True Freedom

Now that I shared some of what is on my heart about breaking free from bondage and addictions, brokenness, depression and anxiety. I want to speak to you, heart to the heart,  Spirit to Spirit, soul to soul.

 There is a very important Life Giving, chain breaking, miracle-working gift that will not only set you free but will  restore you and  empower you to be a minister of The Gospel of His Kingdom. My friend this gift is an essential element to The Church fulfilling her mission, but it is accessed very rarely even by those who walk close with God. I wish I could say why, but, I really do not know.

 There are an abundance of scripture that make it clear what God's will is concerning setting people free in the name of His Holy Child Jesus. The only way TO CORRECTLY interpret, cross reference, confirm or prove scripture is to conclude that God sent Jesus to UTTERLY destroy the ALL works of the devil.

 Jesus was anointed and has anointed us, He went about doing good and He sends us, He set free all those who were oppressed of the devil, and he has empowered and commanded us to do the same, promising to confirm our words with accompanying  signs and wonders.

Mark 16:15-20 New Living Translation (NLT)

15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. 16 Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. 17 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages.18 They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.”

19 When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.20 And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.

  Here is a difficult question. Why are we not demonstrating His Kingdom as He said we would?  I mean if He's not confirming our words with accompanying signs and wonders, are we doing what he commanded us to do? Are we seeking other power and influence more than His will and His spirit? 

As long as the church and her leaders put more stock in theology degrees, John Maxwell seminars, breakout sessions on how to be relevant, and multi million dollar light shows than we do in The Word The Spirit, and The Commission of Power, we will continue to operate as dim lights in a darkening world.


The world is crying out for help and is losing hope , mankind is groping for something stable. They are trying to find anything to fill that empty lost place within their own soul. The more creation groans and trembles for its Redemption, the more mans heart groans within him. As believers we are more aware of the travails of Gods creation around us and the pain in our fellow mans heart.


You see my friend we can map the physical body of man until we know how to rebuild every fleshly part like new. We can rewire all his nerves, nuero-pathways, brain cells and  hormonal glands. We can achieve great things and Science and Society. But what we can never do, what is impossible for any man, scientist or leader to do anywhere is to renew the heart, the spirit of mankind.

We can  pour resources, time, energy and money into trying to set free those who are bound by The Devil, but these things will not destroy his work. What good does it do to give a man  the whole world yet he loses his own soul. If we truly knew how far we have left our first love, and how we are giving a world dying in darkness false hope in comfort, we would weep in Repentance.

 To see how widespread and deeply rooted the humanist Spirit has embedded into the church and her leaders troubles me deeply. My spirit groans within me at the apathy I see among even those who long to see a great move of God.

  Is The Church really ready for Jesus to clear His father's house? Are we prepared for The Lord to send the latter rain in abundance and  shake all that can be shaken so the only thing that is left is what cannot be shaken His Eternal Word, His Eternal Commission and His plans and  purposes upon the Earth? We prove everyday by the things we honor highly and the things we spend so many resources on, that we are not. However, there is HOPE, there is a Plan and There is a purpose. 

  Our God shall receive Glory due to His Name! The captives will be set free! The deaf will hear! The mute will speak! The blind shall see! The demoniac and the insane will be demonstratively and miraculously healed and set free!

With God reaching through us and healing in The Name of  His Holy Child Jesus we shall go forth and take a authority over all the power of the devil by casting them out and making a show of them openly to demonstrate the victory that Jesus won. We shall demonstrate openly His domain and Kingdom. We will prove His authority on Earth as it is in heaven.

Luke 7:21-23New Living Translation (NLT)

21 At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind. 22 Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” 23 And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.

Now don't say amen and then honor one with a degree more than one with His Anointing. Don't say Praise God and then go forth with a mission that is light on the gospel or even devoid of the Gospel.
The gospel must be preached! Jesus must be lifted UP! A call to repentance must be made, loud and clear!

A defeated enemy is going about killing stealing and destroying almost at will, right in front of those who were created to stop him. He is using nothing but spiritual weapons and the might of his defeated and broken Kingdom. While the commanders of God's triumphant Kingdom spent decades and hundreds of millions of dollars building Natural Things trying to defeat a defeated enemy with weapons that do nothing to stop the spread of his darkness and Terror. 


Watching the devil kill one after another,destroying one life after another life has broken my heart and caused me great distress of soul. Enough is enough! I put no hoping degrees, titles, buildings fancy talk, popular names, technology fads, the list of all that needs to be shaken, goes on and on.

The simple hard truth is this:

99.9 % of what is being taught and preached across the land has absolutely no power against the spiritual darkness of the devil. It will not heal inoperable cancer, it will not heal aids, it will not cause the blind the see, the deaf hear, the mute speak or the lame walk.

Very little time, energy or resources are spent training up The Apostle,Prophet ,Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher.

  A billionaire moving into your city to build a new hospital where, yes, some good is done, but, it wont heal the mommy on her death bed, the demoniac strapped to a cot, the child taking their last breath. It is a painful thought , but one that must be considered.

 Jesus was manifest for this very purpose, to DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL. He didn't shake the worlds foundations  to medicate the devils harassment out of people, or to prosper a few lucky enough to live in a safe nation. He didn't give up His place for eternity so that we could watch person after person die, suffer, and lose all hope.

Get ready. Be ready. Hold loosely what you may think you know about The Church and Her Purpose.

 My Hope alone is in Him! His full power and authority demonstrated in the fullness of the scope and Dominion that the blood of Jesus Paid For! His plans and purposes on the Earth will be accomplished and nothing shall stand in His way!


Luke 4:18-19 New Living Translation (NLT)

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
    that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,19  and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.

Addiction and The "Gut Brain" ( Close Off All Escape Routes Part 2)

What happens when a person has determined to close off all the escape routes they have used over and over in the past,but they have a body that will not allow them to break free?

Addiction goes beyond reversing bad choices and making a decision to stay in a process of renewing your mind and waiting upon The Lord. Breaking free from physical addiction , of course includes all the things I mentioned in my last post, but it also must include a deeper level of understanding and knowledge.

Addiction has been misunderstood for far to long. 

However,advancements in the science of addiction, combined with many Christian Ministers and Counselors beginning to gain wisdom on the spiritual aspects of addiction, are bringing true freedom to untold numbers of those caught in the cage of their own soul.

I want to focus on the latter of the two mentioned above.I have linked a couple articles at the end of this post that do a good job explaining the science of this. 

Let me share with you what The Lord has put on my heart about this subject. I pray it blesses you and encourages you during the often painful and difficult process of breaking the addictions that keep so many bound.

All addictions, all outburst of emotion and all deep seeded issues of the soul flow from this thing Science calls The Enteric Nervous System. Over 100 million nerve cells make up this mysterious part of our soul. It occupies the same area of our being that we are told that our spirit man abides, where we are led by The Spirit, where The Holy Spirit abides in us.

I really want you to consider this. The very place we need to be led by The Spirit of God, is also the very area that will hinder us the most when we are bound by addiction, anxiety or depression. During our development in the womb the brain and "the gut brain" are formed together, made up of the same substance.

This wasn't a mistake, this was an intentional part of how God created us, but something went wrong. That something was the fall of man. 

I believe, and I believe this is by The Spirit, that this "gut brain", The Enteric Nervous System was originally designed to have perfect communication with our Central Nervous System and our Endocrine System. And also, before The Fall, that these systems were in perfect harmony with our spirits. We were one, there was no disease in us, no separation of spirit , soul and body. We were divinely created beings, nothing lacking, full of light.

We were created perfectly and had perfect communion with God.

But, then, mankind fell. The body become disjointed. The systems of our bodies began to lose their divine nature. The separation and broken communication of our three part being represented perfectly our separation from God.

What does this all have to do with addiction?

Everything!

The gut brain, I believe is the fallen part of man that once had perfect communion with God. Instead of a place where food is broken down and turned into foul waste, it was a place of pure light and energy, a place where our bodies of dust met our indwelling spirit and where our indwelling spirit met with God.

Now in its fallen state, it is the place our enemy and all the ills of this life push and drive us to sin and destruction. It is the thing that The Bible tells us if we are led by, it will lead us to our destruction.

THE FLESH!

So close to our spirit man, so connected with our Central Nervous System, and The Endocrine System, it is no wonder that our guts hurt so much when we are broken, scared, lonely or suffering from withdrawal and addiction.

I am sharing this for both those suffering from addiction and those who long to help them break free. Freedom is promised by Our God. He wants His children free. He wants you free.

Jesus took all of the penalty for sin upon Himself, we are destined for freedom!

It will take a great commitment on your part, but you can and will be free, if you lean on Him and follow some essential, but simple rules. I am willing to bet, that when some of you read the word "rules" you felt something in your gut turn.  That is okay, it is your flesh, kicking against your spirit. 

You just learned your first lesson. Your gut brain, will not cooperate with you on this journey, not at first anyway. 

I am going to list this next part as steps, just to simplify it and enable you to write them down or print them out. Every step is essential, every step key.

1. Find an experienced Christian Counselor/Minister that understands addiction and both the spiritual and natural aspects of addiction, anxiety, depression.(I list all three because all three come from the same place.) This is essential for you. You need somebody to help you and there are those called to do just that.

2. Determine to stay with it. Depending on your level of addiction, type of addiction or the make up of your system, you will suffer some major discomfort. Some withdrawal will require help from a medical doctor to get through, this is why step one is so important. 

3. We are rebuilding our Spirit, Soul and Body. I was not prepared for how my body and mind would react to the withdrawal I went through breaking free from my addiction. Prepare your mind and heart for this. Again, going back to step one, a good Christian Counselor will be crucial in this step.

4. Create space in your life for healthy fun. Exercise, Hike, go to the movies (Movies that don't feed the lust of the flesh). Seek peaceful places in nature and in your life that will fill in the margins a bit.

5. Never give up. Find a spirit filled church that preaches The Word. Endure the pain, discomfort and all that comes from withdrawal. Withdrawal is actually good, it means the thing that once kept you in prison is losing its grip. You have denied its right to keep you and your flesh and body are having a temper tantrum like a scolded child.

God Bless!

Below are some articles explaining the science a bit more.

Excerpt from great article

Click title for the rest of article:

The gut as second brain

Our gut microbiota play a vital role in our physical and psychological health via its own neural network: the enteric nervous system (ENS), a complex system of about 100 million nerves found in the lining of the gut.

The ENS is sometimes called the “second brain,” and it actually arises from the same tissues as our central nervous system (CNS) during fetal development. Therefore, it has many structural and chemical parallels to the brain.

Our ENS doesn’t wax philosophical or make executive decisions like the gray shiny mound in our skulls. Yet, in a miraculously orchestrated symphony of hormones, neurotransmitters, and electrical impulses through a pathway of nerves, both “brains” communicate back and forth. These pathways include and involve endocrine, immune, and neural pathways.

At this point in time, even though the research is inchoate and complex, it is clear that the brain and gut are so intimately connected that it sometimes seems like one system, not two

Excerpt from article linked below.

Click on title for full article

The Brain-Gut Connection

If you’ve ever “gone with your gut” to make a decision or felt “butterflies in your stomach” when nervous, you’re likely getting signals from an unexpected source: your second brain.  Hidden in the walls of the digestive system, this “brain in your gut” is revolutionizing medicine’s understanding of the links between digestion, mood, health and even the way you think.  

Scientists call this little brain the enteric nervous system (ENS). And it’s not so little. The ENS is two thin layers of more than 100 million nerve cells lining your gastrointestinal tract from esophagus to rectum.

What Does Your Gut’s Brain Control?

Unlike the big brain in your skull, the ENS can’t balance your checkbook or compose a love note. “Its main role is controlling digestion, from swallowing to the release of enzymes that break down food to the control of blood flow that helps with nutrient absorption to elimination,” explains Jay Pasricha, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology, whose research on the enteric nervous system has garnered international attention. “The enteric nervous system doesn’t seem capable of thought as we know it, but it communicates back and forth with our big brain—with profound results.”

Close Off All Escape Routes

As we navigate this life we learn how to protect ourselves from discomfort and harm.

Some of these skills are healthy and good.

Others, however are not good for us, and will cause us to struggle

as we grow in life and with God.

The soul can master building layers of protection in order to avoid reliving 

pain from our past, or to keep us from feeling the pain of our present.

This picture represents a soul that has been so hurt that it has built 

a bear suit of protection against anyone who would try to get close.

Even though this type of unhealthy barrier is not the subject of this post,

I wanted to share it with you to really demonstrate how harmful unhealthy 

barriers can be to our lives.

This post is about the external escape routes that we learn to build in order to escape

from the pain,uncertainty, loneliness and discomfort that life can bring us.

Throughout life, our soul masters the art of escape. Like Houdini , we train ourselves

to escape anything that makes us uncomfortable or that makes us feel like we are not in complete control.

This makes it very hard for us to learn to rest and trust in The Lord.

The Lord can bring us to a place that we need to wait and see His Salvation, but as 

soon as that place becomes uncomfortable we find a way of escape.

The Lord longs for us to trust Him fully. 

He often brings us to a place were we have the opportunity to do so,

just to have us abandon that place for the first Exit that is presented to us.

Depending on how many years we have been running from the pain, and how deep seeded 

the reasons we have for running and hiding are, it can be long and difficulty process to

achieve the freedom The Lord paid all for us to have.

What is your escape route? What Emergency Exit do you look for as soon as you feel

frightened. 

What escape hatch have to built into every situation that God brings you into, just in case He doesn't come through for you?

What everyone of these apparent safety doors have in common is that they are all mirages.

They may provide temporary comfort, temporary hope of reprieve, but they all

just ensure that you will stay a slave to the pain of the past.

Each time you choose to use an escape route instead of waiting upon The Lord,

your strengthen the chains of bondage that surround you. Are you ready to be truly free?

Are you ready to break the circle of bondage and slavery.

Are you ready to abandon all the escape routes your soul and the enemy have created

to keep you from achieving the amazing things The Lord created you to be?

It all starts with a quality decision to seek The Lord.

To seek your own soul and be honest with yourself and God.

Make a list of things that you think are your escape routes.

Do you see a pattern in your life of not waiting on God?

Make a list, make it clear, and determine to abandon every route,

hatch and exit you have used to escape in the past. 

Determine to wait upon The Lord, no matter how uncomfortable

or abandon you feel.

You can do this. 

Get into Church regularly.

Do life with other Christians.

Serve others.

God Bless

The World Needs The Father

The World Needs The Father

This picture speaks to me, it troubles me, it stirs me and God has placed it deep in my soul in order to step into a message, to enter into a prayer, to bring His Love to A Weeping Fatherless World!

As I look at the face of this little baby pressed against his young protectors chest, I feel his heart. It is like I am looking at myself. He is finding comfort in his brother. His brothers heart is seen, his love and eyes beyond his natural age. He has a look of concern and responsibility he should not yet have.

As I kept being led back to this picture by The Lord, I mourned in my heart for these little ones. I wanted to give comfort to them both. My heart drawing deeper into the image, my spirit groaning for what I saw and the condition of so many little ones, so many young ones,so many scared and hurting ones.

"Oh Father! They need you! Oh Father! So much pain, so much fear, so much lack. They need you Father."

I passed through a place of anger with The Lord. I challenged Him, I yelled at Him, I even spoke harshly to His character and goodness:

 "Don't you bear the responsibility for all the pain! Don't you bear the blame for all the hurting one! Where are your Angels!"

I began to grow weary as I looked deeper into this picture. Then, I was stirred to rise up. I know who my Father is! I know He is Good and His Mercy endures forever. I know all the pain and hurt is from the evil one. The LORD is Good. He is Able! He is more than willing to heal and show Himself to a hurting and dying world.

He is a FATHER to The FATHERLESS.

Then The Lord began to stir in me His heart, and, He saw in this picture the same thing. He stirred in me His Will, and indeed, His Will is to show Himself Mighty,Loving and An Able Father!

And...........

He has paid a high price to do just that. He sent His ONLY SON, to do just that. Jesus accomplished everything that needed to be accomplished to bring MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS to The FATHER!

Here is another picture, quite different than the one above. This picture is what The Wicked One wants for all of Gods Creation. This is Satan's goal, to bring such destitution and pain, that mankind has no hope, and no access to The Image of a Loving Father.

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For many years I have fought what was deep in my heart. I have been troubled, even sickened by a Gospel that was not The Gospel of The Kingdom. (See The Missing Prayer of The Crestfallen Warrior) I know now without a doubt that it was all from My God. Jesus showed us The Father. He demonstrated to us and gave us all The Authority and Power we need to show them The Father, in His Name. Yet we have played games, like spoiled children with toys.

Jesus IS LORD over ALL THE EARTH!

We shall show them The Fathers Love!

We shall demonstrate The Good News Of The Kingdom!

What you see here is from The Kingdom of Darkness.

Stirred and brought on by Demonic Forces in High Places!

BUT JESUS STRIPPED THEM BARE!

MADE THEM CRIPPLED!

DESTROYED ALL THE POWER OF THE DEVIL!

I don't care if no one joins me.

I don't care if I am ridiculed and rejected!

My Father is Good!

My Father is Able!

The Lord SHALL CONFIRM MY WORDS

WITH ACCOMPANYING SIGNS AND WONDERS!

Bodies Healed!

DEAD RAISED!

RAIN FROM A CLEAR SKY

CROPS IN A BARREN FIELD!

ANGELIC PROTECTION!

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SALVATION'S!

THE GOSPEL OF HIS KINGDOM BEING PREACHED IN POWER AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SPIRIT INTO ALL THE WORLD!

THEN THE END SHALL COME!!

My Advocate Is Praying For Me

1 John 2:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)

1 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

My Advocate Is Praying For Me

Even as I walk, through the darkest path 
My Advocate is praying for me!

He made the way for me, to stand before God,
My Advocate is praying for me!

He sees my pain and feels my hurt,
My Advocate is praying for me!

He conquered every enemy, arrayed against us,
My Advocate is praying for me!

He has given us His Name, to employ on earth,
My Advocate is praying for me!

He has given us Power, to tear down The Walls,
My Advocate is praying for me!

He shall show Himself Mighty in Glory and Love,
My Advocate is praying for me!

His Kingdom is about To Enlighten The Earth,
My Advocate is praying for me!

All who call upon His Name, Shall be Saved,
My Advocate is praying for Them!

A New Heaven and New Earth, shall Appear,
Jesus shall wipe away, every tear

Death and Pain, shall no longer be,
Fear and Evil shall be banished, for all Eternity!!!

My Advocate did this all For You and Me!
My Advocate is praying for me!!!!

No One Else Saw- But I Saw, I Saw

Psalm 34:15 (NKJV)

15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

And His ears are open to their cry.

I stood on the edge of the pond

Watching and pondering the my two winged friends.

This is the second year I have watched them arrive

They stake out their land and run off the rest.

It seemed no one else saw,

But, I saw, I saw

I have watched them many times with

adoration and even envy.

Wishing I could speak to them, even be as them.

It seemed no one else saw,

But, I saw, I saw

This day though I stood with a troubled heart.

Momma once  again abandoned her nest.

The same momma and the same nest I watched  with anticipation

the year before. 

It seemed no one else saw,

But, I saw, I saw

Once again her eggs left abandoned.

Once again my two winged friends had no babies following them along.

It seemed no one else saw,

But, I saw, I saw

It felt the weight of the atmosphere all around me

I sought in my spirit why I pondered so deeply this empty nest.

Why was my heart pouring out for my winged friends.

It seemed no one else cared, no one else saw

But, I saw, I saw.

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Remember when your heart is broke.

Remember when all your efforts leave you barren

When you see the hearts of others produce 

Yet your heart is left alone

When it seems no one cares or see

There is one that sees

And He says

Although it seems no one saw

I saw, I saw

Matthew 10:29-31 (NKJV)

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 6:25-34 (NKJV)

25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The Missing Prayer Of The Crestfallen Warrior Part 1 & 2

I am re-posting these that I wrote some time go in honor of this amazing Organization! Read poems then click on banner to learn more and donate! 

The Missing Prayer Of The Crestfallen Warrior Part 1

As I looked at our brethren being tortured and killed

My heart grew weary, my soul would not be stilled

I struggled with my heart, and was angry with The Comfortable

How can we rest, while our brethren sufferings, are so horrible

I cried out to God, to give me a prayer, that was not being prayed

To wake up The Body, for the closing of days

Give me the prayer that the saints are missing

Because they are focused on things of man, while the things of God, they are dismissing.

I see a saint being crucified, in the streets

While a pastor dressed like a king, sleeps on gold threaded sheets

I see churches burned down, and poor pastors martyred

While a preacher is broadcasting from his mansion, saying how much he has suffered

So.....

I cried out to God, to give me a prayer, that was not being prayed

To wake up The Body, for the closing of days

Give me the prayer that the saints are missing

Because they are focused on things of man, while the things of God, they are dismissing.

I see a family being burned alive

While a millionaire "prophet" offers a prophecy for 19.95

I see a child weeping in pain

While a minister, orders his servants to remove a carpet stain

So....

I cried out to God, to give me a prayer, that was not being prayed

To wake up The Body, for the closing of days

Give me the prayer that the saints are missing

Because they are focused on things of man, while the things of God, they are dismissing.....

The Missing Prayer Of The Crestfallen Warrior Part 2

So I sought The Lord with all my heart

For the answer to the questions that tore me apart.

I cried out to Him for The Missing Prayer

I stirred the deep wells, seeking what to declare.

I saw the goods works, done by His Body

I saw the singers, giving Him Glory.

I saw the hungry being fed

I saw the needs of many being met

I saw the Good Works, of A Loving Family

I saw the freedom of those caught in slavery.

So why was my spirit man still not at peace?

Why did I not sense any release?

Why was my heart still searching ,still longing?

To see something on earth, that we must be missing.

Then the answer came, as I pondered my question.

The Answer came, as The Lord gave Revelation.

John The Baptist asked Our Lord

Are You The One! The Living Word

That questions answer would shake the ground

Seemingly innocent, but deeply profound

Are you the One, or should we look for Another!

The Answer made the demons Shudder!

“Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”

Do you see The Answer?

Do you see The Prayer?

Do you see what is missing?

Jesus Made it plain!

I will Continue To Pray!

To Stir The Latter Rain!!

Treasure: Follow the map of Encouragement,Pictures and Scripture

Warriors for Christ must reach into The Treasure The Lord put in us during times we feel:

Vulnerable

Afraid or Angry

Unworthy or Unwanted

Lonely or Lustful

Threatened or Tired

His treasure is deposited in these earthen vessels. Each one of us has a VAULT in us that is full of all we need or desire. Everything pertaining to life and godliness is in it. These are great treasures from 

The Lord of All Creation. We partake in His Divine Nature by receiving and employing His Great and Precious Promises on Earth as they are in Heaven. 

We must forsake the flesh and the pulls of this body we live in and dig in fully to the things of the spirit in us. Walk in The Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

How many times have we yielded to the easy surface emotions and responses that either helped little or made things worse, when God Himself has equipped us with Mighty Tools and Weapons to be sufficient in every circumstance. 

Jesus was all sufficient, He was fully equipped to meet every challenge, every needs and every attack against who He was. He overcame, and put in us those same treasures, so that we may overcome to.

2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (NLT)

7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9 We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10 Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

Ephesians 3:8-10 (NLT)

8 Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. 9 I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.

10 God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (NKJV)

20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Ephesians 1:13-14  (NKJV)

13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[a] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Matthew 27:50-54 (NKJV)

50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

Luke 24:49  (NKJV)

49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

Acts 1:4-8 (NKJV)

4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 2 (NKJV)

Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The Crowd’s Response

5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” 12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

13 Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

Your young men shall see visions,

Your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days;

And they shall prophesy.

19 I will show wonders in heaven above

And signs in the earth beneath:

Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

21 And it shall come to pass

That whoever calls on the name of the Lord

Shall be saved.’

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning Him:

‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,

For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.

26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;

Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.

27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades,

Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

28 You have made known to me the ways of life;

You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.

34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’

36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

A Vital Church Grows

40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.

46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.