As a parent, you have spiritual authority over your child. It doesn’t make any difference if your child rebels. I know because I went through this for a time with my daughter.
God dealt with me strongly about this one day. He said:
Son, I want you to understand something: There is no power on earth greater than My power—no power!
Your daughter doesn’t have the power and the faith to get out of the trouble she is in. It will have to be done by your faith in Me.
I can set her completely free through your faith, but your faith concerning her has been wavering a little. You have started wondering about when I am going to do it. That is none of your business. I don’t need your help. All I need is your faith. I have to have your faith before My power is even available to move on your child.
Every time—not just part of the time, but every time—your faith wavers, it cuts off My power from dealing with her. You’re her father, and your unwavering faith will bring My power out of heaven and upon her life to set her free.
But your faith wavers from time to time concerning her complete freedom. Sometimes you even wonder if I am going to do it. When you waver, My power stops.
That’s the reason Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God. You can’t please God without faith. You must have faith.
He wants you to recognize Him as your number one God. He wants you to know that He will work in your life. But to know that, you must spend time with Him and get to know Him.
If you will stand with an unwavering, steadfast faith, you can keep your child out of the hands of the devil. If your child is away from God now, you can bring him back to God.
If you will spend time worshipping the Lord through faith, the devil can’t destroy your child. There is no way the devil can destroy any of your children if you will follow the Lord and listen to His instructions.
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Norvel Hayes is a successful businessman, internationally renowned Bible teacher, and founder of several Christian ministries in the United States and abroad.
Brother Hayes founded New Life Bible College, located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1977. New Life Bible Church grew out of the Bible schools\' chapel services. Among its many other outreachs, the church ministers God\'s Word, and hot meals daily to the poor through the New Life Soup Kitchen.
Brother Hayes is also the founder and president of New Life Maternity Home, a ministry dedicated to the spiritual, physical, and financial needs of young girls during pregnancy; Campus Challenge, an evangelistic outreach on college campuses across America; Street Reach, a ministry dedicated to runaway teens located in Daytona Beach, Florida; and Children\'s Home, an orphanage home and education center located in India.
Known internationally for his dynamic exposition of the Word of God, Brother Hayes spends most of his time teaching and ministering God\'s deliverance and healing power in churches, college classrooms, conventions, and seminars around the world.