Thank God For Giving You Spiritual Authority
Thank God For Giving You Spiritual Authority
Today, let us thank God for giving us spiritual authority. What is spiritual authority? Spiritual authority is “the God-given right to receive and use God’s power that flows from the indwelling Holy Spirit.” God has given Jesus Christ all authority in heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18). Jesus gave the Church that authority that was given to him. As a believer, we can use that authority in the name of Jesus and the demons will bow and sickness will disappear. Luke 9:1 says, “And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.” This authority that Jesus gave us gives us an advantage over demonic forces. They bow and tremble at our command.
We have spiritual authority over snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. Luke 10:19 says, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” We need to thank God for what He has given us. By this authority, spiritual wickedness, cosmic rulers, powers and principalities have no power over us. The dominion that Satan snatched from us in the garden of Eden has been restored back to us through Jesus Christ. The dwelling place of Satan is now under our feet. He is that great serpent that tempted Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. All Satan’s emissaries are categorized as serpents and scorpions and we have authority over them and their power.
God Has Given You Authority Over Sins and Devil’s Work
Another reason why we need to thank God is because we have authority over sins. Romans 6:14 (ESV) says, “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” Are you suffering from addictions? Do you currently have some ungodly habits? You can take authority over those habits. Are you currently being ruled by the flesh? You can exercise your authority over the flesh. 1 John 3:8 says, “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” Jesus Christ came to the world to destroy the works of the devil so you have victory over the devils work. So, we have every reason to thank God for giving us spiritual authority.
As believers, we don’t fight for victory but we fight from victory. God gave the Israelites that land that is flowing with milk and honey while the inhabitants were still there. It means that before they started fighting for the land, God had already given them victory. That is the way we fight as Christians. Therefore, we have every reason to give thanks to God. As we pray today, I pray that our praise and thanksgiving will be a sweet fragrance to God in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Points
- Father, I thank you for giving me spiritual authority and for giving me the grace to disciple nations
Matthew 28:18-19
And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’
2. Father, I thank you for giving me authority over demons and to cure diseases
Luke 9:1
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
3. Father, I thank you for giving me authority over the devil and over sins. Lord, I thank you for destroying the works of the devil
1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
4. Father, I thank you for giving me the authority to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cleanse lepers and to cast out demons. Lord, I thank you for giving me spiritual authority
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
5. Father, I thank you for giving me authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy
Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
Thank God For Giving You Victory Through Jesus
6. Father, I thank you for giving me victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Lord, I thank you for giving me spiritual authority
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Father, I thank you for equipping me with weapons that are not carnal but mighty through you, Lord. I thank you for giving me spiritual authority to destroy strongholds, arguments and every lofty opinion raised against your knowledge. I thank you Lord for giving me the grace to take authority and to take every thought captive to obey you.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
8. Father, I thank you for making me strong in you and in the strength of your might. Lord, I thank you for giving me your armor to be able to stand against the schemes of the devil
Ephesians 6:10-11
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
9. Father, I thank you because you have not given me the spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. Lord, I thank you for giving me spiritual authority over the forces of darkness.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
10. Father, I thank you for giving me dominion over every thing that you created. Lord, I thank you for giving me spiritual authority over sickness and devil’s work
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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