TRUTH ENCOUNTER

Faith in Christ and the truths of the Bible give us not so much a combative power encounter over demonic spirits, but a truth encounter, giving us freedom from the power they once had over us.  That freedom is protected by the "armor of God" -- the presence of the Holy Spirit within us and our commitment to live rightly, that is, to live a holy life through faith in Christ.

We can, however, drop that armor or protection by the sinful ways we think and live -- aligning ourselves with the lies and deceptions of the Enemy -- allowing spirits to gain a hold on us to influence, interfere, and subtly control us, whether directly or through the influence of the demonically driven world around us.

God will fight every battle for us if we remain aligned with him through an active faith and committed life in Jesus Christ.

TIME FOR STORY

Posts on this site will become fewer and farther apart so that I can use my time developing and completing my graphic novel, "Restless Seminary."  There is much work yet to do on it, especially since I'm doing it all myself: writing, drawing, inking, coloring, and lettering, publishing and distributing.  

Thanks for checking out my site.  

I pray God will use what you've read and thought about to bless your life.

CHANGE

Life is change;
All change leads to death
Except one, which leads to eternal life:
The hearts change away from sin toward Jesus Christ. 

OUR TRUST AND GOD'S POWER

When Peter walked on the water, he didn't have to concern himself with
technique, physics, or special knowledge about what Jesus called him to do. He only had to trust Jesus.  

Peter doubted Jesus, and he sank.

When we don't see God's miracles and power in our lives and work, it is because we doubt Jesus.  When we feel we have to earn a graduate degree in order to tell people about Jesus, or to bring his grace, mercy, deliverance and healing power into their lives, we doubt him.  When we feel that the spiritual gifts Jesus gave to his disciples and the early church are not for us, or that we are not qualified to do what Jesus did on earth, and wants to do through us now, we doubt him.

We sink, often daily, because even though we believe in Jesus and know he is right beside us, we don't trust him.

SPIRITUAL CONFLICT

"For Paul, believers resist hostile spiritual forces by how they live and pray for one another; they take ground from those forces through evangelism."

From Paul's Missionary Methods, by Plummer and Terry

RESIST TRUST REST

RESIST the demonic and their temptations.

TRUST in God to deliver you from evil.

REST in Him without fear, for . . . . . .

God loves you and wants to save you
from whatever threatens your health, 
sanity, safety, life, and relationships
through faith in His Son,

Jesus Christ.

Trust Him, and see for yourself.

THE DEVIL'S DOMINION

When Satan wrested dominion over the world from humans, he gained dominion also over the human heart, the sinful human nature.

VICTORY IN CONFLICT

There is victory only in conflict.  Christians who ignore the spiritual conflict going on all around and within them are beloved by the enemy, and will experience one defeat after another until they open their eyes, pray, and resist.

FOOTHOLD

We give Satan and demonic spirits a foothold in our lives when they grab hold of our foot that's dangling over the other side of the fence.

NEW AGE PREMISE

"The New Age premise that humanity is deity, and its program to encourage such a consciousness, is a window into the soul of modern narcissism and an expression of the root sin of idolatry."
Gabriel Fackre