“LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!” Michael Buffer, a world-famous American boxing announcer coined his catchphrase to pump the crowds.
Paul, should excite Christians as they read, 1 Timothy 6:12, “To fight the good fight of faith.” James 4:7 states, “Submit yourself therefore unto the Lord and RESIST the devil and he must flee.” It is an active fight. You are an active participant whether you engage or not! That is why many are tired, defeated, and frustrated. You NEED to learn to fight the way the Lord instructs. You must press in to hear His wisdom and read His Word. Do a study on what the Bible says about your opponent. Then when you truly understand the devil is defeated, you can learn about his tactics. He uses these tactics to defeat people. Then you can learn how to defeat him by attacking him effectively and prevent his actions to be an onslaught. You can counterattack, disrupt and dismantle any hindrance, delay, or threat. The enemy eventually will expose himself because he always overplays his hand. That card will never get past the seasoned players. It is time to get full of God’s Word and be in His presence and in prayer. Build yourself up by your prayer language to empower your spirit. Make a list of weaknesses that you are aware of and need help with. Jot them down. Talk to the Lord by praying about them. Confess your fears and lack of faith to engage in the warfare. You must tell God of your weak areas, and name them. Include anything else you can identify, and confess it. Speaking it out loud is helpful. It helps you to sink in the reality of the situation and take the battle more seriously. If you’re not sure what you are dealing with, ask the Lord to help you to see. Alternatively, reach out to a trusted leader or friend. This will allow you to understand what is happening. Ask for overcoming victory to arise and defeat the enemy and defeat your own flesh. The flesh is also an enemy wanting to destroy you from within. The flesh wants its own way! You must look at your heart, and soul to search to be very honest in seeking God. Examine the areas of your life, where do you struggle and cave in? Confess it out loud as sin, and weakness. Repent and invite Him in. Do more exploration. Expose yourself and be as vulnerable and transparent as you can before your God. He already knows. He loves you all the same.
Invite the Lord into the battle within your heart, mind and your own pleasure kingdom. Do you really want to continue reigning on your old straw, stubble, and hay throne forever? Do you want to live in a limited shack capacity? He has so much more to offer you than you truly know. Why do you think the devil has been attacking you so hard and for so long? Allow Jesus to rule and build His Kingdom within your heart. He will come in by your invitation only. He won’t intrude or interfere. You need to become aware that your little kingdom will come to an end. No one holds complete control until there is a full surrender. You must deal with the compromises and the subtle sins. They will destroy you in the end if you do nothing to make changes. We all are right here with this truth!
You need to make the upgrade, by adapting and shift to what He is doing. Cry out to Him. You can’t afford to miss the boat. The time is right now to seek the Lord. Make it a personal pursuit of Him and show Him you want and desire Him above all other things. Demonstrate that you want Him as the ruler of your entire life. Not your will or the devils agenda, his mission is to kill, steal and destroy your life. But Jesus came to bring you life and life abundantly. John 10:10. He needs you and I to surrender our wills, yield your old man(the fallen nature) to His authority. Become brokenhearted and grieve over your waywardness. Then you can become lovesick for His presence in the center of your life. You need to humble yourselves, yield, submit, and surrender to Him. Move aside and invite Him in. Allow Him to take over. Move out of His way. Stop handcuffing His arms. If you read the whole article, you will notice how often inviting, allowing, and letting Him be God is mentioned. That is your challenge and God told me this that people don’t want to let go of the control. To trust Him to get the job done. The struggles will be there still. Just continue to invite and allow Him into the strongholds. Let Him handle the hard battles that have kept you stuck and defeated in sin and death. Keep them on His altar.
Then you will become a warrior of intercession with effective results. It begins on your knees before God. You must remember, the battle is not yours but it is HIS! You are a partner and participant in the process. You are learning to trust Jesus. What He is trying to accomplish is to get His army united. We fight and war amongst ourselves more than anything else. Dealing with individual differences, sins, strongholds and sadly it comes from unruly leaders. That are not fully submitted to God’s agendas. Leaders are suppose to be equipping the people and often you see them doing the opposite. Not ragging on leaders or saints, just sharing the truth and often the obvious. Most average church members have seen thru this lens for many years. It is a shame that we don’t know how to pray. We struggle to confront the proverbial truth. Often, we just justify, judge, and tolerate. We need to recognize that it is a spiritual duty of our faith. We must expel the spirits through prayer and fasting. We must confront them and confess our sins. Intercession is necessary to bring unity and maturity to the Body of Christ. We need to pray for the unity of believers. We need to connect with each other. We should build a network of believers. This network can help each other and develop trustworthy relationships. That is why many are isolated and alone. People can’t be bothered to talk about their struggles. They don’t want to take the time in their busyness to discern, so many have grown accustomed to no-one caring.
Instead they are alone, being beaten, bloody and victimized with pain and licking their wounds often in silence. Many people are afraid because they know they are defeated right now. And sadly, they choose to stay there. They don’t know if they want to let go of their will to God. Because of that, many are suffering needlessly! They do not want to pick a side. They don’t want to decide. But they don’t realize, the indecision, is actually a decision. Their falling away from the faith because it isn’t working out the ways that they wanted. They thought it would be different. Their expectations doesn’t match their experiences! Being on the devil’s side is easy at the moment. The world has all they want. They are blinded like the story of Pinocchio where he was deceived by the villainous, honest John and his sidekick, Gideon, to entice him and the other misbehaving boys to Pleasure Island. The scheme was to appeal to the boys’ desire for a carefree life of endless fun, constant vacation, a party life, freedom without rules, no work and unlimited pleasures. But instead what they get is a transformation that they do not want. It takes time and slowly contorts them from their humanity to a donkey to be enslaved forever. Pinocchio grew donkey ears and a tail but he escaped with Jiminy Cricket. Even though, he wasn’t a real boy, his conscience was speaking and he was awakened and he AVOIDED his fate that was almost sealed. This is an allegory story, that is also relatable to a Christian’s spiritual journey. Can you see the correlation and connection between the two natures?
Please don’t think I am putting our sovereign Lord and the God head in a fairytale world. Not at all. They are real and they are extremely understanding of each one of your struggles. Jesus, is fully human and fully God. He is a caring and compassionate friend who knows what you are dealing with and what you are capable of. He knows if you can see through the enemies plans for your destruction and your demise. You will arise and cry out to Him. He wants you to know as you invite Him in the transformation process He will do the work. He cannot do it without your permission, commitment and cooperation. It will be a long season. You will make definite strides. These include efforts of confessing, repentance, and consecration. You will press in and lay the ax upon the roots. You will uncover and expose. To get this new heart, you must show a willingness to dig in deeper with determination and remove all hindrances. You need to press in to be pressed as the oil is extracted and pulverized. Just like the metamorphosis is a tight place you just have to take the whole thing as it comes. We have to press in and deal with the areas we are stuck in.
Many have to come to an end of yourselves at one point or another along the way. Today, confront the sins that easily beset you. Recognize these sins are what you often covet. You hold on to these things as your secret pleasures. As Christians, we may not struggle with drinking or drugs. However, we have other addictions like food and money. We also hide multiple secret pleasures. We may not notice them or be aware of them. However, God is addressing these things that are choking us. They are hindering us from our next level. Sins that easily entangles us. We can’t climb higher until He cuts these vines off us! You can make your excuses if you want. I am speaking to those who wish to be honest. They are truthful and admit, I am NOT where I need to be! We don’t have any more time to fool around folks! Most people want to go higher. Many reach a ceiling in their growth due to their lack of knowledge. They also lack understanding. Mainly, in their identity and their ability to know how to pray and use their authority that Jesus gave them. So the entanglements limit their reach. You must deal with this in your humility. You should repent and address this with clarity. You need a full conviction of His truth versus your own limitations. You are going to start reaching out to Jesus for the truth. You will open up the truth as revelation. You can open all desperately need and desire this revelation. I believe ALL of us can say we desire a deeper relationship with the Lord. You may even long for more. What will you do to attain and achieve it!? You must get aggressive in your prayer life. Break free from the cage that keeps you from being able to arise and come alive! To truly heal your hearts, minds and souls. Break through with love. It is TIME to walk in FREEDOM and live in overcoming victory! What ever is hindering your growth; you can let it go. Give it up to the Lord as a trophy.
Move the heart of God. Let Him reach out with His hand. He will separate the divide that has kept you from intimacy with Him. He wants you to come higher. He desires it more than you do. He has so much to give. He delights in you and wants to beautify your life. He seeks to enrich your hearts with His love, wisdom, and grace. You need to wait on Him until He moves towards you. Sit at His feet in a posture of desire and longing that you need Him. Often telling Him your whole heart, mind and soul is for Him alone.
So you and I must confront the problem. You need to understand the reality of why you are hindered. You must engage aggressively in an honest conversation with God. Pray for Him to open up the heavens. Like Jacob, you can have a true and real encounter with the Lord. This can happen in your personal struggles within your lives. Jacob had to meet God face to face and confront his own heart. Only after this could he meet his brother face to face. So whatever you are dealing with you can go to the Lord first and pour out your heart to Him. Psalm 62:6. He wants to meet you at the altar. Make your own Bethel and come to Him with a truthful heart that is empty, hungry and longing for Him. Start in that intimate place, linger and pursue Him as the lover of your soul. He will come and open up the heavens that feel like brass. He will reveal and expose the next rungs of the ladder so you can ascend higher. He will open up the staircase and pathway to overcoming victory.
Before you release it, you will see the results in engaging prayer. It will cut off the vines and weeds that have choked you. You will experience some freedom coming out. This is not the time to be satisfied with a small portion from relief. It is a very common practice and mistake. Don’t be influenced to stay on that comfortable rung. You must keep climbing up and get beyond the weeds; sight of the obsessions and areas of enticements. It is time you break free to the next level. The truth will set you FREE! The Lord wants to write epistles and truth upon your heart. It will free your heart to breathe. You will recover from the pain that has kept you in limbo and limitations.
The Lord also showed me something important. When we engage in the battle zone, the enemy will eventually say, “Hey, wait a minute. They are counterattacking.” They are crossing over into our territory. They are taking ground and pushing their way back.” The enemy is defeated in the battle already. They are aware you have no clue of your authority and who you are in Christ. That is why the Lord said to me, “It is important that you KNOW your identity! The evil powers are intruding on your occupied territories. They know they are thieves. They weaponize us. They keep us in your failures, mistakes, fears, trauma, and triggers. They operate with familiar spirits telling them what you speak. That is why your tongue and speech creates life or death. The devil is bringing it and stepping up his game. The Lord told me He is giving us tools for our toolbelts to war. We are also learning strategies that will help us fight against these evil forces. They will eventually stop messing around with you. They know you’re not playing. You will cause serious damage to their efforts. You won’t be an easy target for them. You just can’t allow yourself to get to comfortable or complacent.
The days are going to get darker. If we can learn NOW, we can endure this battle raging for souls. For yours and your beloved ones! We need to wake up. We are the sleeping giant, lulled and wounded. We need Jesus to heal our hearts. Open our eyes to the divisions that divide us. Recognize that our enemies are not on the inside of the walls of a church. Which sadly has become a problem and even in some places a graveyard. God isn’t against the church. The true Bride of Christ. They are intermingled with in a structure that has lost itself and is now choking the vine. The spiritual leaders and influencers are tainted. They don’t realize they are full of religious spirits. Jealousy and the pride of life are also within them. Their agendas and control is manifesting fleshy hearts and domineering spirits that suffocates the move of the Spirit.
How do you do this? You have to know you are in a war. You are in a battle whether you see it or engage in it or not! You are victors not victims. You are warriors! Many are suffering with a victim mentality. Some are unaware of it. They don’t know God’s power. They are unaware that the enemy has already been defeated. It is a done deal. He is a defeated force and foe. You have allowed him to bully you and not taken this seriously in the battle against your souls. If he continues to use his tactics, and you fall for the fear, and stay asleep you will suffer needlessly. Manipulation leads you into unnecessary suffering!
Many saints are being beat up, and it is causing us ALL a sense of defeat. The devil wants you to question your knowledge where is God?! Accusing God isn’t here in your corner with you. You can’t hear Him yelling get up, put your fists up or watch for the left hook. Nothing. No coaching, no training questions, and no questions to be asked. You’re in the spotlight. Under the gun. In a war zone. In the fox hole, with all communications cut. Yet, the combat is raging. The heat and pressure is very high. You feel defeated. You feel it’s over. You’re just not mentally, physically, and spiritually prepared for the next round YET. You see you are dealing with a stronger adversary than the last battle. You are entangled in the sins that easily besets you. You must awaken to the reality and the truth of this. You have been deceived by your own righteousness, and lied to by a religious spirit manifesting your thought process’s. We all have to accept that we are not without a sinful nature that wishes to rule our lives. It is is competing with the Lord and the world. It would love to rule and be in charge and yes even cooperate with spiritual wickedness. We have to be in 100 percent control of the Holy Spirit, and we can be free. But until Jesus comes, this will be our only enemy. If we keep our faith in Jesus, we can win this battle. We must also keep our hearts and minds engaged.
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This contention is for your next level. You need a shift for your spiritual promises. You have no idea what you’re dealing with. You need to step up in prayer, fasting and seeking God to learn new tactics from the coach. Also, obtain and and learn to use some ancient techniques. They will make your opponent shiver in fear and defeat. You will be equipped to fight effectively, with your foot on his head. And the devil will be under your feet. This break through will take you to a new level. With each step we go up the rungs spiritually it becomes a harder challenge each level. It is a battle for us to overcome. We will become victorious champions by learning from past mistakes, failures, and successes. You have past experience and knowledge of the earlier battles you won. It is time to buckle up and strap in. The ride will get a little more challenging. It will become bumpy as God’s people learn to navigate a different terrain. You must follow His leading and listening to His orders is essential for our survival in this war. This is the great falling away. Where the rubber meets the road. Who will trust Him as if their lives depends upon it? How deep do your roots go? Many are growing weary, fainting and falling away. Getting distracted by the things of this world. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. They are the trip wires in this journey for those who want to continue on with the Lord. “For a righteous, just man may fall seven times, but still (rises) and gets up; but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”Proverbs 24:16
God is training you to know He has saved the best for last. But the last ones standing have been trained for the hardest battles and this is not going to be easy. His yoke is easy, His burdens are light. The battle is not yours but the Lord’s. He is taking you to a higher path than ever been or imagined before. You won’t understand everything. You must TRUST the Lord as if your lives depended upon it, because it does. If you only knew that this battle is about your own destiny and a open heaven over you and family. Getting past the warzone into the victory zone. The battle is over when you know who you are. What the boundaries are for the battle and to exercise your power and authority over the enemy. It is a chess match between you and the devil. We know that the KING must not get in a stalemate but a checkmate. So right now many have been in a stalemate. It is time to learn new strategies. Develop spiritual tactics that will be more effective and beneficial. These will help you shift to checkmate the enemy king. This will subdue him and prevent you from losing the fight.
In the left of the ring, we have the old serpent that creeped in and robbed God and mankind of the fellowship. That fellowship was supposed to be the greatest of all time. In the right corner we have, put your name. Standing on the word of God and the blood of Jesus. Strikes out to punch the devil square in the chin, retreating back and holds the fists close to his head”
You have to engage. You need to know your agenda. Which is the Lord’s will and plans. Which is the purpose in getting yourself in the right place body, mind and spirt to listen to His heart regarding your life. It is also crucial to understand God’s agenda and purpose for your life. You should know your identity before you make any decisions. What is your calling? Has God affirmed you? Has He shown you or spoken to you? If not wait on Him and He will come to aid you. There is power in stillness. Don’t underestimate the quiet power of waiting on the Lord. First, to empower, renewal and healing your heart and mind. The ability to heal yourself requires patience. You must listen to your inner voice. It wants to move you ahead when you are not in step with the Lord! Huge mistake. The power struggle in the quiet place in the throne room is between yourself and the timing of the Lord. Who is sitting on the throne? Who will be victorious in this position? Will you yield and obey? Or will you dominate the fight against evil and cooperate with the devil and let him win the fight. It is time we ask the Lord to ignite the wood. Let Him also burn the stubble and hay of our own thrones of the will. Then, He alone may have full reign and rights in our hearts. He will build a throne to sit upon. We will lovingly serve Him and welcome it. He will be the Master and ruler of our entire existence. I want to get there, how about you!? It will take effort and perseverance and personal sacrifice. Dying to your own wills and living your life in Him. We must welcome this discipline and discover the true value and benefits that it provides for our lives.
There are times, you must confront and there are times you must be still, by listening to the voice of the Lord is essential to determined what He is saying to us. Dig in your heels, get focused, determined, with resilience and grit from your toes. Throw the punch, NO! You can’t rob my soul, my destiny or my future. Hit a one, two declaring, I am a child of God! By faith and believing that He loves me and wants to do a perfect and complete and finished work in me. Step up and throw the whole thing in and beat down the enemy until he is under your feet! Take back your life, your kids, your grandchildren, your marriage and family and friends. YOU’VE COME TO FAR TO QUIT. ANNOUNCE YOUR COMEBACK TO GOD AND THE enemy. You will not quit. YOU WILL SUBMIT TO GOD FOR THE GREATEST FIGHT OF YOUR LIFETIME. HE HAS NEW TACTICS AND NEW WAYS TO TRAIN HIS OWN. GETTING HIS OWN WAY AND THE LAST DAY IS NOW ABOUT HIS VENGEANCE UPON-HIS OWN ADVERSARY. OUR ADVOCATE JESUS has been praying for us like he did for Peter. After Peter denied, he wept bitterly. He felt a defeat that day. But as he progressed through, the Lord Himself, redeemed him on the beach at breakfast. Peter denied Jesus three times. So Jesus asked Peter, Do you love me three times? It was painful but he endured it and the Lord picked him back up off his defeated path. Put him on a new assignment to feed and take care of His sheep. He committed and submitted himself to this. From that point, he experienced a shift spiritually. He had a death. But as Jesus, he also experienced a resurgence and a resurrection in his heart. This is what we all need a newness. We are dying daily, we also experience mini gardens, burials and resurrections. There comes a time and the time is upon us where we must climb on board and get in the ark of God’s heart. Step up and in the deeper depths of your spiritual journey. There is much more ahead. It is not for those who have not decided. But for the committed and submitted people who already made the crucial decision and denied their own rights to the world and their own freedom of choice to God. Not my will but yours be done. Though you slay me I will trust you. I have no other ego (eggs) anymore and what I have they are now in your basket to deal with.
You may say, that is all well and good but I am battle worn. I am fatigued and I don’t have any energy for a fight. I am knocked down flat and feel knocked out even! What do you think I should do? Should I just give up and quit. He keeps me knocking me down. What am I doing wrong?? If I try to pick my head up he has me pinned back down. Am I dealing with strongholds, sins, guilt, condemnation, fear, what am I dealing with here?? All good questions. Crying out to God for the answers is a good place to start. You know He doesn’t want His people defeated. He has provided a way for you to make your comeback. Just wait and rest for a few more counts. Let the Lord whisper the strategy for your comeback and overcoming victory! The arrogance of the devil will soon enough diminish. He is a defeated foe. He knows it. But what about you? Have you confessed all your sins. And get real with God. By having a heart to heart talk? Start there, then you need to learn your identity first. Ask the Lord to help you. You need to know what the Word of God says about your faith and the fight against evil. You must learn how to speak out against evil and put on the full armor of God.
You’re right. It is too much for where you are right now. In the state that you are currently in it is too hard. There are times, we do get knocked to our knees. An unexpected blow hits below the belt. It brings you to the floor. What should you do? Make an altar right there. Cry out loud to God for the help and strength. Even Samuel got derailed and beguiled. He lost His strength but in the end he found it through repentance and forgiveness. He got back up in the battle and won the victory to his death. That is what the war is about. To die to live and gain all Jesus has for you.
Spiritual warfare is not suppose to be a cakewalk. It can get messy, sweaty, stinky, it can be a bloody battle for survival. It will because you must fight and you will fight to the death and come to the end of your struggle. The Lord’s desire is for you to have overcoming victory, in every area. You may be flat on your back, or face down under the weight of the enemy but you will arise again. Thru the defeats, you will come back stronger and better. As you wait there on your face before the Lord, remember that the battle is not yours but His! He is also the enemy of your soul. He is coming after you and everyone you love. He is wanting to destroy your life and your future. He is venomous and cunning. He is evil and slyly and will never let up on you. So you must recognize your power given by Jesus. You have the authority to take action against the wiles of the evil one. You must embrace this warfare and arise in the name of Jesus and become a fiercer adversary to fight against the evil ones pursuing the peace of mankind.
You need to know whose side you are on. Maybe you need to make a greater commitment to the Lord? You must declare, “I AM ON THE LORD’S SIDE!”, “ I AM ON THE LORD’S SIDE!”, “I AM ON THE LORD’S SIDE” and CLENCH YOUR FISTS, GRIT YOUR TEETH, AND FEEL THAT TIGER DOWN TO YOUR TOES and fight accordingly! God’s enemies are yours as well. So you look to the leader of this battle who is Jesus for orders. For tactical purposes you have to learn from Him what you aren’t doing right. If you aren’t in the Word regularly, praying, and interceding and all of it matters. You can’t afford to be dulled and lulled in this hour!
Declarations and decisions must be made from here on out. You have to get pumped up in God’s Word for these last days. Not a spiritual hype like we are use to in the pulpit. No, you need to have an encounter with the Master. Face to face. We must stay focused, and enter into His presence with songs of praise. We’ve been living and walking well under the radar. We are doing just the bare minimum. It’s enough to be saved, but not enough to push you out of your comfort zones yet. You must reach a spiritual level of maturity. You should also be in a place where you are preparing for battle. We need help from God in these challenging times. You must ask for His aid and guidance. You need His tactics and tools for your tool belts. They will help you walk through these difficult trials and years ahead. These trials you’re going through are not only for you but for your family. You cannot allow the suffering be in vain. You must fight to win the battle against evil and pull your loved ones through in prayer and intercession. Your decisions hold alot of weight. It will be worth fighting for in the end. Do not give up on your assignments for souls!
In 2018, a boxing commentator announced “ We have a new ERA in boxing” the articles said few lines have been as prophetic as Barry Tompkins after Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbickto become WBC heavy weight Champion.” ( quote: from boxingnewsonline.net)
I read that and said, for sure, we are in a new ERA spiritually. We cannot afford to quit. We cannot lose. We cannot fight the same way either. The old ways of operating are obsolete and ineffective as well as inadequate for this next round. I recently told a friend, we are ill equipped, we have to step up our game and press into God. God is trying to get us ALL to a place of maturity and healed. He needs our minds healed. He wants to download the next phase but we are lagging behind in our lives and hearts. Many are tired. Battle worn. Fatigued. They are laying there wondering how in the world they are going to make it!
Are you going to QUIT or WILL you SUBMIT to God? You have the choice. The battle will still rage on. You will be defeated. It is the last leg of the long journey you have been on! You have come to far to give up. You are bloody, and the last fight knocked out your sails. You just need to get through the defeat and wait on the Lord. You need to press on and realize you can’t win on your own. The last leg, you must rely and allow Coach Jesus to lead us through. He needs us to get all our eggs in His basket. You can’t have a few on the other side in case you lose. No, you have to be all in and say, I am on the Lord’s team and side. He is drawing the line and it is time to put the worldly man to bed. Choose you this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house WE WILL SERVE THE LORD! Period. Amen!
We need to be all in as they say. There is no half way. You can’t let your light dim. You must press in and pursue your God. Do not allow your life experiences to distract you. Avoid letting thoughts of defeat darken your mind. Sometimes we must force ourselves and feed ourselves even if we don’t feel like it. We have to eat food and drink water to keep alive. We must also force ourselves to eat God’s Word, and pray and cry out to the Lord. I think of David. How alone he was in his own battle. Hiding in caves, running around the desert to hide from being killed. Yet, he was resourceful. He trained many to be warriors. He engaged in the fight and battle. He also equipped others as well. I was reading in 2 Samuel 21 and 22 and found some interesting things that popped out. David was non stop in a war with the Philliistines. He defeated Golitath of Gath. He was in another war and he was weary. He was battle worn. Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, and he was going to slay David. One per customer, he already defeated Golitath. And his companion Abishai the son of Zeruiah stepped in and killed Ishbibenob. As you continue to read on there were 4 giants left and each died by a different person. There was 2 Golitath’s defeated. So you and I will have our own Golitath to slay. What is your point? We need to identify the areas we are struggling with. You need to be honest with yourself and God and confront your issues and weaknesses. Do some fasting and prayers to seek God.
We need to be encouraging each other in this race. We can’t ride the fence any more people. It is time to make some solid choices and commit and admit we need healing. We will get it as we submit to Jesus thru our struggles. He will equip us for the next leg and teach us. Be trainable and teachable and yield to the Lord. Begin with the Bible an start simple and be real. Journaling is helpful to you in this chapter because you can learn what your battling.
If someone Me after you with a knife your instinct is to protect yourself.and defend. Even if theyare stronger, you won’t just lay there and be defeated and submit to their wills to kill and take you out. No, a fight will come, adrenaline will kick in and you will find yourself fighting for your life. Even when you feel you have nothing left to offer. So we just need to take this seriously because we don’t have alot of time left.
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I was doing a study on the Belt of TRUTH. It is not my truth or perceptions. It is God’s TRUTH and His TRUTH when received will set us free from our misbeliefs. That is a psychological term. It helps people dealing with misconceptions. It addresses ideas of what distorted reality and perceptions can create. Putting on God’s belt of truth above your own, is just a beginning of wisdom. If we can at least see that we are not alone in these situation’s. We can ask Him for His truth and perceptions as well as perspectives on our lives. It is liberating for us to know and see that His truth and ours are not the same thing. We fail. We punish ourselves. With God’s truth and perceptions. We fail, we learn and grow in our lives and understanding the heart of God and nature of God is NOT condemning but of loving, and caring father. He knows we are asleep, dull and worn. He knows this well. He was in the devil for 40 days being buffetted and attacked. We are so hard on on ourselves aren’t we!? Often times those horrible things in your head aren’t you at all. They are demonic voices keeping you ashamed and wounded from previous voices in your head, saying your not good enough, and won’t amount to anything. These words are not true. They disrupt the flow of thoughts and emotions. The enemy fills your mind with their evil intentions and thoughts this causes you to mistakenly think it’s your internal mind. The Lord showed me that devil was going to step up and the attacks will be on our minds. He showed me by experience that devil intends to make us feel like we are loosing our minds. The importance of getting in His Word, and asking God to protect us with God’s helmet of Salvation. That it is His full armor in the last days that we must understand the importance of being fully dressed and knowing what each piece is and what we have to do. We have to get out of our head, when the battle rages we have to sit in the thoughts and fight and resist the urge to fight in the flesh. No battle has ever been successfully won from the level of the flesh.
We put on the helmet of Salvation. With our lips, we can say we are His child. We think with our minds and speak out His Words. We do this with the confession, confidence, and conviction that we are His. Our own hearts, by faith, dispel the questions and lies of doubts. They quiet these doubts when we get bombarded with an onslaught attack. Se can put on each piece with similar confidence and in the soundness of mind Jesus Christ gives us victory to defeat every lie and every foe.
We have been working on our own mindsets throughout our journey. We are accepting the full process of our position as sons and daughters of the Lord. We are treated as such beloved children. Many of us don’t have the same example and experience of our earthly parents. But it is not necessary, it is only needful to know you are His child. Many have lived below the radar of being privileged to know that they are His child. They struggle and get stuck in the vicious cycle of being manipulated and bullied. But when that one comes alive and has a come back. Watch out devil. They will come back with a new weapon and with God’s boldness and vengeance they will destroy the enemy’s tactics and expose the ploys that have been laid out in lies and evil deceit.
The Bible says to come to Him as a little child. We must be dependent and know we are loved and accepted. This alone is difficult for many to obtain. But we need to only trust, believe and have faith in knowing this is our spiritual position. We are seated with Christ. We have the Father’s ring signet, that can sign anything we need. We can access all that He purchased. We can rely deeply on His anointing. We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb. Our testimonies are powerful. Some battles can be won seated on Father God’s lap! That is so powerful. Just taking our seat. Holding our positions and equipped with the armor and the blood of Jesus. We win! We become unstoppable, unmovable and resilient. We resist the temptation to buy into the devils schemes. We break the cycles and assignments against us, deal with the triggers and recognize the traumatic experiences that we have experienced and endured are not out present reality. We can arise and take the position of overcomers and press on to pray for our family, and the church to also learn these lessons and truths. It is by our prayers and our faith in the one who watches and looks at the heart. That we can put all our weight on Him and He alone carries all our weight, burdens ans we can go to Him continuously. What a blessing He has given us so many benefits and privileges as His children. What an awesome privilege that He saught us out. We didn’t go looking for Him. He loved us so much, He wanted to help us in our lives. I say thank you Father for loving me when I wasn’t very loveable and pretty. That you saw the final finish line. On that note, I encourage each one to resolve that question will you quit will you submit? I want to submit. I desire the Lord to work within my spiritman. My heart and my mind will be in full agreement with this choice. This decision is my choice and I have decided to choose the Path of the Lord. I will walk through the shadows of death to let Him take me to the heights of Hermon with peace with my heart and soul to be processed fully and cleansed, and dressed in the attire He provides. To trim my lamp and dig in to fight harder for the end is nearer than before. I want my heart to be burning for passion for my love for His is longing for Him. To be on guard and watching for Him. Help us your people to come to the fullness of maturity. Ephesians 4:13 9
We can trust in His ability to make us overcome and be victorious. He will not let us fail!!
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