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serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you" (verses 17–19). Don't ever be afraid of the devil. Whenever he or his demons give you any trouble, just use the Name of Jesus and the Word of God against them. One time when I was driving from Fort Worth, Texas, to Tulsa, Okla., with my friend Erlina Phelps to speak at a meeting, the devil really started giving us trouble. He did everything he could to keep us from getting there. It snowed and sleeted so badly that we just barely arrived in time. The devil didn't let up when we got there either. He kept at it. So, I told God, "I need an angel, and I need one right now!" Then I opened the meeting in prayer, hung that devil up, and peeled him right there with the Name of Jesus and the Word of God. While I was praying, God opened the eyes of a girl in the meeting and let her see that devil. She told us he looked really mad and, referring to me, he said, "She always does me that way!" and went out the door. As he left, the girl saw angels come out of the woodwork and surround the place. That turned out to be a wonderful meeting. Many of the young people who were there were healed and delivered. Don't wonder, just believe. I want you to know today that the Name of Jesus on your lips is as powerful as He Himself is! Once you know that, you won't be one bit afraid of the devil. You won't let him get away with anything. What's more, when you pray, you won't come to God like a beggar, just hoping that maybe He'll answer you. You'll come believing you will receive from God whatever you ask— every time! You'll come with confi dence knowing that Jesus said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.... in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:23-24). If you're just praying all the time and not getting answers, your joy is not full! I'm thinking right now, for example, of a mother who called once to ask me to pray with her for her daughter. She wasn't joyful at all. She was sad because, despite her prayers, her daughter kept doing things she shouldn't. "Mrs. Copeland," she said, "my other children have never given me a bit of trouble, but this one has." "Hush that!" I said. "Don't give the devil a handle to use. He'll take those negative, unbelieving words and whack you over the head with them. God said in 1 Corinthians 7:14 that because you're a believer, your children are holy. You don't have to let Satan mess up your daughter. She's yours. Whether she's born again yet or not, she's holy because she belongs to you. So don't take that stu ." Then I addressed Satan right there on the phone! I said, "Satan, you get your hands o that girl right now, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ," and told her mother to believe it. That's all you have to do is just believe it! Don't pray and then wonder, Will it happen? Say, "Yes, it will happen!" Start yelling it out— not for your sake and not for God's sake, but for the devil's sake. Say, "Yes, it will happen! Now, Satan, get out of here! Doubt and unbelief, get out!" Say it with confi dence knowing that, in Jesus' Name, you've got the power! (Vinita Copeland, mother of Kenneth Copeland, went home to be with the Lord August 18, 1988). B V O V : 1 1 By staying in communion with the Lord you can walk every day in His rest and His BLESSING. ( Acts 9:31) You walk with God not by relying on the strength of your own fl esh but by walking in the spirit. (Phil. 2:13) WORDS ON HEARING FROM HEAVEN You're born again to walk and talk with God. (John 10:27) The Holy Spirit (the One who knows everything!) has come to live in you to serve as your personal Counselor. (John 16:7) WORDS ON W

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