He won't relent until He has it all - is your heart His?

Our selfishness is the old self. Its what says "I can do it on my own", and refuses to allow God in. Since you have been raised to new life, think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. In other words - chuck away the selfishness and excuses.

Once you are a christian - Christ is your life. If Christ is your life, strip off the old sinful nature. You've heard of the terms "sold out for Jesus" and "laid down life", these are simply describing the fact that Christ is your life and you live like you believe it! Its where you take every opportunity to pray unceasingly and worship your Creator.

For love is as strong as death and jealousy as demanding as the grave. We were not told to have no other Gods for the fun of it. God (Elohim) is a jealous God. And it is easy to have no other gods... Its called spending every opportunity (and making time/opportunities) in Gods presence! You can not practice idolatry if you are wholeheartedly and willingly seeking the face of your Creator.

There's nothing I want more than You, Jesus. Come be the fire inside of me, come be the flame upon my heart, come be the fire inside of me, until you and I are one!

To be in Gods presence is NOT a once a week thing to do on a Sunday - it should be a daily thing.

The old is GONE, the new has COME! Make the choice to stay in the new! You ARE the righteousness of Christ. Live it, breathe it!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

Is that what God says? ... Unbreakable chains

1 So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him. 3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. 7 Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God - do not torment me!" 8 (For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!") 9 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region. 11 There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding. 12 And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them." (Mark 5)

I was thinking about when people bind a demon in or with unbreakable chains, and wondering where that comes from!

My theory (which was blown out of the water) was maybe it has something to do with the above passage of scripture! I don't know.

So if someone does know the relevant scripture verses that support the unbreakable chains idea, please share!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

Stand

When you've done all to stand, in other words, when you've bound and cast out demons, forgiven people, been forgiven, repented of sins, been filled with the Holy Spirit, all the fruits and gifts of the Spirit, and every good and pleasing thing like mercy and grace, stand!

Stand as a new creation, the righteousness of Christ, with the old being gone, and the new come, put off the old and put on the new, with the belt of truth around your waist, so you can show, speak and know Gods truth. Gods truth as opposed to the truth that the world claims to have, which is nothing more than the devils lies! Gods truth.

With the breastplate of righteousness on your chest, so the world can see that you are the righteousness of Christ, and so your chest is protected.

With your feet shod with the boots of the gospel of peace, boots with excellent grip so you can stand without falling over and so you can walk in peace and share Gods peace, the peace that surpasses understanding with everyone, wherever you go.

Having taken up the shield of faith, to have the faith to not only take God at His word, but to extinguish ALL the fiery darts that come from the devil. And believe me, if the devil thinks he has a half a chance at hitting you, he'll take the shot, without hesitation! Get your shield up!

Then putting on the helmet of salvation, most of your battles will take place in your head, why not stop the majority of sulphur ridden thoughts from getting in, in the first place - protect your head! Re-affirm daily and give thanks to God for your salvation! Do not give room to doubt, which in unbelief dressed up pretty! Unbelief is a sin. Give thanks to God.

And finally, take up the sword of the Spirit, being the word of God, which is sharper than a two edged sword and can nicely divide between sinew and bone! Read it. Meditate on it. Chew it over! Get into Gods word. And get Gods word into you.

Stand knowing God has your back, your friends are at your side and God goes before you.

Stand so that the devil gets scared of you and runs away. Submitting yourself to God, so that you can resist the devil. Submission is simple - get into Gods presence. Worship and pray. Read Gods word. Submit to God. Stand in Gods strength, and the devil will have no choice but to flee, cause he can't stand being in Gods presence!

Stand on Gods word, exercising your faith. Faith without works is dead. So stand and exercise your faith.

Stand in the authority that God gave you.

Stand in your sonship! Knowing that you have been adopted into Gods family, your are co-heir with Christ. You are more than a conqueror! You are a child of the Most High God!

Stand! Stand firm. Praying continuously, bring your requests to God, with all kinds of prayers.

Stand. Be alert. Stand. Not run around in a frantic panic. Stand.

Give thanks to God for He is good. He gives you the strength you need. Stand in His strength. In ALL things, give thanks. Pray blessings for those who persecute you, attack you, slander you, curse you... Blessings that they will come to know Jesus in a deep, personal way. That they will walk in the light of Gods love. That they will be filled and overflowing with the Holy Spirit and the fruits and gifts of the Spirit, that they will live and breathe God!

Stand.

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

When can a curse stay?

Somewhere in the bible I've read that a curse without cause can not stay. Therefore a large proportion of christians are walking under, living with and generally putting up with crap that they don't need to have! Simply because somewhere along the line they've either picked up or been given a curse!

So, how does a curse have a cause or reason? It can be from any number of things. Unforgiveness, sin, generational sin, occult practices...

Therefore, a curse without a cause or reason is either a curse that has not yet been broken off after sin has been repented of, or because someone has decided to lay a curse on you.

The majority of the time, when you get ministry and deal with your crap, ie. you confess your sin, repent and seek forgiveness, the curses that come with that sin are generally smashed and have no more power over you. Occasionally things can get missed.

The curse that someone puts upon you has been done so for a reason! Now remember, as christians we are told to bless and not curse. However, there are lots of people who for whatever reason, do not see things as we do! These people don't live by our standards! And some of them can be quite nasty!

With my background in occult, I know a little bit about curses! They are put on people to control them, make them sick, or to kill them! Yes, there are some nasty people out there!

My point is, sometimes that sickness is through no fault of your own. Sometimes that sickness is the result of a curse that has been placed on you by someone else. And sometimes you don't even know you've been cursed!

How to get rid of it. It doesn't take much! Mostly, some prayer, some forgiveness, then some blessings! And you're done!

So, you are praying, it is revealed to you by the Holy Spirit that you are living under someones curse... You firstly forgive them for that curse. Then you send that curse back to them, along with a pile of blessings. My favourite blessing to give pretty much anyone is that they will come to know their creator in a deeper way then they could dream, and that they will come to God and seek forgiveness and salvation, and that their days would be long and prosperous as they walk in the will and love of their heavenly father. Or something like that!

Once the reason for the curse has been dealt with, it simply can not stay! And I have seen people reap the results of curses that have been sent back to them - it ain't pretty!

You don't have to live your life under a curse! Seek God and what He says. If you need to repent of something, do it! Do not give the devil a foothold.

To live under a curse is to be less effective. To live under a curse is not living in freedom. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Seek God, He will tell you what you need to know.

Be willing to forgive - this releases you to walk in freedom! Bless those who hurt you. Pray for those who hate you. And by all means, kick off the bondages of curses. You don't need them!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

John 14:13

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Therefore we need to make sure that what we ask Jesus for is in HIS will, so that the Father will be glorified! Its not about what I want - but what the Son wants so that the Father is glorified.

Example: if I am meant to be a worship leader that travels around leading Gods people into more intimate worship of God, then it is pretty pointless me asking for a horse, so I can do show jumping! Its not where I am meant to be, therefore its outside of Gods will for me, and it is less likely to bring Glory to the Father! I need to be doing what I have been called to do, not whatever I want! Its a laid down life - Gods will not mine, so that through me, the Father will be glorified!

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!

Is that what God says? Re-visited

In my post Is that what God says? I asked about when casting out demons - do you send them to "uninhabited places"? If so, where in the bible did Jesus, or anyone else do that? I got an answer... with two links... Both of which I read... the first one, when demons leave where do they go (I'm not really sure I agree with this one - it seems to have a lot of unnecessary fluffery), and the second one, Where do you send demons?. Now my understanding is that Jesus simply cast demons out and the only instance I can find of him sending them anywhere was legion... 

So following my logic - it is more scriptural to send a demon into a herd of pigs than it is to send them to uninhabited places!

I've recently had some ministry time and the demons that were hanging around me were either cast OFF or AWAY... no direction as to where to go (and the people who did this ministry have been doing it for longer than I have been alive!)

I happen to like and agree with what was said in the second link... "When you cast out a spirit all you need is a simple direct command to tell it to leave in the name of Jesus Christ.  You do not need to tell it where to go as it will not stay there anyway.  Does the Bible not say that satan prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. If you are concerned about demons lingering in your home at the completion of Ministry, simply command all demons to leave your home in the name of Jesus Christ when you are done".

Its to the point. And of all the prayers the Holy Spirit has given me, they have always been short and to the point and He has never said to send a demon here or there or anywhere else! Its just been to cast it out and tell it to go!

From my experience, demons have minds of there own, they're not about to stay where you send them! And I have seen many documentaries of beautiful uninhabited landscapes - why would I want to fill those beautiful places with big fat ugly sulphur smelling demons?? 

I have a list of other things I want to get sorted out, to know what is scriptural and what is simply mans teaching and doctrine! The challenge is to find out what God is saying as opposed to mans doctrine that has been tacked on.

May Gods blessings shower down upon you. And may you be coated in the dust of your Rabbi!