Biblical References All scriptural references are taken from the New King James Version (NKJV) of the bible unless otherwise mentioned.

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2 Casting Off Darkness Copyright 2018 by All Sufficient God Church and Nathan D. Pietsch All rights reserved. Notice of Rights This publication is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America and may not be copied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. Any quotations or excepts taken from this publication, must receive prior written consent from All Sufficient God Church and/or Nathan D. Pietsch. Notice of Liabilities The information in this publication is distributed on an as is basis, without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this publication, neither the publisher, nor the ministry shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this publication. All Sufficient God Church nor Nathan D. Pietsch assume any liability or responsibility for the use or misuse of this publication. Biblical References All scriptural references are taken from the New King James Version (NKJV) of the bible unless otherwise mentioned. New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

3 Contents Theme Scripture Nothing in Me Can God s People Be Tormented? Children of Israel King Saul King David Hezekiah Judas Iscariot King Solomon Renunciations Renounce Hidden Things Works of the Flesh Walking in the Spirit Crucified with Christ Crucified the Flesh Foundational Deliverance Prayers Built Upon the Rock What Might You Need to Be Delivered of? Familiar Spirits Jealousy Spirit of Ill Will Distressing Spirit Lying Spirit Spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians Spirit of Fear Spirit of the Ruler Spirit of Judgement and Burning Spirit of Egypt Spirit of Deep Sleep Spirit of Heaviness Spirit of the Kings of the Medes Spirit of Harlotry False Spirit

4 Unclean Spirit Other Spirits Mute Spirit Deaf and Dumb Spirit Spirit of An Unclean Demon Evil Spirits Spirit of Infirmity Spirit of Divination Spirit of Bondage Spirit of Stupor Spirit of the World The [Spirit] Prince of the Power of the Air Deceiving Spirits and Doctrines of Demons Spirit of the Antichrist Spirit of Error Spirits of Demons Foul Spirits Unholy animals Locust Leviathan Snakes & Scorpions Vipers and Spiders Hyenas & Jackals Jackals & Ostriches Bear Lions Foxes Other Areas Profane Fire Unholy Fire Goliaths Darkness and Gloominess Vines and Fig Trees Not Bearing Fruit Putting Money in Empty Pockets Death Angel Synagogue of Satan Satan s Throne Shadow of Death Walls Fell Flat Activation

5 Casting Off Darkness -- Casting Off Darkness Theme Scripture Nothing in Me John 14:30 New King James Version (NKJV): 30 I [Jesus] will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. Can God s People Be Tormented? Children of Israel Exodus 3:7-10 New King James Version (NKJV): 7 And the Lord said: I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. King Saul 1 Samuel 10:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 1 Samuel 11:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger

6 -6- Preaching Notes was greatly aroused. 1 Samuel 16:15 New King James Version (NKJV): 15 And Saul s servants said to him, Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you. King David 2 Samuel 22:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 And he [David] said: The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer. 2 Samuel 22:18 New King James Version (NKJV): 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me. 2 Samuel 22:49 New King James Version (NKJV): 49 He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; You have delivered me from the violent man. Hezekiah Isaiah 38:14, 17 New King James Version (NKJV): 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! 17 Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Judas Iscariot Mark 3:13-15 New King James Version (NKJV): 13 And He [Jesus] went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him. 14 Then He appointed twelve, that they might be

7 Casting Off Darkness -7- with Him and that He might send them out to preach, 15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: Mark 6:7 New King James Version (NKJV): 7 And He [Jesus] called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. Luke 9:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. Luke 9:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. Luke 22:3-5 New King James Version (NKJV): 3 Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. 4 So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. 5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. John 12:4-6 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, who would betray Him, said, 5 Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. King Solomon 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 New King James Version (NKJV): 7 On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask! What shall I give you? 8 And Solomon said to God: You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours? 11 Then God said to Solomon: Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked

8 -8- Preaching Notes long life but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like. 1 Kings 11:1-10 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites 2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods. Solomon clung to these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. 8 And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. 9 So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. Renunciations Renounce Hidden Things 2 Corinthians 4:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man s conscience in the sight of God. Works of the Flesh Galatians 5:19-21 New King James Version (NKJV): 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I

9 Casting Off Darkness -9- also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Pray Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, on behalf of myself and my generational line, I repent of all works of the flesh evident in my life. This includes: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like. Walking in the Spirit Galatians 5:16 New King James Version (NKJV): 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Pray In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare I walk in the Spirit. Therefore, I will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Crucified with Christ Galatians 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV) 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Pray In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. Crucified the Flesh Galatians 5:24 New King James Version (NKJV): 24 And those who are Christ s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Pray In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare I belong to Christ. Therefore, I have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Foundational Deliverance Prayers

10 -10- Preaching Notes Built Upon the Rock Luke 6:47-49 New King James Version (NKJV): 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great. Round One Evil structures in my foundation, be destroyed in the name of Jesus. Every evil covenant in my foundation be destroyed in Jesus name. Contaminations and pollutions of idols affecting my life, be washed away by the blood of Jesus. Witchcraft powers from my father s house and my mother s house troubling my destiny, by removed by holy fire in Jesus name. I loose myself from ancestral altars in the name of Jesus. Every legal ground the enemy has gained against my life, I erase it with the blood of Jesus. Let holy thunder and fire destroy all evil foundations in my life in Jesus name. I separate myself from ancestral spirits and curses in the name of Jesus. Evil strangers hiding in my soul or body, come out now and catch fire in Jesus name. All secret covenants between satan, people, and anything else affecting my life, break now in the name of Jesus. Evil dedications affecting my family bloodline, be removed in the name of Jesus. I uproot myself from every spirit of polygamy and sexual immorality in the name of Jesus. Every satanic deposit transferred into my soul or body in my mother s womb, be flushed out by the blood of Jesus. Placenta bondage hindering my destiny, Out, in the name of Jesus. Properties of marine witchcraft in my body, catch fire and burn to ashes in Jesus name. Dark powers releasing strange currents into my soul or body be removed in the name of Jesus. Every dark covenant connecting me with evil waters, break and release me in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

11 Casting Off Darkness -11- I divorce and disown all marine spouses in the name of Jesus. Spirit spouse making love to me in my dreams be removed in Jesus name. Every captivity power in my foundations, release me now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Any evil power claiming to be my spiritual husband or wife, I command you, Out, in the name of Jesus. Round Two Every stubborn problem in my life associated with evil names, be removed in Jesus name. Evil altars in my birthplace speaking limitation into my life, catch fire and burn to ashes in Jesus name. I loose myself from ancestral chains and padlocks in the name of Jesus Christ. Serpents and scorpions in my father s house and my mother s house, be destroyed in the name of Jesus. I command all evil deposits in my reproductive system to be passed out now by the blood of Jesus Christ. All spirits behind sexual sins in my body, leave now in the name of Jesus. All spirts rooted in pornography, come out of my soul or body now in the name of Jesus. Every satanic manipulation of my womb or my mother s womb affecting my life, be destroyed in Jesus name. I break loose from inherited evil patterns in Jesus name. I renounce evil dedications and ordinations affecting my life in the name of Jesus. Dark voices from the river or forest troubling my destiny, be silenced and removed in Jesus name. I command all affects of evil food I have eaten, Out, in the name of Jesus. Strongman of my father s house and my mother s house bringing cases against me in a coven, be removed in the name of Jesus. Evil current flowing in my soul or body, be removed now in the name of Jesus. Every evil mirror or screen used to monitor my life, break and be destroyed in Jesus name. Dark voices in evil waters calling my name, scatter by holy fire in Jesus name. All power bases of witchcraft tormenting my life, Out, in Jesus name. Let all my bottled blessings be released to me in Jesus name.

12 -12- Preaching Notes All spirits of immorality and sexual perversion, loose your hold over my life in the name of Jesus Christ. Every inherited evil problem hiding in my genetics I command you, Out, in Jesus name. I use the blood of Jesus to wash away evil pollutions in my life, in Jesus name. Round Three Power in the blood of Jesus Christ separate me from inherited infirmities in Jesus name. Holy Spirit fire, refine my foundations in Jesus name. I call forth breakthrough in every area of my life in Jesus name. Let all curses and spells coming from the marine world against me and my family be destroyed in Jesus name. Evil powers that dealt with my father and failed my mother, leave in Jesus name. Familiar spirits attached to my foundation, release me and catch fire in the name of Jesus. Foundational spirit of poverty, I command you, Out, in the name of Jesus. Every battle against me by the kingdom of darkness, be defeated by the blood of Jesus Christ. I release myself from dream pollutions and attacks in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Powers in the first and second heavens manipulating and attacking my destiny, be removed in the name of Jesus. All evil clothes, rings, mirrors, anklets, necklaces, or anything else, catch fire and burn to ashes in the name of Jesus. I cancel every satanic initiation affecting my life with the blood of Jesus. Evil birds from the waters flying against me, fall down and be destroyed in Jesus name. Marine witchcraft infection in my body, dry up now in the name of Jesus. Power of the queen of the coast in my soul or body, Out, in Jesus name. I uproot all connections and ties with the queen of heaven in Jesus name. Any water spirit assigned to visit me in my sleep, be removed in the name of Jesus. Every evil deposits in my soul or body, be flushed out in the mighty name of Jesus. Any and all nephilim DNA, I command you out in the name of Jesus. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, I claim total deliverance from all unclean spirits, evil spirits, marine spirits, demons, and all other forms of darkness in the name of Jesus.

13 Casting Off Darkness -13- What Might You Need to Be Delivered of? Familiar Spirits Leviticus 19:31 New King James Version (NKJV): 31 Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. Jealousy Numbers 5:14 New King James Version (NKJV): 14 if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he becomes jealous of his wife, although she has not defiled herself Spirit of Ill Will Judges 9:23 New King James Version (NKJV): 23 God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, Distressing Spirit 1 Samuel 16:14 New King James Version (NKJV): 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him. Lying Spirit 2 Chronicles 18:22 New King James Version (NKJV): 22 Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you. Spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians 2 Chronicles 21:16 New King James Version (NKJV): 16 Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians. Spirit of Fear

14 -14- Preaching Notes Psalm 34:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. 2 Timothy 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV): 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Spirit of the Ruler Ecclesiastes 10:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses. Spirit of Judgement and Burning Isaiah 4:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. Spirit of Egypt Isaiah 19:3 New King James Version (NKJV): 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. Spirit of Deep Sleep Isaiah 29:10 New King James Version (NKJV): 10 For the Lord has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers. Spirit of Heaviness Isaiah 61:3 New King James Version (NKJV):

15 Casting Off Darkness To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. Spirit of the Kings of the Medes Jeremiah 51:11 New King James Version (NKJV): 11 Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the Lord, The vengeance for His temple. Spirit of Harlotry Hosea 4:12 New King James Version (NKJV): 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God. Hosea 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord. False Spirit Micah 2:11 New King James Version (NKJV): 11 If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and drink, Even he would be the prattler of this people. Unclean Spirit Zechariah 13:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 It shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names

16 -16- Preaching Notes of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. Other Spirits Matthew 12:45 New King James Version (NKJV): 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation. Mute Spirit Mark 9:17 New King James Version (NKJV): 17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. Deaf and Dumb Spirit Mark 9:25 New King James Version (NKJV): 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more! Spirit of An Unclean Demon Luke 4:33 New King James Version (NKJV): 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice. Evil Spirits Luke 7:21 New King James Version (NKJV): 21 And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. Spirit of Infirmity Luke 13:11 New King James Version (NKJV): 11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.

17 Casting Off Darkness -17- Spirit of Divination Acts 16:16 New King James Version (NKJV): 16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortunetelling. Spirit of Bondage Romans 8:15 New King James Version (NKJV): 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. Spirit of Stupor Romans 11:8 New King James Version (NKJV): 8 Just as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day. Spirit of the World 1 Corinthians 2:12 New King James Version (NKJV): 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. The [Spirit] Prince of the Power of the Air Ephesians 2:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience. Deceiving Spirits and Doctrines of Demons 1 Timothy 4:1 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

18 -18- Preaching Notes Spirit of the Antichrist 1 John 4:3 New King James Version (NKJV): 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. Spirit of Error 1 John 4:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Spirits of Demons Revelation 16:14 New King James Version (NKJV): 14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Foul Spirits Revelation 18:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! Unholy animals Locust Deuteronomy 28:42 New King James Version (NKJV): 42 Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land. Joel 1:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten. Joel 2:25 New King James Version (NKJV): 25 So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust,

19 Casting Off Darkness -19- The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. Leviathan Isaiah 27:1 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. Snakes & Scorpions Luke 10:19 New King James Version (NKJV): 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Vipers and Spiders Isaiah 59:1-8 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 Behold, the Lord s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch vipers eggs and weave the spider s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity,

20 -20- Preaching Notes And the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. Matthew 3:7 New King James Version (NKJV): 7 But when he [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Matthew 23:33 New King James Version (NKJV): 33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? Hyenas & Jackals Isaiah 13:22 New King James Version (NKJV): 22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels, And jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged. Jackals & Ostriches Lamentations 4:3 New King James Version (NKJV): 3 Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness. Micah 1:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV): 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches, 9 For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people To Jerusalem.

21 Casting Off Darkness -21- Bear 2 Kings 2:24 New King James Version (NKJV): 24 So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. Lions 1 Peter 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV): 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Foxes Judges 15:5 New King James Version (NKJV): 5 When he had set the torches on fire, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves. Other Areas Profane Fire Leviticus 10:1 New King James Version (NKJV): 1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. Unholy Fire Joel 1:20 New King James Version (NKJV): 20 The beasts of the field also cry out to You, For the water brooks are dried up, And fire has devoured the open pastures. Amos 7:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory. Amos 5:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 Seek the Lord and live,

22 -22- Preaching Notes Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, With no one to quench it in Bethel Goliaths 1 Samuel 17:10 New King James Version (NKJV): 10 And the Philistine [Goliath] said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. Darkness and Gloominess Joel 2:2 New King James Version (NKJV): 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations. Vines and Fig Trees Not Bearing Fruit Mark 11:12-14 New King James Version (NKJV) 12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 In response Jesus said to it, Let no one eat fruit from you ever again. And His disciples heard it. Matthew 3:10 New King James Version (NKJV) 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Putting Money in Empty Pockets Haggai 1:6 New King James Version (NKJV): 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink;

23 Casting Off Darkness -23- You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes. Malachi 3:10-12 New King James Version (NKJV): 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this, Says the Lord of hosts, If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field, Says the Lord of hosts; 12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land, Says the Lord of hosts. Death Angel Exodus 12:29-30 New King James Version (NKJV): 29 And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. 30 So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. Synagogue of Satan Revelation 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV): 9 I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Satan s Throne Revelation 2:13 New King James Version (NKJV): 13 I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which

24 -24- Preaching Notes Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. Shadow of Death Job 12:22 New King James Version (NKJV): 22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light. Psalm 23:4 New King James Version (NKJV): 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Amos 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV): 8 He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The Lord is His name. Walls Fell Flat Joshua 6:20 New King James Version (NKJV): 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. Activation 1) In the first part of today s activation, read Romans 13:12: 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. a) After reading Romans 13:12, read make the following declaration. In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare I have cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 2) In the second part of today s activation, read Ephesians 6:10-18: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

25 Casting Off Darkness Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints a) After reading Ephesians 6:10-18, prophetically put on the whole armor of Christ piece by piece. b) Now make the following declaration. In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare I have put on the whole armor of Christ, and it never comes off.