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Ephesians 1:15-19 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power,

DAY 28—Rejecting the Curse of the Thief
to Receive Abundant Life

The serpent that came to our Parents in Eden was not a beautiful snake with legs. Revelation 12:9 reveals clearly that it was the devil himself. The Hebrew word there translated “serpent” is nachash. Although this word is translated “serpent” everywhere it occurs in the Old Testament, its root is a word which means “to practice divination.” It also means bright shining brass. On close study, we can conclude that it was a bright spiritual being who came to Adam and Eve. He cast a spell, like that of divination, on Eve. She in turned passed it on to Adam, and thus to all the race of mankind. In the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus—the work of our redemption—He spoiled the serpent’s work. Now, He has given to us authority, in His Name, to command the devil, and any spirit that works under his command, to withdraw. Oh, what a full redemption is ours in Christ Jesus!

John 10:10—The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: lam come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. NIrV—The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they can have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.

Luke 13:16a—And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond...? NIrV—This woman is a member of Abraham's family line. But Satan has kept her disabled for eighteen long years. Shouldn't she be set free …?

LORD, I am ready to be free from the curse of satanic interference in my life. I renounce the demonic work that has come through my ancestry. Search it out in me. Where I am blind to the work of any seducing spirit in me, open the eyes of my understanding that I may renounce it. Wherein I have unknowingly invited unclean spirits in, I repent. As I renounce their operations, I open my soul and my spirit to the work of Your grace, and to the power released through Your resurrection.

How Grace Reigns for us through Jesus Christ—Romans 5:13-21

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Ephesians 1:15-19 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
DAY 28—Rejecting the Curse of the Thief to Receive Abundant Life The serpent that came to our Parents in Eden was not a beautiful snake with legs. Revelation 12:9 reveals clearly that it was the devil himself. The Hebrew word there translated “serpent” is nachash. Although this word is translated “serpent” everywhere it occurs in the Old Testament, its root is a word which means “to practice divination.” It also means bright shining brass. On close study, we can conclude that it was a bright spiritual being who came to Adam and Eve. He cast a spell, like that of divination, on Eve. She in turned passed it on to Adam, and thus to all the race of mankind. In the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus—the work of our redemption—He spoiled the serpent’s work. Now, He has given to us authority, in His Name, to command the devil, and any spirit that works under his command, to withdraw. Oh, what a full redemption is ours in Christ Jesus! John 10:10—The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: lam come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. NIrV—The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they can have life. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. Luke 13:16a—And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond...? NIrV—This woman is a member of Abraham's family line. But Satan has kept her disabled for eighteen long years. Shouldn't she be set free …? LORD, I am ready to be free from the curse of satanic interference in my life. I renounce the demonic work that has come through my ancestry. Search it out in me. Where I am blind to the work of any seducing spirit in me, open the eyes of my understanding that I may renounce it. Wherein I have unknowingly invited unclean spirits in, I repent. As I renounce their operations, I open my soul and my spirit to the work of Your grace, and to the power released through Your resurrection. How Grace Reigns for us through Jesus Christ—Romans 5:13-21 Top of Page © Berean Ministries PO Box 38 Elk Park, NC 28622-0038 Visit Us at http://www.maschil.com