Dear Friends
 
‘I Have Given You Authority’
 
‘Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.’ Luke 10:19 NASB
 
This past weekend, Tabernacle of Joy was blessed tremendously by the ministry of Rev Anthony Mangun, Senior Pastor, Pentecostals of Alexandria, USA. Bro Mangun ministered with the beautiful anointing of an evangelist. In two services, 37 received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and 26 were water baptised.
 
Throughout the service, Bro Mangun emphasized the need for us to exercise the authority that God has given us over the enemy.  He reminded us that we are “authoritative, apostolic men and women of God.” In Luke 10:19, Jesus reminded his disciples that he gave them authority over ‘all’, not some, ‘power of the enemy’. We need to constantly remind ourselves of our position in Christ. I am going to illuminate this issue a bit further with a passage from ‘The Three Battlegrounds’ by Francis Frangipane which has inspired me and I hope that it will do the same for you.
 
‘To wage effective spiritual warfare, we must understand spiritual authority. Spiritual authority is not forcing your will upon another. When you have spiritual authority, you have established God’s peace in an area that once was full of conflict and oppression.  Therefore, to truly be able to move in authority, we must first have peace.  The apostle Paul taught, “The God of Peace will soon crush Satan under your feet” (Romans 16:20). When we maintain peace during warfare it is a crushing death blow to satanic oppression and fear.  Our victory never comes from our emotions or our intellect. Our victory comes by refusing to judge by what our eyes see or our ears hear, and by trusting that what God has promised will come to pass. We will never know Christ’s victory in its fulness until we stop reacting humanly to our circumstances.  When you truly have authority over something you can look at that thing without worry, fear, or anxiety. Your peace is the proof of your victory. Our peace does not come from extreme indifference, nor is it from becoming so “spiritual” that you fail to notice a problem.  It is being so confident in God’s love that you know, regardless of the battle and the difficulties in your circumstances, that “greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). You are not self-assured, you are God-assured.’
 
In my last update, I gave you scriptures to pray. Tonight or this morning, I ask you to continue to pray those scriptures and to declare and to proclaim victory over all infirmities be it cancer or otherwise with the authority that God has given you.
 
And now a short update on Sis Willoughby… this weekend Sis Willoughby was very ill with influenza. She is now slowly recovering. Her surgery which was scheduled for this week was postponed and will be re-scheduled once she recovers fully from the flu.  Bishop Willoughby has positioned himself in the Presence of God and he continues to believe for complete healing and victory over cancer.
 
One last word… Pentecostals of Alexandria, your Tabernacle of Joy family says thank you, thank you, thank you for allowing your pastor to walk in divinely ordered steps to minister in Singapore once again at a critical time. Thank you for your love and support over the past couple of months.  Again, we at Tabernacle of Joy express our thanks to you, many of whom we do not know but you have taken our burden upon yourselves. You have devoted numerous hours lifting up the Willoughbys and their church family in prayer. May God rain countless blessings upon you.
 
Peace be within thee 
Sandra Subner
On behalf of Tabernacle of Joy Singapore