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LaMatadora
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Fellow Believers:
Before praying, I have decided to address the board on a number of issues that I am seeing posted here on the board. My intent is not to complain, but rather to observe and then minister to the beloved fellow workers in the field who are being increasingly being assaulted *daily* by the evil one. Hebrews 6:10-11 states that the LORD wants believers to minister to each other, and so I hope to obey the LORD in that respect.
I have noticed increasingly that believers are getting spiritually assaulted--just gutted--through marriages, finances, temptations, and health. The enemy has picked up a lot of steam lately, and this is to be expected: it's the End Times. Yet, I can't help but be shocked at the barrage, the spiritual artillery fire being directed at Christians. The Lord Jesus **MUST** be coming soon, in our lifetimes, because Satan has picked up an unbelievable amount of fury. He knows the time is short, and he's doing the equivalent of suicide bombing.
Therefore, beloved workers in Christ, it behooves us to take more interest in Ephesians 6:10-20. We must be able to:
However, I'm also going to point out that we won't be able to do *any* of this effectively without understanding that we cannot operate in our own strength. If we do, WE WILL FAIL. I speak as much to myself as I do anyone, because **I've** got a strong tendency to want to do things in my own strength! Ergo, I realize that I (and hopefully others can benefit) must place myself inside the name of the LORD, because the Strongest Tower, the Strongest Stronghold there is. I would like to share with you a Scripture that helped me out immensely awhile ago:
The Name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run to it and are safe (Proverbs 18:10, NKJV).
When I volunteered at a Christian crisis counseling center, I used to pray this scripture over my life incessantly, sometimes several times a day. It got so that I was really, really well-protected in a lot of different areas of my life; someone once even had a vision of a strong tower behind me as I walked, right in back of me! This person wasn't even aware that I prayed and claimed this Scripture over my life!
And now, I'm being led to recommend the Name that is above all other Names, Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jehovah Our Righteousness--JESUS CHRIST. There is no other Name given by which we can be saved, and **this** is what I'm being told by the Holy Spirit to impart to you, dear brethren.
What are the areas that are under assault right now in your life, dear ones? What is the enemy trying to destroy? Better yet, what hasn't the enemy touched yet? Make a list, do it quickly. Itemize it:
Then, one by one in prayer, take each item and pray the Scripture, praying first for yourself:
"The Name of Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jesus Christ, is a strong tower: I, [your name], run to it and am safe."
Then, one by one, take each item on the list, and pray that "The Name of Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jesus Christ, is a strong tower: I place my (item) inside of His Name, and he/she/it/they is/are safe."
Keep praying this daily, and I believe strongly you'll see results. Maybe I'm being superstitious, but I don't believe so: we are to call on His Name, because there just isn't any other Name by which we are to be saved. That includes saving grace on earth as well as in heaven.
I've also got one more thread I'm going to post, for offensive spiritual warfare.
Before praying, I have decided to address the board on a number of issues that I am seeing posted here on the board. My intent is not to complain, but rather to observe and then minister to the beloved fellow workers in the field who are being increasingly being assaulted *daily* by the evil one. Hebrews 6:10-11 states that the LORD wants believers to minister to each other, and so I hope to obey the LORD in that respect.
I have noticed increasingly that believers are getting spiritually assaulted--just gutted--through marriages, finances, temptations, and health. The enemy has picked up a lot of steam lately, and this is to be expected: it's the End Times. Yet, I can't help but be shocked at the barrage, the spiritual artillery fire being directed at Christians. The Lord Jesus **MUST** be coming soon, in our lifetimes, because Satan has picked up an unbelievable amount of fury. He knows the time is short, and he's doing the equivalent of suicide bombing.
Therefore, beloved workers in Christ, it behooves us to take more interest in Ephesians 6:10-20. We must be able to:
- put on the whole armor of God, including
- girding our waists with truth,
- putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
- having shod our feet with the preparations of the gospel of peace,
- taking the shield of faith to quench the fiery darts of the wicked one,
- taking the helmet of salvation,
- the sword of the Spirit (the Word of God--both written and "rhema"),
- praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watchful to the end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
- and for all apostles.
However, I'm also going to point out that we won't be able to do *any* of this effectively without understanding that we cannot operate in our own strength. If we do, WE WILL FAIL. I speak as much to myself as I do anyone, because **I've** got a strong tendency to want to do things in my own strength! Ergo, I realize that I (and hopefully others can benefit) must place myself inside the name of the LORD, because the Strongest Tower, the Strongest Stronghold there is. I would like to share with you a Scripture that helped me out immensely awhile ago:
The Name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run to it and are safe (Proverbs 18:10, NKJV).
When I volunteered at a Christian crisis counseling center, I used to pray this scripture over my life incessantly, sometimes several times a day. It got so that I was really, really well-protected in a lot of different areas of my life; someone once even had a vision of a strong tower behind me as I walked, right in back of me! This person wasn't even aware that I prayed and claimed this Scripture over my life!
And now, I'm being led to recommend the Name that is above all other Names, Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jehovah Our Righteousness--JESUS CHRIST. There is no other Name given by which we can be saved, and **this** is what I'm being told by the Holy Spirit to impart to you, dear brethren.
What are the areas that are under assault right now in your life, dear ones? What is the enemy trying to destroy? Better yet, what hasn't the enemy touched yet? Make a list, do it quickly. Itemize it:
- your health,
- your marriage,
- your sanctification,
- your ability to resist temptation,
- your children,
- your finances and job,
- your job,
- your relationships, and
- ANYTHING AND ANYONE ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF.
Then, one by one in prayer, take each item and pray the Scripture, praying first for yourself:
"The Name of Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jesus Christ, is a strong tower: I, [your name], run to it and am safe."
Then, one by one, take each item on the list, and pray that "The Name of Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jesus Christ, is a strong tower: I place my (item) inside of His Name, and he/she/it/they is/are safe."
Keep praying this daily, and I believe strongly you'll see results. Maybe I'm being superstitious, but I don't believe so: we are to call on His Name, because there just isn't any other Name by which we are to be saved. That includes saving grace on earth as well as in heaven.
I've also got one more thread I'm going to post, for offensive spiritual warfare.
