GOD Morning! February 19, Shut Up and Get Out!

GOD Morning! 

February 19

Shut Up and Get Out!

Mark 1:23-45

²³ Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying,

²⁴ What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush up (be muzzled, gagged), and come out of him!

²⁶ And the unclean spirit, throwing the man into convulsions and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.

²⁷ And they were all so amazed and almost terrified that they kept questioning and demanding one of another, saying, What is this? What new (fresh) teaching! With authority He gives orders even to the unclean spirits and they obey Him!

²⁸ And immediately rumors concerning Him spread [everywhere] throughout all the region surrounding Galilee.

²⁹ And at once He left the synagogue and went into the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew, accompanied by James and John.

³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law had for some time been lying sick with a fever, and at once they told Him about her.

³¹ And He went up to her and took her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

³² Now when it was evening, after the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those under the power of demons,

³³ Until the whole town was gathered together about the door.

³⁴ And He cured many who were afflicted with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to talk because they knew Him [intuitively].

³⁵ And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a deserted place, and there He prayed.

³⁶ And Simon [Peter] and those who were with him followed Him [pursuing Him eagerly and hunting Him out],

³⁷ And they found Him and said to Him, Everybody is looking for You.

³⁸ And He said to them, Let us be going on into the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.

³⁹ [So] He went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

⁴⁰ And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.

⁴¹ And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be made clean!

⁴² And at once the leprosy [completely] left him and he was made clean [by being healed].

⁴³ And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once,

⁴⁴ And said to him, See that you tell nothing [of this] to anyone; but be gone, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a proof (an evidence and witness) to the people [that you are really healed].

⁴⁵ But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from all sides and every quarter.

Do you live in a home where there are unclean spirits? Maybe pornography is being watched. Maybe sex outside of marriage is the norm in your home. Maybe violent movies are being watched. Maybe abuse is a common occurrence in your home. Maybe drugs and alcohol are freely used. Maybe you simply don’t have a choice right now. You are stuck in a horrific living situation.

All of these activities are caused by unclean spirits.

 

Galatians 5:19-21The Message (MSG)

^19-21 It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on.

This isn’t the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God’s kingdom.

What did Jesus do when He was confronted with evil spirits? He told them to shut up and get out!

Maybe you don’t realize the power that is in you. If you have been filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and have been baptized in Jesus’ name, You are filled with power. The same power that Jesus had when He told the demons to shut up and get out!

Simply pray about your situation. You may or may not want to speak directly to the demon possessed person as Jesus did. But I believe that you can go into your bedroom or the bathroom and tell the demons to shut up and get out of your home. And every time you are home alone, have a prayer meeting! Turn on some loud worship music and pray over the home. Drive the demons out just like Jesus did!

I had a friend who was temporarily stuck in a sinful living situation. She would go into her bedroom and tell satan to shut up and get out! She continued to do this and one day, the man who was hanging around the home drinking and cursing left!

It is not God’s will for you to be stuck! But He expects you to pick up the weapons He has given you and use them.

Simply do what Jesus did!!!!!

“Dear Jesus, I pray for that one who is temporarily stuck in a terrible living arrangement. Either she doesn’t have the resources, or she is not old enough to move out at this time. Please help her to pray, pray, pray away the evil spirits that have been invited into her home. I believe that You are about to show up and show off Your mighty power in her life! And I thank You for what You are about to do! In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN.”