APPENDIX A (Source: Rick Joyner)
HOW TO COMBAT THE SEVEN SPECIFIC AREAS OF SATAN’S ATTACK THROUGH WITCHCRAFT
1. DISCOURAGEMENT
Discouragement never comes from God. The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering without hypocrisy. (James 3:17) We need to instinctively reject discouragement and give it no place in our thoughts.
2. CONFUSION
God is not the author of confusion, and what you are being hit with is not from God. We must learn that confusion is a part of many battles, and we need to not let it lead to discouragement, but rather to anticipate and to look for an opportunity to gain an advantage over the enemy.
When the enemy hits you with confusion, stick to what you have been doing until God tells you otherwise. Don’t make major changes during these times of confusion. Seek the peace of God and allow Him to speak to you.
3. DEPRESSION
God gave to Cain the most effective remedy for overcoming depression. We need to refocus on the basic spiritual disciplines:
- Becoming still before the Lord. Spend two hours just waiting upon the Lord. (Listening for His direction)
- Reading the Word
- Worshipping the Lord
- Fellowship with others (Especially with mentors and close friends)
- Reading biographies of great men of God
- Listening to teaching tapes or videos
WE NEED TO REFOCUS ON WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO
4. LOSS OF VISION
When we begin to lose our vision, we need to commit ourselves to strengthening our vision. Without a vision people perish. “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.” (Habakkuk 2:2)
Sink your roots deeper and establish your purpose even more firmly upon the Word of God. Hold your course. Do not change course until you can clearly see the new course. Like the World War 1 ships facing a smoke screen, when we have a clouded vision, maintain the same vision and plan without deviating from it.
5. DISORIENTATION
We cannot trust and rely on our feelings. We must not walk by feelings but by faith in the sure testimony of the Word of God. The Word of God will keep us orientated, even when our feelings are telling us to do something else.
6. WITHDRAWAL
The safest place to be is on the front line. This is the same whether you are a soldier, or in spiritual warfare. You cannot ask the enemy for a break to have a cup of coffee, or because you have a headache.
- There are times of reprieve from conflict, but when you know you are on the frontline, even your breaks are taken with vigilance.
- Christians must never take off their spiritual armour and must never lose their vigilance.
- There are times and occasions in warfare for strategic retreats.
- Even when we have overcommitted, retreat should always be a last option. An enemy in retreat is in its most vulnerable condition.
- Defeat in not an option in Christ.
- We will gain the victory in that which He has led us to do.
7. DESPAIR
It is not good for man to be alone. We are social beings and we must never withdraw from fellowship, otherwise we will usually sink into the deepest pits of hopelessness.
Witchcraft is basically the practice of cursing others.
Even those who love us can practice witchcraft against us by trying to control or manipulate us.
Always rely on the Holy Spirit to bring ministry teams together. A gathering of people does not necessarily represent a display of unity. Unity can only come out of a shared vision, and where the Holy Spirit works within each team member a desire to submit to one another to see their shared vision come to pass.
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