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Spiritual Chess: Victory # 5786.3

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Eliminating Deadly Distractions

Eliminating Deadly Decisions

Let’s read the following – very controversial – highly overlooked -teaching in the Book of Leviticus.

Leviticus 24:10-23 King James Version

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the Children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

11 And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the Name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

15 And thou shalt speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

16 And he that blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

23 And Moses spake to the Children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Wow! That’s Hard to Hear.

So, a few things that stand out immediately?

  1. An anger issue results in a fight due to strife (v10).
  2. A man being stoned to death for blaspheme against GOD (v16).
  3. That controversial phrase…”an eye for an eye…” (v20).

As much as we do not want to deal with the fact that GOD gave the judgment to stone a man – for any reason – let alone in this particular cultural climate today AND for the fact that it was for blaspheme, which doesn’t appear at first hand to be that serious, right?

That’s fair. From our perspective – in the natural – this appears to be excessive and heavy-handed. But, let’s examine the text to see if there are some additional facts beneath the surface that will help us understand the LORD’s point of view in the matter. Let’s just see if we can meet Him in the middle for a moment AND learn something about deadly decisions.

1st Level Close up on Leviticus 24:10

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the Children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel ‘strove’ together in the camp;

  • The underlying Hebrew word for ‘strove‘ is natsah meaning to quarrel, to strive, to lay waste to, ruinous. natsah expresses extremely aggressive, disruptive and/or a manner of destructive behavior.
  • Our watered down definition of strive/strove in the English language leads us to believe that the Word of GOD is talking about a struggle or trying hard to gain or achieve something. But that’s the misleading part.

English is simply not capable of capturing the core meaning of the words that are being expressed from the Hebrew or the Greek. I can not say it enough, the Hebrew is a very meticulous language. Words in Hebrew are specifically chosen to communicate levels of meaning.

All Strife is Not the Same.

There are 7 different words in the Biblical Hebrew language that are expressed as strife. This is ‘strife‘ at various degrees and levels of meaning.

In Leviticus Chapter 24, we are being taught about the level of strife known as natsah (H5327), which appears only 11 times in the entirety of the Hebrew Scriptures. We are all familiar with its first appearance in the text. Exodus 2:11-14; When Moses went out to look upon the burdens of his people and saw and Egyptian smiting a Hebrew. When he returned the second day, two Hebrews were striving together and as confrontational, aggressive spirits tend to do (the one that did the wrong), challenged him and said these infamous words –in scripture… “Who made you a prince over us?”

Strife has an evil spirit attached to it. One that is rebellious and contentious. This spirit shows up next in Ex 21:22 in the case set forth of fighting (striving) with a woman, hitting her and causing her to lose a child.

At the fourth appearance of natsah in scripture (Num 26:9) we find the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram, striving against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

Watch the Pattern of Escalation…

At the spirits first appearance in scripture, the spirit of natsah is provoking a strife with another man in such a way that Moses needs to intervene in order to protect the slave from the presence of baseless hatred. Next the spirit presents in a case causing GOD to make a ruling that anyone operating in the spirit of strife, harming a woman; causing the death of a child must be put to death. Clearly, natsah has no self control whatsoever.

When natsah appears the 4th time, he comes with a gang, an entire bloodline – and acts against another bloodline!

So there’s this wicked bloodline and this Godly bloodline that it is in opposition against – and didn’t the scripture mention that that spirit strove against GOD too?

You might as well understand now that that spirit (all wicked spirits) that come against you are really coming against the GOD in you!

It’s not just about you! It’s bigger than you!

That evil spirit hates your back-up.

The person with a spirit of natsah upon them, argues and quarrels without a cause, loves contention and strife, is even willing to take another life in order to exert absolute power, authority and control over you.

natsah is full of aggression, disrupts peace on every side, thrives on the frustration of others. natsah has an insatiable need to be right above all else, and demands everyone else to bow before them and submit. Moses would not. Aaron would not. GOD would not.

Moses thought he was a prince. As far as he knew, he was a prince of Egypt. But this spirit had no regard for who he was in the natural or the spirit.

Moses was raised knowing he had absolute authority – even as a child of the Throne. The difference between Moses and natsah, was that Moses possessed a heart filled with righteousness, mercy, justice and judgment (Gen 18:19, 1 Kings 10:19, 2 Chron 9:8, Job 8:3, Micah 6:8, Ps 9:8, 16:8, 31:9, 82:3, Prov 21:3, Isa 56:1, Jer 22:15, Hosea 6:6), and just a chapter ago we see in the Book of Leviticus 19:15…

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.”

Moses understood the Word before it was ever written. He had a heart of justice, mercy and faith. Instinctively operating in the image and likeness of the Most High. A fight with the spirit of natsah is a fight to the finish. It’s strong, persistent and unrepentant.

Now let’s position this spirit on the board and play some Chess…

I’m taking my time with this because you need to know what kind of spirit you are dealing with here. You are being thoroughly informed so that you will be without excuse. If you do not recognize natsah after today, you will soon realize (at some point in time) that you were not focused and paying attention.

You read the instructions and dismiss them or assumed you already had understanding, or treated the teaching as if it was something far removed from your world and like it didn’t really matter.

Strife is not a light thing…

The Spirit of God WILL NOT abide with you or anyone else in your/our strife. We first learned this from the Mouth of GOD in Genesis 6:3, and He has been very serious about it ever since. (Neh 9:30, Isa 57:16, Eph 4:30, Job 34:14-15, 1 Thess 5:19, 2 Peter 2:5, Jude 1:14-15)

Know the Pieces on the Board.

“The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.” – Proverbs 4:19

I hope that I have shown you so far, by many infallible proofs – that strife is not acceptable in the Kingdom of GOD – here on Earth. Those that belong to Him, say they belong to Him, are supposed to belong to Him, are forbidden from partaking in strife.

It’s just not going to be tolerated- indefinitely.

The presence of GOD will not lift immediately, but it will lift. Man is given space and time to repent. Those that belong to GOD are aware that time is of the essence. Your spiritual work is affected immediately. Your anointing is affected immediately. Your ability to produce fruit is affected immediately. There are consequences immediately.

Just because we don’t see outcomes immediately in the natural, does not mean they are not taking affect in the spirit.

We are addressing spiritual matters. We have to keep our focus on the spirit first, not the flesh. Not the natural.

The pieces have to move together on the board. You can’t move one piece in the spirit and the other piece in the flesh. You can’t be half in and half out. You cant be all in one day – I love you Jesus, and missing in action tomorrow.

This year we are making a final decision. That’s what I’m advocating for and spending all this time to write out these teachings, so that you can study them out.

The Things We Read Right Over…

The son of the Israelitish woman and the Egyptian man… (Notice: he is of mixed birth) …went out among the Children of Israel and strove with an Israelite man – a full blooded Israelite (v10).

Their son made a deadly decision. Scripture doesn’t tell us what occurred that caused him to move in strife and blaspheme the Name of GOD (verse 11). But, even though scripture is silent on that point, this in and of itself is vital information.

11 “And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the Name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.“

He blasphemed the Name of the LORD AND cursed! Wow!

Then scripture adds this little memo…

“…(and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.“

Why Is That Significant?

#1. Scripture is bringing it out for a reason. Scripture is not a story book. When scripture singles out a piece of information in this way, there’s always a reason. Consider it a signal or clue that GOD is trying to tell us something!

Let’s take a closer look at the mother’s name pronounced, “shlo-meeth” and written in Hebrew  שְׁלמִית.

The first 3 letters convey critical information and insight. Her name is drawn from its root word shalom and is translated ‘Peaceableness‘

She is the daughter of Dibri, which is a dvr in Hebrew, meaning ‘word‘ and she is of the tribe of Dan, which means ‘Judge.’

So what have we learned here!

The man who dealt in natsah (strife). He is the son of Peaceableness, daughter of the Word, of the tribe of the Judges of Israel.

One pattern I have seen in scripture is that there are a number of times that the unnamed person’s name is unspoken or removed because of their character flaws. Clearly, ‘the son’ has rejected his lineage and heritage of the Children of Israel.

He doesn’t walk peaceably with his neighbor. He is not walking in or aligned or even subjecting himself to the Word of GOD, under the yoke of His Soveriengty. His mother is a daughter of the Word, but not him.

He a child of mixed birth, fights with a Child of Israel.

He shows contempt for the Word of God and the Name of GOD. Instead, he blasphemes and curses GOD’s Name.

This is a child that has taken upon himself another image and likeness.

But there’s more…

There’s a question I am always asking you, to ask yourself when you study the scriptures… You have to rehearse this question in your mind….

Where Have I heard This Before?

Recall earlier when we revisited the 1st appearance of natsah in scripture; Exodus 2:13-14. There was an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew.

The same thing is happening again… with the same spirit at play.

Only this time, a son of mixed birth (Hebrew and Egyptian) is striving with a (full-blooded) Hebrew.

As we saw earlier, the son of mixed birth has completely rejected his Hebrew identity. He is operating in his nature and character as an Egyptian, under the spirit of natsah.

His gentile (carnal) nature is asserting itself over and above his spiritual nature.

When he should be representing himself as a future judge of Israel, a position to which he is called, he casts off his robes of justice, judgement and righteousness – he refuses the Word and he takes on that ‘other spirit’ that knows not GOD.

For all intents and purposes, he could have been treated as a stranger, but he is not. But GOD says that those who blaspheme His Name, it shall be accounted to them as if they have killed a man and be put to death.

Any outside consideration or argument that the person might be a stranger and should therefore not suffer the same consequences as a full blooded Hebrew, have been nullified. GOD says, the same law applies to them.

22 “Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger (ger) as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.“

While we still need to examine this issue of blaspheme, we will do that later. Digest this part of the message first.

Make sure you understand the spirit of strife ‘natsah‘, how it behaves, how it operates, how it moves. Ensure you completely understand his spiritual legacy and heritage- what he refused vs. what he embraced.

Are you beginning to see why GOD dealt so harshly with this spirit?

What were the deadly distractions that cause him to forfeit his life?

He had many pieces on the board…

Strife, anger, unresolved anger issues, rebellion, disruptive, destructive behavior, misplaced aggression, resentment, an unrepentant spirit, willfulness, refusing his own birthright, refusing his spiritual legacy and birthright, his purpose and his calling… walking in the image and likeness of natsah, etc.

For starters, these are some of the self-sabotaging, self-destructive behaviors that caused him to take himself out of destiny, all because of his lack of self control or behavioral restraint.

Distracted by an evil spirit – several.

He was focused on the wrong things. Focused on the wrong spirit.

Well there’s more… so get ready!

Tomorrow… No Chess – We will continue in the text (of scripture) with the meaning of blaspheme.

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Spiritual Chess: Victory # 5786.2

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MAKE ALL YOUR MOVES… GOD MOVES.

Continuing with our Chess analogies to drive home a few keys points on the art of spiritual warfare, I want you all to know that it is not necessary to learn the game of chess. Chess is the metaphor that I am using to place emphasis on the need to focus and the absolute requirement that we approach the outside world each day with intentionality of purpose, knowing that your spiritual opposition is out there – and is seeking an opportunity to devour.

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Photo taken of the night sky in Hollywood, CA, August 23, 2025 approx. 12:33AM. I enhanced it a bit so that you could see the face in the image (that I saw) more clearly. I will include the untouched photo below for contrast and comparison.

The Word of GOD requires intentionality. The fact is, it deserves it more than any other area of your life in which we choose to focus.

A doctor studies for years before entering into their field of specialty. One automatically trust that their doctor consumes every available piece of intelligence on their area of expertise- especially if they have designs on becoming an expert in their field. Yet, no one ever says to them, “It doesn’t take all that!” In regards to developing your skills in spiritual matters, everyone feels entitled to weigh in and disparage, “your purpose and intentionality” when it comes to focusing on the Word of GOD in order to develop your ‘expertise’ on spiritual matters… they encourage you to lower the standard of what is required to excel.

Don’t listen to them! Don’t even entertain the thought!

(I’m encouraging you to remain committed, consecrated and dedicated to your studies in the Word. You will see signs following).

No one wants a doctor who knows a little something-something about his so called field of science, right? Your pursuit of excellence in wisdom, knowledge and understanding in the Word of GOD is the highest calling above any field of expertise on earth. I’m just taking this moment to commend you for it! Those who are in pursuit of the highest and most excellent relationship with the Kingdom of Heaven, are in the business of caring for souls, and you will know them by their fruit— as you do in any of the kingdoms of this world!

Focus and intentionality are the foundation of your ability to attain and retain access to the highest dimension of destiny in Christ. This is not just a ‘saying’ or a ‘truism.’ It’s just true.

So, find the ‘one thing’ that demands your full focus and intentionality (kah-vah-nah) and utilize it as a methodology that assist you in cultivating your focus. Chess makes me to continually seek the connections that are right in front of me. Ones that can easily become obscured due to all of the other distractions around them.

Today, I want to demonstrate this principle to you by drawing from an example in the game of chess. However, the same principle applies to EVERY field of study and practice that exist.

You have to stay focused on the primary objectives (take out the kingdoms of darkness, bind the strongman and dismantle your opponents strategies against you), and do not get pulled out by all of the DISTRACTIONS!

Put your focus on His Word and not all the other voices trying to lead you away!

It’s Your Move!

Remember: Your team is wearing the white robes. Your King is not facing any immediate threats. While that’s good news, your job is to take out the strong man on the side of darkness.

Fortunately for you, the Bishop and the Queen are lined up in UNITY, and this next move can eliminate their Dark Horse and pose a threat to his King.

The grey dots pinpoint the territory the Queen can posses. You have to look close to see that the dark horse has a target on it too.

Both your Bishop and your Queen have the dark horse in their sights. They are in a position – due to some earlier decisions – to work together.

It’s your move, so the dark horse has no options! It will be taken out of play by Your Queen or Your Bishop. Either way, you have the horseman completely immobilized and helpless.

What’s the best move to make?

Remember: Your team is wearing the white robes. Your King is not facing any immediate threats. While that’s good news, your job is to take out the strong man on the side of darkness.

What’s the Call?

You decide to deploy the Queen – take out the Dark Horse – pose an imminent threat to the King of Darkness and push him back. Amen.

Advance Your Queen from A7 to D7. Moving the Bishop at this point would limit your options and give the King a countermove that would not be in your favor… meaning you would be setting up your own piece to become a block – preventing you from reaching your objective. In short, you would be getting in your own way! That’s not good.

Note: Your King can only make one move at a time and as you can see by the grey dots – there’s still no threat approaching the King – and there’s no need to move him – no immediate danger.

You eliminated the Dark Horse and caused the King of Darkness to back up!

Great! You sent a strong message. The enemy had to flee! How do you keep the pressure on and win the day?

Let’s look at the NEW options of Your Queen…

By moving your Queen from D7 to D6 – the King of Darkness can not move to the left (E8) because you Bishop would take him out. He also cant not move to the right – the territory is open- but his reign in that place will be short lived. In addition, he’s hemmed in the corner, blocked by his own forces. That’s good!

Excellent Decision!

With the Queen at D6; the King of Darkness is in check AGAIN and has to flee! with the Bishop is continuing to cover the diagonal plane. Now the Queen can eliminate the Rook of Darkness.

Queen takes B8.

The Black King is tightly locked away on the back row, with no options. This is precisely what we are going for! Amen.

So how does this translate to real life application?

At every stage you beheld the Queen and the Bishop working together. Unified. The Bishop laying down cover and protecting the way of escape.

You saw calculations and assessments being made in real time. No knee jerk reactions to provocations, no rash (emotional) decisions, you maximized your resources in a way that utilized their strengths and positions on the board. You eliminated threats, immobilized the enemy, held your territory and took more ground in the Kingdom.

I’d call that a Good Day in the Kingdom of Heaven here on Earth!

In the next post (#3 in this series) I’m going to show you a perfect- overlooked portion of scripture (in Christendom) that provides an excellent example of being overtaken by your own self destructive behaviors and emotions.

I’m choosing what I believe will be a teaching that you have not heard before, so that there will be no preconceived notions as to the outcome or biased by any other teachings. I want you to look at a teaching with fresh eyes, so that we can address another goal of this teaching…

Eliminating DEADLY Distractions.

By virtue of hearing a teaching for the first time, all the other voices are silenced. You can learn something that the LORD wants to reveal to you without the noise.

In this teaching you are going to see someone being pulled out of their purpose and calling. Someone who was designated for destiny, but allowed provocations and anger to take it all away. They took themselves out of destiny. All the adversary had to do was find another open vessel to provoke them to wrath…

…and thats all it took for them to make a deadly decision.

In today’s lesson on spiritual chess, I spoke about getting in your own way. Becoming THE BLOCK to your own destiny.

The Children of GOD have some very powerful tools in their quiver (aka toolkit). Today’s focus….

Don’t get in your own way!

Tomorrow’s focus… Eliminating deadly decisions… you have to see the enemy coming, know the tactics, plots, plans and strategies and it has to become more than head knowledge. You have to see them in real time.

Tomorrow… No Chess – Just the text (of scripture).

Original photograph taken by Renae B on date and time and location listed above, that I promised to include. My apologies for the delay. I sent the post and then remembered I had not included it❤️

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Spiritual Chess: Victory #5786.1

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Principles of Unity and Focus

I’ve been thinking about launching a new series for the New Year using the game of Chess as a foundation for demonstrating a few basic Torah principles and strategies of spiritual warfare.

For the most part, I am going to assume that everyone knows a few basics about the game of chess because there is such a wealth of information out there via the internet, in case you don’t. So, it’s easy to learn!

If you find this short series worthwhile (meaning, spiritually beneficial), let me know by sending me a message in the comment section or posting a ‘like.’ Thank You!

Here is what I like most about the game of Chess…

Both players have the same exact view of the board. Sixty-Four squares (territory) all in plain view. Nothing hidden. All things bare and open before you. Yet, while we are aware of and have access to the entire field of battle, we might not be aware of the intentions, tactics, plans and strategies of our opponent. These too are hidden in plain sight.

Those who are clothe in white raiment, or destined to wear it, have access to 66 Books of Instructions. That being said, our loyal opposition also has access to, and has read, the same Book of Instructions that we have access to, but they skew the teaching to advance their agenda.

Now, how do you approach the battlefield?

Your most formidable enemies are going to know just as much or more than you know about the Word of GOD. They are waiting to see if you know what to do with the information that you possess.

So allow me to ask you one more time… Do you know how to approach the battlefield?

  • Do you know what you have been given?
  • Can you take down the strongman on the battlefield?
  • Do you know how to take down the enemies that walk in darkness?

If the enemy knows the Books better than you, then you are constantly at a disadvantage. If you know some of the instructions, and the enemy knows a few, then you may lose some and win some.

If you know the Books better than the enemy- then you are well on your way to becoming undefeated and unstoppable when you approach the battle field with wisdom, knowledge, understanding and the full council of the LORD! Amen.

So the first thing we need to realize is that… We can’t rely on sight alone. We need something more than that. We need insight and discernment. We need the ability to perceive what the enemy is doing in plain sight.

Because we’re dealing with spiritual matters, we are actually talking about knowing what the enemy is doing – BEYOND – what we can see in the natural.

Example: You walk into a room. Do you know who is carrying the spirit of GOD upon them? and who is not?

Are you able to discern those operating in another spirit? Do you know what spirit they are operating in? What do the scriptures teach you about how to handle that spirit?

Hold these thoughts in mind as we move forward….

Staring from the left – Columns are labeled A through H; Rows are numbered 1 through 8

From the perspective of the board you see above, the white pieces would be yours, and your opponent will use the black.

Since we’re applying this from a biblical perspective, lets place those on the side of Heaven as wearing white, and those on the side of darkness are wearing black.

PRIMARY PRINCIPLE #1:

You must know how to move your pieces into positions of unity. There must be oneness of spirit. Unity is your ultimate strength. Disunity is a destiny destroyer.

John 17:21 KJV

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

The Black King has moved from E7 to E6., causing the Black Queen (Darkness) to face off with the White Queen (LIGHT) .

In the past, our first thought would be to take our White Queen and remove the Black Queen from the board. The immediate impulse would be to take that piece of territory that the spirit of darkness offered – deliberately, by the way…. there was a time, we would snatch it up and go tell everyone about our victory over the enemy! Not realizing that we were being set up for a fall.

But not today, Praise GOD!

It’s Your Move…

You could move your queen from C7 to C6, but you would only be prolonging the battle. Turn your sight toward the White Bishop on E2. It’s path of movement is along the dotted lines. If you shift the Bishop from E2 to G4,

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By shifting your pieces into a position of UNITY, the Bishop and the Queen are now working together to immobilize the King of Darkness.

Your opponent is out of options. There is no place that the Black King can move in order to escape! He will be captured by either the Bishop or the Queen. Unity at all times, is your position of strength.

Unity puts the enemy in Check!

As Leaders and Intercessors for the Body of Christ, our first priority is Unity. No personal agenda, no me first, no praying only for self or thinking of only me and mine, all ideas, thoughts, ways, surrendered to Christ. No competition, no strife, no vain glory. No “my way or the highway”, No, “If I’m available”. We’re ALWAYS available for Christ.

Ephesians 4:13 KJV
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

I know we struggle with that word perfect (teleios). That’s because we automatically apply our understanding of the word ‘perfect‘ from an English only perspective.

Fortunately, the Greek meaning carries all the weight and substance of its actual meaning… and communicates a much richer, liberating meaning in Christ .

teleios is that state of spiritual maturity in the faith, that has developed within us overtime, which causes us to operate in the nature and the character of Christ. Again, operating in His image and likeness as opposed to operating in our own carnality.

Being or becoming ‘perfect’ is not a barrier or an impossible assignment. It is not something that we should dismiss as impossible or unachievable. GOD is not asking that of us.

teleois contains a finishing factor in GOD… it means you become a finished work of GOD, lacking nothing, completeness.

There are 19 appearances of teleios in the New Testament, all testifying to the use of the verb teleios which speaks to one becoming complete, finished, perfected… by submitting to GOD’s Will, His Ways, His Thoughts, etc. and not our own.

We do have the ability to die to self though! In dying to self, we submit ourselves before GOD and take His yoke upon us. We pursue the character and nature of Christ in all things! If or when we miss the mark, we repent, recover and move forward. No condemnation.

Key Concepts: DAY 1

In matters of spiritual warfare, the victory goes to those that stay aligned with the Vision of GOD and do not lose focus.

Unity is Essential. You can not go off doing your own thing. Master in staying in Sync with the Spirit of GOD, and in regards to Intercessory Prayer – Unity is the source of your strength

When we operate in Unity, we develop the spiritual maturity (teleios) that sharpens our focus and keeps us in divine alignment with the Spirit of GOD.

  • Unity produces much fruit!
  • Unity is the key ingredient of your victories!
  • Unity places the enemy in a state of rigidity!

Align your pieces on the board; your prayer, your consecration, your service, faithfulness, dedication, fasting, study, commitment, etc. Move them in sequences of divine alignment.

Immobilize the enemy by means of a strategy that gives them no option but to surrender.

and Stay focused.

Chess will reveal to you, just how well you focus and pay attention. Are you being caught up in the same traps and schemes on the chess board? Do you easily forget how to move within a certain scenario repeats itself? Are you looking for places to unify your strength? Are you playing to your strengths or your weaknesses?

Is the enemy playing more moves ahead than you are?

Stay watchful for part 2 of this series.

God Bless You!

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ELUL, DAY 2 —AT OUR BANQUET OF PRAYER

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Today, I thought I would give everyone a jumpstart, in case Bibles are not at the ready!

Today we read Psalms 50 – 56 KJV…

I WILL NOT GIVE MY TONGUE TO EVIL, NOR MY MOUTH TO FRAME DECEIT!

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.

18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

PSALMS 51. KJV

YOU HAVE NEVER CAST ME OUT OF YOUR PRESENCE!

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

PSALMS 52. KJV

I WILL WAIT ON THE NAME OF THE LORD!

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

PSALMS 53

I AM HERE GOD… AND I AM DETERMINED TO SEEK YOUR FACE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR WISDOM, NOT MY WISDOM. I SEEK YOUR WAYS, NOT THE WORLDS WAYS, NOT MY WAYS.. MY WAYS SOLVE ONE PROBLEM AND CAUSE ANOTHER THE WORLDS WAYS SOLVE ONE PROBLEM AND CAUSE 12 MORE… YOU’RE RIGHT! EVERYONE ONE WHO HAS CHOSEN THE WORLD HAS GONE BACK ON THEIR WORD, IRREGULAR INTEGRITY, REVERSIBLE VIRTUES, DERANGED CODES OF HONOR, CRIPPLED MORAL COMPASSES, IT’S A MESS…

EXCEPT THE CHILDREN OF GOD.. THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WE ARE HERE GOD AND WE REFUSE TO DOWN IN THE DARKNESS WE REFUSE TO ALLOW THE DARKNESS TO CONTROL ARE HERE LORD TO LEARN OF YOU, TO SEEK YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR COUNSEL,

WE WILL FIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE THE LIGHT OF GOD! OUR PRAYERS WILL WAGE WAR FOR US, WE WILL GROW STRONGER THROUGH PRAYER, OBEDIENCE, SACRIFICE, CONSECRATION, DEDICATION, FAITHFULLNESS, DEVOTION, DRAWING NEAR TO GOD. THESE ARE OUR WEAPONS OF WARFARE AND THEY ARE MIGHTY TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS

YOU SAID… THAT THE SONS & DAUGHTERS OF GOD SHALL BE MADE MANIFEST… WE HAVE ARRIVED AND WE ARE HERE TO MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD

IN THIS EARTH TODAY!

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

PSALM 54

I AM SAVED BY YOUR NAME… THANK YOU FOR JUDGING ME BY YOUR STRENGTH AND NOT MY OWN, YOU HAVE ALWAYS DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL MY TROUBLE, WITH COMPASSION I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO SET THEMSELVES AGAINST ME, THEY SET OUT TO FIGHT AGAINST ME, AND NEVER FIGURED OUT THEY WERE REALLY FIGHTING YOU!

Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

PSALMS 56

GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE TO YOUR NAME LORD… FOR YOUR VOWS WERE MADE TO ME. MY ENEMIES TRY DAILY TO ENTANGLE ME IN MY OWN WORDS, THEY BEND AND TWIST AND PERVERT , THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO MARK MY STEPS AND WAIT FOR MY SOUL.. YET, THEY CAN NOT TRACK OR TRACE ME IN THE SPIRIT REALM, I AM UNTRACEABLE … YOU CAN NOT TRACK OR TRACE OR STALK ME I AM IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY…

I AM HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT!
YOU CAN’T GET PASS GOD AND PRAYER!

THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND…. GOD IS FOR ME! I SHALL NOT FEAR!

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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PRAYER JOURNAL PAGES FOR ELUL —THE NEXT LEVEL IN PRAYER

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It’s Time to Get Strategic…

For the next month (a.k.a 33 days) you are going to log each prayer request you receive…

You will set your prayer(s) in a watch of the day or night. (See handouts) We will each be making a consecration to stand that specific watch in prayer. In the beginning… you might not stand the entire 3 hour watch, or you might. You choose.

Praying the Psalms will cause your Watch to pass quickly!

All teachings on this page have their roots in The Language of Prayer

Prayer Journal Pages through 2023 available: Click Here

Read the Psalm… Pray the Psalm

Decree and Declare the Psalm out loud.

The enclosed handout contains a breakdown of the Prayer Watches. I believe you will gain more out of this exercise if you don’t focus on all the details of the prayer watch right now. We can fill in that information for you later.

For those of you who have taken this class with me before, you have a head start! For those of you who have not, just pick a watch… that you can honor and maintain through the next 33 days. Your prayer times can certainly shift based on the day of the week, that’s OK.

The important thing is to keep the commitment for prayer that you make…this is your consecration to Heaven. The flexibility is all in your hands and your words.

Write down your commitment in time to whichever prayer watch or watches you will keep. As your prayer request come in, set them / log them for the watch you have set. Jot down the key details so that you remember what you are carrying to prayer.

Can You Keep the Secrets of GOD?

When someone ask you to pray for them, you do not need to tell 10 people. Keep the confidence of the LORD. When GOD sends us someone to pray for, we want to keep their info private and hold on to them as if they are the treasures of GOD Himself. Prayer is a sacred trust and we want to handle them all in a very careful way.

Be as cryptic as you like. Only you need to know what the request is! Keep the request in a safe place (in your bible if you like) just keep them in a place of honor, respect and a secure place where you can reach them.

Prayer takes time. The objective is to watch over your prayers…not to forget the commitments we make in prayer…and hold on till the breakthrough (which could be longer than 33 days).

Because we each will be in agreement over the next 33 days, praying the psalms and the Lord’s Prayer together (in Hebrew), we are believing in the unity of the faith to carry us into this next level.

Get Ready… The power of agreement is incredible…and we shall see the manifestation of our prayers!

Enjoy! Amen.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

All teachings on this page are rooted in The Language of Prayer

NOW MORE THAN EVER… Don’t let the giants into your land. Repent from all unforgiveness. Keep working on it, even it it’s a hard thing to do. No gossip, no lying, no strife to name a few! No banned battles… no battles. Let the captives go free!

KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN AND YOUR HEART PURE.

ELUL, A DAVID KIND OF PRAYER…

Review the messages contained in the Elul series and refuse to pull your self down to a lower spiritual level. I have provided plenty of scriptural evidence to support you during this month of Elul.

Read them, meditate on them, listen to the wisdom of GOD. Obey them, especially those you find particularly difficult. Your breakthrough or the breakthrough you are seeking for others could very well be locked inside.

You will experience spiritual attack during this time, especially if you are endeavoring to cast out some giants in your land. Attacks are just a message that you are on the right track!

Press In!

There’s enough Giants in the Land Already!!! Don’t Create Your Own Giants to Fight. Be Mindful of the Words You Are Speaking.

Prayer Journal Pages are Available Here

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ELUL, A DAVID KIND OF PRAYER…

It was through the 50 days of continuos prayer of the disciples, that the Church was birth out at Pentecost. It was through prayer that David birth out the Kingdom, and left the Psalms as a legacy to the faith.

Prayer is All About Us.

You’ve heard me say before that prayer is about becoming a “miraculous marksman in the spirit realm.” Prayer is target oriented. We have to find our voice in prayer and become very specific, developing a targeted prayer strategy.

We each deal with our good inclination and our evil inclination

The difficulty with prayer, is that prayer makes you feel vulnerable, even in the privacy of your own self. Prayer is self examination and self examination is very uncomfortable. What will our prayers reveal about our own character and nature?

Initially, we may begin by bringing many outside concerns before the throne, but in the end, we wind up seeing inwardly. It is the inward man or woman…. our inward soul that we come to face.

We face our own souls and we face our own hearts, even in our prayers for others.

Judging oneself is an inescapable process of prayer.

Before arriving at the heart of prayer, we have to navigate pass our flesh, our pride, our idle thoughts and vain imaginations. In the beginning, all of this may feel like a spiritual obstacle course of sorts. If that is the case for you, I encourage you to press in. You are on the right course.

Pressing in means, that we have to find the strength to fight the distractions that bombard our mind. We have to wake up, and deal with our inner most thoughts and emotions that attempt to derail our soul from advancing and elevating toward GOD.

Keep this thought in mind when you struggle to stay in prayer longer than your usual 10 or 15 minutes?… longer than your usual 60 minutes?….. longer than your usual 2-3 hours?

What revelation will I discover if I press further in to prayer? What will I prevent myself from knowing if I tap out too soon?

The Full Measure and Stature of Christ Jesus…

Prayer opens our hearts to see into our own image and likeness. I have heard many people give reasons why this level of examination is sufficient for them. But, to be IN CHRIST, our goal is to attain toward the image and likeness of GOD.

Many times we hear each other say, we want to get into a higher place in GOD… or we want to achieve that next level in GOD. It can be found in pressing pass that place of normalcy in prayer. In many ways, we can come to set our own individualized customs and traditions and limitations in prayer.

The daily rewards of breaking the boundaries, are awareness and sensitivity to the limitations of our own character and nature, and the desire to put on the character and nature of GOD.

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… In this series of teachings on prayer, my goal is to communicate and demonstrate through scripture, that the most critical aspect of our prayer life is the time that we spend in solitude before GOD in prayer.

  • Not praying on the prayer line.
  • Not praying with the friend who called us for prayer.
  • Not praying with the prayer team.
    • THESE ARE SECONDARY TO OUR NEED FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL TIME

This Next Level is a assessment of your personal, devotional, consecrated, dedicated, uninterrupted, I Will NOT allow anything to interfere with it…Prayer Time.

Consider this: For anyone that has traveled on an airplane, the safety instructions always caution you that in the event of a crisis, when oxygen bags are released, you place the oxygen on yourself first…then you assist the child or the person next to you that requires assistance.

We have to protect our own prayer life first before we can help anyone with theirs. We have to become prayer, before we can pray for others fervently and effectively.

Yes, we can get by without it. Of course we can. And yes, GOD is faithful even when we are not faithful in prayer.

But that’s a lower level that will not get you to the next level you are seeking, if you are really seeking it.

You have to be like David and become prayer!

That character and nature of GOD that we are striving for… comes with prayer. Prayer increases spiritual insight, discernment, revelation, healing anointing, and every gifting of GOD.

Storms are everywhere on the horizon, no matter where you look. Politically, environmentally, socially, economically, biologically…

What do you want to be your area of expertise in the anointing? You choose.

I Am Prayer!

“Ani tephillah” (ah-knee tuh-fee-lah)

David’s enemies were relentless and powerful. He was feeling oppressed and hemmed in. Yet, before he went on recounting his dilemmas, he stopped abruptly and proclaimed….

Yet, David knew something that had not even been spoken of in scripture yet…

That He had access to “POWER ABOVE ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY” and he proclaimed!

I am Prayer!

It’s like he stopped for a moment and remembered who he was, really!

He had a, “Don’t make me lay down here on the floor all night and pray!, ’cause I will do it!… kind of moment.

“I WILL REINVENT THIS ENTIRE SITUATION THROUGH PRAYER!”

“TAKE THIS MEMO, WRITE THIS DOWN AND POST IT IN EVERY PRINCIPALITY AND POWER, REGION, THRONE, DIMENSION, AND DOMINION…” KIND OF PRAYER!

“I WILL REACH BACK IN THE PAST AND MAKE EVERY CROOKED PLACE STRAIGHT, BY THE POWER OF GOD… KIND OF PRAYER!”

THE..NEITHER RAIN NOR DEW SHALL FALL, EXCEPT BY MY WORD…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “IT’S ALREADY BEEN DONE…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE..”IF I BE A WOMAN OF GOD, THEN ABC… XYZ SHALL OCCUR…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “IF I BE A MAN OF GOD, THEN ABC… XYZ SHALL OCCUR…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “RELEASE THE RAIN…”, KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “GOD WILL COME FOR MY WORD TO PERFORM IT”…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I COULD CARE LESS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I FORBID IT, IN THE NAME OF JESUS…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I WILL PRAY THE DEVIL BACK DOWN IN TO THE PIT OF HELL…” KIND OF PRAYER

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

There is NOTHING that You Can Not Handle in Prayer!

WHERE WE ARE IN PRAYING THROUGH THE PSALMS THROUGH THE MONTH OF ELUL:

  • PSALMS 15-21 SUNDAY AUGUST 16
  • PSALMS 22-28 MONDAY AUGUST 17
  • PSALMS 29-35 TUESDAY AUGUST 18
  • PSALMS 36-42 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19
  • PSALMS 43-49 THURSDAY AUGUST 20
  • PSALMS 50-56 FRIDAY AUGUST 21
  • PSALMS 57-63 SATURDAY AUGUST 22
  • PSALMS 64-70 SUNDAY AUGUST 23

ELUL IS THE TIME TO CLEANSE ALL THE CLUTTER OUT OF OUR CLOSETS AND GET RID OF EVERY DEAD THING WE SHOULD NOT CARRY INTO OUR FUTURE IN 5781/2021.

IT’S TIME TO DEAL WITH ALL THE DEAD BAGGAGE. REPENT FROM EVERY BANNED BATTLE. SEEK GOD TO REPLACE EVERY HURT PLACE WITH LOVE, KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES.

FOR THESE REASONS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

This teaching is dedicated to my students. May you all arise to BECOME PRAYER!

In every spiritual battle you encounter, I pray that you exemplify the heart of David, stare the enemy head on and decree and declare, “I AM PRAYER!“

Posts Included in This Years Series on Prayer for Elul: 2020

Elul, May GOD Find You Praying Like David Prayed

Posts Included in LAST YEARS Series on Prayer for Elul: 2019

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