“Perfect love drives out fear” God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, as God remains in the one who drives out fear. We resist the devil, the accuser, the Deceiver and he will flee. “There is zero fear in love, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.” 1 John 4:18 HCSB Go ahead and repent of not trusting God, and be perfected by His grace, His mercy, His forgiveness. Once forgiven, we are free to drive out fear, confusion, and lying spirits. Why does God say we are to forgive 70 X 7? Something to think about.

In the beginning, an angel most beautiful accused God of withholding something good from Eve. This accusing spirit lied to Eve and she chose to believe the lie. Immediately after the first humans were created Satan began his warfare against those who walk with God. Our Father wants us to represent Him as His Ambassador. Therefore, whenever we are tempted to be offended, we choose to forgive them and ourselves so that we may remain in right standing with God. Our Father commands us to “Capture every thought” before it escapes our mouth for a reason. Does hate reflect God’s nature? Does our words of criticism and condemnation represent the image of Jesus? When we say “They are so stupid!” Are we accusing the innocent or the guilt party? Who is behind the evil behavior of mankind? Satan! Beware of the snare! Be mindful of the Word of God. Re-Examine the contents of your heart. Luke 6:45

Our battle is NOT of flesh and blood. We are to pray for our enemies, and hate Satan who is behind all the evil acts in this world. FORGIVENESS BEGINS WITH ME. IF there is any doubt, or accusation that condemns God or a person, even just a tiny bit, that doubt opens the door to Satan. He quickly dispatches a legion of accusing spirits to confirm your your justified anger, bitterness and doubt. Therefore, we pray to close the door to DOUBT and UNBELIEF. When our FAITH has been diluted by doubt, our mind is then infiltrated with more ACCUSING SPIRITS. We begin to have suspicions about what a scripture might truly mean. We begin to accuse others and ourselves of crimes against God. Secretly we may doubt that God is just in His silence during the chaos of this broken world. We may begin to hate an entire group of people that God hopes to deliver from evil. What kingdom do we serve with hate? God or Satan?

Why does our Father repeat Himself throughout Scriptures? To drive into our minds, our souls, our spirit what He has determined is necessary for us to become like His Son Jesus. We must humble ourselves, agree that His thoughts are NOT ours, that His way is the only acceptable Way. What is most repeated from Genesis to Revelation? REPENT, turn back to Me, confess your wicked way so that you can stand before the judgement seat of God, purified, justified, holy and without sin. Therefore as the Spirit of God recorded while James obediently penned “Confess your sins to one another so that you can be healed.”

The beloved disciple John repeated the importance of confessing our bitterness, grudges, accusations and anger towards people who offended us. “The one who keeps His commands remains in Him.” 1 John 3:24 This truth implies that IF we do NOT obey our Father’s commands, we are outside of His grace, outside of His promises. “This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. BUT every spirit who DOES NOT confess JESUS is NOT from God.” 1 John 4:2-3 THERE ARE ACCUSING SPIRITS that we hear. The prince of the air works his deception through the news most effectively. Deal and Heal

“This is how we KNOW that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given assurance to us by His Spirit. “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God — God remains in him and he in God. And we have come to know and BELIEVE the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love (compassion, forgiveness, mercy, grace) remains in God, and God remains in him. In this, love is perfected (as we obey commands) with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgement, for we are as He is in this world. There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because He first loved us. KEEPING GOD’S COMMANDS: If anyone says, “I love God, yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does NOT love his brother he has seen—cannot love the God he has not seen. And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God MUST also love his brother.” 1 John 4

With great authority and peace we pray against the ACCUSER. We do not enter a fight with evil, we simply take away, we dismantle the accusing spirits right in us. We recognize our thoughts that are NOT of GOD and STEP ONE —we REPENT of our agreement with evil, our own foolish thoughts, our unforgiveness, our bitterness, our unbelief and ask God to forgive us. STEP 2 we CANCEL the accusing spirits and we use our discernment. Who is speaking when that anger rises up, what emotion is stirred? Peace or irritation? If a thought provokes us to a state of compassion or love ❤️ that thought is in the nature of God. I purpose and choose to forgive them for they know NOT what they are doing. If the thought stirs us up to condemn, criticize, or accuse them of being stupid! Practicing discernment, we capture each thought to determine what kingdom will be serving? BEFORE…we choose to give voice that honors Gods word. In 2 Samuel 9 …David suddenly remembers…that thought was from God. We choose to NOT BLAME GOD or others for what happens to us. We do not judge or accuse others, so God will have mercy on us. Easily annoyed, offended, or aggravated or anger 😡 who are we agreeing with? God or Satan. When we quickly suspect another of wrong doing, of being responsible for having misplaced the keys, or something as simple accusing someone of being stupid for blocking traffic, — the ACCUSER of the brethren is operating or is it God the Father? If we attempt to justify our anger — PAUSE and THINK “are “Am I denying the conviction of the Holy Spirit to confess my right to be mad?” Is it ever right to feel justified in accusing God of being unjust? What is the influence behind our behavior? The ever present Holy Spirit or —– Satan when we accuse others?

Mature believers employ discernment to distinguish what is truth and what is not. Our Father warns us to suit up with the armor He gave us. WHY DO WE NEVER TAKE OFF our helmet of salvation, or unbuckle our belt of truth? Because the spiritual battle rages on day and night. Satan and his highly trained band of evil spirits enter into our thought life. Our Father commands us to take every thought captive—who is it serving. It is wise to REMEMBER that we are in a spiritual war? Humbly we submit and REPENT, and RESIST. How are we to forgive? How often? 7- X 7. FORGIVE https://amazed2017.com/forgiveness/

Wisely, we choose our thoughts. We do not need to entertain or act upon every thought that pours through our minds. Old memories may pop in about what you should have done or said. Discernment is our personal ON and OFF switch. Some thoughts are pleasing, and others are disturbing. An accusing spirit will whisper, “Who do you think you are? Your opinion does not matter!” Satan’s weapon is doubt and confusion. Our Father tells us “Be wiser than a serpent but harmless as a dove.” Matthew 10:16 The war is in-between our ears. “There was a war in heaven: Michael the archangel and his angels fought against the dragon; the dragon fought and prevailed not.” Rev 12:7

If we ALLOW accusing spirits to screech that we have a right to be offended, as a child of God, we stand FIRM and speak the truth! “Woe to the world because of offense.” Matthew 18:7 Our Father reminds us that we are to walk in the light, as He is in the light, and we purpose and choose NOT to have any fellowship with darkness. Accusing spirits tempt us to justify our anger. They strongly work to destroy our relationships with God, family and friends.

Satan has a quiver full of fiery darts. He may strike with a self-pity or self-condemning attack. The truth is “There is therfore NOW no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 Any feeling that we are unwanted, an outcast, unworthy, or that we do not fit in. Test it against scripture and speak to the devil with the authority of a soldier in God’s army! “Get behind me Satan! I belong to God and you have no right or voice in this matter. In Jesus nsme leave me now!

Review this list of the enemies weaponry. Accusing Spirits may suggest with a thought:

1. Refuse relationship with…

2. Judge others for past offense

3. Keep a record of wrongs

4. Resentment

5. Bitterness

6. Jealousy and Envy

7. Blame others for all wrongs

8. Fear

9. Hate

10. Perfectionism

11. Vanity

12. Pride, Arrogance

13. Worry, Suspicion

14. Self-condemnation

15. Self-pity

16. Gossip, Mistrust

17. Depression, heaviness

18. Defensive anger

We are to draw near to God, trusting His Word and His power. He is ever with us and we choose to rely on He who is within us — for He is greater than any accusing spirit, or any weapon used against us. Pray to resist and destroy accusing thoughts. Dear heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I repent for all the ways I have accused, or suspected others in my life. I release myself from any bitterness. In the name of Jesus, with authority I choose to CANCEL all Satan’s authority over me for my participation in accusing others. I accept God’s forgiveness and I forgive myself. I command the accusing spirit to leave me now. Holy Spirit please heal my heart and yell me your truth…

Forgiven, we walk in FREEDOM and in the power of the Holy Spirit. As mature Christians we use our discernment to distinguish good from evil. Our senses have been trained by our submission to the Holy Spirit. We lean on Him, and NOT our own understanding. According to Hebrews 6:1-12 we are to depart from elementary school and depend on the Holy Spirit’s leading and obey. We humble ourselves and teach others by our example of mercy when we forgive everyone for everything. We become companions with the Holy Spirit and we serve the Kingdom of God with our quick forgiveness. James 2:24 teaches. “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was God’s friend. You see that a man is justified by works and NOT by faith alone. And in the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also is FAITH without WORKS is DEAD.” Become a companion of the Holy Spirit Know Goodness

Have you ever fell asleep reading the Bible? Have you ever read several pages and know you did not understand anything we read? Do you think you suffer from ADHD or attention deficit when the pastor is talking? Our FAITH builds by HEARING the WORD of GOD through reading the Scriptures, through hearing a sermon. DOUBT opens the door to accusing spirits. LISTEN to Judy! We do NOT enter into a FIGHT with the accusing spirits, we simply take away their RIGHT to influence us.