So much has been happening to me lately, not bad but good things that is. I have been going through chapter by chapter dealing with spirits in deliverance in Kathy DeGraw's book, "Unshackled." Powerful, powerful book. I highly recommend it to everyone, from a beginner in the Lord to the highly seasoned amongst us out there. I will share a Holy Ghost dream I had1early morning after I dealt with the spirit of rejection (that followed the previous night dealing with the spirit of anger.)
I am taking a chapter a day and I tend to work on this at night for some reason just before bedtime. Now, there have been occasions when I complete a chapter in the morning as I wake up too. It really is in the hands of Holy Spirit direction for He knows best for me and my life, do you agree? Be cautious if you are a frequent gift giver, because that oddly enough can be a trait behind the spirit of rejection. You can give gift in a way that you really do want to bless another but are you giving the gift to find acceptance, Ouch. I do give gifts as Holy Spirit puts it upon my heart. I hear Him, I respond, and I purchase and put together what He shows me to give. Even when I write I ask Him to flow through me and I am just the vessel to capture the words on paper. In the event that I have ever given a gift with a not right motive I dealt with this spirit under rejection to make my heart pure before the Lord. Here's the simple check point Kathy shares in the book. See, I was shown a plan of action by Holy Spirit to put together a gift for a person and then I felt a bit uneasy gathering items to make a second gift for a group of people. I kept putting aside the 2 different gifts for when the time would be right to give them. After reading the rejection chapter I then felt a release to not put together the 2nd gift. So as to not be tempted to take this into my own hands I then took back items I purchased and returned them to the various stores. This is what Kathy shared in this chapter: "Would I have peace if I bought this gift? Am I purchasing it because I want to and because the Holy Spirit laid it on my heart, or because I have an ulterior motive?" Pretty powerful checkpoint, do you agree? See, when you delve into this deeper are gifts being given by you to be accepted by others, Ouch again.
I can honestly attest to this with being a gift giver. I hear Him, He guides me, and it always seemed to be it was in the giving to the person aspect when doubts would enter my mind and behind those doubts was the spirit of rejection. Would it be accepted or turned away? Every single time if I was in person to give the gift, I would have this going on in the back of my mind even though I heard ever so clear Holy Spirit. It got a little bit easier when a friend told me that while standing there and instead of getting anxious to silently pray in tongues. Funny thing about this, I would go through this ritual and then at times I would want to back down or try to hand the gift off to someone else to give. In those moments of doubt, I would say no, I came this far, and I will just give the gift myself. Oddly enough, after the gift was given the anxiousness went away and off I went into the sunset so to speak. I think it just may have been exercises in growing my faith and trust in Jesus. To be an overcomer through His strength.
So, I dealt with anger the previous night before rejection. I deal with rejection, and I went to sleep until early the next morning ... Oh my gosh I had a very real dream in which I was very angry with a few family members. I woke shaken from that dream because my heart was racing in the natural very rapid. I at first thought it was a dream from the enemy until I spoke with my spiritual mother. She sensed it was of God and He was wanting me to go back and deal with anger again. I did just that as we hung up the phone. I also then went back over rejection spirits and added to the spirit list of rejection a sub spirit of anger. I woke up out of that dream and said to Holy Spirit help me with this rapid heartbeat and He did. See, when I do deliverance ministry in person, I am given the ability by Jesus to see if each spirit is leaving the person. I see by looking through the person's pupil of their eyes. If I see something leaping or movement in this area, I park it right there and we do further ministry so there are no doors open to that spirit. Once dealt with I then have legal authority to kick out that very demon/spirit and I tell it that too. You no longer have a legal right, and you leave now in the name of Jesus. I know when it goes because the pupil of the persons eyes is fine now. Can you tell that I truly do have a heart for people to be set free in the name of Jesus?
I am a student at heart. If it is the right subject, I am always searching to gain further info ministry wise and I am never afraid to learn new things. I found this very interesting in Kathy's book, I learned of 2 new spirits I was not familiar with before the day I read about them: "hereditary and genealogy spirit." Maybe it is not 2 because they are grouped together as 1 spirit to deal with when dealing in unworthiness & passivity.
I then received in the mail a book I ordered by Kathie Walters. Tucked in with the book I ordered on spiritual meanings of aromas, colors, flowers and trees was another book, "Jesus Darling of Heaven." One night I read both books. I had tears while reading the complimentary book sent in the package. I wanted to order the aroma book because at times I can smell/taste mint and I wanted to know about that. Peppermint in her book speaks of refreshing. I then read again the chapter on flowers and now I know why I tend to gravitate towards certain flowers or even when I do aromatherapy why I choose certain scents to fill the air with. I will use this as a reference book in regard to dreams I have also. The most comprehensive book so far when it deals with colors. I have been on this kick lately for a certain navy blue/green plaid design. I showed it to you in one of my blogs when I purchased weeks ago a new ruana. I have to do a bit of creating with this wrap though. I find it tends to slip off my shoulders when wearing it. Solution, I purchased a hook & eye I will sew on the underside to keep it in place.
Now onto my ricotta gnocchi's I made. I had ricotta cheese in the refrigerator that I did not want to spoil. I found a simple recipe for gnocchi. I made a 1/2 recipe, that is what I do when trying out a new recipe in case I don't like it. I did not make them to use that day in a recipe. I followed instructions and froze them for another day. Did you know people actually uses gnocchi's when making mac n cheese as the macaroni portion? I liked the idea of using them in soup the next time I make chicken soup. I will try something at least once and if I like it, I will use it again. If I do not like it at least I tried it to begin with right. I told you I am a student at heart.
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