Drill Sergeants call you to remembrance that you are in a WAR for your Soul.
"And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I come I shall gather my Jewels,
and spare them as a man spares his son who serves him" (Malachi 3:17 KJV)
Tried in The "Fire" Ministries
A Deliverance Healing Spiritual Warfare Bible Study Clinic in California.
Author: Barbara Nutt-Duffey Hammonds
Barbara @ #Drillsergeantseries
The body for the Lord
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the LORD; and the Lord for the body. 1 Corinthians 6:13 All creation in the new heavens and the new earth will share the glory of the children of God.
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?
Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an Harlot (or whore)? God forbid…
What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 6:15, 19-20
This Union of spirit and body forms a combination that is unique in the creation. It makes man the jewel of God’s work.
The Way of Faith
“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
Mark 9:24
So many times I have called the Lord for help. This scripture shows a father struggling and his relationship with an afflicted child. The father fighting the good fight of faith and healing from the Lord. But we see also his soul struggling between faith and unbelief. How is such faith obtained? Lord help my unbelief.
According to the measure of faith.
“And Jesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy way; and as you have believed, so be it done unto you.
And his servant was healed in the same hour.”
Faith’s part is to grasp that which appears impossible or strange to human eyes. Let us be willing to be considered fools for Christ’s sake (1 Cor. 4:10). Let us not fear to be considered weak-minded in the eyes of the world and of uninformed Christians. In standing on the authority of the Word of God, we believe what others cannot yet admit. Do not, then, let yourself be discouraged in your expectation, even though God might delay in answering you or if your sickness should seem to worsen. Place your feet firmly on the immovable rock of God’s own Word. Walk in the authority in which Christ has set us free.
NOT BY YOUR OWN POWER ! “And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why ye marvel at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?” Acts 3:12 They lost no time in setting them straight… All the glory for this miracle belongs to
Jesus and that it is He in whom we must believe. We are God’s instruments in this life. It would do us well to remember that we have no power we are used to fulfill the plan and purpose of the Father. God is our power source.
Music by: Darryl Udell, Jr.
Songs - Peculiar Melodies
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be over charged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.
JESUS SAID:
Luke 21:34 YOU TRYING TO ESCAPE THE TROUBLES OF THIS WORLD?
Luke 21:35
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
It is time to SOBER UP!
Music by: Darryl Udell, Jr.
Songs - Peculiar Melodies
So often things in our lives cause us to get stuck just like a truck. We become a major blockage on the roads of life. Traffic and those following your steps can get stuck in the confusion behind you. Let God help you to decrease and humble yourself at the right time and place. Going backwards is just not an option. Let’s move forward in our steps. Let’s move forward in our vision and appointed seasons. 🔥🔥🔥
Music - Darryl Udell, Jr.
Song - Peculiar Melodies
Allow God to launch you! Don’t give up just because the way looks dark and tedious. Many tunnels lead to great places.
Be encouraged and know that it is never truly the way it looks at the time. We find out after Jesus was crucified that "Behold" it was his greatest victory, because the word of God says, That “if Satan would have only known what he was doing, he would not have ever let Jesus die.” Some of us have things in us that we are assigned to accomplish (our Purpose) 🔥🔥🔥 #drillsergeantseries
Music King Dvyce - “PluTo Star by King”
Life will teach you!
Every time someone leaves we lose a part of us. Well we have to figure out how to live around that missing part and make a new part. I am intentionally making new memories and finding the good in every day. 🔥🔥🔥 Barbara
SLEEPING IN THIS STORM? Distractions, money, fame, politics keeping your focus, all to shift your mind in the opposite direction. It’s time for the “My People” of God to wake up! We have a job to do to stop this Pandemic. Seek God’s face and do what He said to do for healing the Nations. Wake up o sleepers as they told Jonah in the Bible Jonah 1:5-6. Call upon your God… “So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.” 🔥🔥🔥
Chips, Salsa and Guacamole… What a day!
Are you walking on your blessing? Fear alone almost robbed me of a blessing that was just sitting there
waiting to be picked up. There is a possibility of receiving all of Gods abundant blessings.
Don’t be scared… Pick up that HARVEST! 🔥🔥🔥
Barbara @ #drillsergeantseries
The truth is You are not forgotten. My tears would not stop and no one knew but God.
He sent me a message via an email from a stranger… take a listen.
Afterwards I knew God had spoken directly to me.
🔥🔥🔥 Barbara @ #drillsergeantseries
Have you ever wondered IF God really watches over you in troublesome times? The Holy Spirit, The Comforter will speak to you and will not lie to you… When danger is present… you are warned, listen to that unction from The Holy One.
🔥🔥🔥 Barbara @ #Drillsergeantseries #Drillsargent #Barbaranuttduffey #Barbarahammonds #Fireministries
Societies’ teaching, training, and tradition have served as grave clothes to bind many races and cultures of men. Society has bound us with, (1)Injustice, (2) Inhibition, and (3) Ignorance. With all of life’s obstacles and challenges Jesus yet says, “Loose them and set them free.”
“He that was dead come forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.
Jesus saith unto them, loose him and let him go.” John 11:44
Liars and half-truth tellers…
A truthful tongue avoids lies. Satan used the half-truth when he tempted Adam and Eve. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” Genesis 3:5
Satan told a part truth which was a lie. “That they would be like God.” A plan was RUINED!
After Pentecost, the paralytic was healed through Peter and John at the gate of the temple. It was “in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth” that they said to him, “Rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6). As soon as the people in their amazement ran together to them, Peter declared that it was the name of Jesus that had so completely healed the man.
We may be thankful to God for giving us doctors. Their vocation is one of the most noble, for a large number of them really do seek to do-with love and compassion all they can do to alleviate the suffering that burdens humanity as a result of sin. There are even some who are zealous servants of Jesus Christ, seeking also the good of their patients’ souls. Nevertheless, Jesus Himself is always the first, the best and the greatest physician. Jesus heals diseases for which earthly physicians can do nothing.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto the mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
When the Psalmist called upon all that was within him to bless the Lord for His benefits, he cried, “Bless the Lord, O my soul...who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Ps. 103:2-3). When Isaiah foretold the deliverance of his people, he added, “The inhabitant SHALL NOT SAY, I AM SICK; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity” (Isa.33:24).
CAST OUT DEVILS! "They (meaning YOU) shall cast out Devils in my name!" I use the simple name Jesus... I know for me, that name works and Devils flee... Now to all the other names out there I will hold my comments; but if they work to cast out Devils I have never seen it. However, bless the name of the Lord our Deliverer, He came to set the captives free. There are many languages out there to interpret Jesus in a different dialect or tongue. Satanic invasions have been so subtle that many Believers have areas of their lives that are dominated by evil forces. Constant struggle, lost battles, little victory and persistent oppression are "normal" for many of God"s people. A supernatural revival is blazing! You must know that through casting out Devils the Holy Spirit is bringing life and liberty to multiplied millions. 🔥🔥Barbara Hammonds
Drill Sergeant Series:
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Prophets have to obey God and not operate under their own will. Shall God destroy sinners just because you want him too? The world is in great trouble when the churches chant is to destroy sinners just like the world. Who can know the mind of God when it comes to forgiving just one sinner. Repent and allow God to give you another chance.
Through this prophet, God told Israel what their sin was: "But YE have not obeyed my voice." Judges 6:10
Disobedience was the sin that brought the wrath of the Lord upon them like a flood of waters. Their cry of despair begins a miraculous deliverance through God's encounter with the poor farm boy Gideon. The Character of Gideon begins with his good qualities, his willingness and then a mighty test. God will and can speak an unknowing word of favor and encouragement through an enemy. In the darkest hour Gideon wins a most unlikely battle and complete victory.
I have called My Children to come up higher and be filled with power. As My Children have seen the power of satanism and his wickedness flood the earth, they shall now see the far greater power of God Almighty rend the heavens and pour forth My Spirit. You will go forth at my command and do exploits. Get plugged in to my purpose and plans that are coming upon this earth. From this day you are to "call for My power to rule America." I command you to rise up, children of God, storm the gates of hell in operation today, and they will not stand against you! God has a purpose and plan for YOU!
"Bring me my coat and please come before Winter!" II Tim: 4:13 The Apostle Paul was alone, isolated from his family and friends, he needed them to bring him some things. Sometimes we are alone, or must stand alone in hard times. Jesus was left to stand alone before his hardest season. Winters are cold and cruel. We may also be in a type of cold winter or a season of cruelty, but know this: We are covered by the blood. A coat protects from storms. A coat covers, it comforts, and it clothes. These same three things Jesus did for us all. His blood shed on Calvary will carry us through these Winter Seasons.
We are "called to not only live our lives for God, but to finish Christ's work. Our responsibility to the lost is to deliver Christ's message of deliverance from sin and condemnation. In this time of darkness and great separation from God, the world must be shown the "way, the truth and the life" that can be theirs through Jesus Christ. Ambassadors for Christ are absolutely necessary!
CAST OUT DEVILS! "They (meaning YOU) shall cast out Devils in my name!" I use the simple name Jesus... I know for me, that name works and Devils flee... Now to all the other names out there I will hold my comments; but if they work to cast out Devils I have never seen it. However, bless the name of the Lord our Deliverer, He came to set the captives free. There are many languages out there to interpret Jesus in a different dialect or tongue. Satanic invasions have been so subtle that many Believers have areas of their lives that are dominated by evil forces. Constant struggle, lost battles, little victory and persistent oppression are "normal" for many of God"s people. A supernatural revival is blazing! You must know that through casting out Devils the Holy Spirit is bringing life and liberty to multiplied millions.
Sharing special prayers scriptures from the Word.
They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say: They are My people, and they will say: Yahweh
(The Lord) is our God.” Zechariah 13:9
Our testimony is not to other people, it is to Satan himself. In this testimony we declare To Him that he is defeated. We tell him how he was put to an open shame at Calvary, and that he is no longer in authority over us or our circumstances. We remind him that in Christ "WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS" not because we FEEL like conquerors but because GOD SAID WE ARE!
We are living in great and terrible days: Refuse to be deceived. Try the Spirits whether they are of God! "Be sober, be vigilant: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith." (I PETER 5:8-9).
God parts the waters, stills the storms of lives, and leads us to His highest achievements for His Kingdom! God has given many of us opportunities then made us wait for the promise. Waiting on God to fulfill His promises always becomes a period of self examination. We question ourselves, and often, we even question God. Our natural minds cannot conceive the things God has prepared for us. When we give our all to God, we place ourselves in the realm of endless possibilities! His word will come to pass!
If you awaken now, it is not too late for you to bring the rule of My kingdom to the world around you. "If I ascend into heaven, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me." (Psalm 139:8-10)
I will teach and comfort you so that you may teach and comfort others.
My hand will give you overcoming power and victory. I have devised a path for your feet, and I will soon reveal to you My strategy. Walk with Me, and you will walk in victory over Satan and his diabolical plans for this world. You have to lay aside your thinking, your understanding, and your human knowledge and come up higher in Me.
Ask Me to send the winds of My Spirit upon you. I will reveal the works of darkness and the secret plans of Satan. The wind of My Spirit will overcome the winds of evil and hold them at abeyance while I raise up My called ones. Multitudes will come forth from the darkness and behold My light and truth. The awakening for which the faithful have prayed is now upon you. You will see My signs and wonders displayed for all to see.
Stay close to me so nothing can crowd in between us. If you think I'm far off and cannot be reached by a moment's prayer, it is because you have not fully grasped that I live in you! When you acknowledge Me in all your ways as Lord of your life, your spirit becomes entwined with My Spirit and My life.
Now it all begins. You have dwelt in a season where it was politically incorrect and impolite to "rock any boats" or to face down sin and error. Now, you are called to march to the very gates of hell--but they will not prevail against you! You are going to wrestle against the wiles of the devil, against powers and rulers of the darkness of this age. Sometimes Satan will force you into battles. Know this: I am with you to defend and give you overcoming power. Always make sure you are doing the Master's business. Look forward to the new, let the old go!
My love will sustain you through the darkest nights and through circumstances that are impossible for you to control. You cannot control the world; not even your self-prepared comfort zone. The world around you is set on a path of destruction because of sin. Come to God and His love. As long as you remain in Satan's kingdom, you walk in darkness!!! "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear." (1 John 4:18)
It is time to overcome Satan and his works. My message for this hour is overcome the world and be ready for My coming. Faith in Christ and in My Word opens every door for you in My kingdom! Through faith the saints of old obtained great victories over the evil one. "Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens" (Hebrews 11:33-34). Only through faith can you overcome the world and Satan. Everything you need has been provided for you to overcome.....
The Great Expose'!
The rain of my Spirit has begun as a trickle but will become a mighty force which Satan can only quake. The earth and all it's elements will obey Me and will respond to My purposes and will. I am going to expose the hidden things of darkness. Satan has appeared to this world as an "angel of light" and "savior of the world," but Satan does not "own" My children or those I am calling to be Mine! Those I have called will walk in my light and under My divine protection.
I will render Satan powerless over all who call upon My name and are "children of the living God!"
The Lord Has Need of You!
The last week before Jesus was crucified, He entered into Jerusalem triumphantly upon a colt.
A donkey is used to carry heavy loads for men. But in this case, the Lord did not ask for a donkey that was well trained in bearing heavy loads. Instead He requested a colt, a young foal not yet encumbered by anyone or anything. This colt represents the kind of person the Lord is looking for... Does God have need of you? Will you be loosed into his service?
God Is Light
In all of God's doings there is nothing of darkness, craftiness, crookedness, or impurity; rather, with God everything is pure, honest, straightforward, and righteous. We can put our full trust in Him, because with God everything is done in the light. On the other hand, among human beings, a few things are done in the principle of light! How do you know if you have experienced God? Has there been any separation from darkness in your life?
Engage in the War for Your Soul and for Your Nation!
Satan would try to remove God's name from the earth. He is very bold and has made diabolical plans for all who believe his lies. As long as we don't believe that Satan and his principalities and powers are working to gain our soul for the kingdom of darkness, we can be deceived and Satan wins! We have a very real enemy fighting against us. We are also going to have to wrestle Satan and his evil powers for the world around. If we allow him, he will turn our world and nation into a "godless" kingdom ruled by him.
Great Is The Company Who will Proclaim It!
I am raising up a people from the kingdoms of this world who will be awakened by My Spirit to proclaim My salvation and the wrath to come. Great will be the company that will proclaim My words. They will be supernaturally endured with power and my gifts of the Spirit to do exploits. There will be such signs and wonders that the world will be aware, as never before, of the omnipotence of God.
An Untapped Wealth of Resources!
I have for you unimaginable resources of supernatural gifts, abilities and anointings so you can fulfill My purposes and plans for you and the world. I have not left you powerless or helpless. In order for you to do the works you are called to do, I have sent you a Divine "Helper" and "Counselor." I have told you that you are complete in Me, and I have given you all things pertaining to life and godliness!
Be Of Good Cheer!
Tribulation will come upon you, but be of good cheer! I have overcome the world and all of its evil and death. You are of my kingdom, and you are my children. I have given you overcoming power. Do you realize the full extent of what you have been given?
What kind of a day is it? My children, it doesn't really matter what kind of day it is because I can change all things for your good! Regardless of how dark your days appear to be, I can dispel the darkness and change the darkness into a blessing. I can use "evil" for good and turn away the forces of Satan that seek your destruction. I alone can lead you beside the still waters, make you lie down in green pastures, and restore your soul.
If the Lord is your shepherd, "you shall not want." I will lead you in the paths of righteousness!
Trouble in The War Zone series part 3
Trouble is not sinful in itself, neither is it the evidence of sin.
In the New Testament there are three words used which embrace trouble. These are TRIBULATION,
SUFFERING, and AFFLICTION, words differing somewhat, and yet each of them practically meaning trouble of some kind. Our Lord put his disciples on notice that they might expect tribulation in this life, teaching them that tribulation belonged to this world, and they could not hope to escape it; that they would not be carried through this life on flowery beds of ease. How hard to learn this plan and patent lesson! "In the world Ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." There is the encouragement. As He had overcome the world and its tribulations, so might we do the same.
Trouble in The War Zone series part 2
Trouble is not sinful in itself, neither is it the evidence of sin.
When we survey all the sources from which trouble comes, it all resolves itself into
Two invaluable truths:
First: that our troubles at last are allowed of the Lord. They come with his consent He is in all them, and is interested in us when they press and bruise us.
Secondly: that our troubles, no matter what the cause, whether of ourselves, or men or devils, or even God himself, we are warranted in taking them to God in prayer, in praying over them, and in seeking to get the greatest spiritual benefits out of them.
Prayer in the time of trouble tends to bring the spirit into perfect subjection to the will of God.
Trouble in The War Zone series part 1
Trouble is not sinful in itself, neither is it the evidence of sin.
Three words practically the same in the processes of divine discipline are found, temptation,
trial and trouble, and yet there is a difference between them.
First word: Temptation is really a solicitation to evil arising from the devil or born in the carnal nature of man.
Second word: Trial is testing. It is that which proves us, tests us, and makes us stronger and better when we submit to the trial and work together with God in it.
Third word: Trouble itself, which covers all the painful, sorrowing, and grievous events of life. And yet, temptations and trials might really become troubles. So that all evil days of life might well be classed under the head of the "time of trouble." But Jesus left of a word to stand on.... "I will not leave you comfort less. I will send a comforter, THE HOLY SPIRIT."
Because God loves all of mankind he wants to help us live better lives. He is here to help us in all of our dark places in this life.... "I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, and not forsake them." Isaiah 42:16 sharing from a daily devotional reading by Anita Hashim
The seeds of revival are sown in how we live for God on a daily basis. The thought of denying self and being equipped to touch the lives of others is like quantum physics to some people. As we live and walk out our salvation, we do get our needs met as we learn to give and sow into the lives of others.
The Church is a paradox (paradox definition. Something that seems contradictory or absurd but is actually valid or true. According to one proverbial paradox, we must sometimes be cruel in order to be kind.)
The Church is a house and a city, an army and a bride, a building and a body. Each of these concepts is designed to shake us and stretch our thinking and practice beyond our current capacity. Most of the ways that God operates are paradoxical. His ways are not ours and His thoughts are radically different from our own.
Isaiah 55:8-9. Jesus became our display and catalyst to the ways of God.
There are secrets we must learn. The first, most crucial, and most basic of these secrets is the secret of being a seed.
There are three principles for being a seed. First, a seed is hidden. Second, a seed is full of life. Finally, a seed is ready to grow and bear fruit. Jesus said, "If you desire to follow Me, you must be as a grain of wheat. You must fall into the ground and die." Servant "Come bear fruit.."
The mentality of the spiritual warrior is to always receive your directions from our Supreme leader Jesus Christ. In the heat of the battle or war is not the time for studying but the time for application of what you have already learned and been taught before trouble arrives on your door step.
DO NOT LET FLESH AND BLOOD STOP YOU, BE UNSTOPPABLE! Your battle is not with flesh and blood, it is with the adversary.
Christ is taking people from the back-side of the desert from their wilderness experience and bringing them to the fore-front of the church.
You are now on the front-line - you have enlisted in God’s army and you must become … UNSTOPPABLE!
TAKE CHARGE AND FINISH YOUR COURSE UPON THIS EARTH!
Paul said, “Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10). I hope this message energized you today and I pray for your ministry that it is … UNSTOPPABLE.
One of the favorite sayings of believers, charismatics and Pentecostals is that “the anointing breaks the yoke,” and while it is a true statement, it’s actually based on a mistranslation of the Bible. What the original Hebrew text says is much better.
There is a correct response to the enemy. When problems come your way, you must divert your enemies away from you and towards JESUS. Sometimes you have to declare to the enemy that they have the wrong house and are on the wrong road. You have no open invitation to my house...
God fights in various ways, at least one of them will work for you against your enemy. If you stand firm and face your enemies with the help of the Lord, your enemies will scatter or be defeated.
As you face the enemies aggressively, it will help to know how to effectively pray. The moment the devil knows you do not know what to do when you pray, he will see you as an easy prey.
The enemy is under your feet.
Why did Elisha trust God when a whole army was sent just for him? Why was he able to remain calm when surrounded by a host of military men and might?
It was simply because he knew a little bit of divine history. He knew he was serving a God who can duplicate miracles. He knew the God of his forefathers, he knew without a doubt that he was serving a God who repeats miracles.
Put your trust in God. Everyone has someone he or she turns to in times of trouble. When trouble comes, some people turn to the occult, while some turn to secret societies or idols. Some turn to false prophets or false Gods who cannot hear them. My God hears, and He is always available. Do not turn to idols with mouths that cannot speak, but trust only in the Living God.
At the name of Jesus, every knee, by divine decree, must bow. When JESUS arrives on the scene, light arrives, darkness must depart.
Spiritual discouragement is something you cannot afford to allow in your life. If you refuse to be discouraged, your victory will be a given. Have courage even in the hard times.
We have an awesome God, and He is able to deliver from any enemy, any number of times.
The Lord will make you the head, and not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Deuteronomy 28:13
When you are walking with God, from time to time, he will feed you information that will help you defeat your enemy. The Word of Knowledge is a little fragment of knowledge of God reveals to he His servants.
When you team up with the Lord, He will stand victorious against any and all of your enemies and their followers. Satan's plans for your life shall not stand. It is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand.
Miracles do happen when you believe. Here are some examples of deliverances. No matter who or what represents destruction in your life JESUS is the Winner over every challenge or opposition. Learn to dwell in the secret place of the Most High God, The Lord will deliver you.
No matter who or what represents destruction in your life JESUS is the Winner over every challenge or opposition. Learn to dwell in the secret place of the Most High God, The Lord will deliver you.
Paul commanded the Galatians, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Gal 5:1 There is a strong legal and fleshly bondage that always tries to attach itself to the believer... Give no place to the enemy.. Don't grab hands and be led blindly. You are free!
Regardless of how good the flesh looks, or how loud the flesh roars, it was never intended to fight a spiritual foe. Without the Spiritual weapons God has so graciously given us, we stand naked and defenseless before the adversary. All we have to offer without God is weak and silly weapons of the flesh.
The word "warfare" is taken from the word stratos, and it is where we get the word "strategy." This tells us that in order for spiritual weapons to work effectively, they must be accompanied with a divine "strategy on how to use them. To have weapons, but no battle plan, will assure you of defeat.
Spiritual versus Fleshly Weapons. Paul knew the futility of his own natural man. War refers to the mental attitude of a trained soldier. Well trained soldiers often requested to be on the front line, they have been so heavily trained that many have a thirst for blood are daring and committed men of war. Paul says... "I want to preach the Gospel in the regions beyond... 2 Cor. 3:16
What about your weapons?
The heart of the whole thing is a personal relationship with Jesus. He can be met, and if we have not met Him yet,we haven't lived.
Many people go to church, but ask them if they know Jesus for themselves, and they will be surprised, sometimes annoyed and angry. What has happened is that most people think knowing about Jesus is a religion when actually it is a relationship. Can we meet Him?
Do you wonder why we say, Who is this Jesus? rather than Who was this Jesus? The answer is that Jesus is alive! Why was death not his end?
Was Jesus really dead? Can we seriously suggest that Jesus of Nazareth left the tomb in which He was buried three days after His execution and is alive today?
Take a good hard look at the evidence. It will bear your scrutiny, a dead body, an empty tomb, a crowd of witnesses..?
Why did Jesus Die and why was it written about centuries beforehand? We are getting near the heart of the cross of Jesus now. For that death was unlike all other deaths because of the One who suffered there, This marvelous person Jesus.
"The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise." (Mark9:31) The question is... Why did he die?
What was the main claim of Jesus? God would bring in his kingdom, or would he bring in the long awaited Messiah? Jesus is referred to as the Messiah or Christ, but Jesus never claims the title for Himself. Jesus said to them, "truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." Jesus claimed not to be the Messiah but God in person.
The actions of Jesus, stake a clear claim as to who He was. But so do His promises. He promised that He was the way to God.
None of the miracles constitutes knockdown proof. But they cause you furiously to think. You have to decide about Jesus. Is He, or is He not, what He claims? Does He, or does He not, bring in the kingdom of God, not just with talk but with power? These miracles of Jesus cannot be set aside. They are in fact the key to what he did.
Jesus' healings were not confined to physical conditions. One of the most fascinating aspects of the gospel story is the tremendous outbreak of demonic activity during his lifetime. As so often happens, the presence of the best provoked the worst. The light of Jesus stimulated the darkness of evil. The Bible is very clear there is a devil, a supreme anti-God force.
Jesus did not come simply to proclaim the kingly rule of God but to bring it to bear directly on our every day lives. In a word, Jesus came to bring healing to a broken world. That is what salvation means: God's wholeness, His rescue at every level of our need. That is what Jesus set about doing.
Jesus used the name Abba of His relationship with God. It was the intimate, family word that the Hebrew child used of his dad. Nowhere in all history of Israel had it been used by anyone of God. That would have been unthinkable. Yet the carpenter from Nazareth confidently referred to God by this intimate, family name.. Abba Father
So what would it look like, this kingdom of God that Jesus had come to inaugurate? He describes it in His most famous address of all, the Sermon on the Mount. It is a prescription for the supremely happy life, lived as God intended.
The call for decision was very urgent. Jesus said "The Deliverer was here." He tells us that if we want to be "saved," to "enter into the kingdom of God," to have eternal life," there is just one condition: We must COME, follow him. We must give our oath of allegiance to Jesus.
What was Jesus like? A very fair question. But how impossibly difficult to answer! One thing though, is certain. The Jesus who meets us in the pages of the four Gospels (the accounts of Jesus written by his friends) is very different from the picture many have of him. He is nothing like the "gentle Jesus meek and mild" of the children's stories. He is not the miserable holy man who never laughs. He is not the fearsome Judge who watches to see if we are enjoying ourselves and then tells us to stop. Nor is he the lifeless figure in the stained-glass window. Jesus, as the Gospels reveal Him to us, is radiantly alive and supremely attractive.
Fleshly weapons opposed to spiritual weapons. In regard to such man-made fleshly weapons and fleshly techniques, Paul said, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS." 2 Corinthians 10:3,4
There must be proper balance applied to the Word of God. Sticking to the Word of God and applying its principles to our lives may seem to take longer; the Word of God requires one to live a crucified life; it demands one to repent from a wrong thought life; and insists that one seek to conform to the image of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual warfare is not a momentary gust of emotion to frighten the devil away in a few moments of time. Quite the opposite! Real spiritual warfare is a mental condition and a life-long commitment; it is not so much an action as it is a determined and committed attitude of the mind.
Dealing with the winds and waves in your life. This GREAT STORM THAT AROSE was a great opportunity for the disciples to learn that Jesus Christ is Lord of the wind and the waves! After exercising authority over this unseen turbulence and speaking to the waves of the sea, the Word says that "the wind ceased, and there was a GREAT CALM" Mark 4:39 Jesus matched a Great storm with a great calm, and he will do it EVERYTIME.
How real warfare began. Most ministries who have fallen in recent times would not have fallen if they had not given some kind of place to the devil in their minds. Those who have fallen would be the very first to tell you that they left a door open for demonic attack somewhere along the way, by not dealing with some unseen, private area of their lives. Remember it started with Adam who shifted the blame to Eve rather than acknowledge that he had committed sin when he ate freely of the forbidden fruit. Shifting Blame.....is as old as the Garden of Eden.
Biblical spiritual warfare. Though the Old Testament is full with illustrations of spiritual warfare, such as the Battle of Jericho, Jehoshaphat and his singers, David and Goliath, the words "war" or "warfare" only occur five times in the entire New Testament. Let us find out why? Does it refer to the devil or mostly the flesh?
What about witches? Though Elijah stood physically alone on Mount Carmel that day, he single-handedly confronted the prophets of Baal with the power of God and saw their total destruction. These Old Testament Baal worshippers were the equivalent of today's witches and satanists. Yet, these Old Testament devil worshippers, who genuinely did possess strong satanic powers, did not prevail over the power of God and they never will.
There is nothing new under the sun. Satan used all of these things as a part of his plan to destroy the church before it could destroy him. Yet, his plan to destroy the Church of Jesus Christ miserably failed. God had another plan! Rather than destroy the Church, the Church arose in the power of the Spirit to meet the challenge-just as we shall rise in our own day to meet any challenge that the enemy would attempt to put before us!
Why warfare today? Ignorance of God's Word always leaves the Body of Christ in a dangerous position. As Hosea 4:6 says, "My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge...." Where ignorance is rampant concerning the Word, and especially concerning the devil and our authority over him, superstition nearly always prevails-resulting in all kinds of "spiritual hocus-pocus" in order to "shoo the devil away."
Ridiculous and unscriptural behavior. As we approach this topic we must guard against superstitious, homemade, remedies about spiritual warfare and base our teachings and actions firmly on what the Word of God has to say- and not on emotions, wild imaginations or an exciting hype that temporarily thrills a frenzied crowd of novice or young inexperienced believers.
Spoiling Principalities and Powers. In Colossians 2:15, Paul vividly portrays Jesus' victory and Satan's defeat. It says, "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it."
Dealing with spiritual hostages. Jesus Christ came into the world to "untie" and "unloose" Satan's binding powers over us. At the cross, He unraveled Satan's power, until finally, his redemptive work was complete and our liberty was fully purchased.
Dealing with spiritual warfare mania. This emphasis on spiritual warfare is good in respect that it has caused us to become familiar with our adversary, the devil, and how he operates. When we understand his mode of operation, then we can foil his attacks against us. This oath is the very reason that Paul, concerning the devil and his mode of operation, told the Corinthians, "...we are not ignorant of Satan's devices" (Second Corinthians 2:).
God wants a relationship with us more than anything else. He wants intimacy more than you trying to work things out. Jesus is saying I love you. I want to show you some things and I want my beauty to be seen in you. It's all about relationship not by works.
God's timing and God's way in the fiery trial may not be our way. In the midst of the trial the aim of the enemy is to keep us so frustrated and pressured that we think that we cannot think clearly or even make proper decisions. God is not the author of confusion but of peace.
Don't allow your circumstances to distract you, but keep JESUS before your eyes. Fear will always distract. Keep your focus on JESUS, knowing that he will not fail you. Be determined not distracted.
The Spirit will lead you, but Satan will drive you! The word warns us of satan's effort to deceive and to tempt you to act on impulse. Remember our enemy is a great counterfeiter. The Holy Spirit gently guides and directs God's children.
The end-time army must choose the way of the cross or the way of the self-life. It is your life reigning or Mine says God! The flesh will not be anointed, it's Calvary In the face of enemy power, and the devil hates this truth...
Don't live under your circumstances, praise don't pout. Praise will set the tone for your surroundings. Praise conquers depression. There is power in praise to lift your spirits and alleviate the temptation to complain. Remember ... Praise Don't Pout
Become totally dependent on God's Son. Know that God is alive in you. Jesus is alive in you. Depend upon him and come through victoriously. If you feel you are falling apart, know this.... God is not falling apart..... You can depend on him.
We can walk through the fiery trials and emerge as victors. We need not fall a part because of satan's temptations and pressures. In the midst of a fiery trial It's the promise that will prevail not the pressure of your situations, if you abide in the will of God.
Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. So we can rest in His ability to bring a solution to our problems. We can joy in the God of our salvation, knowing that in His presence is the route to lasting peace even in the midst of fiery trials. Keep your eyes on Jesus and don't be sidetracked by the problem. God is bigger than anything you will ever face. How big is your God? It's all about His Presence.....Not the Problem. Drill Sergeant
Remember that the battle
Is not yours, but God's. Resting and being quiet instead of becoming panicky refrains the flesh from acting prematurely. Be obedient, rest and rejoice. Pause don't panic... Drill Sergeant
The Father is saying to us, " I am wooing you. I am calling you unto myself. Will you obey? I love you, I am with you. I'll never leave or forsake you. Will you lay down everything for my cause? Move forward led by my Spirit. Drill Sergeant
Believe the Gospel it says to Repent not just to Love, that is step # 1. To be in God you have to receive all he has asked and provided for his children. You cannot pick and chose what parts you want and discard the rest. That's not how serving God works.
Drill Sergeant
Drills from the Sergeant
Testing time is a very quiet time in a controlled setting. Someone in authority is usually overseeing the environment. All testing has a starting time and a finishing time set. Now did you pass the test, or do you have to take it over?