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Overcoming Spiritual Warfare By The Power Of The Spirit

by Candice Smithyman August 8, 2020

Have you been dealing with some spiritual warfare? Are you getting discouraged and overwhelmed with everything going on around you? Let’s look to the Spirit of the Lord and read Hebrews 10:11-17 (NASB).

“Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He (Jesus Christ), having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,’ says the Lord: ‘I will put my laws upon their heart, and on their mind I will write them,’ He then says, ‘and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.’”

Four Points to Overcome

Here are 4 points that will encourage you in spiritual warfare:

Forgiveness: When we have complete and total relationship with Christ, the atoning sacrifice and the shed blood of Jesus Christ washes us clean. He writes His laws upon our hearts and will not remember our sins and lawlessness anymore. We will become properly seated with Him in heavenly places.

Favor: Heaven is still pouring this out, even during spiritual warfare. Continue to proclaim, declare, and decree His favor over your life.

Footstools: Jesus’ enemies were made His footstool. Do you want your enemies to be at your feet? Then position yourself by faith to be seated with Christ at His royal table. You are in complete and total relationship with the Lord. Your enemies will become your footstool and that footstool will become your launchpad as you step into the greater things of God!

Faith: Stay seated and stay steadfast – then those who have been sent to buffet your flesh cannot have an effect on you. They will instead help keep your mind on the Spirit of the Lord and cause you to see things from Christ’s perspective. Some will try to rob you of your favor and steal your joy. Keep your focus on Christ and you will overcome and be victorious in every area!

Release the Glory of the Spirit

God is moving in a mighty way, and He needs you to release His glory upon your enemies. By allowing God’s glory to move through you, you will be able to bless your enemies and declare good things will happen to those who persecute you. This is how the kingdom of heaven gets deposited onto the earth.

Listen, I know you’ve been going through some spiritual warfare. I know things have been coming at you. You feel the buffeting. Don’t let that distract you! Your enemies cannot have any effect on you. No matter how hard they try, they cannot deter you from the calling God has for your life. You are an overcomer. You are victorious in every way! No matter what comes, or better said, tries to come – you have the victory! Encourage yourself in this; encourage someone else today to stay the course and overcome!

August 8, 2020 0 comment

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In This Season of the Great Contradiction, What Do You See?

by Andrea Joy Moede April 14, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

As 2019 drew to a close, I felt an impression from Holy Spirit. I needed to finish a book that had been on my mind for almost two years. I knew our young family’s schedule would be more relaxed over Christmas break, so I set out in earnest to get the writing finished, spending several all-nighters at hotels to get it out the door. Editing, formatting, and marketing took the project into February, and I was able to release The Path of Truth: Stories of The Lies We Believe & The Power to Break Them on March the 2nd.

Fear Is A Liar

News of the coronavirus pandemic began to spread in early March, and I was listening to prophetic voices from around the globe. Cindy Jacobs stated that there were two fears attached to the virus: the fear of lack and the fear of death. After reading that, Holy Spirit reminded me that the very first two chapters of this book refute these two specific lies. Chapter 1 deals with the fear of lack. Its title is appropriately “Scarcity or Excess.” Hello toilet paper? Chapter 2 covers the fear of sickness and death and is entitled “Wither or Flourish.”

I began to process this, understanding that God had appointed this message for NOW. His urgency in the late fall, unbeknownst to me at the time, was to uncover and remedy a deficiency on the earth. I heard Him say, “My people are not free of lies! Fear is very real, and it’s roaming the earth today, seeking whom it may devour.” He knew this was coming and released yet another tool to add to our arsenal of weapons in the ongoing battle for truth.

Mayday, Mayday

The weeks have passed slowly, as we take care of our little family and pray for the world. I’ve been receiving quite a few “mayday, mayday” phone calls, from seasoned believers who are not in a good place. Unfortunately, most of these calls were not a surprise. What is truly in our hearts is being revealed in the shaking, in the pressing.

Just this morning I heard the Father say, “This is going to be the season of the great contradiction. Everything you see will defy My promises. People who know Me, people who are firmly planted on the rock, will be secure because they trust more in Me than what they see. However, for those who still walk by sight and not by faith, that too will be revealed.”

A New Place

I believe God is inviting us all into a new place, a completely honest place. He’s challenging us on what has been growing in our hearts: fear or faith. There is no place to stand in the middle any longer; these times won’t allow it. We must be firmly, irrevocably, in agreement with His ultimate truth. We must refuse anything to the contrary brought by our accuser!

Wonders In The Deep

by Corine Channell February 5, 2019

written by Corine Channell

I have always been fascinated by the ocean and I love everything about it. Except sharks. And jelly fish. And giant sea creatures who could possibly eat me. Oh, and drowning. BUT other than that, big ocean fan.

I love its vastness and how it inspires me to dream. I love its mystery and wonder. I love how it calms me to my core and brings me peace. I love tiny fragile sea shells that roll in right up to my feet, in all their perfection, having just traveled through treacherous waters! THIS never ceases to amaze me! I love the smell of salt water and the sounds of the crashing waves. I love sand – walking in it, drawing in it, building sand castles (though mine never could accurately be viewed as castles). The ocean somehow always leaves me feeling better about life when I leave its shores.

So in thinking about my life in comparison to the ocean (been doing this for years now.) I am forever coming up with new thoughts I never had before.

Such as, today I was thinking of the depths of the ocean floor. How far down it is, and how dark and creepy and scary it must be (At its deepest part, it’s almost 7 miles down). BUT the ocean floor, though deep down and terrifying at that, actually is teeming with life and beauty.

Sea Lilies, a beautiful flower which is actually an animal, can be found 10,000 feet down. This fascinated and excited scientists to know that there is indeed life, and BEAUTIFUL life, on the ocean floor. In our own lives we are sometimes required to do some diving down to the dark ocean floor for answers or buried treasure. Fear can keep us from ever doing this – fear of the unknown – fear of seeing our own shipwrecks buried in the darkness – fear of sea creatures out to get us – fear of never coming back up for air. The irony of all of this is, there are treasures only found IN the darkness – and there is freedom that comes from facing the fears that haunt us.

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32)

Facing our fears helps us see past them – helps us conquer them.

It releases us to see the beauty there within the darkness. Only Jesus can walk us through the deep parts of our own oceans, and bring us soaring back up to the surface – free from fear.

THIS song by Hillsong United is my own life mantra – so much great life truth in it.

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
By: Hillsong United

“You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail,
And there I find You in the mystery.
In oceans deep
My faith will stand;
And I will call upon Your name,
And keep my eyes above the waves.
When oceans rise, my soul will rest in Your embrace;
For I am Yours and You are mine.”

At the bottom, of the bottom, of the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean, IS life and beauty. At the bottom, of the bottom, of the bottom of our own lives, IS life and beauty. Watch for the Sea Lilies.

Psalms 107:23-24 says, “Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. They saw the works of the LORD; His wonderful deeds in the deep.”

#TheDeepsAreTeemingWithLife #DeepCallethUntoDeep

February 5, 2019 0 comment

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Stretch Out. 5 Ways You Can Reach Further This Year

by Jermaine Francis February 2, 2018

written by Jermaine Francis

Stretch Out

The enemy has been circling in and trying to cause us to shrink back and narrow our territory and impact. Isaiah 54:2 is a key verse in 2018 as God breaks through the boundaries in our lives:

“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.”

It’s a season to stretch our faith out for more. Expand our tent pegs beyond our limitations. We must not settle but push forward for the greater. God is calling us to grow. It’s time to enlarge our territory and sphere of influence.

Reach farther than where you have reached before. Grab your tent peg and rip it out of the ground of comfort. Plant it in the place that seems impossible. Put your tent peg in a spot that makes you uncomfortable and uncertain. God will meet you in the area of uncertainty in this season. Go for the big. Reach beyond your comfort zone.

Canon Andrew White, The Vicar of Baghdad, was given this advice: “Don’t take care, take risk.” God is calling us not to take care, but take a risk. We all are comfortable to operate at a certain level. It’s usually at a place that doesn’t require us to take a risk. God wants us to take a risk in 2018.

If you have desired to start a business, create a ministry, or run for political office, this is your time to leap. The thing that God has put in your heart, go after it. It’s not coming to you. It’s your time to press and reach for it.

Appointed time for Breakthrough
In Luke 8:40-56 we see the story of the woman with the issue of blood.

In verse 42 we see that Jairus’ daughter was 12 years old and in verse 43 we see that this woman had her issue for 12 years. The moment that this lady’s problem started, God had her solution in mind. The thing that would position her for breakthrough and a miracle was born. She had to wait until her appointed time to reach out to Jesus and to receive her breakthrough and miracle. It was her faith that she had to stretch out to receive it.

God has a breakthrough this year for you that He has pre-ordained. In this season God is waiting for you to step out and experience what He was set up for this moment in your life. God has called us to partner and work with Him, not just for Him. He wants to share His power with us in a greater way, but we have to meet Him in faith.

5 Areas to Stretch Out in 2018

1 Reach out in Surrender
This is a time to give up more of ourselves to receive more of Him.
God is multiplying our surrender. To the degree we reach, He is reaching back with double. Give him what He is asking for and He will give you what you are asking twice as much.

2 Reach out for the Presence
We have been conditioned for the presence of God at a certain level. God wants to take us deeper into His presence and cause us to experience Him. God is expanding the capacity to experience Him. Don’t look back to the glory days, look ahead and reach for the glory that is coming.

3 Reach out in the Word
God wants to bring forth fresh insight and revelation as you read His Word. God is releasing new life to your as you read the scriptures this year.

4 Reach out in New Opportunities
God is bringing new opportunities to your reach. Stretch out and grab them when they come by. New jobs, new business ideas, new levels of promotion.

5 Reach out in Faith
God is growing your faith this year. Dormant faith will not grow, but active faith will grow leaps and bounds.

The greater reaching you do in this season, the greater level of reward you will receive. There is an invitation to step into the unknown. Run to the risk God is drawing you to, it will produce miracles for you.

February 2, 2018 0 comment