What is love? Love is deeply caring about the spiritual well being of those we love, far more than their physical. We care about all of it, but the most important is the spiritual.
Luke 10:26-28
"…26 “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”…"
John 13:34-35
"…34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
2 Corinthians 7:1-2
"1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away."
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Monday, April 23, 2018
The Act of Hate: Gaslighting
If you have been involved with narcissists, perhaps a family of origin or extended family, you will recognize the tactics they use written in the following article. I am intimately familiar with these thing having been spiritually and emotionally abused for many years by mother, father and brothers and now others who have listened to their gossip.
The 2 Timothy 3 generation is with us now, practically on steroids.
Thankfully with the Lord's guidance and help we do not have to live in the shadow of the narcissist, we can remove ourselves and live a joyous and productive life as we eliminate those who do not love us or our God.
When we know we are dealing with the devil's influence we recognize the source knowing he hates us because he hates God. Its not about us at all, it about the devil's domination over those he controls.
The 2 Timothy 3 generation is with us now, practically on steroids.
Thankfully with the Lord's guidance and help we do not have to live in the shadow of the narcissist, we can remove ourselves and live a joyous and productive life as we eliminate those who do not love us or our God.
When we know we are dealing with the devil's influence we recognize the source knowing he hates us because he hates God. Its not about us at all, it about the devil's domination over those he controls.
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
The Cultic Family System
I am convinced that we cannot follow Christ fully until we have let go of relatives and the whole cultic system of family. Seldom does anyone come from an entire extended family that is Christian, mostly there are one or two in every system and the rest are unsaved or superficial ones who are stubborn, but that's just my personal experience.
Until we can release family to God and move on hard after Christ, we will be stunted in our growth.
Someone speaking to Christ said this: read His answer to them.
Matthew 12:47-49 "…47 Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” 48 But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” 49 Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.…"
Until we can release family to God and move on hard after Christ, we will be stunted in our growth.
Someone speaking to Christ said this: read His answer to them.
Matthew 12:47-49 "…47 Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” 48 But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” 49 Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.…"
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Legalists Falsely Judge Others
Legalists often judge marriages of others based on their own understanding of submission that is not Biblical. They threaten husbands who do not oppress their wives as well as placing pressure on women to be non-entities, non-thinkers. I have been in these oppressive environments with arrogant self righteous people, they have no joy and the love is not God's love, it is only acceptance if one follows their dress code or perfection according to them.
Many in these gatherings are obeying the rules but it is not an indication of holiness or righteousness. One lady told me she was so happy that people stopped her on the street to ask her to pray for them because of the way she was dressed. She was proud of this, and yet that same woman was divorced and remarried in violation of God's Word. The outer appearance takes center stage over the inner heart condition.
Legalists often spend more time assessing others than they do evaluating their own heart. After all, if they do all the right things according to their cult, on the outside, they can easily hide what is going on inside.
Beware of trusting someone merely because of their style of dress, it can be a smoke screen, hiding the real them. The Holy Spirit can help us discern the spirit of a person, we must not accept someone merely because of their outward appearance.
Matthew 23:26-28 "…26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, you appear to be righteous on the outside, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
Many in these gatherings are obeying the rules but it is not an indication of holiness or righteousness. One lady told me she was so happy that people stopped her on the street to ask her to pray for them because of the way she was dressed. She was proud of this, and yet that same woman was divorced and remarried in violation of God's Word. The outer appearance takes center stage over the inner heart condition.
Legalists often spend more time assessing others than they do evaluating their own heart. After all, if they do all the right things according to their cult, on the outside, they can easily hide what is going on inside.
Beware of trusting someone merely because of their style of dress, it can be a smoke screen, hiding the real them. The Holy Spirit can help us discern the spirit of a person, we must not accept someone merely because of their outward appearance.
Matthew 23:26-28 "…26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, you appear to be righteous on the outside, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
The Flesh Reveals the Spiritual
A discerning spiritual person can see the fleshly expressions of the heart in the body. Scientists now call them "micro-expressions", I witnessed this just recently when I could see the anger in the body language and expressions in the face of someone, but they were pretending not to be angry.
Hebrews 5:13-14 "…13 Everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil."
His verbal response to me gave Him away quickly, before that he was trying to hide the anger and even accused me of anger, which is a favored tactic of the narcissist. They accuse others of their own responses, to deflect any accountability from themselves.
Have you ever been talking to someone and something just seemed a little off, as though you were sensing something was wrong but couldn't quite put your finger on it? That was an unconscious awareness of micro-expressions. The face, the body and the head movements tell us about the inner spirit of someone. We cannot know perfectly WHAT is wrong, but we are warned that SOMETHING is wrong.
The Pharisees used these same tactics against Christ. They said he was doing His miracles by the power of the devil, when they were of the devil themselves.
If the devil will use these tactics in the day of the apostles they will certainly use them now, even more so as the day approaches for the return of Christ.
John 8:40-44 (NASB)
"40 But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
Hebrews 5:13-14 "…13 Everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil."
His verbal response to me gave Him away quickly, before that he was trying to hide the anger and even accused me of anger, which is a favored tactic of the narcissist. They accuse others of their own responses, to deflect any accountability from themselves.
Have you ever been talking to someone and something just seemed a little off, as though you were sensing something was wrong but couldn't quite put your finger on it? That was an unconscious awareness of micro-expressions. The face, the body and the head movements tell us about the inner spirit of someone. We cannot know perfectly WHAT is wrong, but we are warned that SOMETHING is wrong.
The Pharisees used these same tactics against Christ. They said he was doing His miracles by the power of the devil, when they were of the devil themselves.
If the devil will use these tactics in the day of the apostles they will certainly use them now, even more so as the day approaches for the return of Christ.
John 8:40-44 (NASB)
"40 But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
The Demons of Narcissism
Welcome to the world I have lived in nearly all my life. The narcissists in my family of origin managed to triangulate, not necessarily by words but by their responses to me, their contempt to others about me. There will be those who have been golden children who will not understand, even engaging in the abuse with the narcissists.
Often the tactics of the narcissist is subtle, its in the way they relate to their target, sending the message to others their contempt. Flying monkeys often imitate the narcissist without even knowing why.
Thankfully with the Lord's guidance and help we do not have to live in the shadow of the narcissist, we can remove ourselves and live a joyous and productive life as we eliminate those who do not love us or our God.
When we know we are dealing with the devil's influence we recognize the source knowing he hates us because he hates God. Its not about us at all, it about the devil's domination over those he controls.
All of these things are done in the mind of the people through demonic influence.
Follow the Link:https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-abuse/gaslighting-definition-techniques-and-being-gaslighted/
Often the tactics of the narcissist is subtle, its in the way they relate to their target, sending the message to others their contempt. Flying monkeys often imitate the narcissist without even knowing why.
Thankfully with the Lord's guidance and help we do not have to live in the shadow of the narcissist, we can remove ourselves and live a joyous and productive life as we eliminate those who do not love us or our God.
When we know we are dealing with the devil's influence we recognize the source knowing he hates us because he hates God. Its not about us at all, it about the devil's domination over those he controls.
All of these things are done in the mind of the people through demonic influence.
Follow the Link:https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-abuse/gaslighting-definition-techniques-and-being-gaslighted/
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Only One Sin Keeps People Out of Heaven
Everyone has enough sin in their lives to keep them out of heaven. It doesn't matter whether someone is law abiding and respected in the community, if they have pride that is enough to keep them out of heaven, unless they have trusted Christ and are changed into a new creation.
The intensity of the sin and consequences does not determine our salvation experience. All have sinned and fall short, even those who think they have never done the big stuff.
The intensity of the sin and consequences does not determine our salvation experience. All have sinned and fall short, even those who think they have never done the big stuff.
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