Learn how to use the #weapon of #spiritual warfare described in Deuteronomy 28

Luís Alberto Alves

Secrets of Prayer

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Luís Alberto Alves

The forces of darkness are defeated through prayer. In other words, it is when the Christian enters into battle against demons. But to destroy these evil works, one must know how to pray. It is like an elite soldier who hits the target without wasting much ammunition. In one of the verses of Psalm 121, it is written that the light of the sun will not bother us, nor will the light of the moon torment us.

This means that the offerings given to demons during the day will lose their effect when you pray saying: “In the Name of Jesus Christ, every work of Satan, done against me in the light of the sun, will lose its effect now, and everything that was taken from me will be returned from now on, just like the offerings given during the night, under the light of the moon.”

In Psalm 91, it is written in verses 4 and 5 that the servants of the Lord “shall not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that destroys at noonday.” What God is saying through these two verses is that we should not be afraid of the terror imposed by demons during the night, nor the arrow that flies by day (situations created by darkness to try to destabilize us, such as arguments over insignificant matters to take away the peace of the Christian).

Darkness

In this prayer of intercession, the Christian needs to pray this word firmly, because there are spells that strike people through arrows and through diseases, which are the pestilences that stalk in darkness (spirits of infirmity), and also the spirits of death that attack through the offerings delivered at noonday. The war against demons takes place in the heavenly realms, as written in Ephesians 6:12, where Paul describes that the fight is against the hosts of evil that inhabit the heavenly realms.

These realms are spiritual dimensions where demons and the angels of the Lord circulate. It is there that the attacks against demons occur. In Daniel 10/13, this context is very clear, when an angel tells Daniel that since the first day, the Lord had heard his prayers, but the prince of the kingdom of Persia (a demon with the rank of principality to act over a certain region of a country) resisted for 21 days, but the archangel Michael came to the rescue to help the other angels of the Lord who were in this war and defeated the forces of darkness.

Christians need to understand that Satan and his demons will always be defeated through prayer, but they need to know how to put this reaction into practice. To do so, it is essential to know the Word of God. One must pray the correct words that will transform into bombs over the kingdom of darkness. There is a prayer of thanksgiving, which we should say when we go to bed and wake up, or when God has granted us a long-awaited victory. It is necessary to separate these two types of prayers.

Evil

In Psalm 35, verses 4 to 6, it is described how Christians should pray when they are in the midst of terrible battle against demons. Remember that Satan and his demons will use people or situations to harm you. The fight is against evil spirits, do not turn the people used by him into targets. Be discerning about this. In the verses quoted above it is written: “Let those be ashamed and put to shame who seek my life; let those who plot against me be turned back and put to shame. Let them be like chaff before the wind; the angel of the Lord will make them flee. Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the Lord will pursue them.”

God is saying that the forces of Satan who are using someone to attack your life will be ashamed and put to shame. These demons, through that person, will be put to shame, because the angel of the Lord (in this case Jesus Christ himself) will make them flee, making their way dark and slippery during this persecution.

Do not forget that demons act in a certain hierarchy. If it is a spirit of misery, the angel of the Lord will pursue it; if it is a spirit of intrigue, addiction, theft, confusion, perversion (demons that act on people's psychology, inverting their values ​​by attacking their thoughts, their way of behaving and acting), or sickness, then it is necessary to name the specific evil spirit that is acting in that situation. This is called knowing how to pray the Word correctly.

Crying Out

All types of offerings to demons are delivered in certain places: riverbanks or beaches, crossroads of streets and avenues, gardens in squares (for demons who pretend to behave like children), forests, near waterfalls, high mountains, cemetery gates, on top of tombs, places where a lot of garbage is thrown (when the aim is to turn someone into a wretch). The serum to kill this poison of darkness is through the prayer written in Jeremiah 22/29.

In this text it is written: “O earth, earth, earth hear the Word of the Lord”. It is God Himself ordering the earth to hear the cry of someone who is praying the Word of the Lord. This is when one should pray crying out that all types of offerings that the demons received on the beaches and riverbanks to destroy someone's life and everything they stole through these spells be returned in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Through this prayer, the servant of God, covered by the blood of Jesus Christ, is giving orders for the demons to restore everything that was taken away through that spell, which materialized through the offerings given there. This same prayer should be made in relation to streets and avenues, crossroads, squares and gardens, waterfalls, forests, mountaintops, cemetery gates, tombs, etc.

Church

Another example of a prayer of war is Psalm 142/7, where one asks that someone's soul be freed from prison so that they may praise the Lord. In this case, one must pray like this: "In the Name of Jesus Christ, free from prison (name the problem, be it addiction, illness, bankruptcy, destruction of marriage, prostitution, confusion, perversion, etc.) the soul of so-and-so so that he may praise the Lord. The secret of the spell is to immobilize the person, which is why someone who is bewitched loses their spirit, no longer has the desire to fight, to go to church, to pray, to fast, feels very sleepy, loses their appetite, tries to bathe less often, starts wearing dirty clothes, stops shaving, leaves their hair very long and does not comb it; in the case of women, they no longer worry about personal hygiene.

By immobilizing the soul, one soon dies spiritually, opening the door to physical death. That is why it is necessary to pray for the soul of this person to be freed from this prison. However, always taking care to mention that God's will prevails so that the intercessor does not enter into a war that is not His, it is something that the Lord allowed so that this person may awaken.

Burden

In 1 Timothy 5/22 the Lord warns us not to lay hands hastily on someone's head, nor to participate in the sins of others, but that we should talk to each other in purity. God is warning us that there are cases in which we must carefully evaluate the situation. So as not to take someone else's burden and bring it onto our shoulders.

As described in chapter 1 of Job, the devil was ordered by God to attack Job and take away all his possessions, but he was prevented from killing him. In other words, Satan's strength is limited by God. He does not have total control of the situation. In this specific case, God allowed this attack. But as described in chapter 42, everything that the devil took away he had to give back seven times more.

In this context of warfare prayers, we cannot forget to pray thanking the Lord at bedtime: “I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety,” Psalm 4/8.

If you get up in the morning for another day of work or study, pray Psalm 90/17. "May the Lord our God be gracious to us; may he establish the work of our hands upon us, yes, establish the work of our hands." In this case, you will be presenting to God what you are going to do today. It is so that the Lord may keep you in everything you do. This is a long subject, and I will write more about it later.

Luis Alberto Alves, pastor at the Evangelical Prayer Ministry.

Pray intensely

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The Peace of the Lord to all. Today is a day when every Christian needs to redouble their prayers. It is like a boxing match, when the boxer keeps his guard up to avoid being knocked out.

"But why? If I pray every day", some people will answer. On these two days (30 and 31) in the southern hemisphere, Satanists gather to offer sacrifices to the devil in search of more power. Unfortunately, these sacrifices will include children up to 7 years old who will be offered to the darkness.

On February 2nd, this ritual will be repeated in the northern hemisphere. Therefore, set aside some time today and pray, rebuking all the spiritual garbage that Satanists will dump on the heavenly regions.

Light

Pray especially for your family. Satanists are everywhere. They do not wear black clothes, do not wear upside-down crucifixes and do not have an evil appearance.

Some even have angelic features to sow deception. Jesus Christ said that the devil disguises himself as an angel of light. Perhaps you will answer me with the standard phrase of every Christian: "the blood of Jesus Christ has power".

I agree, but why did Jesus Christ order us to pray without ceasing? The kingdom of darkness works with misinformation to lead Christians away from the paths of the Lord. They say that Satanism does not exist, that it is just talk from fanatical Christians, etc.

Enemy

The Chinese thinker Sun Tzu, author of the book "The Art of War", says that when you know your enemy, the chances of defeating him are great.

You already know that the devil exists and his fight is to keep you away from Jesus. You can only avoid this when you know and practice the Word of God. There is no point in having a firearm if you do not know how to use it. Therefore, today, on this day of great spiritual warfare, present your projects, your family, your life to the Lord and pray verse 1 of Psalm 67.

It is only God's mercy that can destroy all the devil's projects against the servants of Jesus Christ. Also present the leaders of all the churches that honor the Word of God. They are the favorite targets of Satanists.

If you think this text is nonsense and a waste of time, I respect your opinion. But I warn you: the devil exists and has never played at being the devil. Some Christians play at being Christians until they are faced with a trial.

Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

God is a master at transforming sterility into fertility

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According to Medicine, sterility is the impossibility of a couple being unable to have children. But there are other types of sterility. Businessmen, even those who are skilled and have great knowledge of their market, can never get out of the rut of a negative balance in their cash book.

In the sports field, there are excellent soccer, volleyball and basketball players who have never felt the sweet taste of wearing the national team jersey, much less lived the wonderful experience of participating in the Olympic Games.

The world of music is full of artists, male and female singers with beautiful voices, but they never took off. Even though they recorded refined albums, success eluded them, trapping them in the terrible prison of oblivion.

Society

Life is full of people locked in the prison of sterility, even those endowed with great knowledge and vast experience. In the Bible, the testimony of the Word of God, some people are described as sterile, in a society where women unable to get pregnant were classified as cursed.

However, our God, creator of Heaven and Earth, and everything that exists in the invisible and visible world, is a master at transforming a scene of sterility into a landscape of fertility. After all, He does not know the word impossible, which only exists in the dictionaries of men.

The book of Genesis, 21, 2-7, tells the story of Sarah, Abraham's wife, who gave birth to a son when her husband was already an old man and she was already elderly, in addition to being sterile. Sarah was the mother of Isaac, the son of the promise, whom the Lord had told Abraham that he would be the father of multitudes, as numerous as the stars in the sky and the sands on the beaches of the whole world.

Father

It is estimated that there are 2.3 billion Christians in the world (including Evangelicals, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Catholics), 1.57 billion Muslims and 13 million Jews. The sum of this multitude comes close to 3.8 billion people who have Abraham as their father of faith. God said that he would be the father of multitudes when he was 75 years old and Sarah was a barren wife.

It takes a lot of faith in God to hold on to this promise. To look at a desolate scene and believe that the dry grass will give way to a beautiful green plantation, with trees full of sweet fruits. Something visionary. Or someone completely crazy, to the point of seeing water where there is only desert.

But God granted Sarah the condition to become pregnant at the age of 90, reversing the situation of sterility into fertility. Already old, she felt the joy of breastfeeding her long-awaited and beloved son Isaac. A few years later, this young man would marry Rebekah, as described in Genesis 25/27, another barren wife, to whom the Lord gave the joy of giving birth to the twins Esau and Jacob.

Joy

During the journey of life, in Genesis 46/19, Jacob would fall in love with Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban. Unfortunately, his wife's beauty did not immediately guarantee him the joy of being a father, as happened several times with Leah, for whom Jacob felt no love. God allowed Rachel to be the mother of Joseph and then Benjamin. Once again, the Lord transforms sterility into fertility.

But this story does not end there. In 2 Kings, 4:8/32, we have the drama of the Shunammite woman, already old, next to her husband, without children. And the prophet announces that this couple will have a son in their home. Because of the situation, the Shunammite called the prophet a liar. However, the Lord transformed her into a fertile womb and changed the family's sterility.

In 1 Samuel 1:9/4, Elkanah's wife Hannah, desperately crying out to God for 25 years to have a child, had her request granted. She was the mother of the boy Samuel, who later became a prophet, judge and priest, responsible for anointing the boy David as the future king of Israel. God went further by allowing Hannah to be the mother of more children.

Desert

In Luke 1:6/7, another elderly couple, Elizabeth and Zechariah, are blessed by God, with a woman, without medical conditions, becoming pregnant and from her womb coming John the Baptist, who became known as the Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness. A cousin of Jesus Christ, she had the honor of baptizing him and paving the way for his short ministry of 3.5 years, but which impacted the world.

All of the texts cited above demonstrate that God is an expert in transforming a desert into an area full of fresh water. Situations that, in the eyes of men, cannot be reversed. In other words, it is impossible to present any picture of change.

Christians need to have faith that Jesus Christ likes to take situations of sterility and transform them into fertility in any area of ​​our lives. Perhaps you are classified as sterile in some segment and have even thought about throwing in the towel, giving up following the Lord and returning to the rotten world from which Christ once rescued you. Believe me, your sterility will be transformed into fertility for the Glory of God.

Luis Alberto Alves is a pastor

Cry out to the Lord by praying Psalm 142

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Psalm 142/6: "Give attention to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from those who persecute me, for they are stronger than I."

My brothers and sisters, do not share your pain with people; do it before God.

Go into the silence of your room and there, alone, present your problems to Jesus Christ, our Intercessor.

Soul

Pray this verse 6 of Psalm 142 with great conviction. Believe me, the Lord will hear your prayer.

Do not be intimidated. Tell the Lord everything that is afflicting your heart, that is attacking your soul.

Do not make the mistake of sharing your sadness on social media or with people who will not be able to help you.

Christ

Open your heart and soul before God. If you are sick, ask Jesus to heal you; If you are going bankrupt, ask Jesus to send financial help; if your marriage is on the verge of destruction, ask for the Peace of Jesus Christ to cover your marriage; if you are being persecuted by evil works; ask Jesus to help you. If you are unemployed, ask Jesus Christ to open a door to work in a good place, where you have financial security.

Have faith, God will be listening to your prayer. He will do for you today what you have not been able to do until now. Detail: pray without doubting, because Jesus Christ does not work in doubt.

Luis Alberto Alves is a pastor.

The angels of the Lord are ordered to protect you

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The subject of angels is rarely mentioned in sermons, as if it were something linked to spiritualism or Catholicism. Or, as some preachers understand, this subject does not get much attention. This is not true. See what Hebrews 1/14 says: “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

Note what is written in Acts 12/8: “The angel said to him, ‘Put on your sandals and put on your clothes.’ Then the angel said, ‘Put on your cloak and follow me.’” This passage tells the story of Peter being arrested and condemned to death by Herod. Meanwhile, several brothers in Christ were praying for Peter’s life

That is when God heard the cry and sent an angel to free Peter. This angel, who appeared in the body of a man, was used to break the iron locks and bars in the place where Peter was being held. When Peter was ordered to get up, he thought he was dreaming. He only came to his senses when he reached the street and the angel disappeared.

Mary

But in this text you will come across several situations where the presence of an angel is mentioned acting in defense of the Lord's servants. In the case of Joseph, as described in Matthew 1/20, the angel is sent by God to remove Joseph's fear of taking Mary as his wife. This was the dialogue: But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife.

In this case, the angel is sent by God to bring peace to Joseph, who imagined that he had been betrayed by Mary and, worse, because of the Law of Moses, she was at risk of being stoned to death. In other words, Joseph was envisioning a tragedy and was planning to leave this relationship.

When we are in difficulty, Satan puts in our minds that we are alone in the arena to be devoured by the lion of illness, financial crisis, a marriage about to end, cancer, unemployment, drug addiction, alcohol, gambling, madness, adultery. In short, we are in a dead end.

However, Psalms 91:11 says: “For He will give His angels orders concerning you to guard you in all your ways.” It is God who sends His angels to protect the Lord’s faithful servants. These angels will be at the side of those who believe that God is the creator of the Universe to deliver them from all kinds of evil, in obedience to the Lord.

Sodom

On the other hand, God’s angels are also sent to fulfill a mission to eradicate rebellion, when a city sinks into sin by ignoring God’s commandments, as happened with Sodom and Gomorrah, whose sin disgusted the Lord.

It is in this context, according to Genesis 19/1, where it is written: “Two angels came to Sodom and Gomorrah at dusk, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city.” The spiritual filth was so great in these two cities that God sent two angels with the order to destroy them by raining fire from heaven. This is what happened after Lot’s family left, with death taking the lives of all its inhabitants.

But in God’s immense mercy, He also sends His angels disguised as men to give good news to someone, as narrated in Genesis 18/1: “The Lord appeared to Abraham near the oaks of Mamre. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing a short distance away.”

One of them, in a theophany (when Jesus visited some people as if he were a human being), was Jesus Himself to announce that Sarah, already old and barren, would become pregnant and give birth to a boy. According to medicine, it is impossible for a 90-year-old woman who is barren to get pregnant. But Sarah experienced the Lord's miracle.

Stone

But in Matthew 28:2, the Eternal's action shows how powerful the Lord is, when He sends an angel to roll away the stone from the door of the tomb. In this text it is written: “And behold, there was a great earthquake: for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came to the tomb, and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.” In this passage, God Himself shows the Roman Empire, which ruled much of the world, that He is and will always be the Almighty.

The angels are sent by the Lord to announce good news, as described in Luke 1:26: “In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph. In this case, the angel tells Mary that she will bear a baby, who will be named Jesus Christ.

However, in Revelation 15:1, the apostle John saw what the angels of God have in store for the future. It is written there: “I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for with them the wrath of God is completed.” In this text, the Lord reveals that his angels act in different situations, always in compliance with his orders.

Hands

In Revelation 14, another action of the angels is recorded, which many people immersed in spiritual ignorance imagine to be boys with white wings and a fragile appearance.In this chapter 14 it is written: “Then I saw another angel flying in the sky, holding in his hands the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice: “Fear God and glorify him, for the hour of judgment has come.”

Isaiah 37-36/38, on the other hand, an angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and single-handedly killed 185,000 soldiers, defeating the arrogant king Sennacherib. Imagine an angel killing this number of enemies of God’s people at once! In the book of Daniel, 10, 5/11, it is described what an angel of the Lord looks like. In this text, someone so faithful and fearful of the Eternal was terrified by what his eyes saw.

And Daniel described: “I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the reflection of polished bronze, and his voice was like the sound of a multitude.” Daniel describes that only he could visualize that image. He explains that as he continued to look at that supernatural man, he became weak, very pale and almost fainted.

Senses

Then this angelic being began to speak to Daniel. He fell prostrate on the ground and lost consciousness. Then this prophet of the Lord felt his hand touch him. Daniel trembled with fear. That is when the angel of the Lord said: “Daniel, you are greatly beloved. Pay close attention to what I am going to say to you; stand up, for I have been sent to you.” Daniel heard and stood up trembling with fear. The angels of the Lord are as described by Daniel, they are powerful to defeat demons. Because of the Lord’s mercy, they are allowed to appear as human beings.

In Hebrews 13:1 it is written: “Keep on brotherly love. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers; It was by practicing it that some people unknowingly welcomed angels.” We often receive visits from these angels, especially in times of pain and great need. They are spirits sent by God Himself, as narrated in Hebrews 1:14. They act in the heavenly realms, as described in Job 1:6: “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.

Brother

This text from the book of Job is proof that angels present themselves before God, in the heavenly realms, where intense battles against Satan and his demons take place, because he also presented himself before God. If you, my brother and sister, had a distorted view of the angels of the Lord until today, change your mind. Since 1/3 of the rebellious angels were expelled from Heaven, 2/3 of the good angels remained. A whole is made up of three parts. Therefore, for a demon, there are two angels of the Lord at his side. Ignore Satan’s bluffs. Have faith and defeat him.

Perhaps you have already been saved from a terrible situation by an angel sent by God. Perhaps your life was in danger, close to death, and suddenly a police officer appeared out of nowhere to save you from a robbery or even rape, if you are a woman. Or even if you have been given up on by medicine, when in the early hours of the morning a doctor enters your room to administer a medicine and you are able to live again. It was an angel because on the staff, there has never been a professional with the characteristics described who performed that medical procedure.

No matter the moment of terror that someone is going through, the angels of the Lord, when they receive orders, they comply and answer God's call. There are no barriers. These angelic beings enter any place. They are unaware of the physical barriers that exist in this world. Be aware, at some point in your life you have been helped by an angel of God or you may go through this gratifying experience. Never underestimate the power of the Lord, our God has the authority to do the impossible, in any situation. Stay in the Peace of the Lord.

Luis Alberto Alves is a pastor.

In spiritual warfare, the secret is to pray

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The best defense is attack. It is nothing new that God's servants are targets of darkness. If you are persecuted by the Enemy, it is because you are bothering hell. Does anyone kick a rabid dog while it's alive? However, if he is dead, people will even step on his head.

Be glad that Satan torments you. You are pleasing God, his commandments, and you fight to go live in Heaven. He is not a chubby Christian, who in each place acts in a way to please everyone. Jesus himself said, in Matthew 6/24, that it is not possible to please two masters. In this world we either please the darkness or the light, there is no middle ground.

Spiritual warfare lesson: when you are being bombarded by the devil, try to pray. The enemy used images of women to put thoughts of adultery and prostitution into your mind and heart; try to pray for the person the devil is using to attack you. She could be a colleague at work, at school, a neighbor or even someone from the church where you attend.

Church

This tip applies to women too, when the devil puts sinful desires in your heart, thoughts that you married the wrong man, someone who deserves to be kicked out of your life, or the desire to commit adultery with a co-worker, a neighbor, a college, church or anyone you meet on the street.

The secret to winning this war is to pray for this someone Satan is placing in your mind and heart. Pray asking that Jesus Christ free, convert and save that life, that the Lord rebuke the unclean spirit that is using that person to try to remove him from the Lord's paths.

If you know the person's name, say their name so that Satan and his demons use it at that moment to lead you into error. Remember that prayer needs to have a target. It shouldn't be something empty. Pray using the Word of God. As it is written in Psalm 18, verse 3: “I call on the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.”

Ways

Never forget that demons are our enemies. There is no good devil as some religions preach. And in this prayer name the evil spirit that is confronting you. Do it like this: “I cry out to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies, from the spirits of prostitution who are using (name the person) to try to remove me from their ways, from the spirits of robbery, who are trying to induce me to do something that the Lord condemns.”

“I cry out to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies, from the spirits of vice, to which I was a slave in the past, from the spirits of infirmities, which attack my body to make me weak in faith, from the spirits of strife, which makes me not have a good relationship with anyone, from the spirits of oppression, which at all times pressure me to abandon you, Lord.”

As I said, the secret of this battle is for you to attack what came to confront you. Listen to lots of praise, preferably those of the Christian harp, whose lyrics are very spiritual so that you remain in the presence of the Lord. Avoid legalities. There is no point praying in a spiritual war and then running to the computer or cell phone and continuing to see what the Lord is not pleased with. Acting like this is like a dog that comes back to eat its own vomit.

Addiction

If you are the target of spirits of prostitution, try to guard your mind. Don't give the devil any room. The enemy will try to place other people in front of you, but try to avoid places where the presence of these evil spirits is visible. For example, you are at a gym. Don't stay near the place, where there is a large presence of women in provocative clothes, highlighting the curves of their bodies. Women do the same in relation to men.

If the devil has decided to attack you with spirits of vice, try to stay away from tables in bars and restaurants, where your colleagues will be drinking alcoholic beverages, as is written in the Psalm in verse 1, of Psalms 1: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, neither stand in the way of sins, nor sit in the seat of scorners.” Stay away from places where there are drugs, drinks and gambling, especially for those who have been slaves to games worth money.

The secret to your victory is to remain prayerful and vigilant. When David killed Goliath, he took the sword and cut off the giant's head, preventing any kind of reaction. You prayed for the person the enemy used to attack you, don't make the mistake of staying by their side. Prayed to rebuke spirit of theft, do not keep the company of thieves. The weapon to defeat the devil is prayer, but know the reason for your prayer. Target.

Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor