{"id":855,"date":"2020-10-16T20:33:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-10-16T20:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:33:21","slug":"spiritual-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Spiritual Authority&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have given you authority to trample on snakes\u00a0and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.\u201d Luke 10:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I believe that the spiritual realm exists and that the enemy is very much present in the spiritual realm. In 1 Peter 5:8 it says, \u201cBe alert and of sober mind.&nbsp;Your enemy the devil prowls around&nbsp;like a roaring lion&nbsp;looking for someone to devour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Louise and I stayed at a hotel while visiting and assisting her two young grandchildren doing school online. Normally, when we arrive in a place that has hosted other people from all walks of life, the first thing we do is pray to cleanse the room of any evil. In our haste to help them, we forgot to pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two nights, Louise suffered with a bad rash, a reaction to disinfectant used on the furniture. The fourth night she was bitten five times by a black-widow. That\u2019s when we remembered that we hadn\u2019t prayed in that room yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Christians, we have been given authority to overcome the attacks of the enemy so as not to allow him place or an opportunity to devour us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I remember to pray each day for protection against the enemy? Do I pray when I am away from home?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cI have given you authority to trample on snakes\u00a0and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.\u201d Luke 10:19 Applying God\u2019s Word Yes, I believe that the spiritual realm exists and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=855\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}