Mark 5:9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”. Demons operate in gangs. They don’t invade alone. There are ranks, leaders and captains of demonic leagues. Hell is departmentalized based on the activity. Demons specialize in violence, riots, divorce and division. There are ‘rebellion...
Category: Spiritual Motivation
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16 May 2022 – The Enemy – Part 3
Matthew 18:34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers. Demons tease, tempt and torture. Jesus called them ‘tormentors/torturers’. Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him (Mark 9:21-22a). A boy who was suffering...
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15 May 2022 – The Enemy – Part 2
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. The demons and the devil, their master, are thieves. Thieves steal only what is valuable to us. Burglars don’t look for broken pottery, artificial jewelry or used clothing. They go after cash and gold in the safety locker. Similarly, the deceiver is after...
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14 May 2022 – The Enemy – Part 1
Matthew 12:24 When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.” Beelzebul, was the god of Ekron, the pagan Philistine city (2 Kings 1:2). Beelzebub means “lord of the flies.” In Hebrew literature, the name is translated to mean “lord of dung” or...
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13 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 7
Ruth 1:20 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. Hebrew names were not just the identity of the person but there was history behind the name. The name ‘Naomi’ means “pleasantness” or “lovely” but a series of bad decisions made Naomi dislike the...
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12 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 6
Luke 8:2-3 Also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. There is a lot of...
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11 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 5
Acts 12:13-14 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!” The Greek name Rhoda means rose. Rhoda was a servant girl in the house of...
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10 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 4
Acts 16:14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. A deep desire to know God, will impress the heart of the Saviour. Lydia, a gentile, was a...
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09 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 3
Acts 9:36-37 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Dorcas was the Greek name of the Hellenistic Jew Tabitha. Hellenistic...
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08 May 2022 – God’s Golden Girls – Part 2
Proverbs 14:1 “The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.” A wise woman is not flawless, she has been forgiven; she is not perfect, she has been purified. The word of God says, ‘a wise woman builds her house’. It does not say a prudent and frugal man builds his...