Woman of Warfare

By Joan Harmon

This is a call for the church to arise and take their place in the ranks of the Lord and encouragement to go forth in the name of Jesus not fearing any tactics of the enemy and to take back what the enemy has stolen. It is uplifting and encouraging and I have brought over 25 years of ministry and warfare in the spirit combining it with the prophetic. Also, an emphasis on dreams and what they can mean.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 30, 2010
• ISBN: 9781449705787

Joan Harmon

I have ministered in the area fo deliverance for over 20 years and have preached and taught on Spiritual Warfare even longer. I have extensive study in researching the occult and the New Age and its infiltration into America and also seen and dealt with it in the church itself. I have ministered to Satanists and witches that have come out of their craft and atactics of Satanccepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. I have traveled and prayed over cities here in American and also abroad. I have worked in every area of the ministry within the four walls of the church and outside of the four walls of the church. I have a prophetic call on my life which has been intregal in stragegizing against Satandwell with him. and those that My whole life since accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. In 1983. is when things began to escalte after the sale of a business that my husband and his uncle were involved in. The company they sold to wvery involved in witchccraft and this is where God began his serious training with me and at this time I was 26 years old. Needless to say the story is long but the delivering power of God through this was phenomenal. The wars have escalted but God still has the victory. I have a passion about christians rising up and taking their place in the army of the Lord for this hour and time. I was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and currently live in Grapevine, Tx. I am 53 years old. I accepted Jesus into my heart the first time at the age of eight. I back slid as a teenager and rededicated my life at the age of seventeen years at youth camp and received a powerful infilling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I grew up in the Assemblies of God and married an A/G minister\'s son. I have been a licensed minister since 1992. I am currently licensed through Heartland World Ministries in Irving, Texas and my pastor is Evangelist Steve Hill of the Brownsville Revival. I have ministered in the area of warfare and deliverance for over 25 years. I served as Dean of Women at Heartland School of Ministry here in Irving and also as one of the Bible instructors. I have been married 34 years and have two wonderful sons, a beautiful daughter-in-law and grandchild. My children all attend Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas under the leadership of Pastor Robert Morris. I have worked in almost every area of ministry within the church throughout my life and have a passion for the church to rise up in this hour in God's power and might! My husband has been in leadership also within the church most of our married life. I have a bio which is more detailed on the website. I love the Lord with all of my heart, soul, and my mind.

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Contents

Opener

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

Appendix A

References

Suggested Reading

Opener

For the Lord is faithful, He will make you strong and guard you from satanic attacks of every kind. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (LVG)

Now you have done it, in confessing Christ as your Savior you have committed treason and the penalty for treason many times results in death. Or maybe you are considered A.W.O.L. and the enemy has sent his guard to bring you back. Or maybe you are seeking asylum from the strongholds that have been a part of your life for so long and you have come to the Embassy of Christ Jesus to escape the demons of your past and to start a new life in Christ. Well, congratulations are in order, because Jesus is now your safe place and He is loving and kind and He will guard and protect you.

Psalm 91:1-16 KJV

¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ²I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. ³Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. ⁴He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. ⁵Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; ⁶Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. ⁷A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. ⁸Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. ⁹Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; ¹⁰There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.¹¹For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ¹²They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. ¹⁴Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. ¹⁵He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. ¹⁶With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

You are now in the Lord’s army! Remember that old army song: You’re in the army now. Well we sang one in Sunday school when I was a little girl and it goes like this:

"I may never march in the Infantry,

Ride in the cavalry, Shoot the artillery.

I may never fly o’er the enemy,

But I’m in the Lord’s Army. I’m in the Lord’s Army, …"

I remember singing that for years and going through the motions of it all but never really thought about it. It was a fun song to sing as a child. I’m thinking maybe we should have saved that one for the adult song service.

Many adults are very uncomfortable with the fact of being in the Lord’s army, but it is a fact and we are soldiers whether we want to be or not. A very real war in the spirit surrounds us and we better be ready at all times to combat the forces of darkness. God has an army and if you are his child you are in it!

Ephesians 6:12-18 KJV

¹²For 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. ¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; ¹⁵And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. ¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: ¹⁸Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Isaiah 28:9-10

Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breast. For precept must be upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little.

CHAPTER 1

Armed and Dangerous

Ephesians 6:10-18

10) Last of all I want to remind you that your strength must come from the Lord’s mighty power within you. 11) Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand safe against all strategies and tricks of Satan. 12) For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood but against person’s without bodies - the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world. 13) So, use every piece of God’s armor to resist the enemy whenever he attacks, and when it is all over, you will be standing up! 14) BUT TO DO THIS, you will need the strong belt of truth and the breastplate of God’s approval. 15) Wear shoes that are able to speed you on as you preach the Good News of peace with God. 16) In every battle you will need faith as your shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan. 17) And you will need the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit - which is the word of God. 18) Pray all the time…

At this juncture in time, the Apostle Paul is addressing the Christians at Ephesus. The Christians at Ephesus were well aware of what they were up against in the spirit realm, after all, the city was a center of spiritualism. Ephesus was the city where the Temple of Diana dwelled and the inhabitants in the city were very familiar with demonic power. Ephesus swarmed with soothsayers and magicians and was the hub of all commerce. Talisman, charms and the like were used to ward off evil spirits as well as the use of incantations, rituals, and astrology. It was a city of witchcraft and many had come out of that lifestyle and were now Christians. In fact all through the book of Ephesians Paul is using their lingo to draw them to the one true God. And don’t you know, being that Satan is our foe and does not give up his followers easily that the war was on. When those who were once his have now turned to Jesus Christ, one would expect nothing less. After all, he is a thief that cometh to steal, kill, and destroy. [John 10:10]

Even knowing this it is so sad to see in the church today how many are not taught upon their salvation experience how to stand against the enemy when he attacks and many succumb to the pressure of those anti-Christ spirits when they explode full throttle upon these innocent lambs. We need some armed and dangerous men and women of God who will teach and equip the saints for the battle of their souls after the victory of salvation, who in turn will themselves become armed and dangerous.

This to me seems logical because now you are considered a person of treason. You have left one camp and gone into the other. If we as men and women struggle with those who were once our friends but now seem to be so far away and aloof, how or why do we think, that Satan so evil in his ways and ruthless in his tactics would stand idly by and tip his hat when one leaves his fold and enters now into the fold of Jesus Christ. Most Christians sadly today do not even understand warfare, putting on the full armor and why all of that is necessary, after all Jesus has power over all power of the enemy right?

Colossians 2:10 KVJ

¹⁰And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Well, let’s put it this way. As a child your parent is not always around, once you hit the kindergarten circuit. Your parent has authority over you but even a little child has to stand on their own two feet when confronted with an adversary