Timothy This is some heart, when I got born again all of my friends were dopers including guess who. Now all I knew is wow something happened and I didn't want the stuff any more, but I still considered these guys friends I knew them for years. Went to a friends house where they lit up passed it arouncame to me and I said don't need it or want it any more. The fun began why not, are you a narc now are you crazy, if you don't do this we are no longer friends. Then I said I because I was more hurt than anything, at one time none of us did this and we were friends and now that I say I don't want to smoke anymore we're not friends that's insane. I walked out a little confused and hurt but my heart said its O.K.
I did get to witness eventually to all them but of course they considered me nuts.
One of the things to help with deliverance is completely new associations which God can and will provide trust me he did it for me and I'm a nobody. Some additional verses for the mind Ephesians 4:23-32, Philippians 4:6-9, Colossians 3:1-17. I leave you with this, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His Wonderful Face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace. God Bless
Hi Timothy. Here are some Scriptures for you to consider:
1 Corinthians 6:12; Titus 2:11,12; 1 Peter 5:8,9; James 1:12-15; James 4:7,8; 1 Peter 2:11; Romans 13:12-14; Romans 12:1,2.
All these Scriptures show how a Christian can live above the sinful cravings of the heart & mind - when we know that we need help & that help is beyond any power we can muster up, then we must cry to the Lord our God, submit fully to Him & daily trust Him to deliver us of anything that opposes godliness.
I had a few addictions to surrender to the Lord when I was saved by His Spirit; some things left off immediately, others took a little longer. But remember "it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Philippians 2:13. God will by His Spirit help an earnest repentant soul. If He is in the business of pulling out wayward souls from the coming fires of Hell through His Son's Sacrifice, He will certainly not forget a struggling child who is still ensnared by the wicked one.
Our strength to resolve our issues very quickly diminishes - God's great Power to deliver & heal awaits all who look only to Him & submit to His Will. And when temptation knocks at our door, we are reminded in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." But the part of that verse that tests our genuineness, is whether we see, acknowledge & use the door of escape that God provides for us. When that sin or addiction becomes something most hateful in us, we're on the road to physical, mental & spiritual recovery.
How to be free from Oppression - In Reply - 2 years ago
What you're dealing with is demonic. Unbelievers don't know they've been taken hostage.
Believers know they've been snared. The Holy Spirit is the only one who can break the ties that bind us. We pray and ask for HELP to break the bonds and be freed. We do that by depending upon what Jesus did on the Cross to set us free. He paid in blood. Satan nor demons have AUTHORITY to cross that blood and take a Christian captive. Whom the Son sets free, is free Indeed.
Faith in Christ stands up and takes that authority back! Ephesians 6. The Helmet of Salvation. Start pleading the blood of Jesus when THE TEMPTER shows up. The more scripture you know__the more ammo you have to shoot back at the evil. Read about Jesus 40 day fast after his baptism. "IT IS WRITTEN_____ " you fill in that blank with a verse, like He did. It absolutely works. We're weak often because we fill our minds with television, novels and video games.
FILL UP ON JESUS.
Spirit of Bondage
Manifestations - Fears, Addictions (Drugs, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Food, Etcetera...), Fear of Death, Captivity to Satan, Servant of Corruption, Compulsive Sin, Bondage to Sin
Scriptures: ( Romans 6:16; 7:23; 8:15; 2 Peter 2:19; Hebrews 2:14-15; Luke 8:23; John 8:34; Acts 8:23; Proverbs 5:2; 2 Timothy 2:26)
Roots... "The Works of the Flesh," Galatians 5:19-21.
"By their fruits you will know all men," Matthew 7:20. According to Matthew 6:10; 11:12; 12:29; 16:18; 18:18; 28:18 BIND: Spirit of Bondage
LOOSE: Liberty, Spirit of Adoption:
Spirit of God: Pure Spirit, Holiness, Commitment, Insatiable
Ever Increasing Hunger for the Holy Spirit.
You're going to feel silly, because demons are invisible. Eph.6
On YouTube, watch Charles Capps: Authority of the Believer. Take notes. When you get free, tell others how to be free.
Don't be anesthetized by television. Read more New Testament Bible.
Hi Mishael , you have raised an interesting point there that I had not ever considered : Unbelievers don't know that they've been taken hostage . This train of thought is one that I had never considered . Thank you very much , you have set my brain working and I love it when some one on here provokes me to think about things in a slightly different way . Much love in Christ .
Jesus to Peter___Do you Agape ME - In Reply - 2 years ago
Beloved of the Lord
We don't have to be in rags like Lazarus: poor, blind and begging.
We are children of the Mighty King! Just as Esther. We're chosen. We are adorned by the King. She used her privilege to rescue her people from mass execution. She had wisdom and beauty. Sometimes I don't understand how we get so bogged down, arguing history and miss the principals of soul winning.
If we could look through Jesus's eyes, we'd SEE our invisible enemies. I posted a list last night of signs of the Last Generation of people. We see that every day! Some sit at our dinner table. They're lost. Oppressedpossessed; dead spiritually. Can we see it? The battle is won on our knees.
Why not this year we say the Thanksgiving Prayer over the meal; and give an Altar Call? Come and taste the goodness of the Lord! Choose this day whom you will serve. Open the door of your heart that He knocks on. Invite Him to come in? Come in Lord Jesus and live in me from this day till the end. Give me the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible. I receive you. Write my name in your Book of Life. Amen.
There's a song by Darrell Mansfield. "Have You Been Listening." Take a moment and listen to that on YouTube. It will bless you.
I did get to witness eventually to all them but of course they considered me nuts.
One of the things to help with deliverance is completely new associations which God can and will provide trust me he did it for me and I'm a nobody. Some additional verses for the mind Ephesians 4:23-32, Philippians 4:6-9, Colossians 3:1-17. I leave you with this, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His Wonderful Face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace. God Bless
1 Corinthians 6:12; Titus 2:11,12; 1 Peter 5:8,9; James 1:12-15; James 4:7,8; 1 Peter 2:11; Romans 13:12-14; Romans 12:1,2.
All these Scriptures show how a Christian can live above the sinful cravings of the heart & mind - when we know that we need help & that help is beyond any power we can muster up, then we must cry to the Lord our God, submit fully to Him & daily trust Him to deliver us of anything that opposes godliness.
I had a few addictions to surrender to the Lord when I was saved by His Spirit; some things left off immediately, others took a little longer. But remember "it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Philippians 2:13. God will by His Spirit help an earnest repentant soul. If He is in the business of pulling out wayward souls from the coming fires of Hell through His Son's Sacrifice, He will certainly not forget a struggling child who is still ensnared by the wicked one.
Our strength to resolve our issues very quickly diminishes - God's great Power to deliver & heal awaits all who look only to Him & submit to His Will. And when temptation knocks at our door, we are reminded in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." But the part of that verse that tests our genuineness, is whether we see, acknowledge & use the door of escape that God provides for us. When that sin or addiction becomes something most hateful in us, we're on the road to physical, mental & spiritual recovery.
Believers know they've been snared. The Holy Spirit is the only one who can break the ties that bind us. We pray and ask for HELP to break the bonds and be freed. We do that by depending upon what Jesus did on the Cross to set us free. He paid in blood. Satan nor demons have AUTHORITY to cross that blood and take a Christian captive. Whom the Son sets free, is free Indeed.
Faith in Christ stands up and takes that authority back! Ephesians 6. The Helmet of Salvation. Start pleading the blood of Jesus when THE TEMPTER shows up. The more scripture you know__the more ammo you have to shoot back at the evil. Read about Jesus 40 day fast after his baptism. "IT IS WRITTEN_____ " you fill in that blank with a verse, like He did. It absolutely works. We're weak often because we fill our minds with television, novels and video games.
FILL UP ON JESUS.
Spirit of Bondage
Manifestations - Fears, Addictions (Drugs, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Food, Etcetera...), Fear of Death, Captivity to Satan, Servant of Corruption, Compulsive Sin, Bondage to Sin
Scriptures: ( Romans 6:16; 7:23; 8:15; 2 Peter 2:19; Hebrews 2:14-15; Luke 8:23; John 8:34; Acts 8:23; Proverbs 5:2; 2 Timothy 2:26)
Roots... "The Works of the Flesh," Galatians 5:19-21.
"By their fruits you will know all men," Matthew 7:20. According to Matthew 6:10; 11:12; 12:29; 16:18; 18:18; 28:18 BIND: Spirit of Bondage
LOOSE: Liberty, Spirit of Adoption:
Spirit of God: Pure Spirit, Holiness, Commitment, Insatiable
Ever Increasing Hunger for the Holy Spirit.
You're going to feel silly, because demons are invisible. Eph.6
On YouTube, watch Charles Capps: Authority of the Believer. Take notes. When you get free, tell others how to be free.
Don't be anesthetized by television. Read more New Testament Bible.
** Luke 11:24-26 garnish means Bible and Faith
We don't have to be in rags like Lazarus: poor, blind and begging.
We are children of the Mighty King! Just as Esther. We're chosen. We are adorned by the King. She used her privilege to rescue her people from mass execution. She had wisdom and beauty. Sometimes I don't understand how we get so bogged down, arguing history and miss the principals of soul winning.
If we could look through Jesus's eyes, we'd SEE our invisible enemies. I posted a list last night of signs of the Last Generation of people. We see that every day! Some sit at our dinner table. They're lost. Oppressedpossessed; dead spiritually. Can we see it? The battle is won on our knees.
Why not this year we say the Thanksgiving Prayer over the meal; and give an Altar Call? Come and taste the goodness of the Lord! Choose this day whom you will serve. Open the door of your heart that He knocks on. Invite Him to come in? Come in Lord Jesus and live in me from this day till the end. Give me the Holy Spirit to understand the Bible. I receive you. Write my name in your Book of Life. Amen.
There's a song by Darrell Mansfield. "Have You Been Listening." Take a moment and listen to that on YouTube. It will bless you.
Mishael
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