WE ARE

WE ARE THE DAVIDS AND SAMSONS OF OUR TIME

(This is a revision of an article I did on Super Bowl Sunday.)

The Apostle Paul told the Corinthians: “We are ambassadors who represent Christ” (2 Cor. 5:20). Because we have Christ in us, we all have the opportunity to be ambassadors for Him in our fields of influence: in our work, our family, our school, our neighborhoods and all the places close to us. But the Lord also needs people who will accept positions bigger than their perceived ability.

The other morning the Lord gave Jane and me a new spiritual realm of influence. He inspired us to pray for the shaking up of the judges in the United States. It’s the judges who interpret the laws. They are supposed to interpret the laws according to the intent of the Constitution, which is based on the Bible. But many have strayed, and instead, they make up their own interpretations biased by peer pressure and personal agenda.

Jesus said this about the interpreters of the law in His day: “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things” (Matt. 12: 34).

So the Lord gave us some things to pray concerning judges. We are to pray that the evil ones either get turned back around to good, or if they refuse, that their mouths are stopped, their mental capacity scrambled and their influence blocked.

Though I know very little about judges, I do know something about prayer and I do know something about taking down devil spirit influence. And I do know that the Lord never gives us anything He won’t show us how to do and how to do well. We may think we are mere shepherds, but we all have a warrior on the inside!

The shepherd boy David’s only job was to take care of his flock of sheep. In his small realm of influence, he had to fight off a bear and a lion who came after his sheep, and he did it. This small boy was called by God later, to defeat the giant Goliath, who threatened Israel’s whole existence, and he did it. (See 1 Sam. 17).

Samson was just a regular guy. Before the incident with Delilah, he had married a Philistine woman. One day he went off and the wife’s father thought he abandoned her. The Philistine father kidnapped her and gave her to another guy to marry. Samson went after her and burned up fields of corn and vineyards as a retribution for the evil they had done. They came after him, arrested him, bound him up and then God worked in this regular guy to do something amazing.

“And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax [linen] that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

“And Samson said, ‘With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men’” (Judges 15:14-16).

One person who believed in our God wiped out a thousand men with only the jawbone of a donkey. That’s miraculous, but no more miraculous than what our Lord is asking us to do in these times.

You and I are the Davids and the Samsons of our day. We may think we only have influence over a few, and those few are highly important to God, but He may be asking us to step it up a notch. By revelation, He may ask us to go into some very new areas of life, even physically. But whether or not our jobs are to fight physically, we can never forget that our ultimate battle is always spiritual and the spiritual is what affects the physical results the Lord wants.

Second Corinthians 10:4 tells us: “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.”

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12).

Believing and acting from a spiritual point of view will always manifest in a material way. Let’s expect the Lord to expand our spiritual realms of influence and be ready to say yes to whatever He asks. It might be a little scary, but more than that, it’s exciting, wonderful and such an awesome privilege! The Lord is thrilled to have us; He loves us and He never gives us something He won’t show us how to accomplish.

Love, Carolyn

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EXPERIENCING THE SPIRITUAL SEED OF CHRIST-IN-US

EXPERIENCING THE SPIRITUAL SEED OF CHRIST-IN-US

The other day I was listening to a friend who knows a lot about the clandestine motives and hidden background to world events, things the general public does not know. There are people who orchestrate international tragedies, as well as national ones and even down to the state and local levels. It can be horrifying, maddening and depressing. Religion might say, “Just don’t look at it.” That may be okay for some, but if we look at the Bible, we see that more often than not, God’s people were involved on the grass roots level of life. They faced the cultural and political fields head on and dealt with it.

In the Old Testament times, the Spirit of God was “on” a person. In Jesus’ time on earth the Spirit of God was “with” them. Jesus told His disciples that after He went back to the Father in Heaven, they would have the Spirit of God “in” them. Then He told them how they could build up that seed of His Spirit within. Remember, it’s called “being born again.” A baby has all the raw material, but needs to grow. That’s how Christ-in-us is.

“And he [Jesus] said unto them, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

‘And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.’

“So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God” (Mark 16: 15-19).

Jesus told them they will speak in new tongues. Why would they need that? Well, Jerusalem and that part of the world wasn’t exactly in a peaceful place, much like the world now is not in a peaceful place. They would need to build up that Spirit in them as fast as they could, to be able to be strong and powerful and peaceful and trusting. They would have to be spiritually sharp on the inside, to be able to righteously handle the things happening on the outside.  

Speaking in tongues is something that is spiritual “Wheaties,” or a power energy drink to the Christ-in-us.

The Apostle Paul said: “When a person speaks in another language, he helps himself grow” (1 Cor. 14: 4).

Jude corroborates this: “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit” (Jude 20). “Praying in the Holy Spirit includes speaking in tongues. We need to be built up spiritually, just like the believers of the first century church.

I want to remind those of us who know how to speak in tongues, to do it more. For those who want to do it and don’t know how, it’s not hard at all. Thank the Lord for what He’s given you. He’s the one who said you can do it.

If you need more documentation, read the book of Acts and see how often it comes up. Regular people all over the book of Acts, spoke in tongues. Jesus told the disciples to breathe in, then speak out the words the Holy Spirit gives. They will be a different language than you already know, so don’t think it’s weird just because it sounds odd to you.

The more you speak, the more comfortable you will be. Once you start speaking in tongues out loud, probably in private, you can start speaking in tongues in your head, just like you would talk to yourself silently. This way, you can speak in tongues while you’re at work or at the gym or just going about your regular daily routines, without people wondering about what the heck you’re doing.  

There are many other great benefits to speaking in tongues. Do you want to understand things better from God’s point of view? How about when you don’t exactly know what a person needs and you want to pray for them? The Word of God says speaking in tongues is for that. It’s perfect prayer. (See Romans 8: 26).

First Corinthians 14:22 says speaking in tongues is a sign to unbelievers. It’s also a sign to us. Anyone who takes the time to learn a different language knows it takes time and effort and memorization. When we speak in tongues, the words just come out. Maybe it’s a little slow at first, but not necessarily. In a very short time, it flows easily.

But the biggest affect you’ll see from speaking in tongues is that you’ll see yourself growing spiritually. You’ll experience more insight in your life, more power, more confidence, more trust, more might, more energy, all of which come from the spiritual fire getting stronger and bigger within you. Worth it? Yes, very worth it!

In a treacherous world we can be better equipped as ambassadors and warriors for our Lord when we agree with Jesus: “They shall speak with new tongues.” When a person speaks in tongues, “he helps himself grow.”

Love, Carolyn

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3 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HELPING A LOVED ONE

THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN WE’RE SERIOUS ABOUT HELPING A LOVED ONE 

When we pray for close friends or family, we sometimes miss the mark. We think we know them and think we know exactly what they should be doing to have a better life. But I listened to a talk the other day that gave me some new insight about seriously helping people close to us. Three steps were mentioned. The first is to ask, “What is their biggest challenge?”  Notice, it’s not “What’s our biggest challenge with them?”

Too often we look at other people’s problems from our own point of view and say things like, “I wish they would just do so and so and such and such and they would be just fine and get over that problem.” We think we have the perfect solutions for those we love. But what if we start looking at a problem from their point of view? Step into their shoes for a while. What is the biggest challenge they are facing? Is it that they are afraid of something? Is it that they aren’t mature enough to really understand a situation? Is it that they are overloaded with too many decisions to make? Is it that they’re not sure who they should trust?

There could be any number of reasons a person isn’t getting blessed results in their lives. The Bible tells us in Luke 6:31: “Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.” When we want someone to help us with a problem, we want them to first try to understand our side, what we’re going through. We want them to lovingly help us, not just blast us with some rote simplistic answer and be gone. (I have to admit I’ve done this a time or two and been sorry after). So let’s think about how we would want to be talked to, how we would want to be treated if we had a challenge like theirs.

Often it’s just a matter of asking the person what they think their biggest challenge is. But sometimes people aren’t so transparent; they’d rather keep their problems private. Depending on how well we know the person, some things we could probably figure out, but if we don’t really know, the Lord can help us. “For thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men” (1 Kings 8:39).

The second question is: “What do they need?” Do they need money? Do they need a friend? Do they need a peaceful heart to figure out the situation? Once we have a pretty good idea of what their biggest challenge is, find out what they need.

Then the third question is one we ask the Lord: “What are You telling me to do?” Maybe He’ll just tell us to pray. Maybe He’ll tell us to do something in the physical. Personally, I think He often tells us to do something in the physical realm and we just don’t act fast enough and it slips by us, or we think it’s just our imagination. If we think He’s telling us to do something we’re uncomfortable with we can always ask Him about it. He’ll be glad to find a way to let us know it was really Him.

These three questions will help us, when we’re serious about helping someone else:

1.      What is their biggest challenge?

2.      What do they need?

3.      What is the Lord telling me to do?

Love, Carolyn

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WE ALL HAVE INFLUENCE

 

WE ALL HAVE INFLUENCE

A couple weeks ago I was asked to try a new paint that I was told was “environmentally safe” and would give us the results we wanted. The fact that it was a two-part system made it suspect. The Lord influenced me to read the Material Safety Data sheets to find out just how toxic it really was. What I found was, though it’s not bad for the ozone, which is way up there, it’ll kill the guy next to you. There is no respirator, besides a full body suit, that will block one of the chemicals in the paint, and it has negative effects on male reproductive organs as well as causing cancer and pulmonary disorders. It’s so flammable, the vapors will crawl along the floor away from the can and can catch on fire easily.

I was pretty squawky about this to my fellow painters, but I toned it down somewhat when I told my boss I didn’t think he really wanted us to use that paint. He totally understood and it looks like we won’t be buying this product. I had a positive influence and if things go the way they should, many of my painter friends will be out of harm’s way on the job.

All of us have a realm of influence. No matter how small it may seem, it’s big to God. We are super important to the Lord in the things we do to “love our neighbor as ourselves” (Mark 12:31). To love our neighbors as ourselves is the second part of the one great commandment given by God in the Old Testament and given again by Jesus in the New Testament to those of us who follow Him.

This morning the Lord gave my best friend Jane and I a new realm of influence: A Big one. He inspired us to pray for the shaking up of the judges in the United States. It’s the judges who interpret the laws. They have tremendous power and influence, but there is corruption in the midst. Jesus spoke to the religious Pharisees, the interpreters of the law in His day: “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh [is speaking].  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth [is bringing] forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth [is bringing] forth evil things” (Matt. 12: 34).

I’m not saying that every judge is speaking evil judgements, but there are enough who have been under the influence of wrong thinking. Their hearts treasure pride in their own opinions and they have strayed from the truth that they are to interpret the laws, especially of the Constitution, as it was intended, according to the righteous laws of the Lord God of Heaven. The Lord told Jane and me to pray that their tongues be stopped and their minds scrambled. If appointed, they’ll get fired; if elected, something else will happen in their lives to either turn them around or block their influence.

So, why did the Lord give Jane and me this prayer job? We certainly don’t see ourselves as any huge significance, and yet we are, and so are you! We’re doing our best to do His will and we’re bold enough to just believe what He shows us, and just do it. We may think we are mere shepherds, but we all have a warrior on the inside!

The shepherd boy David’s only job was to take care of his flock of sheep. In his small realm of influence, he had to fight off a bear and a lion who came after his sheep, and he did it. This small boy was called by God later, to defeat the giant Goliath, who threatened Israel’s whole existence, and he did it. (See 1 Sam. 17).

Samson was just a regular guy. Before the incident with Delilah, he had married a Philistine woman. One day he went off and the wife’s father thought he abandoned her. The Philistine father kidnapped her and gave her to another guy to marry. Samson went after her and burned up fields of corn and vineyards as a retribution for the evil they had done. They came after him, arrested him, bound him up and then God worked in this regular guy to do something amazing.

“And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and the ropes on his arms were like flax (linen) that had been burned, and his bonds dropped off his hands. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out his hand and took it and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said, ‘With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men’” (Judges 15:14-16).

One person who believed in our God wiped out a thousand men with only the jawbone of a donkey. That’s miraculous, but no more miraculous than what our Lord is asking us to do in these times.

You and I are the Davids and the Samsons of our day. We may think we only have influence over a few, but those few are highly important to God. And he is asking us to step it up a notch. God inspired me to expose the toxic nature of the new “environmentally safe” paint, so that many could be spared its negative influence. Today the Lord expected me to take on the toxic judges in prayer. To both I said yes.

Second Corinthians 10:4 tells us: “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.” “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12).

Let’s expect the Lord to expand our spiritual realms of influence and be ready to say yes to whatever He asks. It’s a little scary, but more than that, it’s exciting, wonderful and such an awesome privilege! The Lord is thrilled to have us.

Love, Carolyn

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NO POLITE CONVERSATIONS WITH SNAKES

NO POLITE CONVERSATIONS WITH SNAKES

In Revelation 12:9 we learn of “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.” He uses deception and trickery to take good people down the wrong road. The first place we see his sly ways is in Genesis 3:1, with Eve. “Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, ‘Yea, hath God said, ‘Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’” The serpent tries to get the woman to question what God said. The serpent knew perfectly well that God said there was one tree they shouldn’t eat of. It wasn’t that God was never going to let them eat of it; it was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and as we see later, they just weren’t prepared for that knowledge yet. But the serpent was doing his best to make it seem that God wasn’t quite as wonderful as Eve thought He was. The devil was trying to bend her thinking.

What did Eve do with Satan’s sly question? That’s what I want to talk about: She responded. First Big mistake! She actually didn’t have to respond at all. She could have just told the serpent she wasn’t going to talk to him. When I lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of my jobs was acting secretary for the financial minister of the Witwatersrand University. My duties included answering his phone calls. I was to tell everyone that he would not be taking calls for the next three months, but I could take their number if they’d like to leave one. I was shocked! He was right there in the office, but he wasn’t going to take any phone calls for three months. Before this, I never even thought anyone could dare to do such a thing. I grew to think it was pretty awesome.

When I quit the religious group I was ordained under, they sent me several letters. I read the first one and then threw away all the rest, unopened, after that. I knew my decision to leave was the right one for me, so I didn’t need to see anything they had to say in the letters.

 In 2 Kings 18 the evil king Sennacherib wanted to capture Judah. He sent a messenger to badger the people with words to make them respond first, then be afraid and give up. But King Hezekiah of the Israelites had been given revelation and already told the people, “Answer him not” (v. 36). And they didn’t and Sennacherib was unable to take any of the cities. Eve should have been more like the people under Hezekiah’s care.

How many times has someone asked you a stupid question and instead of telling them you aren’t going to talk to them, you get into a ridiculous conversation that goes absolutely nowhere, or worse, you get into a heated argument?

When the Apostle Paul gave instructions to Timothy on how to be a better minister for the Lord, he says, “But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive” (2 Tim. 2:23-24). I just love that. Jesus doesn’t want us to get into foolish arguments. And we have the Spirit of the Lord in us. You and I both know when someone is asking a stupid question, or one that is intended to start up an argument, or “debate.” Is it really worth it? The answer is, “Only if the Lord tells you to go for it.”

We don’t have to have a polite conversation with a snake. We have Holy Spirit in us and we are smart enough to know when it’s not wise to respond.

Love, Carolyn

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THE LORD SAYS WE CAN "TAKE UP SERPENTS"

THE LORD SAYS WE CAN “TAKE UP SERPENTS”

A few years ago I went to get my hearing checked. The doctor briefly looked at my ears, which were fine, then arrogantly went on to say, “Your nasal passages are partially blocked, but I guess you’ve learned to live with that.” Did I need to hear his negative report? NO! But once we hear something, it’s hard to un-hear it. The devil counts on that. He’ll bring up the bad report as often as he can, to hurt us or make us afraid.

Psalm 140:3 tells us: “They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.” Even if people don’t mean it, their words can be used as powerful curses against us.

I got laryngitis over the Christmas holiday and went to the doctor as soon as I got home. The meds took care of it. But somehow it seemed to linger on. The devil was happy to remind me of what the doctor had said about my nasal passages and those awful words (curses) spoken against me, along with me thinking I was feeling some fluid down deep in my lungs, well, it started to get me fearful. I even went and got some expectorant, but there was no fluid in my lungs to bring up. Something was not right.

So this morning I had my roommate Jane pray for me. When she finished, I knew there was one more thing to do. We rebuked a spiritual snake that had gotten ahold of me. It wasn’t scary or weird, no ectoplasm or anything like that. We just spoke the words and spiritually knew it was done. Very awesome. The Spirit of the Lord led us to pull the snake out and cut its head off.

When Jesus appeared back on earth after He was raised from the dead, He met with His eleven disciples and gave them what has been called, The Great Commission.

“And he said unto them, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover’” (Mark 16: 15,17,18).

Everybody knows about the first part, to preach the gospel, but we don’t seem to know much about the other parts. I looked up the words “take up,” concerning serpents. They mean, “to draw up like you’d pull a fish up out of water,” “to take off or away something that is attached,” and “to remove.” Today we took up that serpent, right out of me. Snakes are sneaky and deceptive, like the snake in the Garden of Eden. They are liars. This snake was telling me I had something still wrong with my lungs and larynx and it brought back the words of that doctor as well, but it was all a lie!

I’ve heard of other people having that happen too. They had a car accident or something in the past and the snakes brought up the thoughts, the emotions and even the symptoms from the incident, but it was all a lie. As soon as the revelation came from the Lord that it was a snake, they rebuked it and pulled it off and the symptoms instantly went away. Praise God.

In Acts 28 Paul and others were shipwrecked on an island. Paul literally pulled off a venomous serpent.

“The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.

“When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, ‘This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.’

“But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god” (Acts 28: 2-6).

Psalm 91:13 says: “You will overpower the strongest lions and the most deadly snakes.”

Even from the time of Adam and Eve, snakes have been around to trick mankind by lies and deception. We even use the phrase today, “He (or she) is such a snake!” Revelation 12: 9 calls the adversary, “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.”

Satan was able to deceive me by using a real sickness (laryngitis) mixed with the cursing words of that doctor, to set me up with a spiritual snake to keep me thinking something was physically wrong with me. But the Lord once again set me free.

Don’t let the snakes bite you!

Love, Carolyn

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"MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE" (JOHN 10:27)

“MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE” (John 10:27)

 “Blah blah blah blah blah.” My best friend Jane was talking, but my mind was racing ahead on something else and I didn’t hear a word she said. Some of us have the habit of letting our minds go ahead of where our bodies are. We’re already thinking about the next thing and our focus strays from the present moment. Sometimes we just get lazy and let our minds wander off. But this isn’t a good thing, it isn’t being considerate of other people. And if we want to get really good at hearing from the Lord, we need to practice listening better to people, especially the ones we care about.

First John 4:20 says: “For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” Listening does take some real effort, especially if you know you’re not that good at it. People want to be heard. They want to have people interested in their lives. Listening is an act of love. There are more verses in the Bible about God listening to us, than verses saying we need to listen to Him. That’s because God IS Love and He’s an expert at listening. If we want to be more like Him, we have to want to be good listeners.

Here are a couple ideas that may help:

1. As soon as you can, after a conversation, go over the conversation in your mind and try to write down what the other person said. If you know you’ve missed some things, apologize and try to remember to ask them again later. Most people will forgive you and be glad you made the effort to ask again.

2. If you ask a question and you get an answer that’s complicated or you aren’t clear on the person’s answer, repeat it back to the person to see if you got it right.

These are two very simple and practical ways to build listening skills with people. But, we can also use these with the Lord. If you feel He’s telling you something, write it down. If you’re unclear on what He’s saying to you, repeat it back to Him. He’ll let you know if you got it. Remember, He loves you. He’s a great listener and He wants us to be great at it too.

“To live in the moment is a gift. That’s why they call it the present!”

Love, Carolyn

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