We need to understand what the term “free will” really means, biblically. It is the ability to choose. We were given the ability to choose everything in our life by God. We can choose good and evil. We can choose sin or righteousness. We have to choose God, or we will always be in our sin nature. We were born in our sin nature; that was not our choice. That came from Adam and his choice. Our conscience is our moral compass and will show us good from evil. We were created in God’s image, like him. Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” We were created with the same nature as him in his likeness.

Sin was the start of us losing some of the knowledge of God and believing the lies from Satan. Moses needed law or rules to live by because people were choosing to do whatever they thought was right, with sin being their master instead of God. God supplied the law or rules on tablets to Moses. Moses eventually wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. Animals were the sin offering until Jesus came as the last sin offering. Jesus came to take our punishment for sin, which was death. While Jesus was living on earth, he taught everybody how to overcome sin through him.

The answer is Jesus Christ, and knowing him through the Bible, through his teachings. When Jesus died, the Holy Ghost was sent to teach us all things to those that were going to follow and obey him. Hebrews 10:14 says, “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified (made holy). Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.” Jesus wrote the laws in our hearts and minds with the Holy Ghost being with us. It is hard to say I do not know his rules, commandments, morality when it is written in our heart and mind.

It really comes down to whether we trust God, believe Jesus Christ, and have let the Holy Spirit teach us and be our conscience, or we are believing in ourselves, like most of the world. It is a matter of being different than most Christians and following Jesus with all our heart. Those who love Jesus obey Jesus. I understand that some people are not where they need to be with Jesus. I’ve been there, but you should be making progress to be able to do what the Holy Spirit may ask of you. Jesus explains who the people are who love him in John 14:21, and it says, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” It gets back to our choice. We can say I do not have time to do what Jesus asks and come up with excuses. Remember you are talking to God. He sees and knows all. Jesus looks at your heart for answers.

I started to discern what was going on with a friend of mine. Let me say this: everybody can choose what they want to do. If you are expecting things to change without obeying God, Good Luck. It is not going to happen. We wonder why things are not going very well in our lives. It happens by disobeying. Satan gets to have fun at our expense. It does not take Satan much energy to keep you under his thumb. I started to believe that God could not move my friend. I have never felt that way in my life. I was concerned for him.

The Holy Spirit was sent to show us the way to heaven in all things we do. We are not going to make it without the Holy Spirit. It is our conscience, spiritual advisor, and Bible teacher. It gives us the understanding to interpret the Bible because the Bible is spiritually discerned. 1Corinthians 2:12-14 “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” If we are not spiritually discerning the Bible, we are using our own knowledge to interpret it.

The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to know God’s ways and nature. When we have the Holy Spirit and do not follow the Holy Spirit, we grieve the Holy Spirit when we stop following him and follow our flesh. Once we know God and know his nature, we go back to listening to ourselves more than the Holy Spirit. We are telling God we do not need him and believe we know more than God. This is our disobedience and pride rising. The Holy Spirit will let you do it your way. Over time, you might notice the Holy Spirit going quiet. It is time to humble ourselves and repent for our sin.

We have to remember we have a living God. One who knows all, understands our issues, and knows how to fix us when we have been hurt mentally and physically. We just need to come humbly to him in prayer or call out to him. He needs to know you want him to help you. Remember, for years you wanted to do it your way, and you trusted in yourself. When we give our will to the Holy Spirit, that choice gives us freedom and liberty because the Holy Spirit lets us know when something is wrong.

Eternal life is a benefit for trusting in Jesus Christ. If we look at all the blessings God has given us, we should be thankful. Every day we can see what our God wants us to see; He is constantly trying to get our attention. We just need to pay attention. We are truly blessed. God Bless.

First, we need to decide if we are willing to do what God’s plan is for our life or do our own thing, which is not good. God has a plan for us, and if we are surrendered, that plan will play out as we keep living our life. We might not declare what our ministry is or what we do with God, but we still have a ministry. God’s plan or what the Holy Spirit plans for us every day, happens with or without us. The result that God has planned might not happen that day if we refuse to do our part. This is the problem with people doing their own thing. When we think of ourselves and not who God wants to bless, we also lose our blessing, which we might need. That is what happens when we do not love our neighbor as ourselves. The question to ask is, do we love ourselves? Proverbs 19:8 says, “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.”  We learn love from God who is love. 1 John 4:16 says, “And we have known and believed the love God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” If the Holy Spirit lives in us, love lives in us, God’s love. When the Holy Spirit becomes part of us, when we surrender, that love becomes who we are. We need to look at ourselves if that love does not show. I would be asking God why I do not know that love.

Sometimes I am asked to go to places by the Holy Spirit; most of the time, where I go on my own involves things the Holy Spirit set up. I asked the Holy Spirit years ago to make reservations for me where I was to be. I asked that because trying to reach somebody on the phone over twenty years ago was a losing proposition and still is. Let the Holy Spirit make what plans need to be made, and we need to make sure we are where we are supposed to be on God’s time. What people do not understand is that we are God’s hands, feet, and mouthpiece. We are sometimes who God sends to give answers to people and their prayers. I have had to go to hospitals to pray for people and give them messages to leave because Satan was planning something. We might not understand that we have people doing deeds for Satan. Some people who are not associated with God do the right things, but others only care about themselves and do things to enrich themselves and do Satan’s dirty work or Satan’s hands and feet and mouthpiece. We just need to talk to people and watch what they do to see where they stand. We must remember we were born into sin. Being positive when things go sideways is not what all of us grew up with. We learn to love people when we choose to be positive. We need to learn to love on people, and that comes from Jesus and what he did; then it is taking that a step further, finding out who Jesus was, choosing and following him. It keeps moving forward if we choose to let the Holy Spirit use us for his glory. Galatians 5:22-25 says, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (self-control): against such is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” When we walk in the Spirit, we see things change. Battles are fought in the Spirit; if we do not fight there, we lose the battle. I found out that Satan tries to get us to fight our battles in the flesh, which is why we lose.

Battles that happen are spiritual battles that must be fought in the Spirit. We might see things in the flesh as I see spirits, but they are spiritual battles. To change people’s outlook, we speak about things that come from the Holy Spirit that lives in us. Our words are powerful because of who lives in us. We see things in the Spirit because that is the gift we got from God. We must choose to take the battle on if we are to change our lives or the people around us. Our prayers are a start, as we need to believe they will be answered. Why are we praying? We need to have faith for God to operate. Without faith, we cannot please God. Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Our faith is important in everything we do. The more we believe, and our actions show that belief, the more our faith also grows. This, in turn, gives our prayers notice by God and answers. The more we bring the Holy Spirit into our lives and the issues we are dealing with, the better our relationship is with the Holy Spirit.

I can speak about my ministry and the path that brought me to where I am was not necessarily where I ever expected, as when I chose Jesus, I made some decisions such as to volunteer for spiritual battles as they were already upon me. What I learned is that where I was put, there were spiritual battles where people God wanted me to touch. People where I showed them who God was, and they saw me treat people with God’s love to change and put them on a path to get back to God and his love. We need to go where God wants us; he has us covered, and be happy where we are. God knows us better than we do; trust him and be all we were meant to be. God Bless.

What does that mean to us? It means we have God and his wisdom at our disposal; we just have to ask. The problem is understanding what we have and using what we have for God’s glory. Our decision to choose Jesus was the smartest decision we could make that will change our lives forever. It requires us to investigate who Jesus is and what he can do for us. Jesus wants to be our teacher and Comforter to make the right decisions. The Comforter or the Holy Spirit is our conscience if we choose that because we have free will, or we can decide to give up our free will and surrender to the will of God through the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit becomes our driving force, where our thoughts are from the Holy Spirit, and we accept them, our lives will change because we have given control over to God. That does not mean we do not get to make our own decisions; it means the Holy Spirit can give us wisdom immediately as we are talking to somebody or working our way through issues. The Holy Spirit does not force his thoughts on us, as Satan tries to camouflage the thoughts Satan gives us as our own by fitting Satan’s in our thought process. That is why our relationship with the Holy Spirit is important, because this is where the Holy Spirit gives us his resources to overcome what Satan plans. Satan plans to steal our lives, kill our dreams, and destroy our families. John 10:10 says, and this is Jesus speaking “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Jesus is the good shepherd who is there for us; he never leaves nor forsakes us. 1Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”  We need to know our enemy, Satan’s tools are to lie, bring doubt, deception, and confusion. Satan mixes a little truth with lies, misquotes scripture, brings back to memory things spoken about our past, and wants to tell us God does not love us for things in our lives. It is doom and gloom where Satan wants us to stay.

God’s plan for each of us is completely different than Satan’s, starting with love, hope, grace, mercy, joy, peace, the ability to know, love, follow, and obey God. The Bible has the answers to many of our questions, and sometimes we need to dig into the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to show us what we are looking for. That plan has us in mind with the tools to become who we are meant to be. We need to ask the Holy Spirit what his plan is for us. Jeremiah 29:11-13 says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”  We should work on our relationship; it is a lifetime project. It starts with prayer; prayer directed at the LORD to give us our plan with a serious desire to find the LORD with all our heart. It always starts with us being serious and showing God that we want to know him more than anything in our lives. Our actions show how serious we are in finding the LORD. The Holy Spirit is waiting on us to show we meant what we said that time when we said we chose Jesus. At any time in our lives, we can decide to follow and change our relationship with Jesus. I looked at Jesus as a relationship with friends. It is a different relationship now that I know Jesus, a relationship where we can say what we mean because the Holy Spirit knows us.

God is a Spirit, and we need to understand that. John 4:24 says, and this is Jesus speaking, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God sent Jesus, himself in the flesh as a man, to take the sentence on sinners of death, where death will not influence those who choose and obey him, because our earthly death becomes our eternal life. That is an easy way to understand God’s plan for all of us. Those who do not choose Jesus face eternal death. After Jesus left, the Holy Spirit came in Jesus’s name. John 14:26 says, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”  In other words, Jesus said we would be taken care of when he left. Jesus says if we love him, we will keep his words. The Holy Spirit came to teach us all things.

We, in turn, need to decide if what we are doing serves first Jesus, ourselves, and our family. It is also about looking into the future and where we want to be, and that includes our life with Jesus being at the top of our lives. When we put Jesus first, our other obligations will be taken care of. Sometimes we forget about the Holy Spirit; we need to learn to seek him with all our hearts, then ask the questions to get our answers. I have learned to keep the issues we are dealing with close, but keep the Holy Spirit in my thoughts closer to where he comes to mind. We become the person God wants us to be when we surrender ourselves to the Holy Spirit. Let the Holy Spirit be who is in control of our lives. God Bless.

We were all given a conscience with the knowledge of God and knowing right from wrong. That knowledge can be lost through Satan’s lies, telling us we are ok. Romans 2:14-16 says ‘For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meantime accusing or else excusing one another.” This talks about all of us by nature doing the commandments even if we are not told them because they were written on our hearts, and our conscience shows that existence. We know we will be held responsible for our behavior with no excuses. Jesus Christ came to change the penalty for that behavior caused by sin.

We let life and our man-made knowledge take us from God to thinking about ourselves and family, and losing our conscience’s purpose. Satan led us away from God and told us we did not need God and that through our knowledge, we would succeed. Most of us have seen how that thinking was wrong and not true (a lie). God knows when it is time to hear the truth. We make the decision to believe in the truth or keep living the lie given to us. Situations change, and things happen in life because we have walked away from the knowledge of God, and finding the consequences of our actions have affected our loved ones and us.

The death of Jesus Christ and the Comforter being sent as the Holy Ghost change those people who have made that decision to accept Jesus Christ and will obey the Holy Ghost and give up their will to let the Holy Ghost operate with their spirit. John 14:26 says, and this is Jesus speaking, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” This gives our conscience the true knowledge from God and always feeds us with the truth coming from God. This is a partnership with our God. Most people have not heard it that way. We let the Holy Ghost drive, and we are in the passenger seat. It takes a special relationship with Jesus Christ to get to that trust level and trust him with our lives.

Satan sees what is happening and wants to change that partnership, putting thoughts and blaming God for any bad things that happen to you. Until we believe that God is looking out for us and always has our backs, we will not get that level of trust. We seem to trust ourselves and our thoughts. We have trusted that all our lives. We doubt God and believe what we read in papers, books, and magazines. The real truth (The Bible) we question and try to understand with our understanding and knowledge instead of studying with the greatest mind (God) who made everything and knows everything. We are looking for wisdom. What we should be looking for is God’s wisdom in James 3:17, which says, “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be treated, full of mercy, and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” God is love and is the only one who understands love. We (humans) with the Holy Spirit in us and our will given up to the Holy Spirit can change the world. Our mind, under a partnership with the Holy Spirit, is unstoppable and is what Satan is afraid of.

In my case, when the Holy Spirit mentions my past and shows me we have issues we need to deal with, I say, “Let’s get through what we need to.” Sometimes the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to give us freedom from our past. That requires us to keep trusting until the Holy Spirit sets us up to win and overcome the trap set by Satan. Satan knows you and how to get you to react the way he wants, trying to get you to sin. The Holy Spirit sees the scheme. In my case, it was anger that was taken away by the Holy Spirit faster than it showed up. This is the love, grace, and mercy that God wants to show you for being righteous. If we are righteous, he stands there with you, and when Satan sets a trap, he stops you from reacting out in anger. When you least expect it, he stops Satan in his tracks.

When we pray and search for God’s righteous answers for our issues, we see our mistakes and ask for forgiveness. He is just and forgives. Matthew 6:14 says, and this is Jesus speaking, “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” This is where the grace and mercy are applied. God loves every one of us. He shows his love in whatever way he wants to. We cannot judge what God does or does not do. The problem comes when we look at situations or issues in our lives through our knowledge and our physical eyes. When we look through our spiritual eyes, we see God’s hand on our lives and understand why he does different things for different situations and for different people. God shows love the way you receive it the best.

We have the opportunity to do and be whatever God wants us to be. We have to get out of our comfort zone. Pray and search for God until he answers us. Study the Word with the Holy Spirit, giving you the living Word. If we want to have a great life and greater eternal life, we need to make that relationship with Jesus Christ the most important thing in our lives. It will change our lives with our family and the people around us. Prayer changes the things we cannot change in somebody else. God Bless.

Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice in his death, where love for us was shown. We, on the other hand, must show that same love through action. We should do acts of love or put people first every day if possible. Jesus came to earth to show us many things, where love comes first, as well as one of the greatest commandments. John 15:12-14 says, and this is Jesus speaking “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” Friends is what Jesus called those who obeyed him. That also goes for our friends, people who think about us and are thinking about when we need help or need something. That can be the person to speak to when we need to hear a positive word when we are going through something in our lives. Their timing in knowing when we need something comes from the Holy Spirit. They are praying for us and praying for those whom the Holy Spirit puts on their heart.

When we sacrifice our lives for somebody, that is the greatest love. It is putting somebody or their needs before us. That shows how much we love them. This kind of love shows we belong to Jesus with humility and selfless love. Just because somebody does not show that same love to us does not mean we walk away or treat them without respect. What I have found is that if we treat somebody with love and respect for two weeks, we will change their outlook. I have shown this to people many times to change people in their lives. Two weeks is just the start down a road, the narrow road, where it becomes the norm for us following Jesus. Life is tough when we veer off the road without Jesus; we start to have problems. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit is what gives us the tools to overcome that spiritual battle we are in. When we fight in the flesh, we lose the battle because it is a spiritual battle. Contrary to what we think, most of what goes on in our lives is spiritual, and we have not learned to fight the battle. That is why the issues we have do not change because our relationship with the Holy Spirit is lacking, and we either do not listen or have not moved our relationship to a new level. Our decisions every day make our day good or bad, or successful, depending on what we need to do. What our goals are and whether they are met each day depends on our relationship with the Holy Spirit. I have had days where they started badly, but by the end of the day, everything came together to accomplish what I needed to get done; that was not because of me, that was God putting his hand in my life and helping. Luke 9:23-25 says with Jesus speaking, “And he said to them, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.” We should start our day with prayer, then keep praying and talking to the Holy Spirit throughout the day. That means we are engaged with the Holy Spirit all day.

When we see people struggling, what do we do? The answer should be to talk to them and see where we can help. Sometimes it is speaking of things we have gone through, then we can give them some options to see if our wisdom will work for them. There are so many people going through things, just looking to talk to somebody, but do not know who that person is. That is where the Holy Spirit comes in, who knows who we can help and will take us to the place to meet up with this person. What we do not understand is that our prayers are answered, not as we think they will be answered, but as God decides to answer in whatever way he thinks best. The Holy Spirit sends people to be with us, or these people could give us answers or become friends, but the Holy Spirit knows exactly what we need. There have been so many times when I needed something physical or needed answers, when the Holy Spirit brought somebody into my life. Sometimes angels are sent, as I have had them a few times. I have had people come out of nowhere. One time, I ran out of gas three hundred yards from a gas station, and a person running pushed my car to the gas station. When I got there, I said to this person, “What can I get you?” They said, “Nothing.” A few seconds later, they were gone. There are other times angels were sent, one time after I asked God to show me an angel. Hebrews 1:14 says, “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Ministering spirits are angels sent by the Holy Spirit. Hebrews 13:2 says, “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Angels serve God and are sent by him; they have a purpose where they do exactly as God tells them.

The Holy Spirit is in control if we let him and live in us, which is love. That love from the Holy Spirit directs us and moves us, using our feelings to do things for other people. When we see somebody struggling or somebody with medical or mental issues, we need to function as the Holy Spirit directs. Let us obey the Holy Spirit and be the person God meant for us to be. Let us lay down our lives for our friends. God Bless.

This is Matthew 5:7 and Jesus speaking to his disciples. Mercy is compassion and kindness. We are supposed to show compassion, and then we will receive compassion. Mercy is holding back judgment. Mercy is about treating people not necessarily deserving of a second chance and showing them that they do deserve a second chance and can make something out of life with some help. It is you believing in somebody and them believing in themselves.

The merciful are the people who are following Jesus Christ, judging themselves, finding mistakes, and learning from their mistakes. They are the people who remember where they come from and know they were sinners, but Jesus Christ washed them and made them clean. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 says, “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with humankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” We all came with history when we came with a knowledge of Jesus Christ. We should remember our past, who we were then, and remember where we came from; we are not judging other people who came from the same sins as us. It is that knowledge coming from the Holy Spirit and teaching us about God’s love, grace, and mercy.

Our mercy comes from knowing Jesus Christ and believing in him and his character, and being able to change our character to be just like Jesus. We have to be able to change when we find out that our character does not line up with God. It is letting the Holy Spirit show us the way to freedom away from our old ways and getting closer to God. Every day requires us to change. A closer relationship gets us to God’s purpose for us. God has a purpose for each one of us. We will never know what our true purpose is if we do not get that relationship with the Holy Spirit where we become one.

We do not know our enemy, Satan and his schemes, lies, and the use of fear that change our outlook on life and could actually shorten our lives or take our lives. Satan affects every decision we make unless we know him, his nature, and his characteristics. 2 Corinthians 11:14 says, “For such are false apostles, deceitful

workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” Satan wants to be just like God, but he is a counterfeit and the counterfeit angel of light. Satan means “adversary” in Hebrew. Satan is not our friend. Satan can come or appear as an angel of light, but he is the angel of darkness. If we do not know him and what his goals are, we will be fooled by the things we see or thoughts we have, or other people who communicate what they believe is true. Satan wants to destroy us because God loves us. Satan will do everything to change our direction, moving us away from God and down a rabbit hole, or getting us to believe we are serving God through other means in tasks we think are important.

Only with discernment, studying God’s word, and getting close to God through the Holy Spirit do we see the situations we go through and how we know if it is God or the imposter (Satan). God’s Word is our weapon to defeat Satan. We should study God’s word, but when in need and in battle with Satan, the Holy Spirit will give you the words or verses to overcome Satan. This comes with trusting God through the Holy Spirit, and when you see how listening to the Holy Spirit gives the wisdom, we need to add to our trust level.

The trust of God takes care of the fear that wants to stop us in our tracks. This is a trick Satan uses to get us to worry about something that we think might happen. In reality, our fear (worry) does not happen, and we are obstructed from the issues we really need to tackle. Fear is the lie of looking into our own or somebody else’s future. We should be taking the situation we are worrying about in prayer to God and finding out God’s plan and God’s answer. Psalm 34:4 says, “I sought the Lord, and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears.” This verse should give the answer and peace, not to worry or let fear drive our lives.

We think we are smart enough to know Satan’s tricks and the truth, which is sometimes true, other times, only the Holy Spirit will give us the truth because it can only be seen spiritually. Remember, we make decisions based on what we consider the truth. Satan is a liar. John 8:44 says, speaking “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode (resides) not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it.” Satan is our enemy, and we need to be careful what we hear and then take it

to God to hear the truth or to discern with God’s wisdom.

Mercy applied is also when God heals those with disease. God heals those with disease, even those whose disease was brought on by things we brought on ourselves. God also gives mercy when we deserve punishment, but none is given. Mercy is God’s to give, and it is his to apply. It is not automatic; it is similar to grace. God wants us to use mercy just as he would.

Mercy is to be applied to people because Satan fools people. Sometimes people want to believe things they hear without asking God or the Holy Spirit. When we believe something that is a lie, we also then live a lie. God gives mercy even though we should know better, or we should be asking God and do not, then we do things the way we think they should be done.

Jesus Christ died for our sins. The mercy was that we did not have to die as punishment. We need to show that same mercy to those who have done things to us and believe they deserve our punishment. It is now time for us to extend the same mercy God has given us. God Bless.

When we obey when God asks us to do something, we show we love God. Our actions always back up our words; otherwise, where is the truth? God is looking for those who will follow him, and we decide if we will follow every day. Luke 6:46 says, and this is Jesus speaking, “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” That is the question we should ask ourselves. If we are not going to listen and obey what Jesus asks, why did we choose Jesus, or did we? That is the question? Were they just words we spoke at that time, hoping things would change? If we do not believe in Jesus and give him a chance to change our lives, we have done nothing. Where do we go from here? We chose him and surrendered our will, then we got ready for Jesus to change our circumstances. I say that because that is what happened to me, because I had no other way. For those that did not surrender our will to Jesus, we can still do it even if it’s parts at a time. We go back to Jesus and follow him, expecting things to change and obey and love him. John 14:15 says, and this is Jesus speaking “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 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 answer is the Holy Spirit that lives in us.

The Holy Spirit was given to us after Jesus died and went up to the Father. That was the most important thing that happened for us to overcome sin. We need to surrender, listen, obey what the Holy Spirit says to us, and trust the Holy Spirit. It is not easy; we just need to keep moving towards total surrender. It has taken time. You will know when you get there. It requires humility, a single devotion without an agenda, and love as we serve the Lord. The benefits are many, where if we are listening, we hear from the Holy Spirit, we are in God’s will, getting blessings and fixing our issues, which is why we chose Jesus. We must understand that the Holy Spirit can give us wisdom with understanding if we ask. 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 says, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so, the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. We also speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.” These verses speak of spiritual things as God has revealed to them by his Spirit to those he freely gives. The natural man (fleshly man) does not understand spiritual things because they are foolishness to them. The spiritual man knows things through discernment and is not judged by any man.

The battles we have with people are spiritual battles, and our relationship with the Holy Spirit gives us the knowledge to fight them in real time as they go on. That is what happens to me when the battles come upon me. That also comes when the Holy Spirit can work through us when it needs us to say what the Holy Spirit needs to be spoken at the right time. We are who choose between the Holy Spirit and Satan, where before we knew of God, Satan was what we listened to, not knowing our thoughts were not completely ours. That explains some of the things we did were driven by our feelings, with Satan pushing us over the top. Our thoughts are where the spiritual battle is because that is where we hear the words. We need to understand that our thoughts are manipulated by Satan, and the Holy Spirit also uses our thoughts, where many people do not know God is speaking to them. Remember, if the Holy Spirit lives in us, he can speak through us, or the Holy Spirit can come upon us. God uses everything to speak to us. I have seen God use posters and stickers on cars or campers. John 14:26 says and this is Jesus speaking “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whosoever I have said unto you.” It is up to us to know his voice and who he is.

When God speaks to us, and we refuse to listen or do what he asks, He knows why we do not listen, as God knows all things. After a while, God speaks to us on his timeframe, and he will try to speak to us through people, but he never gives up on us. Disobedience shows we have spirits of the world that afflict us, and again he tries to speak to us. In the end, we walk away from blessings, and again God could send somebody, as we have a choice to go back into the world. God will not leave us or forsake us, but at some point, God takes his hand off us and lets us go our way. Remember, obedience shows we love God. It is up to us to get to a point to overcome our issues with his help to be able to obey. Let us show our love. God Bless.

Positive or negative words influence people. If we were told we would never amount to anything long enough, we would eventually believe that statement. What we do after we hear those words will make our life for the time being; it is deciding what we will do with our life and moving on with our life. Some people will believe that statement and will be underachievers (cursed), others will take those words and prove those words false. I never let somebody’s opinion or words stop me, because I would prove them wrong with my actions. Our will or our drive is tied to our personal beliefs or cause. When I chose Jesus and started to learn about who Jesus was and what was possible, I was all in. Most of the people that I asked that question said they would not give all, only partial; their trust was missing, as people look at things differently. For me, Jesus was the answer to my life; he was the hope I was looking for. There was nothing else that could solve the problems that were in my life. Why would we look to ourselves for answers when we had no answers to begin with?

When we choose Jesus, we give our lives to him; that means all our lives. We will also go to him. In other words, our will changes to his will. Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” We must discern the will of God through spiritual truth and the Bible. Spiritual truth is looking at our situation and discerning that we are in a spiritual battle. When we see that we are in a spiritual battle, what do we do? We should be praying because we are in a losing situation. Most of the battles we are in are spiritual, and we do not know it. We chalk it up to bad luck or circumstances. I was listening to somebody speak about the last part of life and the hardships this person was put through. I listened to this story and had a way to change his situation and understand why it happened. It was to fight in the spirit, a battle against the spirits causing chaos. That was the answer, but this person was not ready for that. They were not ready to build a relationship with the Holy Spirit, nor did they know what I was talking about. It is time for people to win these battles. I prayed with this person to start the fight in their life.

We must know who our enemy is and what our strengths are. Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”  This was the first Bible verse given to me by the Holy Spirit. It was for me to understand who my fight was against; it was not the person, it was the spirit they possessed that was my enemy. That is what God wanted us to know; that’s why we could love the person and fight the spirit and give the person the opportunity to get rid of that spirit of darkness. People will not have to go through what I went through, where I was told to fight in the spirit, but nobody could tell me how to do that. God wants each of us to succeed in our lives with him; we need to listen to what God has for us through the Holy Spirit. We learn about who wants the best for us, and through the Holy Spirit, what words give us the ability to defeat our enemy. We also learn how to speak to people and what the consequences are for words that give them the perception that we do not care about them or their feelings. Sometimes it is a thin line in giving people God’s truth versus waiting for God to give us the right time to proceed. We have to listen to the Holy Spirit and not be in a rush to tell somebody something.

Satan wants to steal, kill, and destroy us; he is not playing games with us. Satan is serious about those who have chosen Jesus because those who have not chosen Jesus, he already has them, and it is easy to keep them where they are because they are sliding down with no hope in sight. John 10:10 says, and this is Jesus speaking, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  We do not know about other choices until somebody gives people the choice of Jesus and a more abundant life. People believe their only choice is the road they are going down. Giving people the good news that they can change their lives into something better is what we are supposed to show people. Interestingly, we have no problem hearing Satan and believing him. God has spoken to us as unbelievers; it is just that Satan had things we are more interested in at the time.

We should see the schemes Satan is giving us to box us in, where we do not know how to get out of situations. If we have a relationship with the Holy Spirit, he will give us what Satan is doing so we can speak the words to stop Satan in his tracks. I have been given words many times to change the course where Satan thinks he has the upper hand, but finds out God is in control. The words we speak through the Holy Spirit stop Satan. Satan’s tool, fear is what he uses to keep us in his control. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says “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 strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” These verses stop fear and any thoughts that do not line up with God. This changed my life because fear had to stop immediately. God’s word has power beyond what most people believe.

We need to use God’s word as a weapon against evil. That is the gift we were given; now the truth comes out. We need to study the Bible at the same time, asking the Holy Spirit questions about winning the battle in life. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit makes our lives easier, with blessings coming when we obey. It is up to us to choose to live life abundantly through the Holy Spirit or our way. God Bless.

If we are serious about praying for somebody, it will show how serious we are about our prayers. There are no set ways to pray, no particular words that need to be spoken. Prayers should come from our hearts. I am going to ask the question, “if we actually gave it much thought, what would it take to get God’s attention to answer our prayers?” We have probably not given it much thought. I am going to say, in my case, after giving it some thought, we have done what we think and have fallen short of the glory of God. When we did not get results, we kept doing the same until we found somebody who had results in God answering their prayers, but instead of finding out what this person believes the reason God answers their prayers, we asked if this person would pray for people or us we know. The problem is that this person, who prays and gets results is swamped with phone calls and cannot get his needs taken care of.

The answer is to ask what this person does so that God answers them, and better yet, take that information and find and get God’s attention ourselves. What I have found is that the relationship with the Holy Spirit that I talk about a lot is the key because the Holy Spirit teaches us all things. What I have found is that our obedience is the key to God answering us. If you are living life and only giving God your time only when you truly need him, you must think you can live without him. We have to live a life of righteousness with God, and at least have a conversation or some acknowledgment from us. Daniel 9:3-4 says “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:” This is Daniel praying and seeking God knowing that he was going to do things that most people were not doing such as fasting, the sackcloth and ashes was a show of humility also we have to love God and keep his commandments. These were all actions shown by Daniel, with his words matching.

That means we pray about ourselves and our family every day, and it proves that our words spoken to God are judged by our actions or inactions. God looks at our motives and our hearts; they show everything in who we are, whether asking for needs or asking for things we wish for, and our thoughts and why we ask for the things we do. If you are thinking about what God wants us to do or putting God first and ourselves second, which is humility, you “will” see results.

What I have seen is that prayers about people that I have disagreed with on subjects in the Bible were answered the next time I saw that person, when I saw their understanding changed, and they agreed with what I had said. My prayer was that God would show them their error or my error. This has happened many times. I am doing God’s business, and God wants things to be righteous. When we look out for what God wants, and most days you think of God first, you are in alignment with him.

In other words, our prayers are hindered by ourselves or disobedience. We need to look at ourselves to see if we are righteous and holy. James 5:16 says, “Confess your faults, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Righteousness makes a difference. It also means when God shows us that we need to change, we agree and let God change us instead of fighting him. Change has happened both ways for me, but I am going to say that when God shows me something that needs to change, agreeing to that change and letting God be God is always easier and shows God that you trust him.

Trust is praying for somebody or ourselves and putting that situation before God. Sometimes our prayers are heard, but God knows what is best, and the situation is changed to something else because of the will of the person you are praying for. We are trying in a lot of situations to stay the same with no change. This could be a forced change by God for the people we are praying for, or it could be that their time on earth is up. Sometimes my prayers have taken a month or two. It is still asking God by talking and expecting an answer or conversation with God. We have to be serious. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 says, “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing.” This does not say to pray for a specified time and give up. It says keep on praying until you get an answer.

This is the problem with people praying; they give up way too easily. It might require praying for an hour or more to get an answer, which shows God we are serious. God tests us to see how we react to things that happen in our lives. Prayer can find direction in our lives. Prayer gives strength in our relationship with God and trust.

A prayer is a tool given by God to communicate with him. It should be used by everybody. I have never heard of prayer classes, nor have I heard of people asking how some people are gifted to pray or how God answers some people promptly. For myself, I have studied God’s ways and character, and have been the person who wrote about whatever subject the Holy Spirit gives me to put on my computer. These are some of the things that have gotten God’s attention from me. Spending time praying, and the few times I do not go to sleep right away, I start praying and fall asleep in a short time. Building a relationship with God through the Holy Spirit is up to each person; it is a choice we all make every day. That choice will change if we get into some trouble in life.

Get right with God and work on our relationship to get God’s attention. Ask people who hear God what they do so that God answers their prayers. It is sometimes good to ask people to pray for us, but we need to be able to fight our own battles.  My point is that what works for me might not work for you. Prayer is a personal thing between God and us. God Bless.     

The word quit means to give up. Should we give up? Is, that what God wants in our life? We need to look at what we are trying to accomplish if it lines up with our life with God. Too many people give up before we really see what God has for us. If God has given us a mission to do, he will not let us fail. We will not fail because God has his hand on that mission. I have been on some missions God sent me on and did what was asked of me and saw through my eyes that it looked like I had failed. I believed what I saw but I did not see what happened after I left with this person. The Holy Spirit told me the next morning that I did not fail with a phone call from somebody with this person. The Holy Spirit made sure I knew the mission was accomplished. Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” We will reap what we sow as God will give us what we have coming in due time if we do not give up.

God did not mean for us to give up or quit, it is not in our DNA. We were given perseverance or endurance as qualities given for believers. That is because we are following Jesus for years and through our life many things happen to us. Some physical or mental issues are for a lifetime so we must endure or persevere. If we give up on these issues, we die, or our life is adversely affected. Giving up is why suicide comes upon people and their thoughts because they have tried what they believe everything and have nothing else left for them to try. This is the flawed thinking that comes from trying to endure whatever issue we are fighting without the Holy Spirit giving us wisdom and understanding for the battles we are in, unless we are fighting our battles without the Holy Spirit that lives in us. James 1:12 says “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” The Lord has promised if we endure, we will receive the crown of life.

Without the relationship with the Holy Spirit, we fall on ourselves or man to give us wisdom and that is why we fail because we listen to people telling us what has happened to them. I am not discounting people’s stories what God did for them because God uses people to give messages to people, but God does not do the same thing for the same issues always. We must listen to the Holy Spirit who will show us how we are to react using what the Holy Spirit gives us to do. We are not going to quit or give up if we are in a close relationship with the Holy Spirit. It is when we are down or have many issues going on in our life and do not have any answers we start thinking about alternatives to our issues, these alternatives come from Satan who so smoothly speaks to us with us accepting these thoughts as ours. We must be careful because Satan tries to fool us into believing he is God. That is where the Holy Spirit comes in to show us who is speaking to us, and we are taught how to know those to whom we are talking. It is a process where we learn to listen and use our senses because God sharpens our senses abilities and that is my prayer. Sometimes we will see things spiritually, or by smell or we hear things that somebody else does not.

Our issues or baggage that was brought with us when we chose Jesus at some point in our life will have to be taken care of. We can put it off or we might not even know it exists, but our past will come back into our view. The difference now is we have God to show us the way to deal with our issues. We need to ask God for his help. Matthew 7:7-8 says and this is Jesus speaking “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” God gives us what he knows we need. We are not on our own, we now can have the answer to all problems, it is us having that relationship with the Holy Spirit that gives us the advantage to overcome our past. We build on what we know with the things we do not know coming from the Holy Spirit at the proper time for us to get the proper outcome. This is not God just getting rid of our problems it is that relationship where together with the Holy Spirit we are given the opportunity to team with the Holy Spirit and people to help us get through our issues to move to a higher level with God and become who we were meant to be. It is our decision, and it is all up to us whether we will walk with God and receive more responsibility with him.

After that decision is made, the Holy Spirit gives us wisdom as we walk through what needs for us to do. I have been through this procedure with issues from my past a few times. Fear was one of my issues, an issue I had most of my life. It was not an overnight issue to overcome. Romans 5:3-5 says “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience, and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” It took me years but with my perseverance and trust in the Holy Spirit, I was able to conquer fear. That does not mean it does not come at me, it means I know it through my senses and knowledge taught me by the Holy Spirit and spiritual sight when it is attacking me and diffuse it. Conquering fear was not easy for me, my attitude was I was going to beat it, it required me to change, sometimes quickly, other times took time. The Holy Spirit was patient with me but pushed sometimes. The tools I needed were given to me when I needed them such as Bible verses. The words quit or to give up were not in my vocabulary, it was to keep walking forward, that does not mean sometimes I took two steps forward and three steps back or one step forward two steps back. It was my goal to keep moving forward and if we keep doing that we will succeed. You must have a goal or a need to be able to overcome ourselves or our thoughts. Something must move us because we have too much that wants to stop us. The forces of evil exist, and we must know that we will overcome them. It is an attitude that nothing will stop us from overcoming and putting us with the Holy Spirit.

Our goal should be to “Never Give Up” on anything. Our Father in heaven is waiting for each of us to speak up and claim our destiny. Eternal life is our goal, grasp the help God has given us through the Holy Spirit. Do not QUIT on what is ours through God. Take the help before us. God Bless.