This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                      Will You Rise Up And Fight?

The battle is Mine, says the Lord.  However, you are in My army and that
makes it your battle as well.  Child of Mine, do not be a deserter.  Do 
not run and hide and allow the enemy of your souls to trample on you.
Do not allow him to steal and hurt and destroy from you because you do 
not resist him or put up a fight.

Do you understand how marauders work?  They steal and pillage illegally
because no one resists them and no one puts up a fight and no one stops
them.  Just like any bully, they only pick on those who are not willing
to fight back, who are not wiling to raise up a standard against them.
Once you take a stand against them, they will flee from you if you have
superior might -- and you do have superior might because I have given
you My authority over all of the power of the enemy.

There are different types of spiritual warfare and there are many types 
of battles that you will face.  Some of them are not to be entered into
lightly, you must have clear direction and a clear call to battle from 
Me.  

But there is an enemy strategy of renegade demonic teams that come to 
pillage and raid and steal and destroy where they have no authority to do 
so.  In many cases, these demonic marauders are the ones that steal your 
finances and they are the ones that steal your health and they are the ones 
that steal your joy and they are the ones that destroy precious relationships
through gossip and slander and hurt and offenses.  And they usually have
no authority to do so.  They operate illegally.  And just like any criminal, 
they will continue to rob, steal, plumage and raid that which belongs to 
you until you raise up a standard against them.  

This is not a formal battle in the sense of two organized and commissioned 
armies coming against each other by order of their commander.  This is not
a fight in conjunction with other soldiers fighting along side of you.  
This is more like a small gang of robbers entering your home to steal from 
you.  If you do not resist them, they will take whatever pleases them -- 
your relationships with others, your family unity, your resources, your 
finances, your jobs, your ministries, your health, and sometimes even your 
very life.

Nowhere in My word have I said to lay down and allow the enemy of your 
soul to trample on you.  Nowhere have I said to submit to the illegal
activity of demonic forces against you.  Rather I have said to resist the 
devil.  I have said to fight and to use the authority that I have given 
you.  You are soldiers in My army.  If illegal bands of demonic marauders 
try to attack you -- fight back.  Use the authority I have given you.

Of course, you can only use this authority effectively when you are in
submission to Me, when you are in right relationship with Me and when I
am the Lord of your life. So walk daily in intimacy with Me and renew
your commitment to My lordship in your life.  Then you will be ready when
the raiders attack you; you will have the authority to fight them and to 
win.  I have never intended for My people to live under the enemy's 
oppression.  I have never intended for you to be easy prey for the enemy 
to destroy.  Rather I have given you weapons of warfare that are highly 
effective so that you might be an overcomer.

When the enemy attacks you, do not run and hide.  Do not be fearful. Stand 
firm, using the weapons of your warfare in submission to Me.   For I have 
given you authority over all of the power of the enemy, and he cannot 
prevail against you when he attacks you without cause.  You have been 
equipped to win in this type of attack, but you must fight the battle in 
order to win it.  Rise up, soldier of Mine, and raise up a standard against 
the demonic marauders that desire to kill, steal and destroy from you 
without My permission to do so.  

There is much of that type of pillaging going on these days.  Too many 
of My soldiers will not fight to defend themselves.  They will not use 
the armor or the authority I have given them.  Instead of fighting back 
and overcoming, they run and hide and allow the enemy to pillage them.  
But I say to you,  I have already given you all that you need to prevail.  
You must decide to fight back in order to see My victory come forth.  Do 
not allow yourself to be illegally pillaged any longer by the enemy.  
Submit yourselves to Me and resist the devil.  Then you will walk in My
victory.