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Reading List Fall 2010

sarahw — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:26:50 GMT

This is the 2010 Fall Reading List
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Can America Survive?: 10 Prophetic Signs That� (Hardcover)
by John Hagee
This is a must read. This will help you make decisions concerning the mid term elections 2010. This book will show you what danger America is in internationally and in the white house.
This book will change your mind about America and what is Happening in it today.

Honor's Reward: How to Attract God's Favor and Blessing
By Bevere John

Prayers That Bring Change (Paperback) by Kimberly Daniels

Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose (Paperback) by Derek Prince

Thus Saith The Lord (Inner Strength Series) by John Bevere

Two down loadable books
Churches That Abuse by: Ronald Enroth Recovering From Churches That Abuse
by: Ronald Enroth
Religious Abuse

Authority Abusers
by George G. Bloomer

Yes I know 3 books on ministry abuse. However I know we have a lot of minsters who chat and read the message Board. I hope that these books become resources for their churches and others that they know in ministry. If you have ever been in an abusive church these books can provide hope and healing to show you what to look for in the next congregation.

The word of God says For my people perish for a lack of knowledge. I hope these books will bring help and healing to our lives.

Ground Zero Mosque Clears Major Obstacle

sarahw — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:58:00 GMT

once again Our political leaders do not know when to differentiate between honoring the memory of the dead and accepting blood money from those who committed the crime. We as Christians are to pray for those who lead and govern our nation at all levels: City, state and federal. In this case we are to seek Gods face and ask God to step into this situation and bring honor to those who lost their lives and their family of 9/11.

We are also to call, and write you senators, congressmen. women and even your governor of your state and ask them to voice their outrage over this step being taken to put this Muslim center this close to ground zero. It is an insult to those who lost their lives and their families. This would make a second assault on the families. This behavior on the part of the leaders of New York City in no way say that they are being responsible with the land Placing Islamic this close to ground zero where terrorist attack happened on American soil. It would be equal to placing a training center for Islam tourism down the street from their trophy of jihad. The only way to stop this is to become the squeaky wheel . We need express out outrage in a godly way. We are to ask these leaders to look beyond the money and recall a day in our past that is a lot more costly that what this Islamic center will pay the city .

Sarahw

The following is from today head lines August 3, 2010

Ground Zero Mosque Clears Major Obstacle
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/40273/

KCM Belivers Convention AUG 2-7,2010

sarahw — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:05:41 GMT

The Southwest Believers' Convention Is August 2-7,2010. This is streamed live off the net and then will be on demand after the event is over. This is the only convention this year.
Saturday morning is healing school.

Have a good time

http://www.bvov.tv/

A Love Note to My Son Zachery

lizj — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:24:31 GMT

Hey cutie.. Remember me.. the one whose heart was overwhelmed the day you came and lived with me.... Did you know I have had the time of my life raising you..... Did you know you mean the world to me.. Do I drive you crazy and do I let you know I love you all the time... A special soul born you were... did you know that I was told you would be a great blessing.. I wonder how she knew.. Your depth is not lost on me you know.. wise before you years thing.. oh yes.. and the humor thing too.... ah yes nobody made me laugh more so than my Zee Zee.. Did you know you captured hearts where ever you went.. how does it feel to have such a gift my son.. I�m thanking God above for you ... Why he thought I should be so honored to be Zachery�s mom I do not know.. Did you know I kiss my finger and touch your door of your bedroom even when you are aren�t there but it feels like maybe in this huge universe maybe it will transcend into your beautiful soul.. playing X-box for all I know.. But yet it connects my sout to yours if not for just a moment in time.. That�s all I need you know.. moments in times.. How awesome you are my son and what a refreshing sight you are in a world that is so broken.. Your love is unbreakable and pure... I won�t tell.. will you.. Don�t need to really.. it just plain shows in your words and you actions.. It�s true I miss you when you are gone.. but did you know I am proud you are so strong and stalwart in a very demoralzing world.. You bring hope to not just me but to a world that needs you.. You have the gift you know.. I know it and so always remain the true, upright , blantantly honest spirit of love you are... I know this world will be a better place because of it.. I promise I know this... Did you know you taught me of love... you overwhelm my heart ... Could I ask for more.. I think not... So as this huge world recieves the joy I was honored with in raising 21 years ago...know better days are ahead.... I know.as I have been there... So great big world know there is somethng coming your way and it is all very good.... and my heart crys.. not in sadness but in joy.. Okay in some sadness.. but mostly in joy for knowng the spirit of Zachery... Hey cutie, do you know I miss you everyday... of course you do.. from me... loving mom of Zachery..

Song "Heaven on Earth"

sarahw — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:04:29 GMT

This song is from Rod Parsley's church in Ohio. This is one of the best posted renditions of this song for worship I have heard.

You Tube

ENDA is Dying

sarahw — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:07:27 GMT

ENDA IS DYING
By Rev. Ted Pike
20 July 10

The Hill reports that Democrat leaders, worried about voter backlash in November, will not introduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act during these final weeks before summer recess of Congress. (�The Hill: ENDA Won't Make Senate Floor� www.advocate.com, July 15) This is almost certainly the obituary for one of the most frightening, pro-homosexual, anti-Christian bills ever submitted to Congress.

In the past month, homosexual media have repeatedly blamed lack of Senate Democrat support for ENDA's failure. I am proud of the perhaps thousands of lovers of freedom who came to www.truthtellers.org for the names of 14 undecided Senators, bombarding them with calls in May. At that time staffers for these mostly Democrat Senators reported "heavy protest," protest that powerfully hit its mark. To my knowledge, none of these Senators, snagged over ENDA's "transgender provision" allowing "transitioning" males into women's restrooms, ever capitulated.

What activists on the political/religious right have shown is that, contrary to the gloom following passage of the healthcare bill this spring, the legislative and electoral process is working! Directly or indirectly, no one can deny that the Democrats at last are getting the message from grassroots America loud and clear.

In fact, many Hill Democrats are angry at Obama for requiring them to pass perverse, financially irresponsible legislation, with no concern from the President that such might end their careers in November.

This is a uniquely favorable time to take even more decisive action to save freedom. Fearing judgment day at midterms, Democrat leaders are undecided whether to push forward "don't ask, don't tell" repeal, legitimizing open homosexuality in the military. Don't let them do it!

Call your House and Senate representatives immediately. Call toll free at 1-877-851-6437. (If you don't know their names, the capitol operator will take your zip code and route you to their offices.) Tell their staffers: "Please tell the Senator/House member not to support a repeal of �don't ask, don't tell.� Open homosexuality in the military weakens morale and combat efficiency. If the member of Congress votes to endorse homosexuality in the military, I and my friends will do our best to vote out Democrats in November."

It could literally be hours before the Democrats make a decision about DADT repeal. Call NOW! If we can kill two major pro-homosexual bills (not to mention sending a raft of Democrats back home in November), it will be a very good year's work, an excellent start toward rebuilding a new America.

Interim

lizj — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:09:40 GMT

Interim
It�s fading slowly but surely my friends..
it�s really still unclear to me, if it can even be cured�

So I�ll sit and ponder how will it be.. I get down upon my knees
for understanding to come to me.
I�m frozen, and I cannot move� I cannot fathom what�s up ahead�.

So I search for all the answers, yet find it becomes less clear..
Do I just accept this fate of mine, or just simply hope it will be fine, someday..?

It�s even deeper than this my friend.. Oblivious to so many, but reality to others..

You know that reality, of our mortality..
Are we just to hold it in, pretend,
that it�s okay, from day to day..?

I�m afraid it isn�t working anymore�
It only becomes worse and unravels my stability..
It will never be the same again and all the things that were before, will never be anymore�
Something new ahead I know, but will it bring me to that place, of peace in my mind...?
where I can be, who I am, to be?

Will you take my hand and lead me there, to where I need, and want to be?
Can I take my memories, and will you hold us all in those times, when it is dark and we are lost�?
The rainbow is God�s promise I read..
so I ask you, can I behold this magnificent beauty just one more time,
and can I feel the warmth of the summer sun, and feel the gravity of the moon?

All these things I ask of thee�

Please take me there and talk to me of love and better things to be..
Is it possible I could have missed what�s it really all about..?
Did I live my life at all, like Jesus did..
Or did I only care, about only myself?

It�s not really easy to look back.. Can I say I did my best?
Can any of us look back, and not feel we may have not passed that test..
Did you, and did I�?
It�s a question that needs to be asked, or maybe it just�. should be asked..
Did I care enough? Did I love enough?
Was I there for you�? I�m not so sure anymore..

I think I missed so many opportunities
and now I am left to face the mess�
what can I do, and what can I say�
is it too late?

I don�t want to be so bitter anymore.. I want to know the truth..
I want the truth to set me free.. give me the serenity to let it be�.
Please�. come to me...

My Prayer

lizj — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:49:54 GMT

I get it now.. it�s beyond my control and I must let it go...
Keep my center from toppling into the whirlwind..
Didn�t seem so necessary before the meltdown
But the test is in full measure and my sanity depends on it.
No one told me this was going to be so hard you know..
Facing the storms yet staying in the calm of the center...
This is where the trust must fall in place and I do believe..
It�s going to be okay you say and I do believe it will...
But if you don�t mind I might shed a few tears okay..
I�m always suppose to be strong and I�m not so anymore
So fill me with the peace and serentity I so crave..
Help me to be who you want me to be..
What is my mission, my purpose, my divine journey in life..
It�s a miracle this life we live and every moment reminds me..
Fill my heart with your pure love and open my mind to you..
Take this floundering soul and raise it up to be like you..
Embrace my spirit and lift it up to eternal bliss..
So I can be with others passed who now reside at Heaven�s address
I�ve heard the love you do provide is beyond my wildest dreams
But in the meantime I will feel the love of all my fellow human beings
And hopefully, if just for a moment transcend my love into their souls
I cherish times I can have a chance to be the difference to another..
I feel the peace come into me the closer I come to you..
I�m searching and I�m reaching to be oh so nearer to you my God,
I can only pray and hope it will be a relationship for eternity..[/CENTER]

Temporary change

sarahw — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:25:54 GMT

Our lives take all kinds of twists and turns. and we learn to roll with the punches. The writing will continue and Gen chapter 24 is to come. I am having to do more reading and research in order to bring the standard of writing to this blog. Thank you so much for your patients. as far as the worship and the media they are coming also.
thank you for reading this blog and we will continue to post .. Have a great day ..

More of the same it seems.....

Pillar — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:45:10 GMT

Unfortunatly I was in the hospital yet again and for the same symptoms. This time it was for 2 days and I still dont remember it a week later. The good thing is that they finally diagnosed me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and bipolar depression; it would have been nice to have gotten this 12 years ago when the problems started, but I guess with the department of veterans affairs, late is much better than never, and usually all you can expect. I am truly thankful that my wife has stood by me through all of this and that my kids have been able to understand kind of what is going on with me when I have an "episode" of confusion or dizziness and how to handle it (call for help). As rough as I feel life has been, the Lord has been true to his word and has allways provided for our daily needs - and usually then some. Thanks Jesus :)

The Women With The Issue Of Blood part 1

Dainty — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:01:17 GMT

The Women With The Issue of Blood

This Bible study is divided into 3 parts because of its length..

There are a few references we need to give before we tell the story, of the healing of the women with the issue of blood. The following addresses will take you to the Jewish encyclopedia. They will explain what is and what is not unclean according to the Jewish Law. This law was in place in the day and time when Jesus walked on the face of the earth. The healing of the women with the issue of blood took place during that time.
JewishEncyclopedia.com - ZABIM

JewishEncyclopedia.com - ZABIM

Jesus returned from the other side of the lake. The area of the ten cities, where Jesus cast the demons out of a man and sent the demons into a heard of pigs. We will teach at this on another time.

Jesus has been depicted as a mild mannered guy. One may even envision that he was always walking around with a halo on his head. Jesus is holy but he is very much a man who knew who he was and what he was here to do. The status of Jesus grew with each passing day for many reasons. Some times it was merely because of those who wanted to be seen with him. This group, this mob of groupies followed him around consistently because they wanted to be where he was and be a part of the action.

We have all kinds of mobs, we have patronize flash mobs we have crazy fans, stalkers crowds that just want to be seen with the right people at the right time. All of this took place with out texting or any cell phones. Word of mouth is and always has been a powerful tool

When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake there was a throng, a mob of people waiting for him. The book of Mark and the book of Luke match in this part of the story. In the book of Matthew it states that Jesus was teaching on fasting.
In the middle of this teaching the ruler of the synagogue came to Jesus and said that his daughter was dying and he ask Jesus to come immediately. (Matthew Mark and Luke all three of these books agree on this point.) As soon as Jairus ask Jesus to come to his home to minister to his dying daughter Jesus immediately turned and followed Jairus. Matthew states the disciples also went with him. In the books of Mark and Luke it indicates that the crowds were crushing them as they walked.
From here we pick up this story, in the book of Luke and will add Mark and Matthew as we go along.

The Women With The Issue Of Blood part 2

Dainty — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:42:04 GMT

Luck 8:40-44
40Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
41Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,[d] but no one could heal her. 44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Matthew 9:20-2120Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."

Mark 5:27 -28 27She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, 28For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health.

These two verses tell us that Jesus did not know that the woman with the issue of blood was behind him. In Matthew 9: 21 we see that she �said to herself� if I only touch his cloak, I will be healed. The people in the faith movement of today would say she was making a �faith confession� to herself. The psychology of today would say that she was involved in �self talk�.
In Mark 5:28 we see that not only did she say this to herself once but she was continually saying it to herself. Regardless of weather she was making �faith confessions� or she was involved in �self talk� the fact remains that she was saying this sentence to herself and to no one else. Obviously others heard her talking to herself and they heard what she was saying to herself, because it is recorded in the scriptures. It is also obvious that she did not get agreement from anyone else on the street concerning this statement. She knew that Jesus could heal her. She did not want any one to have the opportunity to talk her out of receiving her healing. This was her one chance to receive a healing and have a normal life restored. She was not about to let any one stop her chance for a healing.

She was building her faith by speaking to herself. She knew she was considered by every one in the Jewish community as an �unclean woman�. The reason for that was because she had been bleeding for twelve years. Being considered as an unclean woman by the entire Jewish community is a part of the Jewish law mentioned above.

[I]Matthew 5:26 26And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse.

Her entire lifestyle was controlled by this physical ailment. She was not permitted to go out in public and be around people. Even the time of day she went to the market place and to the well for water was controlled by this ailment. The Jewish law commanded it.
She was treated as an outcast from her society. This ailment caused her to spend all of her money in an attempt to get well. So not only was she an out cast from her community she was now penniless and perhaps even single by this time. Her life was very sad and seamed hopeless at best.

The Bible does not tell us the reason for her bleeding. We don�t know if she was a hemophiliac or if she had fibroid tumors or if she had been ripped during child birth twelve years prior. This was during the day and age when they did not have much medical knowledge or medications. Her ailment could have been caused by many different physical problems.

Luck 8:45- 45"Who touched me?" Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."
46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me." 47Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.

Mark 5:29 29And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [[j]suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [[k]distressing] ailment.

No doubt she had heard of the healings performed by Jesus for others along the way. She must have thought that if He can heal a blind man he can heal me to. She took a huge step of faith by going out in public and reaching out to touch Jesus. She knew that if she were caught in public attempting to touch the Rabi, as an unclean woman she could be stoned to death, according to the Jewish law. This also shows desperation on her part. She realized that this may be her only hope to receive healing and to have a normal life returned to her. This may have been her only opportunity to receive a healing and she was willing to take that risk and go for it.

The Women With The Issue Of Blood part 3

Dainty — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:38:48 GMT

27She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, 28For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health. 29And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [[j]suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [[k]distressing] ailment. 30And Jesus, recognizing in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around immediately in the crowd and said, Who touched My clothes? 31And the disciples kept saying to Him, You see the crowd pressing hard around You [l]from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me? 32Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had been done for her, though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your [m]trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in [n](into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [[o]distressing bodily] disease.

She was among the immense crowd that was pressing in to Jesus. This was a large crowd similar to a crowd that may be waiting for a rock star to come out of a building. Every one wanted to see and be near him and touch him. It must have been the in thing to do.

When Jesus passed by her she reached out and touched a string from his teleite. That is when the healing anointing poured out of Him and into her. She had made an intentional demand upon the healing virtue of Jesus. She was the only one in the crowd with that kind of faith and determination to be healed. At that point Jesus stopped and ask the question �Who touched Me�? Every one denied touching him at that point. They may have thought they were in trouble with the Rabi. At that point Peter said �Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you�. But Jesus said, �Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out of me.�
Jesus was aware that some one had touched Him and made a demand on the healing power that was with in Him. He was willing to take the time to stop and talk to the person who made that demand upon the healing virtue with in him. He knew he needed to say some things to that person who had just received their healing.
Then the woman seeing that she could not go unnoticed came trembling and fell at this feet. No doubt she must have thought she was going to be stoned to death at that moment. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. Then he said to her, �Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.�
This was a life changing and liberating moment for this woman. No longer did she have to an outcast from her peers. No longer did she have to buy things in the market from those who were not Jewish or possibly those who worshiped idols or who were perhaps considered unclean themselves.
Her healing meant that she could work once again and be around her family and she could attend the Synagogue again. She could once again have a normal life, for the first time in twelve years.

When she received her healing her standing in the community was returned. She literally had her life given back to her through a miraculous healing. A miracle healing is one that occurs instantly. Her healing happened exactly that way. Jesus did not even reach out and touch her or pray for her. The healing happened when his back was turned to her.

Matthew 9:22
22Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

Mark 5;34
34And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your [m]trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in [n](into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [[o]distressing bodily] disease.

Mark 5:34 Tells us that not only did she receive an instantaneous miracle healing she also received a continuous healing. Jesus addressed the woman and said to her �Go in peace and be continually healed and freed from your distressing bodily disease�. As a result of his words to her I am sure she never had this physical ailment again. She remained in her community as a living testimony of the miraculous healing power of Jesus which is available for any one who is willing to reach out and take it.

Copyright 06-27-2010
Dainty Westgaard

The Spirit of Jezebel By Jon Hamilton Part 1

Dainty — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:03:08 GMT

The Spirit of Jezebel By Jon Hamilton Part 1

The spirit of a Jezebel topic is known in several parts of the church. Many do not know what it is or how this spirit behaves. The following in in two parts to help us know and understand how this spirit works hard at encapsulating the churches and or its leaders. This one of many articles and books on this subject to find information and then a way to combat this spirit in your lives and churches.

The Spirit of Jezebel By Jon Hamilton
(taken from the book "The Nature Of Our Enemy")
http://www.jonhamilton.org/jezebel.htm

The Spirit of Jezebel
In the book of Revelation, the Lord speaks to the church at Thyatira
"Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols." (Rev 2:20)
At first glance we might ask "What? Jezebel? Didn�t she die back in Second Kings? How can Jezebel be threatening the church in Asia?"
Obviously, the literal person of Jezebel was not present in Thyatira. The reference is a prophetic parallel. Just as John the Baptist was "Elijah" because he came in the spirit and power of Elijah, this person or influence in Thyatira was under the spiritual control of the same demonic influences that controlled Jezebel of old.
Thus, there is a type of demonic influence in society and the church that can rightly be called by the name Jezebel.
This spirit obviously existed long before Queen Jezebel, but she was so totally controlled by its nature that she has become its namesake. In scripture, Herodias is also a type of this force. As Jezebel opposed Elijah, so Herodias opposed John the Baptist. A third example is found here in Revelation 2:20
Queen Jezebel
Jezebel, the Biblical character, first appears in First Kings 16, when she marries Ahab, king of Israel. Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, the king and high priest of the Baal worshipping Sidonians. Baal worship was closely associated with obsessive sensuality and often involved sex acts. Jezebel, as a daughter of this perverse kingdom, was raised in an atmosphere where sex was a path to power and influence.
Ahab, King of Israel, was completely subdued and dominated by Jezebel. Jezebel then introduced the worship of Ashtoroth to Israel. This goddess, represented in Canaanite culture by the moon, was a power-hungry goddess of love and sensuality. Priestess-prostitutes filled her shrines and serviced her worshippers. The lure of these legal, readily available erotic encounters was more than the men of Israel would resist. By Jezebel�s influence, 10 million Israelites left the worship of God for Baal and Ashtoroth. Only 7000 people in the entire nation were not swayed by her control.
The Characteristics of the Jezebel Spirit
A Jezebel spirit seeks control through manipulation. It has a deep hatred of true spiritual authority, and uses emotional pressure, witchcraft and obsessive sensuality in its pursuit of power. It uses subtle persuasion to gain influence and get close to those in control. It then uses this position to gradually dominate.
In the Hebrew, the name Jezebel means literally "without cohabitation". She will not live or "cohabit" with those she cannot dominate and control. She will have no equals. Control is what Jezebel wants more than anything. Even when Jezebel appears to be submissive, it is usually out of a carefully wrought plan to gain influence.
Although it may be common to refer to Jezebel as "she", we obviously must conclude that as a spirit, Jezebel is gender neutral. Jezebel certainly has as many male slaves as female. However, since Jezebel initially tends to establish control without the actual use of physical force, she is more easily associated with classic feminine persuasion techniques.
Jezebel likes to appear close to leaders, and use their influence. She likes to use the power and influence of others to accomplish her goals and control her environment. In 1 Kings 21:8 we read " Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab�s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles of the city." This is typical of Jezebel. She prefers to remain concealed in the background, while she manipulates situations and leaders.
Jezebel is often associated with pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. She will use any form of sensuality at her disposal to gain influence and control. Jezebel uses sensuality, but make no mistake, Jezebel is seeking CONTROL. Lusts are merely tools used to weaken others in order for her to accomplish her goal of control. In many cases sex is not involved at all.
Jezebel�s greatest enemy is true spiritual authority. As Jezebel opposed Elijah and Herodias opposed John the Baptist, so Jezebel today opposes righteous authority. In her heart, she despises all moral authority. .
Jezebel in Society
In America today, Jezebel is the arrogant, angry spirit behind abortion, crying out "It�s MY choice! Don�t tell me what to do!" She has cleverly manipulated debate and positioned herself behind seats of power.
She is the power behind the rebirth of witchcraft in our culture. She calls to millions of teenagers via popular music and movies, telling them that new age witchcraft will give them power. She is the force behind the psychic hotlines, which control and manipulate millions.
She is also the spirit at the center of Hollywood. Jezebel is the reason so many homosexuals are drawn to the entertainment industry, desperately seeking recognition and acceptance.
In an attempt to weaken righteous leadership, Jezebel is the force that draws millions of Christian men into hours of television. She is behind the explosion of Internet pornography. Today she is luring men of God into secret lives of bondage and condemnation. Some leaders, once powerful men of prayer, are now too ashamed to even sneak into the throne room. They are wracked with condemnation. They have been reduced to being mere eunuchs of Jezebel. Men with the calling of David have become pleasure shackled Ahabs. (God still wants to free these!)

The Spirit of Jezebel By Jon Hamilton Part 2

Dainty — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:54:45 GMT

The Spirit of Jezebel By Jon Hamilton Part 2
(taken from the book "The Nature Of Our Enemy")
In the book of Revelation, the Lord speaks to the church at Thyatira
The Spirit of Jezebel
Jezebel in the Church
Jezebel is not only visible in society. Jezebel is quite at home in the church pew.
1 Kings 21:9 In those letters she wrote: "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."
With a heart of ice, Jezebel gained control of Naboth�s vineyard under the pretense of a FAST. She suddenly got religion when she needed it.
Remember the adulterous woman in Proverbs 7? She first lured the foolish young man with, "I�ve just finished making my peace offerings, and have come looking for you." She made sure he knew she was a good religious woman before she seduced him! Likewise, Jezebel doesn�t let her sin keep her from church.
Jezebel often manifests within the most "spiritual" people you will ever meet. In the Church, Jezebel will first attempt to get close to the pastor or other leaders with flattery. She will attempt to gain his confidence. She "calls herself a prophetess" and often manipulates others with her spirituality. Her deep "truths" usually result in condemnation and burdens for those in her care.
If the pastor, like Elijah, sees and opposes her deceptions, he will find himself in a fight for his life! He may find himself unemployed! Many a man of God has unwittingly had this spirit of control drive out his godly leadership.
While Jezebel often claims to have inspired messages, (she "calls herself a prophetess" according to Rev 2:20), she usually discourages other prophetic voices unless they are under her control. She will attempt to cause leaders to be suspicious of true prophetic messengers, which bear the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 19:10)
This same controlling spirit may manifest in very different, even opposite ways. For example, a controlling, super-spiritual, self righteous, manipulative mother (the kind that wants to run the church), will often be horrified when her daughter grows up to be sexually immoral. Little does she know that she released that very spirit into her child�s life!
Demonic Depression and Loss of Vision
For seven years, God had carefully protected Elijah. God fed him in the wilderness. When Ahab�s armies sought to kill Elijah, they were unable to lay a finger on him.
Finally, in a showdown at Mt. Carmel, Elijah called down fire from heaven and resoundingly defeated and killed the priests of Baal. All Israel fell at his feet in repentance, worshipping the true God. Elijah was the man of the hour. He was vindicated, victorious, and clearly in charge.
Nevertheless, when Jezebel sent Elijah a single threat, he suddenly turned coward and fled to the desert. Anxious, depressed, and miserable, he begged God to kill him!
Think about this. It makes NO sense. Elijah enjoyed supernatural protection for seven years. He watched fire fall from heaven and defeat his enemies, yet when a single angry woman threatened him one time, he lost every shred of vision and ran away. He moaned in self-pity and depression, begging God to kill him!
This is a great example of Jezebel�s powerful demonic "anointing" to intimidate, create fear, and cause men of God to withdraw. Jezebel steals your vision. Jezebel will even make you depressed and anxious when there is nothing significantly different in your circumstances. If there are difficult circumstances, this spirit will tell you they are insurmountable, impossible, and overwhelming. Jezebel will make you feel like dying when in reality, you are God�s man of the hour.
Jezebel�s witchcraft will attack key leaders in her targeted area through intimidation. Those under attack may awaken one morning to find it takes effort just to breathe. All joy seems to depart. Spiritual life seems irrelevant. Demonic voices will echo in their minds "something�s wrong with you!" They may suddenly find themselves in unreasonable anxiety, fearing tragedy or death. Much of what is called "depression" in the ministry is simply Jezebel!
Jezebel wants to paralyze with fear, condemnation, depression, apathy or whatever it takes until we withdraw. The only answer for those under Jezebel�s attack is perseverance in battle. We must remain on course no matter how long it takes!