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EPISODE 29–CLOSING OPEN DOORS

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Hello My Friends

The title of today’s episode is “Closing Open Doors”

ASK YOURSELF, Do you have open doors?

The enemy will walk through doors that are left open. There are certain areas that we need to be mindful of in order to shut the doors on the enemy. We can have beliefs that are in opposition to the word of God. We reject the ideas or morals that are of God. When we reject the ideas of the word, we leave the door open to unbelief. Unbelief will give the enemy a foothold to cause us to sin. We cannot adopt the ideas and beliefs of the world. The world is always in opposition to God’s way.

How do we close this door? We need to study the word of God. We need to find out what God thinks. Then, pray for God to help our thoughts to align with God’s thoughts. Romans 12:2 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Only God can transform our thoughts and help them to align with what he finds acceptable. We renew our minds by prayer and studying God’s word. If we pray, he will help us to align to His thoughts.

The second door that is left open is often things that came into our lives through willful sin. God had forgiven us, and then we opened that door to temptation. By willful sin, we allow Satan a stronghold that is hard to get away from, and that door is hard to shut. But we have the power to close that door and ask God to forgive us and close the door to that temptation. When we open that door, we allow ourselves to be shackled into slavery again to that thing that held us captive before.

To be set free and close the door to satan, we must speak out of our mouths a confession of sin. We need to renounce the hold it has on our lives. Being set free comes through repentance. Staying free comes from the resistance of the enemy.

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Unforgiveness is another door that leaves room for the enemy. Matt 6:14-15 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. When we hold onto unforgiveness, we are holding onto grief and pain. We are hurting ourselves because we are keeping God from forgiving us. If we can learn to forgive others, we are not saying they didn’t do us wrong. We are not saying they didn’t cause us pain and loss.

We are saying, Because Jesus forgives our trespasses against Him, I can forgive this thing that was done to me. Sometimes, this takes prayer to overcome. Letting go of offense will close the door to the enemy to grow hatred and strife in our lives. Forgiving others sets us free, not our offender.

There is a door that is left open that we have had little to do with it. Our ancestors can leave doors open to generational curses. Alcoholism is one example. Many times, a parent who is bound by alcohol will have children bound by the same spirit. There are many things that can be generational curses in our lives and make us susceptible to attacks from the enemy.

We can close the door of generational curses through prayer. We need to renounce the covenants our ancestors have made with these spirits. God will set us free if we ask him for that freedom. Tell the enemy you are closing the door to the generational curses of your bloodline. Remind Satan that you are grafted into the family of God and that you have a heavenly bloodline that is stronger than your earthly bloodline. It is important that we close every door to the enemy. Do not give him even the smallest of cracks to get a toe-hold. Because toe holds turn to strongholds. The generational curses you break will not be passed on to your children, who will have to fight.

I know this was a little heavier message than most, but I felt like we needed to take a serious look at the doors that were open in our lives. Pray on this subject, Search your life, and ask yourself if you have left a door open to the enemy. Ask God to show you any open doors. Ask Him to close the doors to the enemy.

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UNTIL NEXT TIME BE BOLD BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

SYMPTOM OR CAUSE?

We often see people and we judge them by how they appear to be. We see their actions and judge them to be evil. In reality, they have let Satan move in and guide their life. Often, what we see is the symptoms and not the cause. We try to change people’s symptoms, instead of introducing them to the one who can cure them.

Look at Mark Chapter 5. There is a story about a man that had a legion of evil spirits (sent by Satan). People judged this man by his actions. He was naked, he cut himself with stones. He had great strength because he had broken chains and fetters. The people were afraid of him.

Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Then they were afraid because Jesus had the power to get rid of the unclean spirits. They knew he was different because he was clothed and in his right mind, sitting calmly. Often, people try to get others to change the way they dress, speak or act. But when someone truly meets Jesus, the change that comes on the inside will show on the outside.

All the people around knew that this man was different. The big question on their minds was why and how? Once people learn how and why we are different, they will want to follow Christ, too. But we have to allow Christ to work in us to make us different from the world.

When you look at someone who needs Jesus, who is not living a moral life, don’t look at them with judgment. Look at them with compassion, knowing what you see is a symptom and not a cause. Everyone grows at their own pace, none of us are perfect. We have to allow God to do a work in us. We have to allow him to do a work in others. Be encouraged, if you have lost loved ones. Jesus can still change the cause of their symptoms.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS.

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GETTING RID OF POISON

2 Kgs 4:38-41 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

There was famine in the land. Elisha sent his servants to make a pot of stew for all the sons of the prophets. One of his servants found a wild vine and gathered wild gourds. He cut them up in the stew. When they poured out the stew and started eating, they realized that the gourds were poisonous. Elisha told his servants to bring meal and he threw it in the pot with the stew. He told them it was ok to eat.

America is known as the melting pot of the world. It is unique among all the nations. We became a nation because people came here for freedom of religion. Somewhere over time, we lost our sense of direction. We allowed the enemy to shred poisonous ideas into the mix. The church did not guard the stew and now we have a lot of mixed ideas and doctrines that are poison.

We didn’t uphold God’s standard and allowed the world to dictate what was right, instead of standing for truth. In order to get rid of the poison we have to come together and pray for direction. We need to pray down the strongholds of the enemy. The meal of the word of God will neutralize the poison.

Rev 18:1-4 18 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

The above passage reminds me of the modern church. God is telling us to come out of the church that is plagued with sin, greed, lust and the list goes on. The body of Christ will not be effective in the harvest if we have poison in the message of what we are trying to show the lost.

God is telling us to come out from among her and not partake in her sin. He is coming after the bride who has made herself ready. He is not coming after a harlot that chases after the evil of the world. Each of us individually can change our local congregations by just being genuine. We need to walk in our integrity and be who God has created us to be. He will take care of the evil, at the top levels of our society.

He wants us to pray for the Babylon system to fall. Pray for evil to fall. Thank God for our freedom and ability to serve the Lord in the right way. We have to stand up to keep that freedom. God will do great things if we apply the word to the poison of what is being fed to us. The word of God will neutralize all the poison of the world.

I encourage every one of you to take a moment to dig deep and search your life for poison. Make sure the enemy is not talking to you, feeding you lies of temptation.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

GOOD BONES

I enjoy watching home improvement shows. I love to watch them take something that looks like it needs to be lit on fire and in the magic of television, within an hour, it is beautiful again. These old houses that need to be reclaimed and refurbished are often said to have good bones. As long as they have a solid foundation, there is nothing that cannot be fixed.

The church has been in a state of disarray. It looked like it was all over and sin was going to abound until it was destroyed. But a fire is coming, not to burn the church to the ground but to get rid of all that is not of God. It is time for “THE CHURCH” to be on fire for God.

I often think about the valley of dry bones and how Ezekiel was told to prophesy to the dry bones. He prophesied to the bones and they lived again. God is gathering the winds of change and will raise up his bride to be glorious, it is time for her to become without spot and wrinkle. We have to start speaking not about how bad things appear but about how God wants them to be in this time in which we live.

Do not believe everything you see; the enemy is out to deceive us into believing his agenda. But I have read the back of the book and satan loses. Tim Sheets calls him the “forever loser.” I often smile when I think about that phrase. It doesn’t matter what the enemy tries; he loses. How frustrating it must be for him when one that he thinks would never turn to God suddenly breaks down in tears, under the presence of God and they cry out to Jesus. “Jesus save me from myself, save me from my sin, save me from the powers of evil.”

The defeated one, the forever loser, I am sure, gets angry every time he loses another one. It is up to each of us to reach out and pull people out of his hand through intercessory prayer. We are called to reach the lost. The harvest is ready, it is time to go to battle. Is your whole armor on? Are you asking the commander-in-chief about the battle plan? Are you ready to fight for the souls that are hanging in the balance?

II Cor 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Where do we stand on a personal level? Each of us has to talk to the master builder and make sure we have good bones. When we ask him to refurbish our lives, he will take out everything that needs to be replaced and will make us new again.

Until next time, BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LET PRAISE GO BEFORE YOU

Lazarus had died, the mourners were with the family. In a normal situation, this was the end. He had been buried. But Jesus came on the scene. He didn’t make a big production. Jesus asked that they roll away the stone that sealed the cave where Lazarus was placed. He simply said a prayer for the sake of the crowd that had gathered, then said, “Lazarus, come forth.” Soon, Lazarus came walking out of the tomb. He was still bound in his grave clothes and had his face covered with a napkin. It took others to set him free of his grave clothes.

To look at the modern church, one might say we were all but buried. Jesus is calling us to come forth. He is calling for the warriors to arise. He is calling for the army to be who we must be in this day. Every day, we need to put on our whole armor and go to battle. Satan is after the body of Christ. If he can keep us depressed and stressed, we cannot focus on our task.

Many are still bound by their grave clothes. It is up to us to help set them free. We can overcome and set them free if we get down to the business of serious prayer. The enemy is not going to be defeated with a ten-minute prayer in the morning and a ten-minute prayer at night. These are serious times, and it is going to take serious warriors.

Are you a prayer warrior? It doesn’t take any special skill to pray. It just takes an investment of prayer in a quiet place. The biggest enemy of a full prayer life is distraction. The enemy will do all he can to distract us. But we will not be defeated. We will overcome because the power of God is within us.

Take time to be an encourager, reaching out to someone struggling and helping them get free of the grave clothes of fear, anxiety, depression, distraction and being overly busy. We can win the battle if we go to fight. All God requires is for us to show up with worship and prayer.

I often use the story of Jehosophat. He was in a horrible predicament. He had three armies coming against him at one time. It looked like, in the natural there was no way he could win. But God told him to go out to fight and that the Lord would fight for them. Jehosophat sent his worshippers in the front to go before them with praise.

We can fight the enemy better, if we enter into God’s presence with praise and worship. This will get God’s attention and he will fight our battles. He only wants us to lean on Him.

2 Chr 20:15-18 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.

I love this story because it shows how good our God is to deliver those who trust Him. We, too can trust Jesus to deliver us from the things the enemy has planned. We have to stand strong, stay in the word and pray like we have never prayed before now. It is almost time to march out against the enemy. Make sure you go to battle with your praise and worship in the forefront.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

DON’T BACK UP

When we come up against something that is scary, the instinct is to back away slowly or run. Like if you are walking in the woods and come upon a bear. It is the instinct of the bear to be afraid of you. Just like you are afraid of it. We want to back up or run.

It is time the church stopped being afraid of the enemy. It is time to stop backing up. It is time to go forward and take back our territory. We have nothing to fear. Satan is under our feet. Stop backing up. We cannot look at how things appear, it seems like the enemy is winning. But we know that it is a temporary situation. God is going to turn things around if we take a stand.

It looked like Egypt was going to overtake the Israelites at the red sea. We are at that moment in our history. It will not be long until God divides our red sea. He is going to destroy our enemy. How else can there be a great harvest except we wake up and do what God wants from us? He wants us to stop letting things distract us and stand up. We need to dig deep into the Word. Don’t just read it but pray before reading for a deeper understanding. We need to study and dig deep.

Psalm 91:11-16 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

We cannot be afraid of what we see with our eyes because we walk by faith. We do not go by the things that we see. He will protect his people from harm and danger. How do we get the protection of God? How do we know he will send his angels to protect us? Notice verse 14; if we show God’s love, because we know his name.

How do we know if we love God? John 14:15-16 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; If we love God we will keep his commandment and he will send us His Spirit which gives us the power to stand strong, be witnesses, resist the temptations of the enemy and so much more.

It is decision time; the line is being drawn in the sand. Will we stand for Jesus? Will we look back at life here with longing for the past? It is like spinning a wheel and turning around in a circle; wherever you are looking (wherever your heart is); when the wheel stops determine your fate. Many are playing Russian Roulette with their souls. God is asking us to make a choice. Are we standing for truth, even if it costs us our life or are we being wishy-washy, spineless Christians in name only?

Look at the story of Lot and his family. Lot’s wife looked back with longing and it destroyed her. God told them to not look back; He was going to destroy the city because of the evil. God never pours out wrath on the wicked without dealing with them and giving them a chance to change. He is giving the evil ones of this world today a chance to change. But that chance is quickly coming to an end.

We can help someone to find Jesus. We cannot believe the lies of the enemy; it is not too far gone. If we stand strong and stand up, we can overcome the things the enemy is trying to do.

2 Chr. 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Stand up, stand up, stand up for the word of God. Stand strong for what is right and true. Open your mouth and speak the truth of God. We are living in amazing times and God is going to do something that will astound us all. We need to stand and fight the good fight of faith.

I Tim 6:11-12 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

I pray that you decide to stand strong, fight the good fight of faith and do not look back. Keep yourself from being shaken by how things look. The God of angel armies is our Father and he will deliver us if we stand strong.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

CONNECTION

The more I walk with God, the more I realize that every day it’s not so much about what we do or don’t do, but it’s about that personal relationship. It is about a heart connection. How can you have a relationship with someone that you never talked to?

It’s like having a light bulb. And then it’s screwed into a lamp and the lamps plugged in the wall. When the switch is turned on, the power can get to the light bulb. This produces light. Without the power source, there is no light.

There is not going to be any light if we are not plugged into the power source, our relationship with Jesus Christ. We are told to let our light shine. It stands to reason that we stay connected to God. But if we’re not connected to God and we’re not connected to that power, we will have no light.

A poor prayer life equals a poor connection. I like to pray first thing as soon as my eyes open up. I kind of hit the snooze button, and lying in my bed, I just kind of lay there and talked to God. Thank you for what he’s done and for allowing me to see another day for the many blessings that he’s given me. Then I pray for the people that are on my heart. It starts with the day off better.

I don’t really have a set time to pray. I just kind of pray here and there all day long. But before I go to bed at night, that’s the last thing I do before I crawl in bed is thank God and pray and ask him to help all those that are lost to be saved. I pray for those that are bound by human trafficking that God will make a way of escape for them, whether it be an unlocked door. For them to run away or whether it’s for the police or whoever to raid the place and go in and rescue them and set them free. It has been a subject that I have had a burden for a while. I pray for God to heal their wounds and their scars, physically and emotionally. That is one of the worst things that happens in our society. It breaks my heart to even think about it.

No one ever won a battle by not being bold. What would have happened if David had been like all the other Israelites? When Goliath came out there and was laughing and mocking them, and spoke, OK, send me your best warrior. What if he had just sat back and said, well, no, I’m too little. I’m small in stature and I can’t do this; someone else will go. But no, he was bold. And he said, you know, you come at me with a sword, and I come to you in the name of the Lord. And God took that little rock and that great big bit of boldness that David had, and he knocked Goliath to the ground.

Goliath’s head was cut off with his own sword. Sometimes the things that people try to use against you, God will use to destroy them. If we remain bold and stand strong. I pray that we will have holy boldness in these last days.

As the church, we need to quit letting people run over the top of us and push us around. (We let one woman take prayer out of schools. Think about it.) It’s time we had, holy boldness. I pray for holy boldness and that the people will understand it is time for the army to talk to our King. Get our marching orders and go boldly forth.

It is time for us to go to the enemy’s camp and take back what he has stolen from us. He is under our feet. We can put him under our feet if we stay connected to our power source, Jesus Christ. We have unlimited power through His Spirit. We can overcome whatever we face as long as we lean on Jesus.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

COMPLACENT

Complacency is the most dangerous place for Christians to find themselves. It is easy to allow life to get in our way. We will say, “I am really busy today, I will skip my bible reading.” Or “I don’t have time to concentrate on prayer, I will say a quick prayer and I will pray longer tomorrow.” One day turns into a week, then a month before you know it a month has gone by and then…we find ourselves in a place that forces us to our knees.

The word of God renews our minds. It helps us to keep our hands clean and our feet out of mischief. We can be fine one moment and under attack the next. If we haven’t spent much time praying or studying, we will be weak. Fighting off the attack will be harder. The enemy watches to see when we are at what he thinks is a weak moment. We cannot get complacent and give him an opportunity to attack.

Romans 12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

We renew our mind by being in God’s presence and allowing the Word to wash and cleans our mind. There are times when we feel like we get nothing out of our reading of the word. But it is not just words on a page it is living and transforming. It will get in our spirit and gives us what we need, even when we don’t feel like anything is different.

Psalm 119:11 -11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

We hide the word in our hearts. It will be there when the enemy comes to cause trouble by lying to us. We will be empowered to say, “No satan, the word says ….” We can quote the word that is hidden in our hearts.

Reading, prayer, worship, along with fellowship with other believers will help us to keep our God Focus. Jesus is the best thing to keep our focus on in this life.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIONS AND LIARS

There is a story of a brave individual who was determined to love God. His name was Daniel. God allowed Judah to be taken over by the king of Babylon.

Dan 1:6-10 (6) Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

The first thing the enemy will try to do when he comes on the scene is to rename us. He will try to give us names like depressed, worthless, failure, hopeless, helpless, and unintelligent. If he can get us to believe the lies about ourselves, half of the battle is won. Then he will try to get us to bow down to something of this world instead of the One TRUE GOD.

The second thing was they were given the king’s meat and wine. But Daniel didn’t want to eat the meat of the king. He made a deal with the servant of the king to give him beans. He did better on the meal that they requested than the others did on the king’s meat and wine.

We need to eat the word of God and not the meat of this world. We need to drink the new wine (The Holy Ghost) and not the wine of the world. Spirits that will drag us down the wrong path.

Skipping ahead to Chapter 6

The story of Daniel in the lion’s den is one that many remember from Sunday school. King Darius highly favored Daniel. Many others plotted against Daniel out of jealousy and ambition. They could find no fault in him except his devotion to God. Many hate us because our devotion to God makes them feel bad. They know they ought to be devoted to him. The other presidents and princes manipulated the king to sign a decree that was geared to destroy Daniel.

Daniel 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Daniel knew of the decree but didn’t let it stop him. He went into his house and with the windows opened made prayers to God. Not just once but three times a day.

Verse 10–Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Our God hears our thoughts, he knows the cry of hearts when we have no words. He can hear a whispered prayer. Daniel could have whispered a prayer for 30 days. But he chose to honor the true God. He left the windows open and prayed to God.

When the king was informed by the ones that plotted against Daniel, he was sad, but could not change the decree. Daniel was tossed into the den of lions. The lions did not harm Daniel. God sent his angel to shut the lion’s mouths. They did not harm him in any way. The next morning the king came and found him alive. He was relieved and had him brought up out of the lion’s den.

Daniel 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Those who plotted against Daniel were destroyed by the very means they tried to use against him. Just as Haman in the book of Esther hung on his own gallows. Ones he had built for Mordecai. Our enemy will be destroyed in the end, we just have to be faithful to our God.

People in this life will lie on us, they may plot against us. But our God will shut the liar’s mouth as he did the lion’s mouth.

PSALM 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

1 CHR 16:21-22 (21) He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Let this be a warning to anyone who sets out to harm a child of God. God will only allow things to go so far before he steps in and remedies the situation. If we are his anointed, we can be sure he is with us and will protect us from the evil lion. The word says that satan is as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (1 Pet 5:8).

This is why I am always encouraging you, to Keep your God Focus. If we focus on him, everything will be fine. God is on our side and he will stop the lion’s roar against us and shut the liar’s mouth.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

UNDOING LIES

Almost everyone has played the telephone game. It is where a group of people sit in a circle and one
whispers to another. This goes on until everyone has a turn to whisper what they heard. When the sentence gets back to the original speaker, it is rarely what they said to
start the round. This is what happens with a lie. Normally the lie seems small, some call them little
white lies, but by the time the lie comes to the end, it is blown up bigger. With this game, it is all fun
and everyone is trying to actually share the original words.

What happens if someone comes along and whispers lies? This is Satan’s most used tool. He likes to
plant ideas, fears and regrets into our day. Moses sent twelve spies to look at the promised land.
Ten came back with a bad report. They said the giants were big and they allowed fear
to overtake them and they gave up too quickly on what God had promised.

By the time they talked about it for a while, they were saying, “we are like grasshoppers in their sight.”
Think about that for a moment. Yes, the giants were larger in stature, but to say the Israelites were like
grasshoppers compared to them was a huge exaggeration. Did you notice the spies that came back with
a bad report didn’t even have proof they had been in the land?

Then came Joshua and Caleb. No doubt, Satan had tried to whisper the lies to them too, but they
believed God. The lies Satan tried to sell them, they ignored because their faith was bigger than the lies of the enemy.

They said things like we are able to take possession of the land. In other words, they
believed that God had given them the land. Yes, they saw the armies of those who were dwelling in the
land. Yes, they saw the giants. But they chose to not believe the lies.

The Israelites had been brought up in slavery. They were used to people controlling their lives. They were
the victims. The ten still had a victim mentality. Somehow, Joshua and Caleb just believed God. They also
brought back proof that they were actually in the land. They wanted to show the people how amazing it
was there, in spite of the obstacles.

But we cannot allow Satan to be our excuse for our failures, sins and shortcomings. We need to take
responsibility for our choices and lives. We need to own our past and put it there where it belongs in
the rearview mirror.

We have to change our thinking patterns. The church world is in need of determination like Joshua and
Caleb. We need to just believe God and walk by faith and not by how scary things look. We do not need
to allow the giants of fear, anxiety, depression and sin to keep us from our promise.
God wants us to undo the lies the enemy has told us. We need to renew and retrain our thinking to
simply believe God. He always has our best interest at heart. Even if there are some giants to fight, we
never fight them alone.

Prov 4:23 – Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

The things we think will eventually get into our hearts. They will become a part of our belief system. It is
important to not allow the enemy’s lies to get past our thoughts. We need to guard our hearts with
every tool we can find. Praying for God’s guidance. We need his word in us, in order to undo the lies of
the enemy.

Romans 12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

We may ask how we can undo the lies of the enemy. How do we transform and renew our minds?
Reading and studying the word of God will renew our mind. It will increase our faith and ability to trust
God. The more we trust God the easier it is to undo the lies of the enemy.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS