"Name it and Claim it" is a sort of belief that you can say desirable things and expect these things to come into being.
False expectation that it is, there is truth to the power of the spoken (or written) word. There is even power in the thought.
Lately I've been under spiritual attack, and I can tell you that much of it comes from my own sin-nature, and the negative thoughts that get in my mind.
Believe it or not, the devil can use his own staff of demonic entities to battle against the forces of good.
We are at war.
If you are a believer you can expect warfare, and if you don't think you are experiencing warfare you are probably not where you should be spiritually.
The tactics of the devil are brilliant. He gets us to believe a negative message about ourselves or someone else and if we don't "take that thought captive" as the Bible admonishes---STOP THINKING IT----we can let it grow into a negative reality.
So there is some truth to "Name it, claim it" but it's not positive.
There are ways of thinking that can be harmful!
The words we think have power.
As the Holy Spirit gives us the reassurance of His promises and His love for us we can have power over the negative warfare of the devil---the fiery darts of bad thoughts.
I would challenge you to be careful to think positively in direct counter-attack to the devils tactics.
This does not involve false ideas. It simply quells the bad words, bad imagery and bad vibes that shouldn't be our focus.
Know the enemy's tactics and win the battle.
Fight positively.
False expectation that it is, there is truth to the power of the spoken (or written) word. There is even power in the thought.
Lately I've been under spiritual attack, and I can tell you that much of it comes from my own sin-nature, and the negative thoughts that get in my mind.
Believe it or not, the devil can use his own staff of demonic entities to battle against the forces of good.
We are at war.
If you are a believer you can expect warfare, and if you don't think you are experiencing warfare you are probably not where you should be spiritually.
The tactics of the devil are brilliant. He gets us to believe a negative message about ourselves or someone else and if we don't "take that thought captive" as the Bible admonishes---STOP THINKING IT----we can let it grow into a negative reality.
So there is some truth to "Name it, claim it" but it's not positive.
There are ways of thinking that can be harmful!
The words we think have power.
As the Holy Spirit gives us the reassurance of His promises and His love for us we can have power over the negative warfare of the devil---the fiery darts of bad thoughts.
I would challenge you to be careful to think positively in direct counter-attack to the devils tactics.
This does not involve false ideas. It simply quells the bad words, bad imagery and bad vibes that shouldn't be our focus.
Know the enemy's tactics and win the battle.
Fight positively.
1 comment:
Sister, I agree with you. I think that too many Christians take the "name it and claim it" and make it carnal by seeing God as a kind of Pez dispenser: Pop his head and get a treat. God is not like that. He won't be used that way. He said "the meek shall inherit the earth." We receive our reward not in this life by expecting God to be our "hop to it." We must admonish the "name it and claim it" crowd to respect God.
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