Don't even try to use discipline, you will get sued! Can't blame that on the teachers!

Word for the day - Power and Authority.

Greek.

Power - dunamis (doo'-nam-is). Force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself).

Authority - exousia (ex-oo-see'-ah). Privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery, delegated influence.

Luke 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Notice that Jesus called all of His disciples together and He handed over to each of them the power and authority over all demons, and to cure all sicknesses. Demon possession and sickness are separated as two different problems. Jesus gave them this power ["dunamis"], and authority ["exousia"] to take control over Satan himself. Meditate on this, and try to understand that Jesus gives you this same power and authority through the Holy Spirit, for it is not you that does it, but He. So why would you worry about evil coming into your life, when in the name of Jesus you can order it out of your life. Remember from the last chapter, the evil spirits knew that Jesus and those with the power and authority could order them back to the abyss, and they would have to go. They will run from you, so why would you fear any of them. So why did Jesus give this power to the disciples?

Before Jesus sent any of His disciple out on a mission, He made sure that each of them had the gift of healing, and authority over evil spirits.

You will know if you have these gifts and are called to do mission work in the field.

This will be the last prayer here for this year. I am moving to Arkansas and am pulling the cord on my internet connection here due to turning equipment in. So, I will see you all on the other site in the New Year.

Good day to You dear heavenly Father YHVH. We ask that as we make plans in our moves, that You lead, guide and direct our paths so that we may best serve You. We know that You will plant us where You want us, and where we may be of best service to You in helping Your children see the truth of Your Word. And also as citizens of this great nation, help bring about reform in our government and in our communities, to once again become a nation united in our reverence of You, and to be richly blessed by You. We pray this Father in Jesus Christ precious name. Amen.

Better than anything you will hear from B.O. if you hear anything at all!!!

Word for the day - Commandment.

Greek - entole (en-tol-ay'). Injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription.

1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.

What is pleasing to God? That we should try to study and do what He has instructed us to do. We are to keep His commandments, and when we fall short, we ask His forgiveness, and pick ourselves up and continue in our work for Him. John is commanding us to love our Christian brothers and sisters. This is the key commandment that is the key to our success, that we love one another. If you fail at this commandment, forget about that list of wants before the Lord.

We are to do the things that please our Lord Jesus Christ. We are to be doers of the word, and not hearers or talkers only. There is pleasure in helping the brethren and teaching His Word. However there is also a time of discipline when you must break off fellowship when a brother in the Lord becomes lazy in the work of the Lord.

When Christ enters you, His Spirit automatically enters you, and you feel the presence of the Spirit, and you know that He is with you. Don't be afraid to ask, and if God made you a promise, then claim that promise.

Good morning dear heavenly Father YHVH. We ask that You give us the right words to say in our witness and warnings to others so that they may receive those words with understanding. Let it be Your words and not our own, to help bring Your children out confusion, and from the deception of the traditions of men that have been planted my the Enemy. We ask this of You Father in Jesus Christ's precious name. Amen.

Sorry about your loss. May the Comforter be with you and help fill the void. God bless you and merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year to you Alscien.

There isn't any specific prayer to say, but when you pray it, ask it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, having anointed him (cp. Mark 6:13) with oil in the name of the Lord: (Olive oil = El [God] ah Yah [Father]. You may anoint yourself and pray for healing. The power to heal does not belong to the elders.)
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

(God does it if we obey Him. You can anoint yourself for you are an elder, you have understanding of His Word. It is not the "oil" that does the healing, but the obedience of the sick believer, and his faith in following the Word of God. His faith is there because God's Word has stated that it should to be done in this manner for the healing. The act of anointing is the placing of the olive oil with a touch on the forehead. It is your obedience and faith in carrying out the act that brings about the healing.

This anointing applies to your homes also that are sick and filled with confusion and evil spirits. It is the place where the entire family comes together, and many times those spirits can cause trouble for the entire family. This is why we must also take control over our homes also, when necessary. When we anoint our homes, we are to use the example of the anointing in the first Passover, by anointing the doorpost where the entry into the home is. The anointing is to be the same as the anointing of the sick person, "in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ". At Jesus name all evil must flee so don't forget to tell those evil spirits to go back to where they came from. They know personally where they belong.

Take a little oil and place it on the door mantle, and pray that the Father will protect all persons inside your home and that nothing evil can pass through that threshold and enter your home, "in Jesus name." It is not a ritual, but a prayer of faith. It works and it should be done as necessary.

Word for the day - Together.

Hebrew - yachad (yakh'-ad). A unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly.

Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

The little child is one of the most helpful people in the world, wanting to always help in their most simple ways. There is no defense for their motives whatsoever, for their motives are pure. Here we see this little child with the wolf, the leopard, and the young lion and the small child will be perfectly safe amongst them. This is because God has destroyed the wickedness.

This is the Millennium age, and there shall be an overflowing of truth at this time. It is obvious that these conditions have not come to pass yet, for each of these animals stll act in the ways of their nature today. The asp would strike the child, the cows and bears don't eat together, and the lions simply doesn't eat straw. A lamb is wolf meat and there is no way that the two would lie down together without the wolf eating lamb chops.

Did you note that in each case of the comparison it was between a domestic animal that God created for Adam to tend to, and the other was a creature from the wild. The purpose of each domestic animal was to provide a service to man, to provide wool for cloths and meat, to give milk, to plow the field and so on. The other animals were of the six day creation that God put in the wild for man to hunt, to kill and to manage.

Then we have the child that would touch the actual serpent itself, just like the two innocent ones in the Garden of Eden that touched the serpent and we know what happened to them. It shows us that at this time the lawless one is destroyed and all wickedness is gone with him. There are very few teachers that go to this depth with these verses, but we are trying to seek out the deeper truths from the manuscripts.

Remember from I Corinthians 15: 50-54 Paul says that he does not want us ignorant concerning God's time, that in the wink of an eye, all will be changed from these flesh bodies to our new incorruptible bodies.