Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
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… Look up here on the screen. Luke chapter 10, verse 20. He said, instead, you should rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven. The moment you step across the line, as most of you have, and have said, okay, I'm in. I'm gonna trust Christ for my salvation. I know I need a savior. I can't save myself. I can't solve my own problems. I certainly can't save myself from all my sins. And the moment you step across the line, evidently your name is written down in the registry of heaven, in the book of life. And when you die, they say, come on in. We have a reservation for you. We've been waiting for you. Welcome to heaven. I don't know about you, but I am encouraged after that message. And let's keep the encouragement going with a letter from one of our listeners. Here's Rick. You know, I love hearing from Daily Hope listeners like you. And here's one note that I got from Raymond in New York. …
… Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Now what's amazing about this is Jesus sends them out with his power, and he reports, he didn't have to tell us this. While you guys were ministering, while you guys were out there, coming up against the kingdom of darkness, I saw Satan's kingdom fall. think of that what does that mean well we we know this satan is still out and about but he's lost his authority he listen satan will brag will boast and will assume his authority but jesus said his kingdom is broken his kingdom has been defeated with the coming of Christ. Think of this. So he's a liar and he says, you are a child of molestation and you'll always be broken. You are a child of drunkenness or drugs and addiction and you'll always be that way. You are enslaved. That's what he says to us. You are this and you'll always be that and you'll never be anything other than that. …
… Don't find that your point of joy, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Jesus didn't say, I saw demonic powers fall from heaven. He didn't say, I saw principalities fall. it said I saw the prince and power of the air that governs over all those principalities I saw he himself through your ministry fall like lightning it was not a gradual floating to the ground it was a destructive force as the powers of darkness fell because they were disempowered and it was disempowered not by just believing believers please catch this it was by companies of people it was the small groups of the Wesleyans. It was the pairs that Jesus sent out. It was the two or three that gather in his name. It was the two or three that make agreement in prayer in his name. It was the partnership together, the intentional joining our faith with the faith of another believer. It's hard to do because you only do it intentionally. You have to actually plan it. You have to purpose it. You have to carry it out even as a discipline. When you see stuff like this, you find out why in Hebrews, the writer of Hebrews calls fellowship a sacrifice. The effect of fellowship, the effect of partnership, the exchange of life, one member to another. I pour into you, you pour into me. It's not just hanging out having coffee, but it's actually growing in Christ together. It's that place …
… Rejoice that the spirit. Do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you. Here we go. Rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Rejoice that you know me. Rejoice that you know him who is from the beginning. Rejoice that your sins are forgiven because of my name. Rejoice that you know me. Don't rejoice in the doing. Don't get derailed. Don't be defined. Don't think that what you do makes you you. My love for you is what you can rest in and that you will continue to be able to do as a young man, as a young woman, as an older man, as an older woman, as the oldest man, as the oldest woman. You can do it in a wheelchair. You can do it in a retirement home. You can do it in hospice. You can do it in the intensive care. You can do it gasping and rattling for your last breath before you go see him with your own eyes. If you make the mistake of building your life on what you can do, you'll only be as good as your last victory. …
… affections on things above and not on things on the earth.'" In Luke 10, verse 20, our Lord said to His disciples, "'Rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven. Rejoice that you're among the elect. Your names are written down before the foundation of the world. Rejoice, for your reward is great in heaven." A great reward calls for great rejoicing. And again, just to ask the question, does that describe you, or do you find yourself falling into the melu and the malaise of a very angry, unfulfilled, hostile, dissatisfied culture. You ought to be continually filled with the joy of heaven because of your salvation. It shouldn't be a command, but actually the New Testament is full of commands, and one One of the commands is to rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice, for those times when you lose touch with reasons for joy. First Thessalonians 5, 16 says, Rejoice always, always. Why? Because your joy is not connected to the ups and downs of your circumstances. …
… Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Okay, I think this is so key. Because if you're like me and you're in the beginning of this journey and you're pursuing this, there's so much frustration when nothing happens. And God doesn't want us frustrated like that because then when something happens, we're going to rejoice in that. Like, in other words, I mean, I don't think he's saying, like, don't rejoice at all, but the point is, I've got to always rejoice in the fact that this is happening, that I'm connected to him. Okay? Because I can be one of those people, you get focused, and this is the gifts, and I'm just thinking, man, in fact, you know, I was praying with someone up here, you know, and my daughter, my, I don't know how old she is, it's like my one of my younger ones she uh I've got seven kids she's either six or seven and uh but when I left the house yesterday she just total total big time fever like just miserable as I'm leaving she's crying because she just hurts so bad and I prayed over her and I knew right then I didn't have the faith. I just kind of said, okay, daddy's going to pray for you. And I just thought, Lord, I hate this. When I pray, now I almost don't want to pray for her healing. …