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Another one of Our Beloved Sisters sent me this excerpt concerning the observation and understanding of how the heart communicates with the body and is more influential than the brain. As we plant The Seed of the Word in our hearts, It will impact the rest of the body as FATHER designed. Man is now able to observe physiologically at least to some degree how it works. We simply trusted FATHER to begin with! The spirit of man resides in the heart and then influences the mind and the body through “transformation” to renew our minds and instruct our bodies.

The following is an excerpt and a detailed explanation:

Julin, Marci. Life to the Body: Biblical Principles for Health & Healing Available from Amazon:

CHAPTER 5

Scientific Discovery and the Heart

…understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.   Matthew 13:15

Perhaps one of the world’s more bizarre murder convictions occurred following an eight-year-old girl receiving the heart of a murdered ten-year-old girl.  According to prolific writer and best-selling author, Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., the young heart recipient began having detailed and vivid dreams of a little girl being killed.  Disturbed and unsure how to help their eight-year-old daughter, the parents took her to a psychiatrist for help.  After several sessions, the psychiatrist determined that the girl’s dreams were most likely memories of real events and recommended that the parents contact the police.

Because the typical protocol for a heart transplant includes the sharing of information on the donor’s gender, age, and cause of death, police suspected that the girl in the dreams was the heart donor.  Once armed with the knowledge of specific details of the crime from the child’s dreams, (such as the weapon, time, place, clothes worn by the killer, and what was said), police found and convicted the ten-year-old girl’s killer.[7]

Although the protocol for heart recipients entails anonymity for the donor, in many cases, unexplainable changes in the recipient’s personality and behavior cause them to seek out information about their donors.  Pearsall investigated seventy-three such cases and published his findings.  Each story begged the question:  If the heart merely functions as a pump for blood, how can the donor’s memories be transferred to the recipient through a transplant?  Although various theories exist, perhaps recent research reveals the answer:  The heart does have the capacity for memory.  A research group called the HeartMath Institute has the following to say on the topic:

More recent research shows that the neural interactions between the heart and brain are more complex than previously thought. In addition, the intrinsic cardiac nervous system has both short-term and long-term memory functions and can operate independently of central neuronal command.[8]

The fact that the physical heart has a memory provides an interesting precursor to sharing with you the many details that have emerged in the last fifty years of scientific research on the heart.  Those details confirm the biblical principle that out of the heart (spirit and soul) flows life!  My desired approach in making a case for the foundational role of the heart in one’s health is to give it the old, one, two punch.  So, in the last chapter, I looked at the crucial impact of the heart from a biblical perspective.  After all, the Bible should be our starting place as Christians.  With that as our foundation, I now I wish to delve into the fascinating world of recent, scientific research, which highlights the heart’s ability to either prevent illness in the first place or to cause it.  The research also confirms that the emotional state of the heart facilitates recovery or healing once sick.

To prove such claims I must use medical jargon and quote from the experts.  Please, do not let that deter you from the simple theme found at the center of it all–the emotional state of your heart impacts EVERY area of your health.  That simple understanding provides a critical foundation or starting point on the path of life.

The Lacey’s Foundational Research

During the 60’s era of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement, a new line of scientific research also emerged that considered the impact of psychology on parts of the body such as the heart and the brain.  A unique and pioneering husband-and-wife team–the Laceys–led the way.[9]  Born in 1915, John I. Lacey grew up in a century of discoveries.  His original interest centered on engineering, but while still a student at Cornell University he sustained an injury on the fencing team, which left him laid up in bed.  Not one to idly waste away time, John used the downtime for reading on new subjects.  Branching out from his studies as an engineering student, he found fresh interests in books on psychology and biology.  Mr. Lacey’s biographers indicate that a new passion resulted from those readings, which eventually led to a change in career direction.[10]  After a time serving in the military during World War II, John and his wife, Beatrice (known as Bea), led the way for a new branch of science, known as psychophysiology.

At that time the Laceys asked novel questions that still interest us today and which guided their meticulous experiments and studies for thirty years.

Why do some individuals become ill while others do not when exposed to similar pathogens and situations? 

Why are some individuals more or less resilient to the effects of psychological stress?[11] 

Have you ever noticed how individuals often respond with great differences to the same exact surgery, procedure, diet, or drug?  One person recovers from major surgery in a fraction of the time as another.  One individual with stage four cancer somehow survives, while another dies quickly. Now, biological factors certainly play into this, but the Laceys suspected and proved that one’s emotional state has a tremendous impact on one’s physiological response.

To understand how the heart impacts the health of the whole body, let me define a crucial term–the autonomic nervous system (ANS).  The ANS controls the subconscious or automatic processes of the body such as digestion, metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, kidney function, sexual arousal, body temperature, and countless other bodily processes.  Obviously then, the ANS is a critical force in the body.  With that crucial nature in mind, consider this:  If the autonomic nervous system controls so many vital aspects of the human body, anything that influences the ANS will have a power beyond description to impact the overall health of the body.

If you are like most people, you probably assume if something wields power over the autonomic nervous system, it must be the mighty brain.  However, the Lacey’s clinical research revealed the brain takes a back seat to the heart.  The authors of a book called Science of the Heart–Exploring the Role of the Heart in Human Performance summarize the Laceys’ surprising findings:

As their research evolved, they found that the heart, in particular, seemed to have its own logic that frequently diverged from the direction of autonomic nervous system activity. The heart was behaving as though it had a mind of its own. Furthermore, the heart appeared to be sending meaningful messages to the brain that the brain not only understood but also obeyed. Even more intriguing was that it looked as though these messages could affect a person’s perceptions, behavior, and performance.[12]

More specifically, they discovered a nerve pathway and means by which the heart could either hold back or aid the brain’s electrical activity.  In other words, the heart influences and directs the brain, not the other way around!  This evidence confirms the words of King Solomon about the heart– for from it flow the springs of life.[xxviii]

While the Lacey team continued their research, another related, scientific branch emerged called neurocardiology.  This collaboration of scientists and cardiologists made a remarkable discovery of a little brain in the heart.  This heart-brain, as Dr. J. Andrew Armour first called it,contains 40,000 neurons, as well as a network of the same components that make up the brain in the head.

In other words, the heart has its own, independent central nervous system, which is undeniably seen every time a surgeon performs a heart transplant.  Professor Salem from Harvard explains this phenomenon:

Normally, the heart communicates with the brain via nerve fibres running through the vagus nerve and the spinal column. In a heart transplant, these nerve connections do not reconnect for an extended period of time; in the meantime, the transplanted heart is able to functionin its new host only through the capacity of its intact, intrinsic nervous system.[13]

The Heart Affects the Autonomic Nervous System

Medical science once assumed that the brain took care of all of the neural processing of information, but with the discovery of the heart-brain, a different picture of body function emerged. The heart-brain may be small, but it influences the autonomic nervous system!

Everyone constantly experiences the impact of the heart-brain on the ANS.  Have you ever gone to the doctor’s office and had your blood pressure increase from the anxiety of being there?  Or, perhaps you have experienced the common complaint of becoming constipated or having episodes of diarrhea during a time of stress?  The examples are endless.  The simple explanation for such occurrences is that the heart-brain sends messages about your fear, anxiety, etc. to the parts of the brain that, in turn, stimulate the ANS and, voila; the automatic functions like digestion or heart rate respond accordingly.  Although the brain directly messages the ANS, the heart initially kicks the brain into gear.

You might wonder how the heart, as opposed to the brain, can have so much power over the autonomic nervous system.  The answer lies in understanding a bit about the way in which the heart and brain communicate.  Nerve pathways run up and down through the spinal column and vagus nerve between the heart and the brain.  Think of the vagus nerve as major interstate that allows for nerve travel between the brain and the abdomen.  Some lanes (fibers) go north and some go south.  All along the way, the vagus nerve has exit ramps to other highways so that information can quickly travel from the brain to the other parts of the body.

How neural information travels from the brain to the heart has been known and accepted for some time, but the pioneering neurocardiologists observed something radical.  More fibers (lanes) in the vagus nerve are related to the cardiovascular system than to any other organ, which means that the heart sends more information to the brain than the brain sends to the heart.[14] The information from the heart travels up the vagus nerve to several key parts of the brain.[15]

The HeartMath Institute extensively studied the effect of the heart on the autonomic nervous system by measuring the heart rhythms of countless individuals under a multitude of situations.  They have focused many studies, specifically on heart-brain interactions, while their subjects experience emotional input.  They state, It is well known that mental and emotional states directly affect activity in the ANS.  Thoughts and even subtle emotions influence the activity in the autonomic nervous system.[16]

You might be surprised at the following list of conditions associated with the autonomic nervous system, which mere thoughts and subtle emotions can bring about. These include depression, hypoglycemia, panic disorder, sleep disorder, asthma, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, irritable bowel, fibromyalgia, hypertension, chemical sensitivity, premenstrual syndrome, anxiety, migraine, and arrhythmia.[17]  To put it simply, those pesky thoughts and emotions that we feed and water constantly have been scientifically proven to cause the heart to send messages that directly impact EVERY area of health through the ANS.  Wow!  Perhaps that is why the Bible instructs us to take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.[xxix]

The Heart Affects Hormones

Without getting bogged down in the complexity of each part of the brain, let me just zero in on two of those parts (first the hypothalamus and then the amygdala) to highlight the crucial nature of the heart’s influence on the body. Since every woman knows the importance of balanced hormones and the suffering that comes when they get out of whack, I will start with the hypothalamus.  This almond-shaped portion of the brain functions as the link between the endocrine system and the nervous system.  As a result, it impacts a host of hormones in the body.  According to Endocrine Web,

The hypothalamus is arguably the most essential of the endocrine system. By alerting the pituitary gland to release certain hormones to the rest of the endocrine system, the hypothalamus ensures that the internal processes of your body are balanced and working as they should.[18]

Obviously then, anything that stimulates or inhibits this part of the brain will have far-reaching health implications.  Studies show unequivocally that our thoughts and emotions cause the heart to send out signals to the hypothalamus (either helpful or harmful), which regulate the hormonal system.

So, if your hormones, in particular, create misery for you, you have a very strong indicator that your heart needs attention.  Please, do not dismiss this!  Hormone supplementation is a band-aid approach to a heart issue.  Now granted, changes in life such as pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause, as well as other conditions, will also cause changes in hormones.  However, based on research showing the impact of the heart on hormones, the severity of symptoms of hormone imbalance, even at those times, may stem more from an individual’s heart than anything.

As I have previously shared, I know first-hand the phenomenal impact that thoughts and emotions have on the body, and the havoc they wreak on the hormonal system.  After the doctor declared me the worst case he had ever seen for hormone imbalances, I began taking a large assortment of prescription and compounded hormones to cover all the bases.  Taking those hormones helped me somewhat for a time, but the problems continued.  I did not know for years that the root issue causing my severe hormone imbalance was my hurting heart.  Oh, how it grieves me to learn of others suffering endlessly from hormonal issues.  A better way–a path of life–does exist, and it begins with the heart.

In addition to the heart influencing the hypothalamus, did you know the heart itself produces a number of hormones?  Not only do the heart and brain communicate neurologically, but we also now know they communicate biochemically through the hormones that the heart produces and secretes.  Many people have a general understanding of the crucial role neurotransmitters (hormones such as norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, and oxytocin) play in brain activity, but most assume that all of these important hormones come only from the brain itself.  Such is not the case.[19]

In 1983, scientists discovered that, in addition to the heart’s production of neurotransmitters, it also produces a balancing hormone unique to itself.  This critical hormone has some unwieldy names, of which I will use the simplest–atrial peptide (ATP).  This amazing hormone affects numerous body functions such as balancing blood vessels, kidney function, the adrenal glands, as well as regulatory centers in the brain.[20]  The fact that the ATP released by the heart increases the release of stress hormones demonstrates one simple tie between stress, the heart, and the body.  Remarkably, ATP even appears to affect the immune system.[21]  Once again we see proved true God’s insight as shared by King Solomon–Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Emotions and the Heart

I have touched on how stress affects the heart, and thereby the rest of the body. However, when I say stress, I am talking about an emotional response to one’s circumstances.  What makes a particular situation stressful?  To me, riding a roller coaster is great fun, but to many people, even the thought of doing a high-speed drop or loop strikes tremendous fear into their hearts. The degree of stress experienced or lack thereof has much to do with our emotional response to a particular situation.

That emotional response comes from the heart, but a very small part of the brain called the amygdala processes those responses.  When we encounter a stimulus from our environment, the heart stimulates the amygdala. Remarkably, the amygdala compares stored emotional memories with the incoming environmental information from the senses. It then instantaneously determines the perceived threat level and causes the body to respond accordingly. 

For example, when an abused child instantly raises his arm to protect his face every time someone lifts a hand near him, the amygdala is at work.  When you smell apple pie, and your whole body relaxes because of the stored memory of your loving grandmother’s apple pie, the amygdala also cued that physiological response.  When I miss my turn while driving, my amygdala triggers my heart to race and general panic to ensue because it processes the emotional memory linked to when I missed my turn to Ashville, NC and almost ended up in Nashville, TN.  (Or, it could be remembering the time I got lost for two hours at night while making a twenty minute trip home from the mall.  Who knows?  The memories to choose from are numerous!) 

The point is that not only do our current emotions affect our health but so also do our emotional memories.  Both the past and the present dictate our physical responses before we even have time to think about them.  Doc Childre, the founder of the HeartMath Institute, describes it this way:

Since emotional processes can work faster than the mind, it takes a power stronger than the mind to bend perception, override emotional circuitry, and provide us with intuitive feeling instead. It takes the power of the heart.

The Heart’s Biomagnetic Field

Another aspect of the heart I cannot ignore in a discussion on the impact it has on health is its power to draw other organs into its rhythm.  In 1863, Gerhard Baule and Richard McFee first discovered evidence of the heart’s magnetic field by using a magnetocardiogram (MCG).  Then in the 1970s, a far superior machine called a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) revealed that the heart generates an electrical field one hundred times greater than that of the brain.  In fact, the heart’s magnetic field can be detected anywhere on the surface of the body and up to three feet away.[22]

A study by the HeartMath Institute even showed that while sleeping next to each other, couples who have been together for years frequently end up with their heart rhythms in sync during the night.  In multiple other studies, the Institute also demonstrated that when an animal is close by its master, the pet’s heart rhythm begins to match his master’s.[23]  If the heart’s pull can draw others into its rhythm, imagine its pull on every part of the body, for good or for bad.

The HeartMath Institute also conducted some fascinating studies revealing a direct relationship between heart-rhythm patterns and the heart’s magnetic field.  Their studies indicate that a person’s emotional state is encoded in the heart’s magnetic field and is communicated throughout the body and into the external environment.[24] Just consider some of their conclusions quoted below:[25]

wNegative emotions/feelings create disorder in the brain’s regulatory systems and ANS.  www

wFeelings such as appreciation create increased order in the brain’s regulatory systems and ANS, resulting in improved hormonal- and immune-system function and enhanced cognitive function. 

wPositive emotions are a reliable predictor of better health, even for those without food or shelter, while negative emotions are a reliable predictor of worse health even when basic needs like food, shelter, and safety are met.[26] 

wThree 10-year studies concluded that emotional stress was more predictive of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease than from smoking; people who were unable to effectively manage their stress had a 40% higher death rate than nonstressed individuals.[27] 

Best-selling author and practicing MD, Don Colbert, states the significance of the heart’s impact in Deadly Emotions:

The fact is, the strongest biological oscillator in the body is the heart.  The heart has the ability to pull every other bodily system into its own rhythm, whatever that may be.  When the heart is at peace or filled with love, it communicates harmony to the entire body.  And conversely, when toxic emotions have triggered the heart to beat in an irregular way, to beat harder, or to beat faster, the heart communicates the very opposite of peace to the other organs of the body.[28]

Tying It All Together

All of this information about the heart clarifies the answers to the foundational questions the Laceys set out to explore.  Some individuals become ill, and others do not when exposed to similar pathogens and situations because of the state of their hearts.  Individuals are more or less resilient to the physical effects of psychological stress because of the state of their hearts.

Some of us know all too well the miserable state of our hearts, but just need the knowledge and understanding of how this impacts our health to be motivated to address the root issue.  If this proves true of you, I urge you to shift your focus from your physical symptoms to your ongoing thoughts and emotions.  Begin praying that God will heal your wounded heart.  Choose thankfulness, joy, and singing instead of sadness and fear.

If, on the other hand, you have a chronic illness but are not aware of any need in your heart, I encourage you to consider what comes out of your mouth as a mirror of your heart’s true condition.  Matthew 12:34 says,For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.  Consider if any of the following scenarios apply to you:

Do you find yourself quick to offer a critical remark or to complain? 

Do you find yourself verbally lashing out at others at the slightest provocation? 

Do you find yourself frequently talking about the wrongs others have done to you or perhaps verbally expressing your anticipation of worst-case scenarios? 

Do you tend to be like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh and say things negatively or sadly? 

These kinds of outward speech reflect the state of one’s heart.  Whether or not you have good reason to fit into any of the above-bulleted scenarios matters little.  The devastating impact on your health will continue until the heart issue changes.  Chapter seven will lay out a biblical and practical way to achieve transformation, but a Christian counselor can also be a tremendous asset.

When my son Caleb was little, sugar and caffeine affected him greatly, and so I monitored his intake closely.  One night we hosted a party of some sort and goodies of all kinds lined the bar of our kitchen throughout the evening.  While I busily played hostess, Caleb had little supervision under extremely tempting circumstances.  When bedtime arrived, I found him groaning in bed and holding his stomach.  He readily confessed that my warnings on too much sugar causing tummy-aches now proved true in his experience.

Any time we experience symptoms, whether it is a tummy-ache or a chronic illness, the body attempts to alert us to an imbalance.  In Caleb’s case, sugar caused the problem. Unfortunately, too often we attribute all physical imbalances to purely physical causes.  However, as we have seen through both Scripture and science, the problem frequently begins with the heart.  Perhaps it is time to assess your physical condition with a fresh perspective.  Continue the journey with me on the path of life as we discover in the next chapter the key sign-post pointing the way for the heart.

____________________ Biblical Principle:  Out of the heart (soul and spirit) flows life (health).

Call to Action:  Consider what comes out of your mouth as a mirror of your heart’s true condition.  What does the mirror reveal?  Begin to pray that God will make clear to you any emotional areas that He would have you to address.

Julin, Marci. Life to the Body: Biblical Principles for Health & Healing (pp. 46-53).

Julin, Marci. Life to the Body: Biblical Principles for Health & Healing (pp. 45-46).

When you and I sow into the lives of the poor, FATHER takes on the liability and HE will not allow HIMSELF to be in a position where HE owes us anything.  As a result, HE will bless us and exceed our expectations.  FATHER never remains in debt under any circumstance.

Matthew wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 13:

44“Heaven’s Kingdom realm can be illustrated like this:

“A person discovered that there was hidden treasure in a field. Upon finding it, he hid it again. Because of uncovering such treasure, he was overjoyed and sold all that he possessed to buy the entire field just so he could have the treasure. “

45“Heaven’s Kingdom realm is also like a jewel merchant in search of rare pearls. 46When he discovered one very precious and exquisite pearl, he immediately gave up all he had in exchange for it.”

When I cheerfully give, I worship Our Heavenly Father.  When I do acts of kindness, I worship HIM.  When I study HIS Word, I worship HIM.  How?  I exalt HIM above all else.  As I walk according to The Holy Spirit, it is a form of worship.  The devil knows this thus he wanted Jesus to submit to him and effectively worship him.  To whom we submit, worship goes forth.

You and I have value because of what FATHER wrote about us before we were formed in the womb.  Our value is not what the world deems to be value.  Our value comes from the thoughts and Intent of FATHER for our lives.  As we submit to The Holy Spirit, our value moves from potential to manifestation on earth.

What you and I have on the inside of us is what others need.  This is why demons fight you and try to keep you from this revelation.  They know you have a book written about you and they don’t want the contents of that book to be fulfilled.  This is the battle and why you and I must totally embrace Romans chapter 8 and Ephesians chapter 1, among others.  We are fully accepted and we have the potential already residing on the inside of us, awaiting our access.

Don’t allow yourself to walk in “self-imposed” limitations!  We are to go to the marketplace and do what is inside of us.  This is what Jesus did and we are to do the same.

Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 16:

16  Everyone wants gold, but wisdom’s worth is far greater.

Silver is sought after, but a heart of understanding yields a greater return.

As you gain Wisdom and understanding, you will joyfully tap into the Treasures in Heaven and inside of you which were deposited for your use to not only to be a blessing to yourself but also others.

As you and I gain greater understanding of the spiritual dimensions where FATHER operates, we will be more productive for the Kingdom.  As The Holy Spirit of Wisdom and understanding guides us into all Truth, we will become bold and confront all spiritual forces who try to challenge us and we will confront them without hesitation.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 13:

11When I was a child, I spoke about childish matters, for I saw things like a child and reasoned like a child. But the day came when I matured, and I set aside my childish ways.

We need to put away childish, immature thoughts about the enemy and realized that he is a defeated foe who simply wants to argue and debate with you.  Jesus did not tolerate the devil’s antics; Jesus quoted The Word and went on about FATHER’S business.  We need to do the same.  We are not to live our lives on the defensive for we have the Truth on our side.

Because of uncovering such treasure, the man was overjoyed and sold all that he possessed to buy the entire field just so he could have the treasure.  Once you get understanding and Wisdom, you will have no reluctance in selling all and buying the entire field!

You and I are fully accepted as Sons and Daughters of GOD, without exception!

You and I are no longer victims.  Instead, we are fully accepted by FATHER.  The enemy wants to insert thoughts of rejection, guilt, and suicide into our thoughts so as to keep us from the revelation of being fully accepted by FATHER.  This is why we must grab hold of the revelation expressed to us by The Holy Spirit Who moved upon Paul to write in Romans chapter 8:

1So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.  2For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death. 3For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature.

Yet God sent us His Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave His body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin. 4So now every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living his life in us. And we are free to live, not according to our flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit!

It is vitally important to dwell and meditate on Romans chapter 8 until you finally once and for all see yourself as fully accepted by FATHER as HIS Son or Daughter! 

Accept the reality that the case is closed and The Blood of Jesus was and is more than sufficient to keep the case closed against your past.  Further, allow The Holy Spirit full access to your life and don’t exclude any aspect of it.  Let your heart be 100% fertile ground for the Seed to be sown and grow into fruitfulness so that others will be blessed.

Be patient as The Word grows into full maturity, especially Romans chapter 8.  As you and I totally grasp and walk in the revelation of this chapter, we will rise up into the fullness of our individual callings.  Our faith will be seen as great faith and this is what pleases FATHER.

5Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue Spiritual realities. 

Let us focus on Spiritual realities and quit allowing the enemy to jerk us around with deception which manifests as the cares of the world, deceitfulness of riches, and lusts.  They only result in ultimate death and destruction.

6For the sense and reason of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.

7In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God’s plan and refuses to submit to his direction, because it cannot! 8For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh.

Who do you want to dominate you?

9But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life, you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of Him.

10Now Christ lives His life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, His life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God.  11Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, He will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you!

12 So then, Beloved Ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. 13For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste His abundant life.

The devil and his minions have no claim on us at all!  Do not become disobedient to The Word and allow them back into your life.  They must gain permission to impact your life so don’t even go there.

The demons are waiting for our disobedience to The Word which gives them access to us.  If we are fully led by The Holy Spirit, the demons have no access and cannot wreak havoc in our lives.

A thought does not give demons access until it is considered or dwelled upon in preparation for action.  This is where we must take action by taking captive and casting down those thoughts and every high thing that exalts itself above The Word.

These Truths have been hidden from those who are blinded even though they are in plain sight.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 2:

1 My brothers and sisters, when I first came to proclaim to you the secrets of God, I refused to come as an expert, trying to impress you with my eloquent speech and lofty wisdom. 2For while I was with you I was determined to be consumed with one topic—Jesus, the crucified Messiah.  3I stood before you feeling inadequate, filled with reverence for God, and trembling under the sense of the importance of my words.  4The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit. 5For God intended that your faith not be established on man’s wisdom but by trusting in His Almighty power.

The Wisdom from GOD is for our benefit and HE hold nothing back from HIS Children.

6However, there is a Wisdom that we continually speak of when we are among the Spiritually mature.  It’s Wisdom that didn’t originate in this present age, nor did it come from the rulers of this age who are in the process of being dethroned.  7Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful Wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery.  It is His secret plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory.  8None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory.  9This is why the Scriptures say:

Things never discovered or heard of before,

things beyond our ability to imagine —

these are the many things God has in store

for all His Lovers.

10But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit.  Yes, He has revealed to us His inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, Who constantly explores all things.

Why do you think I encourage you to pray in The Holy Spirit daily?  The Holy Spirit will reveal FATHER’S Heart where the deepest mysteries reside.  HE will reveal greater facets of HIS Love for us and others.  We will see others as HE sees them and begin to understand their importance to HIM.  They were not placed on this earth haphazardly. 

11After all, who can really see into a person’s heart and know his hidden impulses except for that person’s spirit? So it is with God. His thoughts and secrets are only fully understood by his Spirit, the Spirit of God.

12For we did not receive the spirit of this world system but the Spirit of God, so that we might come to understand and experience all that grace has lavished upon us.

13And we articulate these realities with the Words imparted to us by the Spirit and not with the words taught by human wisdom. We join together Spirit-revealed Truths with Spirit-revealed words.  14Someone living on an entirely human level  rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit.

Unbelievers cannot judge you or me because they have no capacity to understand us.  The blind cannot judge those with eyes to see.  Don’t let their judgment have any effect on your walk.  They are not qualified in any manner.

15Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all things, and they are subject to the scrutiny of no one but God. 16For Who has ever intimately known the mind of the Lord Yahweh well enough to become his counselor?  Christ has, and we possess Christ’s perceptions.

Let no one keep us from walking as mature Sons and Daughters who are fully accepted by FATHER!

The following is from our Beloved Sister in Brazil and is timely for what The Holy Spirit is directing us in:

Beloved Brother,

I was led to start studying the book of Joshua, so I bought the ebook format of the Passion translation of Joshua. Here’s a valuable and confirming word regarding unity (it’s a struggle in my household and I see more and more how crucial this is) on the footnotes about chapter 1 verse 15,

They will take the lead and help their brothers 15 until they take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving them as their homeland.ac Afterward, you will be free to return to your own land and possess the land that Moses, Yahweh’s servant, gave you here on the east side of the Jordan.”ad

ad1:15 Joshua the prophet foresaw the complete victory of possessing the land of their enemies. In vv. 12–15 we learn that the land-takers were required to be united. Neither one individual nor one tribe could take the land; it required all God’s people going in together and fighting as one. Battles are won as God’s people unite. But unity alone isn’t enough; we must be prepared for a battle over our complete inheritance. There must be no rest until everyone has received his or her inheritance. See Eph. 4:11–16.

My reply:

Unity brought on by Agape Love is the key!  This is what Servias Ministries is all about and should be the goal of all ministries  (Ephesians 4):

12And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ. 

13These grace ministries will function until we all attain oneness into the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God,  and finally we become one into a perfect man  with the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed into the abundance of Christ.

14And then our immaturity will end! And we will not be easily shaken by trouble, nor led astray by novel teachings or by the false doctrines of deceivers  who teach clever lies. 

15But instead we will remain strong and always sincere in our Love as we express the Truth. All our direction and ministries will flow from Christ and lead us deeper into Him, the anointed Head of His body, the church.

16For His “body” has been formed in His image and is closely joined together and constantly connected as one. And every member has been given Divine gifts to contribute to the growth of all; and as these gifts operate effectively throughout the whole body, we are built up and made perfect in Love.

Our Heavenly Father speaks of denying oneself, the essence of fasting.  When my focus moves from inward to outward, Love goes forth and so does the light of HIS Glory.

FATHER spoke concerning fasting in Isaiah 58:

6“[Rather] is this not the fast which I choose,

To undo the bonds of wickedness,

To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke,

To let the oppressed go free

And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?

7“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry

And bring the homeless poor into the house;

When you see the naked, that you cover him,

And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?

8“Then your light will break out like the dawn,

And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth;

Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity],

The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.  AMP

Those who give to others with a pure heart are in essence fasting.  Consider the benefits FATHER states: healing, peace, prosperity, and most of all, the Glory of THE LORD will be our rear guard!  Our light will break out and will draw people toward us and seek out what makes us different.

9“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;

You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression],

The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech,

FATHER will deal with our enemies and make them of none effect in our lives.  HE will execute righteous judgment on our behalf and we will see them fall by our wayside.  I have witnessed this reality many times over the years.

10And if you offer yourself to [assist] the hungry

And satisfy the need of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your gloom will become like midday.

11“And the LORD will continually guide you,

And satisfy your soul in scorched and dry places,

And give strength to your bones;

And you will be like a watered garden,

And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.” AMP

When we help those in need, FATHER takes notice and will continually guide us in all our affairs throughout each day.  HE will restore our health and perpetuate HIS blessings upon us.  This is what I call a true fast.  When I deny “self”, I open the windows of Heaven and allow FATHER to overtake me with HIS Love.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3:

17  Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of His Love will become the very source and root of your life.

18-19  Then you will be empowered to discover what every Holy one experiences—the great magnitude  of the astonishing Love of Christ in all Its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is His Love! How enduring and inclusive It is! Endless Love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant Love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!

20  Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination!  He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you.

You and I are HIS vessels on this earth to do HIS bidding by expressing HIS Love flowing in us and through us to help and minister to others in need, no matter what their station in life is.  The poor, the hungry, the naked, and the imprisoned are all important to FATHER thus they should be important to us as well.

One of the counselors just sent this update:

I just handed out 2 each (Target and Crest) of the gift cards to a family whose 8 year old passed away due to a battle with skin cancer. 

Our Heavenly Father wants us to get understanding from HIM.  This will occur when we earnestly seek HIM and allow our hearts to be purified by The Word in a consistent effort.

Paul spoke by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:

17So with the Wisdom given to me from the Lord I say: You should not live like the unbelievers around you who walk in their empty delusions.  18Their corrupted logic has been clouded (darkened) because their hearts are so far from God—their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness keeps them from the true knowledge of God. 19Because of spiritual apathy, they surrender their lives to lewdness, impurity, and sexual obsession.

Paul did not hold back from addressing the moral darkness we are now dealing with in our current society.  The LGBTQURSV… groups are pushing their agendas, especially targeting our children in hope of adding converts to their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness.  Once again, the church has been asleep in protecting our children.  These people have inserted their agendas in reading materials found in many libraries and schools now.  They want our kids’ minds and hearts.  We must not shirk our responsibility to protect our kids.  The Truth must prevail and we are the Truth-tellers.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 13:

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

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​‘​Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,

​​And seeing you will see and not perceive;

15 ​​For the hearts of this people have grown dull.

​​Their ears are hard of hearing,

​​And their eyes they have closed,

​​Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,

​​Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

​​So that I should heal them.’

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16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The more understanding you have, the more abundance you shall receive… in all areas.  This is why The Holy Spirit keeps me on this topic for it is critical in this move of FATHER to get understanding so that we will be fully effective as mature Sons and Daughters.

The Word is the catalyst to the empowerment of what is already deposited in our hearts when we were born again.  We need this understanding in order to come into full maturity.

Paul spoke by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 2:

8 Beware that no one distracts you or intimidates you  in their attempt to lead you away from Christ’s fullness by pretending to be full of wisdom when they’re filled with endless arguments of human logic. For they operate with humanistic and clouded judgments based on the mindset of this world system, and not the anointed Truths of the Anointed One.

9  For He is the complete fullness of Deity living in human form. 10And our own completeness is now found in Him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe!

11Through our union with Him we have experienced circumcision of heart. All of the guilt and power of sin has been cut away and is now extinct because of what Christ, the Anointed One, has accomplished for us.

Don’t be intimidated by those pushing their impure agendas.  Be assured they will try to silence us with words of intimidation designed to overpower the weak.  Now is the time to stand up for The Gospel and not be quiet “pew warmers”.  Jesus was not intimidated by anyone and neither should we.  He was not reluctant to challenge those in charge or those who promoted humanistic doctrines.

Interesting Interview:

https://rumble.com/vsxdgv-how-propagandists-co-opted-fact-checkers-and-the-press-to-control-the-infor.html

Sometimes confusion is the goal.

Half-truths are still lies.

Men redefining words to fit their narrative.

archive.org captures old internet records

What happened to common sense? Living in “the box”.

Quit living “online”. Live outside “the box”.

The Truth finds a way to be told.

We are meant to reach full maturity as Sons and Daughters of Our Heavenly Father.  This will be done through faith-filled Words entering our hearts in a consistent, timely fashion.

Jesus’ Words are critical thus essential to our maturity.  As the Son of man, He expressed the pure Divine Intent of FATHER so we must never consider His Words as secondary to our studies and meditation on The Word.

Jesus spoke in parables, not to hide His Word from His people but to hide His Word for His people.

Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 4:

13Then He said to them, “If you don’t understand this parable, how will you understand any parable?

Jesus just gave us the key to all the parables He spoke… understanding!  Without understanding, we are not much different than those who walk by their five physical senses (aka carnal man).  The Holy Spirit will provide us revelation and understanding in all things if we will ask with pure hearts rather than selfish motivations.

John The Baptist spoke by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 3:

11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

What is the point of being baptized with fire?  Fire will purify our hearts so that we can clearly hear The Holy Spirit concerning the deeper mysteries of GOD.  If we spend more time being entertained by the world as well as hearing and pondering all the bad news spewed out by them, our immature hearts will continue to store those impurities because it does not differentiate between good seed and bad seed.

The heart is akin to soil and it will try to grow whatever you sow into it, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Why do you think some people buy into the narrative of the world and believe they are doing the right thing?  The nefarious enemy sows unrighteous seed day in and day out knowing this Truth Jesus spoke, “You reap what you sow”.  They prey on the masses who have yet to be either immature in Christ or yet to be born again in their spirits.  Who do you think owns the major TV networks, funds Hollywood, and are the major stockholders of the pharmaceutical companies? 

If you sow enough worldly seed, you become like the world and submit to its unrighteous intent.  The church has been asleep concerning this Truth thus it cowered down in the latest xxxdemic.  Rather than preach and teach Divine Healing and move their congregation to maturity in this area which is a primary mandate given to them in Ephesians chapter 4, they passively accepted the world’s answer to COVID.  We will see how all this plays out over the next several months.  Credible front-line doctors are observing the serious consequences of the jabs in some people of all ages.  There is documented proof of poisons in at least some of the batches of jabs given which leads us to believe that those with compromised immune systems will not survive due to their deficiencies.  Why do you think some “healthy-looking” people die in ICU’S?  When less than 1,000 kids have died from the jab in a population of 320 million, why force them to take the jab?  Most of those kids had other life-threatening issues compromising their immune defenses already.  Don’t bother us with the facts?

Do you think that Jesus would have agreed to a jab?  Need I say more?  It is well known that those who have deemed themselves as the elite would prefer a world population of only 500 million rather than the current 7+ billion.  Many people have focused on the political narrative rather than the scientific facts which are totally opposite. 

Whose voice are you listening to on a daily basis?  My wife and I seek The Holy Spirit’s directives even though some of our loved ones think we are ignorant, stupid, or crazy.  No matter how many facts, studies, and conclusions by non-government experts I bring up, I see their response as “Don’t confuse my current understanding with the Truth.”  We can only pray that FATHER open their eyes before some tragedy occurs close to home.  Once again, it is all about understanding!

Jesus spoke in john chapter 14:

26But when the Father sends the Spirit of Holiness, the One like me who sets you free, He will teach you all things in my Name. And Ne will inspire you to remember every Word that I’ve told you.

All things means all things!  This does not exclude how to deal with a xxxdemic.  It does not exclude a famine.  It does not exclude a global financial crisis brought on by the nefarious ones.  There are no exclusions so why downplay the importance of being led by The Holy Spirit?

Jesus spoke in Acts chapter 1 after He was resurrected from the dead:

8  “But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power.  You will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces —even to the remotest places on earth!”

We are to walk in power over the enemy but we need understanding from Above in order to do that.

PS: If you did receive the shot, do not worry or be afraid.  FATHER is greater than any poison man can expose us to so confess by faith “No weapon formed against me or my family will prosper”.  My wife and I confess this over our loved ones in faith.  HIS grace and mercy supersedes our ignorance and I can bear witness to that reality!