God is Love

The Bible tells us that God is love (I John 4:8).  The Bible also tells us that love is of God (I John 4:7).

Christ himself is God (John 1:1).  And to repeat what I wrote earlier, in the gospel John, Philip asks Christ: "Show us the Father."  Christ responded, "Have I been with you for so long and yet you do not know me...  He who has seen me have seen the Father.'  (John 14:9).  Read what Jesus said, how he acted and what He did.  Jesus was not a prophet (a man inside a human body who spoke God's words), but God inhabiting a human body.  (incidentally this is not rocket science; it was a very east fertilization, similar to cloning, of Mary's egg that produced a human body.  Instead of sending a human spirit inside it, He went Himself.)  The personality and character of God can be seen in Jesus.  You can see the nature of God by looking at Christ and by looking at what He did for you on the cross when He died.  He RESCUED YOU.

God came for you.  He came in the only way he could to legally and factually save you by reuniting you with Himself.  He took away you sins, punishment, and the curses and the evil that exists on and in you.  The cross was not a place of defeat; on the contrary, it was a place of victory and compassion.

Focus on and understand the sacrifice, pain and hardship and the mind-boggling, emotional experience it was for Go to do what He did: come for you and me and take what we so richly deserve so He could get us back.  God wanted and wants you with all His heart.

Let me repeat:  God came for you!  He is not mad at you.  He came to take await what is between you and Him.  He came because of love.  He loves you.  He came to save you and to welcome you into His family.

At last comment about God's love:  understanding the immensity of creation - (billions of planets), multiple dimensions, 7 billion people on the planet - it can be hard to think that any person is special or personally loved.  However, in the infinite greatness of God He is able and does LOVE us individually and completely...and He has time for each of us as though we were the only one (see section on God's humor).

Moving On - Further renunciation and release

A part of renunciation and release is to understand how the spirits work and refusing to "follow" them down the path they want you to travel.  Recognize the road at the beginning, confirm the renunciation and release, and don't go with them.  For example, in the case of anger, don't even begin to get angry.  Don't start down that road, catch yourself at the beginning.  If allowed the spirits will take you to murder.

As mentioned int he first part of this book, the spirits want you to "run" with them.  There are all kinds (families) of spirits to "run" with:  proud spirits, violent spirits, perverse spirits, sad spirits, death spirits (a lot of these), sexual spirits, pleasure spirits of all types, lazy spirits, and on and on.  They want to lead you and also get you to frequent or live in geographical areas they control.

An example is  spirit (not Holy Spirit) led desire to drink alcohol. (Drinking wisely itself is not a sin, if you have no addiction and it does not open you to sin).  A susceptible person goes along with the spirit-led thought of drinking.  After the first drink, the person accepts the idea of another couple of drinks.  Not long after, the spirits (from my observation, they usually run in groups) then suggest dancing at a respectable place (so why no go out)...

Some of the dancers are sexy.  The drinker is now susceptible; sexual desires are aroused and he or she orders another drink and asks a sexy person to dance.  Closeness occurs, arousal occurs.  The body needs no help, but the spirits impose thoughts and graphic images into the person's mind.

The next step: The sexy person suggests a hotter bar.  It is  filled with heavier spirits "vibing" each other and its inhabitants.  The behavior and standards manifested are those of the spirits and the people given over to them.  Relaxed, semi-intoxicated, the person is now in the hands of the spirits; they lead the person as far as he or she will go, into new territory of sexual sin, other drugs (aside from alcohol) and increasing debauchery.  Watch out - get free.  Just run - but it may be too late, you may be in their clutches and too far down the lust road stop.

The leading of any spirit works in similar ways.  Again, the general operating rules of the spirit world are the same for all spirits.  The Holy Spirit works similarly, but with saintly destinations.The Holy Spirit led person will got to a worship service, then to meet with some Christians who choose to speak of the things of God.  A company of Christians is encountered.  Ideas flow: giving to missions, helping someone in need etc.  The person and group move closer to God.  The presence of God (versus evil spirits) grows and everyone moves closer to God and engages in further acts that are useful for everyone along the way.

There is no escape from the spirit world and the influence of the supernatural over your life.  There is no safe place.  You can’t opt out; to deny its existence has no effect.   Denying the existence of the spiritual and supernatural, or believing in other things, doesn’t change the reality of the spirit world or diminish its influence over your life.  Your environment is defined by God who made it for your good, and by the consequence of sin that brought corruption. 

The good news is that God has given you, as a believer, authority and power over the spirit world and its powers (ruling spirit beings), that is, over the spiritual and supernatural influences of evil.  Even, without Christ, our human will blocks the entrance of many things into our lives.  But in Jesus Christ we are given far greater authority over what Satan can deliver to us.

Page 17, Defeat Your Saboteurs

Heartbreak/Broken hearts

Heartbreak/ broken hearts

Heartbreak is awful.  It was never part of God's plan.  As I explain, death and all other evil entered because of man's choice to know good evil.  When man chose to know good and evil, the door to the Evil Once opened at humankind's behest.  So in that sense, all heartbreak (a form of evil) comes from the Evil One.  It is part of his evilness and his kingdoms.

That said, not all heartbreak comes directly from the devil's hand.  The death of a loved one, the loss of a relationship with someone you love, sickness, etc, are often the immediate cause of heartbreak without the devil acting in a specific way in the particular event.  But in the cases he has, and i, acting, and your heartbreak is simply the fruition of his hidden, long-term plan for your life.  Regardless of cause, heartbreak is real.  The world is full of broken hearts and heartbreak.  Heaven and our future in God will be utterly free from it.

God was and is aware of heartbreak:  His own for the loss of creation and His loss of so many people to their own way.  He is also aware of our heartbreak.  He feels it.  Jesus came to open the door or relationship with God the Father so He could heal the brokenhearted (Is. 61:1)

Heartbreak is so devastating that people can, and very often do, die of it, rapidly or slowly, sometimes through alcohol or overeating.  During times of heartbreak, God can and does help us.  He lives in our hearts and His Presence can and does heal them.  In the heartbreak process (which I know all too well through the death of my wife in an automobile accident), it is often only (or mostly) God who pulls us through.  Initially, He may act by placing us into a different, best possible available situation to keep us alive;  He may give us work or daily activities to do to be sure we put one foot in front of the other until we realize we'll survive and learn to thrive again; and/or He'll take whatever other steps are necessary to deal with us as individuals.

The key thing is to know is that in our helplessness, He will provide a way forward so that as time passes He can heal us.  Even in heartbreak, however, God expects us to do what we can, as much or as little as that may be.  Action is what God expects/ requires of us.  Applying the principle you find here will expedite your recovery if your heart is broken.  One day a new view of life will be visible, a new plan will seem possible, then a new course, until one day a bit of happiness and joy will return to you.  In the fullness, He will give you the promised abundant life.

Key points about the spirit world.

• The spirit world is not random.

• There are spiritual laws that govern the spirit world in the same way there are natural laws that govern he natural world.

• The spirit world is orderly

• The spirit world is as real as this world ( but not more real)

• It is logical

• As God honors, created and respects natural laws, so He honors created and respects the spiritual laws.

• The laws that govern both worlds work in such a way that there is interchange between the two worlds.

• Adam was able to walk and communicate freely with God, consciously living in both worlds.

• The introduction of sin changed the spirit world and the physical world.

• All human beings are subject to both worlds.

• In Christ Jesus we jump from the regular application of the laws (physical and spiritual) to the rules established by and through what Jesus did.

The Supernatural

The is no escape form the spiritual world and the influence of the supernatural over your life.  There is no safe place.  You can't opt out; to deny its existence has no effect.  Denying the existence of the spiritual and supernatural, or believing in other things, doesn't change the reality of the spirit world or diminish its influence over your life.  Your environment is defined by God, who made it for your good, and but the consequences of sin that brought corruption.

The good news (Gospel) is that God has given you, as a believer, authority and power over the spirit world and its powers (ruling spirit beings); that is, over the spiritual and supernatural influences of evil.  Even without Christ, our human will blocks entrance of many harmful things into our lives,  But in Christ we are given far greater authority over what Satan can deliver to us.

Negative Faith

Negative Faith

Beware of negative faith.  The negative statement of faith that comes from your mouth makes you a prisoner of you own ill-considered words.  Positive confession and the Word of  God in you mouth put you on the right path.  What you say, mixed with your positive faith, puts you on the path to what will become you new reality in Christ.

Regarding negative expressions, the Bible says in Proverbs 6:2, "You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth."

In the first section of this book we looked at spirit things.  As you recall, there are good an bad spirit things - genuine things made of spirit.  Satan brings you packages of evil things (e.g. illnesses and temptations).  When you state with you mouth that you own them, it's like signing a receipt for a package the devil wants to deliver to you.  Don't do it!  Refuse to take delivery.