A Pastoral Excerpt

There was a woman in my church years ago who was experiencing a living nightmare. Everything she attepted to achieve would suddenly collapse. She said to me, "I think I'm jinxed. Would you come to my house and see what the Lord would tell you?"

I visited the woman at home one day and saw that the enture inside of the home was filled with statues of dragons. The Bible says that Satan is "that old dragon, the devil." I told her, "Lady, it is my belief that if you recognize Satan in any way, with statues, with the occult, with any witchcraft, with mind control, with Eastern philosophies, then Satan has the legal right for his demon powers to live in your house. He has a legal right to claim your life, your soul and your children. And I recommend that you throw them out, and do it now."

She did, and I can tell you that her life turned around immediately and permanently, because she obeyed the Word of God. It is not good enough to recognize God as the first and greatest God. You must recognize Him as the only God. Isaiah 45:21 says, "There is no other God besides Me." Jesus cannot be placed on your mantel amoung your idols. Jesus is either Lord of all or He's not Lord at all." p.102

References:
Revelation 12:9 - And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

John Hagee (1997) Day of Deception