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Who is God, Is God a person, Is God real, What is God like, Can I trust God God's Names Reveal His Character They ARE Who He IS Article below. Or PDF in the link. PDF God's Names Reveal His Character They are Who He is. When we introduce ourselves we say, “I am (name).” We are making a simple statement of “who we are”. There is no one who can tell you that you are not that named person. Ever. It is your identity. You are who you say you are. AND names are personal. The Name(s) of God is no different. When we look at the Names of God we see the same thing. He is who He says He is. Can’t change it. It is Him. It’s His personality. And it is a great privilege that He shares His Names with us. He has given us His Name (Ephesians 3:14-15). It’s personal. It reveals more than the Name “God”. It is His substance and we learn His personality. And the more we spend time with Him in the Word and talk with Him about it, the more we see Him actively involved in our lives in the way that He “describes” Himself. It’s important for us to know these Names when we address Him in prayer, rightfully, respectfully. And when we address Him in prayer using one of His Names it enlarges our expectation...our faith...that shows Him to us as His Name(s) says He is. He is the everlasting God, the Creator of all. Therefore, we want to address God with reverence and wisdom when we pray. It’s also important to remind ourselves of Hebrews 13:8 - God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. What He said about Himself in days gone by is the same today! Let Him show up in your life in these ways. These Names are Who He is and what He is like. Waaaaay better than a dating app!! He is our first love. Who loved us before the foundation of the world and had us planned in His heart from that point. Listed below are only a small part of the many scriptures in each area. I suggest doing a full study on the area of interest. Jehovah Jireh - The Lord will provide. He is our provider: Philippians 4:19, 3 John 2 and Genesis 22:13-14. Jehovah Rapha - The Lord will heal. Philippians 4:19, Exodus 15:26, and Isaiah 53:5. Jehovah Shalom - The Lord our peace. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, John 14:27, & Philippians 4:6-7. Good to use when anxious or afraid. Whenever God showed up to people and they were afraid He would always say, “Peace, be still.” Jehovah Nissi - The Lord our banner. Exodus 17:15 (all). Represents He is the one that stands with you in battles. You are not alone. The “banner” is God Himself as a “name tag” over you saying “you are His”. Jehovah Tsidkenu - The Lord Who is righteousness. He is our righteousness - 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 10:4, Philippians 3:9, Jeremiah 23:5-6. Good for using when you need Godly judgment and righteousness in situations, decisions that need to made. Jehovah Rohi - The Lord is our Shepherd. John 10 and Psalm 23 Jehovah Shammah - The Lord is always present - The Lord who is there. Ezekiel 48:35. Such an intimate prayer time with this title. As you go into prayer, call Him Jehovah Shammah. He is right there in the same room with you, as close as your own breath. Jehovah M’Kaddesh - The Lord Who sanctifies. Leviticus 11:44, 20:7-8. God is Who sanctifies you and makes you holy, He sets you apart for Himself and perfects that which concerns us. Praying like: “Jehovah M’Kaddesh, I need more holiness my life. I needs greater victory over temptation. I need strength over sin. I want to represent You more purely to a corrupt world. Please help me grow in Your sanctification. You are my Jehovah M’Kaddesh. You are my sanctification.” The Lord of Glory - 1 Corinthians 2:8; Exodus 33:7-23 I AM - John 8:58. Ever present. All encompassing. Everywhere at the same time. Author of Salvation - Hebrews 2:10 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - Exodus 3:2, 6 The Almighty - Revelation 1:8. No might is more powerful than God! He is mightier than anything created. He is might. The Everlasting Father - Isaiah 9:6 The First and the Last - Revelation 1:17 The Faithful Witness - Psalm 89:36-37 The Image of the Invisible God - Colossians 1:15 WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD - Isaiah 9:6 The Sacrifice - Ephesians 5:2 The Ransom - Mark 10:45 Heir of All Things - Hebrew 1:1-4 He is Love - 1 John 4:8. The Temple - Revelation 21:22 Sanctuary - Isaiah 8:14 Intercessor - Hebrews 7:25, Romans 8:27 Helper - Romans 8L26, John 16:7 (Amplified) Author and Finisher of our faith - Hebrews 12:2 Advocate - 1 John 2:1 Surety of a Better Covenant - Hebrews 7:22 The Teacher - John 13:13, 1 John 2:27 The Resurrection and the Life - John 11:25 The Wisdom of God - 1 Corinthians 1:24 Lord (Yahweh) - Isaiah 26:4, Psalm 23, John 20:28 (a vast study can be done on “Lord” - it’s a proper name. Hebrew: Addonai. Strong’s #113.) God - (same study done can be done here. Hebrew Strong’s #430. Greek #2316 ) 1 Timothy 2:5. Son of God - John 1:34 Beloved Son - Matthew 17:5, 3:16-17 The Word - John 1:1 Messiah - Daniel 9:25 Alpha and Omega - Revelation 22:13 Savior - Luke 2:11 Redeemer - Job 19:25 Light of the World - John 8:12 Lamb of God - John 1:29 Creator of All Things - Colossians 1:16 Master - Luke 8:24 Mediator - 1 Tiimothy 2:5 Bread of Life - John 6:48 High Priest - Hebrews 3:1 The Lamb - Revelation 7:9 A Lamb without Blemish and without Spot - 1 Peter 1:19 Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World - Revelation 13:8 The Shepherd of The Sheep - Hebrews 13:20 The Way - John 14:6 The Good Shepherd - John 10:11 The Chief Shepherd - 1 Peter 5:4 The Rock - Psalm 18:2 My Rock and My Fortress - Psalm 31:3 The Rock of My Refuge - Psalm 94:22 The Rock that is higher than I - Psalm 61:2 The Rock of My Salvation - 2 Samuel 22:47 My Rock and My Redeemer - Psalm 19:14 NIV The Builder - Hebrews 3:3 The Foundation - 1 Corinthians 3:11 A Sure Foundation - Isaiah 28:16 A Stone - Isaiah 28:16 A Living Stone - 1 Peter 2:4 A Chief Cornerstone - 1 Peter 2:6 A Precious Stone - 1 Peter 2:6 A Stone Cut Without Hands - Daniel 2:34-35 The Last Adam - 1 Corinthians 15:46 God’s Firstborn - Psalm 89:27 The Firstborn Among Many Brethren - Romans 8:29 The First Fruits of Them that Slept - 1 Corinthians 15:20 A Witness to the People - Isaiah 55:4 The Amen - Revelation 3:14 The Light , The True Light- John 12:35, John 1:9 77. The Light of Men - John 1:4 He is the Lamb Who was Slain - Revelation 5:12 79. He is Faithful - Hebrews 3:2 He is Our Strong Tower - Proverbs 18:10 81. He is Our Foundation - 1 Corinthians 3:11 82. He is Preeminent - Colossians 1:18 He is the Tree of Life - Revelation 2:7 The Bright and Morning Star - Revelation 22:16 85. The Sun of Righteousness - Malachi 4:2 He is Our Gift - 2 Corinthians 9:15 The Head - Ephesians 4:15 The Head of the Body, the Church - Colossians 1:18 A Life-Giving Spirit - 1 Corinthians 15:45 The Head of All Principality and Power - Colossians 2:10

Are curses real? How does a curse happen? What is a curse? Curses of a Nation Article is below. For Article press link for PDF below. PDF Curses of a Nation Beyond Generational Family Curses There can be more than a curse upon a family passed down from one generation to the next as Numbers 14:18-20 states. Yes, we are redeemed from the curse of the law as Romans 8:2 says but say you are the first to get saved in your family, you may have the curses broken when you got saved. But sometimes the Lord doesn’t do that. He wants you to learn about it to help free others. And there are more than curses of the family line. There are curses within the land and the rulership of that land. For example, if you live in the United Kingdom, there are curses upon that land for the way the empire has been governed. Plus, if you live in Ireland there are curses upon that land as well. There are three reasons why curses of a nation come on the people: 1. The rulers of that nation disobeying God; 2. The priests of that nation disobeying God; 3. The people of that nation disobeying God. Jeremiah 2:7-9 - “I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit an rich produce. But you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. 8. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who deal with the law did not know Me; the leaders rebelled against Me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols. 9. Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declared the Lord, “And I will bring charges against your children, and your children’s children.” All of chapter 2 speaks of a nation from its people to its rulers, to its priests and prophets walking out on God. This nation of America has clearly done this very thing from much of the public, its rulers-no matter the party line, to bad religious leaders and false prophets. All of which are end times situations that come out in abundance. Very clearly the Lord states a nation is held accountable for its leaders, priests, and prophets, as well as the people: and how they all operate. One translation says the Lord not only brings charges, but brings a curse against the people of that land. And not to put too fine a point on it look at verses 20-25 - it’s all about being focused on immoral sex. And look at the focus point of our nation. Adultery, fornication, homosexual, transgender, beastiality, pedophilia, pornography. In the last 5 years (since 2020) these things have exploded on the public scene. Here’s another, look at Daniel 9:1-17 ESV- “1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking Him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your Name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you. 8To us, O LORD, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, refusing to obey Your voice. And the curse and oath that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against Him. 12He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by Your truth. 14Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that He has done, and we have not obeyed His voice. 15And now, O Lord our God, Who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a Name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16“O Lord, according to all Your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for Your own sake, O Lord, make Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary, which is desolate.” Daniel repented for his nation and rulers. He interceded. It’s not that he sinned but his nation had sinned and the curse upon the nation was what he was going through. When you consider your heritage, each country, perhaps empire(s) all have curses on them - on the people of that land. Even if you do not live there, the heritage is in your family line. Thus the curse is too. To make it personal this is how the Lord showed me. I had been having severe back pain before I wrote this article. It was since the start of December 2023 - it had been nearly 8 months at the time I am writing this. Sometimes it has been absolutely debilitating. I have been hardly able to work out or to even do daily tasks around the house. The original injury was in the summer of 2018. My strength is not what I'm used to. I've always been very strong my entire life. This injury has been ebbing and flowing since 2018. It has definitely tried my patience. Backstory (pardon the pun): I had pulled the ligament in my spine from the bottom of my shoulder blades to the middle of my lower back (T9-10 to L3). Once you pull a ligament there is nothing to do by way of medical means other than surgery. No way am I ever going to do a spinal surgery like that. I know my God!! By Jesus' stripes I am HEALED!!! If God be for me, who can be against me! HE CREATED THE UNIVERSE - HE CAN CERTAINLY HEAL A PIDDLY LITTLE THING LIKE A LIGAMENT! When the injury initially occurred in 2018 I did standard therapeutic means of ice and heat, light work outs with a lot of rep's, and natural anti-inflammatory ointments like coconut oil and arnica; and of course standing on healing scripture. I did both. It was fine in a couple of months. In December of 2023 I injured it again and this time it was not healing. At the time of this writing it is summer of 2024. I did the same kind of means as last time but nothing was really helping. I was only a little better. Many times I was still completely debilitated. I didn't understand what was going on. It made no sense to me. I had already broken all family curses and I didn't know of any sin but there had to be a doorway for the attack to happen. I just couldn't make sense of this. Let me give a bit more of the story: health issues have always been an issue for me since I was a young girl in school starting with scarlet fever when I was in high school. Something so rare at the time I had it (in the '80's), to other life and death issues through 2001. Jesus got me through all of it! Praise God!! Going to be completely upfront here...the week of this epitome was rough! I kinda lost it. That doesn't happen often. And with all the health stuff I've gone through and standing on the Word through it, I didn't think I could go through it again. It's too much. I simply asked the Lord to just take me home. I'm done. BUT God knows what He's doing. I trust Him. A little later when I had pulled myself together, I was asking the Lord is there some "unknown" sin, curse, what's going on? 'Cause health issues can be one of two things: unforgiveness or part of a curse. (As are anything recurring like financial issues, relationship issues, family issues.) So why now? What's going on? The Lord showed me this: Daniel 9 and Ezekiel 8. The gist is this - the curse of the Lord (Deuteronomy 28:14-61) comes ON the PEOPLE of a Nation!!!! ...because of the political leaders AND the religous leaders!!!! Duh! 🙄 I had never thought about that on other nations and cultures! I had never broken the curses that are on this country for me because I was born here: plus the curses in my heritage. This included: American Empire, Roman Empire, British Empire, & Prussian Empire. All of the blood spilled for each empire carries with it the curse of the Lord - the blood cries out to the ears of the Lord for vengeance - Genesis 4:9-12. Which also includes the sacrifice of babies, eating human flesh and drinking of blood (the life is in the blood and blood is not to be consumed). This is especially true in this nation. All the scuzzy things our politician's do, we get the curses from it! So this is what I prayed: Repented for the sins of my nation politically and from the priests of this nation (all types of priests and there are so many heretical "priests" or better to say "church leaders"). 2. Repented for the Empires of my heritage politically and the priests of each empire. 3. Received forgiveness from my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 4. Cut all cords to the sins of my nation that I was born in and the nations of my heritage. Proverbs 5:21-23. 5. Asked the Lord Jesus to wash me clean of it all with His precious Blood. 6. Asked the Lord to lift His curse off of me in Jesus Name. 7. Announce that I receive His deliverance in Jesus Name!! MY BACK HAS BEEN PAIN FREE since the prayer! Now...word of caution...I did a bit too much that day because I felt so good and am not in shape like I used to be 5 years ago before the injury, so a bit sore the next day. BUT I AM FREE OF THAT BACK INJURY!! HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE YOU HAVE WROUGHT FOR ME!!! **ADDENDUM: Since I wrote this article a few months ago (June 2024) and it is now October 2024 I have something else to share. God is the One who heals!! And there have been times when my back has given me trouble. When I'm not in the Word like I usually am it's worse. I know it will fully heal, total restoration, and it will take the time that it takes. For whatever the reason, it's fine with me. God has a purpose. God is good! And God heals - always! There's no sickness in heaven but we do live in a sin fallen world with un-renewed bodies. No matter what, healing comes!!! Total restoration! Jesus Christ is my Lord and He will never leave me nor forsake me even to the ends of the earth!

Why didn't my prayer get answered, prayer, God, Jesus, Bible Why Didn't God Answer My Prayer? Article below or click link for PDF. PDF Why didn't God answer my prayer? Your Perception Can Harden Your Heart What to Watch Out For: One of the THE most important things to know when a prayer did not get answered or answered with the result desired is — DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEART. And when we are in a quandary as to “why” our prayer didn’t get answered we need to take a breath and a step back to see how we handled it. God is in the business (so to speak) of answering prayer. He loves us. And as any good parent does, they always want to do things for their kids and answer their questions and resolve their problems if possible. The Lord said that all God’s promises are “yes and amen” - or the answers from God are “yes and so be it” and it is “to the glory of God through us”. (1 Corinthians 1:20.) So if our prayer didn’t get answered, instead of looking at it like it’s God’s fault and getting bitter and mad at Him, we need to go to the Word and find out the reason “why”. The Holy Spirit will reveal which one is the case in your situation. There will be a “knowing”. You will just know “that’s it” and He will lead you if there is anything to do. Sometimes there is, for the given situation. Sometimes there isn’t. Below are the scriptures for each situation and there are more scriptures regarding each situation if you choose to research it. Ask the Holy Spirit according to the Ephesians 1:17-19 prayer for wisdom and revelation knowledge regarding the situation as you go through the following. Get your Bible out and read these scriptures from your Bible: Proper Care in Handling the Situation: Sometimes we are too quick to jump into a prayer for someone or something. We have to ask the Lord “what is the way” to pray over the situation. It may not be what we think of initially. Go to the scripture the Holy Spirit leads you to and use those scriptures for the prayer. Was the prayer done in faith? Romans 10:17 - faith comes from the Word. What scriptures are you basing your prayer on? Romans 14:23 - whatever is not of faith is sin. Hebrews 11:1, 3, 6 - faith is the substance of your prayer; faith can’t been seen initially; without faith it is impossible to please God. At the end of your prayer did you close it with praise and thanksgiving to God and receive the answer BEFORE you see it manifest, AND don’t speak anything contrary to the prayer - that is being double minded: James 1: 5-8; Philippians 4:6-7. James 4:3 - what was the motivation for the prayer? If it was with wrong motives it will not be answered. Sometimes we think the answer should be what we think is best. It may not be. God may answer your prayer differently than how you think. Praise: ALL prayer should begin and end with praise and thanksgiving. We enter into His courts with thanksgiving (Psalm 100:4) and we end the prayer with thanksgiving for HAVING already received the answer before we see it. That’s faith. Every time you think about the prayer, go into praise!! No complaining. Praise. 2. Healing: Healing is God’s will - Exodus 15:26 and 1 Peter 2:24. But if healing didn’t show up for yourself or someone else of whom you prayed for there are different reasons why this happens. As that scripture in Exodus says you have to be listening to what the Lord tells you to do and do it. If the person has ignored God’s promptings healing can’t happen because of disobedience. Disobedience needs to be honestly repented of and see what the Lord wants you to do. Sickness can be a cause of a sinful lifestyle. Like the previous situation there is disobedience involved. Often it is willful. Living a lifestyle that is against the Word of God, like living with someone who isn’t your spouse. If there are kids involved they are under the sin of the parents as well. Until the living situation is corrected, whether that is for the couple to be married or to move out. Free will. If the person who was prayed for doesn’t want to get better, they won’t. This could be for many reasons like: they think they deserve it; they are too tired to fight both spiritually and physically; they don’t believe God heals. Unforgiveness. This always causes illness. Much of the time cancer is the outcome and there are many illnesses that show up because of unforgiveness. Including unforgiveness for yourself. Guilt and condemnation if left to fester always causes illness. They have to be willing to forgive themselves and others in order for the Lord’s healing power to come into and on them. (Mark 11:25-26; Matthew 18:34 [21-35].) Deliverance. Many times with a life threatening disease there is a demon involved. This is usually related to one of the above like sin or unforgiveness. It can also be from family curses, curse from something the parents had done like they were never married; or if they were in witchcraft, sorcery, satanist’s/free mason’s etc. dedicate the children to demons; mental health issues can be demonic but not always; suicide is always a demon. Ask the Lord for guidance. If there is a demon involved there is always a way the Lord wants the deliverance done. It’s not always the same for each person - look at all the times Jesus cast out demons. Each situation was slightly different. Jesus would ask different questions and do slightly different things. Have the Lord lead you. One thing you can do, if you are led, is to bind the demon and forbid it to speak in Jesus Name. Especially when you are in the situation of an event happening right at the moment. Then ask the Lord how to proceed. At least that demon can’t act out or speak once that is done. Whatever of the Lord tells you to do, do. 3. Finances: It is God’s will for you, His kids, to be prosperous. All parents want their kids to do well. 2 Corinthians 8:9 Jesus became poor so that you might become rich; and Job 36:11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in contentment. And there are hundreds more about prosperity. But there are reasons why it doesn’t occur when we pray about it. As Job says, we need to listen to the Lord and do what He says. If we aren’t listening and doing what He says, we won’t prosper. 3 John 1:2 - “Beloved, I would that you may prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.” If our soul isn’t prospering then we won’t be in health and we won’t be prosperous.” For our soul to prosper we need to renew our minds. See the article entitled: SPIRIT, SOUL, & BODY for detailed study of how to do this. Tithing. Yes, it is something we are to do. Sometimes people think that it is specifically discussed in Old Testament scripture that it is not for today. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The law has been superseded by what Jesus did on the cross and gave us a new and better covenant; but money and our relationship with it can get us in trouble. Do we serve God or mammon? God or money? And when you tithe you are showing that you put God first. When we look in the book of Acts we see the first church took gifts of what people wanted to give. It wasn’t a set amount. It was how they each were led with what they had. (Acts 4:32-37 and 5:1-11.) They shared as the Lord led but when Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit about what they were going to give it cost them their lives. We have to be honest with the Holy Spirit. As 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 says we are to give as we are led to, not a specific amount, and we are to have joy in our hearts about it. Not consternation: “6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.” 10 Now He Who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” Two other important scriptures about giving, and they are in the New Testament: Luke 6:38 - “Give and it shall be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will it be poured into your bosom. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” We see from what Luke has to say that it will be given to us the same as we deal it out. So we have to inspect our hearts. Are we being miserly? 4. Salvation: God wants all to be saved and come unto the knowledge of the truth! 1 Timothy 2:4. When we are standing for family members, spouses, friends we get uptight if it hasn’t happened yet. This is where standing in faith is vital. Don’t let go of your prayer with doubt and unbelief!! We have promises from God that they are saved. God is not a man that He should lie. Take a look at Acts 2:38-39 and Acts 16:31. Your whole household is saved. Now believe it and act like it, especially when it hasn't manifested yet. Treat them like a brother or sister in the Lord. It may not happen in your timing. Trust God. He will do it in His timing. It’s a promise. When you’re dealing with family and friends it’s really important to share what you are getting from the Lord in the Word and share your experiences in prayer. They learn that He is real and not some abstract being that is “out to get ya.” It also allows them to see the truth that He loves you and wants to be with you, and go through experiences with you. Everything the majority of people have learned about God is false. They need to see what He is really like through you. Nothing gives testimony like your own personal experience. 5. Believing for Marriage: When you are single and are believing for a Godly marriage there is one main thing to consider before you get married: Do you spend time with the Lord first and nurture your relationship with God? If this isn’t on your radar to start then you will wind up in situation that most likely was not guided by Him but guided by hormones. And it will cause trouble. Be sure your focus is on God first. Then He will bring the right person to you in the right time. If you are struggling in your marriage: very first thing to do is pray the Ephesians prayers: 1:17-23 and 3:14-21 for your spouse! Every day. Forgive them, as many times a day as it comes up. Be sure you are not holding resentment toward them. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any hurt, animosity, or bitterness - then immediately forgive it on purpose. NOT because you feel like it. Never base spiritual things on feelings. They will lie to you every time. Continue to pray for them. Ask the Holy Spirit for other scriptures to help in the situation and speak them over your spouse. (Psalm 139:23-24 and Psalm 141:3-4.) It won’t happen immediately but there will be changes as soon as you change your heart and focus on what the Lord wants you to focus on. As always check all the marriage scriptures and love scriptures to be sure to give your heart a “check up”. 1 Corinthians 13 1 Corinthians 7 Proverbs 31:10-31 Romans 7:1-3 Ephesians 5:21-33

Identity, Believer, Who am I in Jesus, who does Jesus say I am, God, Jesus, Bible, You are who God says you are, You Are A Believer! No Matter What Article below or click link for downloadable PDF PDF You Are a Believer! Everyone believes something. Whether it’s for our best interest or worst. You can’t help but be a believer. It is how we are made. Just as we have two eyes, two ears, a mouth, and walk upright, we also believe. It’s in our very make up. We are made in God’s image. God is a believer. That is what “faith” means in Greek: to believe. This is why faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6 ). He wants His children to believe that He is and does what He says He will do. No different than any parent. The issue we have in thinking we “don’t have faith” comes from our “feelings.” Feelings lie most of the time. They cannot be trusted. (See study on: Spirit, Soul, & Body.) And when we “feel” that way it only means we need to build up our “believer” muscles. We already have them they just need some exercise. Believing=Faith The way to build up your “believing" or faith muscle is to spend time with the Lord in His Word. The process is simple. It only requires time. And you get to spend time with the Creator of the universe!!! He wants to share His heart with you. How amazing is that! You get to share in God’s sweetness. Share in His expounding love. And as you spend time with Him and go to where He leads you in the Word, and He can trust that your relationship with Him is the most important thing to you, He will share more of His heart with you. Including when He’s unhappy at what people are doing and He may have you pray about the issues. Your closeness will be more and more enriched. There is no limit. How To Start: There are many scriptures that can be used for this but I tend to use one of these three: Ephesians 1:17-19 - That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power Psalm 119:18 - Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law. Psalm 119:103-104 - How sweet are Your Words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. We have these scriptures within us whether we know it or not. God is in us. Jesus is in us. The Holy Spirit is in us. Therefore the Word is in us. And faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God - Romans 10:17 . So as we speak these Words it stirs up our faith and then the Holy Spirit can bring them to pass. Just like He did with God Almighty in Genesis 1:2 - God spoke and Holy Spirit was there to move on the Word that He spoke. God didn’t just “think” it. He had to speak it so the Holy Spirit could move. Same in the book of Acts with Paul ministering. The power of the Holy Spirit would fall on people and miracles, signs and wonders happened because of the Word spoken! So this is what we will do. Speak His Word so the Holy Spirit can bring it to pass in our prayer time. And this is true for every area of our lives - not only our prayer time. 2. When I’m in my quiet time with the Lord, I typically plan for at least 30 minutes. I do an hour or longer if I can. I begin by telling Him “good morning” and how much I love and appreciate Him, praise Him, and whatever else comes to mind. (This is building your relationship with Him, just like your spouse. You had to spend time together.) Then I take one of the afore mentioned scriptures and I pray it back to Him, out loud. This is how we use our faith. We believe what He has said in His word about us. We take the scripture personally expecting it to come to pass. Because it will. He upholds all things by the power of His Word (Hebrews 1:3 ). An example of praying these back to the Lord and taking them personally by faith: “Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I want to give You praise for Your Word is truth and You uphold all things by the Power of Your Word. And as You said in Ephesians 1:17-19 I am asking for the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation Knowledge to come up out of me, that my eyes would be enlightened to know more about You and what is Your inheritance that’s in me. And I receive it. I thank You for it. And I thank You that I know what is the exceeding greatness of Your Power to me because I believe You, just as You used that Power to raise Jesus from the dead. It’s the same Power in me! And I thank You for this! Now what wonderful things would You like to share with me today, Father?” I close my eyes and stay quiet. (Be still and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10 .) Expecting Him to speak. He will tell you where to go by one of the many ways He works: still, small, quiet voice from deep down within your belly; and comes up (sometimes) on the inside of you. Hard to explain. You’ll know it when it happens. He can also bring an image up to you from deep within you, perhaps of a story in the Bible that you know where it is, like maybe you “see” the tower of Babel; or Jesus on the Mount giving the sermon of the Beatitudes…whatever He shows you; or you may see the title of a book like John, or James, or Genesis in front of your eyes. Then He will show you an image of the chapter number. Or sometimes it’s a deep “knowing” from deep-down within your belly, you just “know”. Like a knowing to read Romans 8. Whatever “knowing” from deep within you. Not outside your body. Inside. Wherever He tells you to go, do it. 3. Always have a notebook and pen available. Dedicate them to the Lord for your study time, this is all you use them for. As you are reading the scripture He has led you to there are several things to keep in mind: Date each entry with the day, month, and year. Any questions over verses or chapters, write them down in your notebook with the scripture reference. And talk them over with the Lord. Tell Him your questions/thoughts on it. He may reveal something as you are talking. He may not and instead will reveal it later in the day or two, or few. He may have you study something from that verse, a word, or subject matter. He will lead you. Follow ideas out. Hunches. Typically in this time of study He will also lead that way. You know it’s a “God-idea” when you weren’t thinking anything like it. It just comes up from within you. Any “a-ha’s” you get over a verse. This is revelation knowledge! He is showing you insights to His Word. He is showing you His heart. And give Him praise and thank Him for showing you the wonderful things out of His Word. 4. As you continue doing this in your daily prayer time your faith/belief will be built up. You can “sense” it. You sense power there, not a void. You can tell because you feel light, joyful, excited, strong - all of it is in Him. Those are all “fruit” from hanging out with Him. You are believing His word and it is always good, as you do what He tells you to do.

Names of God, El shaddai, What is God like, God, Jesus, Bible, Provider, Provide El Shaddai This is one of GOD'S Seven Covenant Names Article below. For PDF click link. PDF El Shaddai In Hebrew “El Shaddai” means: “The All Sufficient One.” This is one of His Seven Covenant Names. KJV translates it as: “The Almighty” . I write you this morning to encourage you because this has definitely encouraged me. In asking Father God to show me His Personality this morning, He reminded me to meditate on Him as El Shaddai, The God that is More Than Enough!! This is one of His Seven Covenant Names. God keeps His covenants and the Name He uses of Himself show His eternal magnificence. In Hebrew it means “The All Sufficient One”. KJV translates El Shaddai as The Almighty; The One Who is More the enough. O.T. shows Him in this capacity over and over again. Genesis 17:1 KJV - “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” “The Lord appeared to Abram, and said, I AM the Almighty God” -GENESIS 17:1 Some scholars say the word "shaddai" is derived from the word "shad" meaning “breast”, giving rise to the names "The Satisfier" and "All Sufficient One". Some say "shad" means "mountain". Either way, He is still the God Who is more than enough! Joshua 10:12-14 KJV 12 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and He said in the sight of Israel:“Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” 13 So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? God stopped the whole universe because Joshua prayed. We see God Almighty do miracle after miracle. In the New Testament, we see Jesus do miracle after miracle. Yet we, The Church, The Body of Christ, The Bride, stagger at this aspect of our Lord. If we Believe God, If we Trust Him, He IS the God Who IS more than enough. He is the All Sufficient One. He is not the God of yesterday, He is the God of Now. He said, “I Am El Shaddai!” “THE ALMIGHTY ONE!” I have been impressed by the Lord to recognize How Big, How Mighty and How Creative He really is. If He does not have what you need He will create it. HE IS THE ULTIMATE CREATOR. The ultimate artist. Just look around you and revel in the beauty He creates everywhere. It’s His answer to my prayer asking to know Him and His personality. And this is only one aspect of Him. I so long to discover more. Psalms 72:17 NKJV His Name shall endure forever; His Name shall continue as long as the sun: and man shall be blessed in Him: All nations shall be blessed in Him. Psalms 148:13 AMP Let them praise and exalt the Name of the Lord, for His Name alone is exalted and supreme! His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven! A name is the thing by which a person or thing is known. God is called by many different Names in the Bible. Each Name reveals aspects of His nature and character. Just think The Almighty is just one aspect of His personality. The Lord God Almighty wants to do so many things for His children and with His children, if we would just let Him. Psalm 91 There are 7 things The Lord wants to do for us. We see that in Psalm 91 : Because he has set his love upon Him therefore will I (1) DELIVER HIM (2) I WILL SET HIM ON HIGH, because he has known My Name. (3) He shall call upon Me and I WILL ANSWER HIM. (4) I WILL BE WITH HIM in trouble; I will deliver him, (5) and HONOR HIM. (6) WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY HIM and (7) SHOW HIM MY SALVATION. Using our faith and trust in Father God all 7 of these things are forever present in our lives. We just have to receive them. The very Heart of God loves us beyond measure and wants to be with us. It’s time to let Him. The word “shall” in Greek means: “If I don't have it, I will make it” Believers need to see how big and mighty God truly is. He is certainly mightier than anything we will ever face. All it takes is the substance of our faith and trust in Him GOD is THE All Sufficient One for you today!

fallen angels, warfare, end times, prophecy, bible, teaching, authority of the believer, nephilim, hybrids, Christian, Jesus, Genesis, Enoch, Jasher, Jubilees, cryptids Battle of the Immortals and Knowing Your Authority Article below or click link for PDF PDF 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 Psalm 112 Psalm 27

Who am I in Christ, Who am I in Christ Jesus, Am I really a new person in Jesus, my mind, my spirit, my soul, God, Jesus, Bible A New Race of Humanity Article is below. For downloadable PDF click here. PDF Jesus used His Faith to be raised from the dead! A New Race of Humanity A New Race of Humanity Jesus Used His Faith to be Raised Up in Resurrection Power! Yes, God the Father is the One Who raised Him from the dead AND God needed HIs own Son's Faith to be hooked up with Him for this mighty feat. Psalm 16:9-10 Therefore My heart is glad, and My glory rejoices; My body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon Me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful One see decay. Acts 2:24-33 & 13:32-37 24 But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him. 25 David said about Him: “ ‘I saw the Lord always before Me. Because He is at My right hand, I will not be shaken. 26 Therefore My heart is glad and My tongue rejoices; My body also will rest in hope, 27 because You will not abandon Me to the realm of the dead, You will not let your holy One see decay. 28 You have made known to Me the paths of life; You will fill Me with joy in Your presence.’ 29 “Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. 31 Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that He was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did His body see decay. 32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. Jesus used these scriptures to stir up His faith for His own resurrection! He knew the Father wouldn't let Him down! He speaks His word to perform it! We are to do the same thing. A New Race of Humanity His resurrection created a whole new race of humanity of which He was the first born. A race of people who worship God in spirit and in truth. All worship prior was in the soul’s realm only. (ie: song, instruments, dance, heart felt praise and animal sacrifice as seen in psalms.) But we, as this new race of humanity worship Him in spirit and in truth!! Our spirit linked together with the Holy Spirit. How magnificent is that? That is why we are in this world but not of it. This world is not our home. We are of the Realm of Holiness. The sacrifice of Jesus created us brand new, restored to innocence, a holy people. We are neither greek nor jew, but a new creature, a new race of humanity that never existed before. (Colossians 1:18) A new race of humanity born into the Kingdom of God as kings and priests. (Ephesians 2:14-21) Jesus the first born among many brethren. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith and Praise God, He always has a perfect work. We are a race of people who have His law in our hearts and minds and are graced with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. As we press on to the mark of our high calling, like little children we grow up into the fullness of His Holiness without spot or blemish. Stop thinking we are part of this world. We are not. Stop seeing your self as a sinner. You are a new form of humanity in Christ. The sooner you start to see yourself as brand new, the easier it will be to leave the old ways behind. Make repentance a daily part of your prayer life letting old habits fade away. Jesus is coming for His Bride without spot or wrinkle and He has made you that way - Ephesians 5:26-27 - “(Christ) to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” See More on "In Depth Studies" Page PDF link of article at top of page In Depth Studies

Sickness and healing, Can I get healed, is healing real, Does the Bible say I can be healed, God, Jesus, Bible Healing How to Stand for What's Yours Article below. Or downloadable PDF in link. PDF Healing How to Stand for What's Yours There are many reasons why health issues occur. The bottom line to any situation in our lives, no matter the situation - not just for healing - we have to keep our relationship right with the Lord. Spending time with Jesus in prayer and the Word are key; so is following the leading of the Holy Spirit; and keeping sin out of our lives. When we know there’s a sin, ask for forgiveness and receive it to get back on track. But there are issues that can be the root of illness, whether it’s chronic, life-threatening, minor like colds or flu, or headaches. Ask the Lord to find the root. Word of caution: DO NOT simply stop taking medication for the issue UNLESS you are ABSOLUTELY led to by the Spirit of God. I say this because I have known of people who have had serious problems because they stopped because of their emotions and how they "thought" they needed to without unction from the Holy Spirit. If you have to take a med, pray over it! Pray over it before you take it. Take it in faith that the Lord is working through that medication for your benefit and cancel all adverse of effects of it in Jesus Name and plead the Blood of Jesus on it. As always, don’t do this because you read this article, instead ask the Lord how He wants you to go about it. There may be something in particular that’s hooked up to your situation. Hereditary - illness that strikes a family and repeats in family members like genetic diseases like heart attacks, strokes, migraines, cancer, blood disorders and so on are family curses. Sometimes called “ancestral curses.” - How to Break ⛓️ Ancestral Curses 1. Recognize when something is repeating that doesn’t line up with Scripture. 2. Repent for any way you or your ancestors may have contributed to set it in motion and cancel it out in the Name of Jesus. 3. Renounce any curse verbally that the Lord is highlighting to you in the Name of Jesus. 4. Release forgiveness to people who may have hurt you. 5. Replace thoughts, attitudes, and actions to align with God’s Word. 6. Resist and stand against the patterns of ungodly behavior. 7. Cut all cords of sin and curses in Jesus Name. (Proverbs 5:21-23). Ancestral curses are always attached with cords of the previous sins of our forefathers/mothers, whether they were things done purposefully or ignorantly. It’s the cords to the sin that keep it attached. (Ecclesiastes 12:6.) 2. Words that you speak - Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks - tree and fruit, Matthew 12:34-37. And it brings forth exactly what has been spoken. This goes with James 1:6-8, 13-15 - “6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do…13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” You are the prophet of your own life. Whatever you continually speak, becomes a reality in your life. So give heed to the things you say. If you speak words of illness and death you will have that in your life. Statements that seem insignificant like: “I’m sick and tired of ……” or said ironically in jest, “Just kill me now”, “I always get colds this time of year” etc. These continual phrases repeated when we speak them in our lives produce “that” harvest. If you realize this may be an issue, talk with the Lord about it first. Then as He leads you cancel out all negative words you have spoken in your life, in Jesus Name, and cut all cords to that sin. Then ask the Holy Spirit for help, to let you know if you’re about to repeat the behavior. If you do it again, repent, and receive your forgiveness. The Lord will help you. When you repent of it, truly repent. Which means change the way you think. You change it by staying in the Word regarding healing - that it’s yours. You have life - God’s Life - within you, not death. Replace those previously toxic thoughts with the Word of God and when you catch yourself about to speak sickness and death, STOP yourself. And instead speak life to your body and your situation. 3. Recurring Issues - that aren’t linked to ancestral curses - like sinus trouble, allergies, back problems, colds/flu etc. When these types of things occur it is typically a demon of illness. It’s called: spirit of infirmity. These have their “claws” hooked into a person and a snare entangling that person. It gained entrance by an “open doorway” which sometimes occurs with a thought - which is why we need to control our thoughts in the Name of Jesus; or words spoken about “how I always have such-and such this time of year.” Repent of opening the doorway and canceling those words out in the Name of Jesus. Loose the spirit of infirmity in the Name of Jesus and cast it into outer darkness to await its judgment. (Matthew 18:18 & Jude 1:6.) Keep watch over the words of your mouth and keep declaring God’s healing scriptures over your body - there are over 100 healing scriptures! 4. Curses - There are two kinds of curses: Sometimes items purchased or gifted to you can have a curse on them in order to create some sort of illness. Just like ancestral curses, break it in the Name of Jesus and plead the Blood of Jesus on it to cancel out the curse. You may have to get rid of the item that had the curse. The Lord will lead you. The other is curses straight out of Deuteronomy 28:14-61; chapter 30 - these curses come by things a person has done that is contrary to the will of God. Ask the Lord for wisdom about this. He will show you if repentance is needed - ask forgiveness and then change the way you think with the Word of God. 5. Praise and Action - James 2:12 “So speak and so act as people should who are to be judged under the law of liberty.” And Philippians 4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” We are to give praise to the Lord, it is in fact our strongest weapon as Psalm 149:6-9 TPT states. Read Psalm 147-150 as praises to God. Do this on purpose. No matter how bad you may be feeling. If your health has gotten to a severe state that you can’t do this, then play worship music. It helps! Then when you have the strength praise Him from your mouth. It changes things when you worship the Lord with your mouth. God is in the presence of His peoples praises - Psalm 22:3. Then you can use further action to back up your praise, like pray for people that need healing. You can even do that from your own home without anyone knowing. However the Lord leads. You can also help at a local site to give food to people. Or help at a local church. Whatever the Lord leads you to do. These are all actions that back your confession of the Word. Manifestation of healing always quickly shows up when you add praise and actions. 6. Hating God - Sometimes we pray for someone else for their healing. Sometimes even with fasting and praying in tongues, interceding, doing all we can on behalf of someone else. This may be done of our own volition because we care about the person we are praying for. Other times it may be that the Lord has led us to do this, to intercede for someone. But…the person dies. This is when so many questions come up about “how” we may have missed it; or question that maybe we didn’t hear correctly from God; or we think that God doesn’t heal anymore - which is against the Word of God but we are trying to make an excuse because our heart has been deeply wounded. Resentment sets in against God because you think He didn’t answer your prayer on purpose. BUT intercession for someone else has a limit. And that limit is based on the person you are praying for. Their free-will - what it is they want. God will never go against someone’s free- will. Especially in illnesses like cancer or another long battle, people get tired. Tired of fighting. They don’t want to do it anymore. And God understands this even though He may have led you to pray and intercede for someone. It’s not your fault. You always have to consider that you don’t know what is in another person’s heart. That is between them and God. It’s not your call to make. Don’t let your heart get crushed. Especially if the person told you all the “right” things about getting better and believing they were healed. You don’t know what they said in their own heart to God. They may have been saying those things to you to make you feel better. They didn’t want to hurt you and they thought this would help. Keep your heart from being hurt. Ask the Lord to help you understand, if that is needed; and release any resentment in Jesus Name. Conclusion God is the God Who heals you! (Exodus 15:26.) He never gives sickness to teach someone. Sickness is not the teacher of the Church. The Holy Spirit is the Teacher - John 14:26 & 1 John 2:27. The foundation for healing is to gather healing scriptures and write them down. There are over 100 of them. This is “who” you are. Do this when your are not fighting for your health. It’s easier. Then once you change your mindset to “I live in divine health through the Blood of Jesus, and Christ - the Anointing and Anointed One Who removes burdens and destroys yokes of illness, LIVES in me, therefore every cell in my body is pristine and crystal clean,” it will be less of a struggle when a battle with health comes your way. Take as many scriptures, however many you are led to use, maybe 20 or so, write them down. Read them every day. Ponder them. Speak them out. Allow the Holy Spirit to give you insight into them and how they work in you. You’ll never be the same! I will restate: It’s best to do this when you are NOT fighting for your health. Then when the battle arises you’re ready! Start by praising Him for your healing when you don’t feel good. You already have healing anyway. Jesus did it 2,000 years ago and if it was done then, it’s done now. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever! You and Jesus are the winning team! He’s already won, now just praise Him for your divine health and manifestation will come.

Are curses real? Can curses be in a family? How do I know if my family has a curse? Causes of a curse, How to break curses? Symptoms of a curse, Requires true repentence - not only trying to rid the symptoms Family Curses #2 This comes from Kana Ministries at River of Life Church in South Africa. Link is in article below and also in PDF. PDF Family Curses #2 Results effect the family line for generations: like financial problems, allergies, sinuses, asthma, glandular problems, death, and division and violence in the family, migraines, fear, deception and spiritual or physical blindness, breathing problems, choking, and control, curses on the tongue and throat, and mouth, such as, speech disorders, cleft palate and silence, curses on my mouth, teeth, throat, vocal cords, sinuses & nose, heart attack and breast cancer through this blood oath. the curse of death through heart and lung disease, chest and circulatory problems....and so many more. Included is an excerpt of a longer article from River of Life Family Church in South Africa, link included to full article. Only a small portion is included below. See link for full article: https://www.kanaanministries.org/Downloads/Warfare/Freemasonry-AllYouNeedToKnow.pdf HOW DO WE GET FREE: - In Prayer: Speak out loud and Declare Lordship of Jesus Christ – over every area of your life. These oaths may have been taken by forefathers up to 4 generations back. Renounce them for your forefathers and mothers up to your line including oaths taken in boy scouts, girl scouts, doctor, nurse, police and fire, all take "oaths" that have been set in motion by the masonics. Do it all in Jesus Name. It is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who makes us free. PRAYER : "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the God of Abraham Isaac & Jacob, I acknowledge my need of you, and accept you as my Lord and Savior. I invite you now to be Lord of my life, Lord of my spirit and my relationship with you. Lord of my body and my behavior, Lord of my mind and my thinking, Lord of my tongue and the things I say, Lord of my emotions and my reactions, Lord of my will and all of my decisions, Lord of my sexuality, Lord of my time, my home, my family, my possessions and position, Lord of all my relationships with others. Thank you Jesus that Your Blood was shed that I might be free ... Amen" NOTE : "Renounce" means give up by formal statement, to disown or repudiate, to refuse to accept as true. The Action required to take away satan's Rights is Confess, Repent and Renounce. (What we must do) PRAYER : "Father God, Creator of Heaven and earth, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ Your Son. I come as a sinner seeking forgiveness and cleansing from all sins committed against You, and others made in Your image. I honor my earthly father and mother and all of my ancestors of flesh and blood and by adoption, but I utterly turn away from and renounce all their sins. I forgive all my ancestors for the effects of their sins on my children and me. I confess and renounce all of my own sins. I renounce satan and all of his works in my family and me. I renounce and forsake all involvement in Freemasonry or any other lodge or craft by my ancestors and myself. I renounce witchcraft, the principal spirit behind Freemasonry, and I renounce Baphomet, the Spirit of Antichrist and the curse of the Luciferian doctrine. I renounce the idolatry, blasphemy, secrecy, and deception of Masonry at every level. I specifically renounce the insecurity, the love of position and power, the love of money, covetousness, and greed, and the pride/arrogance that would have led my ancestors into Masonry. I renounce all the fears that held them in Masonry, especially the fear of death, fear of men, and fear of trusting, in the Name of Jesus Christ. I renounce every position held in the lodge by any of my ancestors, including Tyler, Master, Worshipful Master, or any other. I renounce the calling of any man Master, for Jesus Christ is my only Master and Lord, and He forbids anyone else having that title. I renounce the entrapping of others into Masonry, and observing the helplessness of others during the rituals. I renounce the effects of Masonry passed on to me through any female ancestor who felt distrusted and rejected by her husband as he entered and attended any lodge and refused to tell her of his secret activities." Strongmen over Freemasonry:  Jezebel  Anti-Christ  Death and Hell  Freemasonry  Lucifer  Brumaus – under-girding powers of lawlessness & freemasonry Bind and isolate the strongmen, then Loose the yourself from their control and send them to the foot of the Cross of Jesus Christ. RENOUNCING & BREAKING THE OATHS: 1. I renounce FREEMASONRY with all its oaths, secrets, curses and rites. 2. I renounce the spirits of FREEMASONRY, BAPHOMET, LUST, IDOLATRY, AND BRUMAUS. 3. I renounce every ANCESTRAL spirit of FREEMASONRY, IDOLATRY, BAPHOMET, BRUMAUS and LUST in my family line. I renounce the curse of the LUCIFERIAN DOCTRINE and commitment of the family to Lucifer. I renounce the Eye of Horus ("all-seeing-eye") at the top of the Freemasonry pyramid, and totally reject it as the deceptive representation of the eye of Lucifer. 4. I renounce and cancel the anti-Christ mark and seal from my family line in the Name of Jesus Christ. Father, I ask you to release the power of the shed Blood of Jesus and apply The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ as a seal on my forehead. Rev 22:4 "And they shall see His Face, and His name shall be in their foreheads.” 5. Break generational Links and Ungodly Soul Ties - place The Cross of Jesus Christ between candidate & generations back to the 10th Generation (destroy all curses, hereditary diseases). 6. Break ungodly soul ties with relatives, partners, members or officers of Freemasonry lodges and all other affiliated organizations such as Eastern Star, Orange Lodge and The Buffaloes, etc. 7. Anoint middle of forehead with oil and cast out 3rd eye of Horus 8. Close off the "all seeing eye" on the lodge wall 9. Break the power of mind control and psychic power affecting the mind. 10. loose the mind to the truth of The Lord Jesus Christ. NOTE: - isolate and bind all 2nd degree and upward spirits, away from the 1st degree as you deal with that degree. When you've completed renouncing the degree, loose the candidate from all the demonic associated with the 1st degree and send it to the foot of the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ for His direction Do this for each degree. It might help to break up your introduction into 2 or 3 main points, so it’s easy for you to follow. Each paragraph or two should focus on one point. The Blue Lodge (1st , 2nd & 3rd degrees) is the Foundation of all Freemasonry – These Prayers knock out the foundation Entered Apprentice (1St Degree) - "Shock of Entrance" If you attend one meeting, you joined 1. I renounce the "New Birth" of Freemasonry, and all surrender of the will to an antichrist spirit. 2. I renounce the oath 3. "of having my throat cut from ear to ear, my tongue torn out by its roots, my body buried in the rough sands of the sea ". 4. I loose myself from all curses of allergies, asthma, glandular problems, death, and division in the family. 5. I destroy the power of the 1st degree rituals. 6. I remove the blindfold (hoodwink) from my eyes, and destroy the curses of migraines, fear, deception and spiritual or physical blindness. 7. I cut the noose (cabletow) from around my neck and destroy the curses of breathing problems, choking, and control. 8. I renounce 1st degree initiation rites of violent blows to the throat and the resulting curses on the tongue and throat, and mouth, such as, speech disorders, cleft palate and silence. 9. I destroy the curse of "cut-throat" off my life, and finances. 10. I renounce the oath ―of having my tongue torn out by the root and split from tip to root ". I destroy all curses on my mouth, teeth, throat, vocal cords, sinuses & nose, and I Claim the promise of Psalm 107:20 "He sent His Word and Healed them and delivered them from destruction." 11. I renounce the hand symbol across the throat and destruction of headship in ministry or leadership. 12. I renounce the oath, "you will not be able to speak in the day of Judgement" or make your own defense in time of accusation, and I destroy the curse of speechlessness, and having no voice. 13. I destroy the power of the point of the dagger/sword/compass from my left breast and the curses and fear of heart problems connected to it. 14. I renounce any blood covenant involving blood letting. 15. I renounce the words spoken of "entering as a poor candidate seeking light" and the poverty and spiritual blindness resulting from it. 16. I remove and break the power of pauper's clothing with its poverty and humiliation. 17. I renounce & destroy the power of the password - "Boaz" and, the 1st degree handshake with its curse of pride and infirmity. 18. I destroy the power of kissing the Masonic Bible and bowing at a Masonic altar thereby bowing to false gods (Baphomet). 19. I remove and renounce the 1St degree white apron and destroy the curses of infirmities, especially in ankles, knees and hips of women. 20. I renounce all surrender & submission to, and destroy the power of, "The Great Architect of the Universe" and the false gods and idolatry of Freemasonry in my life. 21. I renounce and break the curse of Masonic false unity, and Masonic anointing with oil. - isolate all 3rd degree and upwards spirits. Fellow Craft Degree (2nd Degree) PRAYER: I renounce the oath "...of having my left breast torn open my heart plucked out and fed to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field ". 2. I remove the hoodwink of the 2nd degree and the cabletow from around my right arm/shoulder with its curses of infirmity. 3. I loose myself from fear of the dagger/sword/compass to my right breast. 4. I remove the 2nd degree pauper's clothing and its curse of poverty & humiliation. 5. I destroy the power of the 2nd degree hand grip and the sign and passwords - "Jachin" and "Shibboleth" 6. I ask God for cleansing from touching/kissing the Freemasonry Bible, and the 2nd degree tools 7. I remove the 2°d degree apron and break the power of its curses 8. I destroy the power of the "Great Architect of the Universe" - 2nd degree. 9. I loose myself from the curse of the claw on my breast and heart. 10. I destroy the power, and loose myself from every curse and fear of heart attack and breast cancer through this blood oath. I destroy the power and loose myself from the curse of death through heart and lung disease, chest and circulatory problems. 11. I destroy every curse of being shot or stabbed in the heart, And the curse of premature death from me and my descendants and I Loose those of my house into longevity and spiritual maturity. 12. I renounce the badge of Fellowcraft and all obsession with gaining knowledge. 13. I renounce all emotional hardness, apathy, indifference, unbelief, deep seated anger, and hardness towards God and spiritual things. 14. I renounce the plumb line of Freemasonry, and destroy the curse of false 15. masonic righteousness and justice. -isolate all 4th degree and upwards. Please See Link Above For Entirety of Article.

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Rewards, reward, are there rewards in heaven, What are the rewards in heaven, rewards at the judgment seat Crowns Article below. For downloadable PDF click link. PDF Crowns Awards for Running Our Race 1. IMPERISHABLE CROWN 2. CROWN OF REJOICING 3. CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 4. CROWN OF GLORY 5. CROWN OF LIFE There are five crowns that are seen in scripture that are given for specifics actions. We will get into each one specifically later. These are given at the Bema Seat of Judgment - it’s a judgment of awards after the rapture. God wants to give gifts to His children. Take a look: Revelation 22:12 - “And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 - “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, wither it be good or bad.” 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 - “Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he has built upon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” God is a consuming fire! - Hebrews 12:24 The word is not specific on how this fire works - whether it will come from God Himself, or in the Judgment that is upon the earth. Perhaps it will be both. Whatever the case may be, the work we have done on earth that remains because it is of gold, silver, precious stones will receive a reward. It is the seeds we have sown into people. These last eternally. We need to ask ourselves what kind of seeds are we sowing into others. As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 3 how the people he ministers to in the church at Corinth are the epistle written in his heart and that they are the result of his ministry written with the Spirit of the Living God on human hearts. And such confidence he has through Christ before God. When? At the Judgment Seat - Bema Seat. Here’s another: 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 - “For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when He comes? Is it not you? 20 Indeed, you are our glory and joy.” Malachi 3:16 - “Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored His Name.” There are books for born-again believers that are records of good things of which we are rewarded at the “Bema Seat,” the Greek word used in the New Testament for “judgement.” The Greeks used it when speaking of the games where the athletic contestants would compete for the prize of a crown - a garland of leaves worn upon the head, under carful scrutiny by judges who would make sure rules of the contest were obeyed. They win a prize for following the rules and winning the race. This is what Paul is referring to when he speaks of this Judgment Seat in the Epistles. Salvation is a gift and there are rewards given for walking out this life in faith being moved by the Spirit of God, thus bearing fruit. These are things we get crowns for. And there are five different crowns that are awarded: IMPERISHABLE CROWN CROWN OF REJOICING CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS CROWN OF GLORY CROWN OF LIFE CROWN: Greek word for “crown” is “Stephanos” - comes from the martyr Stephen, who when he was being stoned, he looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God. It means: “a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally.” IMPERISHABLE CROWN: 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 - NKJV “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate [disciplined] in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown” As 1 Peter 1:4 states, faithful endurance wins a heavenly reward which is “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.” CROWN OF REJOICING: 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - NKJV “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?” Paul tells us in Philippians 4:4 to “rejoice always in the Lord” for all the bountiful blessings our gracious God has showered upon us. As Christians we have more in this life to rejoice about than anyone else, for the law of the Spirit of Life has made us free, Romans 8:2. Luke tells us there is rejoicing even now in heaven Luke 15:7. The crown of rejoicing will be our reward where “God will wipe away every tear . . . there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” Revelation 21:4. An eternity of rejoicing! CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: 2 Timothy 4:8 - “Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” For all believers who are anxiously waiting for Jesus to return there is a crown for it! CROWN OF GLORY: 1 Peter 5:4 (1-4) - “And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.” This passage of scripture is referring to elders of the church. This would go for any of the brethren who teach and help other brethren. CROWN OF LIFE: Revelation 2:10 - “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” This is for all believers who endure testing. All believers go through tests as 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “No temptation (test, testing, tested) has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when your are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” No matter the test and the end point of it, if we endure to the end of the test we get the crown of life. James tells us that this crown of life is for all those who love God - James 1:12 -“Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive that crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love Him."

KAMP JESUS In Depth Studies WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS & MORE All scriptures used are either in NKJV or NIV, unless otherwise stated, with emphasis added where necessary. PDF's may be downloaded for your use. Many of the articles are long. Take your time with your Bible and in prayer as you read and study them. WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS Being born-again gives you a new identity. Find out who you are and "who" you are hearing from, who God says you are and what belongs to you. HOW TO USE SCRIPTURE The Lord protects us and keeps us, and as we learn more of Him in scripture - we learn how to use it to keep us on track. THE ARMOR OF GOD & WARFARE Understanding the basics of spiritual warfare FAITH This is the foundation of how God works and how we are to work. Faith is everything when operating according to God's will. WHO IS GOD, HIS NAMES, HIS CHARACTER Intimacy with the Lord requires knowing "Who" He is. Allow the Lord to reveal His sweetness to you. CALLING We each have a calling, a gifting, a job. How to find out what it is; how to function in the different callings. Always keep God as your priority no matter what you do - He's the One who gave you the calling. FAMILY From parents, to spouse, to children: how to operate in this when our emotions are hugely affected. WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS Up 01. You are not your personality. You are who God says you are. 02. Spirit, Soul, or Body. 03. The Depth of the Crucifixion - It's more than we've known. 04. You ARE a Believer. 05. Judgment - Wrath versus The Day of Wrath 06. 5 Characteristics of the Born Again Spirit 07. How Great Is Your Jesus? 08. A New Race of Humanity 09. Advantage in Life God's Way WHO IS GOD, HIS NAMES, & HIS CHARACTER Up 01. God's Names Reveal His Character 02. God is Love & So Are You 03. The Depth of Communion 04. The Second Death & Great White Throne Judgment: It's more that you think. 05. Crowns - Awards for Running Our Race 06. Intimacy with the Lord 07. God has a Calling 08. How Great Is Your Jesus? 09. The Depth of the Crucifixion 10. Holy Spirit - Who He Is and How We Operate WITH Him. 11. El Shaddai - One of God's Covenant Names 12. . Understanding the Fear of the Lord HOW TO USE SCRIPTURE Up 01. Taking Scripture Personally 02. Prayer Basics 03. Foundation of Prayer 04. Guard Rails 05. Why Didn't My Prayer Get Answered? 06. Healing 07. Discernment 08. How to Use Confessions 09. How to Forgive 10. NOW! CALLING Up 01. What is Your Calling and How to Operate in it. 02. Being in Ministry, or Other Leadership Roles ARMOR OF GOD & WARFARE Up 01. Armor of God is the Armor of Light 02. What is Spiritual Warfare ? 03. Breaking Curses 04. Taking Authority 05. Cords 06. Prayers - from Nathan Reynolds website 07. Soul Ties 08. Authority in the Name of Jesus - how to take it. 09. Curses of a Nation 10. Battle of the Immortals & Knowing How to Use Your Authority! FAMILY Up 01. Believing for Your Family to Be Saved 02. Looking for a Spouse 03. Believing Stuff for Your Children 04. Believing for a Baby 05. Being a Parent 06. Marriage FAITH Up 01. The Basics of Faith - Faith is THE Substance 02. Whatever is not of Faith is Sin 03. Faith vs. Bullheadedness