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Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:

7 “Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door.

Jesus gave those who are FATHER’S Sons and Daughters a directive: ask, seek, and knock.  We are to do this with expectation of fulfillment for we trust and rely on Our Heavenly Father.  Jesus continues:

9 “Do you know of any parent who would give his hungry child, who asked for food, a plate of rocks instead? 10 Or when asked for a piece of fish, what parent would offer his child a snake instead? 11 If you, imperfect as you are, know how to lovingly take care of your children and give them what’s best, how much more ready is your Heavenly Father to give wonderful gifts to those who ask him?”

Jesus is revealing the depths of FATHER’S Agape Love for us.  Many who read this passage don’t want to rely on it because of their fear of failure and exposing their state of true immaturity.  Their trust in FATHER is simply incomplete and there is a need to move on to greater maturity.  Don’t stop now!

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 4 of his epistle:

1 What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn’t the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires? 2 You jealously want what others have so you begin to see yourself as better than others. You scheme with envy and harm others to selfishly obtain what you crave—that’s why you quarrel and fight. And all the time you don’t obtain what you want because you won’t ask God for it! 3 And if you ask, you won’t receive it for you’re asking with corrupt motives, seeking only to fulfill your own selfish desires. 4 You have become spiritual adulterers who are having an affair, an unholy relationship with the world. Don’t you know that flirting with the world’s values places you at odds with God? Whoever chooses to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy!

The one criteria for receiving from FATHER is to ask with the proper motives.  HE will not fulfill our selfish desires, it is that simple.  This is why we must focus on The Word and hearing The Holy Spirit.  The Truth not only sets us free but provides the guidance for what we ought to expect when we ask, seek, and knock.

For those who need healing, FATHER expresses HIMSELF as The Healer.  It is not asking amiss for healing.  Do you think FATHER wants HIS Children to suffer?  For those who need deliverance, HE is the Deliverer.  We must not allow inaccurate or corrupt teachings in the past prevent us from receiving FATHER’S promises to those who Love HIM.

Persistence is the firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.  What or who opposes us?  The adversary and his demons do not want us to fully mature as Sons and Daughters for we will then be formidable enemies against his agenda.  His deceptions are meant to keep us from rising as “lights” unto the world. 

The devil tempted Jesus in order to sidetrack HIS mission and he will do the same to those of us who are maturing into Sons and Daughters.  We must not let up as we rise to full maturity.  Let us intensify our persistence to the point where the adversary gives up.  He failed with Jesus and he will fail with each of us who are fully committed to walk in Holiness.

It is written in Hebrews chapter 3 by The Holy Spirit:

12 So search your hearts every day, my brothers and sisters, and make sure that none of you has evil or unbelief hiding within you. For it will lead you astray, and make you unresponsive to the Living God.

As long as I am in this world in its current state and dealing with people of an unregenerate heart, I find in necessary to repent daily.  I do not want any spot or wrinkle to be found within me.  The adversary will use people we interact with to initiate reactions contrary to The Word.  We must be on guard against such attempts.  We must not allow them to affect our walk and cause us to be distracted from our intent to ascend to a higher state. 

There are times we must distance ourselves from those who continuously distract us with their issues.  Often, they want us to take on the responsibility and accountability for their problems.  Their immaturity, neglect, and/or fleshly desires must not be allowed to become a perpetual distraction… including family.

13 This is the time to encourage each other to never be stubborn or hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 For we are mingled with the Messiah, if we will continue unshaken in this confident assurance from the beginning until the end.

15 For again, the Scriptures say,

If only today you would listen to HIS Voice.

    Don’t make HIM angry by hardening your hearts,

    as you did in the wilderness rebellion.

16 The same people who were delivered from bondage and brought out of Egypt by Moses, were the ones who heard and still rebelled. 17 They grieved God for forty years by sinning in their unbelief, until they dropped dead in the desert. 18 So God swore an oath that they would never enter into HIS calming place of rest all because they disobeyed HIM. 19 It is clear that they could not enter into their inheritance because they wrapped their hearts in unbelief.

Those in the wilderness are a perfect example of unbelief and hardness of heart.  They were simply unwilling to change even though they saw and experienced great miracles of deliverance and provision.  If you continually associate with people like that, they will simply pull you down as they want you to stay at their level of immaturity.  Misery loves company.

Jesus dealt directly with unbelief.  He spoke in John chapter 6:

47 “I speak to you living truth: Unite your heart to Me and believe—and you will experience eternal life! 48 I am the true Bread of Life. 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the desert and died. 50 But standing here before you is the true Bread that comes out of heaven, and when you eat this Bread you will never die. 51 I alone am this living Bread that has come to you from heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever. The living Bread I give you is My body, which I will offer as a sacrifice so that all may live.”

52 These words of Jesus sparked an angry outburst among the Jews. They protested, saying, “Does this man expect us to eat his body?”

53 Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this eternal Truth: Unless you eat the body of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have eternal life. 54 Eternal life comes to the one who eats My body and drinks My blood, and I will raise him up in the last day. 55 For My body is real food for your spirit and My blood is real drink. 56 The one who eats My body and drinks My blood lives in Me and I live in him. 57 The Father of Life sent Me, and HE is My life. In the same way, the one who feeds upon Me, I will become his life. 58 I am not like the bread your ancestors ate and later died. I am the living Bread that comes from Heaven. Eat this Bread and you will live forever!”

59 Jesus preached this sermon in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Jesus was speaking directly to the mindsets of those whom He was called.  Once again they were rejecting God with their unbelief.  They preferred to stay in the comfort of their religion even though they produced no fruit.  The miracles of Jesus did not break through their bias.  They had closed minds and were unwilling to change.

60 And when many of Jesus’ followers heard these things, it caused a stir. “That’s disgusting!” they said. “How could anybody accept it?”

61 Without anyone telling Him, Jesus knew they were outraged and told them, “Are you offended over My teaching? 62 What will you do when you see the Son of Man ascending into the realm from where he came?

63 “The Holy Spirit is the One who gives life, that which is of the natural realm is of no help. The words I speak to you are Spirit and life. But there are still some of you who won’t believe.” 64 In fact, Jesus already knew from the beginning who the skeptics were and who his traitor would be.

65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one embraces Me unless the Father has given you to me.”

66 And so from that time on many of the disciples turned their backs on Jesus and refused to be associated with Him. 67 So Jesus said to his twelve, “And you—do you also want to leave?” 68 Peter spoke up and said, “But Lord, where would we go? No one but You gives us the revelation of eternal life. 69 We’re fully convinced that you are the Anointed One, the Son of the Living God, and we believe in You!”

Let’s face it, not everyone is going to like you and me.  When confronted with righteousness, they will reject change.  Jesus did not beg those who were leaving to come back, He let them go.  We must be willing to do the same… no matter who they are.

We are in the midst of the separation: wheat from tares, sheep from goats, wise virgins from unwise virgins.  Don’t be surprised as the separation intensifies.  Stubbornness and unbelief brought forth judgment in the wilderness and it is occurring once again.

Iniquity is the twisting of the Truth.  Those who are motivated by the flesh only do things that benefit themselves.  When they submit to their flesh and/or their soulish nature, they are on the path to death and destruction.  It may be unnoticeable at first but their road ultimately ends in despair and regret.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

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

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.

We have been given the solution to live by and it is The Word.  As we walk in Agape Love, we sincerely desire for others to experience and embrace the Way of life.  We desire for the immature to rise up toward maturity and produce good fruit.

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.

People are focused on position and not relationship.  They want to be Christians and go to Heaven but many do not desire to truly know their Heavenly Father while on earth.  When the focus moves from position to relationship, our fruit increases because we will become like Our Heavenly Father.

10 Now 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. 11 Yes, 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. 13 For 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.

As we live according to The Holy Spirit, the effects of sin diminish and we move toward complete restoration.  Those with ears to hear and eyes to see will pursue the Highway to Holiness.

One of the biggest hindrances to overcome is dwelling on our past failures.  The adversary wants us to live according to those failures rather than rising up to walking in FATHER’S Life-giving Spirit.  Our past sins were erased by The Blood of Jesus Christ and we must not belittle His Blood in any way, especially by holding on to those sins which were given and removed from our “books”.  What great news if we will only live by it.

Our flesh has no claims on us so we must quit listening to our flesh and accept “life”.  It is so simple yet the flesh will try everything to get your to hold on to your past.  The stronger your spirit, the weaker the flesh. 

In Jude, it is written by The Holy Spirit:

20 But you, my delightfully loved friends, constantly and progressively build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by praying every moment in the Spirit.21 Fasten your hearts to the Love of God and receive the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gives us eternal life.

22 Keep being compassionate to those who still have doubts, 23 and snatch others out of the fire to save them. Be merciful over and over to them, but always couple your mercy with the fear of God. Be extremely careful to keep yourselves free from the pollutions of the flesh.

Jude provides the necessary instruction to move toward the Highway of Holiness.  We must do our part.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1Timothy chapter 4:

1 The Holy Spirit has explicitly revealed: At the end of this age, many will depart from the true faith one after another, devoting themselves to spirits of deception and following demon-inspired revelations and theories.

The Holy Spirit is warning us about greater and intense demon activity in the “end times.”  Why?  This has always been a ploy of the adversary.  Since the adversary cannot discern times and seasons, he moves upon willing vessels who are in power to promote death and destruction of babies hoping to eliminate the callings given by FATHER.  Simply look at the time of Moses and Jesus… and now.

People who view demons as being born of man’s imaginations are already being deceived.  The enemy has you right where he wants you- walking in denial of the Truth.  The above Word is not my opinion.  I purpose to fully submit my mind, will, and emotions to The Holy Spirit in all areas.  Since I have encountered demons, I don’t need to be convinced of the above statement.  I have encountered angels as well so there is no need to theorize about spiritual activity.

2 Hypocritical liars will deceive many, and their consciences won’t bother them at all! 3 They will require celibacy and dietary restrictions that God doesn’t expect, for he created all foods to be received with the celebration of faith by those who fully know the Truth. 4 We know that all creation is beautiful to God and there is nothing to be refused if it is received with gratitude. 5 All that we eat is made sacred by the Word of God and prayer.

6 If you will teach the believers these things, you will be known as a faithful and good minister of Jesus, the Anointed One. Nurture others in the living Words of faith and in the knowledge of grace which you were taught.

7 Be quick to abstain from senseless traditions and legends, but instead be engaged in the training of Truth that brings righteousness.

True faith and Agape Love requires obedience and discipline.  Men will try to control us with their senseless traditions and legends but we must filter everything we hear and read through The Word and The Holy Spirit.  Neither your nor my opinion matter outside the Truth.  Why spend time debating a half-truth?

We must not allow ourselves to focus on what the world is doing and promoting.  Instead, we should start each day finding out what is on FATHER’S Mind and be a part of it.

We must not allow ourselves to be deceived and/or refocused on things which will have no lasting value to The Kingdom of GOD.  The adversary is always desperate to prevent FATHER’S Plan to come forth.  When you see greater darkness, be assured that greater light is ahead for those who Love GOD.

All of us should be engaged in the training of Truth that brings righteousness.  There can be only one Standard on this earth and it must be Truth.  FATHER is in the midst of exposing Truth to all those who Love HIM.  I am seeing it virtually every day.

Anyone who challenges the Truth is being deceived and his or her motivations of deception will be exposed.  Those who truly repent will be spared.  Those who do not, will undergo judgment.  It’s our choice.

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My wife and I will be taking Communion later today and once again, I would urge my brethren to do the same.

By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 11:

 ²⁸ So let each individual first evaluate his own attitude and only then eat the bread and drink the cup. ²⁹ For continually eating and drinking with a wrong spirit will bring judgment upon yourself by not recognizing the body. ³⁰ This insensitivity is why many of you are weak, chronically ill, and some even dying.

We need to be careful and do our own evaluation before taking communion. This should be emphasized every time we partake of the Holy event. Repent and not allow any sin to cause unworthiness.

Paul writes:

23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;

24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

Many of us have participated in communion countless times over the course of our life.  Most know that taking the cup refers to His Blood as being the sacrifice for our sins to be put away in order that we be reconciled to FATHER.  There has been less emphasis on the meaning of taking the bread beforehand.  Jesus’ body did not remove our sins but instead it deals with the healing of our bodies.

We are to discern His body when we partake of the bread.  The sacrifice of stripes came before the sacrifice of the Blood.  In Matthew 27:

25 And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”

26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

This scourging was the prophetic fulfillment of Isaiah chapter 53:

4 ​​Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; ​​Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

5 ​​But He was wounded for our transgressions, ​​He was bruised for our iniquities; ​​The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Peter also wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Peter chapter 2:

24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

In the communion, first came healing and restoration of the body, then came the sinless nature by His Blood.  This is opposite to Adam when he first gave up his glorified state and then his body began to die.  Jesus is reversing the curse when we properly discern His Body as well as His Blood.  Jesus had prepared the disciples for this revelation during His ministry of healing the sick and preaching salvation.  Matthew wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 8:

16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

​​​“He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.”

Jesus suffered in two ways- first He bore the stripes on His body and then He shed His Blood on the cross.  Both acts are referred to in communion.  When we take the bread, we should discern exactly what it represents and remember the scourging and the stripes along with the promise “by whose stripes we were healed”.  This is a wonderful promise in itself.  Let us no longer take the bread without considering its underlying meaning.  Let its promise and reality be as clear to us as the importance of His Blood to our salvation.  After all, Jesus said “do this in remembrance of Me”.

I delivered 100% of our tithes and offerings to be distributed to those kids in need… of which there are many.

Does Servias have any overhead? I happily have been covering it. Does Servias have any payroll? No. FATHER has blessed us through other channels. This eliminates any pressure to write a “watered-down” blog. I simply write what The Holy Spirit directs without any outside pressure.

I look forward to our next distribution!

Demons have three access points to an individual: spirit, soul, and body.  Once you are “born again”, you remove the access point of the spirit leaving the other two.  This explains how believers can be carnal and tempted by the adversary.

Luke wrote by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 4:

4 1–2 From the moment of his baptism, Jesus was overflowing with the Holy Spirit. He was taken by the Spirit from the Jordan into the lonely wilderness of Judea to experience the ordeal of testing by the accuser for forty days. He ate no food during this time and ended his forty-day fast very hungry.

Jesus was filled with The Holy Spirit so the adversary had to appeal to His soul and flesh in the form of temptations to satisfy both.  The same is true for the believer today.

If you think there are no demons assigned to you, you are sadly mistaken.  I have heard past teachings proclaiming that no demons exist today and the issue is only man’s carnal nature.  When you believe that the enemy doesn’t exist, then the adversary is right where he wants you… in denial.

My family has seen manifested demons.  I have seen a demon in a person when I was allowed to see in the spirit realm.  Once you have had that experience, no one can tell you they don’t exist.  Shall we remove Luke chapter 4 in order to satisfy people’s blindness?  Shall we disregard every mention of casting out of demons by Jesus and the disciples?

FATHER once told me to quit “negotiating” even though I prided myself in my ability to negotiate.  “When you negotiate, you manipulate and that is not of ME.”

3 It was then the devil said to Him, “If You are really the Son of God, command this stone to turn into a loaf of bread for You.”

4 Jesus replied, “I will not! For it is written in the Scriptures, ‘Life does not come only from eating bread but from God. Life flows from every revelation from HIS mouth.’”

5 The devil lifted Jesus high into the sky and in a flash showed him all the kingdoms and regions of the world. 6–7 The devil then said to Jesus, “All of this, with all its power, authority, and splendor, is mine to give to whomever I wish. Just do one thing and you will have it all. Simply bow down to worship me and it will be yours! You will possess everything!”

The devil was attempting to negotiate with Jesus so we must not attempt to reason away this reality.  Just because a person has had no known encounter with a demon does not mean demons don’t exist.  The Scripture is given to us for our instruction.

We must protect our souls and our bodies by walking according to The Word as Jesus showed us in the above passage.  The adversary attempted first to appeal to Jesus’ flesh for He hungered.  When it didn’t work, the adversary tried to appeal to soulish desires of worldly dominion.  Jesus didn’t challenge the adversary’s worldly authority, Jesus responded with The Word which supersedes any lower authority found in the world:

8 Jesus rebuked him and said, “Satan, get behind Me! For it is written in the Scriptures, ‘Only ONE is worthy of your adoration. You will worship before the Lord your God and Love HIM supremely.’”

In the end, it’s all about Love and being motivated by Agape Love.

If you have understanding, demons can’t operate in the Truth.  Thus if you are walking according to The Word, the adversary cannot use you in any fashion.  The only power demons have is in deception and when you are walking out their deception, you are yielding dominion to them.  They simply want you to believe something that is wrong.

Spiritual warfare is saying no to ungodliness in every area of your life.  Demons move upon people to try to shift their perception away from the Truth.  In the world, they call it disinformation. 

As an example, “pro-choice” sounds better than “pro-life”.  Is there any real difference between a six-month old baby and a six-month unborn baby?  Not in FATHER’S Eyes.

Luke recorded in chapter 1 by The Holy Spirit:

39 Afterward, Mary arose and hurried off to the hill country of Judea, to the village where Zechariah and Elizabeth lived. 40 Arriving at their home, Mary entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. 41 At the moment she heard Mary’s voice, the baby within Elizabeth’s womb jumped and kicked. And suddenly, Elizabeth was filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit! 42 With a loud voice she prophesied with power:

“Mary! You are a woman given the highest favor

    and privilege above all others.

    For your child is destined to bring God great delight.

43 How did I deserve such a remarkable honor

    to have the mother of my Lord come and visit me?

44 The moment you came in the door and greeted me,

    my baby danced inside me with ecstatic joy!

45 Great favor is upon you, for you have believed

    every word spoken to you from the Lord.”

46 And Mary sang this song:

    “My soul is ecstatic, overflowing with praises to God!

47 My spirit bursts with joy over my life-giving God!

48 For HE set his tender gaze upon me, his lowly servant girl.

    And from here on, everyone will know

    that I have been favored and blessed.

49 The Mighty One has worked a mighty miracle for me;

    holy is his name!

50 Mercy kisses all HIS Godly lovers,

    from one generation to the next.

51 Mighty power flows from HIM

    to scatter all those who walk in pride.

52 Powerful princes HE tears from their thrones

    and HE lifts up the lowly to take their place.

53 Those who hunger for HIM will always be filled,

    but the smug and self-satisfied HE will send away empty.

54 Because HE can never forget to show mercy,

    HE has helped HIS chosen servant, Israel,

55 Keeping HIS promises to Abraham

    and to his descendants forever.”

56 Before going home, Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months.

57 When Elizabeth’s pregnancy was full term, she gave birth to a son. 58 All her family, friends, and neighbors heard about it, and they too were overjoyed, for they realized that the Lord had showered such wonderful mercy upon her. 

John the Baptist responded to Mary’s voice and danced inside of her with ecstatic joy!  Does this sound like an inanimate object that should be removed from a mother’s womb to you?

Am I willing to support anyone who promotes the killing of babies, no matter what their current location?  Not me!

We need to get to the root of the problem.  Men need to keep their pants on and women need to keep their knees close to each other.  Only Agape Love should be the motivation to be intimate with another… and only after a full commitment to becoming “one” in marriage.  Otherwise, boys… keep your body under subjection and keep your pants on.  Girls… quit enticing the boys to be “carnal”.

Someone has to be willing to state the obvious.  People need to quit making excuses for sin.  Quit yielding dominion to the adversary.

Thankfully neither Mary nor Elizabeth considered abortion. 

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2 Corinthians chapter 10:

3–4 For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with Divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide.

We must not allow ourselves to be manipulated by those who are led by the adversary.  The Holy Spirit will reveal the Truth about any matter if we will inquire of The Holy Spirit without bias.

When I pray in THE SPIRIT, I will often get revelation and clarification about certain situations confronting me.  Sometimes it requires hard decisions to be made but those actions must be carried out in order to be in complete obedience.  We must not compromise.

I look back at situations where I was manipulated which nearly wrecked my life.  However, FATHER in HIS great grace and mercy prevailed on my behalf.  HE then restored me to fruitfulness.  HE will do the same for you if you find yourself in a similar situation.  It is all about HIS unconditional Love for you and me.

5 We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. 6 Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience.

The adversary and his demons will attempt to manipulate us by introducing thoughts contrary to The Word.  If we entertain those thoughts, we will question some aspect of Truth in The Word.  If we allow ourselves to dwell on those manipulative thoughts, we will take some action to confirm the perversity introduced.

If I have a thought contrary to The Word, I immediately cast it down and remove it from my focus.  If it attempts to persist, I start praying in THE SPIRIT.  Our weapons are Spiritual for the pulling down the strongholds and our minds are a primary battlefield.

We must not allow anything in our mind to exalt itself above the knowledge of GOD!  We must bring every thought into captivity… continually.  As for me, I start each day with praying and studying The Word thus causing my initial thoughts for the day to be established in The Word.  It prepares me for whatever challenge is set before me throughout the day.

You and I are called to be spiritual warriors, not passive responders to those who would try to manipulate and oppress us with their destructive intent.  We must know The Word in order to use It as our weapon.  Our mouths must be filled with The Word as an offensive weapon.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 19:

6 Then I heard what seemed to be the thunderous voice of a great multitude, like the sound of a massive waterfall and mighty peals of thunder, crying out:

“Hallelujah!

    For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

7 Let us rejoice and exalt him and give him glory,

    because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come.

    And His bride has made herself ready.

8 Fine linen, shining bright and clear,

    has been given to her to wear,

    and the fine linen represents

    the righteous deeds of his holy believers.”

Notice how the Bride’s garment is described: Fine linen, shining bright and clear.  Continuing in chapter 19:

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and suddenly a white horse appeared. The name of the one riding it was Faithful and True, and with pure righteousness He judges and rides to battle. 12 He wore many regal crowns, and His Eyes were flashing like flames of fire. He had a secret name inscribed on Him that’s known only to Himself. 13 He wore a robe dipped in blood, and His title is called the Word of God. 14 Following Him on white horses were the armies of heaven, wearing white fine linen, pure and bright.

We the Bride are also warriors in the armies of Heaven.  Warriors are actively walking out The Word and creating righteous “deeds”.  Now is the time to be fully armored both offensively and defensively.

As Paul affirmed by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 6:

11 Put on God’s complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser! 12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage. 13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.

14 Put on Truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart. 15 Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.

16 In every battle, take faith as your wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at you from the Evil One! 17–18 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken Word of God.

Pray passionately in the Spirit, as you constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of God upon all his believers.