Authority

On the authority of the Holy Word I rise up and take my stand. I'm a blood bought child of the Living God who is the Great I am. I'm an heir to all that heaven holds and no principality can ever take away my royal crown given on His authority. The words come from Suzanne Jennings and Bill Gaither. Actually they come from the Bible but Suzanne and Bill put them in a song. Google the song you will love it. The name of it is On the Authority. Bill Gaither did the music for it.

 Powerful and true are those words. We need to always rise up against the schemes of the devil with the Word of God. Remind him that you are blood bought and he will not harass you in any way. Remind him for example that those are your children given to you by God and he can't have them. If your body needs healing remind him that by Jesus stripes you are healed. He has to listen to that name of Jesus. The Bible says every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. That includes the devil. Don't wait until glory to have victory have it now.

God is bigger than anything we will ever go through on this earth. When you said the sinners prayer and made Jesus your Saviour if you stopped there it isn't enough. You have to receive Him as your Lord also. Make Him Lord of everything in your life. Put Him in charge. You will see results.

Heirs to the Kingdom of God. Isn't that cool? Anything in heaven we can have on earth. Street of gold, pearly gates, no want, no tears, no lack. That's all waiting for us someday. Let's believe and take all that right now. God wants to give it to us.

Don't let the devil steal from you. Demand it back in Jesus name.

I pray God will open your eyes to all that Jesus died to give you. Be blessed!

Kill, Steal & Destroy

John 10:10 says the thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I (Jesus) came that they might have life, and might have it more abundantly.

1 Peter 5:8
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Don't let it be you roar back at him in Jesus name.

In this life we will be attacked. The Bible tells us so. We have authority to overcome it in Jesus name. Actually if you are being attacked that tells you the devil is mad because you are living for God. Don't worry though God is bigger than him and the victory and testimony is yours.

We will always win the battle. The battle belongs to the Lord. Don't give the devil an open door for attack. Make sure you are living for God and doing His will. Don't chum with the wrong people, watch the wrong movies, go to the wrong places.

We can't chum with the whole world. We aren't meant to do everything this world offer to us. I believe some things are just meant for us not to touch. When we don't follow God we open the door for the devil's attacks. Proverbs says that a bad friend corrupts good morals. I taught that to my kids but it holds true for everyone young and older. If we are hanging with the wrong people doing the wrong things we will get into trouble. When we are spending times with the wrong people the ones that we should be with encouraging are left behind.

So don't let the devil come your way to steal, kill or destroy. Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and you can't go wrong.

While my children were growing up I had to forbid certain activities and friends. I don't for one minute regret how I raised my children. The little things that we think aren't important or don't matter really do.

For example one of my daughters use to spend some time in the summer with my sister. In that town was a restaurant they went to often. I was in that restaurant once and the hair on my arm stood up. I knew that some of their decorations or beliefs were evil. I always let her go stay with my sister but told her she wasn't allowed in that restaurant. Did she listen to me? Yes she did.

With the same sister my daughter would go to Great America. A theme park in IL. She had permission from me to go but she was told not to go on any rides that had the name devil in them. We think things like that don't matter. I believe they do.

We have to be parents to our children not friends. God put them in our care and He is their to help train them if we ask. Proverbs says to train them in the way they should go and they will not depart from it when they are older.

The second part of the Scripture John 10:10 Jesus says that we might have life and might have it more abundantly.

That word might say’s to me we have a choice to chose life. It also says that after we choose life we also have the choice to choose to have that life more abundantly.

It is our choice if we are going to take God at His word. Are we going to walk in everything God gave us? If we don't walk in it we are taking Jesus name in vain. Salvation, healing, prosperity and victory belong to us.

Jesus died a horrible death on the cross for all of us to have abundant life.

Abundantly means: In large quantities, rich, abounding with, marked with great plenty, amply supplied, occurring in abundance.

Abundance means: wealth, relative degree of plentifulness.

We need to accept the whole package in order to live abundantly on this earth.

The bible says that all our sins are forgiven and forgotten. We are saved by grace through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God. That gives us abundant life.

We are healed by Jesus stripes. The victory belongs to us before the devil tries anything. That gives us abundant life.

Ps 112:3 Wealth and riches are in our home. We have prosperity in this world. The wealth of the wicked is laid up for us. That gives us the abundant life. Don't be one of those Christians that think God doesn't have wealth for us. How can we help others if we don't have wealth?

We have authority over the devil that gives us life abundantly.

We have the favor of the Lord that gives us life abundantly.

We have the authority to lose and bind on this earth that gives us life abundantly.

The victory always belongs to believers that gives us life abundantly.

So when the devil steals from us we have to demand it back. The bible says in Proverbs 6:31 but when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house. Let’s demand everything he owes us back in Jesus name.

Let's remember to do what Eph. 6 tells us to do. Put on the full armor of God. (If you look at the blogs from 2010 and find Aug. 26 you will find a very good confession on the armour of God. Or you can just put armour in the search box at the top).


Be Blessed we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength.

Praise!

Praise Him in the morning and praise Him in the evening. The Bible instructs us to do that. It isn't hard when you know how much He loves all of us.

He will never leave us or forsake us. What a promise. The Holy Spirit is always there to lead us, guide us, comfort us and protect us.

I pray for every person reading this. I pray that you all know the difference between Jesus being your Saviour and Jesus being your Lord. To enter in the gates of heaven you just have to know the Saviour part. Jesus died for your sins. Take it one step further and make Him Lord. Lord of everything in your life. Look to Him for everything you will ever need.

God wants to give us His best. We have to reach out and take it.

Have the best day and be blessed coming in and be blessed going out.

Let God Change You

I heard someone talk about change the other day in a whole different way. He was teaching the Word and said that he has learned powerful truths about God's word from lots of people. He went on to say that the one person that he has learned the most from was his one year old son.

He talked about change and compared it to changing a diaper. If we don't change a baby's diaper it will stink. I know that we all know that. Most of us don't like that word change but it is a good word. I like change and being a Christian I have seen it quite often. The same old thing all the time doesn't make you grow.

Anyway one day he was taking the child out of his crib and he said let daddy change your diaper. We should always let God change us. Our plans are not always His plans. The Bible says that our steps are ordered by the Lord. I tell God in the morning what my plans are and then I tell Him that He can change them if He needs to. Sometimes He does but sometimes He doesn't.

We should always welcome change in our lives. It makes us grow. It makes us better. It teaches us to learn other things. It helps us not to stink. Without change life would become dull to all of us. So let God have His way and change you if He needs to. He knows best and loves you very much.

It is Written - It is Finished

Jesus gave us three simple words "It is Written!" Simple words that hold so much power. What does those three words mean to you?

It is written that God so loved all of us that He sent His only begotten Son that who so ever believes in Him will have eternal life.

It is written that we are saved by grace not by works.

It is written that Jesus is the way the truth and the life.

It is written that as believer God gave us the Holy Spirit to live in us. To guide us to comfort us, to lead us and to counsel us.

It is written that we are the head and not the tail. We are above and not beneath. We are blessed coming in and blessed going out.

It is written that no weapon formed against us will prosper and every tongue will be condemned.

It is written that we are healed in the Name of Jesus.

It is written that God supplies our every need.

It is written that we have authority to bind things on earth that are not of God.

How about the words "It is finished!" As Jesus hung on the cross at one point He said that it is finished. What's finished? Every promise in the Word of God is now fulfilled because of the death of Jesus. Jesus finished it. He paid it all. Now we just have to make sure He didn't do it in vain. We need to use those words against our enemy.

Don't let the devil or this world steal what belongs to you as a Christian. Tell the devil in Jesus name it is written and it is finished.

Do you need something special from God today. Go to the Word and find your It is written promise that you need. I know its in there just for you.

Running on Low

Funny story that wasn’t so funny at the time to my husband. The gas gauge on my car wasn’t working so we had to be careful to make sure we kept the tank full. We could put 300 miles on one tank then I knew we needed to fill up.

As we were coming home from Church one Sunday we ran out of gas. We were right by a parking lot so we knew we just had to get the car from the street to the lot.

Not as easy as it looked. I was recovering from a hysterectomy and my daughter that was with us had heels on so she wouldn’t be much help either. So my husband had to get our car in that parking lot. Oh yeah did I mention it was a Chevy Lumina.

Since most men don’t like to ask for help I don’t even remember if I suggested it. So I got behind the wheel while he pushed. He did just fine as I knew he would. We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. The hardest part was pushing it into the driveway of the lot since it was a little hill. With the car in the lot now he goes to get the gas. What a blessing it was to have to stations right there on that corner.

He walks across the street to the gas station and found the man that should of been behind the counter was standing right there. He said that he got himself locked out of his cubby hole. He was a bigger man and the only way he could get in was to crawl through this window but he didn’t fit. My husband offered to climb through the window and let the man in. He gets the man back inside borrows a gas can and the car is moving again. It was too funny. The only one not laughing was my husband. I am so thankful that my God supplies my every need.

That is what happens to us a Christian’s. We run out of gas spiritually. My car was totally out of gas so it just stopped running. The same thing will happen to us if we don’t renew our mind with the Word. 

If we need healing in our body or money in our pocket but we wait until we are sick or broke then try to renew our minds it doesn’t work. We need to already have it in our heart so if we are sick or broke the Word in us will just rise up and take care of the situation.

I am sometimes lazy about reading the Word but I watch a lot of Christian TV and listen to Christian music. It doesn’t matter how you get the Word you just need to get it.

The Word works. We just need to keep our tanks full.

Unequally Yoked

The Bible says that we are not suppose to be unequally yoked. What does that mean? It means that you shouldn't yoke yourself together with someone that isn't like faith. I know that there are those of you that think it doesn't matter. Well guess again. If God gave us the instruction we had better listen..

As a born again believer I know the importance of not being unequally yoked. Take marriage for example. You have Catholics married to Lutherans. Is that okay? Well you tell me. On Sunday one spouse goes to his church and the other spouse goes to her church. God says that in marriage the two become one, yet come Sunday they are divided.

I did have someone say to me one time you really expect your children to marry someone that believes the same way you do?

The Bible says that if you train up a child in the way they should go when they are old they will not depart from it. So the answer is yes I do except them to marry someone of like faith.

What God has joined together let no man separate. Do you think He was kidding. He was not. He says in the Bible that He hates divorce.

So if you have two people that are split on what they believe that is a open door for destruction. Trust me I know two people right now with very different beliefs. If they would marry it wouldn't last long at all. You can't do it. A house divided against itself can not stand.

So when you start dating someone find out what they believe. Do they believe that Jesus is the only way to the Father? Do they believe in Father, Son and Holy Spirit? It is worth finding the answer to those questions. If they believe Jesus the rest of their beliefs should fall into place. It doesn't hurt though to know. Remember the Bible says the truth will set you free.