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Speak Life

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:42:00 +0000

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21(KJV)

Take heed listen, to what you speak. Listen to yourself! Think, Do I want what I just said to come to pass? If the answer is no, then stop and correct yourself right now. Replace those negative words with praise.
Ephesians 5:4 says Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks..

If you've gotten sloppy about what you say, change your course today by changing your words. Ask God to help you set a watch over your mouth. Put the power that's in your tongue to work for you instead of against you. Stop using it to make problems, and start using it to make miracles. There is a miracle in your mouth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. James 3:6 (kJV)

Jesus has already given you all the power and authority you need to do it. He's given you the keys of the kingdom. He's promised you that whatever you declare bound on earth is bound in heaven and whatever you declare loosed on earth loosed in the heavenlies (Matt. 16:19). That means you can speak the Word and bind wicked spirits. You can speak the Word and loose the angelic forces of God to work on your behalf.

What's more, you've been given the power of attorney that enables you to use the mighty Name of Jesus. A Name that's above every other name. A Name which will cause every knee to bow in heaven, in earth, and under the earth! (Phil. 2:9-10). At the name of Jesus every knee will bow.

Put the Word of God to work in your life and dare to receive the rich blessings that belong to those who believe. Start using the Word to draw boundaries around your life, to paint spiritual warning signs for the devil.
Signs that say:
Off Limits! According to God's Word, I don't belong to you anymore. My family doesn't belong to you. My health doesn't belong to you. My money doesn't belong to you. My ministry doesn't belong to you. I belong to a different kingdom. Now, back off in Jesus' Name!

Psalm 141:3 says Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Let this be your prayer daily.

Burdened

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:10:00 +0000

Do you feel beaten down, crushed beneath a weight, burdened today?

All you see are the storms in your life, like there is no end to the trials and tribulations. You look around and it seems like the enemy has destroyed your life. It feels like your hopes and dreams have been dismantled .

It looks like your future has been robbed. Your children, your health, your finances, your marriage, or your life has been under attack and now all you can see is rubble. You’ve been down so long now that you’ve almost forgotten what it feels like to be up.

You may think that you are sinking to rise no more, but God’s Spirit can lift you up. He can give you a pick-me-up that no drug can give.

Psalms 40:2 says, “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”

Maybe you’re here today and you need the Spirit to lift you up, well I have good news for you. If you will let Him, the Holy Spirit will lift you up and give you a new outlook on life. He will lift you up above the clouds and into His marvelous light.

He will put a new song in your heart. Begin to pour out your praise to Him, worship Him like you never did before and be lifted up today.

Quitters never win

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:09:00 +0000

"Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God, I will praise him again - my Savior and my God."( Psalms 42:11)

I just can't face another day.
Is that how you have been feeling lately?. The pressures of life have been overwhelming, you just can't go on anymore.

You can't understand what is happening to you, to your home to your marriage, to your ministry. Something is missing and try as you will you just can't find the key to make things work out.

You have spent hours trying to figure out where things went wrong.The romance is gone , the communication is gone, right now your relationship with God is plummeting, right now there are more questions than answers.

If you will pull back the facade you will find depression, or perhaps you even thought about suicide or maybe even attempted it, everything seems so blank and dismal.

You desperately cry out for God's help and He seems not to hear.
You struggle along making one mistake after another,we cry, you pray, you read the word, you help others and do good.
But you are left feeling empty and unfulfilled, doubt creeps in.

We all have times of despair accompanied by feelings of failure, at times we have all thought of quitting. We have all had thoughts of giving up.
The truth is life is tough for all of us, even the greatest preachers and men of the bible struggled. I want to encourage you and let you know that some of the greatest people in the Bible have been there and felt like quitting

Moses the man who talked with God and parted the Red Sea and brought down the Ten Commandments got fed up with his problems and wanted to die.
"If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!" (Numbers 11:15)

Job was a perfect man in God's sight, yet he also experienced a time when he wanted to give up after loosing his animals, his workers and his children, but he held on to God.

Then there is Jeremiah, he watched mothers eating their own children because of the starvation of war, he was thrown in prison when his country was defeated in war, when released from prison, he was hung by his armpits in a well full of mud.
Now that's tough, but yet he still had hope.

"I say to myself,"the Lord is my inheritance, therefore I will hope in him!"The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for the Lord to save. (Lamentations 3:24-26)

Everyone at some point in their lives felt like giving up or quitting. May be the problems and pressures of daily life make you feel like giving up. Perhaps you are still waiting for answers to prayers.Maybe you’re in need of healing or you need a financial miracle.

Your situation right now might seem hopeless but don't give up, let your faith in Him remain and remember He loves you. God is not in the business of condemnation, He never gives up on you, He loves you, hold on He will see you through.

You are what the Word says you are.
You can do what the Word says you can do.
You can have what the Word says you can have.
Begin to believe that.
Begin to say it out loud in faith.

"My Never Again List"

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:36:00 +0000

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." - Proverbs 18:21

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Never again will I confess “I can’t” for “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)
Never again will I confess lack, for “My God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)
Never again will I confess fear, for “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Never again will I confess doubt and lack of faith, for “God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)
Never again will I confess weakness, for “The Lord is the strength of my life.” (Psalm 27:1) “The people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits.” (Daniel 11:32)
Never again will I confess supremacy of Satan over my life, for “Greater is He that is within me than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)
Never again will I confess defeat, for “God always causeth me to triumph in Christ Jesus.” (2 Corinthians 2:14)
Never again will I confess lack of wisdom, for “Christ Jesus is made unto me wisdom from God.” (1 Corinthians 1:30)
Never again will I confess sickness, for “With His stripes I am healed” (Isaiah 53:5). Jesus “Himself took my infirmities and bare my sickness.” (Matthew 8:17)
Never again will I confess worries and frustrations, for I am “Casting all my cares upon Him, who careth for me.” (1 Peter 5:7) In Christ I am “care-free.”
Never again will I confess bondage, for “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” (2 Corinthians 3:17)
Never again will I confess condemnation, for “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) I am in Christ; therefore, I am free from condemnation.
Never again will I confess loneliness, Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20) “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5)
Never again will I confess curses or bad luck, for “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us…that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:13-14)
Never again will I confess discontent because “I have learned, in whatsoever state (circumstances) I am, therewith to be content.” (Philippians 4:11)
Never again will I confess unworthiness because “He hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
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You have issues

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:57:00 +0000
In Luke 8:43 we read the story about a woman having an issue of blood for twelve years who spent all her living on the physicians but still she was not cured.

Like this woman you also have issues, you have problems in your life that seems to defy everything that you try. You are hurting, your heart is bleeding from the pain, actually you have faced much issues in life, you had to fight to survive, to break free from the bondage the enemy wanted to put you in, if the truth be told here are still some issues you are struggling with at this moment.

You have reached a crisis point in your life, like this woman you have gotten desperate to see this issue resolved, you have been fighting to break out, to be healed, to be delivered, to be set free but nothing seems to change and right now you don't know what else to do.

This woman heard about Jesus and she determined in her heart that she had to get to him, this woman pushed her way through the crowd to get to touch the hem of Jesus' garment. Here we see action, we all have faith but we need to put it into action for it to work for us, faith without works is dead. It was not the garment that healed her, it was her faith in daring to believe that she could be made whole.

If you know Jesus and have a relationship with Him you are in a good place, or perhaps you are just familiar with him. Whatever it is, all you have to do is see Jesus, reach out to Him in faith. The man at the gate beautiful had an issue, Jairus had an issue, the children of Israel also had many issues but the truth of the matter is that it is only God who can permanently resolve your issues. You don't want a temporary fix for a permanent problem.

As you walk in obedience to His word and believe in Him your issues can be resolved. When the children of Israel obeyed God things went well for them, when they walked in disobedience many issues arose in their lives. It was only as they turned back to God were these issues taken care of.

Don't let the issues of life stop you from living a full life and getting things done, see Jesus, call on Him, He is a present help in times of trouble.

Come out of captivity

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:57:00 +0000
Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me ... to preach deliverance to the captives ... " Luke 4:18

You are held a captive, you are bound up in sin, sickness, drugs, alcohol, oppression and depression. You are in bondage to anything that controls you and prevents you from being free to do what God wants you to do. The truth is that you do not have to be held a captive. The truth is you do not have to be in bondage. Jesus came to set the captives free.

God is calling those who have been in isolation, locked down in their minds and spirit to come out of captivity. Many of you were wounded and rejected, and you recoiled and because of accusations you have been limited in your calling. You were suppressed and confined but God is breaking that off. It's time to be delivered, God wants to use you to fight to bring deliverance to some people like you who have been held captive
It is time to come out of hiding, to come into the fulness of your authority, the time is now. l declare that the war on your mind is over, the war on your body is over, the war on your voice is over. It's over.

Stick to the vine

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 22:57:00 +0000
John 15:4-6
4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned

The word lets us know the importance of being connected to the true source of life,of the true source of power. Our Lord uses the analogy of the vineyard, of the vine and the branches.

Just as a wild vine attaches it self to a tree and begins to receive its nourishment from it and grow the same way God expects us to cling to him to receive nutrients so that we can grow and begin to bear fruit.Jesus is the vine, God the Father is the vine grower, and the true believers are the branches.

As branches we are spiritually alive; yet we can only grow if we are connected to him,if we are connected to the true vine, apart from Him we begin to dry up and die spiritually. Having a form of worship, going through the motions,doing absolutely nothing with our lives.

As long as we are connected to Jesus the power of the Holy Spirit can run in us and keep us spiritually alive. So we need to stick to the vine.

PRAYER
Blockages- Perhaps there are some blockages in your life that hinders you from doing the things of God, its time to pray against them.

Obstruction: spirits that block spiritual growth, finances, relationships, prayer life, study of the Word, ministry, and so on. Barrier, obstacle, roadblock, wall. Spirits that impede, choke, close off, cut off, stop up, sever, deter, dam, bar, arrest, thwart. Spirits that block and obstruct revelation, answered prayer, prosperity, or church growth.

Who is this for?

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 23:14:00 +0000

Matthew 6:33 says " But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you ".

Indeed this is the time when people need to be about the Kings' business, but by the Kings' standards, holy and righteous.
We need to be repentant, totally surrendered and obedient

For too long believers have been playing church. If the Kingdom of God is to be manifested the King has to be involved.
Often times we have done a lot of great stuff for God but He was been left out of the equation.
The question is, who is this for, is it for the King or is it for you?
We as believers need to get to the place where the kingdom is our priority when the kingdom becomes our priority then the other things will be added unto us.

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Fighting or Fleeing

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:10:00 +0000
Words are containers of faith or fear. They are very powerful, so much so it will steer your life in what ever direction you speak. Words can build up or tear down and can cause us to stay and fight or take flight. These words can either come out of your mouth or someone else's, it does not really matter. Words carry so much power that it can cause you to run away and hide.

Such was the case of Elijah. In 1 Kings !9. after he had slaughtered the prophets of Baal, Jezebel sent him a message to tell him she was going to kill him. Elijah was a constant threat, he was always predicting gloom and as long as he was alive she could not do all the wicked things she wanted to do. So Elijah became afraid and he took flight, her ran off and prematurely aborted his mission after his life was threatened. He was so driven by fear that he wanted to die. The truth is Elijah did not really want to die, because if he did he would have remained so that Jezebel could kill him.

God has started a work in you but because of fear, discouragement and intimidation, you ran off and abandoned your assignment, you left the ministry God placed you in, it was not yet your time to leave. You moved away from divine placement to go to a place where God did not sanction and you keep moving because you are out of the will of God. When you are walking out of the will of God you are walking in rebellion, you are walking disorderly.

Satan sends threats to derail the purposes of God in your life, so you have to know the voice of God, you have to try the spirits to know where the words are coming from. That was not the voice of God Elijah heard, this great prophet who had just destroyed the prophets of Baal was now running for his life. He began to walk in the flesh, he deserted the people that God had called him to work with, the people that he was supposed to impart ministry into.

Elijah ran and hid, what he actually was doing was withdrawing himself from public ministry/ He was saying I am finished with ministry all because he was threatened. Like Elijah, you have also withdrawn from what God has begun to do in your life, but because of God's graciousness he is calling you back the same way he called Elijah back because his assignment was not yet complete and neither is yours. Elijah was to go back and anoint his successor and prepare him to take over. If he was not willing to continue to lead God was going to anoint someone else. God always has a remnant.

When Elijah told the Lord to take his life, he set his future in motion he prophesied his departure. Proverbs 18:21 says, " Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof and Proverbs 13:3 says, " He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life, but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. When we are fear driven we must not allow ourselves to come to a place were we will say things that are going to set our future in motion.

Words have started all kinds of battles, have separated the best of friends and have caused many marriages to break up. It was words that caused Eve to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit, and also caused Adam to partake and bring a curse into this world, words are powerful and can be used for good or evil, they can cause blessings or curses. It is our enemy Satan that causes man to rise up against each other by the power of words to bring destruction.

Perhaps like Elijah, right now you are in hiding, you are discouraged and you feel like giving up, you have had enough. But the truth of the matter is that you have not finished your assignment. Rise up from your stooping position, come out of your discouragement, there is a great work ahead of you.
Stop pitying yourself and ask God to forgive you and let him direct you.

You have not been called to be fear driven but to be faith driven.
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Speaking in Tongues

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sat, 14 May 2016 07:00:00 +0000
A very large percent of Spirit-baptized Christians don’t understand the purposes and benefits of speaking in tongues.
Millions of Christians have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, yet most do not utilize this precious gift to its full potential.

Many who speak in tongues on a regular basis do not fully understand all the benefits this gift brings.
Speaking in tongues is a God-given, Holy Spirit-infused gift that has changed hearts and minds for generations.

You can learn how to use your spirit language to see prayers answered, activate more faith, receive healing, gain victory in spiritual battles, and to effectively intercede in prayer for a world needing to heed the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
You can utilize the gifts of the Holy Spirit through speaking in tongues to increase God’s love and power within your life and ministry.
When your emotions are down, when your mind is dull, when you need to hear from God desperately begin to speak in tongues.

On the Day of Pentecost, the early church "received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them." I want that kind of power today, what about you?

The Father's Heart

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sun, 01 May 2016 14:00:00 +0000
"But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."
(Luke 15:20)

If we could ever truly understand the heart of our heavenly Father, we would never treat sinners like lepers. Jesus told a story that can give us a glimpse of that heart. It's the story we call the prodigal son.

Its my guess you might have heard it many times, how the son rebelled and dishonored his father, and how the father, in spite of it all, received him home with joy when he repented. But there's one sentence in it I want to draw your attention to. It's this one: "But when he [the prodigal son] was yet a long way off, his father saw him."

This sentence gives such a profound glimpse of the heart of the father. It tells us that even before the boy had repented, even during those long days when he was living in sin,the father was watching for him, longing for him to come home.

Every morning he scanned the horizon, hoping to see a glimpse of his son. And the last thing at night he would look again, straining his eyes to see. His son was constantly in his thoughts, and his heart was so full of love for him, that on the day his son came home, the father ran to him and kissed him.

That is the kind of heart our heavenly Father has for those who are lost. It's the kind of heart He had for us while we were still wandering in the world. It's the kind of heart that opened up to us and embraced us while we were still in sin.

There are many weary people out there who haven't yet found that embrace. They're more than just "sinners," they're our potential brothers...lost ones in desperate need of a loving heavenly Father. May He help us to start looking out for them and welcoming them home.

Stand against fear

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:55:00 +0000

SCRIPTURES TO USE TO STAND AGAINST FEAR

1. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. (Isaiah 41:10, NLT).

2. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV).

3. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment… (1 John 4:18, NKJV).

4. Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for The LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31:6, NKJV).

5. The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1, NKJV).

6. I sought The LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears (Psalm 34:4, NKJV).
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7. Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame (Isaiah 54:4, NKJV).

8. Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32, NKJV).

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Stand Up and Step Out

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:43:00 +0000
Now, when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. (Luke 5:4)

You have been serving God but you seem not to be making any progress, you need to make a decision, you can stay where you are for the next several years and remain in your misery or you can launch out into the deep.

Simon had fished all night and had caught nothing, he was despondent, but nevertheless at Jesus' command, he let down his net. Many of us have found ourselves in the same situation Simon was in, he launched out into the deep, what are you going to do, are you going to obey Jesus' command?

You know for sometime God has been speaking to you about launching out into missions, into ministering to youths, into full time ministry or what ever he has been speaking to you about.

You have been fishing all night but you still haven't caught anything, the truth is you are not going to catch anything because you are in the wrong place, taking up somebody else's place, because you are walking in disobedience.
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Because you can't see into the future you are afraid to launch out. God is saying step out of your comfort zone and step into the faith zone and let your faith propel you forward. The Christian life is a faith life

You can't go with God and remain where you are at the same time, things are changing around you, but yet you hold back because of fear you are afraid to step out. Its time to do and time to go where you have never ventured before.

In the natural its easy to get discouraged, its hard to walk by faith, but believers are not supposed to walk in the flesh, you can't be a coward or a quitter. Time is passing you by, all you have to do is to begin to see what God is showing you through the eyes of faith and act.

Jesus told his disciples, if you have faith like the grain of a mustard seed, you could tell the mountain to be removed and it would obey you .The mustard seed is a very tiny seed, Jesus was telling his disciples the size of their faith was not the problem and likewise you don't need more faith , you need to exercise what you already have

So take a step of faith and launch out into what the Lord has told you. Keep your eyes on him and begin to see things around you change for your good

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

The Deciding Witness

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 21:24:00 +0000
In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.              – Matthew 18:16

You've been there many times, standing in the valley of decision. Perched precariously between victory and defeat. On one side of you is the word of the world authored by Satan that says, for example, "You're not going to get healed." On the other side of you, the Word of God is saying, "My Word is yea and amen" and "By whose stripes, ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Who will determine how it all turns out? You will. You're the establishing witness.

I remember a fellow once who wanted me to pray for him. I said, "Now the Word says you're healed." He interrupted me and said, "Yeah, I know it says that, but I've got this terrible pain here...."

I looked him in the eye and said again, "The Word says, 'By His stripes, you were healed.'"

"I know it," he answered, "but I've got this terrible...."

I shook my head. "Listen, the Word says you're healed!"

He turned beet red. "I know it says that, but I've got this...."

Finally, he stopped and stared at me. He didn't realize it, but he'd allowed his physical symptoms to become his evidence. It was what he believed. No matter what the Word said, he believed the thing he could see and feel.

But when he got quiet, I said to him, "Look, you're wanting me to agree with you and you're mad because I won't. But if I agree with you, you're going to die. Now if you'll agree with me and the Bible, we can get you healed."

Suddenly he saw it. His eyes lit up. "Oh, praise God! I see what you mean. I agree with the Word of God!"

I put my hands on his head and God healed him instantly.

You see, when he finally decided to get in agreement with God, he could have received in his bedroom or driving down the road or anywhere else. He could have received any time he decided to become the establishing witness.

You pray and establish your witness. That's your part. If you'll do it, God will back you—and when He backs you, everything else either has to get in line or get out of the way.

You're the deciding witness. What do you say?

Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:15-20

Kenneth Copeland

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Hope in Jesus, the problem solver

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:49:00 +0000

John 2: 1-11

1And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

²And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

³And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

⁴Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

⁵His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

⁶And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

⁷Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

⁸And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

⁹When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

¹⁰And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

¹¹This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

From this story, we see that Jesus, His mother, and His disciples all attended a wedding that took        place in Cana in Galilee. In this story, the host of the party did the unthinkable--he ran out of wine. So Mary, the mother of our Lord told Jesus of the predicament expecting Him to do something about it.

On the surface, it seems that Jesus was abrupt with His mother. However, to use the term woman in the first century, was a polite form of address. Jesus simple wanted His mother to know that it was not their problem that the wine had ran out.

Jesus filled with compassion, decided to help the newlyweds out. He had His disciples fill six stone jars with water and then He miraculously changed the water into wine.

A. WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE SHOULD GIVE IT TO JESUS, AND TRUST THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

Mary realized that there was a problem (the wine was gone). So she gave the problem to Jesus; and then she trusted Him to take care of it. She walked away from the problem and stopped worrying about it because she knew that Jesus was in control and that He could take care of the problem. Our Lord can take care of our problems if we lay them in His lap.

In the OT, King Hezekiah had a problem. He was about to die from an illness. But instead of giving up, (Isa. 38:2) tells us that he “prayed to God for help.” God solved his problem by adding 15 years to his life.

In the NT, Peter had a problem. He was arrested and placed in jail for preaching the gospel. But (Acts 12:5) tells us that the “church was earnestly praying to God for Him.” God solved Peter’s problem by sending an angel to rescue him from jail.

No matter what your problem is, God can help you solve it.

When we have a problem, we need to lay it in Jesus' lap and trust that He will help solve our dilemmas.

B. WHEN JESUS COMES INTO A LIFE OR SITUATION, NEW POSSIBILITIES ALWAYS EXIST.

1. When the wine ran out, it seemed like a hopeless situation. Where were they going to get more    wine? They couldn’t just run over to the local supermarket to buy more wine, for it took days to produce it. It was obvious that the newlyweds were in a jam and in jeopardy of breaking the strong unwritten laws of hospitality because they had no more wine to serve their guests.

2.   But Jesus turned a hopeless situation into hope. He turned the water into wine.

3.   The point is that our Lord turns hopeless situations into hope.

4.   Are you struggling with problems that seem hopeless and difficult to resolve?

5.   Are you struggling with an illness that is causing you a lot of pain and discomfort?

6.   Are you struggling with emotional problems that you are having a hard time overcoming?

7.   If so, I want you to know that whatever situation you may be going through; there is always hope with Jesus. When Jesus enters into a situation, new possibilities always exist.

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

Steps to breaking Generational curses

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:44:00 +0000

In order to be set free and remain free you have to admit that their is a problem in your life
We are where we are because of the choices we have made in the past, and it is our responsibility to deal with them. We therefore then need to apply God's word in our lives. As we begin to walk in obedience to the word, yolks and chains will be broken.

There are steps to breaking a generational curse:

Give your life to Jesus; the blood of Jesus removes all sin.

Fight the battle with spiritual weapons that is the Word of God, stop all negativity, confess what the word says.

Take back control over your life, walk in love and obedience

There are also keys you can use to reverse the curse and live in victory.

1. Recognize who is the real enemy. We battle not with flesh and blood. Our enemy is Satan, and the battle is a spiritual one.
2. Forgive people who have hurt you.
3. Treat causes, not symptoms, fear, hatred etc.

Start with praise and worship, thank Him for meeting with you and the time you will have together.

Lord I submit myself to you now, spirit, soul and body. I thank you for washing my slate clean. Thank you for the cleansing power of your blood. Wash me clean now, Lord forgive me for……

Satan , I resist you now in the name of Jesus. The blood of the lamb is against you and I resist your works in my life, my family, finances, health etc. The words says submit yourself therefore to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. You have to flee satan, I restrict your works in my life, you will not interfere with what the lord is doing in my life and the lives of my family.

I put on the armor now and I take my stand against you. I take up the shield of faith and the sword of the spirit and you cannot stand against me.. It is written for this reason the son of god was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the evil one. I overcome you by the blood of the lamb and the word of my testimony. That is the word of my testimony, you cannot stand against it.

I command all generational and hereditary spirits operating in my life through curses to be bound and cast out in the name of Jesus. I stand against every family generational curse and bondage right now in the name of Jesus. I break links with every curse passed down from my parents. I stand against the generational curses of …............................................

I break all generational curses of pride, rebellion, lust, poverty, witchcraft, idolatry, death, destruction, failure, sickness and infirmity in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirit of perversion, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, and immorality to come out of my sexual character in the name of Jesus.

I break all curses of schizophrenia and command all spirits of double mindedness, rejection, rebellion, and root of bitterness to come out in the name of Jesus

I command all spirits of hurt, rejection, fear, anger, wrath, sadness, depression, discouragement, grief, bitterness, and unforgiveness to come out of my emotions in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirits of confusion, forgetfulness, mind control, mental illness, double mindedness, fantasy, pain, pride and memory recall to come out of my mind in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirits of guilt, shame, and condemnation to come out of my conscience in the name of Jesus.
I command all spirits of pride, stubbornness, disobedience, rebellion, self-will, selfishness and arrogance to come out of my will in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirits of addiction to come out of my appetite in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirits of witchcraft, sorcery, divination and occult to come out in the name of Jesus.

I command all spirits operating in my head, eyes, mouth, tongue and throat to come out in the name of Jesus

I shut the door on every opening into my life, and I take back grounds that you have been given satan through family generations. You will not operate in these areas now. Your license has been removed.

It is written, no weapon formed against me will prosper, and every tongue that rises up against me I condemn. In Jesus name I come against every weapon that you have tried to form against me. I send back every negative word that has been spoken against us and I command every element of that curse to be removed. You will not prosper according to the word.

It is written no evil will befall me and no plague will come near my dwelling, for He will give his angels charge concerning me to guard me in all my ways. They will bear me up in their hands, lest I dash my foot against a stone.

I thank you lord for protection on me and my family now. Thank you, that your angels watch over us in all our ways.

Satan I bind your works in the heavenly and earthly realm right now and I release the angels of God to go forth and to move on our behalf. I thank you for warring angels to help fight the enemy on our behalf and to protect us. I thank you for guardian angels to watch over us.

Thank you Lord for the victory now. I call this day prosperous, I call this day abundant in every way. Thank you Jesus, I give you all the praise and glory. Thank you for the authority that you have given me to use against the enemy in Jesus Name.

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

A sudden storm

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:46:00 +0000

Matthew 8:23–26 NIV
Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

It is interesting that the storm came “without warning.” but it was no surprise to Jesus, he knew what was coming that night. We often go through seasons in our lives when it seems like the Lord is asleep because nothing seems to be happening on the spiritual front.

You see God never leaves us, He is always there but there are times when He allows things to happen to strengthen us, He uses situations and storms in our life to draw us closer to Him and bring us to maturity. We want Jesus to calm the storm, but He wants us to find Him in the midst of it.

Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat …. Frantically, they woke Him up, shouting, 'Teacher, don't you even care that we are going to drown?'' (Mark 4:38 )

''Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.'' (1 Peter 5:7)

You see when Jesus is in your boat, there is no storm that you have to face alone, there is no storm that can take you under.

Jesus knew the storm was coming so why didn’t He simply intercede and prevent it from happening?

You see Jesus wanted to demonstrate the proper way to respond when a storm arises in our lives.

1. He rested. We need to rest in Jesus understanding fully that He is in control

2. He was not afraid. He said we will go through the waters and not drown, he will keep us afloat.

3. He prayed and took authority and commanded it to stop. At the name Jesus even storms have to bow.

Even though the storms in life are often times unpredictable they have purpose, they move us out of our comfort zone into a miracle zone.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

( Isaiah 43:1-2)

It is interesting to note that right after the enemy tried to drown Jesus and His disciples, several amazing miracles took place.

When the enemy attacks and you don't jump ship but stand firm, know that there is a blessing coming.Someone said, ''You've are either in a storm, about to be in a storm, or just coming out of a storm''

Here is what I want to communicate to you today: Storms will either make you or the storm will break you. The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.

Be not afraid. Pray, believe and stand on the word.

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

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Get rid of the Frogs

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:28:00 +0000
Exodus 8:1-13 Have you ever wrestled with a situation that stubbornly refuses to go away? It seems to be immune to everything. You hit at the thing in every way, but instead of being eliminated, it expands and multiplies until it's completely out of control. Pharaoh faced that kind of situation,the Bible says that he was in dispute with God over the future of the Israelites, and as a result of that dispute, he woke up one morning to find his country swarming with frogs. creepy, smelly, slimy frogs hopping all over the place.

It was a serious situation. I'm not talking about a frog or two in the yard. I mean frogs were everywhere—in their beds, on their tables. Frogs in the bathroom, frogs in the food and the drinking water.Frogs in their hair. Frogs, frogs everywhere. Then God sent Moses in to Pharaoh to ask, "When shall I entreat the Lord to get these frogs out of here?" Do you know what Pharaoh said? "Tomorrow"

Can you imagine that? He could have said, "Right now! Today!" But instead he decided he would spend one more night among the frogs. You say, "That's the stupidest thing you ever heard. Why in the world would he say tomorrow?" I don't know. Probably for the same reason you want to wait until tomorrow to get rid of your problem. To get saved or healed or delivered. Here's what I want you to notice. When Moses asked Pharaoh that question and he answered, "Tomorrow," Moses said, "All right. So that you know there's a God in heaven, be it done according to your words."

Let me ask you this: How long are you willing to let that persisting situation control your life? When are you going to get rid of the frogs in your life? Do you realize they'll stay around as long as you'll let them? They'll be there until you finally make a conscious decision to go with the Word of God and get rid of them. Why don't you do it today?

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

Defeat your Giant

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:57:00 +0000

Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

– 1 Samuel 17:26

You may be facing a giant today. He may be a giant of sickness or failure, of financial shortage or another kind of trouble. But don’t let him scare you. You have a secret weapon. A weapon that once turned a shepherd boy into a bear-busting, lion-killing, giant-slaying champion. That weapon was a blood covenant with Almighty God.
Back in David’s day, circumcision was the sign of that covenant. So, when he called Goliath uncircumcised, David was saying: “This guy may be a giant; he may be strong; but he has no covenant with God and that’s why I will defeat him.”
Just like David, you, too, have a covenant. But yours is better. You see, the covenant David had, offered a wealth of blessings to those who kept it, but it also included curses for those who broke it.
Yours doesn’t. Yours is a new covenant that Jesus bought with His own blood. It doesn’t depend on your ability. It depends on Him and what He has already done. He has done it all! All you have to do is believe it and receive it.
Right now, read Deuteronomy 28:16-68. That’s a list of the curses Christ has freed you from. You might even call it a list of the giants Jesus has already slain for you. It contains every diabolical thing the devil could ever use to destroy you.
Read them and rejoice. Those are the things God has healed you of and delivered you from!
Don’t let any giant intimidate you. You have a blood covenant with Almighty God. There’s no uncircumcised circumstance on the face of this earth that can take your victory away from you.

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:13-29

Kenneth Copeland

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

Prayers for healing and health

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:35:00 +0000

Lord Jesus Christ, please forgive me for spiritual blocks to healing: unforgiveness, ignorance or lack of knowledge, no relationship with God according to knowledge, personal and family sins, not having faith in God, the need to see a miracle, looking for signs and wonders, expecting god to heal on one’s own terms, looking to man rather than God, not being honest and transparent, flagrant sin or habitual sin, robbing God in tithes and offerings, sin of our parents, looking to symptoms and not to the Healer, letting fear enter your heart, failure to get away in prayer and fasting, improper care of the body, not discerning the Lord’s Body, touching God’s anointed leaders, immoderate eating, pure unbelief, failing to keep our life filled up with God, not resisting the enemy, just giving up, looking for repeated healings instead of divine health, rejecting healing in the Atonement as part of the covenant for today, trying to bypass the penalty of the curse, murmuring and complaining, hating and not obeying instruction.

I forgive my ancestors, descendants and anyone else that has sinned against me to curse me with weakness, sickness, disease, illness, injury and trauma. Please forgive me for my sins that would open me up to these attacks and I forgive myself for my mistakes. I ask this is The Name of Jesus Christ.

I am healed by the stripes of Jesus (Isaiah 53:5Jesus carried my sickness and infirmities (Matthew 8:17).

I rebuke any sickness that would come to eat up my flesh, including cancer, in the name of Jesus (Psalm 27:2).

Let no evil diseases (things of Belial) cleave to my body (Psalm 41:8).

I break all curses of sickness and disease, and I command all hereditary spirits of sickness to come out (Galatians 3:13).

I break all curses of premature death and destruction in the name of Jesus.

I prosper and walk in health even as my soul prospers (3 John 2).

I receive the Word of God, which is health to my flesh (Proverbs 4:22).

Lord, bless my bread and water, and take sickness away from me (Exodus 23:25).

I command every organ in my body to function the way God intended (Psalm 139:14).

My bones are fat because I receive the good report of the gospel (Proverbs 15:30).

Lord, keep all my bones (Psalms 34:20).

Let every tumor or evil growth melt at the presence of God (Psalm 97:5).

Let any infection in my body be burned by the fire of God. I release myself from all allergies and sinus problems in the name of Jesus.

I pray for my arteries and blood vessels to be opened and my circulatory system to function properly in the name of Jesus.

I rebuke all fevers in the name of Jesus (Luke 4:39).

My flesh shall be fresher than a child’s, and I will return to the days of my youth (Job 33:25).

I pray for my immune system to be strengthened in the name of Jesus (Psalm 119:28).

Lord, renew my youth like the eagle’s (Psalm 103:5).

I will live and not die, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord (Psalm 118:17).

My beauty shall be as the olive tree (Hosea 14:6).

Lord, You heal all of my diseases (Psalm 103:3).

Lord, You are the health of my countenance (Psalm 43:5).

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed (Jeremiah 17:14).

Let Your virtue touch my life and heal me (Luke 6:19).

I release the fire of God to burn out any sickness or disease that would operate in my body in the name of Jesus.

No sickness or plague will come near my dwelling (Psalm 91:10).

Jesus, arise over my life with healing in Your wings (Malachi 4:2).

The Lord is the strength of my life (Psalm 27:1).

I command every germ or sickness that touches my body to die in the name of Jesus.

I take the shield of faith and quench every fiery dart of the enemy (Ephesians 6:16).

I am redeemed from sickness and disease (Galatians 3:13).

Every plague is stopped when it comes near me through the atonement of Jesus Christ (Numbers 16:50).

I loose myself from every infirmity (Luke 13:12).

Jesus Christ makes me whole (Acts 9:34).

I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Let my body function in the wonderful way You designed it to function (Psalm 139:14).

"Lord Jesus, I stand in agreement with your beloved here and I smash every barrier and every stumbling block that stands in the way of them getting through this mountain of sickness. I release the power of your Spirit into this life right now. I release your hand to work out every kink in their life and that sickness that has been staring them in the face for long enough now.
I speak to you mountain of sickness and disease and I say you melt at His presence! I stir up the power in this vessel and I release a mighty rushing wind to come forth and destroy every work of the enemy. I send forth your angels right now to help them carry this load and do warfare on their behalf! I say that with each step of faith, this mountain of sickness and disease will come crashing down. I impart and release the measure of faith required to smash this mountain in their life. I send it forth and I say that this situation come into line right now.
I speak blessing and favor and say they will walk in an abundance of blessing and conquer every obstacle that comes their way. Thank you for your power and your blood, Lord. Thank you for your power in our lives, amen."

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

The Love walk

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:23:00 +0000
God's love for you is the fuel that empowers you to do great things for Him, and His love is the most powerful thing on Earth. No power in hell can stop you when God is on your side and He is, if you will simply call out His name.

"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
(John 15:12-13)

Love......
It is the first and foremost command Jesus gave us, yet all too many believers neglect to follow it.I'm talking about believers who know the bible from Genesis to Revelation, yet insensitive to the needs of their friends and family. They're so busy "serving God," they don't have time to serve people. There is nothing, absolutely nothing that is more important than learning to love, because every other spiritual force works by love.

For example, the Bible teaches us that faith works by love. And answered prayer is almost an impossibility when a believer steps outside of love and refuses to forgive or is in strife with his brother. Without love, your giving will not work. Tongues and prophecy will not work. Faith fails and knowledge is unfruitful. All the truths that you have learned from the word works by love. They will profit you nothing unless you live the love of God. First Corinthians 13:4-8 shows us how love behaves. It's patient and kind. It's not jealous or proud. It doesn't behave rudely or selfishly and it isn't touchy. Love "bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

You may have been saved many years; you may talk in tongues all day long; but if you have strife in your heart and you're not living by the love commandment of Jesus, spiritual things are foolishness to you. When you're in that condition, the Name of Jesus won't work. Faith won't work because the Bible says that faith works by love. In fact, none of the gifts of the Spirit will work if you don't have love according to 1 Corinthians 13.

Jesus loved us so much He laid down His life by dying in our place so that we could live. But He is asking us to lay down our lives in a different way. He is asking us to show our love, not by dying for others, but by living for them. We show our love by laying down our own selfish desires in order to meet the needs of someone else . Giving of ourselves with love and understanding or by spending time in prayer for someone. Romans 15:1 says "We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves."

When you lay down your life, you live to please God instead of yourself. You let your life be guided by His love. If love leads you to the person in the grocery store, you go. When love calls you to pray for someone in the middle of the night you obey. When you are busy all day on the computer blogging for God and your husband and children are neglected, causing problems in the home, you are not walking in love. It makes no sense trying to reach the world and you can't walk in love with those in your home, let love guide your actions. Allow the tenderness of God to flow through you and heal the wounded hearts of those around you.

Is it your desire to see the incredible power of God released through your life? It should be. Put the love command into action, start loving those around you.
Don't even think about not having enough love inside you, the word says God's love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. God's love is in you, commit to remove every obstacle that would keep that love from flowing freely into the lives of others. What you need to do is make a decision to walk in it..

Ask God to teach you to love even when things go wrong. To be patient and kind when the children are driving you crazy.. To overlook the spiteful words of an angry spouse. To rejoice when someone at the office gets the raise that you thought you should receive. To lay the church gossip quietly aside and take up words of grace instead,. because where there is envy and strife, there is every evil work.

In the days ahead, ask God to cause you to increase and excel and overflow with your love. To cause you to be what this world needs most of all, a living example of love.

He has loved you with the greatest love there is. Therefore count it a privilege now to share that love with others all the time.

If you would like to know this God I am talking about say the prayer below and invite Him into your life

Make Decrees

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:47:00 +0000
You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do.You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith.

The New Year has begun and many individuals and ministries are in fasting, believing God for many things.
Do you need direction, healing, restoration of marriage or family issues? Are you facing financial difficulties? Even as you go through your time of fasting I believe that it is the time to do things differently this year.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. Job 22:28
We need to do more than pray, we need to bring our lives in alignment with God's will and begin to decree those things that we need to see in our lives, I believe that we are in a season when things will begin to shift in our favor, unprecedented favor. Great blessings in store for us
A time when we will begin to see things begin to reverse physically, spiritually, economically, emotionally and socially for us.
So begin to make declarations and watch God manifest himself on your behalf.

Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000
You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith.

As the New year begins I thank God for you and pray that God will give you  joy to fill your days , peace to fill your hearts and love to fill your lives

I thank God for the plans He has in store for you this year and I wait in anticipation to see all He will do this year

Thanking God for you and praying your New Year is blessed in every way.

Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:35:00 +0000

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

Merry Christmas to you, our dear readers!

I hope you take many opportunities this season to celebrate Christ by giving a word of hope,
be an encourager to someone.

Your challenge: find just one positive thing.

I am challenging you to be an encourager by finding just one positive thing in a difficult situation. You may find more than one, but starting with one will open the way to love others.

noreply@blogger.com (Gi) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:00:00 +0000
"Protect Your Soul From the Destructive Forces of the Enemy!"

Victoria Boyson
Speaking Life Ministries
Email: victoria@boyson.org
Website: victoriaboyson.com

"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength, and all your mind. And, love your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27, NLT

Our world is inundated with intense and even frightful events. We who are the reigning spiritual power on the earth are called on to pray boldly for the will of God to be made manifest in any horrendous situations.

Intercessors are the legs the Church stands on and intercession should be the core substance of every Believer. Due to the important position every intercessor holds in the world, we must be on guard against the enemy's tricks to deactivate our authority in the spirit realm. None of us are perfect, and we all have weaknesses, so, we must all remain watchful of the impact we are having on the world by remaining alert to the hindrances our own souls.

I've seen many who've prayed positive declarations into the spirit realm one minute, yet, slander their brother the next. Naturally, this grieves my spirit, not just because I know it will injure the person being slandered (that's inevitable), but because I can feel in my spirit how deeply it will injure their own heart. Every word we speak affects our soul – either for good or for bad. Even those who are careful to make only positive, life-filled declarations over themselves simply have no idea the poison they release in their own lives by speaking evil of others.

Slandering a Brother
Any time we accuse or slander a brother, we are reducing our authority in the spirit realm. God can only give us authority if He can trust us to use that authority to benefit His Kingdom.
Of course, I am burdened for those who have had their reputation assassinated by the flippant defamation of their character, but I feel in my spirit a very weighty and increasing burden for those who choose to release the slander. I sense the darkness they've released into their own lives and what they will have to battle in the future because of it.
They've been targeted by the enemy and satan has infected them with his agenda against a brother leading them to cause strife. It seems like most Christians have winked at this sin, thinking other sins were much worse, but God's not winking.
Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven sins which the Lord hates and intensely abhors the most, those He considers to be an abomination: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness who utters lies and one who spreads strife among brothers.
I think it's healthy to remind ourselves of the things the Lord hates – the sins He considers to be an abomination (a vile, shameful or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.). Slander is quite sneaky and often attempts to disguise itself as a noble action or a warning about someone. It is a deadly, preemptive strike against a brother or sister, a sect or church or other group of people. Slander lays the groundwork to disparage the value of anyone the enemy wants to target and destroy.
The enemy sent slander in advance of the Jewish people in Nazi Germany. The people were prepped in advance to lend their souls to embrace the annihilation of an entire race. We are seeing that today against Believers and much of it is being done by other Believers.
Guard your heart
Satan "prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8), someone he can destroy with hatred, jealousy and strife. When he finds his prey, he infects them with his twisted agenda and they begin to do his work for him. Sadly, they believe they are accomplishing a noble service for the Lord, but, truly, they're allowing the enemy to use them to spread strife in the Body.

It's a double whammy! Most often, the enemy will target those who truly have a great destiny, corrupting their soul with the bitter demon of slander and accusation against others, thereby thwarting their destiny in God. Replacing it with a perverted copy of their true destiny, the enemy can kill two birds with one stone by luring the once greatly destined warrior to do his work for him.
Those in the Body who seem to make it their job to attack and slander – the petty police who watch those visible in the Church as the Pharisees watched Jesus – may never change. I understand that. Yet, they use other Believers to do their dirty work, like the Pharisees used the Roman government to kill Jesus (John 18:28-31), and like Jezebel used the city elders to kill Naboth (1 Kings 21:1017). Truly, the Lord warned us of wolves in sheep's clothing (Matthew 10:16).
Treat Your Neighbor As Yourself
My hope is to reach out to those dear souls who love the Lord with all their heart, soul and mind, but who have been misled by someone and have become a helper used to spread their agenda of strife against a brother or sister. To you, precious ones, I say: Guard your heart, guard you soul, guard your strength and guard your mind BY loving your neighbor as yourself (see Luke 10:27).
In Matthew 7:12, Jesus said, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets" – that includes what we say about others. In everything we say, in every article or message we forward, in every Facebook post we share, we must stop and ask ourselves: "Would I want this said about me?"
How would you want your neighbor to treat you?
So, you may ask, "Victoria, are you saying we should never address the wrongs done by others in the Body?" Well, let me say...
Eli, the high priest, showed us how very easy it is to misconstrue another person's actions and motives and made a painful experience even more painful when he was convinced Hannah was a horrible sinner who'd come to church drunk (1 Samuel 1:9-17), the complete opposite of which he found out later to be true. He had bumbled his way into Hannah's pain and threw around false accusations against her, humiliating himself.
So be very careful when you are "sure" of a brother's motives before you accuse and slander him. Eli, at least, approached Hannah personally with his presumptive ideas about her. Indeed, is there any honor in slandering a brother or ministry without first at least talking to them about your offense against them? – There is NO honor in slander, period!
What's Your Religion Worth?
Our words are extremely powerful, much more than most Christians recognize. We invite trouble into our lives by not controlling our tongue as the Word says in James 1:26-27, "If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless."
Truly, life and death are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). If our tongue produces death and trouble, you have to stop and wonder, "What have I said lately?" And this goes double for those in positions of leadership.
If we are given a sphere of influence, we are responsible to protect that influence from the enemy's schemes. We are held responsible for what we've been given. Moreover, if we use our influence to slander others, it will come back to harm us.
Years ago, a dear friend betrayed me and set about on a campaign to "warn" people about me. I honestly felt instant fear for them the moment I heard what they were doing.
I do not think I am any more special than any other Christian, but I do know how much God loves me. He is protective of the work He has done in me and is doing through me.
I feel genuine pity for those who attack and slander their brothers and sisters in the faith. Truly, I am afraid of what they are inviting into their own souls as they embrace the work of the adversary. For those lies produce a harvest of death as we are warned in Proverbs 6:14-15, "...who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, who spreads strife. Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing." ((Gulp!))
There's an old quote from World War II which says, "Loose lips sink ships" and they also create an atmosphere of death!
Protect Your Love
Yes, we should obviously guard our tongue when speaking of those beloved of the Lord and those in service to Him. However, we need to guard our tongues for our enemies as well. Fight for them – wrestle with the demons who've taken over their heart, using your authority to liberate them from the lies of the enemy! Pray for the love God has for you to invade and penetrate their heart.
Pray for them to know and experience the love of the Father because, as they do that, love will manifest in their treatment of you. If they refuse His love and you keep sending it to them, that love will come back on you and you will benefit from it. If, however, you send curses instead of blessings, the curses will come back on you in one way or another.
Our Lord taught about praying for our enemies and blessing those who attack us. Why? It wasn't so much for those who are attacking us, but to protect our own hearts against the bitterness of unforgiveness that would inevitably destroy us.
I'm not asking you to lay down and let people injure you. No. I have a saying, "I don't do stupid twice!" If someone betrays you, don't give them place to do it again (unless the Lord directs you to). You have a responsibility to protect the work the Lord's accomplished in your life; don't let your compassion destroy you.
You must guard your heart against bitterness and protect the love of God in your heart. Use the authority of your words to speak constructively about your enemy what you would like to see manifest in their lives, not what is actually manifesting through them.
As the extension of Christ on the earth, we should use our tongues to produce the life He destined for us to live. With our words, we can transform our world by using our words productively to speak forth the love we'd like to see manifest in our brothers, not give way to the destructive lives of the enemy. We must decree and declare the will of our Father, not the lies of the enemy.
Sharing! Sharing! Sharing!
Sometimes I like to scroll through what my Christian brothers and sisters are sharing on Facebook. I feel like it gives a quick overview of the hearts of the saints. Usually, I'm blessed by what I see, yet, sometimes I am astonished at the things I read that are openly slandering other brothers and sisters in Christ.
When I see a ministry or fellow Christian sharing slander about another brother or ministry, a GIANT RED FLAG goes up in my spirit. I don't want to have anything to do with strife-spreading, God hating, abominating SLANDER! I won't forward it, I won't read it and I'm not curious about the lies. I don't want to take part in anything that smells like Hell. And I don't want my cherished friends to either, because I care for you.
Our Father sees what we share or like on Facebook, Twitter, etc. He hears the words you speak. He sees how you treat those you think are beneath you. He sees it all and it hurts Him when you enter into the adversary's agenda.
BUT, it totally and completely blesses God when you come to the defense of a brother. When you speak out truth and love in support of those being slandered, His heart overflows!
Our Father is generous, slow to anger and quick to love (Joel 2:13). He is not a vengeful Father. His forgiveness is unfathomable. Even though I know it hurts Him significantly when we get caught up in slander, He readily forgives us when we ask Him to.
You see, He sees where souls spend eternity. He weighs the devastation a human causes against the judgment of their soul. He sees the cost they will have to pay if mercy doesn't have its way in them. So, even though it hurts Him to hear the slander against His children, He waits hoping His beloved child will return to Him and learn to love others.
Learning to Love
Loving your neighbor IS loving yourself. It's protecting your soul from the devices of the enemy; it's creating a harvest of mercy in your future when you need it. It is WORSHIP to your God. Love is also warfare, releasing a destructive force to the powers of darkness. Satan cannot understand love. He is hopelessly defensive against it.
Love is the greatest power on the earth and, for those who understand it, it holds the key to great blessings. Mercy has no equal in the realm of darkness and when we embrace love, not hate, we annihilate the plans of the enemy. We cause him catastrophic damage when we bless those who curse us. And we protect our own soul when we release the Kingdom of Heaven through our words.
Think about it! Who do you want to hurt more... your brother or sister in Christ, or your adversary, the devil? Yeah, I know... me too!

You are what the Word says you are. You can do what the Word says you can do. You can have what the Word says you can have. Begin to believe that. Begin to say it out loud in faith

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
( Isaiah 43:1-2)