The Joy of the Lord is our strength

I was relaxing on my back early Sunday morning (March 9, 2014), and was meditating on the joy of the Lord being my strength. Then after sometime I have a dream. I am lying on a bed in a  secluded room. I feel like an evil spirit is putting resistance on me and trying to impose fear. All of a sudden I rise up and I say, “The Joy of the Lord is my strength.” The demon starts having less resistance and I stand up. I start overpowering this demon and I start laughing loudly. I can literally hear my spirit man laughing. In the dream, I am even holding my left leg upwards; my left leg is so flexible. Like the flexibility of Spiderman [laughs]. I looked so funny.

 The laughter increases and now the Lord’s angels are joining in. I hear an orchestra of laughter through out the room. I establish the authority I have in Christ by commanding the demon to leave and never return in Jesus Name.  The demon leaves the room through an open window in the room. I watch it leave while holding my left leg. Outside the window, I notice the dawn of morning and clear skies. I look to the skies and I hear laughter coming out of the heavens. The whole of heaven was laughing at the demon. It was complete humiliation to the evil one. I was laughing and full of joy in the dream. The heavens also joined in the fun.

A God of Joy who is full of smiles

The Lord laughs at the enemy with joy all the time

I woke up and acknowledged that joy is a powerful tool in spiritual warfare. The enemy can’t stand people who are full of joy. Surely the joy of the Lord is our strength and resists all the schemes of the adversary. Resist the enemy and he will flee!

The most astonishing thing about the encounter is that My Pastor mentioned that joy casts out devils that Sunday during service. Papa was confirming the power of joy.