Ken Abraham - Stand Up and Fight Back: How to Take Authority over Satan and Win

STAND UP

AND

FIGHT

BACK

KEN ABRAHAM

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STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK by Ken Abraham
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Copyright 2013 by Ken Abraham
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Some names and details of the stories have been changed, and any similarity between the names and stories of individuals described in this book to individuals known to readers is purely coincidental.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
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International Standard Book Number: 978-1-61638-964-2
E-book ISBN: 978-1-61638-965-9

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This publication has been translated in Spanish under the title Levntate ylucha , copyright 2013 by Ken Abraham, published by Casa Creacin, a Charisma Media company. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

T HE WRITING OF a book is always a collaborative process, and blessed is the author who has a good team of associates with whom he or she can work. I count myself in that number because the team at Charisma House and the friends and family surrounding me and upholding me in prayer as I have worked on this project have been above and beyond anything I could have imagined. I am deeply indebted to all.

I especially want to thank Michael Briggs, of Briggs Creative, who recognized the need for this book and initiated the process. Ive known Mike longer than either of us cares to admit, and I value his judgment and insights regarding publishing. More importantly I cherish him as one of my finest friends. Thanks, Mike! With every person who finds help or inspiration from these pages, may you be greatly blessed, now and forevermore.

Special thanks also to Debbie Marrie and Adrienne Gaines of Charisma House for guiding me through the editorial process. I appreciate your spiritual understanding and your desire to produce a book that honors Jesus and is eminently readable and practical.

To my nephew, Brandon Baileywho took an interest in this book from the beginning and helped keep me on track even when I didnt feel much like writing, checking on my progress, motivating me, and encouraging me to get it doneI am truly grateful. Thanks, Brandon! May this book help you to spiritually stand up and fight back.

I M A LOVER, not a fighter. Thats just the way my personality operates. Im normally a calm, collected sort of person; I rarely lose my temper and dont get rattled easily. Im the middle brother of three, so like most middle-born children, my role in the family is usually that of peacemaker. Through most of my high school years I worked hard to help people get along with one another. Even while in college during the turbulent sixties and seventies, I was more interested in building bridges between brothers and sisters than I was in blowing up buildings. Still today I dont go looking for fights and will avoid conflict as much as possible.

But when it comes to our spiritual lives, we dont have a choice. To be a Christian means that we are involved in a conflict, a spiritual war between Gods people and the forces of Satan. As is the case in any war, we are affected whether we want to be or not.

We are at war with evil, a personal evil, a supernatural evil spearheaded by Satan himself. The devil is not some funny-looking cartoon character with horns sticking out of his head, dressed in red leotards, and carrying a pitchfork. No, the devil is real, and he is your enemy. He has sent his demonic messengers into the world to stand against you and do all they can to keep you from being the person God wants you to be.

The war is raging in cities and towns all across the land. The front is not confined to the major metropolitan areas, though the devil no doubt has dispatched large demonic regiments to those locations. Equally disruptive and destructive forces have invaded rural areas as well. Furthermore the battle is not restricted to what we might be tempted to refer to as the devils playgroundbars, adult bookstores, and sorcery shops. The war has moved inside the doors of governments, schools, churches, and homes.

Sadly Satan is winning victories on many fronts. He is bowling people over, knocking numerous kingpins in the kingdom of God right off the platform. The devil and his demonic cohorts are ripping apart friendships, marriages, and other family relationships. They are splitting churches wide open, sapping the lifeblood out of many believers, and sucking some your friends and family members right down into hell.

What are we going to do about it?

It is time to stand up and fight back! In the name of Jesus, by the power of His Holy Spirit working in us, and by the blood of the Lamb, it is time for each of us to tell the devil where to get off. God is calling us out of our complacency to become warriors for Christ. He wants us to learn how to put on the full armor of God, how to overcome the evil one, and to challenge the demonic powers that have captured so many of the world systems, our churches, our schools, friends, and family members.

It is going to be a fight to the finish, with life and death hanging in the balance. Heaven or hell is literally at stake. This is no party game. This is the real thing. This is war!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I can almost hear you protest. I didnt sign up for any war. I wasnt drafted, and I certainly didnt volunteer. I didnt trust Jesus as my Savior and Lord to get involved in a fight that I didnt pick. I came to Jesus to find the love, joy, and peace I heard He could give me. Everybody told me I could have satisfaction guaranteed here on earth, and that I could go to heaven someday, a long time from now, when I die.