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Have you ever been told to “call on Archangel Michael for protection” or “ask Raphael for healing”? The New Age is filled with angel talk — but much of it is counterfeit. In this episode of The Illuminated Woman, we uncover the truth about Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, and the other so-called “archangels.”We'll see how Scripture reveals angels as God's messengers and warriors — not spiritual masters, guides, or healers. If you've ever wondered what's real, what's distorted, and how to discern the difference, this episode will open your eyes to the truth.✨ In this episode, you'll learn:The Biblical roles of Gabriel and Michael versus how the New Age rebranded themWhy Raphael is not the “healing angel” — and how Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals, holds that title aloneHow Uriel and other “archangels” came from occult writings, not ScriptureWhy angels are servants, not saviors — and how Satan counterfeits light to pull women away from GodAngels are real, but they were never meant to replace God. Listen in and discover the truth about these spiritual beings, so you can stay rooted in faith and free from deception.The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I'd love to hear what's on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you're sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you're just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.

Nebuchadnezzar, and the Antichrist: Two kings cut from the same cloth. Many of us would like to have more information about "The Man of Sin," "The Beast," "6-6-6." The Bible gives us only the lowlights. But he has a sort of "twin brother" in the Old Testament. Both of them are super-kings, both are identified with beasts, and both love statues. We're in Revelation 13. Here's Jim with Part 2 of, The Next Babylon. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free. RS09012025_0.mp3Scripture References: Revelation 13; Daniel 2

Most people don't have self control over anything! If you don't have self control it will lead to many more issues in your life. Self control is also one of the "Fruits of the Spirit!" The lack of self control can lead to different addictions (sex, food, drugs, alcohol), and other things such as negative thoughts, anger, etc., that ultimately causes many problems for people. What you don't have self control over, will control you! It goes back to the mindset that a person has, because we all have free will to exert self contol, but we all don't use it for the good in our own lives. Hence why, people have no self control in many areas of their lives!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/relationships-and-relatable-life-chronicles--4126439/support.

Even though there is no condemnation for the believer, Satan still attacks the believer with temptation and accusations. Why does Satan accuse and condemn the believer? 1-to grieve God through His children, 2-to rob the believer of joy, hope, peace, and security, and 3-to destroy our Christian witness. Pastor/Dr. David Murphy will show us how the Lord silences the accuser as shown in Zechariah 3:1-5, when Satan accuses Joshua before God about his filthy garments. We'll see 5 truths when dealing with the accuser: 1-you are chosen, 2-you have been rescued from the fire, 3-God has taken away your garments of sin, 4-God has clothed you in righteousness of His Son, and 5-Satan is only your accuser, but God is your judge.

In this episode of Christian Book Blurb, host Matt McChlery speaks with author Jared Brock about his book 'A Devil Named Lucifer.' They explore the misconceptions surrounding the devil, the nature of evil, and the importance of free will in understanding sin. Brock emphasizes the need to strip away cultural assumptions about the devil and focus on biblical truths. The conversation also delves into the concept of hell, Satan's strategies, and the author's future projects, including a focus on Christian economics. Links Help keep this podcast on the web by simply buying me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattmcchlery Sponsor an episode of this podcast Click for Advertising info Visit Matt McChlery's website mattmcchlery.com Visit Jared Brock's website jaredabrock.com With thanks to this episode's sponsors 'The Garlic Queen' by Wendy Lord Takeaways The book aims to myth bust the common misconceptions about the devil. The devil is a minor character in the grand narrative of God's story. Evil is a result of human free will, not solely the devil's influence. Cultural images of the devil are largely post-biblical and not scripturally based. The lake of fire was created for the devil, not for humans. Satan's appearances in the Bible are infrequent and often misinterpreted. Free will is essential for genuine love and obedience to God. Temptation can be seen as an opportunity for spiritual growth. Avoiding temptation is a practical strategy for Christians. Brock's future work focuses on Christian economics and its implications for society. Sound Bites "The devil is a tiny part of God's big story." "The devil cannot make you do anything." "Avoid temptation as much as possible." Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Christian Book Blurb 00:26 Exploring the Book: A Devil Named Lucifer 02:44 Myth Busting the Devil 05:41 Cultural Assumptions and Images of the Devil 08:25 The Nature of Evil and Free Will 10:50 Understanding Hell and Its Concepts 18:46 Satan's Strategies and Temptations 27:08 Getting to Know the Author: Jared Brock 36:06 Future Projects and Christian Economics    

The battle for your mind is waging every day. Do you know how to defend against it?Although we live in the physical world, we must remember that there is a real battle waging in the spiritual realm for our minds. As believers, we are not waging war for victory, but rather from victory. Stand fast on divine facts, and don't be lured down off the high ground.5 Weapons of Our Spiritual Warfare:UnityWorshipPrayerThanksgivingTruthJoin Pastor Phil Hopper as he concludes the Philippians series by discussing Satan's tactics in spiritual warfare and the battle for your mind. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/abundantlifels/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/abundantlifels Connect with Pastor Phil ↴Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilHopperKCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/philhopper_kc/Web: https://livingproof.co/resources/books/ Learn more about the A-Life Discipleship Journey: https://alife.livingproof.co/ More information on our sermons: https://livingproof.co/sermons/Do you want to see your life changed by Jesus? Visit our website: https://livingproof.co/

After reciting the lengthy Beracha of "Ha'ma'abir Hebleh Shena," which concludes with "Ha'gomel Hasadim Tobim Le'amo Yisrael," it is customary to then recite a "Yehi Rason" prayer. This is not a Beracha, but rather a beautiful prayer in which we beseech G-d to save us from many different kinds of misfortune and hardships. We begin by asking Hashem to protect us today and every day from "Azeh Panim" – brazen people, who can inflict harm upon us. We then ask for protection from "Azut Panim" – brazenness, meaning, that we ourselves should not act arrogantly and harshly toward other people. We proceed to ask that Hashem save us from "Adam Ra" – evil people; "Yeser Ha'ra" – the evil inclination; "Haber Ra" – a bad friend; "Shachen Ra" – a bad neighbor; "Pega Ra" – harmful events; "Ayin Ha'ra" – the evil eye; "Lashon Ha'ra" – either negative speech spoken about us, or that we should not speak negatively about others; "Din Kasheh" – harsh judgments against us; and "Ba'al Din Kasheh" – a difficult adversary who wages a legal battle against us. In all, this prayer lists 11 harmful or otherwise undesirable phenomena from which we wish to be spared. Some texts also add "Isha Ra'a" – a "bad woman." However, the Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909) writes that the proper text one should recite is the one which lists precisely 11 forms of harm, as according to Kabbalah, there is great significance to the number 11. (Some claim that this list is associated with the 11 ingredients that comprised the Ketoret – the incense offered in the Bet Ha'mikdash.) If one wishes to add more requests, then he should introduce a new prayer by reciting "Ve'chen Yehi Rason Milefanecha…" ("And so may it be Your will…"). Indeed, many have the custom to add such a prayer, asking to be protected from "Malshinut" – people who report their fellow to the government; "Edut Sheker" – false testimony; "Sin'at Ha'beriyot" – people's hatred; "Alila" – libelous accusations; "Mita Meshuna" – unnatural death; "Hola'im Ra'im" – illnesses; "Mikrim Ra'im" – unpleasant experiences; "Satan Ha'mash'hit" – the Satan, which brings destruction; and "Dinah Shel Gehinam" – the punishments of Gehinam in the afterlife. It is worthwhile to recite these prayers with concentration and feeling, as with these prayers we ask for protection from many different kinds of adversity that we all wish to avoid.

Pastor Mike teaches on the importance of resisting temptation and how Jesus gives us everything we need to fight the battle.

Parsha "Shoftim" (Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9) may be the most utterly "timely" commentary on the World Today, and what is so UTTERLY WRONG -- given events of the last week -- that we could ask for. Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship contends in this week's reading and midrash that the totality of the major themes in this one -- from 'REAL judges' as opposed to 'black-robed priests of Satan,' to the plague of liars being "perverted witness" (and lying in oaths), to 'false prophets', to what it means to "put away the Evil from among you," and what happens when society not only FAILS to do so, but promotes that evil. If there was ever a parsha that helps clarify what it must mean to "come out of her," and why it is now a matter of life and death - this is it! The Erev Shabbat reading begins there, and includes what amounts to a great summary of just why that is: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SSM-8-29-25-Shoftim-teaching-podcast-xxx.mp3 We have seen in the last few portions the more than one admonition against idolatry, including "don't even bring the idol into your house." We have seen why He prescribes a death penalty for idolatry. And this week, both in the news, and in the Bible, we have seen what happens when that Evil among is is not exterminated, but subsidized, taught, and even mandated in the Whore Church and public cesspools. There are a myriad of important themes in here. But, ultimately, they all relate to just one: 'They' HATE YHVH. Shoftim: "REAL Judges, Real Men, Fake gods, and Extermination of the Evil from Among You" https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WT-CooH-8-30-25-Shoftim-Put-away-the-Evil-podcast-xxxx.mp3 The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

  «De igual manera, el Espíritu nos ayuda en nuestra debilidad, pues no sabemos qué nos conviene pedir, pero el Espíritu mismo intercede por nosotros con gemidos indecibles» (Romanos 8:26) Mientras vivas en esta Tierra, tendrás que cargar con una debilidad. ¿Cuál es? El cuerpo de carne y hueso en el que vives. Es un cuerpo que está sujeto a la muerte y al mundo natural. Tu espíritu nacido de nuevo no quiere pecar. Quiere ser completamente obediente a Dios. Pero la debilidad de la carne hace que caigas preso de las tentaciones que te rodean. ¿Significa eso que estás condenado a una vida de fracaso hasta que Jesús venga y ese cuerpo de carne y hueso sea glorificado? ¡No! Significa que necesitas edificar tu espíritu y fortalecerlo, hasta que domines tu carne. Se nos dice que crucifiquemos la carne. Tu ser espiritual debe dominar tu cuerpo. Orar en lenguas por medio del Espíritu Santo pone al espíritu en control de la carne. Hace que tu espíritu se levante y esté a cargo. Así como usar pesas fortalece tus brazos, orar en otras lenguas fortalece tu espíritu. Tu espíritu es más poderoso que tu carne, y mientras lo dejes fluir, la carne sencillamente tendrá que someterse. La mayoría de los creyentes no comprenden eso. Cuando se sienten oprimidos por algún pecado, en vez de vencerlo a través de las armas de Dios —como orar en el Espíritu—, continúan luchando para vencer en lo natural. Así, fracasan una y otra vez. Si te encuentras atrapado en esa clase de ciclo, ¡anímate! Dios no te ha ordenado ser más espiritual de lo que puedes ser. Él conoce tus debilidades y te ha dado una estrategia para vencerlas. Te ha dado la habilidad de orar en lenguas―y con tu entendimiento para manejar la espada del Espíritu, la cual es la Palabra de Dios. A pesar de tus fracasos en otras áreas, tú puedes hacer estas cosas. Ten la seguridad de que Satanás tratará de persuadirte de lo contrario. El diablo sabe que una vez que aprendas a someter la carne, él no tendrá lugar en tu vida. Le cerrarás la puerta y ya no podrá entrar. Renueva hoy tu decisión de orar en el Espíritu. Toma la decisión firme de seguir el mandato que Dios da en Judas 20: «Edifícate… en tu más santa fe [progresa, crece como un edificio alto y más alto] orando en el Espíritu Santo». Lectura bíblica: Romanos 8:14-32   © 1997 – 2019 Eagle Mountain International Church Inc., también conocida como Ministerios Kenneth Copeland / Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Todos los derechos reservados.

Matthew Week 107 Central Christian Church 1 day ago 2 min read   Matthew 18:15-17 ESV   15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.       Proverbs 19:11 ESV   Good sense makes one slow to anger,   and it is his glory to overlook an offense.       Matthew 18:15 NASB   “Now if your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother.       John 7:24 ESV   24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”       Matthew 7:1-5 ESV   “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.       Deuteronomy 19:15 ESV   15 “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.       Matthew 18:17 ESV   17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.       1 Corinthians 5:2-5 ESV   2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 3 For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.4 When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.       Matthew 18:18-20 ESV   18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”      

Week 3 of our James series explores the theme of temptation through the lens of Jesus' experience in the wilderness (Luke 4:1–13) and the teachings of James (James 1:12–15). The core message is that every divine opportunity is met with Satanic opposition, but through steadfastness and reliance on God, victory is possible. Temptation isn't sin; Satan targets our vulnerabilities. Ultimately, Jesus' sinless life and death empower believers to overcome temptation (Hebrews 2:17–18).

Revelation Dates: August – December, 1833 Revelation Places: Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York Section 98 – Aug 6, 1833 - Historical Background: Persecution was increasing in Missouri and Joseph was concerned for the saints, seeking help from the Lord. Joseph was 800 miles away in Kirtland and had not yet heard of the extreme violence and destruction of property, including the printing press. But the Lord knew what was happening, and revealed to the Prophet this revelation containing principles of peace, comfort and forgiveness.   Recap: The Lord has heard the prayers of his people and they will be granted. Have patience. Trust in the Lord. Obey the laws of the land. Their rights are inalienable, yet when the wicked rule, the people mourn. Forsake evil and cleave to good. Renounce war and proclaim peace. The saints in Kirtland must repent. The principles of persecution and retaliation are outlined. Section 99 - Historical Background: This revelation is out of sequence and was actually given in August 1832, not 1833. The revelation was on behalf of John Murdock, one of Joseph's most faithful servants. John's wife died giving birth to twins, who were adopted by Joseph and Emma. Recap: John Murdock is called on a mission to the eastern states. He is promised power. Those who accept John accept the Lord, and those who reject John also reject the Lord. John is encouraged to continue preaching the gospel for his entire life. Section 100 – Oct 12, 1833 - Historical Background: After organizing the Kirtland Stake and getting the Kirtland temple construction organized, Joseph and Sidney went on a mission to Upper Canada. They were accompanied by a new convert named Freeman Nickerson from Perrysburg, New York, who was returning home and invited Joseph and Sidney to ride with him as they journeyed north. After arriving in Perrysburg, Joseph became deeply anxious about his family back in Kirtland and inquired of the Lord.   Recap: Joseph and Sidney's families are well and are in the care of the Savior while they are on their mission. As to this mission, they are promised great success. They are told to fear not, for God will fill their mouths and they cannot be confounded. Be meek and the Holy Ghost will bear record of the truth. Sidney is called to be a spokesman for Joseph, who is to be the revelator. Meanwhile, back in Missouri, the Lord says Zion will be chastened for a season. In due time, God will raise up a people pure in heart to redeem Zion. Section 101 – Dec 16, 1833 - Historical Background: In Section 97, the Lord declares that if Zion obeyed God's commandments (including building a temple) they would prosper, otherwise they will face affliction, sword, vengeance and fire. The saints transgressed and failed by their lackluster efforts to build a temple. In July, 1833, a large Missouri mob demanded the saints cease from all religious labors in Jackson County. Three days later they destroyed the church printing press, burned the building and tarred and feathered 2 church leaders. In October and November, the mob raided branches of the church demolishing homes, and in one branch “amid the shrieks and screams of women and children, whipped and beat in a savage and brutal manner, several of the men.” A church member and two mob members were killed. The 2,500 saints in Zion were fleeing for their lives. In December, Joseph received the awful news and reached out to the Lord asking why He would allow this persecution and when He would redeem Zion.      Recap: The saints were driven out of Zion because of their transgressions, and must now endure their chastening. But God will be merciful. “Be still, and know that I am God.” The righteous and pure in heart will return to redeem Zion and build the New Jerusalem. A time frame was not given. Meanwhile, gather together in stakes and live the gospel principles. Christ will appear to all and the wicked will be consumed. The millennial period will begin and Zion will be built, Satan will be bound, and all history will be revealed. Those saints driven from Zion are transgressors and need to be chastened. The Lord gives a parable of a vineyard, whose servants refused to build a tower (temple), and therefore the enemy came undetected and destroyed the vineyard. The House of Israel must continue to be gathered and the Saints must gather in stakes to be strengthened. Lands must be purchased in Zion. Those who were scattered must seek redress by the law to uphold their inalienable rights. This was the purpose of establishing the Constitution, by the hands of wise men raised up by God. If government leaders do not give heed to these laws, God will be displeased and in His fierce anger, will vex them along with the nation. The day will come that the Lord's people will hold claim to Zion and will return, build and prosper there.

Welcome to Week 3 of Weeds in My Garden, a transformative series addressing mental health through faith. In this week's message, "am i loved?", Pastor Kim Teff shares his journey of overcoming high-functioning anxiety and discovering freedom through God's truth.Drawing from 1 Corinthians 13 and John 3:16, we confront the lie that we are unlovable, exploring how Satan's deceptions fuel stress and self-doubt. Learn how God's unconditional love—patient, kind, and never-failing—can heal deep wounds and transform your life, no matter how long you've believed the enemy's lies. With mental health challenges impacting so many, this message offers hope and practical steps to embrace God's love and find freedom in Christ. Join us to experience the peace that comes from knowing you are truly loved.CONNECT WITH US:→ Request Prayer: https://bit.ly/3zMyf5E→ Request Care: https://bit.ly/3fBTX5G→ Share a Testimony: https://bit.ly/3Jo7Ped→ Find Events and More: https://bit.ly/3TcrkcR→ Leave us a Review on Google: https://bit.ly/47925jP→ Plan a Visit in Person: https://bit.ly/3sfQdg7FOLLOW US:→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/illuminatec...→ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@illuminate_ch...→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illuminatech...WE HELP PEOPLE FIND ABUNDANT LIFE IN JESUS!

Jesus Delivers Us (13) (audio) David Eells – 8/31/25 Saints, I'm going to continue with our teaching on how Jesus delivers us and our authority over the demons. I'm going to pick up where we left off last time about the true and false manifestations of the Spirit and begin by sharing the following testimony called:   More Than We Can Imagine or Think by P.O. I was one of thousands of people who wanted to experience "revival" in Brownsville and Toronto. As a fairly new Christian, I wanted the excitement that I thought should come from living a life for God. My prayer during that time was: "Father, do whatever You need to do so that no man or no devil can ever quench my desire for You." The first few visits there, I came away somewhat frustrated. Every time a minister approached me, he would veer away and start the laying on of hands in another direction. I recognize now that this was the grace of God, keeping me from receiving wrong impartations. But one time when we were leaving, I forgot my cape. I returned for it and tried to walk through a large lobby full of people writhing on the floor. Something invisible hit me. I fell to the floor and felt heat, like electricity, start at my feet and work all the way up to my head. I became temporarily but totally paralyzed. A friend who had followed me reported afterward that he saw my eyes roll. This man, a medic in the army, picked me up in his arms to remove me. But the strapping, six-footer made it only to the outside steps. There he, too, was taken down to the ground by this spirit. When he dropped me, I rolled under a small tree. Looking up, I saw the stars like diamonds and trees in 3-D as if "the trees were indeed clapping their hands" as the Word describes. I wanted to praise God, but I was rendered incapable of doing anything but baying like one of my uncle's hound dogs. My heart goes out to my friends who visited the "revival." Three of them died prematurely. Another four of them divorced within a year. Several of them now have serious health concerns. In short, these people are anything BUT revived. With some of these friends, I tried gently to get them to look at the falsehoods. But no. It was like the old saying, "You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink." The times I tried, I encountered upturned noses, so to speak. My dearest friend, whom I met thirty-eight years ago, lived at one of the revival venues for months. She no longer returns my calls. I don't know why this is the case, since we aren't talking. But I suspect that she just couldn't handle the upturns that my life, and my children's lives, kept taking as opposed to her own. I'll always love her. She prayed for me when I wasn't even a believer. God will save her from this deception. At first I thought the experience had been the Holy Spirit. But, sparing the details, my life began to fall apart. I kept crying out for truth, the truth, nothing but the truth. Somehow, I was led via an internet science site to the e-book called "Sovereign God." I "inhaled" it. God's truth revealed in that book healed me of lifelong bouts of severe depression. Then, via the internet, I saw that people around the world were getting their vision healed. I thought, "God is no respecter of persons. Father, would you heal my vision?" It was a progressive miracle, full of dialogue with Him. After a trial of several months, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles pronounced me as having near-perfect vision. Father God also engineered that my unbelieving daughter would be present to hear the verdict. All my life, I'd had progressively poorer vision, ending with 20-200, which the state of Indiana considered as legally blind. God is able to do abundantly over and beyond what we can imagine or think. In His sovereignty, Father brought me through into the truth. He has orchestrated major periods of repenting and casting out of spirits revealed to me. By the grace of God, my marriage is thriving like never before. My blind eyes are healed. My depression is gone. I have hair now. I actually feel beautiful, but it's not of myself. It's Jesus, coming from the inside out. My children are fighting and winning for their marriages. I'm no longer fat. I have a room with a view. In this room, I help build God's Kingdom with the gifts He's given me. I'm welcomed at foreign airports with bouquets of flowers, like I'm some royal person. I'm surrounded by a vibrant company of other believers who cherish one another every day of the week. None of these blessings came as a result of the revival movement that so many people, including myself, touted for a while. All of these blessings are just "by-products" of a graceful God who loves me. He gave me the hunger and the unction to seek and find Him. Reading that blessing list, an unknowing person might say that I've won life's lottery. But it is all nothing compared to the fact that ... I have Jesus. I hope and pray you do, too. And here is another awesome testimony of God's amazing grace, called:   Delivered & Made Whole by C.M. As a young adult I was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr, chronic fatigue syndrome. For almost two years I would have to sleep at least twelve hours per day to barely function. Having visited every specialist, I was given no hope, other than just to deal with it and get rest. As a child I was taught about the Lord, even experiencing a vision of heaven at the age of seven years. I had been healed of a toothache during that vision. But when my dad left, our family fell apart, and our faith slowly faded away. By the time I was twenty-one years old, the Bible was in my closet, unread in years. One night I cried out to the Lord while remembering a story told to me when I was a child. A woman in the Bible was healed of her blood flow of twelve years. As I was begging the Lord to let me touch His garment just like that woman, I felt such a hot flow of heat through my body! I knew I was healed. The Lord let me feel that heat to help my faith. Within twenty-four hours, I felt completely better! I told everyone. People said it was just psychological—I had healed myself. But I knew better. I started reading my Bible as a babe in Christ. Almost two years later, I did join a church. I was reading the Bible regularly, but I started practicing yoga. I even became a yoga instructor, certified in sport yoga. I knew yoga had Eastern philosophies, but I thought if I just did the exercise part, I would be okay. I even asked my pastor. To my surprise, I had his support as long as it was just for exercise. Another elder even encouraged Tai Chi, another Eastern philosophy of exercise. Yoga was the pathway to all of the other Eastern philosophies: Tai Chi, hypnotherapy, and Reiki, the bringing of "energy" from the universe into your body. After two years of practicing yoga and getting involved with Reiki, I met a bold woman of Christ named Jane. She informed me of my backsliding. Jane insisted that I pray and get right with God and speak to her husband. He had knowledge of the occult. The word "backsliding" kept ringing in my ears from this woman. I had thought exercising was okay. After looking up the word "backsliding" in the concordance, I was directed to Jeremiah Chapters 3-6. The Lord showed me that night that I had left the Lord for the harlot. I felt the Lord's anger with me for what I was doing. After the Lord opened my eyes that night, I discarded everything that had to do with yoga: the music, clothes, DVDs, my teaching certification, books, equipment, mat, candles, etc. I quit teaching the next day. I visited Jane and her husband, who further explained how yoga is an occult practice. They prayed over me and anointed me with oil. We claimed that I was forgiven and that all the effects of this practice had left me. Praise God for His forgiveness, mercy and love. Now I have given my life to the Lord and have been walking with Him ever since! An undeserved blessing He gave me was a daughter, as I had not been able to have a child. According to the specialists, for fourteen months, I was not ovulating. Within two weeks of giving up yoga, I was pregnant. I am so grateful for God's love and forgiveness. David: Amen! Praise God for all His goodness towards us. It's important to remember that we must continue walking in Christ to obtain the fullness of His salvation. (Mat.24:13) But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. We have to continue in Him to receive what He's laid hold on us for. (Php.3:12) Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. He laid hold on us to manifest the fullness of Christ, and if we believe the Word, and we keep holding fast to the Word, we're going to enter into more and more of Christ. He is the Word. When we walk in Christ, we have faith to exercise the authority that He's passed on to us, but notice that although Jesus totally conquered the devil (Ephesians 1:20-22), we still see him. Why? It's because the devil still exercises authority. You may ask, "David, how is that possible?" Well, let's look at how that authority has been passed around. God never took back the authority over all creation that He gave to Adam in Gen.1:28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. But God didn't have to take it back; Adam gave it away to the devil! He gave it to the devil by virtue of the fact that he obeyed the devil. (Rom.6:16) Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves [as] servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? He made the devil his lord and gave him that authority. We know that the Bible says, "What we bind on earth is bound in heaven," so if the devil can talk us into believing he has authority, then he has it because we gave it to him. We loosed him by believing him, and we bound God by not believing Him, because God made the condition for receiving His benefits, which is our faith. Today, Adam's children have lost their authority because he gave it to satan. However, Jesus is called the "last Adam" because He is the father of the born again creation. Because He refused satan's authority He gained authority back and passed it on to His spiritual children. (1Co 15:22)  For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.  But Christians need faith to exercise this authority. What does the Bible say? (1Jn.3:21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; (22) and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. When we walk in Christ, we have faith to exercise our authority, faith to believe what the Bible says about the authority given to us. Adam was a natural man who was given authority over this natural creation. Jesus Christ was called a spiritual man, and He was given authority over this spiritual and natural creation. We just read about the authority God gave to Adam over this natural creation. Most Christians haven't entered into the authority that Adam had as a natural man, much less the authority that Jesus had as a spiritual man. We are supposed to have authority in both places, the natural and the spiritual. (1Co.15:45) So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit. (46) Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual. (47) The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven. (48) As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. (49) And as we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly. If your Bible has "we shall," it's wrong. There's probably a footnote that tells you the Greek says, "let us also bear the image of the heavenly." We have been given a command to bear "the image of the heavenly." God is not saying that "we shall" because that's not true. A lot of people are not going to bear the "image of the heavenly" because they're going to refuse to do that. We've borne "the image of the earthy" because we've been a natural man, like the first Adam, but to bear "the image of the heavenly" is to bear the Image of the spiritual Adam, Who is Jesus Christ. (Heb.2:5) For not unto angels did he subject the inhabited earth to come... If your Bible says, "the world to come," you probably have a footnote that says "the inhabited earth." This is the correct translation from the Greek according to the numeric pattern. Notice its "the inhabited earth to come" meaning the earth under and following Adam's authority.  (Heb.2:5) For not unto angels did he subject the inhabited earth to come, whereof we speak. (6) But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him? What was "man"? That was Adam. And who was the "son of man"? That was Adam's children. Jesus was the Son of man and the Son of God. This is talking about both the natural Adam and the spiritual Adam. The spiritual "Adam" is Christ, and so then, who is the "son of man"? That is Christ's children. Adam and his children had authority, and if they hadn't fallen because of sin, they would still have that authority. Jesus has authority and all of His children have the same authority because He is an Adam. He's the Procreator of the whole race of the spiritual man. He's the (Rom.8:29) ... firstborn among many brethren. The Greek word there is adelphos, and it means "brothers." (Gal.3:26) For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. Through faith, we should be living up to our sonship; we should be exercising the authority of the first Son, Jesus Christ, our spiritual Father. (Heb.2:7) Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands. We found that was true of Adam, and it's still true. Jesus exercised authority over the works of God's hands. Just as Adam did in the natural before he fell; Jesus did in the spiritual and natural. There's a natural creation, and there's a spiritual creation beyond the natural creation. Adam had dominion over the works of God's hands; he exercised authority over all the earth, the beasts, the fish, the birds, and so on. However, there are other works of God's hands that Adam didn't know much about: the principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness, the spiritual creation of God (Ephesians 6:12). Because of what Jesus accomplished at the Cross, we've been given authority over not just the natural creation, but the spiritual creation. (Eph.1:19) And what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might (20) which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places], (21) far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (22) and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, (23) which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Notice that Jesus was the head of His body the Church but He put all things in subjection under the feet of His body. We have this authority as we follow the Head. Our authority over the natural creation and the spiritual creation is given by right of two facts. We have come from the first Adam, and we have come from the second Adam. Both of those have been given authority, and that authority has been passed on to us, but the only way you can exercise that authority is to believe what the Word of God says. All of this has been put under your feet; you have complete sovereignty over it as you follow the Head. (Luk.10:19) Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. Notice: "Behold, I have given you authority ... over all the power of the enemy." Here's another witness that God has put all things in subjection under His feet: (Heb.2:8) Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. (Primarily, He was talking about Adam and his children. Secondarily, He's talking about Christ and His children.) But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. In other words, it's a fact that Jesus conquered the devil and gave us authority over him, but it's also a fact that we haven't exercised that authority. (Heb.2:9) But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man]. (10) For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory (These are His sons.), to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (11) For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one (We have one Father.): for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. So you see, we are sons of God first by faith and then by manifestation. Jesus, as the second Adam (1 Corinthians 15:47), received this authority from God over all of creation, and we are in Him. As end-time saints, we are in Him as His body and even the lowest member, the "feet," have been given authority to "stomp" on the devil's kingdom. (Rom.16:20) And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. We've been given this authority, so what's the holdup here? The holdup is for us to be convinced about what the Bible says in black and white. It isn't a deep revelation; it's in the letter of the Word, and we need to step out and start exercising our authority according to His Word by faith. We have dominion over all the works of God's hand! It makes no sense to think God would have given this dominion to Adam, a physical, natural creation, but would not have given it to His spiritual creation, sons born after the Image of Jesus Christ. Start imagining yourself as a son of God with authority. See yourself that way. (Psa.8:4) What is man, that thou art mindful of him? (In other words, why would you pay any attention to man?) And the son of man (That's not only Adam, but his children. That's not only Christ, but His children.), that thou visitest him? (Psa.8:5) For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. (6) Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: (7) All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field, (8) The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. Do you remember when the disciples had been fishing all night without catching anything until the Lord commanded the fish into their net? (Joh.21:6) And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. And (Psa.8:9) O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Our words and actions must agree with God's Word. Psalm 8 and Hebrews 2 are parallel in speaking about Adam and his children, and Christ and His children, both having dominion over the work of God's hands. Everything Jesus said agrees with this. (Mat.18:18) Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Because we don't understand this principle, we are continually loosing the devil to terrorize us. We are continually loosing the curse to take dominion over us. We are continually doing this because we are disagreeing with the Word of God. This is what happens when we speak contrary to the Word of God, and we act contrary to the Word of God. Many of God's people don't yet understand that they have this authority to loose the devil. They loose him when they disagree with God's Word. They loose him when they agree with these spirits that rule over the lusts of the flesh. If you agree with them, they are going to rule over you, as with Adam and Eve. We have authority over the work of God's hands. We have authority over the things that God has given us. We have authority over our automobiles and our washing machines; literally anything we have stewardship of. It doesn't make any difference what it is; we have authority. Some of you have exercised your authority and commanded healing for people, and God healed them, or you've commanded healing over broken appliances or cars, and God healed them, too. What we have to do is be convinced that we have the authority of creative power in us. (Joh.20:21) Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. This means that the Father sent Jesus with authority over the works of His hands, and everywhere He went, He exercised authority. And He said, "Even so send I you." He sent us with that same authority. (Mat.28:18) And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. (19) Go ye therefore... Why did He say that? He said it because He was passing that authority on to His disciples. (Mat 28:19)  Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: (Just in case you believe this was only for the Apostles, He addresses all nations of disciples saying this.) 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you (so we all have the authority they had.): and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.  And in another Gospel He said in (Mar.16:17) And these signs shall accompany them that believe... "Them that believe" includes every believer. Every believer has authority in the second heaven, too. That's where Satan rules, and he reaches from the second heaven into the first heaven to rule as prince of the powers of the air in this world (Ephesians 2:2). We can read that here, where Jesus talks to Peter and the disciples. (Mat.16:18) And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (19) I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven... What Matthew 16:19 actually says in the original is "the kingdom of the heavens." Over in Matthew 18:18, which we've looked at, the word used is "heaven," singular, because it's only talking about the third heaven, but Matthew 16 is talking about all the "heavens," plural. It says in the Nestle's Text, the three most ancient manuscripts, "the kingdom of the heavens." It says in the Numeric English New Testament, "the kingdom of the heavens." Other translations just haven't copied it correctly. This verse correctly reads, (Mat.16:19) I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in the heavens... That means you are binding in the second heaven too. But even in the third heaven we bind or loose by unbelief or faith. The devil is hidden from us in the second heaven, another realm, and he rules from there as prince of the power of the air in the first heaven, but we have authority in the realm of the second heaven when we obey the principles of God's Word. (Mat.16:19) I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens. That doesn't say that we are going to destroy everything the devil does because God doesn't want to do that. God sent the devil here to administer the curse, such as when apostle Paul turned a man over to Satan (1Co.5:5) ... for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. God still does this today, so He doesn't want to destroy the power of the devil. God wants to destroy the power of the devil in the life of the believer. Jesus didn't give the keys to just Peter, as some people mistakenly read this verse. Jesus was talking to all of His disciples. (Mat.16:20) Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ. What made Jesus speak of Peter in the first place? It was because of what Peter had spoken. (Mat.16:13) Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? (14) And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. (15) He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? (16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. (17) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven. (18) And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. He wasn't talking about Peter alone. What was shown to Peter was the revelation that Jesus was the Son of God. This was the rock. Everybody who is saved has gotten that revelation. It is a foundational revelation. Everybody with that revelation has authority if they believe. This is the "key of David." (Isa.22:22) And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Everybody who is saved has the key of the Kingdom of Heaven but only a few will manifest it. (Rev.3:7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth. Jesus in the believer has the authority of the key of David. "And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church." The name "Peter" is the Greek word petros, which means "a small rock or stone such as a man may throw." We are all one of these. But the Greek word for "rock" in this verse is petra, and it means "a huge mass of rock (a boulder), such as a projecting cliff." All of us small rocks who make up the body of Christ could also corporately be this huge Rock. Peter himself said that Jesus was the Rock. (1Pe.2:3) If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious: (4) unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, (5) ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (6) Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame. (7) For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; (8) and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. Peter said that we are "living stones" and all of the disciples are "living stones." Peter didn't believe that he was the huge Rock. We are living stones in God's building, and that whole building is petra, a mass of rock. Jesus is the foundation of the building of the Body of Christ. He is the Chief Corner Stone, which is missing from the Great Pyramid because He is in heaven, but that Chief Corner Stone also looks like the rest of the building, which is the body of Christ. He is the Foundation and the Head, the beginning and the end (Revelation 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13), and the many stones are His body, just like the Great Pyramid represents. [Note: According to Josephus, the Great Pyramid is a prophecy built by Enoch and his sons.] Peter didn't exercise any more authority than the rest of the apostles. God gave all of His disciples the authority to bind things in the second heaven (Ephesians 2:2), things in the third heaven (Matthew 24:31; 2 Corinthians 12:2), and things in the first heaven (Mark 13:27). God's peopare not doing the works of Jesus Christ because they don't realize this authority is also theirs. We need to get this understanding down in our hearts because the devil's been given authority from God to make war on the saints. God sent an adversary so that not only would we learn to fight, but we would learn to fight and win! Did you know that if you fight the devil, you are going to be warring with your flesh? When you fight the spirit of fear, you are going to conquer fear in yourself. If you fight the spirit of lust, you are going to conquer lust in yourself. God has to send the devil because he reveals to you what is inside you. When you come against him by faith, you are not only consuming the lusts, you are not only plundering the devil's kingdom as far as the ground that he has taken in your life, but you are plundering him (Matthew 12:25-30; Mark 3:20-27; Luke 11:14-23). You are overcoming his spirits. Take your Promised Land. Conquer the carnal man that lives in it. Use the authority God gave you! This is your God-given right! Praise the Lord! Now, let me share another wonderful testimony with you called:   Faith in God's Word Plundered the Devil by sister L.W. About a year ago, the Lord showed me that I had a spirit of rejection. I received it through the bloodline of my dad. My grandparents tried to abort him. His siblings constantly reminded him that he was not wanted. The spirit of rejection took all my life experiences and twisted them in my head. It made me take everything personally and made me perceive its version of the truth instead of reality. Kids are cruel in school, and everybody is picked on in some way. They picked on me because I'm a redhead. So I saw my hair as a physical disfigurement. I thought if I were pretty, people would like me despite the color of my hair. When I would get beaten up by the boys after school, I thought I was the only one getting picked on. I didn't have any black eyes but there was a lot of hair-pulling, kicking, biting, scratching, and punching. I thought it was all because of the color of my hair. And I thought because I was different, I would never be accepted; and I hated myself and my hair. During this time, I developed nervous facial tics. My mom told me to stop, but I told her that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't. I told her my face would feel extremely funny and the only relief was to allow the tic. She told me to rub my face every time I felt that and I did. The Most High God had mercy on me and broke the nervous tics that very instant, and I was immediately delivered.  A couple of years later in the summer, I woke up and the left side of my face was paralyzed and felt heavy. When I would blink, my left eye wouldn't close. When I smiled, only half my face would smile. My dad thought I was just making funny faces and told me if I didn't stop my face would stick. But very quickly, he realized this was a serious medical condition. The doctors discovered I had Bell's Palsy and informed us there was no cure and that I would have to live with this the rest of my life. Later, I asked my parents if that was really true. Would I have to live with this the rest of my life? I felt ugly enough having red hair, without adding a paralyzed face to the equation. And they said, "We serve a God who heals. He is a healing God." Being a child, I thought my parents were smarter than the doctors. So I put my faith in what they told me and ignored what the doctors said. The Lord completely healed my face within seven days. The doctors were stunned. The healing was so complete, there is not even the slightest trace even to this very day, despite the doctors' report. When my parents became missionaries to Swaziland, I was so ecstatic, looking forward to a fresh start. Maybe there they would accept my red hair. Little did I know that the country we were going to believed people with red hair were witch doctors. Now, not only did the color of my hair stand out, but the color of my skin, too. I was really different. I felt I would never fit in. I didn't know the language and couldn't understand their accent—even when they spoke in English. The Swazi kids were actually loving and gentle, unlike the American kids, and they were intrigued by me. They wanted to touch my hair and skin and smell me, but I felt intimidated. (After my sister read this testimony, she told me those Swazi kids loved me and loved playing marbles with me during recess.) The love they gave me, the spirit of rejection stole from me. I thought I was the dumbest one in my class. The standard of schooling was much higher than in the States, and the kids laughed at me because I didn't know the answers when the teacher called on me. Inevitably, there was always somebody who had pity on me and whispered the answer to me. The spirit of rejection twisted my thoughts. Once again I felt rejected. I was a loner. I thought there was something wrong with me because I was dumb. I wanted to be anybody else but me. Because there was no high school in the country we lived in, I was forced to go to boarding school. I went to an all-white, all-girls high school in South Africa. Suddenly, my hair became my greatest asset. I became interested in fashion and beauty and surrounded myself with prim and proper British tea-drinking girls who were gossips and snobs. I was the queen of beauty secrets, sharing them with everybody. Even during my short-lived popularity, inside I still felt dumb and ugly. I felt I was the object of gossip and that the girls were looking down their noses at me. After three years of boarding school, my family moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. I was finally able to live at home with my parents and go to a public school. No longer was I surrounded by prim and proper British girls, but fighting Jezebels. My sister and I rode the school bus. The Jezebels would not allow us to sit, even though there was a vacant seat. They said the seats were reserved. I was determined to sit because I didn't want to have to stand through high school. The girls converged on my sister and me. They pulled our hair, tore our dresses, kicked, scratched, bit, punched and burned us with their cigarettes. I stood up for myself and protected my sister. At that point in my life, I didn't know to turn the other cheek. I prayed and asked God to give me strength. After a while, they gave up. After I graduated from high school, I returned to the States to go to college. Before school started, I lived a few months with relatives. During those months, the spirit of rejection made me feel more alone than ever. Even though I had returned to the land of my birth, I realized I had become a foreigner. I was stranger than ever. My clothes were the latest in fashion in Europe, but they just didn't go in Wyoming. There was nothing indecent about them, but a pastor's wife wrote a letter to my parents stating I looked like a streetwalker and carbon copied it to the church headquarters. Apparently, nothing but jeans, cowboy boots, or tennis shoes was accepted. My clothes were too colorful and different. The day finally came when I was able to go to college and move into the dorm. God blessed me with a fabulous roommate and we became immediate friends. She helped me adjust to the American way of life. I became more confident. I finally started having fun, but didn't study enough; I got kicked out of two church colleges with which my parents were affiliated. I was labeled a rogue missionary kid who dressed like a streetwalker. In my shame, I went back home to South Africa. All my life I was judged by my hair and now I have begun to judge other people by their hair. One night I dreamed I was walking on a busy sidewalk in a big city. The sidewalk was crowded with people walking to and fro. There was a long, green snake gliding at shoulder level. When our eyes met, he immediately came at me and coiled himself tightly around my ponytail. I grabbed him with my right hand and tried to pull him out of my hair, but he was coiled so tightly, he wouldn't budge. I woke up. At this time, I didn't know anything about the importance of dreams. But it was so vivid that I never forgot it. Eventually, my head started to itch and burn. I thought to myself, "Whatever you do, never itch in public." I didn't want to act like the baboons in Africa, always scratching. A couple of years went by and ridges started to form on my scalp, but I ignored it. Later, I got married and moved into my husband's house. Within a week, I realized I had made a huge mistake. He became physically abusive and would often kick me out. In an effort not to worry my parents and hide my shame, I spent the nights at a hotel and kept going back. The abuse became more frequent. I felt like I was having a nightmare and couldn't wake up. It became increasingly difficult to hide the abuse from my family and from work. I found out he was addicted to pornography (that's why he would kick me out). I thought I had married a Christian. One morning, he came at me with full force. I couldn't get away because he was so much bigger and stronger. I grabbed the phone and dialed 9-1-1, but he slammed the receiver down. "God, get me out of here. Help me!" I cried. A few minutes later, a police car pulled up. Shocked, I didn't recognize myself when I looked in the mirror that day. Somebody else was staring at me! We had only been married four months, four days. This was the ultimate rejection and betrayal. For the next two and a half years, we were separated, but trying to work things out. Even during that time, he was physically abusive. My family was afraid he was going to kill me. When I was with him, they would often call. If I did not answer, they would call the police. It ended in divorce. I went to my mom's beauty shop for a haircut. She told me I needed to see the dermatologist because the ridges at the crown of my head had turned a reddish purple. The dermatologist did a biopsy and discovered I had a rare condition called Pseudopelade of Brocq. She gave me little green pills to take. The first morning I took one, I was doubled over in pain within 20 minutes. No matter how hard I tried to take those pills, I was never able to keep them down. I called the dermatologist to ask her what the pills were supposed to do. She said they wouldn't cure my scalp condition—they would only stop the burning and itching. I threw those useless pills out. They were not going to free me from the green snake coiled up in my hair. The name of that snake is Jealousy. When the LORD showed me the root cause of the problem, I repented from my sins of pride and vanity. (Isa.3:16) Moreover, the Lord said, Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet, (17) Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the Lord will make their foreheads bare. (24) ... Instead of wellset hair, a plucked-out scalp. I lived under a mountain of condemnation. No matter how much I forgave and repented of my sins, I always felt like God was mad at me. I am the elder of two girls and I felt like I was Esau and my sister was Jacob. (Heb.12:17) For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears. (Rom.9:13) Just as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. I was jealous of my sister. I felt like I was Leah and my sister was Rachel. I was unloved and my sister was loved. I was the one who had weak eyes and couldn't please my Heavenly Father, while my sister was given wisdom and favor with God and man. The LORD gave me: (Gal.3:27) For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. This verse changed my life. A year before this, my dad baptized me into Jesus Christ, which meant I fulfilled the beginning of the verse. If I was baptized into Jesus Christ, then I was clothed with Christ! I was bouncing off the walls! I was firmly convinced I was clothed with Christ. I told my family about that verse, confessing I was clothed in Christ. My dad and sister said I still had to manifestly be clothed in Christ. I told them that's not what the verse said. It was a very plain and simple verse. I understood it perfectly and I wasn't budging from my stance. I was so ecstatic over that verse and I told them with a huge smile on my face, "Nobody can talk me out of that promise." My mom turned to me and said, "Grab onto that promise with your stubborn mentality and don't let go." The next morning, something flew out of my left nostril with extreme force, waking me up. I heard the sound of a loud rushing wind and physically felt the force. Whatever it was hit my window and caused it to rattle. I jumped out of bed, expecting to see a broken window, but it was completely intact. That had never happened to me before, but I knew I didn't imagine or dream it. I told my family what happened. My dad said a demon was evicted because of my believing that verse. I was so happy! I became obsessed with cleansing myself from all defilement of flesh and spirit. By this time, my dad and sister were listening to me. A few mornings later while sleeping, my whole body cramped up painfully and then relaxed, causing me to wake up. I called my dad, crying on the phone, because I was afraid the demon had come back. He said the demon hadn't come back, but another demon had left and wracked my body on his departure. He said demons typically do that when they leave. I was so happy, jumping up and down, praising Jesus. A few days later, my chest still hurt. I had a big bruise on it to remind me of my deliverance. It was simply a gift Father gave me to believe His Word. His Word is true. When you submit yourself to God, the devil will flee from you. (Jas.4:7) Be subject therefore unto God: but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. I learned the importance of meditating on the word. Each night I would pick a verse. I came across (Sol.4:1) ...Your hair is like a flock of goats that have descended from Mount Gilead. Because of my hair and scalp condition, I was always attracted to any scripture that dealt with hair. I knew there was a spiritual meaning, but I didn't know what it was. Despite not understanding this verse, I was going to meditate on it anyway. I imagined my hair being like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead. As I meditated, I heard a voice that sounded like my own say, "Don't do that!" I flew out of bed and turned on the light. I looked under my pillows and tore my whole bed apart looking for something, but I knew not what. I realized it was a demon using my voice. He didn't like me meditating on that verse. I thought, "Stupid demon. If that verse is causing such an uproar with a demon, I'll meditate on it every waking moment!" The next day as I was meditating on the verse, I heard another voice squeal my name. The Word of God is alive! A few weeks later, my mom commented that there was a huge improvement while cutting my hair at the beauty shop. She said an amazing thing was happening—my hair was growing in thick and long. (Sol.7:5) Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses. It's easy to see the faults in other people, but it's difficult to see the faults in yourself. I decided to ask my sister what my problem was because I knew she would be brutally honest. She told me I had a spirit of rejection. She said that a demon was the cause of my scalp condition, and that I was easily offended and it manifested in my scalp being irritated and tender. I decided to take her at her word and fight the spirit of rejection. My sister showed me this scripture: (Luk.21:12) But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake. (13) It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony. (14) So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; (15) for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. (16) But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death, (17) and you will be hated by all because of My name. (18) Yet not a hair of your head will perish. Suffering rejection is a part of taking up your cross and following Jesus. It's forgiving those who do you wrong and turning the other cheek. A few weeks later I was at the mall with my family. I saw a really neat soap dispenser that I thought my mom should buy, but she said she didn't like it. Then I saw a perfect soap dispenser for my sister's bathroom, but she didn't like it either. The words, "So what's wrong with MY soap dispenser," flew out of my mouth! I was hearing them for the first time myself. I realized what I said was so outrageous and so unreasonable. For the first time, I saw how easily I was offended. I finally saw for myself the spirit of rejection in me. One night, I asked Father for a scripture by lot: (Luk.9:42) While he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father. I thought Jesus did it for the boy only and I wanted Him to do it for me. But then my sister showed me Jesus' words: (Mar.13:37) What I say to you I say to all. I was ecstatic! Jesus rebuked the spirit of rejection in me and healed me and gave me back to my Heavenly Father. The spirit of condemnation would overwhelm me. One night while meditating on (Rom.6:11) Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus, another demon flew out from behind my right ear with force. I felt and heard a major vibration. I couldn't wait to tell my family. And I said to my sister, "You wouldn't believe what happened to me last night!" She asked, "Now what flew out of you?" (Luk.11:20) But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. I devoured the audio series, "The Curse of Unforgiveness" and I followed along in my Bible, highlighted scriptures, wrote notes and searched my heart for any unforgiveness that may have been lurking. I also devoured the audio series, "Overcoming Sin." I was on a mission to completely rid myself of the spirits of rejection, judgment and condemnation. I became obsessed with (2Co.7:1) Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Early one morning I dreamed I had bloodstains all over me. A little boy with blonde hair said to me, "Let me help you." I woke up, desperately wanting help! Immediately, when David Eells started the Bible study, "Deliverance from Rejection and Its Fear," I knew he was talking to me! The Man-child was helping me. My deliverance was already accomplished! I was set free from the spirit of rejection and condemnation! The mental torment has been removed from my mind. My family will no longer have to tread lightly. My Heavenly Father poured His love into me. I finally felt His acceptance. I was no longer rejected, but accepted. (Isa.43:3) For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. (4) Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life. How can I possibly feel rejected? (Rom.8:31) What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? I had been burnt to a crisp. But I learned the ashes of burning the wood, hay and stubble mixed with the water of the Word was a potent purifying cleanser, which is exactly what I needed. (Num.19:9) Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is purification from sin. (Act.11:9) But a voice from heaven answered a second time, What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy. L.W.'s Prayer: Father, Have Mercy ... Father, I ask You, for anyone out there who is in bondage to sin, needing a healing, needing a restoration in their family, needing a restoration of fellowship, that You will convict them of their sins. Convict them to go and make things right with their brethren. If they've done sin, if they're unforgiving, whatever, convict them to go and make things right with their brethren and then come to You for their benefits: healing, deliverance, blessing, whatever, Lord. We thank you, Lord, for putting Your faith and conviction in hearts. Some are very hardened in their heart, Lord. We ask you to have mercy. Restore their consciences. Grant them this gift to be bold to confess their sins so that You may bless and preserve them and heal and deliver them. Father, we ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen. David: Yes, Amen! Our Lord Jesus has said in (Mat.6:15) But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Without the Father's forgiveness, we are living under the curse. (Mat.18:32) Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me: (33) shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? (34) And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due. (35) So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts. The tormentors are the demons who administer the curse, which is partially described in Deuteronomy 28. Many are living under this and think it normal, but Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us... (Gal.3:13). Therefore, it would be of great benefit to you, saints, to also read or listen to these teachings. Deliverance From Rejection and its Fear https://ubm1.org/?page=deliverance   The Curse of Unforgiveness http://www.ubm1.org/books/pdf/TCOU.pdf https://www.ubm1.org/?page=sabs-onehour

Pastor Sam Houston unpacks how Satan's main weapon is deception, just like he used with Adam and Eve in the garden. He walks through the different ways the enemy tries to trick us — by planting doubt, offering empty promises, pulling others into our sin, and shifting blame — and reminds us how God's Word gives us the tools to recognize and resist those lies

South Park has started its 27th season with a bang: with its most controversial and divisive episode yet including a photographic representation of President Donald Trump, Satan and the end of 'woke'. Why is an animated series that is almost 30 years old the lone voice of decent? Writer Sarah Maria Griffin explains.

The sermon explores the multifaceted nature of suffering, moving beyond its origins in sin and Satan to examine its potential for positive transformation. Drawing from Scripture, particularly Luke 10:25-37 (the Good Samaritan), the message emphasizes service to others as a direct response to suffering, highlighting the opportunity to embody Christ's compassion and demonstrate love for one's neighbor. The speaker underscores the importance of physical, spiritual, and material acts of service, ultimately asserting that a selfless life dedicated to serving others aligns with God's will and reflects the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

RELATE: Building Relationships God's Way What's your life built on—control or intimacy? Leverage or love? In this message, we explore the stark contrast between the Father of Light and the father of lies, and how that contrast impacts every relationship we have. Jesus modeled a life fully surrendered to His Father's will, showing us what true intimacy with God looks like. Satan, on the other hand, seeks only to deceive, accuse, and destroy. When we live in control, manipulation, or accusation, we reflect the enemy's nature. But when we live in truth, forgiveness, and love—we reflect the Father's heart. Through the story of Job, Paul's words in Ephesians, and Jesus' teaching, we'll uncover how to: ✅ Recognize the schemes of the enemy ✅ Live as children of the Light ✅ Build marriages and friendships on intimacy, not leverage ✅ Step into freedom, truth, and lasting hope This sermon will challenge you to examine your relationships and choose the way of light over darkness, intimacy over control.

When was the last time something or someone amazed you?Show photo of Charles and I on coasterShow photo of Hannah and I on coasterShow close up on hannah“Mark 1:21-22”Big Idea today:Jesus has the authority to bring heaven to earth through you. In Mark 1:1-20 Jesus DECLARES his purposeIn Mark 1:21-41 Jesus DEMONSTRATES his purpose“Mark 1:23-27”“People tend to fall into one of two extremes regarding the devil and demons: either they dismiss them entirely, or they become overly fascinated and obsessed.” - C.S. LewisI will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'Acts 26:17-18Be a liberator in a captive worldFor our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. Stand firm, therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness, by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace, and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).Ephesians 6:12-17“Mark 1:29-31”Be a healing presence in a hurting world.Incarnational livingYou should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross!Philippians 2:5-8“Mark 1:44-45”Be a there you are person in a here I am worldChallenge:Fill others with the hope of heaven

Mateo 4:4 “Él respondió y dijo: Escrito está: No solo de pan vivirá el hombre, sino de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Dios”.El ajedrez es un juego de estrategia. No gana el más fuerte, sino el más sabio. Cada jugada busca una sola cosa: acorralar al rey enemigo hasta que no tenga escapatoria, hasta dejarlo sin movimiento. A ese momento decisivo se le llama 'Jaque Mate', que viene del persa antiguo 'Sha Mat', y significa: “El rey ha caído. El rey fue derrotado. El rey está sin salida” En la historia más poderosa de la Biblia, hubo un SHA MAT PROFÉTICO: una jugada perfecta que Dios ejecutó desde el cielo para acabar con el reinado del pecado, la muerte y el infierno.En la crucifixión de Jesús, Satanás pensó que había logrado su jugada maestra: matar al Hijo de Dios, todo parecía una derrota, pero el tablero era de Dios, y cada movimiento ya estaba predicho en Isaías 53, Salmo 22 y Zacarías 11:12-13 entre otros y ocurrió lo inesperado descrito en Colosenses 2:15 dice que Jesús despojó a los principados y potestades y los exhibió públicamente. Eso es ajedrez espiritual. La cruz canceló el acta de los pecados, iniquidades y maldiciones, rompió el dominio de la ley, derrotó a Satanás en su propio campo, clavó tu deuda y su poder sobre ti.Quiero mencionar un ejemplo claro de dar un jaque mate al príncipe de las tinieblas, está escrito en el libro de Mateo 4; Jesús utilizó la frase “Escrito está” durante su tentación en el desierto, haciendo uso del poder de la palabra registrada en los rollos sagrados de aquel tiempo. En Mateo 4:1-11 se nos enseña que después de haber sido bautizado, el Espíritu llevó a Jesús al desierto, donde ayunó durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches y dice la Escritura que tuvo hambre. Entonces vino el tentador queriendo persuadir a Jesús de pecar, usando tácticas muy astutas. Jesús permaneció firme, no cedió y respondió con la Palabra de Dios, declarando tres veces: “Escrito Está”.En la primera tentación, Mateo 4:4, Satanás le dijo: “Si eres Hijo de Dios, dile a estas piedras que se conviertan en pan. Jesús respondió: Escrito Está: Pero no solo de pan vivirá el hombre, sino de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Dios”. Jesús le dió un Jaque Mate al enemigo citando a Deuteronomio 8:3 “Y te afligió, y te hizo tener hambre, y te sustentó con maná, comida que no conocías tú, ni tus padres la habían conocido, para hacerte saber que no solo de pan vivirá el hombre, mas de todo lo que sale de la boca de Jehová vivirá el hombre”. En la segunda tentación, Mateo 4:7, el diablo se lo llevó hasta el lugar más alto del templo, y le dijo: – Si eres Hijo de Dios, arrójate abajo; porque Escrito Está: “Que los ángeles de Dios se encargarán de recibirlo en sus brazos para que nunca tropiece con una piedra” (incluso el diablo utiliza las Escrituras) “Jesús le contestó: – También Escrito Está: No tentarás al Señor tu Dios”, Jesús le dió un Jaque Mate, refiriéndose a lo citado en Deuteronomio 6:14-16 “No andaréis en pos de dioses ajenos, de los dioses de los pueblos que están en vuestros contornos; porque el Dios celoso, Jehová tu Dios, en medio de ti está; para que no se inflame el furor de Jehová tu Dios contra ti, y te destruya de sobre la tierra. No tentaréis a Jehová vuestro Dios, como lo tentasteis en Masah”.Durante la tercera tentación, Mateo 4:9-11, la Palabra dice que el diablo lo llevó hasta el monte más alto, y le mostró todos los reinos del mundo y la gloria de ellos, y le propuso: – Estos reinos serán tuyos, si te arrodillas y me adoras. Jesús rápidamente le respondió: – “¡Lárgate de aquí Satanás! Pues Escrito Está: Al Señor tu Dios adorarás, y solo a Él le servirás”, Jesús le da un Jaque Mate final con lo que está escrito en Deuteronomio 6:13 “A Jehová tu Dios temerás, y a él sólo servirás, y por su nombre jurarás”.  Este es el más grande de los momentos en donde Jesús exhibe la Palabra de Dios, ya que exalta que solo Dios merece nuestra devoción y adoración, y que ningún ofrecimiento de este mundo puede siquiera compararse con Su gloria.Cada vez que Jesús dijo “Escrito Está”, estaba realzando la autoridad de la Palabra de Dios. A lo largo de su ministerio, Jesús utilizó las Escrituras para enseñar, corregir y revelar la voluntad del Padre. En Juan 10:35, Jesús declaró: “La Escritura no puede ser quebrantada”. Para Jesús, las Escrituras eran la máxima autoridad, incluso sobre las tentaciones más intensas y las circunstancias más extremas. Al citarlas, Jesús no solo defendió su postura ante Satanás asestándole un Jaque Mate, sino que también nos proporcionó un gran ejemplo de cómo debemos enfrentar nuestras propias tentaciones y desafíos: nunca confiando en nuestra propia fuerza, sino descansando en la verdad poderosa de la Palabra de Dios.La Palabra de Dios no se originó por la inspiración de una persona humana, sino que las personas predicaron y escribieron inspiradas por el Espíritu Santo, 2 Pedro 1:19-21 “Tenemos también la palabra profética más segura, a la cual hacéis bien en estar atentos como a una antorcha que alumbra en lugar oscuro, hasta que el día esclarezca y el lucero de la mañana salga en vuestros corazones; entendiendo primero esto, que ninguna profecía de la Escritura es de interpretación privada, porque nunca la profecía fue traída por voluntad humana, sino que los santos hombres de Dios hablaron siendo inspirados por el Espíritu Santo". Aunque fue escrita por diferentes personas y en diferentes épocas a lo largo de la historia, la Palabra nos ha sido transmitida sin corrupción de ninguna verdad esencial.Dios nos revela una parte de Sí mismo a través de Su creación y de la conciencia humana, pero también decidió revelarnos Su amor, infinita misericordia y Su glorioso plan de salvación a través de las Sagradas Escrituras. Tanto el Antiguo como el Nuevo Testamento revelan que la vida eterna nos es ofrecida en última instancia a través de Cristo, el único mediador entre Dios y la humanidad.La Palabra de Dios es eterna, el profeta Isaías proclama: “La hierba se seca y la flor se marchita, pero la palabra de nuestro Dios permanece para siempre”, Isaías 40:8. En un mundo tan cambiante, necesitamos la inmutable Palabra de Dios. Su Palabra es segura, firme, verdadera y fiable. Podemos confiar y vivir en ella, porque nunca pasará.El propósito y el poder de la Palabra de Dios es para todos nosotros, en todo momento y en cualquier circunstancia, nos ofrece la vida, la verdad y nos capacita para vivir plenamente para Dios. El propósito de la Palabra de Dios es revelar la vida que se nos ofrece en Cristo. A veces se le llama la carta de amor de Dios, que nos señala el amor de Dios demostrado por Jesucristo en la cruz. Su muerte y resurrección garantizan nuestra salvación del pecado en esta vida, y la promesa de la vida eterna para todos los que creen.El poder de la Palabra de Dios reside en la verdad que proclama ya que la Biblia es inspirada e ideada por Dios, es valiosa para enseñarnos, formarnos y guiarnos en la verdad. Se convierte en la herramienta para reprobar, convencer o reprender, de modo que podamos conocer y seguir la voluntad de Dios.El Salmo 119:105 declara que: “Tu palabra es una lámpara a mis pies; es una luz en mi sendero”. La Palabra de Dios nos hace reflexionar sobre nuestros motivos y actitudes, nos revela lo que hay realmente en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente. Es “viva y poderosa, y más cortante que cualquier espada de dos filos. Penetra hasta lo más profundo del alma y del espíritu, hasta la médula de los huesos, y juzga los pensamientos y las intenciones del corazón”, Hebreos 4:12.Las palabras de la Biblia nos han sido otorgadas para los momentos en que necesitamos dirección, co...

The sermon explores the multifaceted nature of suffering, moving beyond its origins in sin and Satan to examine its potential for positive transformation. Drawing from Scripture, particularly Luke 10:25-37 (the Good Samaritan), the message emphasizes service to others as a direct response to suffering, highlighting the opportunity to embody Christ's compassion and demonstrate love for one's neighbor. The speaker underscores the importance of physical, spiritual, and material acts of service, ultimately asserting that a selfless life dedicated to serving others aligns with God's will and reflects the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Les mots de « Dieu » ? « C'est un sujet infini », prévient d'emblée le linguiste Jean Pruvost dans le premier chapitre de son livre, Dieu à travers les mots et leur histoire (paru aux éditions Desclée de Brouwer). Avec un lexique de mille mots et expressions, l'auteur nous invite à nous plonger dans les racines de ces vocables, de « basilique » à « mosquée », « synagogue » ou « saperlipopette » et « lavabo » qui se retrouvent étonnamment reliés à Dieu. Jean Pruvost explore toutes les facettes et les interstices de la langue française, son histoire, sa littérature, à travers tout ce qui entoure Dieu, l'Église, les bâtiments, les vêtements, les objets, les accessoires, les officiants et officiantes… une profusion impressionnante de mots, d'adjectifs, d'adverbes et d'expressions, un véritable lexique à part entière. Sans oublier le diable et les démons, ainsi que toutes les créatures, de Satan à Belzébuth ou Bélial. Invité : Jean Pruvost, professeur émérite de lexicologie et de lexicographie de l'Université de Cergy-Pontoise, auteur de Dieu à travers les mots et leur histoire (Éd. Desclée de Brouwer, août 2025), Le féminin : au fil des mots et de l'histoire (Éd. Tallandier, 2024), et de plus de 400 ouvrages

This is a quick not to say that beginining this morning I will be "live streaming" on X. This will occur every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM Mountain/Colorado times. "Pastors reject Christian nationalism because they fear conflict more than they fear Jesus Christ. To fight for an explicitly Christian nation — to reject religious pluralism — is to embrace severe domestic conflict against Satan's forces. This our pastors have no belly for. They are apostate, cowardly, and unbelieving. God will not save such a people." -- Fritz Berggren www.bloodandfaith.com  

There is a spiritual enemy who wants nothing more than to see your destruction. Pastor JD teaches you today that Satan’s goal is to destroy and defile God’s creation, and because mankind is made in the image of God, that makes the human race Satan’s primary target! That’s why we witness demonic attacks in this world.

What’s Next: Section Two WEEK TWENTY-FIVE: WEEKLY READING PAGE 110-111 Tzav “Command” Torah: Leviticus 6:8-8:36 Ketuvim: Writings-Narrative: 2 Kings 18-25 Nevi’im: Prophets/Poetic: Psalm 143-150 Brit Chadashah: New Testament: 1 Corinthians 11-16 Scripture Memory: Hebrews 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. Let them do this with joy and not complaining, for that would not be profitable to you.” Luke 10:18-20 “He said to them, ‘I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’”

What’s Next: Section Two WEEK TWENTY-FIVE: WEEKLY READING PAGE 110-111 Tzav “Command” Torah: Leviticus 6:8-8:36 Ketuvim: Writings-Narrative: 2 Kings 18-25 Nevi’im: Prophets/Poetic: Psalm 143-150 Brit Chadashah: New Testament: 1 Corinthians 11-16 Scripture Memory: Hebrews 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. Let them do this with joy and not complaining, for that would not be profitable to you.” Luke 10:18-20 “He said to them, ‘I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’”

What a fascinating response to a church shooting from the Democrats. And they've doubled down on attacking prayer! Why is this their approach?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a fascinating response to a church shooting from the Democrats. And they've doubled down on attacking prayer! Why is this their approach?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OPC pastor Christopher Drew guides us through the monumental 20th chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UzQzFMXyKA Text: CHAPTER 20 Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience 1. The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this present evil world, bondage to Satan, and dominion of sin; from the evil of afflictions, the sting of death, the victory of the grave, and everlasting damnation; as also, in their free access to God, and their yielding obedience unto him, not out of slavish fear, but a childlike love and willing mind. All which were common also to believers under the law. But, under the new testament, the liberty of Christians is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the ceremonial law, to which the Jewish church was subjected; and in greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of. 2. God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are, in anything, contrary to his Word; or beside it, if matters of faith, or worship. So that, to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commands, out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience: and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also. 3. They who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy the end of Christian liberty, which is, that being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 4. And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another, they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God. And, for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity (whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation), or to the power of godliness; or, such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the church, they may lawfully be called to account, and proceeded against, by the censures of the church.

Welcome Fr. Robert Healey to the show!  Fr. Healey was ordained a priest on June 26, 2020, and served for two years as the associate pastor at St. Anne Catholic Church in Broken Arrow, OK, before entering into his second assignment at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, OK.  In Today's Show: How should parents respond when a child expresses doubts about God's existence? What advice and prayers can help someone battling recurring addiction and temptation? Is there a shortened version of the absolution prayer, and should I provide priests with the full text? Is it acceptable for Christians to say they hate the devil—or to say they hate anything at all? How can a laicized priest still consecrate the Eucharist without faculties to minister? Does God love Mary and the saints more than He loves the rest of us? Since God is outside of time, can prayers today affect events in the past? What is limbo, what happened to souls before Christ's Resurrection, and how does it relate to heaven, hell, and purgatory? Was Mass ever celebrated in the vernacular in the early Church, or has it always been in Latin in the West? Do angels know our interior thoughts, and how do guardian angels influence us without violating free will?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Political leaders believe they're working for "the people," or for their country, or for their legacy. Fiction. Fiction. Fiction. Anyone placed in a position of power works for God. He or she is a deputized agent of the Almighty for suppressing wickedness and promoting righteousness. And this is true, by the way, whether the leader is a Christian, a pagan or an atheist. Even the greatest king in history. Even the coming Antichrist. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free. RS08292025_0.mp3Scripture References: Revelation 13; Daniel 2

Satan always tries to confuse Christians about their position before God. But if you have the Holy Spirit living inside of you, you can be secure and have assurance of salvation.

Have you ever witnessed someone growing in their faith and then suddenly there is a horrible spiritual attack? Jesus warned there is an enemy of the harvest—crows that are bent on snatching the seeds scattered in the fields before strong roots can take hold.We may not like to think about it, but Satan is eager to discourage and snatch away believers. In this message, Jill Briscoe encourages all the saints to get in the fight, disciple those around them, and help people grow strong roots in their faith. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1141/29

  «A ti te daré las llaves del reino de los cielos. Todo lo que ates en la tierra será atado en los cielos, y todo lo que desates en la tierra será desatado en los cielos» (Mateo 16:19) El texto griego de este pasaje literalmente lee: «Yo te doy las llaves del reino. Lo que declares como cerrado en la Tierra será cerrado en el cielo, y lo que declares abierto en la Tierra se abrirá en los lugares celestiales». El cielo del cual Jesús estaba hablando no es el cielo donde Dios mora, sino de la zona de batalla: el cielo en donde operan las fuerzas de Satanás. Jesús estaba diciendo que Dios nos ha dado poder para atar a los espíritus malignos en los lugares celestiales, y para desatar a los poderosos ángeles de Dios, con el fin de que obren a nuestro favor. En Filipenses 2:9-10 leemos: «Por lo cual Dios también lo exaltó hasta lo sumo, y le dio un nombre que es sobre todo nombre, para que en el nombre de Jesús se doble toda rodilla de los que están en los cielos, y en la tierra, y debajo de la tierra». ¿Dónde? En el cielo, en la tierra y debajo de la tierra. Eso lo cubre todo. Como creyentes, tenemos autoridad total sobre los poderes de Satanás. Podemos ejercer autoridad sobre los espíritus malignos que están tratando de destruir esta nación. Podemos ejercer autoridad sobre ellos y destruir sus fortalezas en el nombre de Jesús. Es el momento de que empecemos a darnos cuenta lo importantes que somos en los asuntos de este mundo. Desde el día en que Jesús nos dio la Gran Comisión, la vida o la muerte del mundo ha estado en manos de la Iglesia. Somos los que tenemos el poderoso Nombre de Jesús y la imponente fortaleza del evangelio para traer vida y abundancia a cada criatura. Nuestras oraciones pueden cambiar todo cargo o puesto político en cualquier país. Nos corresponde comenzar a interceder ahora mismo y a usar el poder que Dios nos ha dado. Podemos provenir de países diferentes y de culturas diversas, pero todos tenemos algo en común: Jesucristo es nuestro Señor. Y eso es suficiente para alterar la trama espiritual de este mundo. Lectura bíblica: Hechos 4:1-14   © 1997 – 2019 Eagle Mountain International Church Inc., también conocida como Ministerios Kenneth Copeland / Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Todos los derechos reservados.

All this week we're looking at some four-hundred year old guidance and advice from the Puritan writer, Thomas Brooks. Specifically, Brooks has listed five remedies to the enemy of the soul's  strategy to get us to see following Jesus as a dangerous, losing, and suffering-filled way of life. Brooks offers great insights for us to share with our kids as they face opposition in this world. Today, Brooks tells us to consider that we gain more in our service of God and by following God as we face troubles and afflictions, than we can ever possibly lose by following God. Jesus said it this way: “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet forfeit their soul?” Thomas Brooks uses the metaphor of money when he says that for every penny a Christian might lose in the service of God, he in turn will gain a dollar. Our light afflictions will result in the weight of glory. Life as a follower of Christ in today's culture is difficult. Still, it is the path to flourishing now and for eternity!

Walid Shoebat  https://shoebat.com/  The Case FOR Islamophobia” Walid says is America's Final warning about Islam. It is an important book with far more in it than we could cover in this program. “A Look into theEnd-Times” is also a warning because it point out tonight what is wrong with“Westernized” Bible Prophecy. Another do not MissEnd-Time Radio program as “We are Warning theWorld as it HAPPENS!” Please visitLISTEN AND DOWN-LOAD HEREhttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/branch/episodes/2025-08-28T19_27_31-07_00ARCHIVEShttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/branchVisit            http://wichitahomeless.com/Donations and Contacthttps://prophecyhour.com/contact-inofrmation-and-how-to-donate/

PROPHECY HOUR: GOLGOTHATAS GROANING!PART TWO!Pastor Carl Gallupshttp://www.carlgallups.com/Astounding Proof presented that validates the Bible that will astound you! A real blessing!Pastor Carl GallupsLISTEN AND DOWN-LOAD HEREhttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/branch/episodes/2025-08-28T20_20_39-07_00ARCHIVESwww.prophecyhour.com Also                                           http://wichitahomeless.com/  “Remember we do not 100% agree with everything our guests, say, do, or believe. It's up to you to pray and sort it out!”

As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe In this episode, I speak with Matthieu Pageau, author of The Language of Creation. This is a rare (and almost unbelievable) interview. With a high degree of likelihood, I can say that this interview, if watched all the way until the end, will change your life. Pageau argues that Satan is first a function—the tester and accuser—before a villain. Think Job's auditor or a hired penetration tester. When will-to-power takes over, the function falls. He lays out a symbolic grammar: heaven as plan, earth as materials. Water renews. The feminine crowns and renovates forms. Abraham and Moses act as faithful adversaries. Adam and Eve show what secrecy breaks. Borderline stories like Tamar and Ruth trace exile and redemption. Pageau speaks from his own exile, leaning Orthodox/Catholic, critiquing without grasping for power, and letting reality correct him. Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e Timestamps: - 00:00 - Who Are You? (Identity as Relational vs. Self-Defined) - 04:54 - How Matthieu's Project Differs From His Brother's (Jonathan Pageau) - 10:25 - The God-Created Function of Satan vs. The Fallen Entity - 18:34 - Are Internal Critics “Functional Satanists”? - 23:02 - Satan in the Book of Job: The Divine Hacker - 27:50 - The Axioms of Reality: A Computer Scientist's Worldview - 32:08 - Heaven as “The Plan,” Earth as “The Materials” - 36:50 - The Dual Nature of Chaos (Symbolism of Water) - 44:08 - Why Are Women Central to the Resurrection Story? - 49:14 - The Simple Act That Could Have Prevented “The Fall” - 52:18 - Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem as the ‘Feminine' Crown - 59:31 - Redeeming the Exiled: The Pattern of Ruth - 1:05:00 - A Christian in Exile: Matthieu's Spiritual Homelessness - 1:16:15 - How to Escape Metaphysical Exile - 1:21:44 - The Will to Power: When Criticism Becomes Corrupt - 1:26:53 - The Paradox: Why You MUST Believe Yours is ‘The Real Church' - 1:34:25 - What ‘Nature' Truly Means - 1:47:44 - Why Renewal, Updating, and Competition Are ‘Feminine' - 1:55:10 - The Story of Tamar: Deception as Righteous Renewal - 2:01:00 - How to Read the Bible Symbolically - 2:09:51 - Why Symbolism Applies to Stories, Not Raw Data - 2:21:34 - The ‘Dangerous' Vision That Birthed The Book - 2:31:31 - Mind vs. Spirit vs. Outlook (And The Final Paradox) Links Mentioned: - The Language Of Creation [Book]: https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Symbolism-Genesis-Commentary/dp/1981549331/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 - Jonathan Pageau [TOE]: https://youtu.be/X3co_AA6yec - Wolfgang Smith [TOE]: https://youtu.be/vp18_L_y_30 - Claudia de Rham [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Ve_Mpd6dGv8 - Leo Gura [TOE]: https://youtu.be/YspFR9JAq3w - The Story Of The Fall: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203&version=NIV - The Most Abused Theorem In Math [TOE]: https://youtu.be/OH-ybecvuEo SUPPORT: - Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join - Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 SOCIALS: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs Guests do not pay to appear. Theories of Everything receives revenue solely from viewer donations, platform ads, and clearly labelled sponsors; no guest or associated entity has ever given compensation, directly or through intermediaries. #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textHave you ever felt like your marriage was under attack? You might be right—but the attacker isn't your spouse.When Ken and Tabatha Claytor stood at the altar 26 years ago, they had no idea their marriage would nearly end within two years. What saved them wasn't marriage counseling or communication techniques (though those helped). It was recognizing the spiritual warfare targeting their relationship."Marriage is God's idea, and it's the one relationship that shows the world how much Jesus loves the church," Ken explains. "This is precisely why Satan attacks it so fiercely." From their own near-divorce experience to now helping countless couples, the Claytor's have identified six tactical weapons the enemy uses to destroy marriages: division through distraction, bitterness and unforgiveness, sexual temptation, spiritual disconnection, miscommunication, and generational patterns.The turning point in their relationship came when they realized they weren't fighting each other—they were experiencing spiritual warfare. "It's not me against you," Tabatha emphasizes. "It's us against the devil." This perspective shift transformed their marriage from battlefield to partnership.Through transparent sharing of their early struggles—Ken's anger and resentment, Tabitha's depression, their communication breakdown—the Claytor's offer practical wisdom for recognizing when you're fighting the wrong enemy. Their candid discussion reveals how spiritual immaturity creates vulnerability to attack and how spiritual weapons can protect your marriage covenant.Whether you're newlyweds struggling through those challenging first years or long-married partners wondering why you keep having the same conflicts, this episode equips you with strategies to stand united against the true adversary of your marriage.Ready to transform your relationship by fighting the right enemy? Listen now and discover how to wage spiritual warfare that strengthens rather than destroys your marriage. GET THE BETTER MARRIAGE BOOTCAMP HERE:Better Marriage Bootcamp (kenandtabatha.com)Better Marriage 90-Day Devotional:90 Day Better Marriage Devotional - Ken and Tabatha (square.site)DOWNLOAD THE FAMILY MEETING OUTLINE HERE ⬇️https://www.kenandtabatha.com/pl/2148103888Support Our Ministry: https://myalivechurch.org/giveConnect with us:- Website:https://www.kenclaytor.comhttps://www.tabathaclaytor.comhttps://www.myalivechurch.org- Socials:Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/kenclaytor/https://www.instagram.com/tabathaclaytor/https://www.instagram.com/myalivechurch/TikTok-@Ken_Claytor@Tabathaclaytor@myalivechurchFacebook-https://www.facebook.com/PastorKenClaytorhttps://www.facebook.com/pastortabathaclaytorhttps://www.facebook.com/myalivechurch- Ask us questions: info@kenandtabatha.com

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!A dark shadow has fallen over the Catholic community following the devastating shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school. As media outlets rush to frame this tragedy through familiar political lenses, we're pulling back the veil to examine the disturbing spiritual dimensions that most commentators refuse to address.The shooter's transgender identity wasn't incidental to this violence but central to understanding it. We explore the historical connection between gender confusion and violence, drawing from Flavius Josephus's ancient accounts that described individuals who "wore women's faces" yet had "murderous hands." This pattern of disordered thinking leading to disordered actions reveals a spiritual battle raging beneath the cultural surface.Most troubling is the response of Catholic leadership. Rather than confronting the ideological darkness at work, many bishops immediately pivoted to political talking points about gun control. We contrast this weak response with St. Patrick's courageous confrontation of evil in his letter to Caroticus, where he boldly named pagan soldiers "fellow citizens of the devil" through their "evil deeds."The transgender movement represents a modern manifestation of ancient Luciferian ideology – the ultimate "I will become" statement that echoes Satan's original rebellion. This isn't merely about identity politics; it's about a fundamental rejection of created order that has devastating consequences. Meanwhile, organizations like the Association of United States Catholic Priests actively promote these harmful ideologies within the Church itself.For families seeking protection in these troubled times, we offer practical spiritual guidance, including daily prayer, blessing homes with holy water, and maintaining vigilance against the cultural forces that seek to corrupt our children's minds and souls. The path forward requires not the accommodation of evil but its direct confrontation through truth spoken with love and courage.Join us in this vital conversation about reclaiming an authentic Catholic response to the darkness of our culture. Subscribe and share this episode to help others understand what's truly at stake in our spiritual battle for truth.Support the show********************************************************Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsxnv80ByFV4OGvt_kImjQ?sub_confirmation=1https://www.avoidingbabylon.comMerchandise: https://avoiding-babylon-shop.fourthwall.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comFull Premium/Locals Shows on Audio Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1987412/subscribeRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rssRumble: https://rumble.com/c/AvoidingBabylon

Your newsfeed needs an interpreter! Ideally journalists would tell us about events that really happened. But even then, those occurrences would need context, and some sort of key or template so that we could make sense of them. You're way ahead of me: The Bible is that key. Today's headlines are just random recitations without the grid of the eternal Word of God. Let's take another peek at the back of the Book, Revelation 13. Here's Jim with Part 2 of his message, Satanic Imagery. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free. RS08282025_0.mp3Scripture References: Revelation 9 & 13

Chris Herzog returns to the show to discuss one of the best of Republic Pictures' serials. NYOKA AND THE TIGERMEN (1942) is a fantastic example of the chapterplay form but gets forgotten when people talk about the best the studio produced. Revisiting this action-packed adventure proves that it deserves to be mentioned as one of the finest serials ever made. Where is the Blu-Ray? We discuss the cast in some detail and relate a few behind the scenes anecdotes. Since this is one of only eight serials lead by a female character, we spend some time on how Nyoka both conforms to and breaks from the usual conventions of the format. It's nice to have an action hero woman mixing it up in the fights and killing bad guys rather than finding new ways to be knocked unconscious! The lead villain is a woman as well giving us a driven Queen Vultura bent on destroying all who stand in her way. Dangerous females indeed! We also get the future Lone Ranger as one of the good guys ably assisted by the excellent stunt team that Republic always used. They will make you believe in leaping over tables and from great heights. And I can't stop myself from pointing out how many members of the cast show up in various Poverty Row horror films with Bela Lugosi. Sorry about my fixations but you really should see the trainwreck that is BLACK DRAGONS (1942). And did we mention the gorilla named Satan?  If you have any comments or suggestions about the show thebloodypit@gmail.com is the place to send them. We love hearing from you and hope you enjoy the podcast. 

Q: I recently finished a Bible study on Revelation and have a lingering question. Revelation states that after Satan is permanently cast into the lake of fire and after the final judgement, God will create a new heavens and a new earth. In the new heavens and new earth there will be no more tears, mourning, etc because sin is no longer present and the heirs of Christ are transformed to be like Him. Because God remains in control, Satan must ask permission or be allowed to wreak havoc, evil, and pain on earth. Since (If) Satan still has access to God and the souls of the heirs of Christ that have died physically are in God's presence, is there mourning in heaven for the souls, angels, and God until the new heavens and new earth? Summary In this episode, Dr. E addresses a listener's question about whether there is mourning in heaven before the creation of the new heavens and new earth. Drawing from Revelation 20, Dr. E explains the premillennial view: Christ will reign for a literal thousand years before Satan is released to deceive the nations. Even in a perfect environment, humanity's sinful nature will persist, revealing mankind's deep depravity and God's sovereign plan. While Satan is the tempter and deceiver, he does not force people to sin, and not every hardship should be attributed to him. In heaven, believers will have shed their sin nature and be fully transformed in Christ's presence. The overwhelming glory and holiness of Jesus will eclipse earthly concerns, leaving no room for fear, worry, or grief. Dr. E emphasizes that while we may speculate about prophetic details, Scripture assures us that God's justice will be complete and His people fully redeemed. In light of eternity's reality, our greatest focus should be on faithful living now, knowing that the presence of Christ will surpass every sorrow we have ever known. Takeaways: In the premillennial view, Christ will reign on earth for a literal thousand years before Satan's final rebellion. Even in perfect conditions, humanity's sin nature leads to rebellion against God. Satan tempts and deceives but cannot force people to sin. Not every hardship is directly caused by Satan—life happens in a fallen world. In heaven, believers will be fully transformed, free from sin and grief. The presence of Christ will overshadow all earthly concerns and sorrows. Find more episodes of Ask Dr. E here. If you've got a question for Dr. Easley, call or text us your question at 615-281-9694 or email at question@michaelincontext.com.

FREE BOOKLET - https://solamedia.org/offers/thewarwecantsee/ This essential guide examines what the Bible actually teaches about Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare. Pastor David Cassidy helps readers experience freedom from fear as they grapple with two essential truths: We really do have a sinister enemy, and we really do have a mighty Savior. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola is home to White Horse Inn, Core Christianity, Modern Reformation, and Theo Global. Our mission is to serve today's global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. Our vision is to see reformation in hearts, homes, and churches around the world. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Christa Black, a former Christian recording artist who toured with Michael W. Smith and the Jonas Brothers for over a decade. Christa shares her shocking journey from representing the global bride of Christ at "The Call" stadium event to losing everything in Costa Rica through plant medicine ceremonies.After years as a successful Christian author and speaker, Christa found herself drawn into the New Age world through seemingly innocent concepts like manifestation and energy healing. What began with small compromises eventually led to ayahuasca and wachuma ceremonies, where she encountered false spirits, including a being claiming to be Satan who asked her to "advocate for him before the Father."Christa reveals the sophisticated deception tactics of the enemy, how plant medicine creates spiritual "loans" that must eventually be repaid, and the legal authority given to dark entities through these practices. She explains the difference between legitimate spiritual gifts and their New Age counterfeits, and how fallen angel technology has been downloaded through indigenous plant ceremonies.Most importantly, Christa shares her dramatic rescue story - how God orchestrated her return to faith through a 16-year-old bracelet and the very songs from her wedding day. Now back in relationship with Jesus, she uses her authority from having been "in their camps" to pray for others trapped in deception.This episode serves as both a warning about the growing mainstream acceptance of psychedelics and a testimony of God's relentless pursuit of His people, no matter how far they've fallen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices