I've been having a really hard week. I've had 3 anxiety attacks in the past 2 days. I feel like my heart is being pulled in so many different directions and it's just tearing me apart. I feel burnt out. Like everyone has these expectations for me that I can't meet anymore. I feel like I don't want to be on this earth anymore, and if I was not saved, I definitely would've been dead a long time ago. I was at a youth retreat on the weekend and I had my first counselling session yesterday, so I think satan's attacking hardcore. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Prayers would be very very appreciated, as well as advice.
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9 replies on this topic
PutHisBloodOnIt - 11/17/11 @ 7:22 PM
Read Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 11:25-30....Read them both outloud and understand these are just some things he said, this is truth, these our words straight from God. You just had a miracle happen to you right? Satan may be attacking but dont blame him because YOU and only YOU can let him steal your Joy. Only time satan can affect you is if you let him, if you start believing his lies, and if you give him an inch he is going to try and take a mile. Remember we have feelings we are not made of them, feelings come and go but dont let the way you feel control how you act. When you get this message I want you to go somewhere and speak outloud and tell these satan I rebuke you In the might name OF JESUS and just praise God outloud that Jesus has healed us and taken away our burdens. Jesus name is powerful us it Ariel and speak it out loud just don think it USE IT.....I just commanded those evil spirits to leave you alone I believe whatever has been bothering you is done gone in Jesus name! People in my house right now probably think im crazy just hearing waht came from my room lol
Ariel - 11/17/11 @ 8:37 PM
Thanks Bobby, those scriptures really helped! It's so easy to let those truths slip your mind.
I know I don't want to be one of those people who trips and it's like "Satan did it!!!" cuz I'm not like that at all. But I do recognize the Godly and ungodly thoughts, and the thoughts that have been going through my mind all week are just attacks on my self esteem and my faith and it's like...GET OUT!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement and those truths.
I did what you said. It felt good. And I feel good. I feel like the prodigal son kind of...I began to come back and God met me on my way. Man, I love him!
Here's my question: we rebuke the devil, right? And he has to flee when we command him out in Jesus name, but how long does he flee from us? Because he does come back and tempt us or put thoughts into our head or whatever, but why can he come back?
Hahaha, thanks for praying :D
Needy Servant - 11/17/11 @ 11:04 PM
A few things - i know exactly what you are going through on so many levels its ridiculous. I would have been long ago too if not for God obviously wanting me here and preventing me from making an ill decision. i have panic attacks every now and then too, and sometimes anxiety attacks, and sometimes it happens frequently in a short period of time. i try to resist them, i usually don't let them turn into full fledged heart pounding "help me i'm dying" attacks, and much of the time redirecting my thoughts towards God is the key.
being attacked as you are - whenever i experience a spiritual high or some amazing growth or wisdom or edification or blessing, that is when i am most tempted and attacked also. People are weaker and more vulnerable at differnt times, some are attacked the more they sin, the more they read, the less they pray or more they pray, after a big fall they get attacked heavily with condemnation, and many other instances, but i'm with you on the after a big spiritual boost list. Best thing is to stand firm and cling to your "Abba" your "daddy".
YOUR QUESTION - No we are not supposed to rebuke satan. i'm pretty sure it was the archangel Michael said that he does not rebuke satan (and he is a powerful angel) but that God alone does.
James 4:7 says "Submit yourselves to God,resist the devil and he will flee from you" to resist means to physically/spiritually stand against the devil. Think of a few ways we can use the word resist nowadays, resisting arrest = struggling against and fighting against, and this is what we should do to satan, fight and press him back. When a force meets resistance it slows down, like sliding on sandpaper, be sandpaper to satan. Like if you try to run through water and the water creates resistance causing you to move slower and making moving difficult, by like a concrete wall of resistance.
Resistance also means to successfully ignore, like if i were to place warm chocolate chip cookies (or your favorite snack of preference) in front of you after you decided to go on a diet but you didn't eat any at all nothing - you resisted the urge.
but a crucial part is still the beginning part of the verse - SUBMIT YOURSELF TO GOD. in resisting alone there is no strength or victory, only with God. Submitting comes first, then victory.
We have only been given power over demons, to rebuke them and cast them out.
And satan can come back because he is still here and we are too. Only heaven is free from temptation and the tempter. But we can be victorious, encouraged, given wisdom, and grown through our experiences in resisting satan to further the church and bring glory to God.
READ EPHESIANS 6 AGAIN READ EPHESIANS 6
Read it and take it in, pray to do it each morning as you rise, put on the armor of God before you put on your earthly clothing.
Stand firm, i'm prayin for ya.
PutHisBloodOnIt - 11/18/11 @ 6:04 AM
Malnourished your half right about rebuking the evil one we alone can't rebuke any evil spirits cause alone without Christ we are nothing thats why we command things in Jesus name only to flee, Jesus name is the only name on earth that actually holds power and I do believe 100 percent we can stop attacks using Jesus name but we have to learn how to use it if that makes sense. And Ariel and as far as how long they stay away who knows? There is no certain answer but when your in the word everyday and praising God, doing Gods work and producing good fruit your building your foundation, now your going to be building your foundation on rock or on sand, read Matthew 7:24-29. The question shouldn't be how long before I come under attack it should be is my foundation built on sand or on Jesus (the rock) because in our life we will encounter attacks, hard times, but if your foundation is strong you will not collapse from the storms of life but if its weak and built on sand you will collapse and fall in hard times.
Ariel - 11/18/11 @ 10:37 AM
@Malnourished, yeah, I don't usually let mine get out of control, because I'm usually around people when they happen, but the one before my counseling session was scary! I'm walking down the hallway to my locker, and my heart is just pounding, my breathing became really funny and I had to get myself to breathe in and out really deeply just to calm myself down. I felt the start of one yesterday in class, and I was just like, God, help! And it started to go away.
I actually had something a couple weeks ago that was kinda weird yet comforting, in a weird way. I was walking to work n just talking to God, and I asked if he wanted to tell me anything. And he said that there was a storm coming, but to cling to him. And you know what? The storm came...but when it did I was like, woah! God told me that this was coming, and exactly what to do in it.
(by the way, putting warm chocolate chip cookies in front of me and telling me I can't have them, now that is just cruel! D: )
Ha, it's ironic that you would point me to Ephesians 6, because the Armor of God was our theme at summer camp this year, and I taught and learned about it for 8 weeks. Because we were constantly talking about it there, it was easy to be like, "Oh shoot! I should be using my shield of faith here" or "Man, why did I use my sword of the spirit?" but then you get back home and into "normal" life and it seems to fade into the background. Thanks for bringing that up again! and thanks for praying!!
@both of you: Doesn't Jesus tell us that we have power over Satan through his name though? Correct me if I'm wrong. It just blows me away how powerful Jesus' name is, actually. Makes me so angry when people use his name in vain. But anyways, back to rebuking Satan...a lot of the time, he attacks me by putting lies in my head, and sometimes I don't even realize it because I've accepted those lies as truth, but when I do realize it, I tell him to get out of my head in Jesus' name. He can't have my body, he can't have my mind, he can't have my soul because it already belong to JESUS! And where there is light there can be no darkness.
@PHBOI, have you noticed that when you're under attack, the last thing you wanna do is read your bible and pray? AGH! Satan's tricks just make me want to punch him in the face...........
Mmm, thanks for reminding me of the foundation story...I often forget that one too, and it's so important to remember that! I'm going to hold these scriptures close.
You know what's really cool? I was praying yesterday after I read your first post, and I suddenly started proclaiming things I knew were scripture but I knew I hadn't purposely memorized them and I knew I hadn't read them recently and I had no idea where they were found...
"In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! For I have overcome the world." John 16:33
"For I have died to myself, and it is not I who lives anymore, but Christ who lives in me." Galatians 2:20
"Greater is Christ in you than Satan is in the world." 1 John 4:4
PutHisBloodOnIt - 11/18/11 @ 11:13 AM
Ariel remember yesterday when I posted on Facebook how excited I was for the swamp people Thanksgiving special? Well yesterday I rushed home from the gym and had 20 min til it started to get home while I was driving and rushing God spoke to me and said I want you to go home and get in my word for one whole our and do not turn on the TV or watch one bit of the show you are so anxious to watch...and I was thinking out of all times you speak to me as clear as ever lol so I went home and opened up Matthew and after reading and praying for about half hour I was led to go on c28 and seen your post here and was able to give you the Matthew verses and pray for you, now if I didn't obey God I would been laying down all lazy soo wrapped up in sample people. So yeah there are times when I don't feel like racing Gods word but we need to press into it more at those times, remember Satan is an ancient being he has been around thousands and thousands of years he know how to trick and lie to us and he is very very good at it.
Ariel - 11/18/11 @ 12:02 PM
Hahahaha!!! Oh man I smiled when I read that...:D
How crazy is it that there's you, who lives in Detroit, and me, who lives in Manitoba...and God is using your life and your relationship with him in order to help me and strengthen my relationship with him?? That just blows my mind! Wow!
Mmm, I think I sometimes forget that Satan's been here for thousands of years, and he knows his stuff...he knows the bible inside and out. And he knows how to twist words and corrupt minds
PutHisBloodOnIt - 11/18/11 @ 2:38 PM
I know isnt it awesome Ariel! Im glad I met people like you on here!
Ariel - 11/18/11 @ 9:18 PM
I feel so blessed to have met you and so many other awesome people on this forum too! God works in crazy ways!
I am still so amused at your story Bobby hahaha xD