BEELZEBUB COULD BE CAUSING YOUR STRUGGLE WITH FOOD Often people who have been hurt and wounded growing up struggle with overeating or eating food that is unhealthy. They turn to eating food as a comfort to their feelings of emotional wounds. They often also struggle with being tormented in their minds and thoughts by the spirit of Beelzebub.  Beelzebub, is first mentioned in the Bible in 2 Kings as Baal-Zebul. II Kings 1:2 NKJV “Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”” The name is a combination of the words Baal, which means "Lord", and Zebul, which means "exalted dwelling". The Jews changed the name to "Beelzeboul" after the time of the Philistines, which means "lord of dung.”  What happens when an animal eats their food and then excretes it from their bodies - it becomes dung. Then what attracts to the dung? Flies. The name Beelzebub comes from the Hebrew word Baʽal zĕbhūbh, which literally means "lord of flies". Beelzebub tempts people in the area of food with gluttony…

COMPLAINING GIVES DEMONS LEGAL RIGHTS TO TORMENT YOU Demons want you to complain as much as possible to as many who will let you. They want you to go on and on about how you have suffered and endured pain in your past because it brings joy to them that you are still feeling negatively affected and have not forgiven those who hurt you and let it go and stay in victim mode. Remember how much the Israelites complained when they were in the desert instead of having a heart of gratitude that they were no longer slaves? They could have walked into the Promised Land in a few days but because of their complaining God caused them to stay in the wilderness and then they all died (except for Joshua and Caleb) in the desert because He was tired of hearing them complain. Could your complaints be keeping you in the desert? Have you ever been around a person who complains about everything? It often depresses you as you listen to them talk negatively about people who often have been out of their lives for years. Eventually it wears on you as it’s hard to stay positive anymore or…