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Today I heard the testimony of a man who was terminated from his job because a year ago he posted on his facebook page that he stands for the flag and kneels for the cross. It was determined to be hate speech directed against football players kneeling during the anthem.
A testimony of a football coach who said he was fired for praying AFTER the game was over and all the players were off the field...it was just something he did for a long time without any issues....until he was accused of forcing his beliefs on others and that it violated company policy.
An organized assembly of witches are meeting on October 20th....
A large group of witches is meeting in Brooklyn this month to place a curse on Judge Brett Kavanaugh “and upon all rapists and the patriarchy which emboldens, rewards and protects them.”

“We will be embracing witchcraft’s true roots as the magik of the poor, the downtrodden and disenfranchised,” states a website advertising the October 20 event, “as often the only weapon, the only means of exacting justice available to those of us who have been wronged by men just like him.”

Approximately 1,000 people have said they will attend the sold-out event, which will also be live-streamed on social media. A quarter of the proceeds will be donated to abortion giant Planned Parenthood, organizers stated.


Brothers and Sisters in Christ we are in a spiritual warfare like never before.....and if we don't take God's Word serious about equipping ourselves to fight against such demonic spirits then we become victims instead of victors.... As Christians, we need to understand and equip ourselves for spiritual battle, and understand the times we are living in. If you are a born-again, Christian, you are engaged in warfare and have an enemy who would seek to destroy your life. We are not to be ignorant of the enemy nor his schemes. God is more powerful than our adversary, but we still must know that he has a plan for our lives as well as God does. God, however, gives us the authority and power to overcome the schemes of the enemy, but we must know how to use these.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the darkness, against the spiritual; forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4

Be of sober spirit, be on alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8

Demons know who are Christians and that the true name of Jesus is spoken by them....they also know who is faking it....as in this scenario....

Acts 19:11-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Miracles Glorify Christ
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

This scripture is such a wonderful testimony of the Power of the Name of Jesus and the Authority he gave us to use His name....when the unsaved Jews tried to mimic Paul casting out demons they were attacked by the person who had that evil spirit in him.....
It also makes me realize how important it is to Him for us who are saved and born again to understand that we are the ONLY ones who can use His name....the unbelievers can say it but there is no power behind it....wow...just how blessed we truly are.

We are taught to fight the good fight of faith....to put the enemy under our feet....to be overcomers in our trials and tribulations and persecutions....to be Conquerors not the conquered....Daily put on our armor.....AND DONT TOLERATE THE ENEMY IN YOUR LIFE.....many other scriptures to use but you guys get the drift...

This is some serious real life....in your face reality of what is happening in our back yard and you may or may not even realize it.
 

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This is a time of religiosity and superficiality. The duty of Christians is to occupy spiritual places. But most Christians I speak to resist the idea of any kind of supernatural walk in the Spirit.

So then that leaves the spiritual realm open to the enemy...and this goes unchallenged.

When we stand on the name of Jesus...it must be on spiritual grounds. We can't just walk like regular people...in their own power, and use the name of Jesus as if it was a magic incantation. The enemy is not impressed with this. There is no basis in reality for this. We are to walk in Spirit and in truth.

So we must come out of much delusion to soberly assess and be prepared for the warfare required to take and hold spiritual ground.

What the church needs are saints. People who actually walk moment by moment by grace. While people argue over silly doctrinal opinions....the world remains in the hands of the enemy.
The gospel is real when it is in power. Otherwise we are holding a kind of truth ...but in the power of the human mind only...not the mind of Christ.

People seem satisfied with truths...but not THE truth. Can we afford to remain opinionated and undiscerning? Can we afford to ignore the higher walk and with it the higher calling in Christ?

The kingdom of God needs to have people enter into it. The problem in our time is that so many think they are already there.
 

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When Hitler cast his evil shadow over Europe, many people enlisted in the armed forces to fight his brand of evil. They thought,,,,this is a cause worth dying for.


But we have a devil that is doing far worse and for a longer time...yet there are so few that are willing to lay down their lives to stop him.

How did this happen?

Well, he is a trickster and an infiltrator. So much so, that if a person tries to point out that infiltration, that person will be seen as delusional. The devil knows what he is doing. It is time for us to know our own business as well! :)
 

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This is a time of religiosity and superficiality. The duty of Christians is to occupy spiritual places. But most Christians I speak to resist the idea of any kind of supernatural walk in the Spirit.

So then that leaves the spiritual realm open to the enemy...and this goes unchallenged.

When we stand on the name of Jesus...it must be on spiritual grounds. We can't just walk like regular people...in their own power, and use the name of Jesus as if it was a magic incantation. The enemy is not impressed with this. There is no basis in reality for this. We are to walk in Spirit and in truth.

So we must come out of much delusion to soberly assess and be prepared for the warfare required to take and hold spiritual ground.

What the church needs are saints. People who actually walk moment by moment by grace. While people argue over silly doctrinal opinions....the world remains in the hands of the enemy.
The gospel is real when it is in power. Otherwise we are holding a kind of truth ...but in the power of the human mind only...not the mind of Christ.

People seem satisfied with truths...but not THE truth. Can we afford to remain opinionated and undiscerning? Can we afford to ignore the higher walk and with it the higher calling in Christ?

The kingdom of God needs to have people enter into it. The problem in our time is that so many think they are already there.
They think they are there without even knowing that there is here, in me and in each believer who has allowed Him to enter in and then has continued to eat His flesh and drink His blood so as to always have real Life. How many really have Life and how many walk their own road taking hold of what they see as the best of both worlds? That is the lukewarm place with which God will have no part...
 

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This is some serious real life....in your face reality of what is happening in our back yard and you may or may not even realize it.
So many read the words like this on forums like this or hear them in their assemblies, but that is the end of their sacrifice. They have spent their few minutes here or in some place of assembly and the rest of the time is their own or so they think...

People speak of 24/7 but how many even strive to give more time to God and the things of God? When they are off on their own things in their own ways, is the enemy asleep? There is work to be done and the most important part is within ourselves so that we are never taken by surprise by the attacks of the enemy. Our worst enemy when we miss it with God is most likely ourselves:


"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom 12:1


So then do we sacrifice like that always or a few minutes a day or even a week leaning on the idea that we can never lose what we have? Do we even understand what these words mean?

"Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Matt 25:28-29

The steward has something in his hands, but while he remains a steward he really has nothing at all. How does one move from steward or servant to heir and son?



"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Rev 21:7
 

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This is a time of religiosity and superficiality. The duty of Christians is to occupy spiritual places. But most Christians I speak to resist the idea of any kind of supernatural walk in the Spirit.

So then that leaves the spiritual realm open to the enemy...and this goes unchallenged.

When we stand on the name of Jesus...it must be on spiritual grounds. We can't just walk like regular people...in their own power, and use the name of Jesus as if it was a magic incantation. The enemy is not impressed with this. There is no basis in reality for this. We are to walk in Spirit and in truth.

So we must come out of much delusion to soberly assess and be prepared for the warfare required to take and hold spiritual ground.

What the church needs are saints. People who actually walk moment by moment by grace. While people argue over silly doctrinal opinions....the world remains in the hands of the enemy.
The gospel is real when it is in power. Otherwise we are holding a kind of truth ...but in the power of the human mind only...not the mind of Christ.

People seem satisfied with truths...but not THE truth. Can we afford to remain opinionated and undiscerning? Can we afford to ignore the higher walk and with it the higher calling in Christ?

The kingdom of God needs to have people enter into it. The problem in our time is that so many think they are already there.
Very well spoken and very true....wake up saints....arm yourselves with your faith and His Truth!
 

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So many read the words like this on forums like this or hear them in their assemblies, but that is the end of their sacrifice. They have spent their few minutes here or in some place of assembly and the rest of the time is their own or so they think...

People speak of 24/7 but how many even strive to give more time to God and the things of God? When they are off on their own things in their own ways, is the enemy asleep? There is work to be done and the most important part is within ourselves so that we are never taken by surprise by the attacks of the enemy. Our worst enemy when we miss it with God is most likely ourselves:


"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Rom 12:1


So then do we sacrifice like that always or a few minutes a day or even a week leaning on the idea that we can never lose what we have? Do we even understand what these words mean?

"Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Matt 25:28-29

The steward has something in his hands, but while he remains a steward he really has nothing at all. How does one move from steward or servant to heir and son?



"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Rev 21:7
I know what you are saying @amadeus.....and I have tried to stir people up about these things for awhile now....on other forums as well.....it just doesn't take hold until they find themselves under a major attack and need help.
 
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If you are a born-again, Christian, you are engaged in warfare and have an enemy who would seek to destroy your life. We are not to be ignorant of the enemy nor his schemes. God is more powerful than our adversary, but we still must know that he has a plan for our lives as well as God does. God, however, gives us the authority and power to overcome the schemes of the enemy, but we must know how to use these.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the darkness, against the spiritual; forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12

Yes, it does indeed seem as if the chips are down now against the Christians... the agenda is no longer a hidden agenda ...it is open and aggressive....
There is power and authority in binding and losing.
Before we left England we had a house group church.. then about five houses up from our meetings Alex Saunders the king of the witches moved in . My kids were 12 and 14 and his people 'evangelized' at the school and initiated young teen girls to be his priestesses...

To cut a long story short....we would call on the Lord to send angels to surround all our people..while we also bound every foul spirit that were empowering him and his group. It worked.
God's word work....continual praise and worship work...he came to talk to us and asked if we would stop praying against him because he could not get his power to work on a Saturday night...and would we please leave off the prayers on Saturdays. ( ha!! You can guess our polite answer...and, we did invited him to our meetings LOL )
9 months later he packed up and moved from our town. We heard he had gone to France and started a new coven there.
He failed in our town. "He who is in us is great than he that is in them..."

As for the curse on Judge Brett Kavanaugh....
1) Prov 26: 2 "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. "

2) Binding those evil spirits works....we bind on earth what God has already bound in heaven...we are in agreement with Him. :)

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Alex Sanders (6 June 1926 – 30 April 1988), born Orrell Alexander Carter, who went under the craft name Verbius, was an English occultist and High Priest in the Pagan religion of Wicca, responsible for founding the tradition of Alexandrian Wicca during the 1960s. etc etc
 
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Yes, it does indeed seem as if the chips are down now against the Christians... the agenda is no longer a hidden agenda ...it is open and aggressive....
There is power and authority in binding and losing.
Before we left England we had a house group church.. then about five houses up from our meetings Alex Saunders the king of the witches moved in . My kids were 12 and 14 and his people 'evangelized' at the school and initiated young teen girls to be his priestesses...

To cut a long story short....we would call on the Lord to send angels to surround all our people..while we also bound every foul spirit that were empowering him and his group. It worked.
God's word work....continual praise and worship work...he came to talk to us and asked if we would stop praying against him because he could not get his power to work on a Saturday night...and would we please leave off the prayers on Saturdays.
9 months later he packed up and moved from our town. We heard he had gone to France and started a new coven there.
He failed in our town. "He who is in us is great than he that is in them..."

As for the curse on Judge Brett Kavanaugh....
1) Prov 26: 2 "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. "
2) Binding those evil spirits works....we bind on earth what God has already bound in heaven...we are in agreement with Him. :)
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Alex Sanders (6 June 1926 – 30 April 1988), born Orrell Alexander Carter, who went under the craft name Verbius, was an English occultist and High Priest in the Pagan religion of Wicca, responsible for founding the tradition of Alexandrian Wicca during the 1960s. etc etc
You don't know how much my heart is leaping for joy that you understand spiritual warfare and how to deal with demonic attacks! And what a testimony this is to the teaching of God's Word about warring against the enemy and he will flee. I agree Satan and his demons have no power over a child of God who walks in the power and authority given them in Christ....and the power of the Holy Spirit in us to discern those spirits!
 
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Today I heard the testimony of a man who was terminated from his job because a year ago he posted on his facebook page that he stands for the flag and kneels for the cross. It was determined to be hate speech directed against football players kneeling during the anthem.
A testimony of a football coach who said he was fired for praying AFTER the game was over and all the players were off the field...it was just something he did for a long time without any issues....until he was accused of forcing his beliefs on others and that it violated company policy.
An organized assembly of witches are meeting on October 20th....
A large group of witches is meeting in Brooklyn this month to place a curse on Judge Brett Kavanaugh “and upon all rapists and the patriarchy which emboldens, rewards and protects them.”

“We will be embracing witchcraft’s true roots as the magik of the poor, the downtrodden and disenfranchised,” states a website advertising the October 20 event, “as often the only weapon, the only means of exacting justice available to those of us who have been wronged by men just like him.”

Approximately 1,000 people have said they will attend the sold-out event, which will also be live-streamed on social media. A quarter of the proceeds will be donated to abortion giant Planned Parenthood, organizers stated.


Brothers and Sisters in Christ we are in a spiritual warfare like never before.....and if we don't take God's Word serious about equipping ourselves to fight against such demonic spirits then we become victims instead of victors.... As Christians, we need to understand and equip ourselves for spiritual battle, and understand the times we are living in. If you are a born-again, Christian, you are engaged in warfare and have an enemy who would seek to destroy your life. We are not to be ignorant of the enemy nor his schemes. God is more powerful than our adversary, but we still must know that he has a plan for our lives as well as God does. God, however, gives us the authority and power to overcome the schemes of the enemy, but we must know how to use these.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the darkness, against the spiritual; forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4

Be of sober spirit, be on alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8

Demons know who are Christians and that the true name of Jesus is spoken by them....they also know who is faking it....as in this scenario....

Acts 19:11-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Miracles Glorify Christ
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

This scripture is such a wonderful testimony of the Power of the Name of Jesus and the Authority he gave us to use His name....when the unsaved Jews tried to mimic Paul casting out demons they were attacked by the person who had that evil spirit in him.....
It also makes me realize how important it is to Him for us who are saved and born again to understand that we are the ONLY ones who can use His name....the unbelievers can say it but there is no power behind it....wow...just how blessed we truly are.

We are taught to fight the good fight of faith....to put the enemy under our feet....to be overcomers in our trials and tribulations and persecutions....to be Conquerors not the conquered....Daily put on our armor.....AND DONT TOLERATE THE ENEMY IN YOUR LIFE.....many other scriptures to use but you guys get the drift...

This is some serious real life....in your face reality of what is happening in our back yard and you may or may not even realize it.
Great quote there from Ephesians 6. :)
 
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I weep over people and this pathetic nation. After 40+ years as a Christian I well see that prayer in the sprit is our great weapon. Yes witnessing when the Holy Spirit calls us to, but wrestling in prayer is the hardest job there is.

This is the description of the call to intercessory prayer;


Job 32:18-20 KJVS
For I am full of matter (speaking, words, talking) , the spirit within me constraineth me.
[19] Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. (an internal,uncomfortable pressure that can only be relieved through extended prayer in the spirit) [20] I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Suit up according to Ephesians 6th chapter and pray. Only when we are in prayer is the tongue tamed.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 KJVS
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
[3] For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
[4] And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Since Trump was elected the curtains have been pulled back and the wicked have become even more apparent. Never in memory has the hatred and rage against right been so violent and widespread.

It began by evicting God from our schools then from everything else. All we have to do is look at ancient Israel. Even though they were the chosen people they rejected God and were turned aside after false gods and offered their children to Ba'al and Moloch as burnt sacrifices. 61,000,000 innocent unborn have been sacrifice to Satan through murderous abortion! Women screaming in the streets for the liberty to kill their own unborn. Even the lowest animal fights to the death to protect their offspring.

Dead denominational churches all over America that don't have enough of the power of God to cast the devil out of a peanut.

Denominations preaching so called prosperity and denying Pentecost and the power of the gifts of the spirit.

Homes being ripped apart by divorce. Families and marriages under attack and bring destroyed.


In the history of this nation never has both the church and the nation been in such a sad state. Revival is desperately needed! Amen
 
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I weep over people and this pathetic nation. After 40+ years as a Christian I well see that prayer in the sprit is our great weapon. Yes witnessing when the Holy Spirit calls us to, but wrestling in prayer is the hardest job there is.

This is the description of the call to intercessory prayer;


Job 32:18-20 KJVS
For I am full of matter (speaking, words, talking) , the spirit within me constraineth me.
[19] Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. (an internal,uncomfortable pressure that can only be relieved through extended prayer in the spirit) [20] I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Suit up according to Ephesians 6th chapter and pray. Only when we are in prayer is the tongue tamed.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 KJVS
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
[3] For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
[4] And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Since Trump was elected the curtains have been pulled back and the wicked have become even more apparent. Never in memory has the hatred and rage against right been so violent and widespread.

It began by evicting God from our schools then from everything else. All we have to do is look at ancient Israel. Even though they were the chosen people they rejected God and were turned aside after false gods and offered their children to Ba'al and Moloch as burnt sacrifices. 61,000,000 innocent unborn have been sacrifice to Satan through murderous abortion! Women screaming in the streets for the liberty to kill their own unborn. Even the lowest animal fights to the death to protect their offspring.

Dead denominational churches all over America that don't have enough of the power of God to cast the devil out of a peanut.

Denominations preaching so called prosperity and denying Pentecost and the power of the gifts of the spirit.

Homes being ripped apart by divorce. Families and marriages under attack and bring destroyed.


In the history of this nation never has both the church and the nation been in such a sad state. Revival is desperately needed! Amen
Amen.....it is time to call all intercessors to fast and pray for a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the people so that they may be refreshed and renewed in their mind and their spirit.....so that they may rise up and overcome the works of the enemy!
 

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@bbyrd009 very funny...haha....however it is this mentality in many that the Bible speaks of....those who are asleep, who have grown weary of hearing...:oops:
pretty sure most everyone here read the request to pick any metric by which these things are measured and try to make your case, H2S; i'm still waiting ok
 

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pretty sure most everyone here read the request to pick any metric by which these things are measured and try to make your case, H2S; i'm still waiting ok
Not many wanting to hear the "truth" now, but then this is not a change, is it? The need has been there throughout man's history to go God's Way rather than man's own way. Although Jesus opened a Way that had been closed, men for the most part still never changed. In my own experience I can cite some times that were easier or harder for my own flesh, but I am certain that many others on planet Earth would have been going though their easy times when I was going though my hard times ... and vice versa.

Thinking that this time is worse or better than any previous time doesn't help improve the situation nor does it even necessarily show us a better way to go. There is a better Way but it is not any better... or worse... than it was at any other time since there have been men? Has God not always had a Light shining for anyone really hungry and thirsty for His righteousness?

Jesus spoke these words about 2000 years ago, but if they are God's Word, when have they not been true?


"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Matt 5:6