Spiritual Stronghold 4- Spirit of Perverse

Spirit of Perverse

Characteristics:
Hate towards God, cannot see the truth of God’s Word, Unclean body.

Consequences of Perversion

Lust, Fornication, Spirit of Error, Sexual Abuse Predator.

Proverbs 6:32
But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Jesus Informed us that:
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Paul tells us

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders.

Life by the Galatians 5:16

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 1:27
In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

If you or someone you know is dealing with a perverse spirit, speak to God in the name of Jesus to help you or that person change their ways. God loves you and that person more than you can ever understand and He has demonstrated it by creating us to have power to speak to and change our situations. There are angels ready to fight the battle for you. I pray right now that anyone dealing with a perverse spirit be set free in the name of Jesus and by faith I know that the Holy Spirit will help them gain a new understanding of a better way of life.

God Bless You

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Spiritual Stronghold 3 -Familiar Spirit

Familiar Spirit

Identified as any spirit that encourages

Astrology, Horoscope, Fortune telling, Occult, Psychic Activity, Mediums

Examples from the Bible:

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 (New International Version)

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.

1 Sam 28-7 (New International Version)

He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." "There is one in Endor," they said.

According to the bible the Holy Spirit has given us authority over these spirits:

Acts 16:16 (New International Version)
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.

Wow how many of us are guilty of inviting this spirit into our lives?

Remember the truth shall set you free!

God Bless You in Your Understanding of Demonic Spirits

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Spiritual Stronghold 2- Lying

Spirtual Stronghold 2- Lying

2 Chron 18:19-22

19 And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?' "One suggested this, and another that. 20 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' " 'By what means?' the LORD asked.
21 " 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. " 'You will succeed in enticing him,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.'
22 "So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours. The LORD has decreed disaster for you."

Jer 23-14

14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."

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Spiritual Stronghold -1 Jealousy

Jealousy

Emotions:

Anger, Revenge, Rage, Suspicion

Prov 6:34-35 (NIV)
34 for jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Numbers 5:14 (NIV)
and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure-

Proverbs 27:3-5 (New International Version)
3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.


Positive Actions:
Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him (Christ).

Most severe action as a result is often - Murder

Are you struggling to survive? Tap into your spirit

What's the big rush?

Survival is a basic instinct that we are born with. The easiest way to develop an understanding about what survival is, is to observe animals in the wild or in your home if you have multiple pets. It's amazing how the bigger animals will always overpower the smaller animals during feeding time.

Another example can be found in families with multiple children. They each try to constantly out do each other to receive the blessing of their parents.

The reality of it is that we are in constant fear that we need to always be better than someone else or else we are not doing our best.

People have also become money hungry.

Our current society encourages us to love money. Companies keep changing their products by upgrading them and exciting technological advances keep us running back to the stores to buy the newest upgrade.

When you become born again (John 3:3), it's easy to spot how fast the world is changing for the worst.

• People are extremely selfish these days.



• People are very rude.



• People are always in a hurry.



• People are struggling to survive.



• People have developed cynical attitudes.



• People are extremely greedy and never feel they have enough.



• People lie, steal, and cheat to get ahead.

But who are they trying to please? What's the point of always rushing?

One answer is that spiritual forces beyond our physical understanding are constantly influencing us to do negative things that do not line up with the word of God.

Benny Hinn (http://www.bennyhinn.org/)

Identifies 12 Spiritual Strongholds that exist in our world. When we begin to develop an understanding about these spiritual strongholds we can begin living a more peaceful and productive life. We will also turn away from trying to "keep up with the Jones".

Foundation Scriptures to understand why you need to tap into your spirit-

1 Corinthians 14:2

For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-11

9However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"— 10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

The 12 Spiritual Strongholds that influence our life are:
1- Jealousy
2- Lying
3- Familiar
4- Perverse
5- Heaviness
6- Whoredom
7- Infirmity
8- Deaf and Dumb
9- Fear
10- Pride
11- Bondage
12- Antichrist


Start by developing an understanding of your existing spirt by viewing:

http://multipurposefaith.blogspot.com/2007/02/we-all-have-spirits.html


Over the next 2 weeks keep checking http://www.multipurposefaith.blogspot.com/ for more information.

May God Bless You and Give You Strength to keep on believing in Him and His Perfect Ways.