Is the devil real in your life?

Ephesians 6:11-12
 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Below I have shared some of my experience with the devil. I know it is a bit lengthy to read on in your our hour of work. But I hope you would read it leisurely as I believe, God would enlighten you through the below message about the world of darkness where satan and his angles are real. 
The devil is not real for many people in this world. That is why many say there is no one called the devil or Satan and there are no evil spirits.
However, even today, we can see people being afflicted with evil spirits. Some people become violet when evil spirits enter them. such people could be easily identified as demon-possessed as they are out of their mind. Further we can see how these devils are leaving people when we rebuke and cast out them by using the mighty name of Jesus Christ. The same happenings have also been recorded in the Bible as happened about two thousand years ago when Christ was in this world in the form of a human.

For many years, I too had fallen into the same category of people who say there are no evil spirits or the devil, as I had not experienced anything personally. I had walked through cemeteries even in the middle of the night, but never seen a ghost. I had no experience at all by encountering with any evil spirits. At least in my dreams I had never seen devils. So I boldly said there were no evil spirits or so called ghosts (different manifestation of evil spirits) in this world.

In early 2010, I got a phone call from one pastor in a Christian Church where I had attended for services for several years, that he got a message from  God regarding me. He said around one o'clock in the morning, God talked to him regarding me and said very clearly that I should go back to their church again and if not this was going to be the final chance given to me. This particular pastor was very annoyed about the message he had received concerning me and therefore he informed me about it late in the morning on the same day. Before he called me this time, he had never called me for years.

By then I had been in the world with all sorts of sins for several years without attending any churches. During this period of darkness, I never received any prophecy from anybody. However, in 2009, I came back to the Lord with all my heart and I have been with the Lord to this day ever since. When I gave up my sinful life with the help of the Holy Spirit, the Lord healed me from all my long suffering diseases including catarrh from which I was suffering for more than 25 years.

 By the time I received the phone call from this pastor I had several visions from the Lord regarding my future. Even on the day, this pastor called me I was on a 24 hour total fasting. Around the hour in the morning, he had this particular encounter, even I was in the  presence of God.

So, I was quite sure that this pastor had an encounter with the devil. But I was so surprised to see how this could happen with this pastor. I loved this particular pastor very much when I was attending their church. So obviously, the devil would have thought that I would be obedient to him on hearing this message.

Finally, I told the pastor that it was only the devil that had talked to him regarding me and it was not the voice of God, but he kept on warning me believing it was the voice of God. Then I challenged him to his face saying that I would never come to their church. Later I committed the matter to God.

Soon after this incident, the devil start to be real in my life. For the first time in my life, I saw how the devil was attacking my children. My daughter, who was just about 4 years then, was attacked by the devil severely. Every time the spirit entered her she turned her neck to one side and after that she could not release it. Her eye became wide open and could not talk. But every time, I could chase the evil spirit from her by using the mighty name of Jesus. However, it was not easy at the beginning. I had to struggle too much with the devil to receive the complete deliverance.

Then, my son got another satanic attack. He was crying for many days saying that he was seeing the devil in his mind. He stopped all of his school work and refused to go to school because of this affliction. He was complaining that most of the time he could see strange creatures like spiders in his mind. He had this problem for several weeks.

I praise my God, as He encouraged me in this difficult path. The Lord showed me the devil is real and how I should encounter with him by using the authority He has given me through Jesus Christ. However, I never say this was an easy task. But, the grace of God held me and gave me the victory.

Recently I got a prophecy from God that how the devil was struggling to destroy my life with all his schemes. But God has confirmed me again that He would bring to pass what He has promised me in 2009. All Glory Be to God!

Dear friends, is the devil real in your life? Have you had any kind of encounter with evil spirits?

Yes, the devil is not real in many Christians today for the simple reason that there is no need for the devil to manifest his presence in their lives as they make no impact on the devil.

I know very well that there is a particular Christian church that never talks about the devil. If someone continues to go to this church for a number of months, they would completely forget that there is someone called 'satan'. They sing, rejoice, and do all sorts of praising, but never remember the devil. As a result , almost every week, they have a obituary notice to share with the congregation about a dear sister or brother, who has died of a fatal disease such as cancer or leukemia.

If someone wants the devil to manifest his true presence in their life, they should start to spread the good news (the gospel) while praying for others casting out devils by using the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

If we cast out devils by using the name of Jesus Christ, even in our personal prayers, the devil would be disturbed and would manifest himself to us in the real way.

We should not forget that we have no victorious life until we realize the schemes of the devil for our lives and start to resist him. 99% of our problems are caused by Satan and his angels. So, it is very important to use the authority Jesus has given us to cast out these demonic powers in  order to receive the true deliverance. Our problem may be a long suffering disease or financial crisis, the cause is the devil.

The devil would never manifest in anybody in the manner they could recognize him as long as they do not believe his real existence. It is only when we realize his existence and his schemes for our lives and start to resist him, that he would manifest his presence as he could no longer hide himself in our lives. When we resist the devil, the devil would start to attack openly showing his true nature to our physical eyes. But when we continue to resist him, he would flee away from us.
James 4:7

...Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Yes, the devil is real... Let's resist him in the name of Jesus, as he has no power over us. If we do not do it, our problems would engulf us gradually without our knowledge even if we make our daily ready-made prayers which are composed and said as if there is no devil in the world.