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As I wrote yesterday and according to Jesus’ Words, FATHER has not removed the devil or his demons and it is up to the believer to deal with the devices and intent of the devil.  Failure to do so will make your way difficult and frustrating.  Overcomers have to overcome something!  If you think your walk will be without challenges after you achieve a certain level of maturity, think again. 

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:

43 “When a demon is cast out of a person, it roams around a dry region, looking for a place to rest, but never finds it. 44 Then it says, ‘I’ll return to the house I moved out of,’ and so it goes back, only to find that the house is vacant, warm, and ready for it to move back in. 45 So it goes looking for seven other demons more evil than itself, and they all enter together to live there. Then the person’s condition becomes much worse than it was in the beginning. This describes what will also happen to the people of this evil generation.”

Jesus expressed the reality of demons’ existence.  A believer must move beyond salvation and proceed forward to have The Word planted in his or her heart and take up residence else more demons will come forth.  Deliverance allows the person to attain a teachable heart and begin maturing in Christ.

My wife and I were recently on a plane where a spiritual attack occurred.  In my particular seat, the plane’s current technology (a personal video screen) would not work.  Since I was required to wear a mask, I simply began praying in Tongues during the flight.   Across the aisle, a young 18 year old male began having a “panic attack” and his father alerted the flight attendants.  For the entirety of the flight, he became the focus of nearby passengers with a doctor, nurse, and flight attendants focused on him.  They found no physical issues whatsoever.  Since the demon(s) could not provoke or irritate me, they looked for a weaker vessel close by and he submitted to them.  All the demons managed to accomplish was to promote me praying in Tongues on the plane.  Their plan backfired as usual.

In Mark chapter 5, Jesus dealt directly with demons and revealed their future to us:

1 They arrived at the other side of the lake, at the region of the Gerasenes. 2 As Jesus stepped ashore, a demon-possessed madman came out of the graveyard and confronted him. 3 The man had been living there among the tombs, and no one was able to restrain him, not even with chains. 4 For every time they attempted to chain his hands and feet with shackles, he would snap the chains and break the shackles in pieces. He was so strong that no one had the power to subdue him. 5 Day and night he could be found lurking in the cemetery or in the vicinity, shrieking and cutting himself with stones!

6 When He saw Jesus from a distance, he ran to Him and threw himself down before Him, 7 shouting at the top of his lungs, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! Swear in God’s name that you won’t torture me!” 8 (For Jesus had already said to him, “Come out of that man, you demon spirit!”)

9 Jesus said to him, “What is your name?”

“Mob,” he answered. “They call me Mob because there are thousands of us in his body!” 10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to expel them out of the region.

11 Nearby there was a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside. 12 The demons begged Him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them!”

13 So Jesus gave them permission, and the demon horde immediately came out of the man and went into the pigs! This caused the herd to rush madly down the steep slope and fall into the lake, drowning about two thousand pigs!  Depending on weight, the cost of two thousand live pigs today could be as much as $250,000. The economic cost to the community over the loss of this herd was significant.

The demons recognized Jesus as The Son of God and fully understood the Power and Authority Jesus walked in.  We are to walk in the same Power and Authority freely given to us from Heaven.  Demons do not want us to realize that they must submit to us when we walk by THE SPIRIT thus they focus on our mindset and ego hoping to keep our attention diverted from The Word and The Spirit.

This passage clearly shows us that demons are expecting to be punished at some time in the future.  They have absolutely no power whatsoever to withstand the Power and Authority given to us from Heaven.  Further, they don’t want to leave the geographic area they have been assigned.  When they are told to leave, they don’t leave right away but ultimately submit and depart after they unsuccessfully try to negotiate. 

The demons’ goal is to deceive and keep people in agreement with them.  They want your mindset to remain weak and misdirected to the world.  Once you get the revelation of Power and Authority from Heaven and begin to walk in it, demons know their time is over with you and look for weaker vessels.

Don’t forget, Jesus and the disciples were met by a storm which tried to sink them before they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes specifically to cast out these demons.  Afterward, they immediately departed back to Capernaum. (Matthew 9)

We are given these passages so that we can deal with the challenges of this broken world and not be ignorant of the adversary’s devices.

FATHER knows our thoughts and intents thus the angels will only respond to our requests when the intent is righteous.  Demons can only observe and hear our words to discover what is in our mindset.  They can present situations and watch our response.  They are fruit observers.  Will we respond according to The Word or will we succumb to temptation or challenge and walk outside FATHER’S Divine Intent? 

FATHER has not removed the devil or his demons and it is up to the believer to deal with the wiles of the devil.  Failure to do so will make your way difficult and frustrating.  Overcomers have to overcome something!  If you think your walk will be without challenges after you achieve a certain level of maturity, think again. 

Think about what Jesus said to the disciples who returned from ministry in Luke chapter 10:

17 When the seventy missionaries returned to Jesus, they were ecstatic with joy, telling Him, “Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we commanded them in your name!”

18 Jesus replied, “While you were ministering, I watched Satan topple until he fell suddenly from heaven like lightning to the ground. 19 Now you understand that I have imparted to you My Authority to trample over his kingdom. You will trample upon every demon before you and overcome every power Satan possesses. Absolutely nothing will harm you as you walk in this authority. 20 However, your real source of joy isn’t merely that these spirits submit to your authority, but that your names are written in the journals of Heaven and that you belong to God’s Kingdom. This is the True Source of your authority.”

Jesus made it clear that the devil and his demons were not totally removed from the picture.  However, when we walk in the authority given to us by Our Heavenly Father, we will trample upon every demon and demote the demon to a lesser authority.  As we understand our authority from Heaven, we will walk in great faith and produce good fruit.

Look what Paul dealt with as The Holy Spirit guided him into writing 2/3rds of the New Testament.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 11:

23 Are they servants of the Anointed One? I’m beside myself when I speak this way, but I am much more of a servant than they. I have worked much harder for God, taken more beatings, and been dragged to more prisons than they. I’ve been flogged excessively, multiple times, even to the point of death.

24 Five times I’ve received thirty-nine lashes from the Jewish leaders. 25 Three times I experienced being beaten with rods. Once they stoned me. Three times I’ve been shipwrecked; for an entire night and a day I was adrift in the open sea. 26 In my difficult travels I’ve faced many dangerous situations: perilous rivers, robbers, foreigners, and even my own people. I’ve survived deadly peril in the city, in the wilderness, with storms at sea, and with spies posing as believers. 27 I’ve toiled to the point of exhaustion and gone through many sleepless nights. I’ve frequently been deprived of food and water, left hungry and shivering out in the cold, lacking proper clothing.

28 And besides these painful circumstances, I have the daily pressure of my responsibility for all the churches, with a deep concern weighing heavily on my heart for their welfare. 29 I am not aloof, for who is desperate and weak and I do not feel their weakness? Who is led astray into sin and I do not burn with zeal to restore him?

30 If boasting is necessary, I will boast about examples of my weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is eternally praised, knows that I am speaking the Truth. 32 Once, when I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had his troops searching for me to have me arrested, 33 but I was stuffed in a basket and lowered down through a window and managed to escape.

I have close friends who are dealing with cancer or have dealt with cancer of various types.  The world’s answers are simply temporary in nature.  Our answer comes from Heaven and He sits at the Right Hand of Father.  The Blood of Jesus is sufficient to heal us and deliver us from its effects.  As we further mature in Christ we will experience this deliverance.  Why?  We will embrace the Kingdom Authority over every attempt of the wicked one to take us out before we have completed our destiny.  I speak from experience. 

It is not FATHER’S Intent for us to die from a disease.  Cancer does not have the final say over our lives.  It is simply challenging our body’s immune system and can be corrected and removed.  It can be done with the assistance of the medical field or done without their assistance.  The Holy Spirit will guide each of us concerning our particular path toward overcoming the wicked one.  This is why it is critical to be led by The Holy Spirit.

Whatever challenge you are dealing with, the resolution comes from Above.  If you are shipwrecked, do not be move by the temporary circumstance.  Expect deliverance from Above and It will surely come as your faith pulls It into the physical realm.  I have had many challenges in my life and THE LORD has delivered my out of them all.  HE is more than willing to do the same for you.  Be of good courage!

The purpose of angels is to expedite the Kingdom of God advancing on the earth.  They will only do the Will of GOD and cannot be coerced into following man’s agenda.  Given this reality, we must seek out and know the Will of GOD in order to fully activate our angels to go forth and expedite their mission on our behalf as written in our books (Psalm 139:16).

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be HIS Sacred, living sacrifices. And live in Holiness, experiencing all that delights HIS Heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s Will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in HIS Eyes.

The above passage is so important to our growth for it reveals the true issue at hand- how we think.  Until I reach perfection, I must continually change and eliminate the “worldly” in my thought processes.  The ego will resist such change for it wants to be in charge and will attempt to defend itself against change.  If we don’t acknowledge this issue, we will not reach perfection in Christ.

The ego will try to add or subtract from the revelation contained in The Word for its own benefit.  I have seen this so many times over the past yet people will continue to resist change even when shown the problem.  Only when confronted with a serious judgment will they consider the fact that what they were thinking was seriously flawed.  I speak from experience.

Once we have chosen to walk the crucified life with Christ and walk the narrow way, we will move on to perfection and maturity.  The goal is to walk in the power of THE SPIRIT and to train others to do the same.  That is my desire for you and me.  This is what will dramatically expand the Kingdom.

Our words and actions should ultimately point to Christ and not ourselves.  This is one aspect of gratitude.  Angels never exalt themselves for they are servants to The Word of GOD and nothing else.

Each of us has the choice to fulfill our individual destinies.  FATHER will not override my will because Agape Love gives us a choice.  Otherwise, we would simply be like robots and it is clear that people do not fall into that category.  Jesus would not have said in the Garden of Gethsemane “Not My will but Yours” if He had no choice.  We are fully accountable and responsible for our own decisions and outcomes.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1 Timothy chapter 6:

17 To all the rich of this world, I command you not to be wrapped in thoughts of pride over your prosperity, or rely on your wealth, for your riches are unreliable and nothing compared to the living God. Trust instead in the ONE WHO lavishes upon us all good things, fulfilling our every need.

18 Remind the wealthy to be rich in remarkable works of extravagant generosity, willing to share with others. 19 These Spiritual investments will provide a beautiful foundation for their lives and secure for them a great future, as they lay their hands upon the meaning of true life.

Was Jesus “extravagant” in His generosity toward others?  When He fed the 5,000 families, did anyone go away hungry?  When the young man contributed the five loaves and two fishes, how well did he do?  If we truly trust Our Heavenly Father, we will have no reluctance to be extravagant in our giving as well.  This Truth does not compute with the world for they base their thinking on scarcity and results based on greediness and/or fear.  Their blindness keeps them from being a blessing to others.

Our angels will gather resources on our behalf when we seek to fulfill FATHER’S Will on earth.  Supernatural events will become commonplace in our lives even though they may not be spectacular for others to see.  Let us not hinder our angels’ missions for there is much to do on behalf of FATHER’S Kingdom here on earth.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 36:

8 All may drink of the anointing from the abundance of Your House.

    All may drink their fill from the rivers of Eden.

The anointing is associated with the Rivers of Living Water.

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st John chapter 2:

27 But the wonderful anointing you have received from God is so much greater than their deception and now lives in you. There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you. His anointing teaches you all that you need to know, for it will lead you into Truth, not a counterfeit. So just as the anointing has taught you, remain in Him.

The Beloved Disciple also recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 7:

37 Then on the most important day of the feast (of Tabernacles), the last day, Jesus stood and shouted out to the crowds—“All you thirsty ones, come to Me! Come to Me and drink! 38 Believe in Me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowing from your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!”

39 Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that believers were being prepared to receive. But the Holy Spirit had not yet been poured out upon them, because Jesus had not yet been unveiled in His full splendor.

We are meant to be vessels of The Living Water known as The Holy Spirit where there is a discernable flow from us outward.  One aspect of this is to pray in The Holy Spirit continuously.  The question must be asked, “Is there a flow occurring in you?”

In the Revelation of Jesus Christ, John wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 22:

1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, flowing with water clear as crystal, continuously pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 The river was flowing in the middle of the street of the city, and on either side of the river was the Tree of Life, with its twelve kinds of ripe fruit according to each month of the year. The leaves of the Tree of Life are for the healing of the nations.

3 And every curse will be broken and no longer exist, for the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there in the city.

His Loving servants will serve Him; 4 they will always see His Face, and His Name will be on their foreheads.

We are meant to be those vessels who carry the River of Life for every curse to be broken.  It is not us but The Holy Spirit Who flows through us.  Paul we empowered to minister through his notable commitment to pray in The Holy Spirit.  He was equipped to confront not only the challenges from the adversary but to minister healing and life to those with whom he came in contact.  Let us take his example to heart and pray with great intensity so that the River of Life flows through us in an unhindered fashion!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

1 “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is My Father. 2 He cares for the branches connected to Me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3 The Words I have spoken over you have already cleansed you. 4 So you must remain in life-union with Me, for I remain in life-union with you. For as a branch severed from the vine will not bear fruit, so your life will be fruitless unless you live your life intimately joined to Mine.”

We can do nothing without Jesus being joined to us.  Without Him, we are fruitless and will be pruned away and removed.  Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

We are called to be active and fruitful in our everyday walk.  The adversary will use rejection hoping to thwart our fruitfulness but we must not be moved by his devices.  Let us exalt Jesus in our daily walk and give Him credit for all the good fruit we produce.  As we do, we should expect greater fruit in all areas.

Jesus explained this as He continued:

5 “I am the sprouting vine and you’re My branches. As you live in union with Me as your Source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from Me you are powerless. 6 If a person is separated from Me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. 7 But if you live in life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. 8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My mature disciples who glorify My Father!

Jesus defines maturity IN HIM- abundant fruit from being in union with Him.  His desires are expressed in us as we renew our minds and align with Him.  When we do this, we can and should ask whatever we desire and it will be done.  Our words are energized with faith from our union with Him.

Jesus also explained what happens to those who are fruitless, they are discarded since they attempt to be takes of the life flow meant for the fruitful ones.  They are lukewarm and Jesus will not tolerate lukewarmness thus they are removed from the Life-giving vine.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 3:

26 You have all become true children of God by faith in Jesus Christ! 27 Faith immersed you into Christ, and now you are covered and clothed with His life. 28 And we no longer see each other in our former state—Jew or non-Jew, rich or poor, male or female—because we’re all one through our union with Jesus Christ.

Jesus is our Source and we must keep this focus in our daily walk.  There is a temptation to focus on writings, videos, and audio recordings apart from this focus.  Be careful for the renewing of your mind can proceed in the wrong direction and then you wake up one morning realizing that you have become fruitless in your walk.  Do not let this subtle device of the devil occur in your studies.  Do not finish in the flesh what you started in The Spirit.  I ask The Holy Spirit to show me what to study each morning thus I don’t allow those subtle devices any place in my focus.

Jesus expects us to ask Him to join us in our daily walk.  Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 24:

13 Later that same day, two of Jesus’ disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a journey of about seventeen miles. 14–15 They were in the midst of a discussion about all the events of the last few days when Jesus walked up and accompanied them in their journey. 16 They were unaware that it was actually Jesus walking alongside them, for God prevented them from recognizing Him…

28 As they approached the village, Jesus walked on ahead, telling them He was going on to a distant place. 29 They urged Him to remain there with them and pleaded, “Stay with us. It will be dark soon.” So Jesus went with them into the village.

30 Joining them at the table for supper, He took bread and blessed it and broke it, then gave it to them. 31 All at once their eyes were opened and they realized He was Jesus! Then suddenly, in a flash, Jesus vanished from before their eyes!

32 Stunned, they looked at each other and said, “Why didn’t we recognize Him? Didn’t our hearts burn with the flames of Holy passion while we walked beside Him? He unveiled for us such profound revelation from the Scriptures!”

How many times did we miss the opportunity to compel Jesus to walk with us in our situations?  In the above passage, He was going to depart from them at the fork in the road but they compelled Him to stay with them.  The result was that their eyes were opened and they received revelation and sustenance.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

12 “There is so much more I would like to say to you, but it’s more than you can grasp at this moment. 13 But when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you. He won’t speak on His own, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me on the earth, for He will receive from me what is Mine and reveal it to you. 15 Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to Me—that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is Mine and reveal it to you. 16 Soon you won’t see Me any longer, but then, after a little while, you will see Me in a new way.”

The Holy Spirit reveals reality to us as we walk in Him.  There are many voices coming forth these days and most are not speaking Truth or reality thus we need to be able to discern what is Truth versus what is man’s opinion.  In many cases, we don’t even need to spend the time listening to man once we discern from The Holy Spirit that it is a waste of time and energy to focus on it.  Will it impact our individual callings?  If not then what is the point of it?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

7 In fact, the mind-set focused on the flesh fights God’s plan and refuses to submit to His direction because it cannot! 8 For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh. 9 But 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.

We have a choice of changing our mind-set.  We can focus on the things of the flesh or the realities of THE SPIRIT.  Our minds are renewed daily and our mindsets are built up by what we take in through our eyes and ears. 

In Romans chapter 12, Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit:

2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His eyes.

Paul gives us the key to walking by THE SPIRIT.  We must renew our mind daily so that we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  This is not an instant process in most cases but is a process.  As we remove the opinions of the culture around us, we replace that mindset with a Spiritual mindset which will empower us to discern FATHER’S Divine Intent for us.  We will then live in victory over the world’s intent and we will be set free!

Our angels will only minister that which is the will of GOD for our lives and for the Kingdom.  They are not obligated to respond to any prayer outside FATHER’S Will.  When I pray in Tongues, I am assured of their ministry in my life.

Also in Romans chapter 8:

17 And since we are His true children, we qualify to share all His treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God Himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that He is and all that He has. We will experience being co-glorified with Him provided that we accept His sufferings as our own.

We are true Sons of GOD since we have been given and walk in The Holy Spirit.  Our covenant is superior to the Old Covenant expressed in Deuteronomy chapter 28:

1 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 “The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

8 “The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

9 “The LORD will establish you as a Holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them

Do you think the New Covenant is in any way inferior to the Old Covenant?  Do you think the New Covenant left out anything mentioned in the Old Covenant?  Our mindsets must be changed and fully embrace the goodness of GOD and start living with the expectation set by Jesus.  He never walked in lack in any area.  Neither should we.  We are given the reality of the superior New Covenant and the means to fully comprehend It by The Holy Spirit.   We are each given angels to assist in enforcing the New Covenant if we will only expect such enforcement.  This is another reason to rely totally on The Holy Spirit to reveal Truth so our mindsets will conform to His Truth and not man’s doctrines.

Our defining moment is when we break free of the world and focus fully on the things Above.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 3:

1 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of Heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of Heaven, not the things of earth.

3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.

I choose not to write from circumstances but rather to write from revelation received by The Holy Spirit Who communicates the realities of Heaven.  The things of this earth are but temporary so why should I dwell on them?  I must set my sights on the realities of Heaven!

When you reach your defining moment, you will no longer be a victim of circumstances but an overcomer in Christ.  We will begin to place demands on The Word since we belong to Christ and He wants us to command The Word to come to pass at a personal level.  We have a covenant and should expect to benefit from it in every area that is covered within it.  I CAN do all things in Christ Who strengthens me.

We are meant to make history while we are here.  We are to spread the Good News to others as we get the opportunity to share.  The Holy Spirit will draw those who are ready to hear this Good News and our mandate is to inform them.  Jesus will change their hearts.

We are to continue and enforce The Word in our lives thus it requires us to “eat” The Word so that It becomes One with us.  How can we enforce a covenant if we don’t know its terms and conditions?

In Colossians chapter 1:

15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.

He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

16 for through Him God created everything

in the Heavenly realms and on earth.

He made the things we can see

and the things we can’t see—

such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.

Everything was created through Him and for Him.

17 He existed before anything else,

and He holds all creation together.

18 Christ is also the head of the church,

which is His body.

He is the beginning,

supreme over all who rise from the dead.

So He is first in everything.

19 For God in all His fullness

was pleased to live in Christ,

20 and through Him God reconciled

everything to Himself.

He made peace with everything in Heaven and on earth

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

21 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were His enemies, separated from Him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own Presence, and you are Holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.

23 But you must continue to believe this Truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

As The Holy Spirit said, “Don’t drift away!”

Faith is all about manifestation.

After the 5,000 families had been fed, Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 6:

45 After everyone had their meal, Jesus instructed His disciples to get back into the boat and go on ahead of Him and sail to the other side to Bethsaida. 46 So He dispersed the crowd, said good-bye to His disciples, then slipped away to pray on the mountain.

47 As night fell, the boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was alone on land. 48 The wind was against the disciples and He could see that they were straining at the oars, trying to make headway.

Jesus could see in the spirit realm where the disciples were having resistance to His command (which was FATHER’S command) to go to the other side.  They were doing FATHER’S Will but the god of this world wanted to thwart their arrival and prevent ministry to others.

48b When it was almost morning, Jesus came to them, walking on the surface of the water, and He started to pass by them. 49–50 When they all saw Him walking on the waves, they thought He was a ghost and screamed out in terror. But He said to them at once, “Don’t yield to fear. Have courage. It’s really me—I Am!”

Jesus was not moved by the circumstances surrounding Him for He knew where FATHER had directed Him and the disciples to go.  He was not moved by the storm He was facing and kept above of the situation.  We are meant to do the same as we manifest faith IN HIM, the I AM.

51 Then He came closer and climbed into the boat with them, and immediately the stormy wind became still. They were completely and utterly overwhelmed with astonishment. 52 Their doubting hearts had not grasped His authority and power over all things in spite of just having witnessed the miraculous feeding.

How many times and events must we read, watch, and/or experience before we become fully convinced of Jesus’ authority over this world?  We will experience resistance as we fulfill our individual callings and destinies, so just expect it!  Jesus dealt with resistance at every turn but did not allow it to prevent Him from “going to the other side”.  Neither should we.

We need to focus on His power and authority and accept It in our lives as well.  Did He not say that we would do greater things?  We need to embrace them and meditate on them until they become real and manifest in our lives. 

We must not yield to fear and understand that its source is the adversary.  He will exploit our weaknesses if there are any.  Let us become “strong in THE LORD” and focus outward to a dying world, they need us.  We need to be known as fearless as we deal with every challenge confronting us today.

Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 6:

1 Afterward, Jesus left Capernaum and returned with His disciples to Nazareth, His hometown. 2 On the Sabbath, He went to teach in the synagogue. Everyone who heard His teaching was overwhelmed with astonishment. They said among themselves, “What incredible wisdom has been given to Him! Where did He receive such profound insights? And what mighty miracles flow through his hands! 3 Isn’t this Mary’s son, the carpenter, the brother of Jacob, Joseph, Judah, and Simon? And don’t His sisters all live here in Nazareth?” And they took offense at Him.

4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his own hometown, among his relatives, and in his own house.” 5 He was unable to do any great miracle in Nazareth, except to heal a few sick people by laying His hands upon them. 6 He was amazed at the depth of their unbelief!

Then Jesus went out into the different villages and taught the people.

The people of Nazareth knew Jesus by the flesh rather than by THE SPIRIT.  How true this is even today.  People who knew you in your immaturity continue to reject what The Holy Spirit reveals to you.  You may have incredible Wisdom from Above but those who live around you fail to receive such Wisdom.  Their unbelief blinds them.

FATHER told Jesus to go and minister in His hometown but their unbelief prevented Him from ministering healing and deliverance to most.  Only a few were not moved by the flesh and as a result, they were healed.

What did Jesus do after His rejection?  Did He give up His ministry?  Did He simply decide to go back and open a carpentry shop?  Was the devil able to exploit the emotion of rejection and shut down the ministry?  No, Jesus responded in the opposite manner.

7 Jesus gathered His twelve disciples and imparted to them His authority to cast out demons. Then He sent them out in pairs with these instructions: 8–9 “Take only your staff and the sandals on your feet—no bread, no knapsack, no extra garment, and no money. 10 And whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area. 11 Whatever community does not welcome you or receive your message, leave it behind. And as you go, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

12 So they went out and preached publicly that everyone should repent. 13 They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

Jesus dealt with rejection by expanding His commitment to spread The Gospel with power and authority.  The devil attempted to keep Jesus from ministering but now Jesus expanded the ministry to an additional twelve.  Suffering rejection only caused an intensification of the ministry.  If Jesus wasn’t effective, He would not have been targeted by the god of this world in the attempt to tweak the emotions in the area of rejection.

Don’t let rejection derail your commitment to what FATHER wants you to do.  It only makes me more determined to “double down” and strengthen my commitment to focus on my calling and destiny!

What happened after Jesus expanded the ministry by activating His disciples?

14 King Herod soon heard about Jesus, for the name of Jesus was on everyone’s lips. Some were even saying about Him, “John the Baptizer has been raised from the dead, and that’s why miraculous powers flow from Him!” 15 Others said, “No, He’s Elijah!” While others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets of old!”

16 When Herod heard what the people were saying, he concluded, “I beheaded John, and now he’s raised from the dead!”

The devil moved on vessels of dishonor and had John The Baptist beheaded with the expectation of shutting down Jesus’ ministry.  Jesus Loved John and now he was gone.  Did Jesus succumb to His emotions of sadness and loss?  No.

30 The apostles returned from their mission and gathered around Jesus and told Him everything they had done and taught.

31 There was such a swirl of activity around Jesus, with so many people coming and going, that they were unable to even eat a meal. So Jesus said to His disciples, “Come, let’s take a break and find a secluded place where you can rest a while.” 32 They slipped away and left by sailboat for a deserted spot. 33 But many of the people saw them leaving and realized where they were headed, so they took off running along the shore. Then people from the surrounding towns joined them in the chase, and a large crowd got there ahead of them.

34 By the time Jesus came ashore, a massive crowd was waiting. At the sight of them, His heart was filled with compassion, because they seemed like wandering sheep who had no shepherd. So He taught them many wonderful things.

35 Late that afternoon, His disciples said, “It’s getting really late and we’re here in this remote place with nothing to eat. 36 You should send the crowds away so they can go into the surrounding villages and buy food.”

37 But He answered them, “You give them something to eat.”

“Are you sure?” they replied. “You really want us to go buy them supper? It would cost a small fortune to feed all these thousands of hungry people.”

38 “How many loaves of bread do you have?” He asked. “Go and see.” After they had looked around, they came back and said, “Five—plus a couple of fish.”

39 Then He instructed them to organize the crowd and have them sit down in groups on the grass. 40 So they had them sit down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Then Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, gazed into heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the bread and the two fish and distributed them to his disciples to serve the people—and the food was multiplied in front of their eyes! 42 Everyone had plenty to eat and was fully satisfied. 43 Then the twelve disciples picked up what remained, and each of them ended up with a basket full of leftovers! 44 Altogether, five thousand families were fed that day!

Jesus responded to rejection by feeding five thousand families and you can be sure that this miracle spread throughout the land.  The adversary attempted to shut down ministry but it only expanded with greater intensity.  The adversary will attempt to take away from us what we currently have, but rather than submit to his devices, we must strengthen our resolve to fulfill our individual callings and destinies.  This is what faith does and that response pleases FATHER.

We are in the final move of GOD which will reveal the Heart of FATHER to mankind.  The five-fold grace ministries were given to move all true believers toward maturity so that they in turn will go out to the marketplace and expand The Kingdom of GOD on the earth. When these grace ministries are functioning properly, Paul explains what happens when the true believers reach maturity.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:

14 And 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. 15 But 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.

16 For 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.

It is critical for you and I to fulfill this passage as we become unified and made perfect in Agape Love.  We will not be shaken by current events or be reluctant to express the Truth which is only found in Heaven.  We will not be deceived by false doctrines of deceivers and we will see through their clever lies.  We will walk in the perfect image of Christ and in His power and authority!

The real believers will unite as one and walk fully in Agape Love.  Others will continue to focus on the temporary such as the latest current events which are meant to distract them from fulfilling their callings.  The spirit of deception will use people who are willing vessels to promote such distractions.  This is what the adversary does.

FATHER is waiting on us to make our enemies HIS footstool as Hebrews chapter 10 reveals:

13  There He waits until His enemies are humbled and made a footstool under His feet.

Our focus should be to fulfill this passage as mature believers.  What are we waiting on?  We are to take dominion over what the devil has stolen rather than sitting around waiting for Christ’s return.  We are to enforce the blessing associated with being a believer and preach the Good News of Jesus Christ.  When this happens, the true purpose of the five-fold ministry is fulfilled.

What is the goal of the adversary?  To deceive the immature believers with empty delusions and lead them astray, similar to the unbelievers’ priorities.

Paul continues:

17 So 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. 18 Their corrupted logic has been clouded because their hearts are so far from God—their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness keeps them from the true knowledge of God. 19 Because of spiritual apathy, they surrender their lives to lewdness, impurity, and sexual obsession.

20 But this is not the way of life that Christ has unfolded within you. 21 If you have really experienced the Anointed One, and heard His Truth, it will be seen in your life; for we know that the ultimate reality is embodied in Jesus!

If people don’t see Jesus and His Truth in us, then we need to change.  We need to press in and not allow our attention to be diverted toward nonessential activities.  We must truly let go of the old man and fully accept what Christ had done for us so that we are not hindered in our walk.

22 And He has taught you to let go of the lifestyle of the ancient man, the old self-life, which was corrupted by sinful and deceitful desires that spring from delusions. 23 Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. 24 And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has re-created you all over again in HIS perfect righteousness, and you now belong to HIM in the realm of true Holiness. 25 So discard every form of dishonesty and lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the Truth, for we all belong to one another.

The wise virgins will embrace this passage without exception and go on to be in complete union with Him.  We will walk in perfect righteousness and true Holiness!

Anything that promotes doubt, unbelief, or fear must be rejected from the true believers attention.  These areas of focus originate from the clever deceiver and his minions.  Mature believers will disregard such attempts to divert their focus from their mission of spreading the Gospel in the marketplace.