I believe this nation is at the beginning of God's Judgement. We see multiple hurricanes, wildfires, wisdom less leadership. Judgement starts at the house of God, some will say that Israel is the house of God, which is true naturally but spiritually I beg to differ,  Are they serving Jesus at this time, who are they saving. American fit that title currently, mainly because the hub of the gospel is spearheaded from this nation. But that can and will change one day. I asked God when will Judgment come to America, many years ago, and he said we had some time before it would happen. I personally believe that Donald Trump is a type or shadow of the anti-Christ, and yet he also was place in office for a reason, to restore Jerusalem back to it rightful owners the Jewish nation.  why do I say this? Because there are too many similarities between him and Adolph Hitler. He used the same method to rise to power, Pitting one group against another. Instead of bringing unity he brings chaos. And example He knew that Puerto Rico was in the path of Marie and yet he waited three days to respond. why? Just like satin, he mixes lies with truth very few people in Washington even know what's his agenda is, because two different messages are broadcast-ed. Who will trust us if our leader is two-faced? Many Christian believe he is God sent but the scripture tells us to look at the fruit that is being produce. Personally, I believe he will throw many of those  Doca individual out of the country and blame it on the wall he lied about us paying for. And now he trying to force the practice of Idol worship, bowing down to the image of a flag, or should I say standing up or be punished for failing to do so. There is a constitutional code 36 US code 301 advising people how they should honor the flag. It was to be honored as a result of free will and not force. Some might say I am stretching or reaching, but sin is like cancer if it takes root it can spread. Anyway, the real issue wasn't about honoring the flag, but about police brutality which no one wants to address. In closing, I just like to say, Satan doesn't want you to have free will, but to put you in bondage. Christ came to set us free and Satan to keep us in bondage. 

 Satan is divisive, the lies are hidden in truth. look at the fruit produced and not what is being said or even being done. For the Christian in the US and Europe dark times are ahead. form all sides of the politico spectrum.   

When you wake up in the morning decide, don't let your feeling dictate the day, (Pr 23:7 part a:  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Pr 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Walk by faith, and you will be victorous.

the stronghold

The Stronghold

strong·hold

ˈstrôNGˌhōld/

noun

plural noun: strongholds

1. 1.

   a place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.

   synonyms:

   fortress, fort, castle, citadel, garrison "the enemy stronghold"

2. 2.

   a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld.

   
   

   "a Republican stronghold"

   
   

   synonyms:

   bastion, center, hotbed, safe seat "a liberal stronghold"

Reoccurring destructive habits that ultimately lead to one's demise are strongholds.

   

 Spiritually speaking, Paul defines strongholds as an “argument or high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God”.  A stronghold is a point of operation from where Satan can keep the unbeliever captive or the believer incapacitated. See 2^nd Corinthians below. 

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,  
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 

I gave you different meaning from different sources because I wanted to point out keywords like,

fortified, strongly defended, reoccurring, destructive habits. We can include the word paralyzing in this list as well.

This battle takes place in the mind and most writer basically use the same scripture to combat this affliction 

Eph 6:10-18, 2cor 10:4-6 Rom 12:2, Eph 5:26-27

How are they formed, 

1. Strongholds are built upon deception and error. they can start the minute you began to understand and to reason.

2. Negative comment directed at you, rejection from others, repeated failure, intense fear, abuse, trauma.

3. parents, teachers, peers, classmates, relatives, and spirits or demons, can all be the catalyst 

That was a just a quick overview of the subject, now let us get practical

Identify a stronghold

    This message isn't for babies, you need to know yourself, and your weaknesses. You need to know your enemy and how to recognize his influences in your day to day operations. You need to know how to correctly identify a stronghold and not just the symptom, the enemy will come at you sideways, just fighting symptom and never the root cause. This may help for a season but that thing will rear its ugly head again and again.    Most stronghold will show out just when God is ready to promote you or bless you or is asking you to move on his behalf. If an issue arises at that time or a weakness, one you have seen before time and time again this may be a stronghold. if it is a Negative thought, feeling, emotion, anxiety, lust, debilitating regret, or sinful desires.
  1. Use the word,2. ask the father to reveal the root, 3. walk by faith and not your emotion4. Satan produces negativity and God is always positive. 5. Know yourself and how to recognize who is influencing you
6. take authority, and walk in it.

   For the newbie

This Process for you starts with learning God's word, Asking God to reveal those areas to you. He will do it when you are ready. Growing in grace is a process, Lean how to trust in God he knows you better than you do. Don't get frustrated if you fall short. The fact that you are moving forward is a victory. God knows your end so nothing you do will change that fact. God loves you with and everlasting love and that's all the love you are going to get. Let me say it another way with scriptures:

Jer 1:5  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jer 31:3  The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.   

1Jo 4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

He doesn't have love but is love.

Ro 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

His greatest desire is for you to be the best that you can be in Him, His strength undergirding your weakness. Note see the post for reference to being in Him 

Miracles VS Blessing


I am posting this blog directly from Andrew Wommack's website. He did a much better job then I would have. The only thing I don't agree with is, I will keep praying for miracles because I can't predict the future and because we are in a war. We will need every weapon at our disposal.

Blessing and Miracles

by Andew Wommack

It’s true that we serve a God of miracles. But brace yourself, because what I am going to say about that will come as a total shock to some of you. The Lord’s preference is not to meet your needs through a miracle.

Now before you think I’ve lost all my faith, hear me out. I define a miracle as the suspension or superseding of natural laws, and personally, I’ve received many. There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord performs miracles and uses them like a bell to draw people unto Himself.

But let me ask you, would you rather receive a miracle of healing or live with the blessing of good health? Would you rather have the Lord perform a miracle to pull you out of bankruptcy or be so blessed financially that He wouldn’t have to? I think the logical answer to both of those questions is obvious.

It’s always better to avoid problems, which is the result of living in blessing, than it is to be delivered out of them, which requires a miracle.

There are three important reasons for receiving from God through blessings rather than miracles. First, blessings prevent crises, while miracles deliver from crises. Second, a blessing is always a more abundant supply than a miracle. And third, miracles are a temporary fix, while blessings are permanent solutions. Therefore, if you’re living from miracle to miracle, it probably means you’re living from crisis to crisis.

God’s original intent for His creation was to function under His blessing instead of a miracle. If sin hadn’t corrupted God’s creation, there would be no need for miracles. Everyone would be healthy, everyone would be prosperous, and strife, the cause of broken relationships and wars, wouldn’t even exist.

Unfortunately, there is corruption in the earth, and there will always be a place for miracles. However, Jesus not only forgave us of our sins, He redeemed us from the curse and placed blessings on His followers.

Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.”

If we will believe we are blessed and act accordingly, we can avoid many of the problems that make us candidates for miracles.

Let me illustrate. Some believers pray for financial miracles but aren’t practicing the principle of giving and will not work. They know God loves them, so they’re counting on and believing for a miracle. And that’s just what it will take. They aren’t obeying God’s Word in faith, so they can’t receive the blessing God has spoken over them.

The Lord told us to work so that He would bless the work of our hands and that if we would give, it would be given unto us.

We read in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”

Deuteronomy 28:12 reads, “The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.”

Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

If we don’t obey Him in these commands, it’s either because of ignorance or we don’t fully trust His promises. That doesn’t mean the Lord hates us, but it means our unbelief is stopping the blessing He has spoken from coming to pass in our lives.

So, lack of faith in God’s blessing causes us to enter into crisis, and right before disaster, if we continue steadfast in our belief for a miracle, we receive just enough to get us over the hump. Then next month we need another miracle. I know this drill from experience.

One of the greatest mistakes of my life was believing that to be a full-time minister, I had to quit working a secular job. It wasn’t that I minded working; I’ve been a hard worker all my life and I enjoy it. I honestly thought I had to make a choice, that I couldn’t do both.

It took years for the Lord to get through my stubbornness and teach me I could work to supplement my income until the ministry grew. In the meantime, Jamie and I suffered a lot of financial crises, unnecessarily.

Because the Lord loved us, He kept us alive with a lot of miracles. I remember the week before our first son was born. We didn’t have the money to pay the expenses. Miraculously, a Bible study group from nearly 100 miles away sent us all we needed to pay for the birth, just in time.

The day of Joshua’s birth, I ran out of gas and pulled into a service station. Without any money and not knowing what to do, I started filling my tank

believing God would perform a miracle. (Please don’t do this—I’m not recommending it; it’s just what I did.)

I didn’t know it when I pulled in, but while I was filling my tank, the owner came out, and as it turns out, he was a Christian friend. He asked how I was doing. I told him about Joshua just being born, and he said, “Well, let this tank of gas be on me in celebration of his birth.” Thank You, Jesus!

On another occasion, we went to the grocery store with $7 and came home with three large grocery sacks of meat and other food. Another miracle. Once, our car ran for a week without gas. The block even cracked because we didn’t have enough antifreeze, and yet it didn’t leak water. On and on, I could go. We experienced miracles all the time.

Many years later I was thinking about all those miracles, and I began to be a little concerned. It had been years since I’d seen miracles like that in our finances. As I pondered this, the Lord spoke to me and said, “Would you like to go back to living by miracles, or would you rather live in the blessings you now enjoy?” That was a no-brainer. I’d rather be blessed than in need of a miracle. When I need gas now, I just pull in, fill up, and buy it. Thank You, Jesus!

Because miracles are “unnatural,” they are never permanent. The Lord created laws that govern the operation of His creation. He sometimes, temporarily, supersedes them, but always returns the situation back to the natural operation of those laws.

For instance, if we abuse our bodies, we can receive a miracle of healing. But if the root of the problem isn’t dealt with, the sickness or infirmity will return, and we’ll need another miracle.

But when we believe God’s Word and follow its instructions, it will teach us how to eat, exercise, and enjoy emotional health that works like a medicine (Prov. 17:22). The Lord would rather keep you healthy through His blessing than to heal you by a miracle.

And, unlike miracles, once a blessing is received, no outside force can stop it:

“Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it” (Num. 23:20).

The only thing that can stop the blessing of God in our lives is our unbelief. What a powerful truth. Balaam’s curse couldn’t stop the blessing that was on the nation of Israel. The blessing received in faith will always trump the curse.

Life in the spirit part 4

Steps needed to fine tune your hearing 

1. your need to know Gods word, He and His word are one. If you know what he says, you won't be lead astray.

2. Faith in God, You have to trust him, because fear will attack you. your absolute trust in him will propel you forward. 

3. Know that he loves you unconditionally. His love for you goes beyond your understanding and comprehension.       

you will need revelation knowledge to grasp these first three. So start praying and asking God to open up your understanding.

There is a place in your walk where you will become intimate with the knowledge of these 3 areas when you reach this place you will know, that you know.   

4. You need to live above your emotions, we walk by faith (the substance that created creation) 

Faith in Him, faith in your savior's unconditional love for his people and for you. Everything he does is motivated by love because He is love. 

5. God wants you to enjoy life. He came that you might have life and that you have it more abundantly. Life is to be joyful or filled with joy. you need to understand this principal. God's not a tyrant ready to whomp you in the head at the first mistake. He knew you before you were saved, He knew all the good and all the bad you would ever do. So repent and move on,  you can't go back and change things. Your sins have been separated as far as the east is from the west. 

6. Grace and mercy has been given to us so we need to be like him and give grace and mercy to others, share the love that he has given to you with others.

7. Do your best, when performing a task, be perfect, do your best, ask for help, and believe.
and don't procrastinate   

8. ask to be lead by the spirit.

If you do all the above, you will be surprised how much you are hearing. remember everything he does is motivated by love.

9. God always operates in truth,, no deception, no little white lies, tell the truth. Jesus said I am the way the truth in the life,, 

10. Do what you say, be a person of integrity, do the right thing all the time.
11. Declare what God says, meditate on what God says, He and his word are one

Remember, If it not done in love, it's not God, it's as simple as that.
God has given you the mind of the Spirit, If you do the above, you're being lead by the spirit.
Your flesh is selfish it doesn't want to serve God. Sela