THE DANGERS OF TAKING VENGEANCE AGAINST OTHERS When you feel wounded by someone you will often feel hurt, betrayed and be tempted to take an offense. Luke 17:1 “Then Jesus said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!” Demons will then speak to your thoughts causing you to feel rejected and victimized and then many become very angry and develop a hatred which causes them to sin as they want to take retribution on those they hate instead of allowing God to handle it. Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭19‬ ‭“Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.” ‭‭ Ephesians 4:26-27 “Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” Then your demons will tell you that you were a victim and torment your emotions with feelings of hurt and blinding you to desire revenge and develop an extreme hatred. Jeremiah 17:5 “Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs…

THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT WILL FORCE YOU TO STAY MARRIED TO YOUR ABUSER We all want marriages to be healthy and loving and kind but both the husband and wife have a freewill to choose to love each other in a godly way or hurt the other. If a person refuses to get healed from their soul wounds, forgive those who hurt them and repent for pride and sin then they will manifest in a demonic way on their spouse to control and manipulate them emotionally. People in the church who operate out of a religious spirit will often force those being emotionally abused to stay married to their abuser which will cause them to have no peace and ultimately stop their assignment from the Lord. The religious people will demean and shame them to stay in their abusive marriages with their demonic spouse who will act like they are godly but have no fruit of the spirit and walk in their flesh. God never wants anyone to stay in an emotionally, physically or sexually abusive marriage. It can literally cause you to get sick and die early. Most of the religious people will guilt those who are being abused to…

UNDERSTANDING MONITORING SPIRITS & HOW TO DEFEAT THEM Monitoring spirits / demons will watch what you do and what you say and then report the information they observe back to people with evil intentions, witches or warlocks or various demonic networks so they can try to hinder you in your life, marriage, relationships and especially ministry.  The monitoring spirits are demons that you cannot see with your eyes but can also be in insects or animals like birds, rats, cats, or dogs, or could be actual people who astral project to spy on you or in people disguised to be your friend but only want to probe you for information. Monitoring spirits will especially watch those who are making an impact for God’s kingdom to try and come against them through causing: Fear & Doubt Fatigue & Insomnia Sickness for no reason or cause Recurring negative patterns / frustrations Experiencing strange delays / obstacles Distractions / Feeling watched or dreams & visions of being watched The spiritually weakest in your family are easy targets to be attacked They study our weaknesses, struggles and know our past and present and work to keep us in those destructive cycles.  They will know…

BEWARE OF HELPING THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE Most Christians are taught that we need to help other people. While that is true, sometimes helping others will cause you to feel drained, exhausted, unappreciated, and even taken advantage of. The Bible teaches us the importance of discernment when offering assistance. Proverbs 19:19 says “A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.” ‭‭ This reminds us that sometimes, our help can unintentionally enable harmful behaviors or keep people stuck in a cycle of dependency. By setting healthy boundaries and understanding when your help is being exploited, you can protect your peace and focus on helping those who are truly ready for change. The 7 types of people that we should not help are: 1. The Perpetual Victim (they crave attention and always blame others and their stories are filled with exaggerated problems, they continue to wallow in their problems and expect others to fix their issues for them) 2. The Know It All (they think they have all the answers and dismiss others, they dominate conversations, ignore the opinions of others and believe their way is the only way) 3.…

WHY ANOINTED PEOPLE ARE OFTEN BORN INTO TOXIC FAMILIES Being born into a toxic family can be extremely challenging to endure.  When a father or mother emotionally abuses their children or worse it usually causes the abused child to have significant issues as they grow older and many never recover as they are angry or sad and feel broken.  But for those who will become anointed to do great things for the Lord it allows that person ultimately to develop powerful  perseverance in overcoming extreme obstacles in life. As they learn how to forgive everyone who hurt them they begin to have their eyes opened spiritually of why their family was so toxic due to their family & relative’s own hurts and wounds when they were growing up and how they never got healed so they developed unforgiveness and bitterness which gave demons legal rights to torment their minds.  By enduring the toxic behaviors and overcoming through forgiveness they became a very strong anointed instrument of the Lord when completing their healing and deliverance. They are able to minister to thousands of people because they know what it’s like to be hurt and yet forge through the pain and overcome.…

IF YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS YOU COULD BE THE FAMILY SCAPEGOAT / BLACKSHEEP In a family situation the scapegoat carries the sins of their own family (which typically have many members in the family who are unhealthy, toxic and/or dysfunctional). For instance, Dad is an alcoholic, sex addict, aggressor, prideful while Mom is his enabler. Or Mom is angry, controlling, belittling, prideful, demanding and Dad is her enabler. The family is expected to deny the truth of their parent’s dysfunction and hide it from the public (keep their dirty laundry buried in the backyard). So what the toxic family members will do is to label one of their children the “problem child” and blame everything that is wrong with their family on that child. This scapegoated child can do no right in their eyes. The scapegoated child typically has a moral compass and is a truth teller that won’t look the other way and ignore sin, but have a very good heart. The parent who is most demanding will usually make another child the “golden child” or the hero of the family who can do no wrong who will look the other way with their toxic parents lives. Since…

IT’S BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN TO HAVE MANY UNGODLY FRIENDS & FAMILY Written by Mindy Schuman There are many times in life when we find ourselves surrounded by friends, family and others who don’t have our best interest at heart. There are often individuals we allow to be part of our lives who have not aligned themselves with the kingdom of God and His commandments and have become a negative influence in our thoughts and actions. In many cases we allow these individuals to speak into us and be an active part of our lives causing much damage to ourselves and even our spouse and children. These types of relationships can be harmful and cause us to lose our peace that God desires us to have. We have a responsibility to our spouses, if married, and children to guard ourselves from those with evil intentions and who habitually practice sin and walk out their fleshly desires. Many mistakenly believe that being connected to those who have repeatedly and habitually been critical, judgmental and harsh is somehow better than being alone. But it is far better to pull away and be separate than be negatively influenced, controlled, manipulated and mistreated…

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ARE HATED BY WOMEN & LUSTED AFTER BY MEN Women who are physically attractive are hated  by other women who are jealous of them and lusted after by men until the men’s advances are rejected and then are also hated on by men. Sadly there is a very real curse that most women endure when they are beautiful.  Many women get dirty looks by other jealous insecure women in public, at the workplace, church, the gym, grocery store and can feel the hatred for them for no reason. They feel ostracized, lied & gossiped about. These beautiful women are especially hated if they have a godly heart as the demons in others can’t stand them and want them to be destroyed. Lucifer used to be beautiful as the leader of worship in heaven but was jealous of God so was kicked out of heaven and is evil and leads other demons to come against those who desire to be godly so those influenced by demons especially hate beautiful women who love God.  In 2 Samuel 13 - David’s son Amnon lusted after his beautiful half sister Tamar and ultimately raped her. Then he hated her and sent her…

YOUR ACTIONS TODAY AFFECT YOUR CHILDREN & FUTURE GENERATIONS TOMORROW Written by Mindy Schuman As I was reflecting on some circumstances recently, the Lord reminded me how much each of our actions will affect and influence our children, grandchildren and future generations. We know that our actions can most importantly affect our fellowship with God, but how much do we consider that our actions can greatly affect those around us, specifically our children. Our children can be greatly influenced by how we live day to day, the level of humility we walk in before God and others, and how submitted and surrendered we are to God and his word. Scripture tells us to honor our parents so that it will go well with us (Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1) and as parents we are also instructed not to provoke our children (Ephesians 6:4). I would contend also that, as parents, it will also go well for us if we are honorable towards our children, young and old in age. We honor our children by being submitted to God, by living a life where all the fruits of the spirit are in operation within our homes and by treating them with love…

THE JOY OF THE LORD WILL BE YOUR STRENGTH Written by Mindy Schuman When walking through circumstances and seasons that are are difficult, sometimes we will have to choose to walk in the joy of the Lord. Walking in the joy of the Lord will need to be an intentional choice within us, a choice to walk by faith and not by sight. We will have to choose this sometimes because scripture tells us that the joy of the Lord will be our strength (Nehemiah 8:10) and our feelings and thoughts might not always line up with this truth. Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:9-10 In Nehemiah Chapter 8 above, we see…