INCANTATIONS AND PRAYERS

Last night, at midnight, a group of witches gathered, to put a “spell” on President Donald Trump.  Their incantations are to “bind” him and will continue until the summer solstice, at the stroke of midnight on waning crescent moon ritual days.  Will they work?  How effective are spell incantations?  Is there anything that can counteract or deflect “spells” or “curses”?

Do not make the mistake of lightly dismissing the “spirits” of this world; they have power.  Also, do not make the mistake of setting their “power” on a high place of fear and helplessness.  The “spirits” of this world have only the “power” that has been given to them by God.  While God allows these “spirits” to work in the earth and in people who open themselves to Anti-God thought and activity, remember this…GOD IS ALL POWERFUL; GOD IS SOVEREIGN; GOD WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY!

Back to incantations, spells, power and the “spirits” of this world…

1Kings 18, relays the account of a battle between GOD and gods, a duel between the prophets of both and the power of prayer vs. the power of incantation and ritual…How do you think that turned out?

Elijah issues a Sacrifice Challenge to the Prophets of Baal. He tells them to choose a bull, prepare it for sacrifice, lay it on the altar, and then call upon their god to supply the fire.  1 Kings 18:26 reports the result…

1Kings 18:26 So they took the bull that was given them, they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal hear us! But there was no voice; no one answered.

The rest of the verse tells us, they began to leap around the altar until finally at noon, Elijah suggests that perhaps their god is meditating or busy, maybe he is on a journey or sleeping.  The prophets of Baal continued to cry aloud and even cut themselves but still NO FIRE!

1 Kings 18:29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was NO VOICE, NO ONE ANSWERED; NO ONE PAID ATTENTION!

Finally, Elijah declared, “It’s MY turn.”  Elijah built an altar to the Lord, made a trench around the altar, placed wood on the altar and the sacrifice on the wood, then he did something so extraordinary that Preachers and Bible scholars still talk about thousands of years later…Elijah filled 4 water pots and poured the water over the sacrifice and the wood and filled the trench.

Then it was time…there were no incantations, dances, cutting or even yelling; just a simple prayer to the only GOD OF POWER; JEHOVAH, the God Elijah served.  Elijah prayed…

1 Kings 18:36-37 …”Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day, that you are God in Israel and I am your servant and that I have done all these things at Your Word.  Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

And the rest of the story is…

1 Kings 18:38 Then the Fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

NOW, back to 2017…WHO WILL BE TODAY’S ELIJAH???  Who will step out and declare, “Enough with your incantations, protests, yelling and rioting; LET US PRAY!”

We are NOT powerless; we serve the ONLY TRUE GOD; JEHOVAH; JESUS…or at least we proclaim that is our God…put some prayer with that declaration. 

I declare to you, these words from Elijah…

1 Kings 18:21… “How long will you falter between two opinions?  If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.

The method of counteracting the activity of the “spirits of this world” is the same today as it was in the time of Elijah; build an altar, prepare the sacrifice and lay it upon the wood, add a little water and PRAY!!!  The God we serve WILL ANSWER WITH THE FIRE OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

Pray daily for our President, Vice-President, Congress and our Judicial System that once again RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL.  Prayers of Power to the One True God will BIND incantations, curses and the “spirits of this world” and render them powerless.