Spiritual Warfare - "Our Spiritual Competition"! Part 2. Confusing The Enemy!!

       

Spiritual Warfare - "Our Spiritual Competition"! Part 2.

                                       CONFUSING THE ENEMY!!
Do you ever feel like you can’t quite put your finger on what’s going on in your situation? The circumstances seem daunting and the future looks bleak.
Guess what?? We need to remember that we are engaged in a spiritual battle and that the enemy is looking for opportunities to infiltrate and seize the victory!
Jesus came to declare who His Father was and to destroy the works of the devil.

John 1:18 (GOD’S WORD Translation)
No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known.
I John 3:8 (New American Standard) 
the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

He also enabled those who now stand in the Body and in whom he now lives, with a true and real ability to perceive spiritual matters.

I Cor 2:14  (International Standard Version)
A person who isn’t spiritual doesn’t accept the things of God’s Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can’t understand them because they are spiritually evaluated. 
Eph 6:10-13 (Berean Study Bible) 
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.          

What can I do you may ask??
Many times we don’t even know what to pray for. I assume that is why God blessed us with the gift of holy spirit and specifically the ability to speak in tongues. Ultimately speaking in tongues magnifies God but in the process of doing so, it makes perfect intercession and says things to Him we could never verbalize in our native language. Let’s leave the purposes of the spirit to Him and stop trying so hard to direct God to what we desire.
It has been said that if we knew how powerful speaking in tongues was, we would do it all the time.
This is so cool!! So amazing!! So simple!! We have tremendous ability to pray perfectly and bring perfect praise to the Father.
Praise confuses the enemy!! Our adversary is thwarted when we take the opposite approach to his evil doings and set ups. Instead of falling into the trap of whatever scenario he is coming at us with, what do we do??
MANIFEST SPIRIT POWER!! Be proactive with the spirit and begin to PRAISE GOD perfectly when the attack is on!!
This is certainly one thing we can do to stay blessed and experience practical victory.

Speaking in Tongues is NOT a learned language, it is not linguistic ability, not a translation of a language! Few realize this truth! It IS, as the spirit within gives the utterance(Acts 2:4); inspiration of the spirit of God within the believer. The speaker does not understand the utterance; otherwise it is not tongues, but rather, a known language to the one speaking. This is not a "learned language". Your spirit prays and God gives the words! The unusual behavior of some when they speak in tongues, have led others to declare  that the act must be of the devil. Also, non-Biblical based movies and documentaries have shown speaking in tongues to be a matter of confusion. Then people quote the Bible to say that God is not the author of confusion: "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints" (I Corinthians 14:33). When people witness the confusion of people speaking in tongues and rolling around the aisles, and being "slain in the spirit," they attribute this all to the works of the adversary. The tongues are genuine, but the foolish acts are influenced by the devil. I have experienced being in a church service, when all of a sudden people are babbling sounds and flopping about on the floor. This embarrassing scene happens all too often in certain churches that believe they are possessed by the spirit of God and give over their physical bodies to roll around and do all sorts of contorted movements. The true God never violates a person's free will. The True God and Father of our Lord and Savior performs all things decently and in order. He expects us to do so, as well (I Corinthians 14:40: Let all things be done decently and in order). God loves us and would never put us in awkward situations that would not bring glory to Him. When someone speaks in tongues, it is by the freedom of will of that individual. They start and end when they so choose. The evil one tries to trick people into giving over their minds and bodies to his control. That is why someone may be speaking in tongues and yet possessed by the devil doing weird things. This is due to either wrong teaching or devil spirit possession. As we operate this manifestation, our actions should be with the love of God. Satan has worked overtime to discredit speaking in tongues and make it look ridiculous. God has given us freedom of will, so we are responsible for how we act while speaking in tongues. We need to remember what I Corinthians 14:40 states, "Let all things be done decently and in order." The integrity of God's Word is always at stake. We must continue to be workmen of God's Word, rightly dividing it, in order to avoid causing a most awkward error to occur. The sad result is that this turns many people off from speaking in tongues, because they do not want to be associated with the devilish antics! These misconceptions and fears should not hold the believer back from manifesting speaking in tongues. Once someone recognizes that God desires to hear from you via speaking in tongues, you will simply walk out and do it. There is absolutely no fear once God's Word is fully known. At that point, nothing will inhibit you from speaking in tongues. God's Will is that each and every believer, speak in tongues, for our spirit prays, demonstrating the power of God forth in our prayer life! SPEAKING IN TONGUES - (defined): The manifestation of Speaking in Tongues is your operation of the God-given ability whereby you may (at any time in your private prayer life or in a believers’ meeting, if interpreted) show forth, by speaking in an unknown tongue, (unknown language to you), the external manifestation in the senses world of the internal reality and presence of the power of the holy spirit. How to do it: John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God gave us the gift of holy spirit and he gave us his word to teach us about it. Now it is up to us to believe and manifest it. God isn't going to make anyone manifest anything. It is as we will. When we believe to operate the gift of holy spirit then God energizes within us and his power is manifested. This is true spiritual power. You must speak forth the words, as God gives them, to your spirit! That you speak is your business; what you speak is God's business! Tongues is speaking a language, unknown to the speaker. It is either a known language on earth, or a language of Angels; 1 Corinthians 13:1.  Chapter 14 gives instruction on how the manifestations are to be conducted, in a church setting. Tongues must always be interpreted "in the church". Two or three speak forth and each one must interpret their own tongue. This is by inspiration(in spirit action). All things MUST be done, decently and in order; verse 40.