5 Smooth Stones

4. Wars usually take days, months, or even years to wage, so we shouldn’t be surprised if our spiritual battles take time. Not every problem will immediately bend.

5. HUMOR. Keep your prayers on the goal. A man and his five year old son were headed to McDonald’s. They passed a car accident. The man pointed and said to his son, "We should pray." From the back seat he heard the boy’s earnest request: "Please God, don't let those cars block the entrance to McDonald's."

6. Leonard Ravenhill said, “One might estimate the weight of the world, tell the size of the celestial city, the stars of heaven, measure the speed of lightning, and tell the time of the rising and setting of the sun – but you cannot estimate prayer-power. Prayer is as vast as God because He is behind it and has committed Himself to answer it!”

7. R.A. Torrey says, “There have been revivals without much preaching, but there has never been a mighty revival without mighty praying!”

8. Any one of these smooth stones could fell the enemy: Action in the NAME of Jesus; Quoting the WORD of God; the anointing of the HOLY SPIRIT; Pleading the BLOOD of Jesus against the enemy; and effectual, fervent PRAYER!

CONCLUSION

A. ILLUSTRATION: KNOWING YOUR AUTHORITY

1. When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished.

2. As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line.

3. “Excuse me,” the Governor said, “do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?” “Sorry,” the woman told him. “I’m supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person.” “But I’m starved,” the governor said. “Sorry,” the woman said again. “Only one to a customer.”

4. The Governor was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around. “Do you know who I am?” he said. “I am the governor of this state of Massachusetts!”

5. “Do you know who I am?” the woman said. “I’m the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister.” [Bits & Pieces, 5/28/92, pp. 5-6.]

B. THE CALL

1. It’s time you realized WHO YOU ARE and TAKE CONTROL of the areas over which the Lord has given you authority. You have the Law of Imminent Domain. You have spiritual authority over your family, your finances, your health, your school, your relationships, and your spiritual condition.

2. It’s time to pull out one of GOD’S 5 SMOOTH STONES and put it between the devil’s eyes in spiritual warfare.

3. How many of you need to take control over some aspect of your life? Why don’t you join me at the front and let’s conquer the enemy by the Blood, the Word, the Name, the Spirit, and Prayer.

4. Prayer for deliverance, healing and restoration.