ANGELS UNAWARE

Angels Unaware

As I look around our world today it is hard to recognize it as a safe place to live. I think we can all agree that we need the Lords continual protection: at home, on the job and on the road. For the believers, there are many scriptures promising God can and will protect us.

We can call on angels in the name of the Lord for protection with a simple prayer. The Lord is quick to send his angels to answer our pleas.

Angels are involved in our lives on a personal and practical level. How ever there are things that we do that can offend our angels and will hinder their protection of us.

Angelic messengers are special messengers from God, appointed by God himself. The most common angels are called ministering spirits.

They go forth according to the purposes of God to complete a specific work, task or assignment from the Lord.

Exodus 23:20-23 says… “Behold I send an angel before you to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Be aware of him and obey his voice, do not provoke him for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him. But if you indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries, for my angel will go before you.”

There is a special angel. Not a normal fighting angel. This angel was more than a regular angel, this very well could have been Jesus. Jesus seen in his pre-incarnate state as the angel of the Lord.

Negative words or wrong speaking can offend the angels. The angels of the Lord are commissioned to listen to and be obedient to the voice of His word. It is the word of God that moves the angels into action.

I believe that in the same way, man’s disobedience can cause them to with hold their protection.

Unbelief will offend the angels, when you speak unbelief, you are saying what God promised and Christ on the cross wasn’t enough.

Sin offends your angels, when we speak of sin, we think of sexual immorality, stealing, lying, murder and so on. But remember that complaining, criticizing or speaking negative things of the spirit of God is also a sin. Not giving God the glory can offend the angels of the Lord.

Each and every day we should praise God for the gift of the day, and thank him for just being our God. Taking the time to give Him all the glory.

Disobedience to the word can offend your angels. God does not work through disobedience. He works through our obedience to his word and through our faith. When we are sinning and disobedient our angels are silent. They turn their backs away from us with their arms folded and their heads bowed.

Here is what to do if you have sinned and offended your angels… confess your sin and repent. In repentance you turn away from sin and do your best to walk with the Lord daily.

Be quick to forgive others that have wronged you in some way, If you won’t forgive others it puts the Lord in the position of not being able to hear your prayers. We must forgive to get forgiveness.

In the midst of all the things that can go wrong in our daily lives we need our angels to protect us and our family. Which they will do. Call on them In Jesus name… pray, study the word, love God with your whole heart, this is the way to Gods protection.

Live close to the Lord in confidence in these perilous times. He will shower us with His love and protection. Life will be better and full of the joy of the Lord.

God bless

Brother Andy

USING THE POWER OF PRAYER

Using the power of prayer

Words are the most powerful thing in the universe, especially when you are praying. When God created the Heaven and earth, he did it by speaking it into existence with words.

It worked by using the spoken word, or because of words. When we pray, God always hears our prayers.

If you feel like God doesn’t always answer your prayers you will like what we will be studying today.

Read John 16: 23-24          ²³ And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

What day was he talking about? The day he ascends and is seated at the right hand of the Father. Jesus said to ask the Father in His name. There is not any other way. Doing it this way gives the glory to the Father.

However we are to tell Jesus how much we love him and appreciate him. But when it comes to praying and asking, we must ask the Father, asking through the Lord Jesus, or in Jesus name. We as believers have the name of Jesus to access everything in heaven and on earth that God has made available for us.

Read Eph 3: 14-16   ¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵ Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

¹⁶ That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

It is not so important which church you belong to, rather to whose family you belong to. Most people know about praying to God, but they know nothing about praying to the Father. Most don’t sound as if they really know him.

He is God to the world but heavenly father to the believer. There is a real joy in knowing that the Father will answer our prayers.

Read John 16: 24   ²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Jesus is asking a question. Ask and ye shall receive that your joy may be full. Nehemiah 8: 10 says, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Joy has to be maintained even before the manifestation comes or before you receive what you asked for.

Read Eph 5: 20   ²⁰ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Paul is telling us that it is to the father, and not to Jesus that we give thanks. However, the name of Jesus is the access to the heart of the Father. Using the name of Jesus at the end of your prayer is the same as using a paper that gives you power of attorney you are using that authority that Jesus left here with us.

We have the name of Jesus that unlocks the power over the devil, sickness and disease, and poverty.  We use this power over ourselves our household and our children.

If a person goes to his car to unlock the door, he would say that he unlocked the door, when in reality the Key actually does the unlocking. The key does the work, and starts the ignition. The key is an important factor.

The point here is the name of Jesus is the key to the possible. Nothing is impossible in the name of Jesus.

The name of Jesus belongs to the believer. The believer must use it according to the word. That name has authority in heaven and on earth.

You have the right to use Jesus name. Just as an attorney would have the right to use your name with a power of attorney document.

Read Matthew 18: 19     ¹⁹ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

Read Mark 11: 24   ²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

The key here is Believe… then you receive… Stand firm and believe.

Stay in the word,

Brother Andy

WHEN THE CROSSES ARE GONE

WHEN THE CROSSES ARE GONE

Phil. 3:18-19   ¹⁸ (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

In these last days or better said; so close to the rapture days. The world situation is reaching the peak of evilness

People in the world having the mindset that if everyone is doing it then it must be ok… No conscious of sin or wrong doing, bombing churches, killing seems to be the thing to do.

There seems to be no right or wrong anymore. People are thinking only on this life on earth, their god is their appetite for shameful things, lust, money, sexual perversion…

Are we responding to the world situations or the inspired word of God? What will we do when the crosses are gone?

Several things need to take place before the end of days, which is after the rapture. But nothing needs to happen before the son of God takes us out of this world into His world. If you are not a believer and not serving God through his word, you are in trouble.

Mark 8: 36-38   ³⁶ For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸ Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

What would you give in exchange for your soul…? Your soul is made up of your mind, will and emotion.

What will it profit us if we gain all the things of the world and loose our eternity with Christ. Are we going to be ashamed to stand and look into the eyes of Jesus?

John 14: 6   Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:17   ¹⁷ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

The world cannot receive the truth, because the truth only comes through the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

You will never know the truth if you haven’t made Jesus the Lord of your life and received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who reveals truth to your spirit.

John 15: 18-19   ¹⁸ If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Christians are not of this world, we are here only to be a vessel that Christ can use to carry out what he finished at the cross. The world hated Christ without a cause and the world will hate you also.

Very soon as Christians keep following the religions of the world and not following the word of God, the point of no return will keep getting smaller and smaller.

John 1: 1-5   1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The word of God overcame by the blood of the lamb, Jesus Christ. This is what the cross is about…

What will you do when the crosses are gone?

Stay in the word

Brother Andy

WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO CONQUER

We Have Been Called to Conquer

If you have made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life you have been called to conquer.

 There are a lot of people that go to church and have not been saved, however that is not what this lesson is focusing on.

 Read Romans 10:13  For who so Ever shall call upon the name of the Lord Shall be saved.

 Being saved means you won’t have to spend eternity in hell. It is just that simple.

 Just being saved does not make you a conqueror. To be a conqueror you must…

First have the knowledge

Second you must have the wisdom to use the knowledge in an effective way…

Third your spiritual attitude must be dedicated to winning…

 Then you must know the power you have through the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Above all you must know who your enemy is.

Being saved is just not enough to be a conqueror. A newborn Christian is saved but they don’t have the wisdom of God to be a conqueror.

To begin with you need to know what the full armor is. A new or unlearned Christian doesn’t have that knowledge.

As a matter of fact very few Christians have even been taught about the full armor of God.

So how do we become conquerors for Christ?

Romans 8: 37   Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

We become more than conquerors through Him who loves us. To conquer something you must first have victory over the something or be victorious over a situation.

To be a victor is to have final and complete supremacy in battle or war. If God has called you to be a conqueror then there must be a war going on.

1^st Corinthians 15:57  but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 You have to be victorious in and through our Lord Jesus Christ; you can’t be victorious in a spiritual war fighting with carnal weapons.

2^nd Corinthians 10: 3-4  for though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the Pulling down of strongholds.

Now what is a stronghold?

It is a place having strong defenses. Satan has strong defenses but thanks be to God he has covered that for us also.

1^st John 5: 4-5   ⁴ For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

⁵ Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1^st John 4: 4   Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Meaning Gods spirit that is in you is greater than the spirits that roam the earth.

Romans 8: 28   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

To be a conqueror we have to know who we are in Christ Jesus. Then we need to know WHAT we can do through Christ. And last, we have to know WHEN to conquer.

You can know who, where and what; but if you do not know when you are in a state of confusion.

We have to be objective like Jesus in his ministry, or like Daniel in Babylon, or even like Joseph in Egypt.

The things that are happening to us in our daily lives are likely to be our own fault

Hosea 4:6   My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Sometimes people suffer because some preacher doesn’t agree with what the word says rather agrees with what doctrine says.

They will argue and say I can’t help what the word says; our association doesn’t believe that way. Do they think they know more than the word of God?

If you are going to believe some of Gods word, and not all of Gods word, you might be saved but you will never be a conqueror

Rev 3:21   To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Here is the way in; I am not going to leave you hanging… Jesus has invited us to share the throne with him…

Eph 2: 6   And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Paul is saying: God has brought us back to live together with Christ Jesus and has given us a position in heaven with him…

God saved us and through faith as an act of kindness, we had nothing to do with it, being saved is a gift from God.

The word says, your welcome to the throne room, but first you have to meet a few personal conditions…

Once these conditions are met, binding and loosening essentially will cover any situation that can come against you.

If evil or hindering forces are at work in your life you can bind them in Jesus name. If resources or provisions of any kind are needed, or if people are in any form of bondage you can loose them in Jesus name

But you have to agree that touching anything that you ask, it shall be done.

John 14: 13-14   ¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁴ If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

The Key here is belief… in our hearts we must know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God can and God will act on our behalf.

Stay in the word,

Brother Andy

THE GUILT TRIP

Too often I have seen Christians start going to church and things seem like they are going well, and then the adversary shows up and starts putting their past in front of their eyes.

They start thinking about the past sin in their lives and give up hope once more…

When you’re on the top of things the devil will do everything he can to bring you down with words like this…

*Nobody loves you,

*Now you are all alone,

            *You have no friends…and it goes on and on

*Being a Christian is impossible; it is not going    to work for you,

*You are a failure, and you are just going to fail again,

*Things will never get better, stop fighting it and just accept it…

*Who do you think you are somebody great, have you forgotten all those mistakes you have made?

I have seen so many people try and try again to break free from their past only to end up listening to the poisonous condemning judgment and the lies of Satan.

That is the power of wrong belief, what you believe whether good or bad is powerful…Change your belief, change your life, don’t get caught up in the guilt trap, or the fear trap.

John 8:32 says… you shall know the truth and the truth, shall make you free.

Free from what? Free from the bondage that Satan puts on you through deception and lies.
 

Jesus himself is the truth that sets us free; he is the source of truth, the perfect standard of what is right.

He frees us from the consequences of sin, from self deception and from deception by Satan.

He shows us clearly, the way to eternal life, with God… Jesus does not give us freedom to do what we want, but freedom to follow God.

As we seek to serve God, Jesus’ perfect truth frees us to be all that God meant us to be.

Sin has a way of enslaving us, controlling us, and dominating us, dictating our actions.

Why?  Because Satan is always watching our movements throughout our lives, so he can accuse us.

Jesus can free you from all the things that keep you from becoming the person God created you to be.

If sin is restraining you from being what God created you to be, Jesus can break its power, sin has over your life.

He will take away the guilt, the sorrow and the emotional roller coaster that washes us back and forth.

God loves you; he will never leave or forsake you. Let the power and anointing of God lead and direct your life, and you will never have this guilt feeling again.

If you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life, Satan has no right to accuse you of anything.

If you are a child of God, your past is behind you.

Matthew 6: 33    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you.

Revelation 21: 7-8    He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.   8: but the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Matthew 14: 29-31   And he said, come. And when peter was come down out of the ship he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying Lord, save me. 31  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

How can you have a burst of faith one minute, and loose it the next minute?

One minute “I can do this”

The next minute, Jesus, hold my hand.

The spirit of fear from Satan stepped in

2^nd Tim: 1:7   for God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

You can’t feed a sound mind from watching cnn 24-7

They will feed you with lies and fear.

John 14: 6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

God bless
bro. Andy

THE IMAGE OF GOD IN YOU

 

Read 2^nd cor 5:7  For we walk by faith and not by sight.

God has given you the principle, and the power to make permanent changes in your life, and in your circumstances. (Principle means: the basic way in which something works). But first you have to understand an important principal… it is the principle of Inner image

When God created the earth, he had to first have an inner image or idea of what he wanted to create. He took the principle of the inner image and added faith and the power of His words, and created.

For your inner image to work, you need to use words for your base… the word of God. The word has supernatural power. And if you fill that word with faith and speak it out it will work for you.

You have to use words to get that image from the inside of you to the outside.

Words are powerful; they are containers that can carry faith and love.

Words are so important they can determine our eternal destiny.

Proverbs 18: 21   Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

We are the only creature on the planet that has the power to speak words.

Satan chose his own words and was doomed forever: words can destroy or they can create. Words can take an inner image and project it to the outside world.

Once you understand that… you can put the principle of the inner image to work in your life. Words not only release the creative force of faith, they also produce images.

When you hear the word dog, you form a picture in your mind of a dog. that is an inner image; words paint pictures in our minds. We have to get that inner image to line up with the word of God. God’s words are packed with faith.

That faith is the energy that is in the word that gives it power to bring itself to pass.

In other words, transfers it from inner image to a physical reality.

Isaiah 55: 11     So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

God’s word is a living thing. It is alive with Gods own faith. Just as Gods faith energized the words he spoke, the faith he has given you, mixed with his words can create new realities in your life.

By the power of the Holy Spirit you have faith inside of you. When your inner image matches Gods word, then your faith can produce the end result that God desires for it to produce.

You need to realize that when you start putting these principles and this power to work. You are going to run into some heavy resistance from Satan. He is going to do everything he can to stop you because you have just become one of his greatest enemies.
 

And because he understands the power of the inner image, he will work hard to distort that image. He will try to up root the word of God that has been planted inside you.

Jesus himself warned us of his devilish tactics in the parable of the sower. The word is the subject of this parable. Not the ground in which the seed is sown… Satan has to stop the word from taking root in your heart. He has to stop you from cultivating an inner image of the word.

Once you have an inner image, nothing can stop you from receiving from God. You will be fully persuaded that what God has promised, he is able to perform.

Satan must try to stop you before you become fully persuaded. Once you get in agreement with the word, Satan can’t stop it from coming to pass. It is the word in you that he is after, not just you.

Satan uses these five things to try and get your mind off the word, and onto natural things.

1.        Persecution. 2. Affliction.  3. Care of this world.

4.           Deceitfulness with riches.  5. The lust of other things. (the flesh)

Persecution = the infliction of pain or punishment.

Affliction = a state of continual distress or pain.

There is only one way to overcome Satins methods.

Paul says walk by faith and not by sight… when your body says I am sick, remind your body that you believe it is healed.

When you have the same image inside of you that is the same as Gods inner image of you, then you can be confident that your body is going to change.

It has no choice; it has to line up with Gods word.

When you have a clear image on the inside of you and you release your faith, that which is inside of you becomes a reality on the outside.

God has given you the faith, he has given you his word, and he has given you the Holy Spirit.

So get into the word, let it begin to shape the images within you… then speak it out in power and faith in the name of Jesus.

God Bless,
Brother Andy