 <center><h3>The Bicycle and the Snake</h3></center>
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I had a Dream Just recently where I was riding a bike and I ran over a long snake. The snake got tangled up in my front wheel. I stopped and jumped off the bike. The snake came slithering toward me and before I could run had slithered up my leg. It began to bite me on my back. I felt intense Pain but reached around and grabbed the snake Just below its head. I pulled the snake around where I could look at it. I was clutching so hardly that I knew I would strangle it. Though no Words were spoken I heard the snake`s Thoughts : ~you Will Die from my Poison before You strangle me~.
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I felt very strongly that this Dream was one which God had given me to warn me and prepare me for the challenges that were ahead.
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If You have ever ridden a bike You Know the Freedom it gives. The bike rolls so easily and You are Light as a feather. You can go Great distances without tiring. You can go Places on a bike that your feet would Never take you.
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I Believe the bike represents the Holy Spirit . The Holy Spirit is given to us to bear us up, to Give us Power , to do more than our Physical Strength would allow, to go where He leads.
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We All Know what a snake represents. The encounter Eve had with the serpent is one which we learn about very early in Life . The serpent represents Satan and All he Stands for - lies, Fear and death.
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As God has begun to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom to me through His Word and His Spirit the Enemy has taken notice. While we are Weak , while we are distracted from the Truth , Satan leaves us alone. However, when we begin to Believe God`s Word , Walk in the Spirit and go on the offensive for Christ`s sake, Satan comes against us.
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In this Dream God was showing me that when I am in His Spirit and rolling along in Freedom and Joy and Love and Power , Satan Will throw Himself in front of me. 
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As I mentioned, when I ran over the snake he became entangled with the Spokes in the front wheel. I should have kept riding and he would have been beaten to Death by the rotating wheel and the pavement. 
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Instead, I stopped the bike and got off. I got in the Flesh because of Fear . I got into a Death struggle with Satan without the Power of the Holy Spirit . He bit me and scoffed at my attempt to strangle him.
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As we study Healing and the Power and Love of God directed to His people to Manifest Abundant Life , it is imperative that we See Fear and Doubt as coming from Satan . The Scripture Exhorts us:
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 Ephesians 4:27 <br><i>
neither Give Place to the devil.</i>
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Whenever Doubt or Fear enters your Thoughts You must immediately counter them with the Word of God and Trust that the Power of the Holy Spirit Will Manifest Victory . You cannot get off the bike. You cannot successfully Fight the Enemy on foot.
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God strengthens us through the Holy Spirit according to His Word :
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 Philippians 4:13 <br><i>
I can do All things through Christ which strengtheneth me.</i>
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If You Need Healing You can Receive it by Faith in Jesus Christ and the stripes He bore for You . You must Believe You are Healed by Faith . You must stop focusing on the symptoms and Focus on the Healer . In due Time the Healing Will Manifest . The symptoms Will disapear.
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