WALKING BELOW YOUR INHERITANCE

“These signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.” (Luke 24:17-18)

Many Christians are seeking God and asking why we aren’t seeing this level of authority and power in the church. Some say this isn’t for us today, but this is twisting Scripture.

“And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” (John 14:13)

There was a man who was working on an ambulance. He prayed for the patients on the ambulance for about nine months and not one person was healed. Then he discovered a secret. It seems every breakthrough with God starts with hearing God’s voice, and that’s what happened for this praying medic.

If we pray in Jesus’ name, we are signing His name to our prayer. If He isn’t praying the prayer through us, we are praying without authority. We have no authority. That’s why hearing God’s voice is the first step in prayer. He will tell us how to pray and what to do. Once He speaks, faith comes. Faith gives us authority for whatever God said. And faith gives us access to God’s grace. God’s grace is His power to do the work. Part of powerful prayer is releasing this power. Authoritative, powerful prayer follows the “by-grace-through-faith” pattern.

What is the “by-grace-through-faith” pattern? It is the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus. The Father speaks to us. We listen to His voice, and faith comes for whatever the Father said. We receive that faith and that gives us access to God’s grace. God’s grace does whatever the Father said. It’s that simple.

Much has been written about prayer from people who have broken through using prayer. God wants you to pray, and He wants you to pray effectively. He wants you to receive what you pray for. That’s never easy for anyone. Never give up.

Ask God to answer these questions.
• What does it mean that Christians are walking far below their inheritance?
• While some Christians are seeing many miracles, others are not. Why don’t some Christians see miracles?
• Does picking up snakes or drinking poison mean you should do dangerous things?
• How do you learn to know when God is really speaking to you when you pray?
• Why do you have to hear God’s voice to pray with authority?

Bonus questions:
• Can’t you just pray for anything?
• How do you pray “in Jesus’ name”?
• Why didn’t the man working on the ambulance see anyone healed at first?
• What does faith have to do with prayer and God’s grace?
• How can you “release God’s power” in your prayer?
• If prayer is so important, why is it sometimes hard to keep praying and not give up?

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HOW YOU TRULY REPENT

Merriam Webster says repent means “to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life; to feel regret or contrition; to change one’s mind,” Those three definitions are good and you don’t choose one or the other. They go together.

The problem lies in doing those three. Your carnal (sarx), religious mind is gung ho. It volunteers to manage the project. It will help you turn from sin and amend your life. It will go into mourning over past sins and even hold you in a state of constant condemnation if you like. Alternately, it can flippantly say, “I’m sorry,” while it continues to sin. It can employ New Age or positive mental attitude techniques to change your mind. None of that creates the transformation God has planned for you.

The Greek word for “repent” is μετανοέω (metanoeō), which is derived from two parts: meta (meaning “after” or “beyond”) and noeō (meaning “to think” or “to perceive”). Together, it essentially means “to change one’s mind” or “to have a new mind.”

Since you know something about how God is transforming you, repenting is a transformation from your carnal mind to a new mind, the Mind that is Christ in you. The old carnal mind can’t simply have a new way of looking at things or a new attitude. It must die away and be replaced by a brand new Mind, Christ in you. Christ is in your spirit. Now, the battle is for your mind. God is redeeming your mind now with your cooperation. God will fully redeem your body later.

How? The way is simple. Stop listening to your carnal mind that follows your flesh, demonic entities, and the fleshly and demonic ideas of the culture. Stand in God’s Presence. Let His glory, His essence, His being overwhelm you. Listen to His voice so faith comes. And yield to the power of His grace so His grace does His works and says His words through you. That’s as simple as it gets. That’s how you repent. It will change how you think and how you act in every aspect of life. You will begin to think, speak, and act with the authority and power of the living God.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does “repent” mean?
Why can’t your mind just decide to stop sinning on its own?
What is a carnal mind?
What does it mean for your old mind to die?
How can Christ be in you?

Bonus Questions

What does it mean to stand in God’s Presence?
How can you listen to God’s voice?
Since grace is God’s power to do His will, how can you move by the power of His grace?
How does God change the way you act by changing what you are?
How does God change the way you think by changing what you are?
What does it mean for you to think, speak, and act with God’s authority and power?

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Evolutionism’s Fairytales

Evolutionism is a fairytale for adults that’s held up by a political money system that labels itself as “science.” So are the unscientific and irrational dogmas of scientism, naturalism, materialism, uniformitarianism, relativism, rationalism, and socialism.

However, Jesus Christ is a Person. He is not a religion even though people tend to make religions around Him. He is real and knowable. All who sincerely and persistently seek Him find Him. Everything good and rational comes from Him. Without Him, there is no good and no true sanity. I invite you to know Him.

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Satan’s Strongholds

Different types of strongholds exist. All strongholds have been created by demonic activity. Everything evil can be attributed to Satan and his demonic minions.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)

Satan tempted Eve and Adam. When Adam obeyed Satan and began the human problem that spread to all world systems since God had given Adam rulership over the earth. Now, Adam gave Satan rulership over himself.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (Romans 5:12)

Some strongholds are direct opposition by demonic forces.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)

Other strongholds are created in culture with systems that allow or promote evil and work to oppress those who are walking with God. These range from government institutions to company politics or even church politics.

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” (1 John 2:16)

Still other strongholds are deep inside you. These have been created as you were living our life. They may be some lies you believe. They were constructed by demons who took advantage of you and lied to you. Often they lied through media, education, or people you knew.

“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” (2 Timothy 2:25-26)

Your personal strongholds could have been created by various kinds of trauma. The trouble with strongholds is that you often don’t even know they’re holding you back, but they work in the dark. The don’t seem like strongholds. They usually seem like reality. They are very deceptive

Some strongholds are emotional hurts.

Psalm 147:3 “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

Ask God to answer these questions.
What is a stronghold?
How do strongholds get created?
Why does Satan want to create strongholds?
What does it mean that you don’t wrestle against flesh and blood?
How can systems like governments or companies create strongholds?

Bonus Questions:

What kind of strongholds can be inside you?
What are some lies you might believe that create strongholds?
How does God heal emotional hurts?
How can you use God’s weapons to destroy strongholds?
What does it mean to bring every thought you have into obedience to Christ?

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Many strongholds in your mind can interfere with your prayer

When you seek God or pray, your carnal mind will fight you. Many strongholds in your mind can interfere with your prayer, and you don’t receive the thing you pray for. Strongholds are set in place by demonic activity. Demons look for opportunities. The opportunities for these strongholds mainly fit into these categories: sin, listening to bad influences, listening to various forms of media, listening to lying teachers, New Age or occult techniques, or allowing doubt. They may include being wounded from relationships, traumatic events, identity issues, life transitions. If you allow unforgiveness, bitterness, unresolved fear, anger, grief, guilt, and feelings of disappointments to invade and stay, this could be an opportunity for demonic activity. Other factors might be unanswered prayer, feeling distant from god, family dysfunction, or false beliefs. Emotional patterns may have been passed down from parents or ancestors. Some people have suffered from unmet needs from childhood. Any of these can create a stronghold in your mind that God must eliminate. Sometimes, demons will even try to get in directly to plant ideas in your mind or whisper some nonsense. Demons can even suggest things when you’re praying. It’s a way to disrupt your faith and keep you from success in prayer. They must be rebuked and kicked out.

Strongholds may flash into your mind when you’re seeking God or praying. That’s the time to deal with them. Ask God what you should do since each one will be different. In general, what has to happen is that you reject the stronghold by the authority and power of Jesus Christ and get rid of it. Then, you fill that void with Jesus Christ so you make forward progress with God rather than what the devil had planned for you. God’s glory is within you if you are born again. You can direct His essence and glory to deal with any spiritual attack.

This song is an example of a prayer you might pray.

This stronghold that opposed me just now,
I renounce it and reject it in the name of Jesus.
burn it up with Your Spirit fire.
Purge it from me, I don’t need it.
Then I fill that void with You,
And let Your glory shine.
With authority, full authority with faith and grace divine.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What is a stronghold in your mind?
Why does your mind fight you when you pray?
What are examples of strongholds that can stop you from praying?
How do strongholds get into you mind?
What does it mean to rebuke a demon?

Bonus questions:

How can demons suggest ideas in you mind?
How do you know if a stronghold is in your mind when you’re praying?
What does it mean to fill the void with Jesus Christ?
How can you ask God to help you get rid of a stronghold?
Why do you want to be filled with the Spirit of Christ?

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How can I increase my ability to discern?

How can I increase my ability to discern?

False discernment exists. When a Christian has been thoroughly indoctrinated in a certain theology, anything outside of that theology can feel unreal and even evil.

Spend time in the presence of God. Be mindful of His presence even when you are busy. Also, set time aside specifically to seek Him. It’s not time wasted. Ask Him to show you where you have been deceived. Ask Him what lies you believe about various things, and ask Him to show you the truth. Just spending a lot of time with Him will give you a sense of Him and His nature so you know when someone is speaking by Him.

Avoid voices that are not of God. The media and education system acts as the false prophet of the apocalypse. The entertainment industry is almost completely of the wrong spirit. That includes music, TV, movies, and the Internet. It’s not enough to know the difference. Once you know, you must avoid the false and spend time with the genuine. Failing to do this will dull your spiritual senses.

Spend time reading the Bible. Make friends with mature Christians. They may not always be right, but they have the Spirit of Christ. Seek out those who want to spend their time with Jesus. If you spend your time with light and fluffy, lukewarm, Christians who are more interested in things like sports and entertainment than spiritual things, you will end up being lukewarm without discernment. Pray for lukewarm Christians and ask God how you can help build them up and turn their minds toward knowing Christ better. You need wisdom in this, since the lukewarm already have rejected the leading of the Holy Spirit in this area and are often easily offended.

When God leads you to do something, allow the Holy Spirit to do it through you. This builds up Christ in you and diminishes the carnal mind.

When God brings to mind a stronghold, deal with it immediately. It may be a grudge, guilt, trauma, or one of hundreds of other strongholds. The Holy Spirit lets you know it’s inhibiting your growth. Ask God how to deal with it, and follow what He says. In most cases, it’s enough to reject the stronghold and ask God to remove it while filling the void with His essence and glory.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What is discernment?
How can you spend time in God’s presence?
What does it mean to ask God to show you lies you believe?
In what way is most of the entertainment industry of the wrong spirit?
How do you avoid voices that are not from God?

Bonus Questions:

What does it mean to be light and fluffy or lukewarm as a Christian?
How can you tell if God is leading you to do something?
What is a stronghold, and how can you recognize one?
How do you deal with a stronghold when the Holy Spirit shows it to you?
What happens when you let the Holy Spirit work through you?

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HOW TO BE SURE IT’S GOD SPEAKING

When God speaks, you will have a sense of agape love, caring, authority, wisdom, understanding, and peace. The Christ in you gives His approval within you. Demonic voices lack authority even if they’re powerful, loud, and threatening. They are often condemning or else condoning continuing in sin. Demons often glorify something or someone other than God. If you’ve ever watched a show depict demons, the fallen culture knows how to convey that spirit. That feeling of weirdness, fear, or cleverness is often but not always present when demons are involved. The carnal mind lacks any substance but reasons based on worldview and opinions that may even seem rational when they are irrational. They’re irrational because they aren’t basing their thinking on truth or they’re adding made-up stuff to truth and coming out with something that lacks substance. You’ve been listening to these voices all along and may have just thought you were reasoning. That’s why God’s voice may sound similar in some ways to the way you’ve been reasoning. If you can’t get peace on a matter, keep asking God about it until He tells you what’s wrong and puts you on the right track.

The first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans explains that we can lose that discernment if we refuse to acknowledge God when He speaks and glorify Him. That’s the danger in taking the glory for yourself (pride) when God gives you wisdom. At the same time, we gain sharper discernment when we acknowledge Him.

“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.” (Hebrews 5:14)

As you listen to the Holy Spirit and allow God do work through you, Christ is built up in you, and the carnal mind is diminished.

The Holy Spirit never conflicts with Scripture. He doesn’t twist Scripture to fit a doctrine as so many theologies do.

Look at the fruit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does agape love mean?
What do demonic voices sound like?
Why do demons try to make you glorify something other than God?
What is the carnal mind?
How is the carnal mind different from God’s voice?

Bonus Questions:

How do you get better at knowing what is good and evil?
Why does God’s voice sometimes seem the same as when you’ve been reasoning?
What does it mean to lose discernment if you don’t glorify God?
What are the fruits of the Spirit, and how can you see them in your life?
How does listening to the Holy Spirit help Christ grow in you?

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God speaks to atheists.

Almost everyone wonders about the “still small voice.” That comes from a Scripture where Elijah wanted to hear from God. A strong wind came, then an earthquake, and finally a fire, but God was not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. Next came a still small voice speaking to Elijah.

God speaks in many ways. In Scripture, He speaks a lot through visions or words of prophecy. The New Testament says you all may prophesy one by one. Often, He speaks through intuition or an inner voice of confirmation. He tells us to ask Him and He will answer us. We can’t always dictate how He will speak.

God speaks to every person. He speaks to atheists. Demons also speak to every person. The carnal minds of every person speak. You hear your own carnal mind and the voices of others: friends, entertainment, news, teachers, and many others. That means we’re used to hearing God’s voice, demon’s voices, carnal self-talk, and the carnal talk of others. By the way, positive mental attitude empowering statements, motivational phrases, uplifting declarations, and mindset-shifting mantras are all carnal self-talk and will stand in the way of hearing from God. All of these may seem like our own thoughts, but God gives discernment to know the difference between His thoughts and our own thoughts or a demon’s thoughts.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. (Isaiah 55:8)

You know the difference by the Holy Spirit. Something can sound reasonable, but you have a sense that something is wrong. The Holy Spirit lets you know. You can call it a hunch, an inner check, an intuition. As you get to know the Holy Spirit, you will recognize His warnings.

When God tells you something important, He will usually back it up by saying it through several means. You may see something in nature that becomes a spiritual analogy. Then, a Christian friend will say the same thing, and you’ll sense the inner affirmation of the Holy Spirit. Later, as you’re reading the Bible, a verse jumps off the page that confirms the revelation. That’s just one example of how God may reveal something and confirm it several ways.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What is the still small voice?
How does God speak to people today?
What is prophecy?
What does it mean that you can’t always dictate how God will speak?
How can you tell the difference between God’s voice and other voices?

Bonus Questions:

What is carnal self-talk?
How does the Holy Spirit help you know what is right or wrong?
What does it mean when a Bible verse jumps off the page for you?
Why does God use different ways to confirm something important?

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BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH

Many would love to hear God speak but aren’t convinced God will speak. Not believing God will speak is unbelief. The same is true for answering prayers. Spend time in God’s presence. The enemy of your soul will try to convince you that you are wasting your time. There is no more valuable thing to do than being in God’s presence and listening to His voice.

Faith comes by hearing God’s leading, teaching, or correcting voice. Faith gives you access into God’s grace. God’s grace is God’s power to do God’s work through you. It’s God’s amazing power to do whatever God commanded you to do.

God will shape you into the image and likeness of Christ. He will lead you in righteousness and make you invincible to the attacks of the enemy if you continue in God’s presence. You will come in and go out for now, but God’s plan is that you come into the Holy of Holies with Him and never go out again. He wants you to flow in His love, wisdom, and knowledge, which are only available in Him.

You are not going it alone. Go in the strength of the body of Christ. Discern Christ’s body. If you don’t regularly attend a church, ask God to lead you to one. Don’t rush out and join a church. Don’t pay attention to religious marketing campaigns. Read 1 Corinthians 14 to see what a church service should look at and you won’t be impressed with the entertainment churches. Consider a home church. See if God is leading you to start a church in your home but be careful of preacher’s itch. It happens easily. Pride creeps in. Much of what we call “church” is centered on human traditions, fleshly desires, and egos rather than the command of God. Ask God to show you what is not in Scripture that you see in the churches. Ask God to show you what is in Scripture that is not in churches.

See Christ in your brothers and sisters. Everyone has a fleshly nature, but that is not the identity of Christ’s body. Each one is a ministry. The ministry in each one is Christ within, the hope of glory. Discern the body of Christ.

“And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from one degree of glory to even more glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

That’s the by grace through faith way.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does it mean for you to hear God speak?
Why do some people think God won’t speak to them?
Since all love, goodness, wisdom, and knowledge are in Christ, what happens when you don’t stay in Christ’s presence all the time?
What is the most valuable thing you can do with your time?
How does God shape you to be like Jesus?

Bonus questions:

How can you be invincible to the enemy?
Why is it important to go to church?
What does it mean to see Christ in other Christians?

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How faith comes

What is faith? “Faith” is translated from the Greek word, “pistis,” which means belief. The verb form is “pisteo,” which means believe.

How does faith come? No one comes to Jesus on their own. The Father God must draw them. (John 6:44) Faith comes by hearing the word (rhema) of God. “Word” is translated from the Greek word, “rhema,” which means a spoken sentence or statement. The Father leads you, and faith comes. It’s a gift from God to you.

With any blessing, the enemy of our souls will oppose what God is doing. Jesus Christ is real and knowable. All who seek Him find Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him. The enemy hates this.

Tactic 1: Atheism or agnosticism that says: God doesn’t exist. You aren’t experiencing what you are experiencing. You are hallucinating. Prove it. Only that which can be scientifically tested is rational.

These are only a few of the many lies the enemy will tell. The enemy will make fun of you. Each statement a skeptic makes is a bare assertion that is irrational since the human mind can’t reason to truth. Without truth there is no rational thought. But you know God. No argument against the reality of God and His leading is based on truth, so all such arguments are irrationl. He proved Himself to you.

A rationalized faith is worthless.

Tactic 2: Cessationism. That was for the apostolic age. The Bible says prophecy will cease.

The Bible verses used are taken out of context.

If the enemy can’t eliminate divine leading entirely, he will try to limit your freedom in this area with many rules. Often, this will be done with subtle twisting of Scripture. You will need divine wisdom to detect the problem.

As a last resort, the enemy will bring false prophets and false teachers who claim to have revelations. What is a false prophet or false teacher? False prophets and false teachers don’t stand in the presence of God listening to His voice. Since they have nothing from the Lord, they speak from their own minds. They give their interpretations of Scripture based on rationalized thinking. You will know them by their fruits. Don’t be fooled by a big show or by signs and wonders. What are they doing?

“If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds” (Jeremiah 23:22).

“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to his people: “Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the LORD!” (Jeremiah 23:16).

Follow the by grace through faith way. Stay in God’s presence and let the Holy Spirit flow through you. Listen to His voice. Yield to His Spirit. Let Him continually teach and correct you.

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