Ed Dufresne - Devil, Dont Touch My Stuff

Dedication

This book is lovingly dedicated to my son, Stephen, who is the inspiration for this book. Upon unpacking his toys in the hotel on a ministry trip, 5-year-old Stephen carefully placed his toy sheriff's badge on the shelf in front of them. Then he went to my wife, Nancy, and said, "Do you know what that means, Mommy? That means, don't touch my stuff !"

This book was written so adult believers could also grasp the vital concept of the authority Jesus gave us over Satan and his kingdomthe authority that allows us to say, "Devil, don't touch my stuff!"

Stephen Dufresne

Contents

Chapter 1

Inspired by a Little Child

T he inspiration for this book came from my son, Stephen. Like most ministers, I get insights and even sermons from the things my child says and does.

Stephen, my wife, and I drove to Anaheim not long ago, where we were going to participate in a camp meeting. We checked into a hotel near Disneyland. They gave us a very nice two-bedroom suite. One bedroom was for Stephen, and the master bedroom was for Nancy and me.

Stephen's room had its own television set, so Stephen went into his room with the yellow duffel bag he had brought with him. He started unpacking all of his toys, stacking them on the shelves under the TV set.

Like all 5-year-old boys, he has lots of toy trucks four-wheel drive trucks, high trucks, and low trucks plus toy guns and so forth. After he finished arranging the toys to his satisfaction on those shelves, he took his sheriff's badge and propped it in front of all his toys.

I wasn't there when he did this, but his mother was. He got her attention, pointed to the badge, and said, "Mommy, you know what that badge means? That means, don't touch my stuff "

Later, Nancy said, "Do you know what Stephen said today?" When she told me about the badge, the hair rose on the back of my head. The Spirit of God came all over me, and the Lord said, "I have given my people a badge of authority, and that's the Name of Jesus. When they wear that badge, knowing the authority they carry, they have a right to say, 'Devil, don't touch my stuff!'"

Do you know what your "stuff" is? It's your family, your money, your goods, your house, your health, and anything else that belongs to you.

For example, you should tell the devil to take his hands off your unsaved family members and loose them and let them go in the Name of Jesus. But you must believe it when you say it. If you don't believe it, it won't do you any good. Little Stephen believed that his sheriff's badge had authority behind it.

How many of you get in fear when you're driving and you see flashing red lights go on behind you? The first thing you think is, "Did I break the speed limit?" Why are you in fear? Because you know that the police officer has authority. He has a badge that says so. That badge gives him authority. His state, county, or town will back him up. My little boy identified with a sheriff's badge that represents authority. He put it in front of his toys and said, "That means, don't touch my stuff!"

The Name of Jesus Is Your Badge

That phrase went off in my spirit when I heard it. God dealt with me about the fact that Christians need to know and remind themselves about the authority they have in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth. Actually, the Name of Jesus is your badge!

When you get up in the morning, you need to put on the whole armor of God. I'd like to suggest that you see yourself putting on that badge of authority along with the rest of your spiritual armor. When you do, say, "Devil, don't touch my stuff! Don't touch my stuff! Enough is enough!"

How many of you have had your paycheck eaten up? The minute you got everything paid off, the car or the washing machine broke down. The Bible says, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you" (James 4:7 ,8 ).

What's happening is, people are resisting God and drawing nigh (near) to the devil. This is what I mean: You wake up in the morning, feel pain from that old spirit of arthritis, and say, "Oh, my arthritis!" What you're doing is resisting God. You're resisting healing, and you're drawing nigh to that arthritis.

When you know you have a badge of spiritual authority, you can get up in the morning and say to that spirit of arthritis, "No! Get out of here in the Name of Jesus!"

Exercise Your Authority

You've got to walk in your authority! But it doesn't just fall on you like ripe apples; you've got to exercise your authority.

My son preached a five-hour sermon just by saying, "Don't touch my stuff!"

The devil came around and taunted me, "Look, you've been in the ministry for twenty-five years and your whole family isn't even saved."

I said, "My God meets all of my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, and my needs aren't all financial needs. The Bible says to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, and all your house" (Acts 16:31). I've been standing on that promise, and just recently some of my family members have made Jesus their Lord.

We're just warming up, friends. We're going to blast out of this place, planet Earth, and the time isn't very far away. The Middle East is warming up for the last battle, the battle of Armageddon, when the blood is going to come up to the horses' bridles (Revelation 14:20).

But before that happens, I predict that we're going to see one of the greatest revivals that this world has ever seen. The people of the world are going to know that Jesus is alive and well!

The Authority of the Believer

Although God has given you the authority of the believer, the Bible says that a doubleminded man or, as one translation reads, "a two-spirited man," won't receive anything from God (James 1:6-8). This kind of a person is up one minute and down the next.

He says, "Well, yes, I'm going to get it. No, I'm not. Yes, I am. No, I'm not. Yes, I am." God said that a person with this kind of attitude will never get anything from Him; the devil will make sure of that!

How many of you know you've got the power of attorney to use the Name of Jesus? Do you know what the power of attorney is? Businessmen do.

Suppose a pastor friend tells me, "Ed, I'm going to preach in Europe for two years, and I'm going to sign my church over to you for that length of time." What he means is , he's going to give me the power of attorney to operate the church just as if he were here.

I could sign checks in his name. I could draw money out of the bank. I could run the church just as if he were herebut he's not here; he's in Europe.

Where Satan Gets His Power

This is the same thing Jesus did when He left this earth: He stripped Satan of all his power! Satan doesn't have any power. The only power or authority he's got is what we give him!

Some people want deeper revelations, but they haven't even mastered the truths of Mark 11:22-24, that you can have what you say. You can locate people by what they say. You can discover if they have faith or if they're in unbelief.

When you tell the devil, "Devil, don't touch my stuff," say it with authority! In the spirit realm, we believers have authority.

When I get on an airplane, I have authority to believe for a safe flight. Once on board, I take authority over that aircraft and its crew in the Name of Jesus. It doesn't matter if the pilots are drunk or sober. I've got angels to protect me, regardless of the circumstances.

You may say, "You're being egotistical." No, I'm not. We've got to know the difference between being arrogant and knowing who we are in Christ.

Never Show Fear