Spiritual warfare (14) - FEAR - 20 November 2017
THE spirit OF FEAR:
These evil spirits are ACCUSING spirits and obviously ANTI-CHRIST spirits, lacking LOVE and MERCY. It sounds like CONDEMNATION, constantly telling us things that are not true. Like the rest of the evil kingdom's spirits it tells ONLY LIES.
The spirit of FEAR TEARS DOWN - UPSETS - CONFUSES - DISTURBS - SHOCKS - DISTRESS - DISRUPT - BLAMES - SHAKE-UPS - KNOCKS OVER - TROUBLES - DISSAPOINTS - SADDENS -
GRIEVES - HURTS - DISPLEASES - WOUNDS - DISORGANIZES - MIX UP and RE-ARRANGE - MESS UP - CONFUSE - MUDDLES - Bring CHAOS - etc.
It is the EXACT OPPOSITE of our heavenly KING - It USES the LAW (also own and generational LAWS of tradition and religion and culture under which a certain church denomination operates) to LAY HEAVY BURDENS and CRUSHES its victims - the same as the Pharisees did (2 Cor. 3:6 "Who also hath made ministers of the New Testament; NOT of the LETTER, BUT OF THE SPIRIT; for the LETTER KILLS, but the SPIRIT GIVES LIFE")
A WHOLE FAMILY of RELIGIOUS SPIRITS:
The spirit of FEAR WORKS TOGETHER with a WHOLE FAMILY of RELIGIOUS SPIRITS and STRONGHOLDS, INCLUSIVE OF LEGALISM. It MANIFESTS in a VARIETY of WAYS. IT can ACCUSE a victim DIRECTLY (in and through the mind) or it can cause ACCUSATIONS to OTHERS through a person under its control.
IT FEEDS on our PAST MISTAKES:
The SPIRIT of FEAR and ALL ACCUSING SPIRITS FEED on our PAST MISTAKES or PAST HAPPENINGS. It will KEEP PAST HAPPENINGS that was TROUBLESOME - in our MINDS - REMINDING US OF IT in EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. It will deliberately "WRITE OFF" the REDEEMING WORK OF our SAVIOR in our lives telling lies about our salvation.
It will lay HEAVY BURDENS on its victims, even telling them that they have to go to EVERY PERSON THEY HAVE EVER WRONGED and APOLIGIZE - for ONLY THEN they CAN BE FORGIVEN. This is UNBIBLICAL and falls under SALVATION by "WORKS." To apologize to persons you have wronged is good, but if you have asked forgiveness through the BLOOD OF MESSIAH'S REDEEMING POWER - YOU ARE FORGIVEN.
I've heard of people struggling with their salvation, because they could not asked a person they have wronged, forgiveness - and now the person has died. What an evil agenda the enemy has and how sad to be caught in its web. The ACCUSING spirit wants us to DISCREDIT and OVERLOOK our heavenly Father's ANSWER and CURE for our failures.
The ACCUSING spirit almost sounds righteous - will even sounds like a minister of righteousness, but is a roaring lion seeking someone to devour - 1 Peter 5:8 "STAY ALERT! WATCH OUT for your GREAT ENEMY, the DEVIL. He PROWLS AROUND like a ROARING LION, LOOKING for SOMEONE to DEVOUR." (NLT)
2 Cor. 11:13-15 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES INTO the APOSTLES of MESSIAH. And no marvel; for SATAN HIMSELF is TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL of LIGHT. Therefore is is no great thing if his MINISTERS ALSO TRANSFORMED as the MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose end shall be according to their works."
IT TEARS AT OUR FAITH:
These ACCUSING spirits TEAR - RIP - SCRATCH - SLASH - AT our FAITH and WEAR us DOWN spiritually. Their AIM is OUR DESTRUCTION. It wants to "CRIPPLE" the BELIEVER. It wants to LET US WALK our earthly life - in FEAR of our SALVATION - of what PEOPLE will think of us - NEVER FEELING WORTHY - feelings of ANXIETY and ANXIETY DISORDERS (free-floating fears) - PANIC ATTACKS - CONSTANT STRESS etc.
The FRUITS of the ACCUSING SPIRIT are SELF-HATE - FEAR - GUILT - DOUBT - UNBELIEF - HATE - a CRITICAL SPIRIT - RESENTMENT - FEELINGS of HOPELESSNESS - FEELINGS of SHAME - JUDGEMENTALNESS - etc. Scripture tells us to CAST all these things DOWN and BRING IT INTO CAPTIVITY to the OBEDIENCE of MESSIAH YAHSHUA. (2 Cor. 10:5 "Casting DOWN IMAGINATIONS, and EVERY HIGH THING that EXALTS ITSELF AGAINST the KNOWLEDGE of YAHWEH, and BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT to the OBEDIENCE of MESSIAH YAHSHUA.")
These accusing spirits builds STRONGHOLDS in our MINDS and therefore we NEED to RENEW our MINDS with the WORD of YAHWEH in order to UNDO the DAMAGE that it has done to our thinking patterns.
Rom. 12:2 "DO NOT BE CONFORMED to this world, but BE TRANSFORMED by the RENEWAL of your MIND, that by TESTING you may discern what is the will of YAHWEH, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
2 Cor. 4:16 "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, OUR INNER SELF IS BEING RENEWED DAY by DAY."
Eph. 4:23 "And to be RENEWED in the SPIRIT OF YOUR MINDS ..."
2 Tim. 1:7 "For YAHWEH DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY (FEAR) but of POWER AND OF LOVE AND of a CALM and WEL-BALANCED MIND AND DISCIPLINE AND SELF-CONTROL."
FEAR of the DARK:
Darkness is a scary thing - and the "fear of dark" is on the top of the list of the most common "phobias" in psychology.
DARKNESS can be ACTUAL DARKNESS where there is NO LIGHT - or it can be the darkness of UNCERTAINTY or CONFUSION.
APART from MESSIAH:
The PRIVILEGE AND FREEDOM to be ABLE to SEE is absolutely AMAZING COMPARED to the FEELING OF BEING in DARKNESS. When MAKING the CHOICE to LIVE A LIFE APART from MESSIAH, is like WEARING A BLINDFOLD that CONSTANTLY KEEPS US in the DARK - FILLED with DOUBT AND UNCERTAINTY.
SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
In Scripture we are told that SPIRITUAL FREEDOM COMES from ABBA HIMSELF - 2 Cor. 3:17-18 "Now YAHWEH is the SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT OF YAHWEH IS, THERE IS FREEDOM. And we all, who with UNVEILED FACES CONTEMPLATE YAHWEH'S GLORY, are BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE with ever-increasing glory, which COMES from YAHWEH, WHO IS THE SPIRIT."
What an amazing WORD:
In a RELATIONSHIP with YAHSHUA our MESSIAH, (REPENTED - FORGIVEN and WASHED in HIS BLOOD) WE ARE FREED from the DARKNESS (of our SINS and the of our PAST AND PRESENT) and from the worldly things that brings worrying, and we CAN BOLDLY ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE of YAHWEH our heavenly FATHER.
With our BLINDFOLDS PERMANENTLY REMOVED, we ARE ALLOWED to ENJOY and REFLECT the LIGHT OF HIS GLORY!.
Some people are ADDICTED to WORRYING and when not having something personal to worry about, they worry about what could happen to themselves or somebody else. With worrying, the enemy is STEALING OUR valuable TIME - our CONCENTRATION and our FOCUS AND eventually OUR LIVES through thoughts of fear, anxiety and stress that will most certainly manifest in all kinds of sicknesses of the body - headaches - muscle pains - depression etc. The enemy and his agents use WORRIES to DISTRACT us from USING OUR MINDS in the POWERFUL WAY - our CREATOR FATHER - INTENDED and DESIGNED it.
Scripture tells us that we should MEDITATE on the WORD of YAHWEH, not to LET IT DEPART from our MOUTHS, so that we SHOULD OBSERVE and DO ACCORDING to ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN IT (Joshua 1:8).
For THEN we WILL MAKE OUR WAYS PROSPEROUS, and THEN we WILL DEAL WISELY and HAVE GOOD SUCCESS (Joshua 1:8b).
So if we DO AS THE WORD of YAHWEH TELLS US TO - meditating on it DAY AND NIGHT - DOING WHAT IT TELLS US TO DO - there will be NO PLACE for WORRYING - ANXIETY and STRESS - for we will KNOW who we are in MESSIAH YAHSHUA - and IN HIM we ARE AT PEACE - RESTING IN HIM and Satan and his hordes will have NO PLACE to SUPPRESS our FAITH - TEARING AT IT - HINDERING US to RISE UP IN FAITH TAKING HOLD of the ABUNDANT LIFE YAHWEH INTENDED for us to have.
REMEMBER - FEAR is a LACK OF FAITH:
When FEAR INCREASES - FAITH DECREASES and FAITH is to LEAN ON YAHWEH our HEAVENLY FATHER - the ALMIGHTY - in ABSOLUTE TRUST and CONFIDENCE of HIS POWER in our LIVES. (Col. 2:5).
The LIST of FEARS people are experiencing in "Psychology and Psychiatry" treatment are endless - it is even categorized into Phobia lists:
Agoraphobia - anxiety with panic attacks -
Agoraphobia - anxiety without panic attacks -
Social Phobias - Irrational anxiety elicited (provoked; caused) by exposure to certain types of social or performance situations - also leading to avoidance behavior -
Specific Phobias - Persistent and irrational fear in the presence of some specific stimulus which commonly elicits avoidance of that stimulus:
- animal types - cued by animals or insects
- natural environment type - cued by objects in the environment such as storms heights or water
- blood-injection-injury-type - cued by witnessing some invasive medical procedure
-situational type - cued by a specific situation such as public transportation, tunnels, bridges, elevators, flying, driving, or enclosed spaces
-other type - cued by other stimuli than the above, such as of choking, vomiting, or contracting an illness
According to Psychology and Psychiatry studies of man - FEARS are IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR - interfering with a person's everyday life or daily routine. Inclusive in their fear list are: The FEAR of NOISE - HEIGHTS - OPEN HIGH PLACES - SEXUAL ABUSE - WILD ANIMALS - NEEDLES - CATS - PAIN - CHICKENS - OPINIONS - DUST - of PEOPLE - of STAYING SINGLE - of BEING TOUCHED - FEAR of BEES - SPIDERS - MEN - FIRE - FAINTING or WEAKNESS - FEAR of STARS or CELESTIAL SPACE - of FAILURE - of NORTHERN LIGHTS - FLYING - of BEING DIRTY - of BEING ALONE or of ONESELF etc.
DEEP SETTLED FEARS - ANXIETY and STRESS are CAUSING SICKNESSES in the BODY at an alarming rate. How we DEAL with our FEARS that comes from deep inside MAKES or BREAKS US. If we take our FEARS to the LORD WALKING IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with HIM - letting HIM COMFORTS us - we will be MADE WHOLE AGAIN so that we can KEEP WALKING our PATH of GODLINESS - our HAND IN HIS - in HIS SECRET PLACE of PROTECTION -
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IF WE MEDITATE on it - FEEDING ON IT - SPINNING IT AROUND AND AROUND IN OUR MINDS - eventually to LET IT SETTLE in our HEARTS - we have OPENED UP A DOOR for the ENEMY to build his STRONGHOLDS in our lives.
A BROKEN HEART:
DEEP FEARS always comes from within - from the HEART - the HURT we EXPERIENCED - and it INVOLVED the PAIN of a BROKEN HEART. It is most always a RELATIONSHIP ISSUE and REJECTION when the relationship is ended - bringing forth the FEAR of BEING VULNERABLE - it is MISPLACED TRUST and PRIDE keeping us from TRUSTING (someone) AGAIN.
ABBA - we come to You our HEAVENLY KING - and bring ALL OUR WORRIES to YOU in complete TRUST that YOU WILL DEAL WITH IT. Father we TRUST in YOU - we LEAN ON YOU and we GIVE IT ALL OVER TO YOU in YAHSHUA MESSIAH'S NAME. Thank You that we ARE NEVER ALONE. Thank You for YOUR SPIRIT INSIDE OF US - thank YOU MESSIAH for SAVING US. Help us to STAY STRONG - to WALK the WALK and TALK the TALK and FIGHT the FIGHT of a HEAVY ARMED SOLDIER of YOUR KINGDOM - COVERED from HEAD to TOE in YAHSHUA OUR ARMOR - IN YAHSHUA'S NAME. Amen.