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Angelia Ruth
Are you ready to be put to work for God's End-Time Army? It is NOW or NEVER! Angelia Ruth, “Angie”, has ministered in over 35 countries in some of the most dangerous places in the world. Author and co-author of over a dozen books, she has led mission teams and college groups over the past 30 years and is recognized for her prison ministry program by the State of Texas. She teaches God has a hilariously exciting life for every believer who will take Him at His Word and follow Him into R-I-S-K. If you have ears for truth and a sincere desire to sell out to God, this podcast is for you.
If being good doesn't get you healed what does? Is it how big the need is? Or Is it how much we beg God? What is it that truly moves God?
There are times in life when God speaks something so important we must listen. Listening to God and choosing to obey gives us the power to walk out of the impossible problems. With God, you always have a choice, even when it feels like you have no choice.
Why does God care about how his Name is spoken of? "Wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name...I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone." -Ezekiel 36:20-21. Why does God care? Why would He care about what the other nations think of His name?
The Bible tells us to lose ourselves, to die to ourselves...AND to love ourselves. Is the Bible contradicting itself? What are we to do towards our SELF?
Are you giving God only the things you don't like about yourself? It is not much of a gift if you only give what you dislike. God likes the things about you that are the most likable, that is why he gave them to you.
Everything has become about self, self, self...but nobody's self has become better. At least 6 times in the gospels Jesus tells us to lose ourselves, deny ourselves, take up our cross, etc. Why does Jesus do this? We must know the difference between "love your neighbor as yourself," and "in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self..?"
Jezebel has the men under a spell. And many of them are so blind they can't tell. So their mother's begin to yell. But renouncing is the only thing that will get you well.
What is a feeling? Where do emotions come from? From the thoughts you think or from your heart? And finally, can anything be done when they go crazy?
God placed the earth under mankind's care and mankind under His care. We are God's middle management, HIs stewards of the earth. We live in a world where our management over it matters.
Everyone wants God to speak to them but it is easy to move or be pressured into making decisions before God speaks. But how many of us are willing to struggle and contend until we hear from God? That we truly value what He has to say about all other voices in our lives.
How much is too much? How much does God really want to give? Is God withholding from us or are we limiting Him?
What thoughts are you receiving? It is said that people have anywhere from 6,000 to 60,000 thoughts in a day, most of them repetitive. Are you answering the thoughts the enemy sends?
Jesus prayed during the night and commanded during the day. Most of the time, we as believers pray to God but never command. But praying and commanding is the key to doing what Jesus did on the earth.
Beautiful teaching of Jesus' response to two sinners. Have you survived your past? Or are you playing offense with the testimony God has given you? Some of us are forever playing defense, hoping to hold the ground we have. Jesus has a way of taking our area of weakness and making it a place of authority.
How do you get fear out of your life? Knowing about the topic doesn't win you any points. There is an environment of fear in the world around us and we have to learn to overcome it. Even in this day and age, you can live your life without fear.
When the pressure is on and a decision needs to be made, we tell ourselves there is only one bad option. Abraham did something similar. When there was a famine in the land he went south without consulting God.
The true test of whether you have a sound mind or not is insane times. Everyone's mind is calm when the circumstances in the world around them are calm. But how sound is your mind in the world we currently live in?
God is always working to change us. Are you allowing God to change you? To correct you?
The time for Psalm 91 is right now! It is the chapter to be declaring over yourself and your family every day as things in the world become more intense. Listen to the testimonies of how God protects over and over again.
The time for Psalm 91 is right now! It is the chapter to be declaring over yourself and your family every day as things in the world become more intense. Listen to the testimonies of how God protects over and over again.
The enemy cannot be ignored. WE MUST RESIST WITH THE WORD. When we ignore the enemy it gives him the signal to keep shooting arrows our way. But when we stand and resist using God’s Word it sends the enemy running the other way.
Many people who should be picking up their swords have instead picked up their wine glasses and are avoiding the calling God has put on their life. The writing is on the wall. The greatest problem God might have with us is not what we are doing wrong but the sin of omission; we aren’t doing anything for God at all.
Pride = Insanity. Pride is a false reality where we convince ourselves we are responsible for the blessings that come from God. It took a lot for Nebuchadnezzar to repent of his pride and turn to God. Are we any different? Do things have to get worse before we decide to turn back to God?
Pride = Insanity. Pride is a false reality where we convince ourselves we are responsible for the blessings that come from God. It took a lot for Nebuchadnezzar to repent of his pride and turn to God. Are we any different? Do things have to get worse before we decide to turn back to God?
Daniel is the end-times book in the Bible before Revelation. Importantly, these books tell us what to do and what is going to happen when the world goes crazy. Nations and cities have a choice to do life like Babylon or like Jerusalem. Babylon tries to brainwash you and Jerusalem is a people that live in relationship with God by their convictions.
Patriotism is a love that God created. In the same way that we love the city we grew up in or the college we attended, we should have a love for our nation and our way of life. When generations lose their love of country, it is the beginning of the end. When you love something, you must fight to save it.
Are you using your "ask" with the Lord? There are people with no faith in life, people with just enough faith, and people who risk everything. Which one are you? If you don't have daring faith, crazy faith, are you really pleasing God? Are you tapping into the power of the age to come?
Do we get in trouble when we ask too little of God? Jesus told Peter he had little faith when he walked on the sea and sank. If walking on water is little faith, what does Jesus think of the risk we are taking? Could there be things God is wanting to give us that we haven’t even thought to ask for?
A preventative look at Biblical reasons why people might die early. Jesus’ intent is for us to live a long full life, to the point He raises people from the dead. God actually intended us to live forever in the garden and never die.
Deliverance is for normal people. It is routine care for believers. Jesus likened it to giving water to your animals. It should be a part of the normal Christian life. Not just for the crazy ones like the demoniac but for every believer.
There are windows of time for repentance. It's as if sins build up, reaching a full measure, and our window for repentance comes before our sins drown us. Repentance is our hope, allowing us to opt-out of what we deserve, especially in these end times.
Every temptation that we face works to make us question the character of God. The enemy is trying to discredit God in our eyes, working to skew our view of Him. The devil tries to manipulate the core of who we are to think that God doesn’t have our best interest at heart. But maturity comes when we realize God was always doing what was best for us.
How are you supposed to survive a lion attack? You are supposed to live, and the lion...is not. We are to have authority when the enemy attacks like a lion. Authority is not based on what God will or will not do, it is based on what we do with the authority God has given us.
Does Romans 13 mean what everyone seems to think it means? Are Christians to blindly submit to governmental authorities? Or is government a gift from God that only works when a nation's government is submitted to God?
Does Romans 13 mean what everyone seems to think it means? Are Christians to blindly submit to governmental authorities? Or is government a gift from God that only works when a nation's government is submitted to God?
The fear of the Lord is the starting point for life. It teaches us right from wrong and sets our foundation. The absence of the fear of the Lord lets evil continue unchecked, but the fruit of fearing God is that you are unafraid of man.
Our perspective is the angle from which you see the world. How well you do in life or during difficult times is determined by your perspective. Reality can actually be changed if you change how you see.
Some people can’t see and others don’t want to see. If you can see it, it is easy to be shocked by what you do see — and that other people are not seeing it. Evil shocks you into being inactive, but the power of God shocks you into taking ground for His kingdom.
Shock numbs you to accept the insanity going on in the world. It is the video that plays over and over in your mind without permission. It tries to cripple you into doing nothing when you have a short window of time to react and stop evil.
Haman’s history with the Jews started long before Esther, but did “his son’s” future continue long after Hamon met the gallows? The Bible has a way of speaking throughout all of history.
The woman that everyone loves to hate; the woman no one stands up to. Elijah ran, the church at Thyatira tolerated her, and the church today… What responsibility do we have to handle the spirit of Jezebel?
Joshua had 31 victories fighting to claim the Promise Land. Does the Lord tell him, “good job" or does God confront with what is left undone? It is the battles that we refuse to take on, the assignments that are left halfway done, that get us and future generations in trouble.
What does Jesus say about war? Is He anti-war or is the New Testament against war? What does the Bible say? Can we as believers handle what is going on in the world with spiritual warfare?
What on earth is happening that so many people are under a spell? And how have good intentions and soulish compassion caused so many people to get so off that the world no longer seems to know right from wrong or love from hate? And how do we not get charmed into bewitchment ourselves?
Storing up food, having a place for your family to shelter, and being able to defend yourself can help you prepare, but it is not enough. It is like having really great equipment but never being trained to face the reality of war. We have to learn to face our spiritual battles now and learn how the enemy manipulates our emotions if we hope to overcome as things speed up.
Have you ever wondered that it doesn't go well for people when they mock God? Mocking God is a sensitive issue that people are doing more and more. How can God be completely loving, yet people's lives end so badly when they mock Him?
What does Jesus say the End will look like? There will be an increase of knowledge but a decrease in peace. There will be wars and rumors of wars. Ethnic groups will rise against other ethnic groups. These will be the birth pains of the end-times.
Fasting is the thing that no one's flesh wants to do, but it is the thing that gives you the most breakthrough. Fasting is not just not eating. It is spending the time you would be feeding your flesh seeking God. The tide of history has been turned when God’s people fast and pray.
Being able to manage your feelings is what separates the men from the boys. Feelings are a fickle master and everyone can be overwhelmed by their emotions. It is those that learn to manage their feelings and get into the Lord’s joy that make it in life.
The devil attacks you on your worst day. Your family, your friends, the people that you are leading can all turn on you when things start going bad. The day before David became king was utter chaos and ruin. His family had been taken from him. His men turned on him to kill him but David turned and strengthened himself in the Lord.
We are living in surreal times. People are becoming more and more desperate. Are we living in the end-times and if so, where are we on the timeline? What exactly is going on and what do we need to be doing?
The story behind the Isaiah's prophecy about Jesus being born... We live increasingly in a time when believers who do not stand firm in their faith will not stand at all. The world is searching for what a man fully committed to God looks like when most people have pushed God into the background of their lives.
The Wind in the Mouth of Prophets - God starts and moves things with His wind. His wind is the transportation department of Heaven coming from the north, south, east and west, each wind having a distinct purpose on the earth. What is the wind doing? What direction is it blowing from? How is God moving His people in the times we are living in?
The world as we have known it is not the same and the needs of this hour should be pulling on every believer. There is a contention happening over our nation and we have a part to play. The devil has tried to make it look as if there are only bad options. What kind of action does the Lord want from us in this season?
Every Christian I've spoken with recently is under attack. Do you have a plan to guard yourself against the enemy's attacks? Don't be a spiritually naked Christian unprepared for the battle at your doorstep. By faith, armor up with the protection found in Ephesians 6. And more than that, have a plan to go on the offensive. It is time to win personal battles and take ground from the enemy and his kingdom.
Is God really in control of everything? Is He responsible for untimely deaths and tragedies? Do we have to wait until heaven to understand why some people go home early? Or are these things we tell ourselves to find relief when our world is going crazy? At some point, we have all asked these questions but have you ever really searched out the answer?
Have you felt the shift? There has been a shift in the judgment and justice of God and He is drawing a line. Which side are you going to fall on... and those you love? God is making distinctions.