
Questions get answered when we nuzzle up to our loving Father. When I asked “what reason did the Son of God appear? Why did the Father allow Jesus to suffer?” God’s Word told me that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and set the captives free! Hmmm, then why do Christians still suffer so much?

Our Creator blessed us with all we needed in the garden. The first couple was given the freedom to choose, and their disobedience was a call for justice. God sent His Son down to earth — to undo the curse, and to turn around the deception of the serpent in Genesis 3. Dining on this one truth for a long while, I jotted down notes as I listened intently to the “Name Above All Names” by Alistair Begg. Take time to digest the significance of what God tells us in Genesis.

Were you there when He created and dispatched the cloud cover? Who told the shoreline to hold back the ocean? Who keeps the earth steady on an axis? Jesus, the Son of God was born, lived as a man, demonstrated His power, healed the sick, and worked hard as the suffering Servant of the Father. He was tortured beyond facial recognition, died, was buried, and walked out of the tomb victorious over death. On the cross, Jesus heaved out His dying sentence, “It is finished!” For ALL or MANY? By His glorious resurrection, He destroyed all the works the devil.

We deny the Liar and demolish strongholds of all the tormenting spirits assigned by Satan! QUESTION: Who is “you” and who is the “His” in Genesis 3:15? “In the beginning God the Father said “And I will put enmity between ‘you’ and the woman, and between your (seed) offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his (Who?) heel.” Our Lord’s feet were stricken, His heels were nailed to a cross. God’s way of ending the cosmic conflict, of solving enmity and delivering us from evil, was to send His Son as the perfect sacrifice for mankind’s pride, selfishness, anger, bitterness and stubborn will to determine who gets saved. Thank God for His plan of salvation and deliverance is for all! Did you know that salvation actually means deliverance? Oh Lord, deliver us from deception, and false teachers.

As His redeemed children, we are no longer prisoners of the prince of the air. We must pray to be set free from the deception of Satan, or from an addiction/ bondage to sugar, our preferred way, our own understanding, cell phones, or what the media says. We must pray to be delivered from the FEAR of tomorrow, or of the next election, virus, or tragedy. We must exercise our authority and take back the freedom that Jesus paid for. There are many Scriptures that direct us to pray for deliverance. Attendants in churches across the globe, in every denomination, yet struggle with dark habits. Boiling bitterness towards a mate, sibling, friend, boss or parent prevents folks from reconciling. To recognize that any unforgiveness is being a slave to sin, we humble ourselves and pray. By the blood of Jesus, any dark spirit that is at work in the partakers of disobedience has been destroyed when we proclaim “it is written…” I shall not live by my fleshly desires, but I choose to live by every Word of God and in His authority I shout “get behind me Satan!” ❤️ Ponder these words.

The Book of books has answers to questions that need to be asked. Jesus is called the Seed of woman. Gen 3:15 / Gal 3:16 Interpretation: Genesis 3:15 God will put enmity between Satan and the woman, and between Satan’s offspring and her seed; He will crush your head, and Satan will strike the heel of Jesus. Galatians 3:16 “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.” John 12:24-26 “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me.” Read 1 Cor.15:51-52 and 1 Thess.4:15-17. These verses refer to Revelation 14:13 “Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

1 John 3:8 “The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” We were gifted by the Giver of all good things. A great thing we were given was the gift of the Holy Spirit who goes before us, prepares hearts to receive whatever words we pray. Put your hands together and thank your Giver, Jesus Christ, the King of kings, Who is, Who was, and Who is coming back for His own. Hallelujah!

IF Jesus is knocking on your door, open it to Him and ask your burning questions. Your Creator never changes His mind, you are His cherished treasure and He waits for you to call on Him. “Ask and answers will be given, pressed down, and running over!” After you invite Jesus in, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in your heart. He is always listening. He will give you understanding and wisdom. He has the power to repair whatever is broken and restore whatever was lost. Embrace a new life ‘in Him.’ Be filled with wonder! His amazing, astounding, lavish grace never runs dry. Seek His best, and welcome a new freedom with increasing gladness. I pray that His peace, comfort, provision, protection, and lasting joy establishes itself within your heart. Available on Amazon.

Author John Eckhardt has a special anointing and the wisdom to put awesome scripture based warfare prayers together. A great benefit to the body of Christ is to be ready and equipped to pray against all kinds of dark forces. This book is powerful and found effective by thousands of pastors, elders and laymen. It is a great supplement to our daily Bible reading. The prayers keep our hearts pure, our minds focused and our prayer ministry effective. Most Christians are unaware of curses that may be affecting their ability to listen, learn, and apply scripture to their life. This book reveals how to break the curses and bind the enemy. The Scripture referenced prayers are organized to break every demonic stronghold on a persons life, family, and community. Read the prayers outloud and regain your PASSION for God and His Kingdom purpose: To set the captives free by the power of His Word and the Holy Spirit. Be set free as His servant.

Wait a minute! Is there really a such thing as hell? What proof do we have that evil exists? Click here for more answers. My Expiration Date?

Isn’t it interesting how God puts specific people in our lives for a season? Thank God for the folks He chooses to test our faith, as He puts mercy in our hearts and words to speak and prayers to pray. Thank the Creator of all things for allowing trials that strengthen our faith in Him and— for the people to help us in our times of need. AMEN










Thank you Barbara for both these great book recommendations. Will gladly add to my 2024 reading list. May God bless you and your family for your faithful encouragement.
LikeLiked by 1 person
“Name Above Names” by Alistair Begg and the Book of Prayers by Eckhardt are both awesome reads that will stir up hope! Keep a 2024 journal and record daily aha moments 💛 jot down blessings 🙌 read your Bible and keep the greatest Influencer in the history of mankind as the One who edits, corrects, and banishes all that is not of God. Pen the nuggets. This is from Allister Begg’s blog. “It is my purpose that every boy would have a Bible in his hand, a Savior in his heart, and a purpose in his life.” Absolute clarity of Pastor Begg.
LikeLiked by 1 person
John 3:30 “He must become greater; I must become less.” BE AWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS AND DOCTRINES THAT PUFF UP a soul WITH PRIDE FOR THEIR elected permanent SECURITY.
The theology of Calvinism has been immortalized in the acronym TULIP, which states the five essential doctrines:
1) TOTAL depravity; Humanity possesses “free will”, but it is in bondage to sin, until the pre-determined elect’s will is “transformed” by God eternally. Once saved, always saved.
2) UNCONDITIONAL election; also called God’s sovereign election or unconditional grace (without a possibility of being revoked) is a Calvinist doctrine/belief that validates the belief in predestination which promotes a belief that the actions and motives of God, prior to His creation of the world, is when God predestined some people, His elect, to receive salvation or deliverance from sin. This man-made theology trusts that they know the mind of God. That our Creator chose to leave the non-elect to continue in their sins and receive punishment, and eternal damnation. Therefore in Calvinism there is no need for evangelism? God’s elect is predetermined so why share Gospel?
3) LIMITED atonement; is a belief that Jesus died only for the sins of the Elect. This belief comes from verses that say Jesus died for “many,” not all? (many enter the narrow gate, not all). Matt 20:28 and Heb 9:28. TULIP Calvinism believe Christ died NOT for just the Elect but for the entire world based on John 3:16; Acts 2:21; 1 Tim 2:3; 1 John 2:2. however, the above Scriptures contradict irrevocable election as NOT a sound doctrine.
4) IRRESISTIBLE grace; is the TULIP belief that God brings HIS ELECT to salvation through an INTERNAL call, which they are powerless to resist. The Holy Spirit supplies GRACE only to the ELECT until the ELECT repent and are Born again? Romans 9:16
5) PERSEVERANCE of the saints; TULIP Calvinism teaches that the Elect cannot lose their salvation. Because Salvation/Deliverance is the work of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, salvation cannot be thwarted. None whom God has called can sin and lose salvation? They are eternally secure? Continued repentance is no longer necessary?
Reformed theologians believe that God communicates knowledge of himself to people through the Word of God. People are not able to know anything about God except through this SELF-REVELATION? NO NEED FOR the HOLY SPIRIT revelation of the truth or understanding? The namesake and founder of the movement, French reformer John Calvin, embraced Protestant beliefs in the late 1520s or early 1530s.
TRUTH: It is GOD who is delaying judgement so that not one would perish. He perseveres, He offers the gift of faith to ALL who believe.
John 14:13-21 “And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it. “If you love Me, keep My commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Whoever (anyone) has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love them and show Myself to them.” AMEN 🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
LYRICS OF Holy Spirit FIRE. Fire fall on us, start a new revival, oh Lord have Your Fire fall on us. Like it did on the day of pentecost. A rushing in like a mighty wind, fill us up with your presence and your power. Lord do it again, we are here crying out on one accord. Let the heavens touch the earth, come and light a passion in our hearts. And lord let it burn (ooh) Fire fire, Fall on us. Start a new revival. Our united prayer is that God would be glorified and that the world will come to know who HE is. Overwhelmed by your glory and your grace, You consume us with Your love, Your fire. Give us more and more of who you are. We can’t get enough (hey) Fire, fire, fall on us. Holy Spirit. You’re the only one who can bring new life. You’re the only one who can light this fire (hey). You’re the only one who can bring new life (bring new life) Start a new revival. Fire fall on us and baptize us. Start a new revival that will never end oh lord. Fire fall on us, fall down. Acts 2 and 1 says when the day of pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind. And it filled all the house where they were sitting(verse 4) And they were all filled with the holy spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. Just like HE did it before, how many of you know we need HIM to do it again.
Lord we are ready for more (just like)
Just like you did it before (lord we)
Lord we are ready for more (just like)
Just like you did it before (lord we)
Lord we are ready for more (just like)
Just like you did it before (on pentecost baptize us in the holy ghost)
And i have to have the holy ghost moving inside of me, in order for me to live the life that HE wants me to live. I need the holy ghost and fire. Fill me with with the holy ghost. I need the holy ghost to live right. I need the holy ghost and fire to walk right. Fill me with with the holy ghost to love my neighbor. FIRE 🔥
LikeLike