That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the…
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Hope of God’s Plan
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 Do you see the hope in this verse? Does it give you hope? This verse is the first hope of God’s plan to defeat the evil and restore his relationship with people. This verse predicts the full victory of God over Satan. Amen!! Verse 15 is a prophecy of a spiritual conflict between the woman’s offspring (Jesus) and Satan’s evil forces. God made a promise that Christ would be born from a woman. he would be bruised by his unjust death on the cross.…
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Abominable Practice Not To Practice
When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practicesof those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyonehwo practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium, or a necromanceror one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving themout before you. Deuteronomy 18:9-12 These verses is a list of occult magic practices that were common…
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The Evil Spirit In Saul
Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, “and a harmful spirit of the Lord tormented him. 1 Samuel 16:14 Do you think this is harsh? Saul rebelled against God’s plans and purposes. Since he did this, he opened himself up to demonic influence. In 1 Samuel 15: 23 says, “For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption isas iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you form being king.” God is in complete control. Evil spirits can only operate as God allows. He can even use them to fulfill his purposes. In 1 Samuel 18:10 says, “the…
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Sorcery: Part One
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity adn idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being King. 1 Samuel 15:23 Do you dabble in fortune telling, tarot cards, horoscopes, and etc? The sin of “divinaiton” is seeking to manipulate (control for personal gain) events, people, or the future by consulting the spirits of the dead. In Leviticus 19: 26, it says, “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens, or tell fortunes.” Verse 31, says, ” Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek…
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Reflection Day
Today is Reflection Day! I really love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflection on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to speak to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting an action to what God is telling me and asking of me. So!! get our your journals, pens, and bible and spend time with God. Listen to him and obey him. When you get uncomfortable with the quiet, just stay there and give God time to do what he wants. Find your…
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The fight Amongst Us
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, And behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “ are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said,” No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.“. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him,” what does my Lord say to his servant?” And at the commander of the Lords Army said to Joshua,” takeoff your sandals from your feet, for the place where you were…
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Glory of God
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;…
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Praise The Name Of The Lord
Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord; praise him, you servants of the Lord, you who minister in the house of the Lord, you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord, for the Lord, is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession. Psalms 135:1-4 Did you know there are 3 facts why we praise God? Fact #1: God brought Israel into a saving covenant – relationship with him. This is a life agreement based on…
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Great Shouts Of Praise
When the builders laid the foundaiton of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and the trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David King of Isael. With praise and thanksgiving thye sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of…