Don’t Try To Do Everything In Your Own Strength

When we try to do everything in our own strength we begin to feel burdened and weighed down.

I was reading a post by Jonathan Cahn this morning. And he was telling a account of what him and his friends used to with quarters. I remember kids doing this when I was young.

I remember when I was growing up. Kids used to pray a practical joke on others. By super gluing a quarter to the sidewalk. When someone bent down to pick it up, it wouldn’t move. It was fixed to the sidewalk. A quarter barely weighs anything, but when superglued to the pavement it weighs as much as the pavement.

It was a cruel joke, but there is a great spiritual lesson. If you’re trying to be strong, and righteous in you’re own strength, you’re own strength will always fall short.

It’s not going to weigh much. But if you attach yourself to God; to His righteousness, then His strength, His weight, His power, His resources and His abilities then His authority becomes yours. You will not live by your weight, not by the lightness of the quarter but by the solidarity of the Rock (God). Be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. It’s a truth that can change your life. We should try every day to live by the weight and power of God that is in us, and not by the lightness of the coin.

Where Do You Get Your Values

“Whatever you hav learned or received or heard from me,nor seen in me – put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.“ -Philippians 4:9

A value or ethic is a principle or standard about what is important in one’s life. A followers values hold as important principles of life that Jesus taught.

A follower of Christ does not change over time. They are consistent from generation to generation since their foundations are found in God’s Word.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, they each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.“ -2 Timothy 3:16-17

The values the Jesus taught in the New Testament can be Somme up in two thoughts –love God and Love others. Here are some samples of values that are presented in the Word of God.

  • Generosity -This is the core value of being kind and unselfish.

“The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” – Proverbs 22:9

  • Courage – The value is characterized by boldness and confidence, it’s the opposite of fear.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the Lord God is with you wherever you go.“ -Joshua 1:9

  • Love – is a fundamental characteristic of who God is and it’s a value that I’d to describe His children as well.

“We love because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19

  • Respect – This value is to be conscious that God has created all people in His image. As a response, we show respect to all.

“Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear aGod, honor the king.” – 1 Peter 2:17

  • Hope – The value of hope is confident expectation. It’s a firm assurance in God.

“Indeed surly there is a hope, and your hope will not be cut off.” – Proverbs 23:17

  • Peace – There are many aspects of this value mentioned in the Bible. It refers to rest and tranquility and ultimate peace is a gift from God. God’s peace is Shalom Peace.

“So, then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.” -Romans 14:19

Applying These Values

A follower of Jesus is someone whose behavior and heart reflects Jesus Christ. That’s what it means to be a true follower of Jesus. Applying these values is to be the intention of every true believer. That’s why it is written by the Apostle Paul, “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it not practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” -Philippians 4:9

As we read God’s Word, we become to know God better, and understand His purpose for is in the world. We learn the values He holds dear and we grow to love those values too. The Holy Spirit works through us to spread God’s love through good works, leading others to eternal life through Jesus.

God is very clear in His Word how to apply each of these values He holds dear. One way to tell if you hold these values God hold dear, is how we treat others.

“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:9-10

“The Bible tells us that, “One who gives to the poor had no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.” – Proverbs 28:27

Jesus looked people in need directly in the eye. He saw them. As their creator. He loved them. He didn’t turn His eyes away from poverty or illness. He stopped and gave people hope. He wasn’t motivated by what people in need could offer Him. He had a genuine love for them and wanted to help meet their needs -physical, emotional, and spiritual. He always acted with compassion.

True followers of Jesus are called to do the same, we are called to love God and Lovr people. As Jesus says,

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second likewise is this, Yoy shall love your neighbor as yourself.“ -Matthew 22:37

I believe that we as Americans have gotten so spoiled with all the blessings we have we have gotten very selfish.

Third-world countries are class countries are classified ad counties that are poor or developing. Counties that are part of the “third world are generally characterized by three things.

  • High rates of powerty
  • Economic and/or political instability
  • High mortality rates

Despite that the government in America is trying to turn us into a third-world Country. We are still rich, if you have food to eat, a roof over your head, and drive a vehicle. You would be considered rich in a third world country.

With all the people who are claiming to be oppressed, and offended or hate the country we live in. Where did America’s value system go?

Where do your values come from?

Perspective Is Everything

Our perspective is the lens at which we view life and most importantly God’s role in our life.

Our perspective is formed by what we believe is true. As believers of Jesus wisdom should come from God’s Word. It should open up characteristics and truths about Jesus that can unlock an intimacy with Him that we haven’t known before. But, many times we do not take advantage of this wisdom. We don’t require ourselves to use the wisdom to create a new perspective develop a new lens to look through.

We don’t mirror our thoughts after Him, we mirror our thoughts after those around us. Stories on social media, friends, entertainment and the list goes on.

I changed my entire life for the better by developing a new perspective. For many years I mirrored myself with everything around me, what other people thought I should be. It was the most horrible years of my life. perspective is definitely everything.

If we harvest the wisdom that we can gain from Godly values, and morals we would begin to for a new perspective -we would begin to identify God’s goodness in our lives. But instead to many people would rather, follow after their lusts and desires to do what ever they want. Nothing else matters except them.

So, what exactly is God’s goodness? What does that even mean? In order to understand God’s goodness – you must first understand what His goals are, what His mindset is. His mindset is, and always will be His glory. Yes, He loves us, but He desires us to desire Him and glorify Him. Look at Isaiah 43:2-7.

Verse 7 tells us, “Everything who is called by my name, whom I created for My Glory, whom I formed and made.

No matter how deep we probe into the motives of God. We will never arrive at a layer which is not love.

John Piper

God is good all the time. Yet, too many believers define that goodness by their circumstances rather than who God actually is. Human beings will always fail us, the world fails us. Our family and friends fail us. So why do we try so desperately to define God and relate God to a worldly image. God is so much bigger than any box we try to put Him in, or any circumstance that we could go through.

Even when we go through trauma and disappointment, God is in the middle of that and He is reigning supreme (Psalm 115:8).. All we have to do is reach out to Him and He will be there. He is orchestrating every step we make and holding us tightly to His will (Ephesians 1:11).

We should be standing in awe just at the thought that God cares enough for each of us that He is directing our footsteps. He wants to be the ‘good Shepard,’ we just have to accept and humble ourselves before His plan for us.

But what happens when life happens, things start to hit the fan, and life begins to crumble? Is God still good then? The answer is yes.

When you realize this, in that moment, perspective takes control. You can decide to hate Him or be angry at Him or pray without ceasing that your circumstances would change, or you can choose to have a heavenly perspective.

That means that you can look at your negative circumstances-the people yelling at you, the decisions you have made, the trauma and death that surround you and say, God, you created this for your glory. Help me identify what Your Glory looks like in this mess. Because this world is a mess.

Ask Him what He wants you to learn. How He wants you to respond. Who He wants you to live through this mess.

We have got to begin looking up instead of out. When we begin to glorify God, God sees Goodness though the mess.

He wants us to desire Him because He knows that when we have His mindset, when we are truly desiring Him. We can be peace-loving, kind, and filled with the joy of heaven.

Don’t allow your perspective to be selfish. we rarely go though trauma with our head looking up at God and not out at the physical answers and people. Maybe it’s time we began to look up.

If we shift our thoughts, our actions, and our mentality our perspectives will radically our lives.

God is Good. He truly wants us to experience His goodness. But in order to experience that – We must shift our perspective.

Dealing With Doubt

Do you ever struggle with doubt? You do if you’re honest.

The reality is that no one’s faith is perfect in this life. But, we can grow and become stronger today than we were yesterday.

I like to think of doubt as the gap between our current faith and perfect faith. One of my favorite Bible verses is Matt17:20

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there and it will move,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Sometimes we doubt our salvation; other times we doubt God’s love. Many times we will even doubt the reliability of the Bible, the existence of God, or the identity of Christ. Even John the Baptist doubted Jesus (Matthew 11:11), he doubted the very identity of Christ.

Here are a few principles to consider when dealing with doubt.

Let’s face it life is tough, every day we have to put our noses to the grindstone. And it’s easy to have doubts. If we’re not careful all of our faith flies out the window.

1. Have Metcy On Your Doubt

Jude 22 tells us to “have mercy on those who boubt” (including ourselves). It’s easy to judge, condemn, and look down on the doubters. And Lord knows I’m the hardest on myself. But to have mercy on those who doubt is to be there for them, and build them up.

Many times it isn’t just an overnight bout with doubt that ends after a good night’s sleep. Sometimes doubt can last a lifetime. It’s just our nature. It seems like we have to deal with the same doubts over and over again.

2. Realize doubt is often the birth pangs of a deeper faith.

Many people have faith in meditated through our parents who they trusted implicitly. As they become older, their faith is tested through trials, temptations, and suffering (Job; Luke. 8:5-15; Romans 5:3-4; James 1:3).

But it is often true that during our 20’s and 30’s. We start to reconsider whether those truths we have might be wrong in order to embrace our faith more deeply.

3. Be Ready To Live With Mystery

Sometimes we want all the answers. We want complete understanding before we commit to anything. That’s where the doubt comes in. If we read the Bible God has revealed so much to us, and there is much we can understand if we spend time in His Word. But there are secrets that belong to Him alone (Deuteronomy 29:29). We will never be able to comprehend how God created everything. But, luckily we can comprehend enough for us to rest in God when mystery arises.

4. Make The Main Things The Main Things

Paul told the Corinthians he delivered to them things ‘of first importance’ (1 Corinthians 15:3). He goes on to talk about the atoning death and vindicating resurrection of Jesus as being most central to faith.

So many of us doubt secondary issues like how and when God created the world or the details of Jesus’s return. There has been many issues about this legitimate disagreement for centuries. But, there has always been unity in the basic truths of who He is and what He did.

So, when you begin doubting what you were taught about all the secondary issues, don’t get to bent out of shape. And keep focusing on the important things.

5. Live According To The Faith You Still Have

Doubt is not unbelief . Doubt is the bridge that connects faith to perfect faith. And that bridge will stand until our death of Jesus’s return. When we go through a faith crisis, though, we don’t naturally see things this way. Doubt enters in and infects our lives on a conscious level, we may interpret it as ourright unbelief. Our brains don’t know how else to process it. We think we’re on an inevitable road to complete unbelief. We need to focus on the “heaven and hell issues.”

Unfortunately, since we think this way, and since others may treat us as if we have the plague, we begin to live as unbelievers. If sin were not the instigating problem before, it becomes the chronic problem now. It’s important for those struggling with doubt to not let thief doubt influence their lives and begin to living like unbelievers. It’s probably a good idea to repent and stay in fellowship with God.

6. Doubt Your Doubts

Why give your doubt a courtesy you don’t give your faith? Are our doubts so compelling that it can’t be questioned?

We have no problem being critical about our doubt, we need to make sure we are critical of our doubt as well. Doubt usually doesn’t offer up a better solution; it just nags at the one we already have. But, it important to be sure that the central truths of our faith will never put way our doubt.

7. Work Through The Sin In Your Life

When we focus on our sins, it helps us find a quick solution. I usually find that when I focus on turning away from my sins. My doubt goes away. But, obviously doubt is a more complicated

Personal sin is a faith-drainer. And disobedience to God will take a significant toll on your faith.

We’re all sinners, but some sins take a unique toll on our mind and worldview- especially when we attempt to justify them. The toll is not only moral, social, and physical; it also corrupts the mind. The mental paradigm we construct to make our sin acceptable with corrupt everything else.

In other ward, if there’s something you know you’re supposed to be doing and your not doing it, doubt will soon creep in, and your crisis of faith will be hard to overcome. It’s important to ask ourselves periodically is some deep rooted sin might be causing the doubt.

I have found that there are primarily two types of doubters. The First are walking away from God and believe they’re finding freedom. And the second, are walking away from faith and are deeply disturbed about it. The difference with the second is that they are always facing God, and crying with arms outstretched for Him to help. Thankfully, in most cases these doubters eventually return to their faith.

We always, to some degree, live in the land of doubt. But it’s possible that your particular land of doubt is still within the in the country of faith. Doubting your faith does not mean you don’t have faith. Jude 22 says we should have mercy on those who doubt, whether that doubt is in ourselves or others. We need to do so.

How To Use Spiritual Authority In Any Situation

Do you struggle with knowing how to use your spiritual authority for your finances, family, or body? Maybe these tips will help with that.

There is a story of a farmer who found an eagle egg and brought it home to his chicken coop. When the egg hatched, the young eagle only saw chickens around him without knowing what he truly was, you simply mimicked what we saw around him. He’s trash and patch and blue short distances. He believed he was a chicken, therefore, he acted like a chicken.

Many people are living in the same way -trapped in a chicken mentality. They have received salvation, but stop short and living life abundantly as God intended them. They want to live and prosperity, health, protection, and peace, but they stop short and achieving victory in those areas for one reason -they don’t know how to use their authority.

Luke 10:19 says, “Look, I have given you authority over our power of the enemy.“ Jesus has given you authority, but you must take it and use it.

We need to be ready to fly the coop and soar like an eagle. Here are some ways you can use your spiritual authority in any situation and clean victory once and for all.

1. Use your authority for physical protection

“ no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.” Psalm 91:10

Our salvation includes more than just a guarantee of going to heaven -that’s just the beginning. Salvation is a big word. In the Greek language, it literally means deliverance, safety, preservation, material and temporal deliverance from danger, pardon, restoration, healing, wholeness and soundness.

This means you don’t have to be afraid of anything harming you or your children physically.

Physical protection for you and your family is a Covenant right. Peace, safety, and covering over Clamity, disaster, or harm in any kind belongs to you.

It is not God’s will that people go and shoot up our children’s school‘s. It is not God‘s, will that we or our children be filled with sickness and disease or suffer injuries. It is not God‘s will, but we suffer under any part of the curse, but the devil has come to kill and destroy, he’s looking for a loophole -A way to break the circle of protection that encompasses us.

It is God’s will to stop the enemy and rule and reign over him.

We live in a dangerous world, so taking your authority for protection, should be done daily. It doesn’t take long. Speak Psalm 91 over your family as you Had to work or run errands, plead the blood of Jesus first thing in the morning when you’re awake. As you make it part of your daily routine, it will become second nature to you.

Take authority by saying something similar to:

You listen to me, kingdom of darkness: It is written that I am seated at my Father’s right hand far above you (Ephesians 1:18-23) and I have overcome you by the blood of the lamb, and the word of my testimony (Revelation 12-11). So here is the word of my testimony, and here is who you cannot go near today. I draw the blood around (name you family members), and I plead the blood of Jesus over myself too. Stay away from my Satan, you stay away from the good works I’walk in. You stay away from my church, my neighborhood, my home, and every vehicle and every building I’m going to. I’ll draw a line ofJesus, his blood around them.

When you get into your car or any other transportation, you can say something like:

Father God, I ask that you put warring angels around this vehicle. Bumper to bumper, side to side, top to bottom, every part working and non-working, no one or nothing will bump this car, and we will bump into no one or nothing. We will get to where we’re going without incident.

You have the name of Jesus and the authority of Jesus, and we overcome Satan by the blood of the Lame and the word of your testimony (Revelation 12:11).

2. Use your authority to drive out sickness Use your authority to drive out sickness

“No evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your dwelling.” Psalm 91:10

You have the authority over sickness and disease, every cold, flu, backache, cancer, heart disease -all of it. You have the authority through Christ Jesus.

So, why do we sometimes face these challenges? It’s simple

God is not going to override your authority. He gave Adam authority, and He didn’t override Adams decision to relinquish it to Satan. he has given us the same authority in the earth, and He has given you a way to victory every situation in His Word.

But He won’t override your authority. He will let you die sick because you chose to do so. You would have to ignore every healing scripture in the Bible, and all that Jesus bought for you when He bore your sickness and carry your diseases, But you have the authority to go ahead and die. God will not stop you.

So, if you’re talking about the symptoms and sickness, you are relinquishing your authority to Satan as Adam did in the garden of Eden. That won’t get results.

Charles Capps used to say, “Don’t call the dog if you want the cat. If you want the dog, you don’t step out on the front porch and say “Here cat.” You say, Here, dog.” When you do, you’re taking authority over that dog, and that old dog just comes right up to you, wagging his tail.”

Don’t call the dog if you want the cat, and don’t call for sickness and disease if you want to be healed. Use your authority and command your body to be healed in the Name of Jesus.

If you have ever watched a healing service, the person at the alter lays hands on the sick, and in a loud authorities voice calls for the unclean spirit to take its hands off of God’s property in the Name of Jesus and to release the child of God.

That same authority is on the inside of you right now. You don’t have to be a preacher, teacher, an evangelist. you just have to take authority over what is God’s. You can use their authority to heal yourself, and others -and you should.

When you take authority over your body, say something like:

“Body, I command you to align with the will of God. I review every symptom in my body right now, in Jesus Name. Be healed, and made whole from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. I receive my healing! I am healed.”

3. Use your authority to cast out demons

“They will cast out demons in my name.” Mark 16:17

Demonic activity isn’t something you’re here preach about how many Sunday mornings, but it exists. I met a person long ago that seemed pleasant. I was called to someone’s house to help de-escalate a situation that a young couple who is going through. When I arrived, all I could hear was screaming and yelling. As I attempted to sit down, with this couple. I caught a glimpse of the persons eyes, all I saw was evil. It was the first person I’ve ever met that was controlled by a demon. I have to say I was really uneasy. My first reaction was to make an excuse and get the heck out of there. But that’s not what I did. I stayed and had a D escalate the situation as soon as I did I left. When I was driving home, i was convicted, that was not God‘s will. He sent me not just de-escalate the situation. But you change a life. I vowed that next time I came upon a situation I would take spiritual authority over the situation. We might not see demonic activity much in America, but it’s every where. And it should not be tolerated.

Use the Name of Jesus. Plead the blood of Jesus. Dry demons, and any demonic activity out of your home, out of your body, out of your life, and out of your neighborhood you are cars and anything else they try to occupy. Never been afraid of them you have authority, and they know it.

Forget about what others think of you. Being worried about what others think of you as a form of fear, and if your pray regularly people already think you’re crazy. If the devil can get you to back off, he will try to destroy what yours and blame it all on God.

4. Use your authority for finances

“He disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.“ Colossians 2:15

If you’ve ever experienced the stress that comes from financial pressure, you know how difficult it is when you are so strapped, you don’t have enough money to pay your bills.

There are things that can block, financial blessing, such as being in unforgiveness, failing to walk in love, failing to tithe or sow, or operating without integrity. Those things should be checked first. But if everything is in line with the Word of God, you may be facing an attack from the devil on your finances. He comes to Steal, kill and destroy. He does not want you blessed.

Jesus reduced principalities and power to nothing. He took away the Devil’s power to dominate us in any way – including in the realm of our finances. Our job is to act on this truth. As long as we act like the devil has power over our finances, he will. But if you will believe in your heart and confess with your mouth what God’s Word says about finances, you’ll be taking authority, and you’ll get what you need.

So, when you’re facing an attack of the enemy on your finances take your place of authority. “Satan, take your hands off my money and off my property! All that’s mine in the kingdom of God to come into my hands. I declare the blessing of the Lord, and the shield of grace around all that mine.”

When you learn how to use your spiritual authority in any situation, nothing will be impossible. You will be operating in the position of God’s will that He intended from the beginning. God did not create you to be a victim. He made you to win.

Life Without God

God has given us our will to do whatever we want on this earth. Nevertheless, Proverbs 3:5-6 in the Bible says, “ Preston board with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Here, the Bible progress with surrender, our will to God, so that he graciously directs our paths.

  • The Bible talks about a jailer who didn’t know Jesus and was assigned to care of Paul and Silas who had been preaching and casting out demons.
  • In the prison something happened

“But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners we’re listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison with shaken; And immediately all the doors were open and everyone chained were loosed, And the keeper of the prison, awakening for sleep, and seeing, in prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sowed and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” Then he called for a light, ran in and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hours of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now, when he brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.” Acts 16:25-34

  • Because of Paul and Silas prayer and hymns, it was a great earthquake, which shook the prison foundation, and all the doors were open and everyone chains were loose God shut them loose.
  • When the jailer saw what had happened, he was shocked and terrified, so he decided to kill himself, but Paul shouted at him to stop.
  • The danger of living without Christ is that when something terrible happens when your life, you may not know what to do because you have no savior or comforter.
  • The jailer after seeing the wonderful things which happened said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
  • The danger of living, without Jesus, in fact, is that your name is not written in the Book of Life, and you will be cast into awake in fire. Revelation 20:15 says “ Anyone who’s name is not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
  • Living, without Jesus, is very dangerous, because of what the Bible described as the lake of fire. The unbeliever may not see anything dangerous in his lifetime, but the future is dangerous.

When you believe in Jesus, Christ, you are saved from the danger of the future death and destination will be heaven, and not the Lake of fire. If you do not accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, repent and confess it may be late.

The State of Your Heart

The state of out heart is very important to God. It determines our faith, our approach to things, our perspective, and our attitude. So we are called upon to sanctify the Lord in our hearts, meaning that we recognize and position our hearts for God to dwell in us, and for Him to use.

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear: having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Messiah.” -1 Peter 3:15-16 (Messianic)

Two attitudes are encouraged in this passage:

1. Meekness and Humility

Which is central to healthy relationships and friendships.

2. Reverence especially to God

Which is key to holy living and a great relationship with God.

My hope is that we will be committed to God and His vision for our lives. And be ready to share our faith with others. That we will walk in humility and reverence. Those who speak evil of you will find no reason to do so.

May the doors of favor be opened for you, and the Grace of God be with you.

The Power Of The Shout

“Shout to the Lord all the earth, let us sing Power and Majesty, praise the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name.” -Shout to the Lord lyrics

Let’s talk about the use of the shout as it is mentioned in the Bible. “One generation shall praise they works to another and declare they nightly acts.” Psalm 145:4

In this verse, the word praise in the Hebrew word shabach, which means to address in a loud tone, to triumph, to shout, to still, to command, to glory. This is a shouting praise – you don’t sing it, you shout it. A shout commands out victory. It stills the enemy. This kind of praise is a battle cry; a cry of victory.

This is the word used when the Israelites shouted and the walls of Jericho came down. A praise shout is a weapon of spiritual warfare. When we face walls in our lives, we need to give a shout of victory in order to see the victory. In Joshua 6, they shouted before the walls fell. If they had not shouted, the walls would have remained. We shout the victory we already have in Christ, no matter how the circumstances appear, in order to see it manifest in out lives.

As we shout a praise to God, walls will fall -walls of sickness, walls of poverty, walls of oppression. When we hit a wall that looks to keep us from possessing what God has promised us, it is time to shout. Bondage, strongholds, conferences, we need to shout them out in the name of Jesus. Shout doubt and fear out.

As I am writing this I remember the movie “War Room” where the woman is known as shouting to kick Satan out of her life, her house, and her husband. Yelling, Satan cannot have them, they belong to the Lord.

As we shout unto God, we shout at the devil. The power of an appointed shout will bring breakthrough, deliverance, provision, answers…manifestations. It puts demons on the run.

There Is Victory In Our Shout!

The Battle Between Spiritual And Worldly Authority

Many people tend to forget that their greatest struggle is not with people, but against evil. The evil may come from within their sinful nature, the world, or directly from Satan. The apostle Paul made it clear that are cute battle is not between question blood (physical opponents) but against powers, against master spirits who are the world leaders of this present darkness, against the spiritual force of wickedness in the supernatural sphere (Ephesians 6:13).

The Sanhedrin council was blinded to the truth because of their human desires for power. Despite peters, best reasoning and Persuasive speeches he was met with increased hostility as the Pharisees increased in the anger against the apostles.

We need to ask God to help us be strong in Him and in the power of His might by putting on the full armor of God. Do not try to fight the wrong battles or engage in arguments without the sword of the Spirit (the Word of God) while always praying in the Spirit.

The Sanhedrin council failed to realize that their political, religious and social powers were weaker than the power of Christ’s truth and love. The Council could can only ask why their commands have not been obeyed even though apostles had warned them it was better to obey God and than men.

Worldly people usually grow frustrated by the greater authority of God’s truth. The Pharisees saw Peter and the apostles is just another group of rabble-rousers who needed to be beaten and used as an example for the masses. Many people forget that the authority is weak without the moral, biblical and spiritual power fortifying your position. Might without right may nearly repeat its feeble experiences, and failing.

Human power is no match for heavenly power. Peter and the apostles refuse to become intimidated by the worldly forms of power that could not overcome God’s greater authority, strength, and influence.

We must be careful that we do not unconsciously try to undermine someone God-given authority. But we must not become intimidated, scared off or discouraged, by what humans can do to us. Trust the Lord, to help you move ahead by the authority of God‘s word, His spirit and His will.

Moral, spiritual, and biblical authority, gives you overcoming confidence to move ahead in the faith of terrible opposition. Peter and the apostles were without social, political, or religious, standing in their communities, but they were on the right side of truth. The person has a moral authority to do what God directs, nothing can overcome with that individual.

We see today all the immoral thing that are happening. With the increase in wanting to sexualize our children, and decreasing the value of women, along with pushing men out of families, and breaking up of the traditional family.

We need to start trusting the Lord, to help us award, backing down against this fierce opposition. But instead move forward with a full assurance, of our moral, spiritual and biblical authority.we must remember that we are more than a conqueror through Him who loves us.

The apostles knew that the Pharisees were weak, and that they were servants of their own self interests. People who are merely catering to their own political, social, or physical desires, are weak, in comparison, to the servants of God.

The apostles knew that the truth of God is an irresistible force that breaks down all barriers in peoples minds. Even though most of the Pharisees never acknowledge the great power of Christ truth, the spirit convicted their consciences.

We can look at what’s happening today and see the same thing happening. They are convicted by their consciences. And will do everything in their power to shove what’s evil down out throats. Do not underestimate the spiritual ability to destroy every other authority set up against the knowledge of truth.

Truth not only says one free, but it breaks the chains that would seek to limit those who embrace it. We need to trust the Lord to help us, because Ruth, with the confidence that will break down every barrier.

But do not think that you can accomplish anything of eternal worth without the authoritative truth of God. Many people have a misconception, that political, spiritual or educational truth, compiled by the daily opinion poll reveal some important truth they should be acting upon. Even Nicodemus acknowledged Jesus.

“No man can do what you do unless God be with them.” John 3:2

We must remember not to try things independently of God’s authority or truth. Ask God to help you accomplish all this with His authoritative truth.

With God’s help, we can stand up you all the evil of happening in our world today. But we can no longer stay quiet. Our children are not for sale. We have freedom in Jesus’s name.