Supernatural: Demonic Activity pt.2

There is a way to fend off demonic attacks on yourself or others.

Requirements:

Made Jesus Christ your Lord and saviour

Believe that their is such a thing as the supernatural, demons and angels.
      *You would be shocked at how many Christians don't actually believe in demons or angels,let alone the supernatural.

Have a bible that's in a translation that you understand.
      *Not everyone has the time to dissect "thees" and "thous", check all the different translation options to find the one that suits you.Reading the bible is not meant to be difficult.

Holy Water or Oil
      *You can easily make your own by pouring some olive oil into any container and pray over it in "Jesus Name". Once again, it's not a complicated thing that some churches make it seem to be.

Scriptures: Such as the "Full Armor of God" scripture, which you should always speak over yourself daily,but at least when you're dealing with the supernatural. Also scriptures that deal with binding and loosing spirits,

Matthew 18:18New International Version (NIV)

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[a] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[b] loosed in heaven.

Ephesians 6:10-17New International Version (NIV)

The Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God,so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvationand the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Supernatural:Demonic Activity pt.1

Everyone has experienced something of the supernatural sort, whether it be a weird dream of a dead relative speaking to you in your current state or an incident that should've killed you but you lived. There are countless other occurrences that we all have experienced but couldn't explain why.

Those unexplainable moments are usually supernatural.

Have you ever felt a presence behind you when you're alone?

Have you ever felt pressure on your chest while sleeping,to the point where you can't move?

Seen a figure in you room that shouldn't be there?

Felt your stomach churn whenever you go around a certain place or person?

Have consistent issues with insomnia or any mental illnesses?

This is just a small sampling of demonic activity that most people if not everyone has experienced at some point in their lives,typically in youth or as a young adult.

Demonic activity manifests is soo many different ways, which is why it is important to build your faith in the Lord by reading scriptures and doing research in the supernatural. The scriptures give you the protection you need as well as the authority to remove those demonic entities and to protect yourself and others around you.

Just know that if you have experienced demonic activity, it does not mean that you have been possessed, however you have to take action.

TBC

Tragedy

Tragic events happen everyday, but we are left confused as to how to react to life's tragedy. How are we suppose to feel or react to deaths of loved ones, deaths of those we hear about on television? Do we worry about our well being, do we become jaded or do we pray for those left behind?

The truth is that is no one way to react to tragedy. All we can do spiritually, is to pray for those left behind and pray for the circumstance to help benefit someone else. Sometime tragedy is what it takes for someone to come to the Lord, not that the Lord caused someone to die, but He can always turn what was meant for evil into something for the good.

It's always good to know that the Lord does not cause young children to die or suffer from diseases and illnesses. We have to remember that there is evil in the world and that we have free will-both combined can cause bad things to happen, unintentionally or intentionally. Regardless, God can turn all of it around when you believe. All young children belong to the Lord be default, so Satan may take their lives from them, but their spirit still belongs to the Lord and they will return to Him after death. This should at least give a modicum of reassurance during a time of grief/tragedy.

Make it a habit to pray for situations you hear about on the news, or things that are making you feel concerned or worried. It doesn't have to be a long prayer, just speak what comes to your heart.

Prepare

Preparation is one of the most underestimated task when thinking about the future.

A lot of families don't function in the area of preparation, whether it be preparing financially for retirement, future children's college fund, creating a rainy day fund for life's little hiccups or even money to be used for buying a home.

Understandably, most families would like to be able to prepare financially for life events, but the cost of living and the career options available make things a bit difficult. This is why having faith and building it up daily is important. The stronger your faith the bigger the mountains you can move. Write out what you need and want for your life as you see it right now,be as specific as possible. Look up a couple of scriptures that can support your desires/needs and write them down with that list and declare it to the Lord. Tell Him these are things that I desire and need for my future. Believe it and now it's time to do your part in the process.

If it is financial preparation, look at your finances and see if there are any reoccuring expenses that can be eliminated, at least for the time being, such as coffee trips, shopping sprees, cable, etc... Next see how you can consolidate your credit card debt whether it be by taking out a low interest loan or applying for a credit card with a good 0% APR promotion that you can transfer current debt to so you can pay off debt without a monthly APR piling up. Next, start putting up any cash or change you have at the end of every week, you'll be shocked at how much you're able to save at the end of a few months.

Preparation is one of the best tasks to  ever be given considering a lot life's events aren't preventable, so when ever you have the ability to prepare for something do it now, don't wait.

Ask, Believe, Receive

Throughout my spiritual journey thus far, my experience with “asking and receiving” has become solid. Despite what anyone may say or do, I will always believe that when I ask for something in prayer or declare to the Lord what I want to happen, I will have it.

It’s a simple concept that even an unbeliever can understand, although they may not believe in it. Not enough believers put this to practice for fear of their desires or needs not being fulfilled or feeling like they shouldn’t ask for things or situations to happen for them, that God will do whatever is necessary without having to make a request. 

Unfortunately, it is a tragic misunderstanding to think that doing what was already stated in the bible that you can do as something that you cannot. God of course knows exactly what you desire, but that doesn't mean that He will just make it happen if you don't voice it. 

You've probably seen a child trying to draw a butterfly, you both know that that's what the child is trying to draw and see that they are frustrated trying to make it look a certain way, but we don't interfere because they didn't ask for help nor do you want to hinder them from making mistakes and learning on their own how to keep trying until they get it right.

God, in a much bigger way does the same with us. He knows we need help but unless we stop and ask Him. 

We were after all given free will, use it!

God Is Good All The Time

I never really understood why people would say “God is good”, randomly, even if they aren’t doing well at the moment.

I think I have an idea of what it means or at least one of the possible meanings. Even if you feel like you are at your lowest, God is good-why? Because He has already worked out how you’re going to come up out of your present situation and all the while simultaneously time is placing that spark in a new mother’s womb who has been struggling with conceiving for years.

God is good

The same time someone is around the corner from reaching their healing from addiction, an old dying man is finally giving his life over to the Lord before it would’ve been too late.

God is good

Just because we may not see the light at the end of the tunnel right now it doesn’t even begin to diminish the amount of goodness God has in Him.

Remember that daily … God is good even when you’re doing bad…because He has already predestined your end result, it’s up to you to follow the path to that result.

Proverbs 12:1-6

Proverbs 12New King James Version (NKJV)

12 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
But he who hates correction is stupid.

² A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

³ A man is not established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.

⁴ An excellent^[a] wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

⁶ The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,”
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

In the book of Proverbs some of the most basic guidelines on how to be a good successful person in life are outlined. Most people can simply say that you have to just be nice to people and giving in order to have good things come to you and to be successful, however there is a lot more to than that you need to follow to be as God wants you to be.

1.      Do not turn away instruction by others

2.      Recognize and accept favor

3.      Be righteous and wicked behavior/intentions won’t shake you

4.      (for women) Be the best wife you can be and not do/or say things that could negatively affect you/your marriage.

5.      Think/seek righteous thoughts/counsel

6.      Be upright and not wait for others to fall

This is just some of the traits that God looks for in people…not just believers, however it’s only the believers that see value in the bible and what His word has to offer. It’s proven to be easier to not know how you’re supposed to be so you can continue in your own ways, but if everyone knows exactly what the word of God says there would be no excuse to misbehave.

New Territory

The fear of the unknown is a common strand that links many of us together, whether born again or not. However, how we react to the fear is what separates us. Some people may be ignited to push through the fear because of their own determination to not be held back, and then there are those who are discouraged by the fear and want to keep away from it.

2 Timothy 1:7King James Version (KJV)

7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Something "new" is usually "unknown" for us therefore "fear" pops up. So as it pertains to the things of the Lord, exercising new "gifts" that God or someone has imparted unto you can be scary. It takes developing the mindset to stumble through the fog that fear has created.

Another example is starting a ministry. If you know that you know God has told you exactly what you needed to do to start this ministry, fear will still come up because it's new territory for you.

Do not be discourage when something new is introduced to you, even new knowledge that may contradict what you have always believed to be true.

Always remain prayerful as sometimes what we feel as fear may be a warning to stay away from it. This is why you must be prayerful, read His word and seek Godly council from others.

No Troubled Hearts

John 14:1 New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me.

 In times such as these, with constant debates and protests about various hot button issues, we have to stay in peace. It was foretold that the world will get darker and darker and there isn't stopping it. Instead we are to stay in peace and continue to share the love of God with others.

Don't be alarmed when you hear of mass shootings, protests, or even unrighteous laws be passed, these things have to come to pass in order for the word of God to play out. This does not mean we are to just sit back and ignore what's going on, but to not let our hearts be troubled- or in other words, not get caught up in the craziness and the fear that the media and the people we meet perpetuate. 

Stay prayerful and keep an eye on what's going on because these are all signs of the times we are in and soon we will need to Him more than ever. We are comforted in the fact that He has our best interest at heart and the enemy has already been defeated, just stand and know that He has given us His peace that we may withstand the wiles of the devil during these deeply troubled times.

The End Times (scripture of the month)

Luke 21:7-28New King James Version (NKJV)

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

⁷ So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?”

⁸ And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore^[a] do not go after them. ⁹ But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not comeimmediately.”

¹⁰ Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.¹² But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecuteyou, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. ¹³ But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. ¹⁴ Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will putsome of you to death. ¹⁷ And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹ By your patience possess your souls.

The Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. ²² For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. ²³ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁵ “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;²⁶ men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Confidence pt1

Confidence

Those of us who have been around older Christians or even use to hearing preachers, can all agree that they have the “unique” ability to quote scripture and are quick on their feet with sound advice. As a young believer we yearn to be able to recite scripture and be able to give good, positive, word-based advice to anyone and everyone, to be confident in our faith and be a “poster child” for your generation.

This is a major problem for those of us who have perfectionist personalities, to the point that we only get into things only to be able to progress in it and become near experts at whatever it is that we are doing.

After some time goes by and you’ve been going to church and bible study, as well as reading various books, and you still can’t quote scripture or feel confident enough to give people advice , we begin to feel a little deflated. This oddly enough starts making us feel like maybe “I won’t be able to quote scripture or be good enough at remembering all the bible stories and characters”, which results in us pulling back from those things of God that we need to stick with.

The worst thing you can do is pull away from your church, bible study and your own personal studying.

To Be Continued….

The Two Paths

Choose Your Path

Many of us have heard about ‘choosing the right path’ or just simply finding the path that you need to be on, but how do you know you’re choosing the right path? What does God say about it?

Deuteronomy 30:15-20New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. ¹⁶ For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ¹⁸ I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

¹⁹ This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live ²⁰ and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

God gave us two options (two paths), either choose life or choose death. Of course he tells us to choose life, even though many of us have chosen death by default because we didn’t know better.

There are only two paths to choose from so it makes it a lot easier to choose the right one as long as you know His word. Choose the path that you know follows His word and only produce good fruit, something that you can look back on and be proud of and not the path that would cause you to constantly contradict the word of God and you have to do things that are going to bear bad fruit that you can’t confidently look back on the decisions you made.

To be continued….

Power Of Forgiveness

The power of forgiveness is an amazing ability to have. Forgiveness can release,bind and speed up things in your life.

You hold so much weight in your ability to forgive someone who has done you wrong in some way. When you withhold your forgiveness you are forever linking yourself to that person until you forgive them.

The offense can be as little as someone stealing your bike in middle school to someone who had physically harmed you in some form. Everyone has had someone wrong them in life,but it’s how you move forward afterwards that has the longest lasting effects. So, holding onto your ability to forgive the person/people involved in doing you wrong,you are tightening the cuffs that are linking you with them. Meanwhile that person(s) is moving on with their lives, possibly not even thinking about you or what they have done to you.

Some of you may be satisfied knowing this and think that the other party doesn’t deserve to be forgiven because you are left with the aftermath of what was done to you,but you have to remember that you can’t be forgiven by God because you are withholding your forgiveness. He is no respecter of persons, therefore He will not forgive some believers and not others because He felt like it. The only way you can prevent God’s forgiveness is if you withhold yours.

Don’t let the person(s) move on with their lives while you’re stuck in your feelings about what had happened.

Forgiving is not condoning what was done to you, it is an act or choice that you make because you don’t want to linked to them anymore and you want to be able to be forgiven in the future.

Give

Luke 6:38New International Version (NIV)

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

One of the most simplest concepts to grasp is to give. Regardless of religion, it has always been a part of being a good person to give to others or at least share.

Now when you take this and apply it to living as a believer (in Jesus Christ) you are to give to your local church and/or to other good ground, such as other churches, television or online ministries that are doing God’s work. This is outside of your normal tithe (10% of your income) that you have to tithe into your church, not only because it is requested of us scripturally (see Malachi 3:10),Malachi 3:10New King James Version (NKJV) “¹⁰ Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,That there may be food in My house,And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts,“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.” , but this also helps support our churches and allows them to pay their bills and to help others.

We are also to give an offering, this is completely optional including the amount you want to give. Giving an offering is the key to help you achieve a new level of financial freedom, say that you are believing for $5,000 to pay off some debt, you should not only have prayed for it but also sowed (offering) towards it, proving to yourself and letting God know that you trust that he will stay to His word.

Look at it this way, by you giving an offering you will be blessed regardless because it was your own free will that you gave. God has no other reason to do anything other than bless you! So don’t get things twisted that your church or institution is just trying to get your money, this is a blessing that works both ways. However don’t think that you are obligated to give an offering of any particular amount, unless you are led by the Holy Spirit.

If you don’t believe in tithing and or giving an offering, test Him by actually doing it and stick with it for a while and you will see how blessed you are by not having things break down that will cost you a lot of money or have a financial increase.

Believe You’ve Received It!

 Mark 11:24New International Version (NIV)

²⁴ Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

There is no greater benefit, other than salvation, than knowing that you have access to all you need and desire when you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior. It’s unfortunate that not very many believers are taking advantage of this benefit or are just simply unaware of it.

This scripture, along with many others, are the keys to having more than enough.

Once you ask God for something in prayer, it’s then your job to constantly remind yourself that it’s yours and it has already happened/manifested. You have to train your mind to not focus on what is tangible right now and tell yourself that whatever it is that you prayed for is already in your possession. Don’t get frustrated, the biggest mistake is to give up believing that you will “actually” get whatever it is that you prayed for…that will “kill” your request.

The fastest way to get from prayer to manifestation is to:

·         Be very descriptive of what you want to happen/the item(s) you need/want

·         Find one or two scriptures to quote in your prayer

·         Meditate (repeat) those one or two scriptures to yourself often

·         Watch your words ( don’t say anything to yourself or others that contradicts what you are believing for.)

·         Remind yourself that whatever you asked for already belongs to you, it’s just waiting to be “delivered”.

·       Continue to stay righteous (asking for forgiveness, forgiving others, follow the word of God)

Mark 11:22New International Version (NIV)

²² “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.

Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:9-11New International Version (NIV)

⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,^[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.^[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

The gifts of the Spirit are so underrated that most churches don’t even embrace them anymore. These gifts are what keeps us whole and demonstrates just how awesome God really is. Gifts are given to show how much someone cares for the other person and is meant to bless both the receiver of the gift and the gift giver.

So imagine giving someone a gift that you feel is something that need and would bless them beyond belief, only to have them either tell you “Oh,no thank you I can manage without it” or just simply ignore it?

That’s what a lot of us do on a regular basis, whether we know it or not. It’s time we pick up our bibles and claim those gifts that have been given to us by our heavenly Father. Mankind has never been opposed to gifts, so don’t start now!

These gifts work miracles! And who knows when you will need those gifts in the future….or even now.

What’s the worst that can happen, you get the gift and but only get to use it every great once in a while…well what harm did it do by having the gift? Nothing!

Claim your gifts, by speaking to the Holy Spirit and inviting him in and to give whatever specific gift(s) that you want and believe that they are yours and work it!

It’s never too late to claim your gifts!

Celibacy

1 Corinthians 7:7-9New International Version (NIV)

⁷ I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

⁸ Now to the unmarried^[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. ⁹ But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Celibacy

One of the toughest things to share with young people who are coming into the faith, has to be the belief on celibacy or chastity. We live in a very sexualized world where the sex scenes on television are becoming longer and more explicit over the years and commercials that more often than not have a very sexy woman or girl advertising something as simple as lotion or a fast food meal.

This all leads to the young men in the world to be hyped up, with the media and societal ideals playing with their hormones and making young women insecure and pressured into believing they have to be just a sexy or sexier than those images on television and in magazines.

Of course there are those out there who believe that by having sex (outside marriage) is liberating and that every woman should be allowed to do so and that it’s empowering, forgetting that they are giving away a piece of themselves to all their partners to that will eventually weaken them whether emotionally, psychologically and sometimes even physically- not very empowering when you really think about.

Unfortunately, when someone says that they are a virgin they are immediately accused of lying or assumed to be a prude or that they must be a religious freak. Although it’s unfortunate that it has come to this, don’t be fooled that it’s just another act and that you need to have sex when you know there is so much at stake when you do.

For those who have already had premarital sex, they are not damned for doing so. The point is to know better to do better. Temptation may be a lot stronger for someone who has already experienced it, however it is not impossible to resist. You will be amazed at the quality of guys or girls you will enter in relationships with because it takes a worthy person to appreciate and wait for marriage.

Value your virginity …..Value yourself moving forward and to resist temptation.

Be Blessed!

As the children of the Most High, we have been given right to riches and glory by Christ Jesus. We have unlimited access to the “bank account” that never goes in the negative, never bounces a check and never denies you credit…

We have to acknowledge that we are His heirs and all we have to do is activate it! There are many ways to activate it, it all takes faith.

Access point #1

Tithing: we have been given the responsibility to give 1/10^th of our paychecks back to Him through our home church. How can He trust us with riches if we get stingy and over a small amount in comparison to what He has laid up for us. When we tithe we are protecting our seed from the devourer (satan) and blessing the rest so that we can get that 100 fold return (riches).

Access point #2

Giving: The amount we choose to give to our/a church (with good ground) , television ministry, feed the children or anything in the ministry to help others. This comes after tithing, some may not be in the position to tithe but they can give what they can whether it be financial or giving of your time.

Access point #3

Meditating on His word is the most direct way you can activate your “heir account”. Find scriptures that speak about being heirs or abundance and repeat them and make them a part of you so that when the time comes you’ll need that scripture(s) to unlock that safety deposit box to your blessing.

There are many more access points, but if you do these three things, you will see the difference in not only your regular everyday life but you will feel renewed and confident.