A Fight for the Territory

coming up on the Potter's touch the enemy knew who you were going to be before you got here and he did some things early in the game sometimes 20 30 40 years before you reach the destination to try to mess you up so that you wouldn't be prepared to be who God called you to be the storm always occurs before you get the territory to stop you from getting there in the first place I bet you some people in here almost died in the crib I bet you some people that almost died in the first

couple of years of your life I guarantee you some people that were abused and molested and ostracized early in life before anybody got a chance to see who you were going to be the storm started before the boat landed this is thech hello brothers and sisters what a joy it is to have this opportunity to share the word of the Lord with you you know the Bible is an interesting book it is full of interesting characters from Old Testament to new more times than not when you read in the Old Testament there were bloody fights

and battles and people being scarred and and and skewered and everything else and most of the time they were fighting over territory the message today is called a fight for the territory don't give your territory over to the enemy you may have territory that you don't even realize and this time we're going into Luke 8 uh verse number 33-39 and the message again a fight yes it is life is a fight but it's a fight for the territory there are a few simple points that I want to bring out in this text that I think

are relevant to you and before I do let me put the text uh in its most simplistic form for those who may not be familiar with the text Jesus has just gotten off of a very turbulent cruise and reached his destination and stepped out on dry land in a place that is called gatherin and uh gatara is part of 10 provinces that were so similarly suited that Jesus purposfully went into them to affect change the moment he steps off the book a wild hairy gnarled grotesque figure comes running toward him gets close to Jesus and

falls down at his feet and begins to worship Him He is worshiping at the feet of Jesus and then the next thing he says he says to us don't to Jesus don't torment me I adure you I adure you don't don't don't torment me don't don't attack me and and imagine being a disciple and you're watching this happen on and and the guy's doing the right thing he's worshiping right but there's something wrong with the worship yes and as he worshiped Jesus a conversation goes on between them on a different dimension from what the disciples

could see for example he calls Jesus Son of God and at that time most of his disciples did not even wow even though who they were with they weren't there the Virgin birth and they were not there in the Jordan River and they had seen him as a teacher and a rabbi and a master but this guy runs over and falls down starts worship Him and calls him the Son of God and Jesus begins to minister well not really Minister he he begins to negotiate if youe please in his grace he negotiates with these spirits

who say if we must leave the man don't make us leave the territory wow and Jesus cast the demons who are called Legion out of the man into a herd of swine and the swine run down the hill into the lake and drown and all the herdsmen are shocked CU they've never seen anything like this before run to the city to tell them what happened and the city comes out to see Jesus the city comes out to see Jesus the city comes out to see Jesus the city comes out to see Jesus the city comes

out to see Jesus City comes out to see Jesus the city comes out to see Jesus because of a demon the city comes out to see Jesus because of the Demons the city comes out to see Jesus because of the Demons if there hadn't been for the demons there wouldn't have been a miracle and if it hadn't been a miracle there wouldn't have been a Revival the city comes out to see Jesus because of the Demons Europe up under attack for a [Applause] reason you are up under attack for a reason Jesus went through a

storm to get to this man this man is significant one guy one hairy stinky smelly gnarled up demoniac guy and Jesus went through a storm to get to this guy in fact he says let us pass over to the other side so that's why he got on the boat in the first place to reach the other side Jesus said let us expand the [Music] territory and whenever you get ready to expand your territory expect a demon to show up somewhere as long as you stay over there and this stays over here everything will be all

right but the moment you try to break away from where you came from and take over New Territory that's what all hell breaks loose in your life he's he's fighting about territory I cannot tell you it's embarrassing how long I taught and preached this text and didn't see see the point I didn't see the point for the pain I saw the pain I didn't see the point the pain the pain of this man that could not be contained the pain of this man that couldn't be stop the pain of this man that that that had

no life and had no future that hated himself and cut himself in the tombs of pain of this man the self analiation of this man his his tendency to attack his own future and prosperity I couldn't see anything but it's pain and because of the pain I didn't see the point because you know when pain gets strong you can't think you can't reason when pain gets strong you can't figure things out sometimes we are so engrossed with the pain that we don't get the point you can have pain so bad it makes your blood pressure

go up you can have pain so bad that you lose your appetite you can have pain so bad that you stop eating and you stop talking and you stop believing and you stop smiling and you don't have your personality because your pain is stopping you from being who you are if you take a minute and look at your life every time you're about to step into new territory all hell breaks loose and sends the storm to stop you from getting [Applause] there and the storm doesn't seem connected to your goal but it is a strategic

attack and so in fact I'll go deeper than that I would go far enough to say that the enemy knew who you were going to be before you got here and he did some things early in the game sometimes 20 30 40 years before you reach the destination to try to mess you up so that you wouldn't be prepared to be who God called you to be the storm always occurs before you get the territory to stop you from getting there in the first place I bet you some people in here almost died in the

crib I bet you some people that almost died in the first couple of years of your life I guarantee you some people that were abused and molested and ostracized early in life before anybody got a chance to see who you were going to be the storm started before the boat [Applause] landed if Jesus hadn't to rebuke the storm he would have never made it to gines and then I I didn't recognize that gatherin was inhabited by gentiles I didn't re why didn't I know why didn't I have the sense to know that in that era

no traditional Orthodox Jew would be raising [Applause] pigs now when I hear Jesus let us pass over to the other side I'm not sure whether he's talking about geography or nationality he was crossing more than regions he was crossing cultures and anytime you start Crossing cultures all hell will break out cuz the one thing the devil hates is for all types and cultures to bow down and call him Lord still to come on The Potter's touch I'm coming out of this I'm coming out of my cave I'm coming out of my cave anywhere I can

I'm coming out of my cave with the devil on my back I'm still coming out of my cave I'm going to get to Jesus if I have to come depressed if I have to come oppressed if I have to come posessed I'm coming to Jesus slap somebody say get out of my way I Found A New Perspective a new New Hope I had it on my bucket list for some time now I'm 73 years old retired lieutenant colonel they give you the steps to really apply to change your life I'm from Wisconsin she's from Atlanta

she's from New York very encouraging spiritually uplifting we're going to be mobilizing the Nigerian women the women from England I drove 6 hours by myself we became sisters within an hour I remain teachable coachable and train able and humble being able to cut the cord of things that you've had in your past and being able to move forward God if I could just be in the building just for you to speak over my life and he did just that L Woman Thou Art loose the movement it really is a movement the tenacity of tit J

is in our blood I took so many good notes to share it with the women from my church my family I'm just excited the demons didn't care nothing about that man when Jesus came along the demons didn't worry about leaving the [Applause] man they just didn't want to leave the territory that devil isn't interested in youall he's interested in your territory he's interested in your region he's after your Turf he's after your stuff there's something that you have that he wants and he doesn't care about you he says I can use her I can use

a pig I can use a goat I can use a dog I can use her sister I can use his brother I can use somebody close to them in fact demons have been known to jump from place to place from house to house that's why it's not good to have your spirit open even in a funeral cuz when a devil gets through with one person don't don't be distracted by what he's doing to you Dr Jill he's not after you he's after your territory he's after your territory he's after your territory he's after your territory

he's after your Kathy he's after your territory he's not after you he's after your territory your influence what you're doing what you're trying to get done he's not after you he's after your territory stop taking the fight personal the fight is not personal it's not personal it's not even about you it is so strong look at the storms that preceeded it in your life when you didn't even know who you were storms broke out storms are things that happen beyond your control and you become victimized by a storm that's out of your reach yeah go

back in your life for a minute and look at the things that happened that you couldn't control before you even got to where you are now yes sir he knew you were going to be something [Applause] he's scared to death of you or he wouldn't fight you like that you don't pull out big Supernatural Warfare to fight somebody that doesn't have any threat if he weren't threatened by you why would he start a storm way over here we never see this anywhere else in the text he is afraid of what you would become so he

said I better start early before she grows up before she learns scripture before she gets washed into the blood before he gets up on the anointing before he gets himself together I'm going to catch him about three or four or five or seven or eight and I'm going to start a storm to stop him from becoming who he was created to be and then Jesus has to come through the storm to perform the miracle what are the storms that Jesus has to come through to get to you my God what are the walls and the

barriers that you have built up consciously or unconsciously that Jesus has to come through to get to you but good thing about it is Jesus woke up and rebuked the storm [Music] peace be still and the winds and waves were slain he lands the second level of attack occurs now the enemy runs out to him and falls down I couldn't stop you from getting here let's make a deal I have enjoyed L I have en enjoyed attacking this man I messed him up so bad he couldn't live with nobody he couldn't stay with nobody he

couldn't even live with himself I brought him down so low that he ended up all alone and all he does night and day is cut himself in the tombs I have enjoyed abusing him I have enjoyed attacking him I have enjoyed watching him eat himself up and say what he couldn't be and what he couldn't do and what he couldn't have and what he couldn't enjoy I'm talking about self-inflicted wounds the things we do to ourselves the things we say when nobody's around to ourselves that stops us from doing what we do do you think

you got that mentality by yourself no there's a spirit using that to attack you so that you are even when we got you away from your haters you were back in the Tomb cutting yourself he said I've enjoyed doing all of that I've enjoyed convincing you that you're nothing you're never going to be nothing you came from nothing and you'll never get out you'll never be loved you'll never be happy you'll never be blessed you'll never be free you'll never get yourself together you will never be nothing I've enjoyed attacking him but he was not

the point you got to hear this because he was not the point it was the territory it was gines it was the region don't you come over here Jesus on my territory this man had so much demonic influence on him that we don't really know the name of the demon because it wasn't just one it was so many that they were called Legions Legions are regimented augmented gathered together in force United to destroy and uproot whatever they can legance is organization it's structure it's order Legion you don't use Legions when you're talking about we just

hanging out Legions are trained skilled soldiers that are Marching at the same time see what you're fighting against is not chaotic incidents but it is a strategic task force that has been sent against you strategy working in motion see the one thing you got to understand about Satan Satan is organized even though he'll strike you with a spirit of disorganization Satan is always organized you don't call a group of men Legion if they're not organized in fact Jesus said said that Satan was so organized that he could not be casting out Devils by the power

of a devil because A house divided against itself shall not stand what I'm trying to get you to understand is that these are raw incidents that are happening to you this is a marching Legion of enemies that are coming against you to bring you [Applause] down and the strategy is over the territory what do you have that the devil knew you had early enough to start a storm before you got to this point and it was intense enough to leave you in the tombs cutting yourself and you think it's a about you it's about your

territory it's about your Shelby it's about your destiny it's about the purpose of God on your life it's about all the people you will influence and touch and heal and bless and deliver is about the areas the kingdoms of this world becoming the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ it's about you finishing your degree it's about you going to school it's about the position that you're not even in yet you haven't even got to the place that you're going to get yet that the devil all I'm trying to tell you now this is

going to shock you the devil's got more faith than [Applause] you he believed in you when you didn't believe in yourself he must believe in you or he wouldn't have sent Legions to stop you from getting there and that's why it's time for you to stop cutting yourself and stand up and be who God called you to be you'll never reach your destiny locked up in this tomb you'll never reach your purpose cutting on yourself you'll never be who God called you to be living with dead folk just three people say I'm coming out of

this I'm coming out of this I'm coming out of this [Applause] I'm coming out of this I'm coming out of my cave I'm coming out of my cave anywhere I can I'm coming out of my cave with the devil on my back I'm still coming out of my cave I'm going to get to Jesus if I have to come depressed if I have to come oppressed if I have to come posess I'm coming to Jesus slap somebody say get out of my way [Applause] have you noticed how over the past four weeks our church has

been having crazy worship going into praise so strong that you couldn't control it and couldn't stop it don't you know that God wouldn't send the spirit of worship if he wasn't going to liberate somebody in this place I dare you to open your mouth and give God some see Satan didn't mind you come to church sitting on a Pew looking like a pocketbook with your legs crossed and sitting up there watching me like you're at the movies somebody all come to church all you need is a bag of popcorn cuz you don't participate you just

spectate and as long as you were a spectator the devil was all right with that but the moment you start raving your hand and worshiping God all hell breaks loose because the devil's about to lose the territory give God a praise I'm out of time I've got to stop there but don't get it twisted it's all about your Terr your destiny your shall be hold your ground having done all to stand and don't you dare give way just because you're facing tough times stand still and see the salvation of the Lord a fight for the

territory is God's way of encouraging you that that's your land that's your stuff hold on to it take care of you and thank you for your love for your support for your donations to those of you who really do more than then just consume this material but you support this material it really means a lot it's it's tough to do this there are a lot of people and a lot of families involved in doing this and you're helping me to feed lots of families as they help me to share these messages with you God bless

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word if you decare from your [Applause] heart this is the [Music] part