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Jesus, Authority, Warfare, fallen angels, nephilim, Bible, How to fight Authority in the Name of Jesus & How to Take It! Article below or click link for downloadable PDF PDF Authority in the Name of Jesus & How to Take It! To get started there are two things that will be addressed here: 1.) Knowing “who” you are in Christ Jesus; 2.) and “How” to use our Lord and Savior’s Name appropriately. * Who you are in Christ Jesus: Your identity is not “who” you think you are in this world. Your identity is in the Son of God, the Messiah Jesus! Who He says you are - you are! Not what you’ve been told your whole life or not what you think of yourself. Take a look in the Word at how the Most High Elohim, God Almighty describes His Son and what is His. Because this is who we are now! In Him, as born-again children of God in Christ. When we “see” ourselves the way He sees us THIS is how we take authority. If this is new to you I suggest reading this article a few times and doing what is suggested. You will never be the same. If you haven’t taken the time to re-train your thinking in regards to this, you need to. Look up and read all the “in Him” “in Whom” “in Christ” and “in Christ Jesus” scriptures. This is who you are now! It’s vital to everything in a Christian’s life. When we are living in line with our new identity with the Lord and hearing from Him there is a marked difference in our lives. If you have self-worth issues (we all have had this in some way) you don’t think that God will talk with you. You don’t think you deserve it. BUT Jesus said, My sheep hear My voice, I know them and they follow Me, and I call them by name. (John 10.) So expect it! He will call you by name and speak with you. God’s Word rules! What He has said about it is FINAL. Not what we think or feel. We change our thinking and refuse our feelings in order to go in line with what He has said in His Word. Period. God’s Word is the ruler to judge everything by. If this is your situation spend a week or so reading and re-reading John 3, 10, 14-17 (all 6 chapters in one day) and repeat it each day until you KNOW that God speaks with you; then read all of 1 John (5 chapters, read all 5 each day). Also repeat it each day until you know your identity. Then when that is complete spend time in the Epistles. There are chapters you can start with if it seems to daunting, like Romans 8 & 12; Ephesians 1-3; all of Galatians; 2 Corinthians 1-2 & 5; 1 Corinthians 1-2 & 15; Philippians 1 & 3. Make it personal as you read. Like when it says “you”, say out loud “me”, or when Paul is talking about himself like in Philippians 3 speak the scripture out loud and say it as “me” - that sort of thing. This is putting yourself in scripture because it is God speaking to YOU! Once you learn how He speaks then you’ll begin to notice when He is speaking with you because it’s the same language and always leaves you with joy and peace. When we are first learning this we think it’s our own thoughts because it is coming from within us - not voice to skull. KNOW where the voice is coming from!!! This is crucial. People say they hear from God but when you hear what was said to them you know it’s not God because of the subject matter and what that “word” left you with - not clear, confusion, fear, no peace, unsettled. That result isn’t God. God always speaks in line with His Word which is light and life; and when someone can’t tell “where” the voice came from - within or voice to skull - they get deceived and get into trouble. It can even cause death. The enemy is a deceiver and murderer from the beginning. KNOW who is talking. Focus on whether you were thinking anything just before that “thought” and if so, if it what you were thinking was something totally different than what you “heard” that more often than not is Him. BUT measure it against the Word that you know! God will never speak against His own Word. If it was against the Word, then out loud “I cast that thought out in Jesus Name, I think on things that are good, lovely, peaceable, these are the things I think on! God gives me peace and keeps my heart and mind, in Jesus Name!” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6; Philippians 4:7-8.) Speak with Him - this is the Creator of the Universe, be respectful - AND listen to what He has to say. AND always tell Him “thank You”. People like to be appreciated and so does God. Pour out your heart to Him. Hold nothing back. Yes, He knows it all but He wants you to feel free to talk with Him and ask Him what He thinks about it. Great revelation of the Lord comes with authentic opening of your heart to the Creator, Father God. You will never be the same! Now that this is accomplished, what God Almighty has said about you in His Word IS your identity. Jesus is the Word made flesh. He upholds all things by His Word of power! It will be easier to “see” yourself as this - all the characteristics of the Messiah - because He is IN you. You have His characteristics. You need to let Him flow out of you. This is why we feel “guilt” when we sin. The act of sin is going against our new nature. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus whether you “feel” like it or not and when we sin it is abrasive against our new nature. That’s why “guilt” shows up. Ask for forgiveness and ask the Holy Spirit to help you with this. He certainly will. Then spend time speaking the Word out loud over yourself of “who you are” in Christ to change your guilt feelings. They are only feelings and the Word will change them as you keep speaking the Word over yourself. All of this will be easier now that you have practiced these things from the previous paragraphs of spending time in the Word and listening for His voice within you, sharing time with Him, communing with Him, and doing what He says. Here’s an example of what people typically do in stressful situations, actually what I call “crisis”. There is a difference between “inconvenience” and “crisis”. Most situations people get stressed about are “inconvenience”. Not life threatening situations which I call “crisis”. Crisis situations have the potential to be life altering for those involved. It is in these situations when either the person(s) are not born again, or they are but do not know their identity and Authority in Christ Jesus. You see, when people are in life threatening situations most do not know what to do. They freak out. They speak what they fear. Case in point when I had the stroke in 1995, it was what doctors called a “massive stroke” because of 9 blood clots in my brain in the arteries (that bring blood to the brain, so my brain was starving - no oxygen) and they did not expect me to live. I was in a coma for 3 days. My colleagues and friends attempted to be “sympathetic” saying things like, “Oh, no, poor Rina. I can’t believe this happened. She used to be such a great ……”. My mother had come to the hospital a couple days later (because I was in another country) and would retort: “No, she will not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. Great is her peace, her wholeness, in Jesus Name. And she has a long life because of what the Lord Jesus has done!” When she first got the phone call about the situation she had said this sentence and there was silence on the other end of the phone. And a quick, “Uh, ok.” It wasn’t much different when she got to the hospital. They all thought she was nuts. But who cares when you’re trying to keep your “child” alive - (I was 26). Speak the Word of God! It changes things! “Let there be light. And it was so.” That’s how you handle crisis situations. What you speak is declaring your Authority. Whether you speak life or death - what you say is vital! No matter what it looks like. No matter what you think. No matter what it feels like. Words create life or death - what kind of words will you speak? Spend time in the Word of God, ask Him where He wants you to focus on in the Word. Immerse yourself in it to form your new identity. These will be the words that come out of you mouth in a crisis. Because crisis situations “turn off” our mental abilities. We can’t think and have to rely on our spirit. You can only speak from your spirit if you have been putting spiritual food in there - the Word of God. The Word is spiritual food. Most believers are on a spiritual diet and that will be devastating in crises situations. And where we are now in 2024, the crises will build. You have got to know “who you are” in Christ Jesus and how to take Authority by speaking over terrible stuff that happens. * Below are some scriptures to immerse yourself in. All of the scriptures will be noted for each numbered item. And there are many more besides the ones listed here. Look them up as the Lord leads you. As always I add emphasis in the noted passages. Jesus gave us His Authority: Luke 10:17-20 - 17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” 18 So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over ALL the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” Jesus has given us His Authority over ALL the power of the enemy and NOTHING shall harm us; and demons submit to us as we declare the Name of Jesus! This doesn’t mean that attacks won’t come. Jesus said: Nothing, no thing shall harm us - He didn’t say it wouldn’t show up. While on this earth, it certainly will and Jesus gave us His weapons - the Word of God! God the Father has also given us Authority: Genesis 1:26, 28 - 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Important to notice the bold portions in this passage in Genesis: this is Father God giving this to mankind, to have dominion over all the earth, all that is in it. The Father doesn’t say we have to “see” it - He says to have dominion over ALL the earth, or earthly realm, whether we see it or not. We are to “subdue” it and we have been given dominion over all in this realm. Not the heavenly realms (I will get into that more in #2 .) To “subdue ” means: assault, brought them into subjection, forced into bondage, forcing, trample, tread under foot, underfoot. Dominion : to tread down, subjugate, to crumble off. Subdue and Dominion aren’t just for the animals and the weather - it’s for the enemies of God, satan and all his angels - all the fallen ones and their offspring the nephilim (giants), and all of their monstrosities (hybrid creatures) they’ve created, and….get this…they do have power - don’t kid yourself and think they don’t - God gave us His Authority over ALL of the enemies’ power. I don’t care what witchcraft, sorcery, curse, spell, whatever…God gave us His Authority over it all! One of the important things to realize in this passage is that God the Father had given Authority to the angels that oversee the earth - the Watchers, as Enoch calls them - BUT in Genesis our Father gave us their dominion over the earth!!! Let that sink in. I’m convinced this is one of the scriptures Jesus “stood on” to take His Authority on earth. He had to do it the same we do - He was the Word made flesh. He had to use the Word of God in this realm. That’s the only way this realm works - He upholds all things by His Word of power! Not by being the Son of God. If He was able to do it by sheer fact of being the Son of God, then we would not be able to do it. Jesus had to operate the way we do and this is how God ordained it, by His Word of power. Think on this for a while. It will help. Ephesians 1:20-23 - 20Which He wrought in the Messiah, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named; not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; 22And has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His Body the fullness of Him that fills all in all. The more revelation we get from the Lord about “being IN Him” and we “see” that we have His Authority because we are truly IN HIM, we can’t help but walk in it. Execute it. Everything is beneath our feet because we are in Him and all things are under His feet, which puts them under our feet. Again…meditate on that. It’s big! It has nothing to do with us - IT’S ALLLLL HIM!!!! 2. Jesus has Authority over all creation: 1 Peter 3:21-22 - 21 And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. Colossians 2:14-15 - TPT - 14. He (The Messiah) canceled out every legal violation we had on our record and the old arrest warrant that stood to indict us. Messiah erased it all —our sins, our stained soul—He deleted it all and they cannot be retrieved! Everything we once were in Adam has been placed onto His cross and nailed permanently there as a public display of cancellation. 15. Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were His! Hebrews 1:4-9 - Berean Standard Bible 4 So He became as far superior to the angels as the Name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? 6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.” 7 Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.” 8 But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” 1 Corinthians 2:4-8 - 4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power. 6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. * 2. “How” to use our Lord and Savior’s Name appropriately. First: It is in this earthly realm that we have Authority that God gave us using “In Jesus Name” in Genesis 1 and Jesus re-stated in Luke 10. I speak from experience here because until I understood how this all worked I had serious problems from witches, sorcerers, astral projection, evil spirits, and fallen angels coming after me in my house…too much to go into. It was crazy times. Understanding what realm we are to take Authority in is major. Especially if someone has previously been involved in spiritual warfare incorrectly like I was, taking it into the heavenly realms. It leaves a person open to major attacks from the enemy and can result in serious harm and even death of you or someone you love before your/their time. It’s only by the grace of God that something devastating didn’t occur for me and my family. The Lord protected us in my stupidity. Thank You Lord for Your mercy, kindness, and correction! The reason why people have taken it like this is a misinterpretation of Ephesians 6:10-13 - “10 For the rest, my brothers, be strong in the Master and in the mightiness of His strength. 11 Put on the complete armour of Elohim, for you to have power to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies. 13 Because of this, take up the complete armour of Elohim, so that you have power to withstand in the wicked day, and having done all, to stand.” Let’s break this down: 1. We are to be strong in Jesus, our Master, our Savior by knowing what is ours through Him. What is it we are strong in, or how do we get strong? The Word! Nehemiah 8 - the joy of the Lord is our strength and we get this joy from what we know from the Word of God! It’s being strong in knowing what is ours and what He has done for you through the Word, what your identity is now in Jesus!!! THAT is what we are to be strong in - knowing who we are - in Him. If someone is still struggling with thinking they can lose their salvation, then they actually do not know what He has done for them and will struggle with taking Authority. Spend time in all of the scriptures previously mentioned - in fact read all of the scripture mentioned in this article. Re-read them. Absorb them. Meditate on them. If you are thinking you could lose your salvation, if this has been an issue for you then what your are thinking is that what Jesus did wasn’t enough! Ohhhhhh no…what Jesus did was more than enough! Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil…the devil was hell-bent on keeping God’s creation, mankind, away from God because God loved us so much!!!!! Psalms 8:4-5 “What is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that You visit him? You made him a little lower than the angels and have crowned him with glory and honor” - that was the devil making that statement and he was upset that another creation was now held in higher regard to God than him. God the Father ain’t having the devil steal His children from Him!! Jesus did all that was needed to get His Father’s children back - permanently!! He came to be a ransom for ALL so that ALL would be saved (1 Timothy 1:4, 6 ). This is why we are SEALED with the Holy Spirit of promise when we receive Jesus into our hearts! (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30 and 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; John 3- we get eternal life. ) To be sealed means: Greek - sphragizo - security and permanency . The definiteness and completeness of the act of faith. Settle that for yourself once and for all. 2. Note: Job 38:31 shows us that we cannot bind evil spirits in the heavenly realm - it is God alone who can do this in the heavenly realm. THIS earthly realm is where God the Father told us to take Dominion and Authority, not the heavenly realm; and He gave it to us to have His Authority over all of the fallen angels with all of their means of weapons, creations, deception, lies, murderous ways, dark powers, etc. God took their Authority away in this realm from them and gave it to us! And when they deceive people into allowing them into this realm they start manifesting in various ways…and you can sense it, sometimes it’s major depending on the spiritual doorway(s) that were opened to them by people. Some of the means are by music, movies, books, demonized objects, rituals, magic/majic, spells, etc. God wants us to use His Word to defeat the enemy just like Jesus did in Matthew 4 and Luke 4 when He was tempted by the devil. Jesus spoke the Word to him when the devil launched an attack. Notice the devil kept coming back more than once. Expect it for yourself. It will be more than once. WE are to speak the Word to him when he launches attacks against us, just like Jesus did. The Word is a Sword!!! Read Hebrews 4 ! It’s a double-edged sword that cuts! And Jesus in Revelation 1:16,18; 2:12, & 19:11-16 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 has a Sword of Fire coming out from His mouth! And He has the key to death and hell - not the devil! The devil doesn’t even have his own keys to his kingdom, God does! When the Word comes out of your mouth it is like a flaming sword against the enemy when you speak - it is the Sword of the Spirit!! The Armor is not something you put on. It’s knowing God’s Word of who you are IN Him. God’s Word that you know is your shield, His Word that you know is your helmet, His Word that you know is protecting your thoughts from lies from the enemy and from lies you tell yourself, it’s His Word that you know that protects you!! Jesus is the Word made flesh, His is the Word protecting you! You are in Him and He is in you (John 17 ). Our example is Jesus! He did this with the storm on the sea (Matthew 8); when satan launched an attack against Jesus through one of His closest friends Peter (Mark 8 and Matthew 16 ); He did this in the wilderness; and with the multitudes that He cast devils out of. Notice as Jesus did all of these things He NEVER once took Authority in the heavenly realm!! He took Authority in THIS realm. This is where God gave us Authority - in this realm. When those fallen angels etc. launch attacks against us in this realm, we then have God’s Authority! USE IT! 3. If we have an incorrect view of taking Authority in the heavenlies what that does is create an opening for fallen angels and their evil ones to launch an attack. We have then created an opening for them! It’s not our place to “pull down principalities”. That is where they were placed by God when He kicked them out of heaven after their initial rebellion (Luke 10:18 ). He is the one who will remove them from there and cast them to the earth (Revelation 12:7-9 ). We can take Authority over actions of these principalities etc. as they are moving and doing upon the earth. We do this through prayer and speaking the Word to the situation. The Lord will lead you if there is a strongman to bind that is active in an area, like your neighborhood or city. Don’t just run off half-cocked and do it unless the Lord tells you. Often He does so by an “unsettled” deep sense in your inner man. You will be so edgy, uptight. (Like Acts 16 .) THIS is the Holy Spirit letting you know there is a demonic spirit. Ask the Lord how He wants you to handle it. He will tell you. 4. We are strong to stand in the evil day because we know who we are in Christ Jesus. We know what He has said about us in His Word. And we speak it over ourselves and our families. This is how warfare occurs most of the time. In your proverbial prayer closet. Yes there are times where you may have to do something in prayer with someone else or in public but until you are comfortable with it in your own prayer time God won’t allow something to show up. God will never give you more than you can handle (1 Corinthians 10:13 ). Second: Don’t go looking for a fight. When you are living right with God the fight will always come to you. That is when you take Authority. How do we judge what is happening? We look at the results: John 10:10 - satan has come to steal, kill, and destroy; Colossians 3:15 - God leaves only peace; 1 Corinthians 14:33 - the enemy leaves no peace but confusion/worry/anxiety; 2 Timothy 1:7 - fear and 1 John 4:18 fear has torment. All of these things are results of the enemy being active/attacking your life, with all other similitudes thereof like: depression, anxiety, timidity, pride, forceful drive upon you…there are so many others along this line. Don’t forget “temptation”. A means of enticing your flesh. Realize Jesus in the wilderness WAS a TEMPTATION. His flesh was TEMPTED!!! How did satan attack? Continual bombardment of “Who He was”. Go read that again - Matthew 4 and Luke 4, he was trying to make Jesus doubt who He was; then he attacked Jesus to try Him with enticing Him with pride - “I’ll give You all of these kingdoms if You will bow down and worship me.” (What do you think he does to you?? The same thing! Attacks “who you are in Christ Jesus” and then tries to lure you with pride-just like he did Jesus and just like he did with Eve.) But Jesus fought back in the Authority God spoke in Genesis 1 to overcome the temptation. Think about what satan did in the Garden of Eden with Eve - not only did he tempt her flesh, by making her think she could be like God, (exactly how he thinks of himself, Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14); but he got her to consider SOMETHING ELSE other than what God told her. It was a wee-little-bit of doubt, doubting what God said, doubting what God meant. THAT is temptation. AND we have Authority over it and can do what Jesus did in the wilderness. This is what 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 is all about. Casting down those vain imaginations that lift themselves up against the Word of God. It’s when these things show up that you need to grab your Bible and see where the Lord leads you in scripture or the Holy Spirit may simply bring scriptures to your remembrance (John 14, & 16 ) - and then you speak the scriptures out over your life and your family and the devil will flee (James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:6-10 ). and take God’s Authority that He gave you over the devil! That is how you take Authority. It’s the Sword, a Flaming Sword coming out of your mouth and striking a HEAVY blow to the enemy!!! (There will be examples of prayers at the end. ) Third: There are times when we have to use the Authority given to us over our bodies. Our bodies are not renewed. This is why we get new bodies at the rapture/resurrection. Look at Romans 7:14-25 where Paul talks about the struggle within his body. He then goes on to the next profound and great chapter 8 because of that struggle and how he overcomes it through revelation of what Jesus has done for him!! We are to do the same thing. Our bodies misbehave. If you have never done this it will be a challenge at the start. But it’s do-able! Otherwise God wouldn’t have stated Romans 12:1-2 and many verses in the Epistles that say the same sort of thing. We have lived life in this world driven by our bodies. The body “drives” by the 5 senses: what we see, hear, smell, taste and touch. In fact the phrase: “body, soul, and spirit” is the reverse of how God sees it: “spirit, soul, and body” - 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . Which one is “first” for you? There are 5 reasons why our bodies act up with either sickness or drives to do something: 1. the body not being trained with the Word of God; 2. unrepented sin and/or a curse; 3. Unforgiveness; 4. or an evil spirit driving it; 5. or not seeing ourselves properly - our identity - in the Word of God with who we are now that Jesus has redeemed us. Ask the Lord which it is and do what He tells you to. Fourth: Bind, Loose, Bind the strongman, Cast out. (Matthew 18:18; 16:19; Mark 3:15-27; Matthew 12; Luke 11; Matthew 10:1-8; Luke 13:32; Mark 7:26; Luke 9:40-49; Mark 6:13; Mark 1:39; Mark 9:18-38 ) Remind yourself of Colossians chapters 1 and 2 - I will only mentions a brief part here: 1:13 - “Who has delivered us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the reign of the Son of His love,” And 2:15 - TPT - “The Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping aways from the m every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were His.” - I say this because the enemy comes at us with an immense amount of anger, veracity, and fierceness to attempt to get us in fear and off the Word. BUT GOD!! He has already won and Jesus has already defeated HIm. Remind yourself of these scriptures and 1 Corinthians 2 with Luke 10:17-19 . Jesus has already given us the victory because we ARE IN Him. So bind, loosen, and cast out as the Holy Spirit leads. It’s not you doing the work, It’s the Lord doing it as you speak the Word. Binding, loosing, binding the strongman, and casting out : this is what our Lord and Savior did on the earth. He didn’t go into the heavenlies to take out principalities or bind them. He executed this in this realm. He stopped the storm; He cast out demons; He loosed demons when they had someone trapped (think of the “fowler’s snare” of Psalm 91:3 ) - the enemy uses this and the snare can only “stick” if there’s sin or a curse (a curse can only stick if there’s sin - Proverbs 5:21-23; 26:2; Isaiah 5:18; Psalm 107:13-16 ; look up “cords”). The strongman is a “chief”, for lack of a better term. Kinda like a “General”. They are in charge of their unit. They have charge over a bunch of demons that work under them. When you bind the “General” or Strongman, then all of its subordinates are bound. Typically strongmen are over geographic regions and then their minions/subordinates are at work in the area. When you bind the strongman it stops the work of the minions. Again, this has to do with what is going on in this realm. People have allowed them access into the region/area and lives, and if the Lord tells you to bind the strongman, then do it. In my experience the Lord has only led me to do this a few times. And it was when I was traveling, away from home. As with everything see how the Lord leads you with this. One more thing about “binding”: sometimes this is the action that needs to be done with someone who is demonized that you have to deal with, like at work or in your family. I say this because you can’t get rid of someone’s demons that they like. Just like Matthew 12:43-45 , if you cast it out and the person doesn’t get saved and doesn’t renew themselves with the Word of God, that demon will return with 7 more and their last condition will be worse than their were at the start. If you cast something out, be sure the person is born again and studies their identity in Christ Jesus. And this may put some of our brethren on tilt but you need to know…you can be born again AND have a demon. I know. I had to cast devils out of myself. I always thought that someone couldn’t have them if they are born again. But that was one of the demons. It was the actual demon of “pride”. There were others. It was an eye-opening experience. And you can do self-deliverance. Praise God for His help in this. Especially if anyone has been through childhood trauma, there will always be demons attached. Realize they are not attached to your spirit when you are born again. That is where the Holy Spirit is. But they can be attached to your flesh and/or in your flesh. You can tell when you “can’t control” behaviors. They are “drives”. Can’t control thoughts or constantly hear voices. The devil always drives, forces, and floods your thoughts especially if one or many are attached to you and within your body. Ask the Lord if this is something you need to do. Some of what I see as a whole in today’s society - the spirits that are heavy on and in people are: spirit of infirmity; spirit of anger; spirit of unforgiveness; spirit of rebellion; spirit of self-pity; spirit of doubt; spirit of consternation; spirit of lust; spirit of lasciviousness (no restraint); spirit of homosexuality; spirit of pornography; spirit of lying; spirit of depression; spirit of low self-esteem (self-worth); spirit of fantasy (especially if you used to be addicted to movies and fantasy books and games); and the spirit of python and leviathan (divination/witchcraft-involved in all new age practices). These are the main ones I “see” and some I personally had to cast out in Jesus Name and repent of all sin and cut all cords to sin and cast them out. If you’ve never dealt with this know that once you do this you may feel nauseous and have to throw up. Go ahead and do it. It will typically be dry heaves. Some spittle may come up. Get it out. Sometimes there are physical things in our body that are related to the spirit. This is why wretching is important if you feel it. Don’t let it sit within you. Get it out. Fifth: Matthew 13 - wheat and tares: if you’re not familiar with this parable and what it means this will be very sobering and will explain much, along with Matthew 10:34-36 and even Matthew 25:1-13 . We are now in the times when foes will be amongst believers. Either within their own family or within their own church. It is the Word that will distinguish who’s side each one is on. These ones may look right, talk right, but at the root they do not belong to Jesus. No matter what stick with Jesus. He will always lead you right. He is your best friend. He is your greatest hero. He is your defender. He is your deliverer. He is your all in all. He is your everything. He will never leave you nor forsake you. PRAYER 1 - morning : “Heavenly Father, in Jesus Name, I love you Lord and am in awe of You. You are THE Creator of ALL. You are the God over all. And I take Authority in this realm as you have told me to in Genesis 1 and Luke 10, You gave me Authority over ALL the power of the enemy and NOTHING shall by any means harm me and I thank You for it. So I declare that today, this day, for me and my family nothing shall by any means harm us. No evil shall befall us and no plague shall come near our dwelling place. I declare it over our home and the grounds about our home, and the surrounding area in Jesus’ Name. I ask for the forgiveness of sins in this area and ask that You make Yourself known in this area and I bind the power of the enemy working through people to try to harm us. Father forgive them. Deliver them. Heal them. And if they refuse You, then stop them from doing harm to someone else. I take Authority over all that the enemy attempts against mankind that comes in through the air, food, and water. Through electrical waves, electronic devices, computers, electrical lines, phones, & satellites. I bind all evil spirits sent on assignments against us in this realm and I bind them from coming into this realm from above, below, and all around in Jesus Name, and I ask Father God to keep angels posted to defend us from above, below, and all around. I ask Father God, when needed, that you would send extra angels to surround us, our home and our property, and our transportation, for Your safety and protection to sheath us in Jesus Name and place a hedge of protection around us. You are our Shield and our Fortress, You are our God and IN You we trust! Your angel surrounds us and delivers us from every evil thing. No weapon formed against us shall prosper and every tongue that rises against us WE shall condemn in the Name of Jesus! We over came the enemy by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony! We declare the Blood of Jesus on us and our homes and upon all transportation in Jesus Name. We commit our works unto You this day and we thank You that our thoughts are established (Prov. 16:3). I ask for Your wisdom and revelation knowledge to live this day, I want to know You more (Ephesians 1:17-19), open my eyes and ears to You, in Jesus’ Name. I listen to You, I am Your sheep and I hear Your voice (John 10:1-5, 27; Prov. 1:33) and thus I dwell in safety because I do what You tell me to do, and I am at ease from the dread of evil. I thank You that You are with me wherever I go (Josh. 1:9), I refuse to fear for fear is not of You, I have the Spirit of Life within me that expels all darkness (2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 8:2). Thank You for showing me Your magnificence. I thank You that I experience the communion with You and Your Son Jesus Christ (1John 1:3) and I thank You for loving me and giving Yourself and Your Son for me. Show me more of You! And I thank You for it. I give You all of the praise and glory for the victory that You have given me and my family through Christ Jesus our Lord!” (Psalm 91; Isaiah 54:17; Revelation 12:11) PRAYER 2 - evening : “Father God, You are my everything! I love You Lord and praise You for giving me the victory through Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior. Deliver me from the hands of evil spirits who have subtleties and sway over men’s hearts and let them not lead me astray from You and I take Authority over all attacks of the enemy against me and my family this night and bind them from coming against us in way, shape, or form while we sleep. I close all portals or doorways that may have been opened to the enemy. I repent of all sin that opened them and ask for You to reveal to me what was it that caused this happen. Holy Spirit help me with this to keep me from doing this in Jesus Name. Father God, keep me from following deceitfulness of my own heart and cleanse me from it and reveal if there is an issue there and deliver me from it. I thank You that Your angels surround us and our home and deliver us from every evil thing. You are our secret place. We are in Your hands and in You alone we trust. You are our Shield and You are our Refuge. You are our God - the One True Elohim! The Everliving and Everlasting One! You give us sweet and restful sleep and we are so grateful for Your love for us in Jesus Name.”

Warfare, Armor of God, How do I put on the armor of God, What does the armor of God mean, Authority, Armor of God is the Armor of Light Article below or click link for PDF PDF Armor of God is the Armor of Light “The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” - Romans 13:12 BELT OF TRUTH BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FEET SHOD WITH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE SHEILD OF FAITH HELMET OF SALVATION SWORD OF THE SPIRIT - THE WORD OF GOD Truth; Righteousness; Peace; Faith; Salvation, and the Word of God are more than words. THEY’RE ARMOR and they are WEAPONS. Ephesians 6:10-18 NKJV The Whole Armor of God 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole Armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the Whole Armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having Girded Your Waist With Truth, having put on the Breastplate of Righteousness, 15 and having Shod Your Feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace; 16 above all, taking the Shield of Faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the Helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— LEARN HOW TO APPLY THEM!! What He accomplished by His death and resurrection IS our armor. It is Jesus who IS our armor! Read the 91st Psalm in that light. He is our shield. How? By what we declare! “I will say of the Lord…”. What is it you say of the Lord during your day? In verse 14 it says “Because he holds fast to Me in love I will delver him…”. It’s always about our relationship with the Father. Jesus died on the cross to restore that relationship. All of this is knowing who you are by Jesus’ death and resurrection AND believe it and speak it in order to stand in HIS spiritual armor. When we do not, then we will constantly struggle. I know, I share this from experience. God’s Word and Prayer are essential in this ongoing warfare and is a part of our armor. And do not forget Praise, the mightiest weapon of them all! (Psalm 149:6-9; 145:18-21; 148.) Use it daily by confessing what the Word says about you, who you are in Christ Jesus and what is yours by Jesus’ death and resurrection in your every day life. Remember - Jesus said by your words are you justified and by your words are you condemned. What kind of words do you speak about yourself? Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil ( 1 John 3 ). This battle against the enemy is not “one and done.” It is ongoing until we are raptured or go by the grave. And whatever we are not taking Authority over in Jesus Name, we are submitting to. And we take Authority by what we speak! Read that again: Whatever we are not dealing with in prayer, we are submitting to! I’ve heard brothers and sisters pray putting on the whole armor as something physical not realizing it’s the knowing of who we are in Jesus that is our armor and protection. For example: we only have access to the whole armor of God through who we believe we are to Jesus and Father God. The Father sent Jesus to die for you!!! Meditate on that one if you haven’t. If we haven’t truly received our forgiveness of sins through the spilt blood of Jesus, we will have problems. Because we don’t know what is truly ours. We only have access to the “pieces” of the armor by what we believe. As is all things in Christ. Remember, He will never leave you nor forsake you! Our loins are girt about, covered, by what we truly know from the Word of God - not what we parrot out just because we’ve heard it so many times…do you actually believe it? And actually walk in it? The Word is truth and the more of it we grasp, the more of it we walk in. Our feet shod with the preparation of the Good News of what Jesus did for us, means we live it. Each day. It is how we operate our daily lives. The breastplate of righteousness covers our heart with the Righteousness of God, of which we should have received when we got born again. But many brothers and sisters have no idea that Jesus took our sin and gave us His right-standing with God. It was an exchange. WE have it, whether believers know it or not. The shield of faith - what we believe from the Word is a shield to us from attacks of the enemy, whether it’s illness, bouts of anger, lying tongue, etc. or manifestation of demonic spirits: our shield is knowing for an absolute fact what Jesus died and rose from the dead to give us! If you haven’t read the article on the Crucifixion, do it. It will help! Continuing on : the helmet of salvation IS the Word that we mediate on that protects and delivers our thoughts from lies -whether they are lies we tell ourselves or the enemy and is always, always the first place where the enemy attacks. It is also the place we have to re-train. Our own soul-ish way of thinking when it is contrary to what God has said about us needs to have a “make-over” from the Word of God. WE do that by speaking the Word to ourselves. Repeatedly. Until that is how our mind thinks. Finally, the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God that we speak over ourselves and our family when attacks come from the enemy, like Jesus in the wilderness. It is a weapon! People only speak what they believe. If you don’t know “where” you are with this, listen to the things you say. It will show you. Revelation 19:15 (Jesus) “And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” Jesus knows who He is in God the Father. Do you? The tongue smites. Read James 3 if you haven’t. * FIRST: Find out who you are in Christ. Study every scripture stating, “in Christ, in Him, in Whom.” THAT my brethren, is your Whole Armor of God. The Word is Truth . Discover what your Truth is in Jesus. Then speak it over yourself and your family. The Belt of Truth What is your truth in Jesus? What is the Truth that you know beyond all shadow of a doubt? That Truth is what will gird you and enable you to stand tall and erect before sin, temptation and attack, defeating it. 2. The Breastplate of Righteousness 2 Corinthians 5:21 - “God made Him Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the Righteousness of God”. Receiving Jesus in our hearts allowed us to become the very Righteousness of God. So, what does that mean? There are three main points to consider. 1: It’s Not Earned, It’s Given Through Exchange The unique thing about God’s Righteousness and God seeing you as approved is that there’s not enough you could ever do to earn God’s approval. God’s Righteousness is not earned, it is given through exchange. Here is how the exchange works: Christ takes on our sin, in fact He became our sin and in exchange for our sin we receive His righteousness. To be declared Righteous in God’s sight you must be willing to put all your sin on Christ and take up His Righteousness. Sometimes that’s hard to grasp because it sounds too good to be true, but thankfully it is true. If you will allow Him, God will take your sin and exchange it for His Righteousness. And when you received Jesus into your heart and made Him your Lord, you did just that - whether you know it or not. 2: It’s Not Bought, It’s Paid For Another wonderful aspect of God’s Righteousness is that it really doesn’t cost you anything, but it cost Jesus everything. Romans 5:9 - “So, now that we have been made Righteous by His Blood, we can be even more certain that we will be saved from God’s wrath through Him”. You are declared Righteous and Justified because of the Blood of Jesus Christ. If you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then this moment, right now, you are Righteous in God’s sight. All the sin stains are gone. Paid for by the Blood of Jesus and applied to your account so that your sinful account is now paid in full. All of it! There is nothing more required. 3: It’s Not Temporary, It’s Eternal We know that sometimes Christians struggle with sin, repentance, forgiveness , and God’s Righteousness. One thing you must understand is that God’s Declaration of Righteousness over you is not temporary – it’s eternal. In a legal courtroom when a case is dismissed, sometimes it is dismissed with prejudice. What this means is the case is dismissed forever. That issue is over and done with, once and for all. That case can never be brought before the courts again. When God declares you Righteous He is in effect dismissing your original sin case with prejudice. Consider this passage in Romans: Romans 3:21-24 “But now apart from the Law the Righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This Righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus”. God’s declaration of Righteousness over your life has made you right in His sight both now and forever. It is one of the most important things to know about the Righteousness of God. Your problem of original sin has been dealt with and you are not only the Righteousness of God, you become His very special possession. In short, you belong to Him both now and forever. How Does God’s Righteousness Apply When I Sin? It is important to understand the role sin plays in relation to God’s Declaration of Righteousness. As I mentioned one of the important things to know about the Righteousness of God is that it dealt with your original sin. The sin that separated you from God, that would have condemned you to an eternity apart from God has been tried and dealt with and dismissed with prejudice. That’s why Paul could write in Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” By the way, Paul wrote these words right after talking about the struggle we all face with our sinful nature in Romans 7 :18-19 “For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do — this I keep on doing”. I am sure you can clearly understand the fight that Paul is having. I certainly can. Paul acknowledges that in this body you will have struggles with your sinful nature, this is why we get new bodies at the rapture/resurrection, however that struggle does not disqualify your Right Standing with God. In fact, one of the meanings of the word condemnation is the penalty that comes down after standing trial. Because you are the Righteousness of God, you have stood trial and been found not guilty and there is no eternal penalty! Does This Give Me a License to Sin? IT DOES NOT! I would say that a person who views God’s Grace or Declaration of Righteousness as a license to sin has no understanding of Justification or Grace. While sin may not affect your Declaration of Righteousness, it does affect your ability to have close fellowship with God. That’s why when you sin you need to repent quickly because it keeps the fellowship open between you and God. The other side of the sin coin is that sin does have potential consequences. Just because it doesn’t remove your declaration or lead to condemnation, you may still have to pay the price in this life over sinful choices. The difference is the price you pay is temporary and not eternal because that has already been dealt with. So with the help of the Holy Spirit, avoid sin at all costs. But should you fall into sin, repent quickly so you will be able to maintain your beautiful fellowship with the Father. How Do I Become More Righteous? This is a good question to consider, but it’s the wrong question. One of the things to know about the Righteousness of God is that it is not something you become, it is something you are. Once you are declared Right with God or approved by God, you don’t become more right. If I were to consider this question I would ask, how do I become more like Christ? Your goal as a believer should be; to look, act, think, and behave like Christ did. When you do this, you reflect who He is in the earth. This is what God desires in our lives anyway. So don’t seek to be more righteous, you already are, seek to be more like Christ. The best part is the Holy Spirit is here to help you do it. Ezekiel 36:26-27 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws.” Today my brothers and sisters, you are Declared Righteous. Do this one thing. Live like it. No matter what you “feel” like. You are Righteous with God. With the help of the Holy Spirit live like one who has been tried and found not guilty, because that is what you are. Live today knowing that if you are in Christ, you have and are the Righteousness of God. You don’t have to doubt or ever question it again. This is the Breastplate of Righteousness that protects your heart. 3. Feet Shod with The Gospel of Peace We stand on our feet alert, always ready to share the blessings of the good news of peace. Peace between man and God. Standing tall on the foundation of Jesus our Rock!. 4. Shield of Faith In every battle, we take our faith as our wrap-around shield, for it extinguishes the blazing arrows coming at us from the evil one! Those arrows of temptation, doubt and unbelief, anxiety, fear and condemnation. AS an example: Matthew 14: 29-31 “And He said, “Come.” Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind and waves, he was afraid and began to sink, cried out, “Lord save me!” Peter did not walk on the water, Peter walked on the Word of Jesus when He said, “Come.” That Word “Come” sustained Peter where he would have normally sank. He was walking out on the Word, “Come”. When Peter saw the wind and the waves, he became double minded and didn’t know what to believe. satan does not have to make you disbelieve God, he just has to make you consider. The Truth of God does not consider facts. They have no relevance when it comes to the Word of God. The Word of God combined with our Substance of Faith reigns supreme. 5. Helmet of Salvation We embrace the Power of Salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet protecting our thoughts from the lies, the slings, and arrows of the evil one. We refuse to consider anything other than what the Word of God tells us we are in Him. No matter what the enemy would try to tell us otherwise, we combat them by God’s Word. Speak to thoughts that are contrary to the Word of God, with the Word of God. 6. Sword of The Spirit/The Word Of God We use the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-Sword of the Spoken Word of God out of our mouths, combating fear, anxiety, doubt and unbelief and attacks of the enemy. Confirming God’s Word by our words of faith that we speak. Having done all, We Stand!! 7. The Armor of Light is the Armor of God “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” - 1 John 1:5. He is in you. His light is armor. Like Moses in the desert with God as a pillar of Fire!!! The Israelites were afraid!!! THIS is Him IN you! It’s His Armor and you have it on the moment you received Jesus!!! You can’t take it off but you have to know “Who” is in you and what it is He does and How much He loves you. REMEMBER: (you can look this up as to what His Name “YHVH” means) - The One bringing into being, The Life-giver, Giver of existence, Creator, He Who brings to pass, Performer of His promises, He Who causes to fall-rain-or lightning, Destroying foes, The One Who IS, The Absolute and Unchangeable One, The Existing, Everliving, I shall BE WITH you, He Who will be IT with you, AND He IS Who is essentially unnameable-inexplicable!! THIS is Who is in you!! He IS the Armor of Light IN us!!!! The Greater One is in you and if God be for you who can be against you! (1 John 4:4; Romans 8:31.)

What is a confession, Do I have to speak the Word of God outloud, How to pray, to pray is to say, God, Jesus, Are they real, Isn't the Bible just stories How to Use Confessions Simple and Powerful Tool Article below. Or for downloadable PDF click link. PDF How to Use Confessions Simple and Powerful Tool Colossians 3:10 and Ephesians 4:24 - we are to “put on” the new man. What does this mean to “put on”? Actually, it’s literal. We behave like we have a “new self” because…we do. As we do this we will be renewed by the Holy Spirit bit by bit. And we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of the Creator, just like Colossians says: “And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” - Colossians 3:10. The more we learn about God the more we are renewed! It’s like when you were in the school play as a kid. You had to “put on the character” you were playing. When you put on the costume, you felt different. You felt like the character and it was easier to behave the way that character behaved. It’s the same with “putting on” the new man. There is a part to us that is changed once we are born again - our Spirit with the Holy Spirit within us. And yes, there are parts to us that drive us crazy because we can’t stand the old behavior because we “know” deep down inside that we are different. It is the struggle that Paul talks about in Romans 7 and 8. The flesh versus the Spirit. They struggle against each other. (I suggest that you read Romans 7 and 8 if you haven’t.) What we are left with is a choice. Do we behave how our flesh wants us to; or do we behave how the Holy Spirit is leading us in our Spirit. It’s a choice. This choice comes from “what” we are focused on: flesh or Spirit. If you want to change your behavior stay focused on the Holy Spirit in your Spirit by staying in the Word, acting on it, and following His gentle leadings, and making confessions from the Word. It’s that simple. As we do this we are putting on the new self, that is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:24). How to make confessions: Always have a notebook when you are reading the Word in your prayer time. When a scripture “jumps off” the page at you; or a scripture you don’t understand; or a scripture that just “bugs” you - write them down! If/when you get any revelation about them you can go back to that page and write it down too. For the scripture that “jumps off” the page: write it down on a separate piece of paper and change a few of the words to make it personal. I’ll show a scripture in full, then the confession: John 3:36 - “He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him.” Confession : “I believe on the Son of God, My Lord Jesus Christ, therefore I have everlasting life.” Here’s a few more: Romans 8:11 - “And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.” Confession: “The Holy Spirit, of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in me, therefore He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to my mortal body through His Spirit, Who lives in me. “ Colossians 2:12-13 - “Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead and you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses;” Confession: “I am buried with Jesus in baptism, and I’m also risen with Him because I know God raised Jesus from the dead. Hallelujah! And I am now alive with Him because God forgave me all of my sins through Christ Jesus my Lord.” Colossians 3:1-3 “If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are dead, your life is hid with Christ in God.” Confession: “I am risen with Christ, I seek those things which are above, I keep my eyes where Christ sits on the right hand of God. I set my affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For I am dead to them and my life is hid with Christ in God.” However many confessions you have, whether it’s one or 10, or 20, whatever…put them on a sheet(s) of paper and speak them out over yourself in your prayer time. You can do this after you have said your morning prayers and read scripture; or before; or instead of “typical” morning prayers. However the Lord is leading you to do them. Things with the Lord tend to go in cycles. Or seasons, may be a better word. There will be a period of time you may focus on them. Especially if you are retraining your soul (*See Spirit, Soul, Body article). Until you get your mind renewed (Romans 12:2) with what God says about you, stay on this. You have to change your thinking to His thinking - the way He sees you through the Blood of Jesus. Not through your flesh and not through your personality. If you have never done this there’s nothing quite like this. You will sense joy, vitality, you’ll get excited. That is the Holy Spirit taking hold together with you on scripture!! (Romans 8:26-27.) It’s a good thing to do!

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.