Discerning The Voices In Our Heads

There are three voices that we hear every day. Two are in our head and one in our soul, but only one is in our spirit.

The first voice is the voice of our flesh. This voice is full of the words from our story, and can both negative and positive. The voice of your flash might include positive messages from your parents, like “Just do you best; and leave the rest to God,” or “Always tell the truth, and we will be proud of you.” The voice of your flesh will also include negative messages like, “Admit nothing, especially never admit guilt” or “You will fail if you try, so don’t do it,” and “I really don’t deserve to be blessed by God so don’t expect it.”

The second voice that we could hear on the inside could be that of a demonic spirit. They are roaming about the earth seeking someone to devour. -1 Peter 5:8- If you are opening the door to their deception. Demons will us their voices to speak into your soul and you could be hearing those voices. They will enter your mind spoken person. “I am so stupid… I can’t do anything right; I’m so hurt, I’ll never forgive them; I’ll will never be successful like so-in-so; I can’t understand the Bible, so why try; Everyone a church is such a hypocrite… I’m not going anymore.”

Then there is a third voice, the right voice. This is the voice of God. He said “My sheep will hear my voice, and I know then, and they follow me.” -John 10:27- Through the In dwelling Holy Spirit, the Lord speaks to us. He always speaks that which is either the way of scripture. The Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth in John 14:17, and Jesus says, “ you know Him because He abides in you.” It should be understood that the Holy Spirit is in us to guide us, train us and speak to us truth. He tells us the truth.

Every day you will hear these voices of your life, and each voice will urge your obedience. Can you discern these three voices? Do you know the sound of each voice?

Here are some tips to help you recognize who is speaking to you:

Does the voice condemn you, criticize you, scold you or mock you? Then it is either the negative voice of your childhood, or it is the voice of the demonic.

Does the voice tell you to kill yourself, or that you could pick up that rope/ shot gun/ hammer/ knife and either hurt yourself or someone else? Then that is voice of the demonic, God would never tell you to do any of that. God only speaks good, true, positive to us. Not murder, death or suicide.

Does the voice tell you to defend yourself by attacking others; does the voice tell you that it is not your fault and that others are all to blame; does this voice keep rehearsing the perfect argument over and over, all day Saturday and Sunday, preparing you to give a sterling account of your goodness/ innocence/or correctness on Monday morning at the office… well, then that is the voice of your shame. (flesh)

If the voice tells you that you are loved, that’s the Lord’s voice. If the voice tells you to “meet me in my Word,” then that’s the Lord. If the voice tells you that you should offer/serve/ give up your own rights to seek good for someone else, then that is most likely the voice of God.

You will hear messages all day. If you head is full of confusion, noise and traffic, then that’s a sign that you are operating under the influence of the flesh and/ or demonic. If your head is full of peace, quiet, or a scripture verse,a worship song you just heard then you are hearing the voice of the Great Shepherd. He knows you. He knows the words to lead you with. Listen for Him. Get quiet and listen, and learn to hear His voice.

When God speaks to you, abides in you, and teaches you, then you will have His peace. -John 14: 25-27- Know His voice, know peace.

What To Do When Your Life Is A Living Hell.

“I Hate My Life”

When these words come out of our mouth, we have two real choices.

We can choose to believe these words and accept that our live are just miserable, and changing our lives are impossible.

Or…

We can choose to believe these words and use these emotions to empower ourselves to change our lives.

It is a choice. We are not powerless to control our own lives. That’s just the thing we tell ourselves when we’re not ready or willing to step into our own personal agency.

Personal agency exists when we recognize that we have control over our thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

We under that, while we cannot control the world around us or other people existing on the planet with us, we can certainly make choices that influence the outcomes of our own lives. To own our personal agency is to empower ourselves to make changes and begin to create the kind of lives we actually want to live.

There was a time I made my life a living hell, through the choices I made, my thoughts and how I treated other people. I chose not to empower myself. I just thought that was my life. A miserable existed.

External Locus Of Control

There tend to be people who look at the world with an external locus of control. This means that they see events as they are happening to them. Their focus is on how other people treat them, how outside events influence their lives, and how little control they have. This leads to feeling helpless, resentful, bitter, and frustrated.

Internal Locus Of Control

Then there are people with an internal locus of control who already have then sense of personal agency. They realize that they can only control themselves, but they also recognize the power in their personal choices. They realize that events can happen, but they chose how to respond to them. They understand that how they respond to that treatment is a choice. The internal locus of control helps people feel empowered, confident, and adaptable.

I’m sure you know individuals in each of these personal agencies. Or see it in yourself.

Owning our personal agency requires that internal locus to control. If we don’t have it, we have to learn how to develop it. While it may not be easy, the end result is a lot better than staying stuck in helplessness, envy, and bitterness that life did not turn out as we’d have liked.

When I look at the world I think most I individuals are in external locus of control in the world today. Whether it started during childhood or they were taught. or just took on the victim mentality.

We Must Recognize That We Have The Power Of Choice

Recognizing that we have choices is a powerful first step. Instead of blaming everyone else for the lives we’re living, we own that we are responsible for every choice that brought us to this point in our lives. If we don’t like where we are, we can make choices to change it.

When We Realize We Have Choices, We Stop Waiting Around For Someone Else To Fix Our Lives

That’s when we start growing.

We can choose how we react to the people and events that happen in our lives. We can decide whether or not we’re going to follow every thought train to it’s final destination or realize when it’s toxic and find a better way. We can recognize that we are responsible for our own emotions rather than blaming others for how we feel. When we struggle, we can choose whether or not we’re going to try and heal alone or we are going seek help, from God, friends, family, or professionals to help us through difficult times.

We Bring That Recognition Into How We Communicate

It’s not enough just to recognize that we have control over our actions. We can begin to bring that awareness into how we communicate. We learn healthier ways of communicating because we are no longer blaming other people for our circumstances. Instead of telling people that they made us feel a particular way, we begin to express how their behavior impacted us while taking responsibility for our own feelings. This means that we stop making our love and hate and everything in between someone else’s problem, too. We can talk about it without shifting the responsibility for choices and change over to someone else.

Take Responsibility For Your Actions. You only look like a fool when trying to blame other people for your behavior.

We have to get our priorities straight, or we will create our own he’ll on earth.

Inner Strength

It is within yourself that you will find the strength you need.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. -Helen Keller-

Physical strength can be impressive. Have you ever watched one of those Strong Man Competitions where huge men lift cars, pull buses, and throw large barrels over a wall? Their physical strength is amazing. Even if we are impressed, most of us aren’t very interested in trying to do what they do.

It’s much different with “Inner Strength.” People with inner strength are not only admired by others but they also possess an attribute that most people desire for themselves.

Sometimes in life, things just seem to go from bad to worse. Problems and grief often compound and the difficulties of life can become overwhelming. This is where inner strength shows up. Inner strength comes from the combination of facing the brutal facts of reality yet never losing hope.

People with inner strength also have a strong influence on others Ruth in the Bible had grief and despair and was attracted to the inner strength of Naomi. Ruth gained her strength to keep going from being with Naomi. Their story is in Ruth 1: 1-16. People with inner strength strengthen others.

A positive attitude is essential for having inner strength. However, shallow optimism that fails to acknowledge the difficult and painful reality of life will be more like a flare of hope that quickly burns out.

Gaining inner strength is like building a fire with wet logs. It’s never easy. You must deal with the challenges but stay determined to overcome. Once the fire ignites however, not only will the difficulties begin to fade away, but others will be warmed by your fire.

We have the opportunity to demonstrate inner strength by living out our faith through difficult times. Remember, it’s never easy and you should never attempt the journey with Faith and hope in God without him guiding you. Just like physical strength, you must exercise your inner strength to prepare yourself for the challenges of life that will come your way.

Be disciplined in developing your inner strength through the challenges you face today. By doing so, you will gain greater strength for overcoming hope.

You have Power Over Your Mind, Not Outside Events, Realize This And You Will Find Strength. – Anonymous-

Are We Living In The End Times?

Many people have ask me this, surely all of us have had this thought atone time of another.

Some of the things we have witnessed recently are’s I unprecedented that they have caused me to honestly wonder. “Are We Living In The End Times? Is this it? Are we getting close to the return of Christ?

The simple answer is, “Yes, we are living in the end times. But the real answer is more complicated than that.

Revelations 22:12 says “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give each person according to what they have done.”

While we will never know the time of Jesus’s return. It is best to be ready.

Just asking “Are We Living in the end times? Make me feel guilty. My troubles over the past years are pale in comparison to what many believers have experienced in the past and some even are experiencing now. As we complain about the wearing masks, I wonder how many believers are being persecuted or are going to be in prison camps and be tortured.

Some of the events taking place are things I never expected so see in my lifetime. A global pandemic. Cities burning. Increased hostility and hatred. What’s happening over seas.

Seeing these events before my eyes have made me ache for heaven and caused me to ask the question that many asked in the Bible: “How long, O Lord.”

As I said in one sense the answer is yes. New Testament writers understood the end times to be the entire period of time between Christ’s first and second coming. The Apostle John said in 1John 2:18, “Children, it is the last hour….”

The last hour? Really? Was John really 2000 years off?

Well, no John did now know exactly when Christ would return. (even though he literally saw it happening in Revelation) But he considered any time between now and then to be the last hour or the end times.

What is tells us is that the Apostles were not concerned with giving us the quantity of time but the quality of time. The end times were not a set number of days or years, but the distinct period of time in which the gospel would go fourth, the church would suffer, a lot of bad things would happen, and eventually Jesus would come back.

We are living in the end times and have been since the first century and will be until Jesus returns. We have been living in days that things are bad and getting worse all the time. These are the end times, and we should hope and pray these end times hurry up and end.

But what you really ant to know, and let’s be honest, the reason you clicked this post, is this: are we living in the end of the end times? Are these the last few days or months or years Jesus comes back and fixes all this mess?

The answer is, honesty, we don’t know. And anyone who claims to know probably want to sell you a book or wants money before they tell you.

Every genre of believers has looked around at the utter wickedness in their world and thought, “Surely, this is it.” This has led to some to even make predictions on the day or year. (don’t do that)

The truth is, Bible teaches that certain event will precede the final return of Christ. A few of those things are:

-The preaching of the gospel to the entire world. (Matthew 24:14)

-The Antichrist coming to great power, being worshipped by many, slaughtering a lot of Christian’s and performing great miracles. Revelations 15)

-The tribulation which will be an intense time of suffer that seems to far outweigh anything we have experienced to this point. (Revelations 8 and 9)

These things have not happened and need to happen before Christ’s return. Jesus himself said in Matthew 24 that wars, famines, and earthquakes were not signs of the end but the beginning of the birth pains.

It’s sad to say. But I believe things are going to get worse, much worse.

Maybe that happens quickly or maybe it doesn’t and Jesus’s coming will be delayed.

Either way, the Bible makes clear. We should not spend our time matching newspaper articles to Bible prophecy trying to discern the last day. (Mark 13:32)

But what we should be doing is be ready. Make disciples, warn others, and trust the process.

I believe we are living Matthew 24 right now.

Pray Fervently

Our Father, who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Repent be forgiven and start following God if you haven’t done so already. Be ready for Christ’s return.

God Bless You All

The Four Winds Of The Bible

Wind, and more specifically the four winds, as they as mentioned through Scripture.

In the nature, these four winds are used to refer to winds originating from the four corners of the earth: north, south, east and west.

But the winds that the Bible talks about are Spirits; agents of war, positioned in Heaven, and released by God for battle.

The Powerful Northern Wind

Accompanied by lightning that brings rain, growth, and increase.

The Warm Wind From The South

Which brings peace, quiet, healing and comfort.

The Strong And Dry Eastern Wind

Which scorches, devastates, and separates.

The Wind From The West

Which drives off the devourer and brings relief and the promise of ‘rain’ of blessing and transformation.

In the final step of raising up a vast living army from dry bones, the prophet Ezekiel is commanded by God to prophesy to the breath; to ‘come from the four winds’ and enter the unliving beings. -Ezekiel 37:9- When faced with the valley of dry bones, Ezekiel found himself in a dire situation and God knew that simply speaking to the bones would not be enough, super a intervention was needed, breath entered the dead bodies, and they came to life again. It was time to engage the spiritual forces fighting with God. There is a level of warfare that believers do not always understand or tap into; the level at which we fight with the four winds. God fights the enemy with the lightning in His storehouse, so He commands lighting and thunder to fight for Him, and He invites us to use the same strategy.

Then He said to me, “ Prophesy to the breath: prophesy, son of man, and say to it, This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain , that they may live.” -Ezekiel 37:9-

When you have discernment of these things, it becomes an incredibly powerful tactic in spiritual warfare. When you speak and prophesy and you don’t see anything changing, you can ask God to release His anointing to bring alignment in your life; to shift things in your favor. Similar to a tornado or gale-force wind that moves earthly objects as heavy as cars and moves from one place to another, so the mission of the four winds of heaven is to move and rearrange things in the spirit. The four winds come shake things up so that all can come into Devine order.

The Mission Of The Four Winds Of Heaven Is To Rearrange Things In The Spirit.

When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of the . And they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave then utterance. -Acts 2:1-4-

The “mighty rushing wind” was not the Holy Spirit. Although one of the attributes of the Holy Spirit is the wind, this wind wax a carrier of the Holy Spirit. So the wind carried the tongues of fire, and as the wind filled the place tongues of fire appeared. This could be the four winds of heaven that came down carrying the Holy Ghost on their shoulders, bringing Him into the house.

In 1 Kings 18, Elijah prophesied to Ahab that it was going to rain. After Elijah prayed seven times, there was a cloud, but before that he said, “I hear the sound of abundance of rain. After you have prophesied you have spoken and proclaimed the Word of the Lord, and decreed His promises over your life,it is time for the rushing winds to come in.

How is it possible for a man to talk to the wind? And yet God commanded Ezekiel to do just that: to prophecy to the wind and tell it to enter the dead bodies in the valley. This has to be spiritual wind empowered with the abilities of Heaven because natural winds don’t wake up dead people! This wind is alive and has the ability to hear what the Word of the Lord says and heed His command. This wind proceeds from the inside of God; the same God breathed into the nostrils of man when He created him, because that wind dwells in God Himself; it is called the breath of life.

Ezekiel understood and engaged in a deep level of warfare. He understood that some dimensions of prayer and intercession go far beyond praying with your mind, but rather praying with the abilities of heaven. A dimension where you are no longer just saying what comes to mind, but you align with heaven and proclaim what heaven is decreeing. God told Ezekiel to speak to the winds.

One day Jesus was on a boat, and there was a contrary wind. -Matthew 14- This specific wind is different to the four winds: this is the wind of destruction. Jesus knowing this, spoke to the wind and it receded down. The Word says that ‘He who is in you is greater than He who is in the world.’ -1 John 4:4- When the Holy Ghost dwells in you, and you realize that you carry the wind of heaven and all of its abilities inside of you, you are not a beggar anymore. You don’t beg for change, you speak the oracle of God with authority because heaven is at home in your life.

In John 20, Jesus came to the disciples and released the wind by blowing out them. Once again, this was not a natural wind, but the wind proceeding from the inner being of God, Jesus breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Similar to Acts 2, the Holy Ghost was not the wind; the wind was the carrier of grace. The Holy Ghost flew on the wings of the winds and disciples received the Holy Spirit!

Engaging in spiritual warfare does not just entail proclaiming the promises of God over your life, but also a depth of knowledge and application of the Word, whereby you know that you can talk to the wind and it will obey you. God told Ezekiel to speak to the winds and he was commanded, he prophesied to the four winds, and the dead came back to life.

Many of us are ignorant of what we are carrying unaware of Who is inside of us and the magnitude of His power. We are the very storehouses of Heaven, and yet we keep begging for our situations to change, instead of stepping out in authority and demanding that the situation turns around. There are times to intercede, and there are times to speak forth. There are times to ask for Devine intervention, and then there are the for God to release agents of warfare from the storehouse of heaven. These are the four winds; heavenly hosts; angels dispatched to shift things in regard to you. -Psalm 91-

The Shofar

Once the horn of a Ram, the shofar has been cut off and taken through a cleansing process, making it an instrument separated from any purpose other than responding to breath passing through its chamber. We, the servants of the King, are maturing in the same process in the school of the Holy Spirit.

Patterns of sound released from this instrument in faith and understanding, and at the direction of the Holy Spirit, is one of the most powerful agents of change on the planet. Spiritual forces in the heavens understand fully and must respond to that sound. Portals in the heavens are opened and the earthly atmosphere charged with the power of the Most High.

Spiritual forces and obstacles resisting His kingdom are removed, the heavens shift, walls fall down. Kingdom Come… on earth as it is in Heaven.

Teruah-

Nine short staccato blasts – – – – – – – – –

Sound an alarm in my Holy mountains, Joel 2 declares. It is also a all to arise and shine and be radiant in the glory of the Lord. It is a call to be alert and confident in Whose you are and whom you serve. The battle is the Lords. (Numbers 10:5,7,9, 2 Chronicles 13:12 Jeremiah 4:19, 49:2, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:16)

Shevarim

Three Medium Blasts — — —

The release of these breaker blasts breeches that which resists the purpose of God in the earth.

Isaiah 28:21, “For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, (Mount Breeches) he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gideon, that He may do his work, His strange work, and bring to pass His act, His strange act.”

Tekiah

One Long Blast ——————

Is an “It is finished” proclamation of God’s so hailing Him as ruler of the world. We, like the herald’s trumpets, announce that the authority of the King has come. At the name of the Messiah every knee must bow.