for All Saints see the enemy is less likely to
pounce on someone are less likely to be successful in pouncing on someone who is
prayerful and watchful because when you're in communion with the Holy Spirit
when you're practicing the presence of God when you're fellowshiping with the
Holy Ghost I mean you are or you've got that
connection I mean the Holy Spirit the amplified version of the Bible says you
know the power which no foe can withstand the power of God which no foe
can withstand and of course we know that the Holy Spirit is not just
power he is a person but we know that if we're in communion with him and we're
fellowshipping with him and we're talking with him he's going to give us a
heads up what's going on and then what we didn't lis hearken and obey to the
voice obey the voice of our God that's where it starts and that's where it ends
we've got to be obedient because many times we're opening the door to the
devil we think we're submitting to God and we're doing a pretty good job
resisting the devil but we haven't submitted to God and so we really can't
resist the devil see if we're not submitted to God we really can't resist
the double well if we're not submitted to God we're not resisting the devil
because we've given ourselves over to something that God doesn't want us to do
are you with me so go forth spiritual warrior with praise on your heart with
with victory in your heart with a confidence that God is on your side with
an understanding of the Covenant and the blessing go forth in the victory in the
name of Jesus let me pray for you before you go father I thank you right now for
the anointing of your spirit and I thank you right now that you give us all a
greater revelation of these seven ways to make the double fleece seven ways
most of all God pour out the grace of obedience upon our lives
help us to see and discern the the strategies and the attacks of the enemy
before they manifest help us to be prayerful and watchful god help us to
praise our way through God just help us God we lean and depend on you and not on
our own understanding father we need your help we need your help you are a
victory banner you are righteousness you are everything and we thank you for it
in Jesus name Amen so thanks for watching be sure to visit
my website at Jennifer LeClaire.org check me out on charisma magazine you can
check out my my upcoming book in the next couple of months it may be by the
time you're watching this video it's already out but it's called Satan's
deadly trio and it's about three particular spirits that have tag-teamed
really to wreak havoc in your life and you have the victory over those two so
thanks a lot god bless you