Thoughts for Life: God's Holy Detonators: Prayer Note #76

Dutch Sheets tells us, “We have weapons that are ‘Divinely powerful’ to pull down strongholds, if we would only realize it."

"God says, ‘Instead of using yours, I’ll let you use Mine. Yours won’t work, Mine will.’

The word ”powerful” is dunatos and is actually one of the New Testament words for a miracle.
These weapons empowered by God will work miracles. The word is also translated ‘possible.’ I like that.

Do you have anyone that seems impossible? Will it take a miracle?

With this power, they become possible. And, of course, this is the Greek word from which we get the word dynamite. This stuff is explosive!

This dynamite is explosive for the 'Destruction of fortresses' or, as the King James translation says, is capable of “pulling down strongholds.”

'Destruction' and 'pull down' are the word kathairesis. This important and powerful word has a couple of pertinent meanings. One of them is ‘to bring down with violence or demolish’ something.

With this powerful, miracle working dynamite behind our weapons we can become demolition agents violently tearing down Satan’s strongholds.

[Sheets tells us of his watching a school building, when a child, being demolished blow by blow by a crane and huge ball...]

"I suppose this would be, in one sense, a viable picture of our warfare as we systematically—one divine blow at a time—work destruction on the strongholds of darkness.

It truly does usually happen this way—systematic, ongoing, one-blow-at-a-time war against Satan's stronghold.

[Later in life, he speaks of a huge building having dynamite strategically placed by experts to demolish it in less than 10 seconds.]

“I like to think that this in some ways can also be a picture of our intercession.

Unlike this physical building, we don’t usually see the answer in seconds—we may be strategically placing the dynamite of the Spirit for days, weeks or months.

But every time we take up our spiritual weapons and use them against the strongholds of the enemy we are placing our explosive charges in strategic places.

And sooner or later the Holy Detonator of Heaven is going to say, ‘Enough!’

There will be a mighty explosion in the spirit, a stronghold will crumble to the ground and a person will fall to their knees.”

Prayer Note #76 God's Holy Detonators, taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer (169, 170)

The next Prayer Note: Oct. 2nd - The Strongholds, Satan's Prison Within: Prayer Note #77

Tomorrow’s post: Milk or Solid Food? Pocket Devotions

Our quote today: Mary Southerland, on www.Crosswalk.com Sept. 21, 2012:

"I heard the story of four Bible scholars who were arguing over the best translation of the Bible. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beautiful, eloquent old English.

Another said he preferred the American Standard Bible for its literalism and accurate translation from the original text.

A third man preferred the newer translations because of their practical application.

The fourth scholar listened thoughtfully and then added, 'Personally, I prefer my mother’s translation.'

When the other men laughed, he explained, 'My mother translates every page of the Bible into her daily life and it is the most convincing translation I have ever seen."

Today’s treasure truth #28: If you are “born again”, you are establishing God's Word here on earth. Matt. 16:19

Our thought for today: Don't put limits on what God can and will do with and for you.