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Let’s see what God has to say about it in His Word. His Word is truth and the only thing that matters. It is HIM speaking TO you. God’s Word is for instruction and   correction (2 Tim. 3:16). 1 Peter 1:23  For you have been born again , not of perishable seed, but of imperishable , through the living and enduring word of God. God’s Word is imperishable and that is the Word that we believed. It never goes away. Trust Him. 2 Cor. 5:17-19  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature . Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, Who has reconciled us  to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; That God was reconciling the world to Himself , not imputing their trespasses unto them ; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. This is not only for sins of the past. This is of ALL sin. And He is Faithful to do it. Trust God . 1 Peter 2:1-3 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk , so that  by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter (all of the Epistles) is written to believers. Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation ; I will trust God , and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; He has become  my salvation. Ephesians 1:13  In Whom you also trusted, after that you heard the Word of Truth, the good news of your salvation; in Whom also after you believed were sealed  with the Holy Spirit of promise. 2 Cor. 1:20-22  For all the promises  of God in him are “yes”, and in Him “Amen” (“so be it”), unto the glory of God by us . Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm  in Christ. He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us , and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing  what is to come. Ephesians 4:30  And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed unto the Day of Redemption. Did you know that doubting your salvation or believing you can lose your salvation grieves the Holy Spirit? Repent, for the Day of the Lord is at hand. Ephesians 6:17  is taking the helmet of salvation…for what? Like 2 Cor. 10:3-6 says to protect our thoughts from lies against the truth of God. Salvation is eternal. Anything that pops up in  our heads or to our heads that says we lose our salvation is a lie . We cast down that lying thought with the Word of God just like Jesus did in the wilderness when He was tempted by the devil. Jesus spoke to those lying thoughts snd visions. If you are having a hard time believing that you can lose your salvation then get on your face before our great and holy God and ask Him to reveal it to you. Read John 3; Ephesians 1-3; Galatians; 1 Cor. chapters 1-2; 5:1-5 and chapter 15; 2 Cor. 1 and 5, and Romans...even Hebrews chapters 7-9 until you know, that you know that God has said over and over again in His Word that you cannot lose your salvation.

BATTLE OF THE IMMORTALS -  and KNOWING YOUR AUTHORITY. (I will only be noting most scriptures for brevity in this article. You will have to look them up for full insight. It will build your strength.) 1. Greater is He that is in you, than he who is in the world - 1 John 4. 2. Creatures in the Old Testament 3. How to fight 4. You don’t know what don’t know…and it can kill you 5. Seed War 6. Power of the enemy 7. Enemy’s Tactics _____________________________________________________________ 1. Greater is He that is in you, than he who is in the world - 1 John 4. My people perish for lack of knowledge … Hosea 4:6 Ignorance of the enemy is not a justifiable excuse if we lose.  And losing can sometimes mean losing your life before your time and not fulfilling your calling. It’s vital to know what Jesus has given you in Him  to fight: Spiritually and Physically. You have to know that Jesus in you is greater than anything the enemy has.   Anything! I say this because of how things are in this world and what is coming - Days of Noah - ( Luke 17:26-30 ) . This passage on the surface says one thing but as you study this out you find it means something far bigger, especially if you read 1 Enoch and Genesis 6 . It speaks of something far more sinister. We are at the start of it and things will get much worse to where fallen angels, and all of their offspring like giants plus all their hybrid creatures (cryptids from mythology and folklore) including “aliens” will be seen by everyone . Many are already sharing on social media their encounters. It will soon be everywhere, including on the news broadcasts. This is what God spoke of in those passages about the “Days of Noah” and many other scriptures that speak of these monstrous creatures -big and small. These offspring of the fallen ones are what God calls “inhabitants” in His Word . And it’s all over  the Old Testament. Like Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Chronicles, and even Daniel 4 where Nebuchadnezzar gets turned into a wild animal for a period of 7 years as a judgement  before God returns him back to normal. Practically all of the Old Testament speaks of these types of creatures…we just never realized it until the Lord recently opened it up, I would say on the whole for the Body of Christ scripture has been opened up by the Lord the last 10 years. These creatures - all of them - are  the immortals. Once a creature is alive it cannot cease to exist. God is life and there is no darkness in Him. Just like any parent with their children, the parent cannot control their children. Their children will do what they want to do. Same with God and all of His creation. He has given them life. What they do with it is up to them. God has given rules of how to operate but His creatures don’t have to behave. It is up to their free-will. This is why He gave His Son Jesus to destroy ALL the works of the devil ( I John 3 ) and what Jesus did stands for all eternities and worlds - forever - Ephesians 1:21 (17-23) & 3:21 (14-21) . This disobedience will never happen again. Read Revelation chapters 19-22 with this in mind. Those that know how to stand in Jesus will be fine. Those that do not…with the strong delusion as 1 & 2 Thessalonians  calls  it …well…it’s obvious. Luke 21:26  “men’s hearts fail them for what they see coming on the earth.” * 2. Creatures in the Old Testament In the Old Testament all of the wars were against giants and hybrids which is why God wanted them totally wiped out, including their animals (we can only imagine what the “inhabitants” were doing with their animals). I call those cities and “inhabitants” - for they are not “men” - I call them “ites”. Like Jebusites, Hittites, Canaanites, Moabites, and so on. God also uses the term “mighty men” or “mighty” to refer to the offspring of fallen ones: nephilim/giants. Re-read  Genesis 6  and Joel chapters 2-3.  Joel 2-3 has yet to occur! Take a look at  2 Samuel 23: 20 ; 1 Chronicles 12:8 .  Second Samuel talks of lion-faced men, that is what “arials” mean, and Moab is pagan and infiltrated with offspring of the fallen ones, it’s one of the “ites” cities. 1 Chronicles 12:8 also speaks of lion-faced men who were fierce in battle. And Jasher 36:26-35  - (part) “There is a great and terrible storm that came across the sea and settle on the asses…a group of about 120 great and terrible animals to come out of the forest  by the seashore by Anah feeding his asses. And those animals, from their middle downward, were in the shape of the children of men, and from their middle upward, some had the likeness of bears, and some the likeness of the keephas, with tails behind them from between their shoulders reaching down to the earth, like the tails of the ducheephath,  and these animals came and mounted and rode upon these asses, and led them away, and they went away unto this day.” This account in Jasher so scared Anah the donkey herder, he never went out again. Now I don’t know what “keephas” or “ducheephath” are, I haven’t been able to find it anywhere…but we know it isn’t good. These are the types of creatures that are coming back. And notice, they came out of the forest. There are many current reports of creatures found in the forest and national parks. Knowing who you are in Christ Jesus and the power of His Blood is the only way to fend off these creatures - “They overcame him (satan and his forces) by the Blood of The Lamb and by the Word of His testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.” Revelation 12:11 . Look at how Jesus did it in Luke 4  and Matthew 4 . He spoke the Word to the devil. * 3. How to fight Knowing you are IN Jesus, It’s The Lord who will strengthen you Stay in relationship with the Lord, talk with Him and stay in His Word because His Word is Him speaking to you! He will lead you by His Word. Elisha stayed in constant communication with the Lord and knew how to fight! There are many ancient documents that were the first writings of the Bible like the Book of Adam; 1 Enoch; books of Noah; books of Abraham and Jacob - I’m certain both Elijah, Elisha, and all the prophets of old used these books. You can see it in how they stood up for God. Elisha knew that God had his back even when he was up against demonic rulers because of what he read and staying in prayer. Check 2 Kings 6 .  Observe throughout the Bible how the men of God fought, fought against these hybrids - they always went to God first! Always ask Him what He wants. This is what we are to do. In Joshua we see how Joshua went to God before the battles. Chapter 7 shows the one time when he didn’t and what happened. David was also an amazing warrior in battle but he had tough times and we see how he got through it - Praise ! When David was at his lowest he praised God! This stirred up his faith in “Who” God is and his strength was built up and brought out the joy of the Lord. The joy of the Lord  is our strength ( Nehemiah 8 ). It’s part of the fruit of the Spirit and it has to be tapped into by praise. This is how we get through it. In fact “praise” defeats the enemy every time  - look at 2 Chronicles 20 -  there was a great army of “ites”, 2 armies actually, and the king - Jehoshaphat - called all of Judah and Israel together to pray and fast to the Lord and said, “Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” , verse 12. God told them that the battle was not theirs but God’s ! Then He told them  to sing praises to God as the armies were mounting against them, the Moabites and Ammonites were struck with terror and turned on each other and killed one another!  1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2   Chronicles and other heroes in the faith like in Judges (including Deborah, for the ladies reading this), and Numbers are more great examples of men and women fighting and won with God on their side. In Judges with Sampson we see someone, a prophet, who was disobedient and what happened. We have all been disobedient with our callings at some point. But when we get things right, like Sampson did at the end, we can see what a big difference it makes for the Kingdom of God living up to the calling that God has given each of us.  God will bring His Word to pass no matter what. For those that don’t fulfill their calling, someone else will step up and do what God wants done. Isaiah 55:11  God’s Word will not return to Him void but will do what He pleases and it shall accomplish the purpose for which He sent it. In the  Book of Jasher, chapters 37-40  is another great example of physical wars against Nephilim that the sons of Jacob fought.  Simeon, Levi, and Judah were fierce in God! Jumping up enormous megalithic walls and landing on top of them and wiping out hundreds of the Nephilim; the next day they did the same thing with another city of giants - Because they knew that God was on their side, they asked God to strengthen them - and He did - and they knew God was greater than all the demon-gods the Nephilim worshiped,  they knew  that God had their backs! God the Creator of All! Here’s another interesting tid-bit I share as a detail, because this sort of sorcery is how the enemy operates: Genesis 31:19  where Rachel steals her father’s idols. It never made sense to me until I read about it in Jasher 31 . It describes in detail what Rachel did by stealing her father’s idols and why it was so important. The idols were the heads of sacrificed children to demon-gods that had been passed down for generations. There was an entire room dedicated to this. The families father’s, grandfather’s, great-grandfather’s and so on would sacrifice their first born child to these demons. (Clue here: this is why God had the first born in Egypt killed during the time of Moses with Pharaoh, both of men and animals.) The heads were severed and the skulls cleaned, the child’s hair placed back on them, the mouth opened and a coin put on top of their tongue to prop the mouth open and then they would dedicate those skulls to specific demon-gods in order for the demons to use those skulls as a type of portal to speak into this world. They always need an access point. When the demon-skulls were asked a question, those skulls would answer. This is why Rachel stole them. She didn’t want her father to ask these idols where she and Jacob with all their belongings had gone. * 4. You don’t know what don’t know…and it can kill you Many believers know this stuff but unfortunately there are many more in churches who do not. They don’t have a clue. If this has been you I suggest praying the Ephesians 1:17-23  prayer over yourself for God to show you wisdom and revelation knowledge of what He wants you to “see” and then get into Genesis  and read chapters 1-3  and 6-11 . Do additional research in 1 Enoch , Jasher , and Jubilees  - there are online versions of these. Look up scriptures in the Bible that speak of “giants”, “mighty men”, “inhabitants” and “sons of God”, see how many cities had “inhabitants” versus “people”, then ask the Lord what is your place in all of this. We all have one. These chapters in Genesis are the base for everything. They explain how all this started. What has been will be again and there is nothing new under the sun - Ecclesiastes 1:9 . Why will this happen? Very simple…God’s judgment on people who have been disobedient and stubborn. He’s done it before and He will do it again. Isaiah 28; Matthew 11:22-24; 2 Peter 2-3; Jude 1:6; Revelation 9:15; Daniel 7:21-25; Zephaniah 1:7-13; Revelation 16:14; Luke 11:31; Hosea 9:7; Ezekiel 30:1-9. * 5. Seed War Genesis chapter 3  is what this entire world is about: a seed war - the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman (mankind). These are the two types of humanoids on the earth. God’s creation - mankind, made in the image of God, with the animals that He  has made - (notice how God is the one  who had to bring the animals to Noah and I don’t recall which book it’s in, either Jubilees or Jasher,  there was something like only 200 pairs of animal types. That was all. Satan’s creation - hybrids (humanoid-demonic hybrids; alien-demonic hybrids; animal-humanoid hybrids; fish-humanoid hybrids - including mermaids ( 1 Samuel 5 ); and many other cross-breeds they have created like the book Dr. Moreau)  God wiped out with the flood. These creatures existed before the flood and they have been making creatures after the flood. They are coming back like the days of Noah. This is why God had to wipe out the planet with  the flood. The fallen angles as well as the inhabitants have been creating offspring and hybrids since the flood. Both animal and human types. They never stopped. And not every person you meet is truly human. Their numbers have surpassed ours. Read Revelation 6:8  - the wild beasts of the earth. They have been hidden but will be released as part of judgment. Research the battles in the Bible. It will really help!! This is a part of the seed war. Know “who” you are in Christ Jesus. Stay in the Word and in Praise. I will place some additional scriptures at the end for you to research in your own time. There are many more than what I list. Know you are in Him which gives you certain rights and privileges of having Father God on your side when you’re doing things according to His will and don’t have sinful ways in which you knowingly  operate in.  You will see after reading these scriptures the enemy keeps doing the same routine. The plan, the enemy’s, is always the same BUT Jesus is THE POWER that has already  defeated him and has given that power to you!! Use it!! And I would suggest reading some mythology. God considers them a type of earthly history books because these creatures are real. Luke 21:26   men’s hearts will fail them seeing the things coming on the earth. * 6. Power of the enemy Luke 10:17-19  and Genesis 1:26, 28  are key in understanding your Authority over ALL the power   of the enemy. This is not only the devil. This includes all his fallen angels, their offspring the nephilim, and all their monstrosities they have created like dogmen, big foot, mothmen, lionmen, and the like. Just like the creatures in mythology - it’s not a myth, but actual creatures. You have God’s Authority over them all  in this realm and all  of their spells, witchcraft, sorcery, and divination. I also suggest reading Exodus chapters 1-12. The magicians of Egypt had powers . Demonic powers = demonic supernatural powers! But Moses stood up to them in the Lord , the way the Lord told him to confront them. Will you take on that same spiritual fortitude that Moses did with the Lord? God is no respecter of persons. (You may want to read all of the Authority  and Warfare  articles, and the Crucifixion  article, they will help.) In Genesis 1:28  the definitions of the words “subdue” and “dominion”:  subdue  -  assault, bought them into subjection, forced into bondage, forcing, trample, tread under foot, underfoot. Dominion  - to tread down, subjugate, to crumble off. THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO UPON THE EARTH BY TAKING AUTHORITY IN HIS NAME OVER THESE EVIL CREATURES, WHAT GOD CALLS “the wicked”. * 7. Enemy’s Tactics The Lord tells us all the enemies tactics in scripture: he kills, steals, destroys, lies, murders. Occurred with Eve in the Garden, Jesus in the wilderness, the mad man of Gadera, and with you. How to defeat him is by using the Word of God, speaking it against him as a shield and sword coming out of our mouths.  But if we “don’t see ourselves” truly in Christ and all of the victory that He gave us, we will have trouble when it comes to spiritual warfare. Warfare is getting more intense and it is not going to let up - it will get worse. I’m seeing more demonized people in public. It wasn’t like this just 10 years ago (It’s 2024 at the time of this writing.) “People fainting from fear at the expectation of what they see coming upon the earth , for the powers  of heavens shall be shaken ” - Luke 21:24 with Revelation 12:7-9  “And there came to be fighting in the heavens : Michael and his messengers fought against the dragon. And the dragon and his messengers fought, 8 but they were not strong enough, nor was a place found for them in the heavens any longer. 9 And the great dragon was thrown out , that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him. ” They are coming. And we can see more and more manifestation now than ever before. People are seeing dogmen (cryptids) and other strange creatures. Revelation 6:7  -“the wild beasts of the earth”. We have to know “who we are in Christ Jesus” for what is coming! These are the Immortals. They will ultimately end up in the Lake of Fire. Some have been walking the earth. Some roam the earth, some were imprisoned by God deep within in the earth and will be freed during judgement as Jude  states: verse 6  - “And the messengers (angels) who did not keep their own principality, but left their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting shackles under darkness for the judgment of the great day .” Along with verse 13 - “wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame, straying stars   for whom blackness of darkness is kept forever .” God uses the term “stars” to refer to angels. The book of Jude is key about speaking of these rebellious angels. There are some as leaders of churches as verse 13 states and some that have been kept in prison by God until they are released upon a rebellious people, verse 6. Look at Revelation 9:14. And in  Exodus 10 and 12 also show God using these “wandering stars” for judgment upon people.  What God has done before, He will do again… including the days of darkness like  Exodus 10. Consider:  Joel 2:2,10; 3:15; Isaiah 13:10; 60:1-2; Amos 9:8; 5:8, 18, 20; Ezekiel 32:7-8; Matthew 24:29-30; Luke 21:25-28. And just like in Egypt, God’s people were safe in Goshen but they did not go outside. They stayed covered with the blood of Lamb just as we will have to. The darkness can be felt. It is alive with demonic spirits. I do not know how long this will be. If it’s exactly like Exodus then it will be 3 days. Whatever it is God protects those that trust Him and do what He tells them to do. God gave us all we need in His Word and we need to know His Word and use it. His Word is life. His Word is light. And His Word is  revelation on what we need to live this life victoriously. Additional Scriptures: * Read the Word as an instruction Manuel, a fighting plan. Yes, it builds your faith and joy - Praise God!.. and the Lord speaks to you through His Word - He also instructs on how to stay steadfast in Him and fight. Stir up your the anointing of joy with praise; stay in the peace of God - never make a decision unless you have the peace of God in your heart, not your head. And definitely stay in love!! All things when done correctly come from Love. 1 Peter 3-4 Colossians 2:15 Job 1-2 2 Peter 2-3 1 Corinthians 2 Hebrews 1 Philippians 2:9-11 Ephesians 6:10-18 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 Colossians 1:13 Philippians 1:6 1 John (all) John 3, 10, 12, 14-17 Ephesians 1-3 Romans 8 (especially vs. 31, 37-39) Mark 16:17-18 Psalm 91 2 Timothy 1:7; 4:18 Psalm 27:2 Psalm 34 Psalm 121

Faith Has A Speed! There’s a flow of faith that we as believers must enter. Hebrews 11:1 “ Now faith is  the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith has a flow! Use your faith on the Word of God to pray over your circumstances. Add your faith substance to your prayers by  expecting God to bring your victory. Faith has a flow. Faith has a speed. Faith has a speed that is immeasurable by natural law, but one that is always NOW. Faith never stops, ever!! How To Move At The Speed Of Faith Faith can supersede natural laws and defy logic to bring about supernatural results. No circumstance, hurdle, setback or enemy can pause our faith or bring victory to a halt. It cannot be defeated, and it will not quit. Even the gates of hell cannot prevail against us, bringing glory to God! Sin, doubt, fear, insecurities, unforgiveness, negative words and a lack of the Word in your heart will stop you in your tracks. But make no mistake, faith will keep moving—with or without you. The flow of faith and its speed is IN you! 1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory (making us conquerors) through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Because of Jesus, we are not fighting for   a position of victory, we are fighting from  a position of victory. But you have to see your victory in Him no matter the current circumstance. To see anything else is to lose step with the speed of faith. Always see your victory. Victory is final and complete supremacy, meaning the victory has already been won—our victory. To move at the speed of faith, you have to see things the way God does. You have to see your victory in Christ out in front of you all the time. You can only do that by staying in the Word with what it says regarding your situation. The victory is yours!! Jesus already did everything. Now speak over the situation and praise God for the victory!

Meaning, Now, faith, Scripture, God, Jesus, Faith, Teaching, learning, life Meaning of the Word: NOW Article below or click link for downloadable PDF. PDF NOW: NOW ! NOW ! Somewhere along the line… - we as Christians, have lost the meaning of the word NOW where it pertains to scripture. We have a tendency to read that word in scripture as in the “sweet by and by” not the present. Doing so, we fail to apply it to our life and in our everyday situations, not realizing it’s our state of being. It’s not something to achieve or work for. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 TPT 1 NOW , since we are God’s coworkers. we beg you not to take God’s marvelous grace for granted, allowing it to have no effect on your lives. 2 For He says, “I listened to you at the time of My favor. And the day when you needed salvation, I came to your aid!” So can’t you see? NOW is the time to respond to His favor! NOW is the day of salvation! Now : In the present time. Under the present circumstances. Existing. In this moment and forever. Salvation: (Sótéria) which means: deliverance, safety, welfare, prosperity, preservation, to save, to rescue. God's rescue which delivers believers out of destruction and into His safety. Read that scripture again applying the definitions of those words as you read: Ex: Right at this moment is the time to respond to His favor. Right at this moment is the day of my of salvation. (my deliverance, my safety, my welfare, my prosperity, my preservation) Let this simmer in your soul until the Holy Spirit gives you the full revelation on how to believe and stand up in it. 1 John 3:2 Beloved, NOW are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. Ephesians 4:23-24 23 NOW it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. 24 And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has re-created you all over again in His perfect righteousness, and you NOW belong to Him in the Realm of True Holiness. My brothers and sisters, you in this present time, belong to Jesus in the Realm of His Holiness. You are not on the outside looking in but in the Realm of Holiness learning how to stand up in it. Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you how this is so. The Holy Spirit is revelation. You cannot fellowship with Him and not get revelation. Every time you read the Epistles, highlight the scriptures having the word NOW . This is your state of being.

What is prayer? Foundation of prayer, teaching basics of how to speak with God, How can I tell God is speaking to me, Foundation of Prayer Article below. Or downloadable PDF click link. PDF Foundation of Prayer Prayer and the Word INTRODUCTION The Basics - Praying the Word Part 1 1 Corinthians 6:11 …”But you are sanctified, you are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the the Spirit of our God.” THIS is how God sees you! IMPERATIVE: Know “Who you are” in God’s sight because of the Blood of Jesus and the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God: If you don’t know this then you will have trouble coming to God in prayer - because you are basing it on your “worthiness”. None of us are worthy, and will never be - that’s why it took Jesus to take care of it all! You are sanctified, by the Name of Jesus and by the Holy Spirit. You are justified (made righteous, same word) by the Name of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Not by anything you did….It was all Jesus who has made you “right” with God. You are the righteousness of God IN Christ Jesus ( 2 Corinthians 5:21). Now we can come boldly to the Throne of grace to obtain mercy and grace to help in a time of need - Hebrews 4:16. “Sanctified” means: Greek - hagiasmos - consecration, sanctification, the process of making or becoming holy; set apart; holiness. The process of advancing in holiness; use of the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness (similarity of nature). God is continually making us, progressively transforming us into His likeness, making us holy, while we are in sin-fallen flesh. The ultimate transformation will be at Jesus’ second coming with our new bodies (1 Corinthians 15:51-54). This is the ultimate transformation at the Rapture/Resurrection and what we are earnestly waiting for. This is why it’s a “rest.” We can’t make it happen. It’s all the Lord. We simply rest in Him, He’s got this. He has made us sanctified! Therefore, we enter prayer knowing it is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who has made us right with God and we can pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name. “Justification” means: Greek - dikaiósis - the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal, a process of absolution. Divine approval, emphasizing Christ's full payment of the debt for sin which liberates the believer from all divine condemnation. Jesus has justified us! Hallelujah! It doesn’t matter how you “feel”. Feelings lie. Once you ask for the Lord to come into your heart and receive the Lord Jesus into your heart, you received His sacrifice in your stead for your sins: you are saved, sanctified, justified and made brand new in the spirit - all by the Holy Spirit. You are a new creature, old things have gone away and all has become new (2 Corinthians 5:17-18). This is in your spirit by the Holy Spirit. Not in your soul. Not in your body. The carnal nature, or “sin consciousness” is what resides in the soul and body. Our soul can be renewed with the Word of God. This is an active choice to change how we think and what we do. This is also why sometimes you don’t “feel” holy. It’s the carnal nature, flesh, is always battling with your spirit. And your mind has to be renewed (Romans 12:2). BUT the more your keep your eyes on Jesus through the Word and in prayer, it’s not so much of a battle. Where are you “looking.” What are you focused on. That’s vital. What you focus on will overcome you. Either for good or the bad. Keep your focus on Jesus. Focus on the Word. Focus on speaking with Him all day long. That is prayer. Simple open communication with the Lord all day. Part 2 - Knowing Where We Stand John 4:23-24 - But the hour comes, and now is, when the the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father seeks such to worship Him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. We see from what John has said that we are to worship, spend time with the Father in Spirit and Truth. But “how” do we do that? Let’s see what the Bible says. 1 Corinthians 1:30 - But of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption; This means we are in Christ Jesus, we are one with Him. What is His is ours. He is our wisdom from God, we have the wisdom of God in us He is our righteousness, we have the righteousness of God within us He is our sanctification, we have the holiness of God within us He is our redeemer, we have His redemption within us! That is shouting ground right there!!!! Now let’s add on: 2 Thessalonians 2:13 - But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the Truth. We were chosen by God from the beginning (Ephesians 1:3-4) We were chosen for salvation (sótéria) which means - deliverance, safety, welfare, prosperity, preservation, to save, to rescue, God's rescue which delivers believers out of destruction and into His safety. We were chosen for salvation THROUGH sanctification of/by the Spirit. Again, we had nothing to do with it. God chose us. He delivered us and rescued us out of destruction into His safety, and sanctified us - keeps us holy by His Spirit AND by our belief in the Truth, which is His word. John 17:17 - Sanctify them though Your truth; Your Word is truth. John 15:3 - NOW you are clean by the Word I have spoken to you. John 14:16-17 - And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. He is in you and never leaves you, He abides with your FOREVER. He is the One who seals you! (John 14:16; Ephesians 1:113-14). John 15:26 - When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, How does He, the Holy Spirit, testify about Jesus? - Through the Word. The Truth. Mark 16:20 says the Lord working with and confirming the Word with signs. The Holy Spirit is who moves on the Word bringing it to pass. Like Genesis 1:2 and the rest of chapter 1. The Holy Spirit moved on God speaking. Put this in context with prayer: The Holy Spirit moves on the Word that we pray!!! Now for the basics of prayer! Foundation of Prayer: The Basics As John 14:13-14 - And whatever you shall ask in My Name that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the son. IF you shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it. And John 16:23-24 - And in that day you shall ask Me nothing. Truly I say unto you, whatever you shall the Father in My Name, He will give it you. Until now you have asked nothing in My Name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. We are to pray to the Father in Jesus’ Name. Whatever we ask in Jesus’ Name it is given to us. We receive that our joy may be full. Jesus answers our prayer to glorify the Father though the Son. We also have to keep in mind James 4:3 - When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. When you read James 4 you can see it’s about the trivial machinations that can get people caught up. Wrong motives. Selfish motives. It is always important to keep a soft heart to the Lord for His promptings of “what” to pray for. A good rule of thumb, when you don’t know exactly what to pray or how to pray are these two things: Remember prayer is about spending time with the Lord. It’s a means of building your relationship with God Almighty, learning to hear His voice, the promptings and leadings of the Holy Spirit, and follow His unction. There is a distinction between their voices and leading: God the Father; Jesus Christ; Holy Spirit. Like learning anyone’s voice…you have to learn how they “talk”. That’s part of why spending time in the Word is so important. Philippians 3:8 - I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. A solid core foundation is to pray the Word! How do you do that? Praying the Word!!!! *There are examples at the end. Much of the Bible are promises for us. They are not only spoken by God to us. They are promises that God has made to HIMSELF for us and about us!! That’s powerful. Meditate on that. Read Hebrews 6 - God made His promise to Abraham to Himself! Which is also a promise for us as Galatians 3:13-29 talks about. He has made these promises to us in the Word to Himself and He is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19). God will never break His promise. Look at it like this…these are guarantees. Any scripture can be prayed. When you pray scripture back to the Father in Jesus Name, it comes from a place of faith. You believe that God will do what the Word says simply because He has said it. And you pray it when you don't see it happening yet (Hebrews 11:1-3). That is how prayers of faith operate. You pray them believing that you will see them come to pass. 2. Don’t be double minded. Once you have prayed a scripture or scriptures for yourself, family members, or friends, don’t speak contrary to the prayer you prayed. Read James 1-2 to settle things in your heart about this. If you find you have spoken words contrary to the prayer of faith you prayed, immediately repent and cancel those words out in the Name of Jesus, and speak again the scripture(s) that you are standing on from your original prayer. 3. Every time the situation comes up in your thought life, go into praise for it already being answered. As Philippians 4:6-7 states - Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will. Guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. By going into praise when a thought that is contrary to the Word of God comes up in your mind, the peace of God will bubble up from within your spirit by the Holy Spirit, and guard your thoughts. But we have to go into praise first, as the scripture in Philippians says. It begins with faith, like all things with God. Faith pleases Him (Hebrews 11:6). Once you see that manifestation to the prayer you have prayed, you have already been praising God for the answer before it “showed up”. When you see it, it is exciting! And it further builds your faith and makes your joy full as Jesus said in John 16. There’s nothing quite like it! How do I exactly pray the Word? One core way of praying the Word is to pray the Epistle prayers. Put yourself in the scripture: where it says "you", instead say "me, or my" for example. These are prayers Paul prayed for his churches. If they were good for believers then, they are good now. Plus, the Lord has made sure they are in the Bible. They are important. Typically there is at least one prayer at the beginning chapter of each Epistle. There are some in the closing chapters and there are a few in between. I will list them below. As I said earlier, these may be prayed for yourself, spouse, family member, friend, colleague. Speak them out loud - not in your mind. It makes a difference. You may even be getting the “hunch” to pray this for your church pastor(s), local city/state/federal government officials (yes, there is scripture for them too - 1 Timothy 2:1-4), military, police, etc. Whatever the Lord is leading you to do, do it. I will put an example at the end. Epistle Prayers: Romans 10:1 *Romans 15:5-6, 13, 30-33 *1 Corinthians 1:4-9 *2 Corinthians 1:3-7 *2 Corinthians 2:14-15 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 *2 Corinthians 13:7-9, 11, 14 Galatians 6:18 *Ephesians 1:3-6 *Ephesians 1:15-23 *Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians 6:19-20 *Philippians 1:3-6 *Philippians 1:9-11 Philippians 1:19 *Philippians 4:6-9 Philippians 4:23 *Colossians 1:(3-7) 9-14 Colossians 2:2-3, 6-10 Colossians 4:2-6 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 *1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 *1 Thessalonians 5:14-24 *2 Thessalonians 1:3-4, 11-12 *2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 16* 1 Timothy 1:12, 17 1 Timothy 2:1-6 2 Timothy 1:3-7, 13-14 2 Timothy 4:22 Philemon 4-6 *Hebrews 13:20-21 (The ones with the stars are the ones I use every day. When I don’t have much prayer time I go to the Ephesians prayers in 1 and 3. Those two sections cover the basis of all.) Here is an example: praying over a family member (spouse or kids): Romans 8:26 - The Holy Spirit “takes hold together” with you on the Word in prayer, or any other time you are standing on the Word over a circumstance. With Romans 8:26 in mind, pay attention to the Holy Spirit’s leading as you are praying. He may bring scriptures to your remembrance. Go to them and use them in addition to these in the example and 1 John 5:6 - This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. I will use 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 and 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 for this prayer. “Father God, in the mighty Name of Jesus, I bring before you _________ and as Your Word says in 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 I bless You Father God! The Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, You are the Father of mercies and God of ALL comfort. I thank You that You comfort _________ them in their time of trouble, that they may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with comfort that You have comforted me in my tough times. I thank You Father for being with them in their time of need and bringing hope to the hopeless (Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 15:13.) And as 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 I thank You Father God for Your grace which is given to ___________; that in every thing they are enriched by You, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ is confirmed in _________; so that they come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our lOrd Jesus Christ; who will confirm them to the end, that they may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. For God, You are faithful!!! By Whom you were called unto the fellowship of His son Jesus Christ our Lord. I thank You Father God for the victory in this situation, in Jesus Name!” (1 John 5:4-5.) As you read through the Epistle prayers you will see ones that pertain to your given situation. I like to use the Ephesians prayers plus around 10 more of the others in my daily prayers when I pray for my family, loved ones, and work. I make the scriptures personal, like the above prayer. As you do this it stirs up your faith! Gives your joy a boost! Making a difference in your day.

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