SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOLLOWING JESUS OR YOUR FAMILY The truth is that when we get serious to obey the Bible and the Lord we will often have to say goodbye to much of the world, our friends including our families and even our parents. Most are not willing to choose to live righteous lives because it would cost them their worldly pleasures and living for their flesh. True obedience to the Lord requires saying goodbye to willfully choosing a sinful life. We must choose to walk in the fruit of the spirit like Jesus. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Also humility and sexual purity. Galatians 5:16-26 Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV ““Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” The Bible says we cannot love our parents or children more than Jesus.  Matthew 10:35-37 NKJV “For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and…

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING OPPRESSED OR POSSESSED BY DEMONS When a person is oppressed by demons they will hear demonic thoughts in their minds - which sounds like their own thoughts - often thousands of times each day (2005 - the National Science Foundation found the average person has 12,000 thoughts a day and 80% are negative). Some of the thoughts a person has from demons will be true because otherwise you would not believe them, but they will always twist something to get you to believe a lie in order to ultimately hurt you. The demons’ goal is to cause people to believe what they say which causes them to struggle with fear, anxiety, anger, regret, revenge, bitterness, condemnation, jealousy, lust, depression, mental disorders, suicidal thoughts, believing godly people are bad and to not be trusted and to believe ungodly people are good and are to be trusted. The demons want Christians to justify allowing sin to be common in their lives so they will stay walking in their flesh instead of changing to walking in the spirit. The demons ultimately want to take the person to hell by causing them to disobey the Bible and Jesus.  The Lord…