Spiritual Warfare: Are You Wrestling or Resting?LUKE 4:14
14 And Jesus returned in the POWER of the
SPIRIT into Galilee....
LUKE 24:49
49 And, behold, I send the PROMISE [the Holy
Spirit] of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in
the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with
POWER from on high.
ACTS 1:8 Amplified
8 But you shall receive POWER—ABILITY,
EFFICIENCY and MIGHT—when the HOLY
SPIRIT has come upon you....
1 CORINTHIANS 2:4
4 And my speech and my preaching was not
with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in
demonstration of THE SPIRIT and of POWER.
You won't be able to be strong in the power of God's
might without being filled with the Holy Spirit and
without praying. Part of taking a victorious stand
against the devil is to be filled to overflowing with the
Holy Spirit. You won't be able to stand strong against
the devil as an empty vessel.
Fervent Prayer
Look at James 5:16 in connection with the power of
the Holy Spirit. One way the believer continues to be
filled with the Holy Spirit so he can stand in the power
of God's might is by effectual fervent prayer.
JAMES 5:16
16... The effectual FERVENT PRAYER of a
righteous man AVAILETH MUCH.
The King James Version says the fervent prayer of a