Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.(Proverbs 4:23; GNT)
The mind is the major battleground of spiritual warfare.
Whatever you allow into your heart/mind forms the framework for your thinking.
When you are thinking, your mind is mobile- it is on the move. And your actions (behavior and attitude) are the evidence of what is in your heart .
Your life goes in the direction of your thoughts. Therefore, Guard your heart diligently. Own your thoughts. Never allow negatives take root.
Refuse to let your mind dwell on bad things. When evil thoughts come, learn how to subdue them- cast them down and out. (See 2Corinthians 10:5)
Never give up the ownership of your mind/heart to the devil and his evils.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.(Philippians 4:8;NLT)
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly #theSpiritualWarrior
“But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.”(1Corinthians 7:9,NASB)
From various scriptures, we understand that God ordained sex for marriage.
Because of the fallen nature of ‘Man’, sexual sins give demons the leeway to torment violators in their dream state.
Those who are being violated sexually in the sleep-state, can testify to how scary an experience it is. You have no control or choice in it. The demon comes and just takes over your sexual organs in your weakened state.You wake up feeling dirty, used and full of misery even though you may have derived some pleasure from the attack.
You really do not need that experience! It dehumanizes!
Apart from causing marital problems, sexual immorality reduces marriage opportunities for those who desire to marry, leaving them unfulfilled for life.
Triggers
Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.(2Timothy 2:22)
The major trigger for sleep-state sexual abuses is sexual immorality. Read Galatians 5:19-21 for a list of more triggers.
Premarital sex is one of the links satan uses to be sexually abusive and wreak havoc in the lives of Christians. Or “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”(1Corinthians 3:16,NASB)
satan is aware that once you become born again, your body becomes the temple of God-His dwelling place.
In order to make you abominable to God, he takes advantage of your legitimate desires for sexual fulfillment and subtly corrupts it by playing mind games with your feelings, which eventually leads you into certain activities in order to satisfy the needs. That is the reason pornography is so addictive.
Hence God wisely says in His Word that if you lack self-control, go get married. So that you can explore all your sexual fantasies within the confines of a God-ordained relationship.
Instead of suffering sleep-state sexual assaults, or repeatedly be victimized by porno materials and premarital sex partners,you can actually be delivered and live a good life.
Here is what you can do to be set free:
Thank God for His mercy that gave you access to this content. (See Psalm 100)
Take responsibility for your actions. Simply confess your sins by naming all you were involved in. (See Proverbs 28:13 &1John 1:9)
Thank God for cleansing you from every unrighteousness.
Declare that as a child of God, there is therefore no condemnation to you for you now walk in the preordained pathways of righteousness, excellence, success, victory and prosperity.
Affirm that two cannot walk together unless they are in agreement. But now that you do not agree with all forms of lust, all the evil spirits assigned to influence or reinforce lust, pornography, all forms of sexual immorality, works of the flesh and other related evils, should get out of your realm and reality and go to the feet of Christ: and never come back under any guise or disguise into your life and bloodline.
Proclaim that all soul-ties to past sexual partners, places, objects, etc. that reminds or links you to past ungodly behaviors are severed and destroyed right away.
Declare that you are Holy unto God and all the faculties of your Body(physical senses), Soul(Volition/Will, Reasoning/Mind, Emotion/Affection) Spirit(Communion,Intuition, Conscience) are dedicated to God.
If you desire to be married, ask God to arrange your marriage because HE is your Father
Thank God for confirmation and performance of your words and counsel.
ACTION:
Move out of that common law relationship or get married. (Boys shack, Men marry)
Destroy all pornographic videos, magazines, etc
Stop viewing sexually explicit content, stop reading romance stories and stop visiting places that influences/heightens sexual lust.
Be committed in Daily Bible Reading(subscribe to yearly Bible reading plan), Be more prayerful (join a prayer group so you can intercede for others), join a local Church community in order to fellowship with other Christians (Christianity is a together-faith) Tell others about how you are delivered ( by your testimonies, you overcome the devil and build up the faith of your hearers)
CAUTION:
If you go back into sexual sins instead of growing in righteousness, all the evicted evil spirits will come back and your situation will become worse. Read for yourself what Jesus says in the Bible
“43 “When an evil[a] spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. 45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.” (Matthew 13 :43-45,NLT)
For your own sake and that of your descendants, maintain sexual purity.
Understand SOUL TIES:
Sex bonds. It unites the core of two individuals. When you have sexual intercourse, deep rooted bonds are established with your partner(s)
That sexual bond is a ‘soul-tie’.
The Bible says:
“…don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” (1Corinthians 6:16, BSB)
Marriage to another person does not automatically break the bond formed with an ex, unless you confront it from a spiritual perspective.
Soul-tie to past sexual partners are the reasons why people don’t move on from failed relationships. Hence some can’t cut ties with abusers without help.
Soul-tie is also one of the reasons that even a born again person can still crave or indulge in sexual intimacy with ex- lovers.
The Human is Spirit, has a Soul to live in a Body. The Soul is the seat of Mind/Reasoning, Emotion/affection, Volition/Will power.
In 1Peter 2:11, we are commanded to abstain from fleshly lust which war against the soul.
The Mind/Reasoning is the major battleground in spiritual warfare.
When you have premarital sex you share your soul with your partner and have opened up portals for demons to war against you.
Premarital sexual activity and other forms of sexual immorality if not quickly stopped,is degenerative. Not only will the high demon activity affect the Soul and Body, eventually, spiritual life will deteriorates as well.
No wonder God says we should RUN from all forms of sexual expressions outside marriage. Because, it not only grants the devil legal grounds to frustrate sexual enjoyment with a legitimate partner, it also creates emotional bondage to ex-illegitimate sexual partners.
What a sorry state of affairs.
It was sin that activated curses on Humanity. Whenever sexual sin happens you put yourself in jeopardy
The universe functions with laws that bring freedom and prosperity when obeyed and bondage and destruction when violated.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes one free from the law of sin and death.
Sex is pleasurable. However, that little time frame of pleasure can put you into a lifetime of horrors under the forces of evil, if you continue to sin Godlessly.
Although there are societal laws that make sexual immorality acceptable/legal, God has not changed His sexual or gender laws. The laws of God are written in the hearts of all HIS children.
Marriage is still honorable.
See how destructive soul-ties can be:
The story of Dinah:
Genesis 34:1-3,
“Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite…saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah…(See Genesis 34:1-3)
If you read further, you will discover the destruction that came upon the people of the land as a result of that sexual lust and the soul tie.
Dear friends, RUN from all appearances of evil. Stand fast in faith.
NOTE
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Comments:
Jennifer Schaeffer
Sadly this includes sexual abuse. It’s NOT the abused victims fault, however freedom is in breaking these ties. I have done this, myself. After years of coming to grips with the sexual abuse from my past, forgiveness wasn’t the only step. Cutting soulties with my abusers is what brought true freedom. I also believe women who’ve been sexually abused and are dealing with issues of fertility, there is a huge link. I’ve suffered miscarriages and infertility for 19yrs, and after finally breaking soulties, I am pregnant with my son, due in July. Freedom is on the other side!!! We don’t have to live in bondage. I also have to say, I’ve been married to the same man for 20yrs. We have been together 21! I’ve only had one intimate relationship, by choice, my entire adult life. Being tied to him, and him alone is a precious gift. We are one, as we should be. 🥰 (unedited from our FB SWATSQUAD page)
“Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand” (Psalm 39:10)
Can you relate to this Prayer by the Psalmist? I remember how much I cried this Prayer from my heart. The problems were coming at me from every angle.
I knew it was not the devil because I was delivered already from the domain of darkness and already a citizen in Christ kingdom.
So I cried out to God and asked Him to stop the blows. I had no idea why He was flogging me so much. The sufferings were intense. Relief was not insight at all.
So I related with this Psalm 39 and prayed:
“Please dad kindly ease off a bit or you will just beat me to death, and the faith of many people will fail; because they will only see how I suffered and died wretched, but won’t see those hidden faults You are working on. So for your namesake, seeing that I am such a slow learner, please kindly help me understand. I’m tired of the blows already to the point of wishing for death”
Truly, the Prayer worked. The problems assailing me stopped, and by God’s enabling grace, I heard the voice of the Spirit more clearly, made the necessary character adjustments, and my increase multiplied.
Spiritual warfare is not always about evicting evil spirits. Spiritual Warfare also involves dialogue with God and character building.
Can you share with us how you overcame some unrelenting issues, so others will benefit? Thank you forward
From childhood, the forces of evil tried to extinguish my life. When they couldn’t, they laid traps for me at various developmental stages of life.
Some traps caught me when I disobeyed the voice of the Spirit. Notwithstanding, God delivered me and has been leading me in the pathways of righteousness.
God is still setting captives free. Whether you deserve it or not.
Bible says, “God commends His love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”(See Romans 5:8; KJV)
Every Human being is God’s priceless creation. Never diminish your humanity or let anyone do that to you. You are not a lab rat.
#MyPrayerForYou
I pray you yield your being to the love overtures of God. I speak life, hope, healing and courage to the core of your being.
Be healed in your Spirit: let Christ dwell richly in you by faith.
Be healed in your soul: the Word of God will keep prospering in you and produce fruits of repentance.
Be healed in your body: grow in stature, strength and enabling grace, in Christ matchless name.
We use God’s mighty weapons…to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. (see 2Corinthians 10:4,NLT)
We have to push back the encroachment of the forces of evil by being the light in our world.
From events unfolding, the fickle nature of the faith of some church leaders is exposed.
Even though ‘Christianity is a together-faith”, we are individually accountable to God. (See Romans 14:12, 2Cor. 5:10) And we are to personally work- out our salvation with fear and trembling. (see Philippians 2:12)
Our world today is suffering from a drought of Good News. Fear now torments people, thereby opening doors for demonization.
Economic hardships, health issues, perversions, and related evils have eroded values from grass-root levels.
Violence, terrorism, political banditry, medical malpractices, big pharma with government colluding against citizens, increasing sexual perversions, domestic violence, human trafficking, pedophilia and electronic fraud are commonplace.
Humans are now endangered.
We are being attacked internally and externally.
Internally:
The Human Race is being attacked by Human Agents of satan working in governments, Religious organisations, big pharma, medical institutions, mainstream and social media, financial institutions and major economic sectors.
Although people no longer trust governments, a large number have been compromised by yielding to unrighteous decrees, living off govts(welfare) believing propaganda: and have become slaves to the system.
In pursuits of economic security, the majority of religious leadership have become stooges of bureaucrats and politicians.
Unfolding events have revealed that erstwhile respected religious leaders are mercenaries, under subjugation by the ‘spirit of commerce’. Their utterances and actions have shown they are just motivational speakers and not Pastors after God’s heart.
The Bible describes these religious leaders as those “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof”; and states further, “from such turn away.” (2Timothy 3:5)
Although it’s sad that mercenaries have infiltrated the Church of God, and many have broken the bonds of brotherhood, we must stand strong and united in faith. We refuse to allow the forces of evil any further liberties amongst us.
Mainstream and social media are on a deception spree. They are spreading propaganda aimed at weakening people and thereby making them easy prey.
In the weakened state, humans are turned into robots controlled by evil slave masters working in big pharma and economic sectors.
Should this state of affairs continue under your watch, o gallant soldier of Christ?
Big pharma in other news are those under the authority of the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in those working against God and His people.
They are living by fulfilling the passions of the flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and using ‘pharmakeia’ to subjugate the people. (See Ephesians 2:2, 2Corinthians 4:4, Galatians 5:19-2,Rev. 9:21,18:23)
In times past, the prince of the air have been fighting our world from the air through various pollutants leading to pandemics.
The flu virus paved the way for the flu vaccine. And since that was unquestionably accepted, the corona became the new fear-tool and the vaccines weaponized.
Normal humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. But when you are made to not breathe freely through a face covering, the lungs are weakened, pointing to death. Paving way for vaccines and the ultimate pollution of the human race through ‘gene altering’ technology.
Spiritual-Psychological Warfare
Our opening scripture says:
We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
(see 2Corinthians 10:4,NLT)
In the first part of the warfare which is spiritual, we use ”God’s mighty weapons”, to fortify our perimeters. See Ephesians 6:10-18 for the excellent arrays of both defensive and offensive weapons we have.
While in the second part of the warfare which is psychological, we are to ‘ knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and …destroy false arguments’
Spiritual Warfare involves living as the righteousness of God in this world (which calls for exemplary living), as well being involved in prayer actions aimed at executing righteous judgements against the marauding forces of evil in our world.
While Psychological warfare involves PROTAGONISM.
You are a very vital link in what God is doing and is about to do in our world today.
This is no longer the time to be a dormant Christian. Your faith must speak. We are the prevailing force against the gates of hell.
Stand up for your faith. Fight the good fight of faith. Push back the encroaching darkness with the Good News of Salvation.
Be the deliverer to your family, community, city, state and the world. Souls are perishing in ignorance. Be an INFLUENCER in your world.
Be on the GO for God:
Point people to where to get accurate info
Share links on your sites.
Educate people how to use social media and bypass bots and censorship.
Match the Great Commission with Christlike Compassion- heal the sick, raise the dead, release the demonized, pray always.
Arise gallant soldier of Christ.
Stand up for what is right.
Pray about it and speak out!
Be an Influencer- a change agent. Cast down imaginations and everything exalting itself against the knowledge of God bringing it to obedience.
Prayer:
Whoever and whatever stands against you surrenders to you.
You are invincible to the forces of evil. You are established as a praise upon this earth to God’s glory.
Keep spreading on every side. Your increase shall not be stopped in Christ Jesus matchless name
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