No Harm Done

In Acts 28:1-10 there is an account of Paul, after having been shipwrecked on the way to Rome, they had all arrived safely to an island called Malta.

The people of that island had shown the people from the ship unusual kindness. They'd kindled a fire and made them all welcome. It was raining, it was cold, and Paul gathered a bundle of sticks to feed the fire, and a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to Paul's hand.

When those native of that island saw what happened, they thought that Paul was a bad person, and even though he'd escaped the sea, justice was not allowing him to live because the viper they knew to have a deadly bite.

Paul shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no harm. They gang sat around the fire watching Paul expecting him to swell up suddenly and keel over dead. The people watched Paul for a long time, and because he did not die, they dubbed him a god because they knew he should have died. After this miracle, Paul was able to minister to the folks of the island, prayed for many, God healed and was glorified.

When Paul and the people were ready to continue their trip to Rome, the locals made provision for their trip that was needed.

The snake came out of the sticks because of the heat of the fire. When we are walking and living and having our being in God, the heat is on, and the enemy WILL try his stuff, but I decree......

NO HARM DONE

When the enemy of our lives comes with an unexpected blow to our lives, we should shake off that foul spirit and every assignment it brought us with the Word of God and say NO HARM DONE. According to Luke 10:18,19 we're to put and keep the devil under our feet.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

The Lord gave us POWER to tread on our enemy and ALL his power, so that nothing should hurt us.

Father, I ask YOU to HELP US to remember what to do with the enemy when he's bearing down upon us and breathing down our necks with threatenings and any of his evil plans. HELP US to remember that YOU have made provision to tread upon our enemy and that YOU gave us power over ALL the power of the devil, and nothing shall by any means hurt us. Father, HELP US to remember that no matter what things look like it's... NO HARM DONE, in Jesus' Name.

TOTAL Victory

This is a piece of artwork by Ron DiCianni entitled VICTORY, and I want it in my home. The white cloud represents the Glory of God, and the rays around her, I suspect is the righteousness of God. It spurs me on in God because God made us to have total VICTORY in every area of our lives. His Word insures it and He's provided our armor, His Spirit, His Name and His Blood, His Angels, and His SPOKEN WORD through us to HELP US have VICTORY.

If you will look closely at the picture, you will see a shadow of the enemy cringing and backing off. YES HALLELUJAH.

Galatians 5:7 (NKJV) tells us:
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

The Amplified version says:
7 You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth?

Revelation 2:4,5 NKJV says:
4 against you, that you have left your first love.
5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.

God said that WE LEFT our first love. He didn't say we lost our first love. It has to do with our choices. He also said that all we need to do is repent and do our first works to get back on track and go from there. That's ALL!

If we allow the devil to, he will steal from us.

We were designed to have complete VICTORY over the enemy of our lives. We're not to allow the devil to put us down through anybody. Even the Prodigal Son came home.



Mr. DiCianni can really put it out on canvas, can't he?

If any of us have lost the passion of our first love, all we need to do is to get back to basics and turn and purposefully WALK IN everything that brings VITORY to our lives. The only thing that would be hindering us would the be enemy of our soul, and he's a liar and the father of them.

Father, I CHOOSE YOU, I CHOOSE YOUR WORD, I choose to turn and come to You with my whole heart. I choose to repent when I need to. I choose to do my first works over, when I need to. I CHOOSE YOU. YOU are the glory and the lifter of my head. YOU are the LOVER OF MY SOUL. YOU are the author and the finisher of my faith. YOU know how to make me WHOLE. Thank You Father, for drawing us with Your cords of love and HELP US to respond to Your Spirit and walk in the liberty and love that You've birthed us for. Thank You for delivering us from evil and to stay close to You all the days of our lives, in Jesus' Name.

I AM WILLING

This piece of artwork is by Ron DiCianni, it moves my heart so.

The story behind this painting, is about the woman that went into public while very ill, had already spent all she had on doctors and KNEW that if she could just touch the hem of Jesus' garment she would be made well.

No doubt, she'd heard great testimonies about Jesus' ministry, how people had been healed, delivered, raised from the dead and she took them all to heart and KNEW that Jesus was WILLING to HELP people. If He was willing to HELP, then He'd also be willing to help her too.

In Matthew 8:1-3 we're told:
1 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.
2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."
3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 9:20-22 gives the account of this woman:
20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment.
21 For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well."
22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, "Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

I thank GOD that He is always willing to make people well. All through the New Testament, Jesus made this known, saying that if the people had seen Him they'd also seen the Father. Even the instructions He gave us on how to pray was to pray for God's will on Earth as it is in Heaven.

This woman's faith grew up in her, she'd heard about the compassion of the Lord, and the miracles that followed Him, and she knew that HE was her only hope. She was right, after she touched His garment, she became well from that hour on.

Jesus BOUGHT our healing with His Life's Blood, by His stripes we WERE healed. We all know that He's ABLE, but not always do we understand that He's WILLING to heal.

Father, I ask YOU to HELP US! Help us to KNOW that it is ALWAYS Your plan and will and desire for us to be made well and whole. Help us to come boldly to YOU, Lord, with Your Word, Your Promises, and allow You to prove Your Word in our own lives. I ask You this, in the Name of Your Son Jesus.

Need Wisdom and Guidance?

I see folk - and at times myself - trying to GET wisdom and knowledge.
You know all we need to do is to be obedient to God's Word.
When we bring His Word to God and pray it, and decree it, then walk away saying things like..."I don't know how or what or ....." Ya' see? :) We've violated God's Word and canceled out our own prayer.

If we can begin to agree with God's Word and say what He says about "It", it would come after us.

There are two Scriptures that we need to keep in front of our eyes, in our heart and in our mouths. They are:

1. John 16:13 that says: However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

2. John 10:4, 5 says:
4 before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

If we think on and dwell on, and say what the devil presents us it will not give the Word of God an opportunity to become reality in our lives.
If God's Word is what we'll agree with and confess, we will never again lack for the wisdom of God.

I declare, in agreement with God's Word, that the Spirit of Truth abides in me and guides me into all Truth, I know all truth. I Thank God that I am one of God's sheep, and I know His voice, I will never follow a stranger. I will not allow my mouth to shut me off from the wisdom of God. In Jesus' Name.

James 1:4-8 tells us:
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Father, I need Your Wisdom and I ask You for it....You said that You'd give it to me without scolding me, I ask in faith believing and not doubting, because I'm not double minded, nor am I unstable in my ways. My life is built on the Solid Rock Jesus. In Jesus' Name.

When the bad news comes, BEGIN TO PROCLAIM WHAT GOD SAID. Many do not KNOW what God has said...then we need to go on a treasure hunt, don't we? :)

God's Word will defeat satan every time. "It is written!" is what defeats satan.
Proclaim it until it gets down into your spirit...and keep on proclaiming it with GREAT CONFIDENCE.

Long time ago I use to think that I was lying decreeing God's Word....but then I began to realize that I could not be lying saying what He says! :) He's not a liar.

Father, thank You for HELPING US. Thank You for making Your Word alive in us. HELP US to believe what You've already said. I HAVE the Spirit of Truth LIVING ON THE INSIDE OF ME, and He teaches me all things and guides me into all truth. I thank You that I am one of Your sheep, and I KNOW YOUR VOICE, and a voice of a stranger I will NOT listen to or follow. I AM asking You for wisdom and YOU DO GIVE IT TO ME. You are so sweet Lord, and You've made it easy to believe Your Word, in Jesus' Name.

Go To Hell !!!!

Isaiah 53:4,5
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

These Scriptures say:
1. Jesus bore our grief
2. He carried our sorrows
3. He was wounded for our transgressions
4. He was bruised for our iniquities
5. He took chastisement for our peace
6. By His stripes we are healed.

These are things that we cannot do for ourselves, as much as we may try,....ever. No matter how we wrestle, we cannot handle (with our flesh hands) grief, sorrow, transgressions, iniquities, healing, or obtain peace outside of the finished work of Jesus.

Are you ladened with grief? FULL of sorrow? Burdened with sin of past and present? Restless and in turmoil? Are you sick?

Jesus paid for all of this with His LIFE and His BLOOD.

Once there was a visiting minister that brought a lovely wrapped package around the sanctuary...all glittery and sparkling with lovely paper and bow. That minister went to each one in that meeting telling each, in a sweet luring words, what was inside FOR THEM. None of it was good, for any of us. She (posing as satan) wanted us to take the package...most looked sheepishly and ultimately did not take the "package"...when she came to me, and after I heard what she said was in it and I MUST take it because it was MINE. My response to her was "Go to hell....where you came from. None of it's mine." I will not "sign" for anything that's not mine. Just like when the UPS person brings a package, comes to the door for a signature, so they can leave it, I'll not sign with my mouth or in any way receive what is brought from hell and presented to me.

When Jesus ALREADY PAID for that stuff, I'm not going to TAKE any of it. JESUS PAID FOR IT WITH HIS LIFE'S BLOOD.

Father, I ask You to HELP US!!! Help us to receive ALL You provided for us through Your Son Jesus. HELP US to recognize EVERYTHING that is authored by satan and sent from HELL. You told us that we are made OVERCOMERS by the BLOOD of the LAMB and the Word of our testimony. I Believe everything Your Word tells us. Everything that You've told me that I have is MINE. Everything You said I could do I CAN, everything You said ABOUT ME I AM. Father HELP US to KNOW how to earmark the devil and that anything he does is as a killer, stealer and destroyer is NEVER NEVER ours...In Jesus' Name.