By Sidharth Mohandas

Some years back as I was traveling with my friend he shared with me how he was having horrible nightmares in a stretch after he had moved out from the hostel to a house outside. He said the first day he had a dream where is mother was tortured, the second day he had a dream of his sister being tied down and being tortured and abused, and this went on for couple of days. He said he was intimidated by these and didn’t know what to do. I told my friend that these dreams were brought about by demons. I didn’t know if my friend did believe in demons even though he was a believer in Christ. That evening before he was about to leave to this house, I stopped him and asked him if he’d like me to pray with him, to which he agreed. I prayed something like this:

“Lord I come to You in the name of Jesus. You have given me authority to trample over snakes and scorpions and over all the powers of darkness [Luke 10:19]. You said in Your Word that whatsoever I bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever I loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven [Matthew 16:18] . Lord, I bind these demons that is bothering my friend in Your name. I pray that Your peace rest on that house, and that my friend will have a good nights sleep without any bad dreams. Amen”.

And the result…my friend never had that dream again! Hallelu YAH!

Dear friends, Jesus has given us the keys that can lock the powers of darkness and unlock His power. Demonic activities and strongholds can be arrested by the authority that is available to us in His majestic name.

I’m also reminded of a move of God that is sweeping the town of Kottayam here in Kerala. Pastor Matthew Kuruvilla was called by God to start The Heavenly Feast in Kottayam in the year 1998. A year later Pastor Matthew who is also known as Brother Thangu was instructed by the Holy Spirit to go to a high place in Kottayam and bind the strong-man of the city that prevented revival from hitting the town. From the very next week they saw a breakthrough… in what was just a medium church with few members, it grew into a mammoth gathering with more than 15,000 people gather together to worship the Lord every week.

Do you find resistance in the spirit realm hindering something that you know is God’s will from being manifested in the physical? Do you see the operation of demonic forces in your life and you don’t seem to break through ? Remember, my friend, God’s authority is absolute and sovereign and Scripture declares to us that He has imparted the same authority to you and me to bind and loose the activity of satan. Submit to God today and resist the powers of darkness, and they will flee.