Thanks to a wonderful loyal member of our 'miracle family' who visited this Blog, I learned of a great and ugly mistake that we allowed. He emailed me that one of the ads (we were testing out) mentioned Edgar Cayce. This concerned friend did not think I knew who Edgar Cayce was…..no, the truth is, I did not see or read the ad as they changed constantly.
I was already upset about the 'meditation' ads and ready to pull all the ads off, and that email did it. My son Greg immediately pulled the ads at my request. The ads we now have are hand picked and should be good resources.
Those were Google ads and to be fair, their 'spider spies' pick up words from a Blog Post and send ads that are appropriate. Since I wrote on the 'Beautiful Side of Evil' the spiders sent out the very things I was writing against. Not Google's fault, just this wonderful electronic age we are in….both good and bad.
SO LET'S TURN WHAT COULD BE USED FOR EVIL TO GOOD!
Christians do not 'empty' their minds to meditate, we go to a quiet place, think about and talk to the Lord, think on His Word, and love on Him with words, praise and worship….whatever is comfortable in our personal relationship. We do not need anyone to teach us how to do it. We do not empty our mind, as an empty mind, and hypnosis is the devil's playground.
As our dear friend who 'blew the whistle' (thank God for all of you who will help keep us straight) thought I did not know about Edgar Cayce, I realized that many of you may not. Edgar Cayce was the foremost guru of 'New Age' thinking in the last century. Cayce was born in 1877 and died in 1945. He is best know for all the spiritual psychic 'readings' he had, on the following: (1) Health-Related Information; (2) Philosophy and Reincarnation; (3) Dreams and Dream Interpretation; (4) ESP and Psychic Phenomena; and (5) Spiritual Growth, Meditation, and Prayer. Cayce went to church and was known to read the Bible once a year.
Those things are all based in 'New Age Philosophy' and it is not new….it came right out of the Garden of Eden….reliance upon man, not God. And, has been popular in all ages as it draws good people who want to change the world, and for one personal reason or another do not accept that Jesus is the answer to doing that. I have had many fiends (may not after this Blog) who believe all this 'stuff' and they think I am as nieve' as I think they are sooooo deceived.
(1.) Health related subjects…..I dabbled in all of this before I met Jesus personally and turned my life around. I worked with a woman who had an extensive background in herbs and natural healing. However, she healed many people by calling her daughter, giving her their name, and waiting while her daughter went into a trance and told her how to heal them.
This is the strongest statement I am going to make: All, yes, all sickness is of the devil. Acts 10:38 says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him." I love to read about the many Holy Ghost inspired healers in the last century, i.e. Kathryn Kuhlman, John G. Lake, Smith Wigglesworth, F F Bosworth, Alexander Dowie, Maria Woodworth Etter, Aimee Simple McPherson, and so many more. These generals in God's army all said 'sickness is of the devil'.
I was born again while working with this gracious woman, who wanted to help people, and I went to church everywhere and any time the doors were open. Boy, did I get some varied teaching and insight. When I learned what 'New Age' is, and all it embodies, I pulled away from my friend, (forgiving and blessing her, as she did not want to 'hear' from me) and learned all I could about healing and ways of God.
If sickness is all of the devil, why do we use doctors, nutrition, etc? Because God wants us healed, and our faith levels do not always match up with the 'Generals' I just mentioned, who saw healing of every kind and even the dead raised to life. However, (love that word) there are healing miracles happening all over the world now, every day, every minute. But, they are the result on reliance upon Jesus sacrifice and the Holy Spirit, not on psychic readings. Why shouldn't we use psychic readings if they are helpful? Because they open us to the demonic world and other bad things will come upon us.
The other four things mentioned in regard to Cayce are not Christian, no matter how much he read the Bible. The devil read the Bible too, he quoted it to Jesus in the wilderness. That is why we need to know the difference…..we need the Holy Spirit to guide us, not a 'spirit guide.'
2. Reincarnation: This is a nice theory, that we are recycled into something new over and over. What evidence is there that has ever happened? On the other hand Hebrews 9:27 says, 'it is appointed onto men once to die." and there are over 600 references to Heaven. I have personally interviewed people who died went to Heaven and was sent back–it is real.
3. Dreams and Dream interpretation….what would you rather have? A psychic listening to a demonic spirit or the Holy Spirit?
4. ESP and Psychic Phenomena…..hardly a question about that. All the information is received from demons, who network very well. "For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom: to another the word of knowledge by the Holy Spirit." (I Cor 12:8); We don't need psychic readings we have the Holy Spirit to give us words of wisdom and knowledge, especially for others. We just need to press in more to have these gifts. One thing I can tell you for sure, the psychics and the spiritual New Age people do. I had a neighbor several years who talked with her 'spirit guide' (what is called channeling) 3 to 4 hours a day…..how many of us pray that much?
That was not meant to be a 'guilt' trip, hopefully we all study, pray and keep the Holy Spirit with us all day every day. I hope this will give you some insight, there is so much more to say, but this should be sufficient for the day. I pray the Holy Spirit protected anyone else who visited the Blog when that ad was up and that we are all blessed that we know the plans and 'wiles' of the devil. (Eph 6) We are overcomers and have the victory. I do not hold my New Age friends guilty of sin, but instead hold the demons guilty of deception, break the assignments on them and pray the blessings of Lord into their life, commanding any veils over their minds removed (they are illegal since the veil was rent at the death of Jesus) and the prophecy of Jesus released all around them (Rev 19). Always in Jesus Name, Amen!!! Arguments about all of this are not won with words, but with prayer!
Thanks for your understanding and support…..blessings, blessings, blessings in our Jesus!
No matter who you are in the world you are important! A child of God and loved….we all have mothers and
it is great to honor them, but I have to think of those wonderful women, who aren't mothers….we need
to have a day for them too.
Two of my closed friends never married and they show the love of God to all those around them. All
too often single women are the unsung heroes of the world.
So may the Lord bless all those who are blessed by being mothers and all those women who are not.
There are enough blessings to go around and we can all rejoice in just 'who we are,' in Christ Jesus.
It would honor the Lord to honor women everywhere this Mother's Day…..give them a hug!
Tell them how beautiful they are, because they truly are, you know! And,
May we all give our mothers a special hug and 'thank you' and love them as Jesus already does!
Part of our new look are ads on our page…..we are doing this to raise funds for the ministry and appreciate the opportuniy to present some people who may bless you.
HOWEVER, THE ADS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY THIS MINISTRY.
We will see how it goes, as we want to do more ministry and keep up with our bills with the companies that support and supply what we need to keep on keeping on, so thank you for your interest, support and patience in all this.
This is a great time to live because regardless of all the bad news we face daily, wonderful things are happening in the Spirit as approximately 25,000 people are accepting Jesus across the world every day.
In spite of all the negative we could list, there is a ground swell of young people who love the Lord and are passionate to change the world……and we can celebrate and encourage that.
It is not negative or evil to speak the 'facts,' rather it can be negative and possbily evil in the way we handle the facts. When we walk in the love of God (wanting the best for everyone) and do not judge people or circumstances we can offer prayer and answers for the negative or the needs.
CELBERATE WHO PEOPLE ARE, NOT WHAT THEY ARE NOT!
Because we get so much of the negative from the far East, I want to share an email from our good friend, Victor Khlil. It is just an example of how God is working world-wide, and this is so encouraging.
I pray this is a blessing, and will inspire all of us to pray more for our spiritual family and new believers through out the world! Thank you, Jesus!
One morning as I talked with the Lord, I was thinking how I belong to Jesus, because I am 'born again,' I am in Him and He is in me. Then suddenly,
I realized not only do I belong to Jesus forever but Jesus belongs to me forever too!
Jesus, Lord, Friend, Husband–belongs to me, little me, for eternity. I was so excited, I just walked around all day, saying, "Jesus belongs to me, Jesus belongs to me." It gave me such joy!
This may not be new to you, but I wanted to share it, with the hope that we might be one in thanking Jesus for His sacrifice on the cross, and the joy of knowing our Jesus pesonally, being one with Him in our heart, mind and spirit!
As I sought the Lord on this whole issue of 'positive thinking' this is what He put on my heart:
"Your thoughts do not attract or direct destiny, your prayers do There is a great push now, from the enemy, to think, talk and speak 'positive' as you have realized….putting the emphasis back on man, not on God" (That would requires me to be righteous…..the original sin of dependency on man rather than dependency upon God.) "Thoughts and actions empower the enemy or connect with Me (God). Then it is MY power not yours that directs energy, establishes the Kingdom, to rule the world. As long as man can direct his own path, he will not see or feel any need for ME. The devil thrives on it. The 'law of attraction' has just enough truth to be delicious."
Here some wonderful verses to consider:
"…out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" and "For by thy words thou shall be justified and by your words you shall be condemned." All from Matthew 12:31-37 Please read the whole section for greater insight.
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 18:21
We quote these scriptures often, putting great emphasis on what we say, what we quote. When Jesus was confronted by the Devil in the wilderness, Jesus said, "It is written…." Jesus knew there is 'spirit and life' in the words of God (John 6;63). Jesus had the Holy Spirit and knew 'what He spoke' had the power of God behind the spoken word.
When we quote scripture verses, we are acknowledging the power of God, resident in us because when we are part of Jesus, He is in us and we are in Him.
THE DANGER, THE EVIL LIES IN, THE PERVERSION OF WHERE THE POWER COMES FROM.
Some times it is difficult to connect the dots, so to speak. The quotes of Jesus I have listed make us think we should always speak good, positive things, especially quoting Him. However, Jesus did not do that. Jesus was frustrated at His followers and said, "Oh faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you?" (Luke 9:41) And that was to His disciples. Several times Jesus uses the term, "Oh you of little faith." Then angered at the Pharisees (Matthew 23) tells them off royally. Didn't Jesus remember what He, Himself has said?
Speaking the 'truth' of a situation is not always negative. If you tell people you are fine and inside you are hurting and full of pain, is that faith or causing us to be double minded. The more we talk about something the bigger the problem gets, so we need to be careful who we tell and ask them for prayer.
David complained in the Psalms about all his troubles and his enemies; and always turned to God for the victory. Paul says in his writ tings, "For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:" (2 Cor 1:8) Yet Paul declared often of victory, overcoming in Christ and that nothing could every separate us from the love of God.
I have found this last year when my body screamed with inflammation or pain, my spirit was at rest. My relationship with Jesus has been wonderful and blessed, even though I am still standing in faith for complete healing. It was a first for me in 31 years with the Lord where my spirit and body were not in agreement. What a joy to know, as Paul, nothing can separate us from the love of God.
When we are discouraged, sick, or feeling lost….we need more of Jesus, more of Him in loving worship and yes, standing on Scripture verses that 'speak' to our situation. As we draw close to Him in thought and prayer, He draws close to us, as we remember….
OUR WORDS ARE EITHER IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD, HIS POWER, HIS ENERGY OR WE GIVE THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS POWER WITH OUR WORDS. THAT IS WHAT ADAM AND EVE DID WITH THEIR 'AGREEMENT' AND THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH….THE ENEMY IS STILL THE DECEIVER!
Faith is the supernatural manifestation of what we choose to believe….our circumstance or the power of God!
"Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world; I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me; In Him I live, move and have my being." (I John 4:4; Phil 4:13; Acts 17:28)
"for without me (Jesus) you can do nothing." (John 15:5c)
Finally, I understand what Jesus meant in that verse, He gives us the power (Matt 28; Mark 16; Luke 10:19; John 20:23) but without Him there is no power!
As we thank Him for all things, we get the blessings and He gets the Glory!
