Matthew 12:29-30
"Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry of his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
If we want to see the Kingdom of God coming to us, we have to remove the work of the demons by binding the work of the evil one through prayers. Far too often we focus on the practical challenges in sharing the gospel or living a victorious life to a point where we have neglected the work of the evil one behind all these. If we don't bind up the work of the evil one, our work would be like trying to plunder the strong man's house without first tiding the strong man: after the hard fight we may have plundered ten chairs from the strong man, but a while later the strong man fought back and took nine of them back. This is why it is typical that thirty people came to Christ during evangelistic meetings, but only three to five remain in a few months.
This phenomenon is present in our daily lives as well. We are very good at remembering others' offense to us but could not retain any memorized verse. This is not only due to aging, it is also due to devils are trying to hinder us. Jesus says in Matthew 18, "truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." We can bind the work of the evil one through prayers in unity. Prayer is not just petitions and thanksgivings; it is also to go into warfare with God. Once a man asked the Lord's disciples to cast out demons but they couldn't. Jesus gave a command and the demons came out of the person. Disciples were confused so they came before the Lord and asked why they couldn't cast out the demon. Jesus replied that this kind of demon can only come out by prayer and fasting. So the prayer to bind the work of demons is not just a random prayer, it is a prayer that pay a price.
Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest church in the world, has more than eight hundred thousand members and still growing. Their members attend not only the services and conferences, but they also pray earnestly. Everyday there are multitudes that fast and pray on Prayer Mountain, and there are tens of thousands of people who attend their midnight prayer meeting every night. They found out that the more they pray the more powerful in sharing gospel they become. If a mega church as such needs to pray so that their ministries could be effective, what more it is for us and our church? May the Spirit of God help us to bind the work of the evil ones in our lives through prayer, so that the power of God may be manifested through us.
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