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name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come" (Ephesians 1:21). The Name of Jesus puts you in a place where you can look down on the devil and say, "Get under my feet!" One believer who understood this very well was Smith Wigglesworth. A Pentecostal faith preacher who ministered in the early 1900s, he once walked into a séance where people were using demonic power to levitate a table. They thought he'd be impressed, but he wasn't. He just said to the table, "Get down from there!" then shouted the Name of Jesus, and it crashed to the ground with such force it broke into pieces. Another bold man of God from years gone by, Lester Sumrall, told me of a similar incident in Africa. A church there was having a marvelous outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the local witch doctor got upset because a relative of his went there and got healed and born again. Determined to prove his power was greater than the power operating in the church, the witch doctor showed up at one of the services. Right there in front of the whole congregation, he stood up and began to levitate. He'd go up…and come down…go up… and come down. "How do you like that?!" he said. Unimpressed, the church members just kept praising the Name of Jesus. When the witch doctor tried to levitate again, he couldn't. He jumped up in the air a couple of times, but it didn't work. "What's happening to me?" he cried. Finally, he fell on his face, gave his heart to The LORD, and got fi lled with the Spirit. When he looked up, much to his surprise he saw that God had lifted up the entire congregation all around him. So, in the Name of Jesus he jumped again and went up along with them. Why don't we see more things like that happen? As we keep growing in our revelation of the power of Jesus' Name, we will! We'll resist the devil and he'll fl ee from us as if in terror. He'll back down every time we challenge him to a fi ght because he knows he can't stand against us. He knows that by the power of Jesus' Name we've already won! You've been walking by faith. You've been believing God to meet your need. But what do you do when the results seem slow in coming and you are tempted to give up? Be patient! There is not much said about patience these days. But, when it comes to receiving from God, it is just as important as faith. It will make the difference between success and failure for you. Patience undergirds and sustains faith until the result is manifest. After you have meditated on the promises of God and have them in your spirit, patience will encourage you to hold steady. Patience is power. It has the courage to refuse the lie of Satan that says the Word is not working for you. It knows that God's Word has never failed. Patience will not draw back in fear but will press forward in faith until you have the answer. When the results of your faith seem slow in coming, don't give up! Continue to put the Word fi rst, with patience, and you will surely receive the promise of God! —Gloria Copeland Press On in Patience "Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." Hebrews 6:12 WORDS OF FAITH WORDS OF FAITH W B V O V : 9