Mark 1:23 states “And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit…” that unclean spirit in the man recognized Christ! And today we think we should love everybody in the church and trust them to be walking our walk. Just a thought
Tag: religion
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I have fallen, but getting back up!
Sorry I have been missing for these last two days. If you see me missing, pray cuz he (the enemy) has landed a punch that has me staggering or I’m down. The scripture that buzzes around in my head is “Lest satan should get an advantage of me, for I am not ignorant of his devices.” I have to examine how he keeps tripping me up! I suddenly realize I am in trouble when I struggle getting up in the mornings—usually fighting depression as it tries to overtake me. Like I said in previous postings, depression is a spirit come to wear you down as it attempts positioning you in death row. satan never changes strategies until the one that has always worked no longer works. So, learn what puts you on your face, then devise strategies for them to die at first attempt. You know I used to hear it said that if you have a problem with alcohol, to defeat that issue don’t hang with those that do and find other ways to get to where you want to go either than routes that will have you pass liquor stores. Once those major pit falls are dealt with, all the other helpers will be easy to spot and get rid of. Now this is how the world deals with grave issues of life, how much more I who has the Holy Ghost! Discipline is the key; renewal of the mind is paramount in my strategy. Another thing that I have to keep in mind is that the enemy is real and the battle is fierce. Timothy said fight the good fight of faith; I believe that is a daily thing from morning till night.
No lesson today, just a plea for help. I know for years I have thought a Christian who is following the Lord, strong in the Lord should not have moments of being knocked down; show strength and never waiver all the time. So, when I get tripped up, I feel like I have to go back to where I must have left my Helper. Now I realize He carries me in my down times, when He deems, I am strong enough to continue the journey on my own feet, He puts me gently down. I just have to thank Him and keep walking alongside Him.
Thank you to those who had the wisdom to put my name before the Lord.
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Who jumped ship? We comin’ for ya!
Thoughts: There are times when life does not make sense. I mean I did not see life in the way it presents itself. You know those moments you think to turn right to get to point A, but life turns you left. Confusion, trauma, anger, disappointment all come emotionally at once. What to do? These are moments that I plug in worship and praise music. Yes escape! I come out of my emotional state and just float with the music. Soon scripture comes forth that just calms me down. Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, huh! Some musical ministers can land you in the very throne room of heaven. I can’t but help thinking that those that are worship leaders at church are to minister and bring one to the very throne room of God, instead most of the time they are performers who have no idea how to get to the throne room for themselves let alone take me there. Musing again……
LESSON: Paul addressed the church with “O foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” He continued to berate them by saying “Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” Today we could say the same to those who are moving from church (faith in Christ) to ancestor worship or witchcraft. These people are drawn to where they experience the supernatural that they are not finding in the church. They learn to cast spells, (calling those things that be not as though they were), and see what they speak forth come to pass. People are hungry for the supernatural, what they were looking for in the church. Those who are endowed with powers by the dark side/satan are usually not chasing fame nor finances. Their interest is in the power afforded them by the demonic and will do whatever it takes for them to get those powers. When encountering these foolish ones, Paul says “if a man (person) be overtaken in a fault (leaving the faith), ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” We have to be like the Lord, go retrieve that one leaving the safe ones in house; but get our brother or sister from sure death.
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Let’s Dig In 2
Put your helmet on, this is mind boggling; easily seen as childish imaginations. Truely own who you are—that blood washed, blood bought, son of the living God, victorious in every situation, more than a conqueror as we walk this part of this journey! Know that you are not of this world.
“Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that be with them.” Mmmmh you are probably wondering where we see this. Remember when Elisha prayed to the Lord (evidence of the invisible world) to open the eyes (natural eyes to see in the spiritual realm) of his young man who then saw the chariots and horses of fire round about Elisha? But Elisha said “those that be with them” — who are they?
Paul admonished “For we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principalities…”. The dictionary’s definition of a principality (also called a princedom) is “a type of monarchial state or feudal territory ruled by a prince or princess. It can be either a sovereign state or a constituent part of a larger political entity”. Since we are privied to live in such a tech society, AI has an overview of a biblical “definition” that states a principality as “hierarchical order of spiritual beings or authorities… understood to exert influence and rule over various aspects of human life and the world, including nations, institutions, and even individual lives.” Let reality hit you.
Each local, whether it be state, city, county, neighborhoods, even down to individuals, fight against a territory with an identified ruler, who wields authority. This is an organized, well thought out, and an undeniably devastating infestation. They are the beginning of your sorrows.
Problem: we know close to nothing about our enemy, but they know everything about us. We don’t even acknowledge their existence. Instead, our fight is to gain material possessions as we die by degrees.
Solution: read the Word of God for yourself asking the Holy Spirit to aluminate it for you.
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What is the real real
I’m struggling to write today. So much in the mind. Are there two realms(dimensions) in this life? I mean is there only this physical realm and its norms. Is there also a world that is not physically seen and experienced with the five senses? A world beyond praying and meditating; beyond the belief system of any religion; a world spirits occupy?
Paul speaks of such a world when he pens “for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, (this physical world and all it contains), but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Who is Paul talking about. Are we so busy mining the word for what will enrich us in this world that we have become as those that have gained the whole world not seeing the danger of losing our very souls?
Why is the Church not teaching about those that Paul emphasized the fight to be with? Who are these principalities? What is their function/purpose? How do we wrestle with them?
Let’s take time to find answers concerning these that are not flesh and blood.
Problem: lack of knowledge. (it is said about us “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”)
Solution: put time into studying
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