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REJOICE ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE AUGUST 2015

REJOICE ESSENTIAL PROPHECY+HOPE+ENCOURAGEMENT+FAITH+EMPOWERMENT

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MEET PROPHETESS TORIANA BROWN

KNOWING YOUR ENEMY HEALTHY LIVING

WHAT IS GOD SAYING?

HOW TO FIGHT THE ENEMY

CONTENTS

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KNOW GOD, BUT KNOW YOUR

LEARNING TO SPOT THE ENEMY

18 MEET PROPHETESS TORIANA

ENEMY, TOO

OBEDIENCE IS KEY

SOWING AND REAPING

THE SINNER’S PRAYER

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

PROPHETIC

UTTERANCES

OVERCOMING

DIFFICULT LIFE

DAILY PRAYERS THAT BRING CHANGE

IN RIGHT STANDING

27 SPEAK LIFE: A BOOK OF DECLARATIONS

WRITER’S HIGHLIGHT

THE ORPHANAGE

KNOW GOD, BUT KNOW YOUR ENEMY, TOO

LEARNING TO SPOT THE ENEMY

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU

MEET PROPHETESS TORIANA

OVERCOMING EMOTIONS

Nutritional Genomics and the

Understanding the Disease and

MINISTRY NEWS

Prospective Benefits

Pathophysiology

DAILY PRAYERS THAT BRING CHANGE

OVERCOMING DIFFICULT LIFE

IN RIGHT STANDING

SPEAK LIFE: A BOOK OF DECLARATIONS

OBEDIENCE IS KEY

SOWING AND REAPING

THE SINNER’S PRAYER

NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS AND THE

38 Testimonies

PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS 34

UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

PROPHETIC UTTERANCES

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CHIEF EDITOR AND FOUNDER THIS MAGAZINE IS DEDICATED TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE REACHING THE NATIONS TO BRING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE LOST, THE BROKEN, AND BELIEVERS.

Prophetess Kimberly Hargraves Chief Editor and Founder

KIMBERLY HARGRAVES is an anointed woman of God who loves to pray and intercede for the people of many things. He has called her to write prophetically. She is the author of “Overcoming Difficult Life Experiences with Scriptures and Prayer,” “Daily Prayers that Bring Changes,” “Overcoming Emotions with Prayers,” “In Right Standing,” which are available on www. amazon.com. She is the Host of The Kimberly Hargraves Show on Blog Talk Radio program. This program has touched the nations and helps set the captives free. God has given her wisdom to teach the body of Christ to apply strategies to overcome life obstacles and to bring God the glory from our situations we face

in life. She also host a weekly prayer conference where she prays and flows prophetically to encourage, edify, and comfort the body of Christ. Right now, she is working on several other books: “In Right Standing,” “Obedience Is Key,” “Speak Life:A book of Declaration.”

CONTRIBUTORS

REYNALDO RODRIGUEZ EVANGELIST He is an anointed man of God. He is an outstanding teacher and an exhilarating writer.

TORIANNA BROWN PROPHETESS She is an anointed woman of God. She is an powerful intercessor, life coach, and teacher.

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dividing the Red Sea to save the people of Israel from the oppression of pharaoh and Egypt. I had a lot of fun dividing the big water. NALDO, my mother screamed every time! Where is the mop stick? Mom, I’m saving the people of Israel, all I need is 5 more minutes and the Red Sea will be divided, then you can map! All I need is another 5 minutes!

WRITER HIGHLIGHT Go and tell others what great things the LORD has made for you I was borne January 4th, 1970 in Centro Medico (Medical Center), in the city of Rio Piedras Puerto Rico. When I was inside forming in my mother’s womb (Meiosis and Mitosis), my mother suffered an inside infection producing in the forming fetus a condition called Nephritis. The doctors told my mom that infection was going to affect my central nervous system. I was not going to be able to speak normally, and basically I was going to be like a vegetable and die at early age. I am 44 years old today, and thank GOD, I’m still alive. The doctor suggested my mother to abort me since the possibilities of having a normal life were doomed. My mother said to the doctor if GOD sent him this way, it has to be for a purpose. I’m not going to harm him. In one occasion JESUS said (talking about a disease: Is for the glory of GOD), that was my case. I was borne with out the complications the doctors said. I have a deep sense of respect for healthcare professionals. The discipline they elicit at the time of studying medicine impact in the anatomy and physiology of our bodies is inspirational. Some of these folks study 12 years to become the best in their respective professions but sometimes there are limits in boundaries where not even medicine can deliver physical healing. That is when GOD arrives like a powerful giant, His name is JESUS. I was borne without the “dooms scenario of judgment day” predicted to my mother by the doctors. GOD had a better plan and said: “Ok medicine you had your

opportunity, now is my turn to step up to the plate and deliver excellence” and the GOD that feeded a multitude of 5,000 people with just 2 fishes and three pieces of bread, walked in top of the waters, and divided a Red SEA, made the impossible one more time. The results? I was borne without the complications I was sentenced. Thanks to JESUS, And now my life song sings… If I’m going to boast, I’m going to boast in Christ. As a children I was able to play with my toys and ride my bicycle. Why is this aspect of my life story important, because remember the doctors said I was not going to be able to do the things I did. Sometimes men place limits in the life of all of us, but when those plans do not go parallel with the story GOD pointed for your life since the foundation of the world, GOD has a unique way of twisting things and placing them in the right place and spot, in order to assist us to meet HIM at the middle completing in our lives HIS PERFECT WILL. My parents had a brilliant idea. My mother ask GOD one day in prayer I need a place where the spiritual needs of my three sons can be met. I grew up and raise in the church environment where as a child I was spiritual fostered and protected. There I learned all the stories of the Old Testament heroes. Samson, Jonah, David, etc etc. I was impressed when I discovered that GOD ordered Moses to extend his shaft dividing the Red Sea. I was very impressed with that story. For an entire month I was Moses and walked with a mopping stick I have borrowed from my mother without her knowledge. My mother’s went crazy trying to figure what has happened to the mop every time she needed to map and I was

After a month I divorce myself from Moses and became David because it was a lot of fun to kill with a flying stone a giant called Goliath in order to save the people of Israel from Goliath, the monster. At that point I did not realize the sense of infant joy of being able to save the people of Israel that this feeling came from GOD’s throne of grace. Now I understand it was GOD’s himself with HIS signature of love and grace pointing my future route to be followed finalizing my call for ministry. The same I ran away from, like Jonah the prophet did one day. And now my life song sings! My story is a work in progress…“The Eternal Lord is my strength! He has made my feet like the feet of a deer; He allows me to walk on high places.”As a teenager people saw me acting in some manners and address my mother saying I was never going to be able to do anything productive with my life. GOD had another plan for my life. Time flew like the birds in the sky, I grew up. Became an adult. As a child I always wanted to serve in the United States Army. It was my life’s dream. An uncle who served in the Vietnam conflict as an Airborne Ranger that answered to the name of Tio Diego looked so sharp and handsome in his uniform that I wanted to become an Airborne Ranger like he was. The go anywhere soldiers. Rangers go and fight in any kind of terrain, any kind of weather. No matter the harsher conditions the environment is, Rangers go the distance and complete the task at hand. They get the job done. The most discipline troops in the United States Army: Recognizing that I volunteered as a ranger, fully knowing the hazards of my chosen profession, I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of my ranger regiment. Acknowledging the fact that a ranger is a more elite soldier, who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a ranger, my country expects me to move further, faster, and

fight harder than any other soldier. Never shall I fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong, and morally straight, and I will shoulder more than my share of the task, whatever it may be, one hundred percent and then some.

RANGERS LEAD THE WAY! Eventually, I joined the enlisted ranks of the Army as an enlisted soldier, not as a Ranger but in the Special Forces as a Psychological Operations soldier, however I also recognize that as a christian and spiritual leader I discern these same atributes of the Ranger in my spiritual journey with the LORD. In PSYOPS we serve as a bridge between Military Intelligence providing information to the Special Operations Green Berets. In order to be able to perform my duties I needed a secret security clearance. The government made a full investigation of my life before they granted my secret security clearance. Basically what that means is that I am a person who can be blindly trusted. If you invite me to your house and tell me Reynaldo, I’m going on vacation and I will leave this $5 million dollars in the table, because I’m confident I will find them when I return, you can rest assure you will find the money there right where you left it. Higher ethics and morals in the universe of my mind and soul is the law of the land. I live and will always live by these principles. In a time where indecency and corruption in people serve as their daily bread, people like me we are dinosaurs, we are scarcely in the path of extinction. My reputation is everything, therefore it is my north to be followed. It is to live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of me no one would believe it. “It does not concern me the yelling of the violent, the corrupted, dishonest, and unethical people….What really concerns me is the silence of the good people”. Rev. Dr. Mar-

After a while I decided to return to civilian life and GOD had another adventure for me down the road. It felt as GOD taught me Rey, I know how much you love this country and the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson. I knew since the beginning of the world, he was going to become your favorite founding father. Jefferson once wrote: “Men are all created equal” He was also so brilliant that from a King James version of the Bible he made his own interpretation of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Drafted the original Declaration of Independence but suffered a painful disappointment when others excluded the article that would grant African American slaves freedom in this country. He was a man of the 21st century living in the 18th, a visionary and author of the Bill of Rights. He was also Christian from the Lutheran faith and an avid reader and fan of Paul the apostle. Before I was even borne, Thomas Jefferson taught me to love Paul the apostle the same way with the same passion and fervor he did. He was from Virginia and loved Monticello with his entire heart. A devout scientific mind, read books like eating with hunger the bread of knowledge. Founder of the University of Virginia because as a lawyer he understood the need for Americans to receive an education. Time forgot the slow fly of it’s content and God opened another door of opportunity and allow me to serve driving as a living all over this country, because He taught Rey yo are willing to die for this United States of America for the people, so I will allow you to see the country you were willing to defend and die for. There is no greater love than this, that a man is willing to die for his friends.” Keep singing LORD, please keep singing. In 2003 I became an over the road truck driver. Drove all over 48 states. The most beautiful ones are California and Colorado. The best one is Texas, remember we have the Dallas Cowboys which is America’s team! And after a while and I believe driving through South Dakota or Utah I decided to park permanently my truck to return to school to complete a bachelor’s degree in com-

munications I started more than 20 years ago in American University of Puerto Rico. Their are times when Jesus is your journey, the next road to travel started already in your past. And now my life song sings! Lord Jesus keep singing of my life Your song! I love the melody! And now this time I will speak the words of life with YOUR fire in my eyes: While I acknowledge that serving in the United States Army dressing with the cloth of the “007 agent” and driving a tractor truck for a living was an adventure and a lot of fun. The real part that makes the difference and elicit deep joy inside my heart, is that my actions defended the life of American citizens from their foreign and domestic enemies, and driving through this entire country with my truck stimulated the economy extending the employment life of many and creating many jobs more. That is the real Paramount of my efforts as a truck driver, and what brings extreme happiness to my life. All across the board, from north to the south, from the east to the west I helped Americans families to put a roof in top of their heads and bread into their tables to feed their loved ones. Truth does not yell, truth convince. “The Son of man did not come to be served but to serve others, and to give HIS life in rescue of others” And now my life song sings!! June 19th of 2010 and after climbing Mount Everest starting on May of 2008 and finalizing on December 2009, I was able to complete my bachelors studies marching and singing the chorus of the victorious. The place: the Convention Center of Saratoga Springs in New York. My graduation from college. On 2011 I participated in the Perkins School of Theology for Pastoral License School for the United Methodist Church of the Rio Grande Conference completing a prophetic word said to me more than 20 years ago. I decided to divorce one more time from Jonah the prophet and stop running away from ministry and engage in what I believe with no doubt in my heart it was GOD’s plan as a continuous learning process. On January 1, 2012 started serving as a local Pastor for one of the sisters churches in the region of Raymondville Texas. Bethel UMC until June 22, 2014, when my appointment came to conclusion. The Lord have being great to me and He has already express Himself on the route I’m currently following. My agenda is at this current open for speaking coaching engagement, teaching, and preaching the Word of the Lord If you wish to contact me, you can do so at 956 563 8241 or at my email address reyrod1970@gmail.com. Peace and grace.

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Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially selected and well trained soldier. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress, and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow. Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender is not a ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country. Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the ranger objective and complete the mission, though I be the lone survivor.

tin Luther King . In PSYOPS I was exposed to an unfamiliar world up this point in my life a mystery. The expression “For your eyes only” define my existence of that period of time. I was granted knowledge to secrets that until these days I will take with me to my death. All I can say is James Bond stuff and is all very cool. Meeting with officials of the CIA for briefings in the course of this country national security threats, learning about other countries and their aggressive unfriendly intentions to the western hemisphere of the New world stimulated my curiosity.

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SILOAM CHRISTIAN ORPHANAGE

CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR - EVANGELIST EVANS OGAKE EVANGELIST EVANS OGAKE IS CHAIRMAN OF SILOAM, AND DIRECTOR OF OUR REGISTERED PRIMARY SCHOOL. PASTOR EVANS FOUNDED SILOAM IN 2011, IMMEDIATELY COMMENCING A FEEDING PROGRAM FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SLUMS OF NAIROBI, KENYA. PASTOR EVANS HAS COMPLETED A DIPLOMA IN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP, DIPLOMA IN BIBLICAL STUDIES, DIPLOMA OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP, IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A BACHELOR OF LEADERSHIP AND THEOLOGY, AND IS CURRENTLY PASTOR FOR VICTORY LIFE INTERNATIONAL, KENYA.

GREETINGS IN THE LORD MISSION STATEMENT “OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, NUTRITION, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE OF ORPHANS, UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, AND NEEDY ADULTS, TO FACILITATE VOCATIONAL AND TERTIARY TRAINING, TO OPERATE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE

HEALTHCARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, PRIMARY, AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELIEF, AND UNDERTAKE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PROJECTS TO EMPOWER THE LIVELIHOOD OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY.” VISION

OUR VISION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF ORPHANS, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, AND MARGINALIZED ADULTS THROUGH EDUCATION, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, APPROPRIATE HEALTHCARE, MORAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC INITIATIVES, TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF POVERTY IN THE COMMUNITY. SILO AM FEEDING PROGRAM WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE

WE ALSO PROVIDE NUTRITION TO MOTHERS WITH BABIES RESIDING IN THE SLUMS OF NAIROBI, KENYA, AND SUPPLY NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN. OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL - SILO AM GARDEN LEARNING CENTER WE SUPPORT OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL SILOAM GARDEN LEARNING CENTRE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION TO NEEDY CHILDREN, STREET CHILDREN, AND ORPHANS RESIDING IN THE SLUMS AND KISII REGIONS, KENYA, REGARDLESS OF GENDER. THE CURRICULUM IS IN AC-

CORDANCE WITH KENYA’S OFFICIAL KPSC QUALIFICATION.

WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, UNIFORMS, SHOES, STATIONERY, SUPPORT EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SOCCER, AND FUND SCHOOL EXCURSIONS.

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94 CHILDREN TO INCLUDE HIV-AIDS ORPHANS, STREET CHILDREN, AND UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, RESIDING IN THE SLUMS OF NAIROBI, KENYA, WITH TWO NUTRITIOUS MEALS EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THESE CHILDREN WOULD BE MALNOURISHED, SUFFER STUNTED GROWTH, AND BE PRONE TO ILLNESS, AND DISEASE, IF NOT FOR SILO AM CARE FOUNDATION.

OUR ORPHANAGE: SILOAM CHRISTIAN ORPHANAGE OUR ORPHANAGE PROVIDES A HOME FOR HIVAIDS ORPHANS, AND STREET CHILDREN FROM KISII, KENYA. WE PROVIDE THESE CHILDREN WITH THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE TO INCLUDE: HEALTHCARE, FOOD, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, CLOTHES AND SHOES, A PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, AND MEDICAL CARE. OUR COUNSELING SERVICES WE PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES TO SI LOAM, SILO AM ORPHANAGE, SILO AM GARDEN LEARNING CENTER, AND TO THE COMMUNITY RESIDING IN THE SLUMS. WE ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS:

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KNOW GOD, BUT KNOW YOUR ENEMY, TOO BY REYNALDO RODRIGUEZ

OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO KNOW GOD, BUT IF WE ARE REALLY AT WAR WITH A CLEVER, EXPERIENCED ENEMY, WE NEED TO KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT HIM. ONE OF THE FIRST LAWS OF WARFARE—ANY KIND OF WARFARE—IS TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY. PAUL ADVISE TO THE CORINTHIANS, WORDS THAT ARE STILL VITAL TO CHRISTIANS OF THIS GENERATION LIKE IT WAS FOR CHRISTIANS BACK THEM “IN ORDER THAT SATAN MIGHT NOT OUTWIT US. FOR WE ARE NOT UNAWARE OF HIS SCHEMES.” (2 CORINTHIANS 2: 11). HE WAS NOT UNAWARE OF HOW SATAN THOUGHT, AND THE CORINTHIANS WOULD HAVE PICKED THIS UP FROM A PLAY ON WORDS IN THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY READ THE LETTER. THE WORD FOR UNAWARE AND THE WORD THEY READ THE LETTER. THE WORD FOR UNAWARE AND THE WORD FOR SCHEMES ARE BUILT ON THE SAME ROOT WORD, WHICH IS THE WORD FOR MIND. NOT TO KNOW HOW YOUR ENEMY THINKS AND HOW HE ACTS IS TO GIVE THE ENEMY A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OVER YOU. THIS IS WHY GOVERNMENTS DEVELOP VERY EXPENSIVE INTELLIGENCE—

GATHERING PROGRAMS. IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, THEY WANT TO KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT THEIR ENEMY OR POTENTIAL ENEMY. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE STATIONED AT ONE POINT TO POSITION FACING WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE SIEGFRIED LINE. THE SIEGFRIED LINE WAS A SET OF ELABORATE DEFENSIVE FORTIFICATIONS FACING GERMANY’S BORDER WITH FRANCE. TO SIMPLY LOOK OUT OVER THE LANDSCAPE, ONE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THAT THAT KIND OF DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE EXISTED. HOWEVER, WE KNEW THAT WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN INNOCENT—LOOKING FARM BUILDING WAS IN REALITY A WELL—CAMOUFLAGED CONCRETE BUNKER HOUSING HEAVY ARTILLERY. TO ATTACK A FEW ENEMY SOLDIERS IN A FARM BUILDING, AMERICANS TROOPS WOULD SENT OUT AN INFANTRY SQUAD ARMED WITH RIFLES AND HAND GRENADES. TO ATTACK HEAVY FORTIFICATIONS, THEY WOULD CALLED OUT FOR THE AIR FORCE TO PREPARE THE WAY. KNOWING THE ENEMY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. BE-

CAUSE OF EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE GATHERING THE MILITARY WERE ABLE TO PINPOINT TARGETS IN THE RECENT WAR CONFLICTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. THE IGNORE THE ENEMY PHILOSOPHY WOULD HAVE SAID, “WE HAVE THE BIGGEST, BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD, THE MOST SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS, THE SMARTEST BOMBS. LET’S JUST GO IN AND WIPE THEM OUT. THAT WOULD HAVE LED TO A FRONTAL ATTACK RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY’S DEFENSES. BUT BECAUSE THE MILITARY KNEW THEIR ENEMY, KNEW HOW THE ENEMY THINKS, THE US MILITARY FORCES KNEW HOW TO OUTFLANK THEIR DEFENSES AND SAVE MUCH SUFFERING AND MANY LIVES. AGAIN, THIS DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE ARE ENEMY CENTERED IN OUR THINKING. IT DOESN’T TAKE THAT KIND OF CONCENTRATED ATTENTION TO KNOW HOW HE OPERATES. BUT IF WE DON’T KNOW THE ENEMY’S TACTICS, WE GIVE HIM A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE OVER US. GOD SAID THROUGH HOSEA, “MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I ALSO WILL REJECT YOU FROM BEING MY PRIEST.

THEREFORE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS SHOULD BE ON KNOWING GOD AND HIS WAYS. IF WE KNOW THE TRUTH, THEN WE CAN EASILY DETECT THE DECEPTIONS OF THE FATHER OF LIES. GOD DIDN’T REVEAL SATAN’S WAYS OR ASSIGNMENTS IN DETAIL, BECAUSE THEY CHANGE. CHRIST IS THE WAY, BUT SATAN HAS MANY WAYS. JESUS IS THE TRUTH; SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES. FEDERAL AGENTS DON’T STUDY COUNTERFEITS MONEY. THEY STUDY THE REAL THING, IN ORDER TO DETECT THE COUNTERFEIT. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, HOWEVER THEY KNOW HOW COUNTERFEIT WORK. IN THE

SAME WAY, THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT GIVE US A NICE, NEAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE SATANIC REALM. BUT THEY DO AFFIRM THE REALITY OF THIS ENEMY AND PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTION WE NEED TO LIVE IN VICTORY OVER HIM: (PRAYER, FASTING, READING AND KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES). SATAN AND DEMONS PLAYED A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE TEACHING AND MINISTRY OF JESUS. HE CERTAINLY DID NOT IGNORE THIS ENEMY, AND NEITHER SHOULD WE. WE ARE NEVER TOLD THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO FIGHT. ON THE CONTRARY, WE ARE ASSURED THAT WE WILL. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO BE SELF CONTROLLED AND ALERT AND READY TO RESIST, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH. “SUBMIT THEREFORE TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.” (JAMES 4: 7) “BE OF SOBER SPIRIT, BE ON THE ALERT. YOUR ADVERSARY, THE DEVIL, PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. BUT RESIST HIM, FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, KNOWING THAT THE SAME EXPERIENCES OF SUFFERING ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY YOUR

BRETHREN WHO ARE IN THE WORLD.” (1 PETER 5: 8 – 9). WE CANNOT EXERCISE FAITH IN WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW OR REALLY BELIEVE. WE DO NOT FIGHT IN THIS WAR TO DETERMINE WHO WILL WIN. THAT WAS SETTLED ONCE AND FOR ALL AT THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE RESURRECTION, “WHEN HE HAD DISARMED THE RULERS AND AUTHORITIES, HE MADE A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THEM, HAVING TRIUMPHED OVER THEM THROUGH HIM.” (COLOSSIANS 2: 15). “THEREFORE, SINCE THE CHILDREN SHARE IN FLESH AND BLOOD, HE HIMSELF LIKEWISE ALSO PARTOOK OF THE SAME, THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT RENDER POWERLESS HIM WHO HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL, AND MIGHT FREE THOSE WHO THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH WERE SUBJECT TO SLAVERY ALL THEIR LIVES.” (HEBREWS 2: 14 – 15). BUT WE ARE CALLED ON TO APPROPRIATE THAT VICTORY AND TO USE THE RESOURCES PROVIDED FOR US BY THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION UNTIL HE CALLS US HOME OR UNTIL THE ENEMY IS FINALLY CONSIGNED TO HIS FINAL DESTINY—THE LAKE OF FIRE.

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SINCE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I ALSO WILL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN.” THAT LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IS OFTEN IGNORANCE OF GOD’S WORD AND OF HIS DIRECTIONS FOR HOW WE ARE TO LIVE, BUT IT APPLIES AS WELL TO BEING IGNORANT OF HIS WARNING S ABOUT OUR ENEMY. MOST BELIEVERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAY WITH PAUL, “WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF SATAN’S SCHEMES.” THE BIBLE ITSELF GIVES US THE BALANCE WE NEED. CHRIST IS THE FOCUS OF SCRIPTURE. THERE ARE NO LONGER PASSAGES ON DEMONOLOGY.

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LEARNING TO SPOT THE ENEMY BY REYNALDO RODRIGUEZ

LEARNING TO SPOT THE ENEMY TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WE NEED SPIRITUAL EYESIGHT TO PERCEIVE WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS CRAFTY ENEMY. AT THIS POINT SOMEONE MAY RISE THE OBJECTION, “YES, BUT DON’T YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? IT IS FINE FOR YOU TO SAY THESE THINGS BUT HOW CAN AN ORDINARY CHRISTIAN EXPECT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCERNMENT? JESUS HAD A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. HE SAID THAT HIS SHEEP KNOW THE SHEPHERD’S VOICE, “WHEN ALL THE SHEEP HAVE BEEN GATHERED, HE WALKS ON AHEAD OF THEM; AND THEY FOLLOW

HIM BECAUSE THEY KNOW HIS VOICE. THE SHEEP WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO FOLLOW A STRANGER; THEY RUN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THE VOICE OF A STRANGER.” (JOHN 10: 4 – 5).KNOWING THE SHEPHERD’S VOICE IS NOT A MATTER OF ONLY FORMAL EDUCATION. IT IS ALSO THE EDUCATION OF SPENDING TIME WITH HIM THROUGH PRAYER. IT COMES FROM LISTENING TO HIM SO MUCH THAT HIS VOICE AND HIS TRUTH ARE READILY RECOGNIZABLE, AND WE BEGIN TO SCREEN OUT ALL THAT IS NOT TRUE AND ANY VOICE THAT IS SUGGESTING THINGS CONTRARY TO WHAT THE SHEPHERD HAS SAID. SOME OF THE MOST DISCERNING PEO-

PLE I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO RECOGNIZING THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD AND THE VOICE OF THE ENEMY LIVE IN PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE FORMAL THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. THIS DOES NOT KEEP THEM FROM KNOWING THE SHEPHERD, HOWEVER. EVEN IN THE WEST, DISCERNMENT IS NOT THE DIRECT RELATION TO

EDUCATION. IT IS ALWAYS IN RELATION TO THE INTIMACY OF ONE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHEPHERD. THE IDEA OF SELF— CONTROL IS RELEVANT HERE. THE GREEK WORD IS TRANSLATED “SOBER” IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE, AND THAT IS AN ACCURATE, LITERAL TRANSLATION. THE WORD CAN MEAN “NOT INTOXICATED WITH IDEAS

DON’T LET THE WORLD AROUND YOU SQUEEZE YOU INTO ITS OWN MOLD, BUT LET GOD REMOLD YOUR MINDS FROM WITHIN. A SELF-CONTROLLED PERSON IS ONE WHOSE THINKING IS BEING SHAPED BY GOD’S TRUTH AND NOT BY THE PREVAILING CULTURE IN WHICH THAT PERSON LIVES. OUR CULTURE TELLS US THAT SPIRITS ARE NOT VERY IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR WORLD. CAUSE—EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS THOUGHT TO BE EXPLAINABLE IN SCIENTIFIC BIOCHEMICAL TERMS OR WITH THE LOGICAL THOUGHTS OF FALLEN HUMAN NATURE. HIGHER EDUCATION HAS GIVEN LITTLE THOUGHT TO THE REALITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. WESTERN RATIONALISM AND NATURALIST PERVADE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THEREFORE ARE ABSORBED BY STUDENTS WITHOUT OUR REAL-

IZING WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE BEGIN TO MAKE A FAULTY PRESUPPOSITIONS ABOUT LIFE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT EXAMINED THOSE PRESUPPOSITIONS. SELF—CONTROLLED PERSONS HAVE LEARNED TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION BASED ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HE HAS SAID IS TRUE. THIS MEANS, ON THE ONE HAND, THAT THEY WILL NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF THIS SPIRITUAL ENEMY, BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURES ARE CLEAR THAT HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY CHRIST THROUGH THE CROSS AND THE RESURRECTION AND THAT VICTORY IS AVAILABLE TO US AS GOD’S CHILDREN. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY WILL NOT JUST IGNORE THIS ENEMY, BUT “RESIST HIM AND BE STRONG IN YOUR FAITH, KNOWING THAT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE FELLOW SUFFERERS WITH YOU. “ (1 PETER 5: 9)—THE FAITH THAT IN CHRIST WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS “BUT NO MATTER WHAT COMES, WE WILL ALWAYS TASTE VICTORY THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US.” (ROMANS 8: 37) TO BE CONTINUE

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AND THINGS OF THE WORLD”. A SELF— CONTROLLED PERSON HAS OBSERVED PAUL’S ADMONITION “DO NOT ALLOW THIS WORLD TO MOLD YOU IN ITS OWN IMAGE. INSTEAD, BE TRANSFORMED FROM THE INSIDE OUT BY RENEWING YOUR MIND. AS A RESULT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DISCERN WHAT GOD WILLS AND WHATEVER GOD FINDS GOOD, PLEASING, AND COMPLETE.” (ROMANS 12: 2)

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FULNESS AND GOODNESS. THEIR HEARTS WERE LIKE GRANITE. SO GOD TOLD THEM, NOT ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO ENTER MY PROMISED LAND. INSTEAD, YOU’RE GOING TO TURN AROUND INTO WILDERNESS.

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU THE ENTIRE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY CONSISTS OF A SINGLE SPEECH BY MOSES, DELIVERED JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH. THIS SPEECH WAS A REVIEW OF THE FORTY YEARS ISRAEL HAD SPENT WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS. AND MOSES DELIVERED IT TO A NEW GENERATION OF ISRAELITES. AT THE TIME, THE PEOPLE WERE PERCHED AT KADESH—BARNEA, AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN THEIR HISTORY. THEY WERE AT THE BORDER OF CANAAN, THE PROMISED LAND. IT WAS THE SAME SPOT WHERE THEIR FATHERS STOOD THIRTYEIGHT YEARS BEFORE. IT WAS ALSO THE PLACE WHERE GOD HAD PREVENTED THAT OLDER GENERATION FROM ENTERING INTO THE PROMISE LAND. THE LORD SENT THEM BACK INTO THE WILDERNESS, TO WANDER UNTIL THE WHOLE GENERATION DIED OUT, EXCEPT JOSHUA AND CALEB.

NOW MOSES WAS REMINDING THIS NEW GENERATION OF THEIR FATHER’S STORY. HE WANTED THEM TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY THE PREVIOUS GENERATION HAD DIED AS DESPAIRING REBELS IN GOD’S EYES. MOSES URGED THEM TO LEARN FROM THEIR PARENT’S TRAGIC MISTAKES, SAYING, IN SO MANY WORDS: “YOU KNOW YOUR FATHER’S HISTORY. THEY WERE A PEOPLE CALLED, CHOSEN AND ANOINTED BY GOD. BUT THEY LOST THE VISION. THE LORD SO LOVED THEM THAT HE BORE THEM UP IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED THEM, TIME AFTER TIME. YET OVER AND OVER THEY MURMURED AND COMPLAINED AGAINST HIM, GRIEVING HIM. FINALLY, GOD’S PATIENCE CAME TO AN END. HE SAW THAT THEY WERE COMMITTED TO UNBELIEF. AND THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. NO MIRACLE HE PERFORMED COULD FULLY PERSUADE THEM OF HIS FAITH-

ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGISTS, EXITING FROM EGYPT, IT ONLY TOOK 11 DAYS TO MARCH IN THE DESERT TO REACH THE PROMISE LAND OF CANAAN. BUT INSTEAD THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL CHOOSE UNBELIEF AND CONSTANTS QUARRELING AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOD AND MOSES. GOD DECIDED THEY WOULD WALK IN CIRCLES FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL THAT GENERATION EVENTUALLY DIED IN THE DESERT, (EXCEPT JOSHUA AND CALEB). WHAT POWERFUL WORDS. YET MOSES WASN’T JUST SPEAKING TO A NEW GENERATION OF ISRAELITES. HE WAS ALSO ADDRESSING EVERY GENERATION OF BELIEVERS TO FOLLOW, INCLUDING US TODAY. LIKE ALL THE NEW TESTAMENT ACCOUNTS, THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN FOR A CLEAR PURPOSE: “WE MUST NOT PUT CHRIST TO THE TEST, AS SOME OF THEM DID, AND WERE DESTROYED BY SERPENTS. AND DO NOT COMPLAIN AS SOME OF THEM DID, AND WERE DESTROYED BY THE DESTROYER. THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THEY WERE WRITTEN DOWN TO INSTRUCT, ON WHOM THE ENDS OF THE AGES HAVE COME” (1 CORINTHIANS 10: 9 – 11). MOSES WAS SHOWING US THE DANGER OF UNBELIEF. AND HE WARNED THAT UNLESS WE TAKE HEED, WE’LL SUFFER THE SAME AWFUL CONSEQUENCES AS THOSE WHO FELL BEFORE

“GOD IS FAITHFUL TO LEAD YOU. AS HE LED OUR FATHERS INTO THEIR CRISES FOR A REASON. IT WAS TO TEACH THEM TO TRUST HIM. HE WANTED A PEOPLE COULD BE UNSHAKABLE IN THEIR FAITH. THEY WERE TO COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS WITH A TRIED FAITH THAT WAS AS PURE AS GOLD. HE WANTED THEM AS A TESTIMONY TO THE WORLD OF HIS GOODNESS TOWARD HIS PEOPLE.” I BELIEVE OUR GENERATION HAS TAKEN THE SIN OF UNBELIEF TOO LIGHTLY. AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING THE TRAGIC RESULTS. HE SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HE DIDS FOR YOU IN EGYPT BEFORE YOUR EYES. (DEUTERONOMY 1: 30) I SEE MANY BELIEVERS TODAY FULL OF DEPRESSION AND UNREST. OF COURSE, SOME SUFFER THESE THINGS FOR PHYSICAL REASONS. BUT MANY OTHERS ENDURE SUCH SUFFERINGS BECAUSE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL CONDITION. IN MY OPINION, THEIR DEPRESSION IS THE RESULT OF GOD’S DISPLEASURE WITH THEIR CONTINUAL UNBELIEF. THE LORD ALWAYS USE STRONG LANGUAGE WHEN HE REFERS TO UNBELIEF AMONG HIS PEOPLE, WORDS SUCH AS WRATH, ANGER, ABHORRENCE, TEMPTING HIM. MOSES MADE A POINT TO REMIND THE YOUNGER ISRAELITES OF THIS: “…AND IN THE WILDERNESS, WHERE YOU SAW HOW THE LORD YOUR GOD CARRIED YOU, JUST AS

ONE CARRIES A CHILD, ALL THE WAY THAT YOU TRAVELED UNTIL YOU REACHED THIS PLACE.

COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. (DEUTERONOMY 1: 26).

BUT IN SPITE OF THIS, YOU HAVE NO TRUST IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHO GOES BEFORE YOU ON THE WAY TO SEEK OUT A PLACE FOR YOU TO CAMP, IN FIRE BY NIGHT, AND IN THE CLOUD BY DAY, TO SHOW YOU THE ROUTE YOU SHOULD TAKE. WHEN THE LORD HEARD YOUR WORDS, HE WAS WRATHFUL AND SWORE: NOT ONE OF THESE—NOT ONE OF THIS EVIL GENERATIONS—SHALL SEE THE GOOD LAND THAT I SWORE TO GIVE TO YOUR ANCESTORS.” (DEUTERONOMY 1: 31 – 35)

NOW MOSES IS TELLING THE YOUNGER GENERATION. “THEY SHOULD HAVE MOVED INSTANTLY ON GOD’S WORD. THE LORD HAD SAID HE WOULD FIGHT FOR THEM. BUT THEY REBELLED. CAN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLDER GENERATION? SENDING THOSE SPIES INTO CANAAN WAS AN ACT OF UNBELIEF. AND WHILE THE SPIES WERE THERE, THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY SATAN. THEY WERE SUBJECT TO THE ENEMY’S LIES. BECAUSE, THEY HADN’T TAKEN GOD AT HIS WORD. SO THEY CAME BACK TO CAMP AS INSTRUMENTS OF THE DEVIL. AFTER HEARING THE EVIL REPORT, THE PEOPLE SHOOK THEIR HEAD FISTS AT GOD, ACCUSING. “YOU’VE ABANDON US, GOD. YOU BROUGHT US HERE TO DIE.” JUST MONTHS BEFORE, THESE SAME PEOPLE HAS BEEN SET APART BY GOD, MADE SPECIAL IN HIS EYES, AND MIRACULOUSLY DELIVERED. BUT NOW THE WHOLE CAMP WAS IN CONFUSION.

MOSES THEN DESCRIBES THE TRAGIC MISTAKE THEIR FATHERS HAD MADE AT KADESH— BARNEA. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THE RED SEA CROSSING. GOD HAD COMMANDED ISRAEL TO GO BOLDLY INTO CANAAN. AND HE’D GIVEN THEM THIS POWERFUL WORD OF ASSURANCE: THE LORD THY GOD HATH SET THE LAND BEFORE THEE: GO UP AND POSSES IT, AS THE LORD GOD OF THY FATHERS HATH SAID UNTO THEE; FEAR NOT, NEITHER BE DISCOURAGED…DREAD NOT, NEITHER BE AFRAID OF THEM. THE LORD OUR GOD WHICH GO BEFORE YOU, HE SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HE DID FOR YOU IN EGYPT BEFORE YOUR EYES”. (DEUTERONOMY 1: 21, 29 – 30). WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PROMISE. NONE OF THEIR ENEMIES WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND UP TO THEM. (DEUTERONOMY 7: 24). BUT ISRAEL STAGGERED AT GOD’S PROMISE. INSTEAD OF TAKING HIM AT HIS WORD, THEY INSISTED ON SENDING SPIES INTO CANAAN. AND THOSE SPIES BROUGHT BACK AN “EVIL REPORT.” FULL OF UNBELIEF. THEY SPOKE OF GIANT MEN AND HIGH, WALLED CITIES. AND THE PEOPLE BELIEVED THEIR REPORT: “YE WOULD NOT GO UP, BUT REBELLED AGAINST THE

THEY WONDERED ALOUD TO EACH OTHER. “IS GOD EVEN WITH US ANYMORE?” SOON THEY WERE WEEPING OVER THEIR CHILDREN, CRYING. “OUR KIDS WILL STARVE TO DEATH IN THIS WILDERNESS. GOD HATES US!” MOSES REMINDED THE YOUNGER ISRAELITES OF THEIR PARENTS ACCUSATIONS: “YE MURMURED IN YOUR TENTS, AND SAID, BECAUSE THE LORD HATED US, HE HATH BROUGHT US FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, TO DELIVER US INTO THE HANDS OF THE AMORITES, TO DESTROY US” (DEUTERONOMY 1: 27) “YE WOULD NOT GO UP, BUT REBELLED AGAINST THE COMMADMENT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD” (DEUTERONOMY 1: 26) TO BE CONTINUE

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US: “LEST ANY MAN FALL AFTER THE SAME EXAMPLE OF UNBELIEF”. (HEBREWS 4: 11). HE’S SAYING IN ESSENCE, “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT IMPOSSIBILITIES YOU FACE, OR HOW HOPELESS THINGS MAY APPEAR. YOU ARE NOT TO FALL INTO THE SAME SIN OF UNBELIEF. OTHERWISE YOU’LL END P IN A TERRIBLE WILDERNESS, AS THEY DID. AND YOU’LL WANDER THROUGH IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

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MEET PROPHETESS TORIANA BROWN TORIANA IS A BUSINESS OWNER AND A PROPHET WHO IS KNOWN FOR GIVEN ACCURATE WORDS TO GOD’S PEOPLE FROM THE HEART OF GOD. SHE GOES TO THE THRONE OF GRACE INTERCEDING ON BEHALF OF GOD’S PEOPLE THROUGH PROPHETIC INTERCESSION RECEIVING DOWNLOADS FOR HIS PEOPLE.

MISSION TORIANA DESIR’EE MINISTRIES EXIST TO SHOW GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES ACROSS OUR PATH.THE MINISTRY ENCOURAGES THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD TO BE AT LIBERTY, TO BE IN FULL EFFECT AND TO BRING FORTH HEALING, MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS MAKING EVERY INDI-

VIDUAL WHOLE. VISION THE VISION OF TORIANA DESIR’EE MINISTRIES IS TO SEE EVERYONE RESTORED UNTO THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE WITH GOD. TO REVEAL THEIR PURPOSE AND DESTINY THROUGH PROPHETIC MINISTRY SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY CAN WALK VICTORIOUSLY IN EVERY AREA OF

THEIR LIFE. TORIANA IS A BUSINESS OWNER AND A PROPHET WHO IS KNOWN FOR GIVEN ACCURATE WORDS TO GOD’S PEOPLE FROM THE HEART OF GOD. SHE GOES TO THE THRONE OF GRACE INTERCEDING ON BEHALF OF GOD’S PEOPLE THROUGH PROPHETIC INTERCESSION RECEIVING DOWNLOADS FOR HIS PEOPLE. AT THE VERY YOUNG AGE OF 5 SHE WAS IN THE CHILDREN CHOIR SINGING PRAISING TO GOD BUT BY THE AGE OF SEVEN SHE FOUND HERSELF JOINING A DRUM AND BUGLE CORP THAT TOOK HER AWAY FROM THE CHOIR AND THE THINGS OF GOD. SHE FINALLY CAME TO THE LORD AT AGE 19 ACCEPTING CHRIST IN LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH THE EVANGELISM OF A SAINT THAT WITNESSED THE GOSPEL

TO HER RIGHT CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL KIND BURNING IN THIS VAST FIRE AND IN FRONT OF HER WAS A BOOK THAT HAD PAGES AND PRINT LIKE THE BIBLE. AS SHE READ, GOD SPECIFICALLY SPOKE TO HER THROUGH THE WRITING AND SAID TO HER, “GO GET THE BUMS AND THAT THE CHILDREN WERE DYING AND HE SAID GO AND REACH THEM AND BRING THEM IN.” IN HER SPIRIT SHE DISCERNED THAT THE WORD BUMS MEANT A SPIRITUALLY HOMELESS PERSON RATHER THAN A NATURAL

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TO HER ON THE JOB. SHE RECEIVED WATER BAPTISM IN 1990 AND WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IN 1991. SHE LATER JOINED THE ZION BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH IS HER FAMILY CHURCH. THE REVELATION OF HER TWOFOLD MINISTRY CAME TO HER DURING 1995-1996, CONSECUTIVELY. THE FIRST PART WAS IN 1995 WHILE SHE WAS LIVING IN WASHINGTON D.C. SHE LAID ON THE FLOOR AND GOD PUT HER IN A SPIRITUAL TRANCE AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF HER MINISTRY. IN HER TRANCE SHE SEEN

HOMELESS PERSON. THE FOUNDATION SCRIPTURE FOR THE VISION IS MATTHEW 10: 6-8. THE SECOND PART GOD HAD ALSO REVEALED ABOUT HER MINISTRY WHICH BRINGS HER TO EZEKIEL 3:1-4, AND IN ALL OF THIS HER CALL WAS BIRTH. THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY IN 1995 AND THEN SHE WAS DIVINELY DIRECTED TO THE SEMINARY AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IN LYNCHBURG, VA IN 1996 WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. GOD HAS ALLOWED TORIANA TO EXPERIENCE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COINCIDE WITH THE TRANCE, SCRIPTURE, AND VISION FOR HER MINISTRY. GOD HAS PLACED A PASSION IN HER HEART TO MINISTER TO THE UNSAVED AND TO BRING CHRISTIANS OUT OF CARNALITY, COMPLACENCY, AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIOSITY THROUGH THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WITH CLEAR PROPHETIC REVELATION FOR GOD’S PEOPLE SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP THE BECOME VICTORIOUS IN THEIR LIFE. RIGHT NOW I GO TO MINISTRIES THAT CALL ON ME TO MINISTER THE WORD OF THE LORD.. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PROPHETESS TORIANNA GO TO:

BLED BECAUSE YOU WILL GIVE ME PEACE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE WORLD GIVES (JOHN 14:27). LORD, I KNOW THAT I DON’T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO FACE THESE DIFFICULT BY MYSELF. I DECLARE HABAKKUK 3:19 OVER MY SITUATION: THE LORD GOD IS MY STRENGTH; HE WILL MAKE MY FEET LIKE DEER’S FEET, AND HE WILL MAKE ME WALK ON MY HIGH HILLS. THANK YOU LORD FOR SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH!

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AGGRAVATE AGGRAVATE: ACCORDING TO WEBSTER, AGGRAVATION IS TO MAKE SOMETHING WORSE OR SEVERE. IT CAN BE ANYTHING EVIL, DISORDERLY, OR TROUBLESOME TO INTENSIFY THE SITUATION. ARE YOU DEALING WITH ANNOYANCES OR IRRITATIONS TODAY? THE SITUATION CAN BE OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO STIR UP STRIFE. YOU COULD BE BATTLING A SICKNESS THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. YOUR CHILDREN COULD BE TESTING YOUR PATIENCE. DON’T BECOME DISCOURAGED BY THE DIFFICULTIES YOU MAY FACE. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD AND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST TO SPEAK GOD’S WORD TO CHANGE YOUR SITUATION. GOD IS IN CONTROL AND HE IS STRETCHING YOU. THIS AGGRAVATION IS ONLY MEANT TO HELP YOU GROW. YOUR FAITH IS BEING TESTED AND THE SITUATION IS ONLY TEMPORARY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WILL BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL; AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, I WILL BLESS HIS HOLY NAME! BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL, AND FOR-

GET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS: WHO FORGIVES ALL MY INIQUITIES, WHO HEALS ALL MY DISEASES, WHO REDEEMS MY LIFE FROM DESTRUCTION, WHO CROWNS ME WITH LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES, WHO SATISFIES MY MOUTH WITH GOOD THINGS, SO THAT MY YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE’S (PSALMS 103:1-5-NKJV). LORD, I AM FACED WITH OPPOSITION BUT I KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD IT WILL NOT HARM ME. JEREMIAH 29:11(ESV) SAYS, “FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, PLANS FOR WELFARE AND NOT FOR EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.” LORD, YOU ARE FOR ME SO WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME (ROMANS 8:31). I REFUSED TO LOSE MY JOY OVER THIS SITUATION. MATTHEW 11:2830 (NKJV) SAYS, ‘’COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND LOWLY IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.” LORD, YOUR WORD TELLS ME NOT TO LET MY HEART BE TROU-

LORD, I DECLARE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I AM ESTABLISHED, I AM FAR FROM OPPRESSION, FOR I SHALL NOT FEAR; AND FROM TERROR, FOR IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR ME (ISAIAH 54:14). I DECLARE NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER, AND EVERY TONGUE WHICH RISES AGAINST ME IN JUDGMENT I SHALL CONDEMN. THIS IS MY HERITAGE AS A SERVANT OF THE LORD (ISAIAH 54:17). I DECLARE WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN, LIKE A FLOOD THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM (ISAIAH 59:19). LORD, YOU WILL STRENGTHEN ME. 2 TIMOTHY 4:18 SAYS, “AND THE LORD WILL DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK AND PRESERVE ME FOR HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM.” I DECREE AND DECLARE THAT I AM OF GOD, HIS CHILD, AND I HAVE OVERCOME THEM, BECAUSE HE WHO IS IN ME IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD (I JOHN 4:4). I DECLARE THAT SATAN WILL NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME, FOR I AM NOT IGNORANT OF HIS DEVICES (II CORINTHIANS 2:11). THANK YOU GOD FOR BLESSING ME TO OVERCOME EVERY OPPOSITION THAT TRIES TO COME AGAINST ME. IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

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DAILY PRAYERS THAT BRING CHANGES FORGIVENESS DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME BOLDLY TO YOUR THRONE TO CONFESS ANY UN-FORGIVENESS IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE A MARVELOUS GOD WHO IS FAIR AND JUST. I COME BOLDLY TO YOUR THRONE TODAY BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP TO FORGIVE _____(NAME OF THE PERSON) FOR _____(SAY THE OFFENSE). I REALIZE HOW MUCH PAIN I AM IN BECAUSE I AM CHOOSING TO HOLD ON TO THIS OFFENSE. YOUR WORD SAYS IN MATTHEW 6:14 (ESV), “FOR IF YOU FORGIVE OTHERS THEIR TRESPASSES, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO FORGIVE YOU.” LORD, I WANT TO BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT, SO GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO DO THIS BECAUSE I STRUGGLE IN THIS AREA. SECOND CORINTHIANS 12:9 (ESV) SAYS, “THAT YOUR STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN MY WEAKNESS.” LORD, I NEED HEALING AND I KNOW THIS PRAYER IS NOT IN VAIN. JAMES 5:16 (KJV) SAYS, CONFESS YOUR FAULTS ONE TO ANOTHER, AND PRAY ONE FOR ANOTHER, THAT YE MAY BE HEALED. THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH

MUCH.” LORD, I WILL WALK IN LOVE TODAY AND FORGIVE THIS PERSON AND PRAY FOR THEM SO THE DEVIL DOES NOT GAIN A STRONGHOLD IN MY LIFE. MATTHEW 5:44(ESV) SAYS, “BUT I SAY TO YOU, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU.” LORD, WITH YOUR HELP, I KNOW I CAN FORGIVE MY ENEMIES AND ANYONE WHO OFFENDS ME. I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. I AM A DOER OF THE WORD AND NOT A HEARER OF THE WORD. I AM A GOD PLEASER AND NOT A

PEOPLE PLEASER. I DECREE THAT I AM SET FREE FROM UN-FORGIVENESS IN MY LIFE. LORD, BLESS ME TO REALIZE THAT WHEN I HOLD AN OFFENSE TOWARD SOMEONE, I AM ONLY MAKING MYSELF MISERABLE OR SICK. LUKE 17:3-4 (ESV) SAYS, “PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SELVES! IF YOUR BROTHER SINS, REBUKE HIM, AND IF HE REPENTS, FORGIVE HIM, AND IF HE SINS AGAINST YOU SEVEN TIMES IN THE DAY, AND TURNS TO YOU SEVEN TIMES, SAYING, “I REPENT”, YOU MUST FORGIVE HIM.”

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LORD, GIVE ME STRENGTH TO FORGIVE OTHERS. LORD, IF I DON’T FORGIVE OTHERS THEN YOU WON’T FORGIVE ME. IF I DON’T FORGIVE THEN I WILL NOT ENTER INTO YOUR KINGDOM. LORD, I CAN DO ALL THINGS IN CHRIST WHO STRENGTHEN ME. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ANSWERING THIS PRAYER, IN JESUS’S NAME. AMEN.

DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME BOLDLY TO YOUR THRONE TO CONFESS OF MY SINS. I COME BOLDLY BEFORE YOUR THRONE TO ASK YOU TO CLEANSE ME OF ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. I CONFESS __________(NAME YOUR SINS). GOD I REPENT OF MY SINS. YOUR WORD SAYS IN SECOND CORINTHIANS 12:9 (KJV) THAT, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE: FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. MOST GLADLY THEREFORE WILL I RATHER GLORY IN MY INFIRMITIES, THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME.” ROMANS 5:20 (KJV) SAYS, “WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE DID MUCH MORE ABOUND.” FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE A GRACIOUS GOD. ROMANS 8:1 (KJV) SAYS, “THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.” I DECLARE THAT I AM A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD! LORD, I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS ON MY MIND, AND I REBUKE THE DEVOURER IN JESUS’S NAME. ISAIAH 54:17 (KJV) SAYS, “NO WEAPON

THAT IS FORMED AGAINST THEE SHALL PROSPER; AND EVERY TONGUE THAT SHALL RISE AGAINST THEE IN JUDGMENT THOU SHALT CONDEMN.” 1 JOHN 4:4 (KJV) SAYS, “GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD!” PSALMS 51:10 (NIV) SAYS, “CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD, AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.” LORD, I PRAY THAT I CAN PRODUCE THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT IN GALATIANS 5, WHICH IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL SO I CAN GIVE UP OLD SELFISH FEELINGS AND EVIL THINGS I WANT TO DO. LORD, LET ME DRESS ME IN THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD IN EPHESIANS 6 SO I CAN STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. LET ME PUT ON THE BELT OF TRUTH, THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, SHOES OF GOSPEL OF PEACE, SHIELD OF FAITH, TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE, HELMET OF SALVATION, AND THE SWORD

WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE VICTORY FOR CONQUERING MY SINS. I WALK IN FAITH AND BELIEVE THAT I AM HEALED. YOUR WORD SAYS YOUR MERCY IS NEW EVERY DAY. HAVE MERCY ON ME BECAUSE ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY. LORD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME BECAUSE IN MY OWN STRENGTH, I WILL FAIL. LORD, BLESS ME TO KEEP MY MIND ON THINGS ABOVE AND NOT THE EARTH. LET THE PRAISES OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDIATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT. BLESS ME TO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF MY MIND. LORD, BLESS ME TO LOVE THE THINGS YOU LOVE AND HATE THE THINGS YOU HATE. I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS OVER MYSELF. DECREE THAT THE ENEMY IS UNDER MY FEET IN JESUS’S NAME. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ANSWERING THIS PRAYER, IN JESUS’S NAME. AMEN.

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THE BEST DEVOTIONAL THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING TESTIMONIAL. GOD IS A GOD WHO DOES THE IMPOSSIBLE. NO MATTER HOW IMPOSSIBLE YOUR SITUATION IS, GOD CAN TURN IT AROUND. THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW GOD CAN TURN YOUR SITUATION AROUND. BREAKING SOUL TIES SANDY WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BUT SHE WAS UNHAPPY IN HER MARRIAGE. PURSUING HER OWN SELFISH DESIRES AND TURNING HER BACK ON GOD SHE HAD AN AFFAIR. THE MAN SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH HAD BAD ANXIETY. SANDY AND THIS MAN EXPERIENCED UNGODLY SOUL TIES AND SOON AFTERWARDS SANDY STARTED SUFFERING FROM THE SAME ANXIETY. THE AFFAIR ENDED EVENTUALLY BUT SHE WAS LEFT BROKEN AND NOW DEALING WITH SEVERE ANXIETY ATTACKS. SANDY’S WORK PERFORMANCE BEGAN TO SUFFER BECAUSE SHE COULDN’T PHYSICALLY BE AROUND PEOPLE. WHILE AT WORK SHE WOULD ISOLATE HERSELF FROM OTHERS BECAUSE BEING AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD TRIGGER PANIC ATTACKS. SANDY’S SOCIAL LIFE STARTED TO DIMINISH BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT EAT IN PUBLIC, GO TO THE MALL OR MOVIES, OR GO GET HER HAIR DONE. SANDY DECIDED TO REDEDICATE HER LIFE

BACK TO GOD AND THINGS BEGAN TO IMPROVE. SHE STARTED TO MEDIATE ON SCRIPTURES AND WHENEVER A PANIC ATTACK WOULD START TO COME UPON HER SHE WOULD REPEAT THESE SCRIPTURES OVER AND OVER. IT WASN’T UNTIL SANDY STARTED TO FAST EVERY WEEK THAT THE ANXIETY ATTACKS FINALLY WENT AWAY.

OTHER SPIRITS MORE EVIL THAN ITSELF, AND THEY ALL ENTER THE PERSON AND LIVE THERE. AND SO THAT PERSON IS WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE.” SANDY WAS BEING TORMENTED FROM HER SIN AND THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET RID OF THESE SPIRITS WAS THROUGH PRAYING AND FASTING. NEXT TIME, YOU WANT TO LAY DOWN WITH SOMEONE, THINK ABOUT WHAT SPIRITS YOU ARE PICKING UP. LET’S PRAY:

SANDY HAD AN AFFAIR AND ENDED UP PICKING UP SPIRITS THAT WEREN’T FROM GOD. MAYBE YOU EXPERIENCED UNGODLY SOUL TIES FROM SOMEONE. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU SLEEP WITH SOMEONE (FORNICATION/ ADULTERY), IT GOES BEYOND THE NATURAL OR THE HEAT OF PASSION BECAUSE IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM YOU ARE EXCHANGING THE SPIRITS THAT PERSON IS CARRYING. IN SANDY’S CASE SHE PICKED UP ANXIETY, BUT IT CAN BE DEPRESSION, LUST, JEALOUSY, BITTERNESS, ANGER, ETC.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER,

LUKE 11:26 SAYS, “THEN THE SPIRIT FINDS SEVEN

LORD, I COME BOLDLY TO YOUR THRONE TO REPENT OF MY SIN ( NAME IT). LORD, I ASK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. LORD, I RENOUNCE ANY UNGODLY CONNECTIONS MADE BETWEEN ME AND (PERSON). I DECLARE THAT ALL UNGODLY COVENANTS AND VOWS MADE BETWEEN ME AND THIS PERSON DESTROYED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. LORD, I WILL DESTROY ANY OBJECTS OR GIFTS CONNECTING THIS PERSON TO ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I COMMAND ANY SPIRITS THAT ARE NOT FROM GOD TO COME OUT OF ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

MATTHEW 5:30 SAYS, “ IF THY RIGHT HAND OFFEND THEE, CUT IT OFF, AND CAST IT FROM THEE: FOR IT IS PROFITABLE FOR

SCRIPTURES TO MEDIATE ON FOR BREAKING SOUL TIES: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23, NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY, AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE

KEPT BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14, BE YE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS, FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HATH RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? AND WHAT COMMUNION HATH LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?

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LORD, I PRAY FOR THE OTHER PERSON’S SALVATION IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I DECREE AND DECLARE THAT MY SOUL IS SET FREE ANY BONDAGE, CURSE, AND SIN THAT CAME AS A RESULT FROM THIS SOUL TIE. WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:18 SAYS, “ FLEE FORNICATION. EVERY SIN THAT A MAN DOETH IS WITHOUT THE BODY; BUT HE THAT COMMIT FORNICATION SINS AGAINST HIS OWN BODY.”

THEE THAT ONE OF THY MEMBERS SHOULD PERISH, AND NOT THY WHOLE BODY SHOULD BE CAST INTO HELL.” LORD, I DECLARE THAT I WILL WALK UPRIGHT BECAUSE I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. LORD, YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM TEMPTATION. LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I AM SET FREE. IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

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AT THAT TIME, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS. I DID NOT QUITE COMPREHEND WHAT IT MEANT. I DID NOT KNOW THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS A FREE GIFT. I WAS QUITE NEW IN MINISTRY. I LAY PINNED TO THE FLOOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I BEGIN TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE REVELATION. I WAS THANKFUL BECAUSE REVELATION BRINGS FREEDOM, HEALING, AND DELIVERANCE. GOD WAS SETTING ME FREE FROM MY PAST.

THIS BOOK WAS BIRTHED BECAUSE I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE HAND OF GOD. THE WEEK OF MY ENCOUNTER, I WAS ENDURING INTENSE WARFARE AND OPPOSITION. EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE WENT WRONG, WENT WRONG. MY FINANCES WERE ATTACKED. MY FAMILY WAS ATTACKED. MY HEALTH WAS ATTACKED. I WAS GROWING WEARY. OUTSIDE OF ALL THE CHAOS, I LONGED FOR MORE OF GOD. I NEEDED HIS DIVINE INTERVENTION IN MY LIFE. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT REALM. THE ENEMY (THE DEVIL) DID NOT WANT ME TO GET THE REVELATION ON RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE KNEW THAT MANY LIVES WOULD BE TOUCHED AROUND ME. HE DID NOT WANT ME TO WRITE THIS BOOK. THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASED ATTACKS ALL AROUND ME. I DECIDED TO PRESS THROUGH ALL THE OPPOSITION AND FORCED MYSELF TO WORSHIP GOD. I HAD TO PLACE MY

NEEDS AND FEELING ON THE BACK BURNER TO SEEK AFTER GOD WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN ME. I LAID FLAT ON THE FLOOR ON MY ABDOMEN IN MY LIVING ROOM. I STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS. AS I WORSHIP, THE HEAVENS OPENED ABOVE ME. MY EYES IN THE SPIRIT OPENED AS WELL. THE GLORY OF GOD FELL ON TOP OF ME. I WAS LITERALLY PINNED DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD NOT MOVE. HIS WEIGHT OF HIS PRESENCE WAS ON TOP OF ME. I COULD ONLY TURN MY HEAD TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT. AS I TURNED MY HEAD TO THE RIGHT, I HAD SEEN A GIGANTIC HAND COMING OUT OF MY CEILING TOWARDS ME. IN THIS HAND WAS A GOLDEN SCEPTER. I ASKED, “WHAT IS THIS.” THE VOICE SPOKE TO ME. IT WAS A LOUD VOICE OF THUNDER. IT WAS THE VOICE OF ALMIGHTY GOD. HE REPLIED, “THIS IS THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A FREE GIFT. I WANT YOU TO TEACH MY PEOPLE ABOUT IT.” SINCE I WAS PHYSICALLY PINNED DOWN TO THE FLOOR, I REACHED UP IN

HE WAS CALLING ME TO WALK IN A HIGHER DIMENSION OF HIS GLORY. SINCE I HAD THIS REVELATION, GOD BEGAN TO SHOW ME VARIOUS KINDS OF SIN AND EVEN CONVICTING ME AT TIMES. HE SHOWED ME THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE SO I COULD INTERCEDE FOR THEM, NOT TO JUDGE THEM. GOD SHOWED ME THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE COULD TRUST ME. I HAD TO LIVE WHAT I WAS PREACHING. SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AROSE FOR ME TO SIN AND FOR ME TO GRATIFY THE LUSTS OF MY FLESH. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT ABOUT MY ENCOUNTER WITH GOD HANDING ME THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND IT KEPT ME STRONG IN MY FAITH. THIS BOOK IS A 59 DAY DEVOTIONAL THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO WALK IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT GOD DESIRES FOR ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. IT WILL COST YOU TO REFLECT ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN HIS WORD AND STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH. EACH DEVOTIONAL ENDS WITH AN ANOINTED PRAYER THAT I LAID HANDS ON RELEASING THE ANOINTING THAT DESTROYS THE YOKES. MAY YOU BECOME TOTALLY LIBERATED AS YOU READ EACH PAGE OF THIS BOOK. BLESSINGS.

PERVERTS GOOD JUDGMENT (PROVERB 31:4-5).

A LAND IS BLESSED WHEN ITS LEADERS DO NOT DRINK (ECCLESIASTES 10:17).

WOE TO “CHAMPION” DRINKERS AND “EXPERTS” AT MIXING DRINKS (ISAIAH 5:22).

ALCOHOLISM I WILL NOT BECOME INTOXICATED WITH ALCOHOL. WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING: I WILL NOT BE DECEIVED THEREBY I AM WISE.

MY ALERTNESS AND MAKES ME VULNERABLE TO THE ENEMY’S ATTACKS. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ARE CALLED THE WINE OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 4:17).

GOD DOES NOT LEAD ME INTO EVIL.

I WILL NOT LIVE IN POVERTY. DRUNKENNESS CAUSES POVERTY (PROVERBS 23:21).

I REFUSE TO BE LIKE NOAH WHEN HE BECAME DRUNK, IT RESULTED IN IMMORALITY AND FAMILY TROUBLE (GENESIS 9:2026).

I WILL BE AN IMITATOR OF CHRIST. DRINKING CAUSES WOE, SORROW, FIGHTING, BABBLING, WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE AND RED EYES (PROVERBS 23:29-30).

I REFUSE TO BE DRUNK BECAUSE IT COULD LED TO IMMORALITY LIKE LOT WHEN HE BECAME INTOXICATED (GENESIS 19:30-38).

GOD INSTRUCTS ME NOT TO LOOK AT INTOXICATING DRINKS (PROVERBS 23:31).

GOD I WILL LIVE HOLY LIKE YOUR PRIESTS. YOU COMMANDED PRIESTS NOT TO DRINK SO THAT THEY COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOLY AND THE UNHOLY (LEVITICUS 10:9-11). LORD, LET MY WAYS PLEASE YOU. YOUR WORD TELLS ME ABOUT A DRUNKEN SON WHO WAS STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS (DEUTERONOMY 21:20). INTOXICATING WINE IS LIKE THE POISON OF SERPENTS, THE CRUEL VENOM OF ASPS (DEUTERONOMY 32:33). DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL CAN BE FATAL. NABAL DIED AFTER A DRUNKEN SPREE (1 SAMUEL 25:32-38). DRINKING ALCOHOL WEAKENS

DRUNKEN MEN STAGGER IN THEIR VOMIT (ISAIAH 19:14). DRINKERS’ TABLES ARE COVERED WITH VOMIT AND FILTH (ISAIAH 28:8). LORD, BLESS ME TO BE LIKE DANIEL. DANIEL REFUSED THE KING’S INTOXICATING WINE AND WAS BLESSED FOR IT ALONG WITH HIS ABSTAINING FRIENDS. INTOXICATING WINE TAKES AWAY INTELLIGENCE (HOSEA 4:11). DRUNKARDS AWAKE TO SEE GOD’S JUDGMENT (JOEL 1:5). A MAN IS BETRAYED BY WINE (HABAKKUK 2:5).

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS BITE LIKE A SERPENT, STING LIKE AN ADDER (PROVERBS 23:32).

WOE TO HIM THAT GIVES HIS NEIGHBOR DRINK (HABAKKUK 2:15).

I WILL BE WISE. ALCOHOL CAUSES THE DRINKER TO HAVE STRANGE AND ADULTEROUS THOUGHTS, PRODUCES WILLFULNESS, AND PREVENTS REFORMATION (PROVERBS 23:33).

DRINKING LEADS TO SHAME (HABAKKUK 2:16).

I AM STABLE. ALCOHOL MAKES THE DRINKER UNSTABLE (PROVERBS 23:34).

CHRIST WARNED AGAINST DRUNKENNESS (LUKE 12:45).

I REFUSED TO LET MY PERCEPTION BE ALTERED. ALCOHOL MAKES THE DRINKER INSENSITIVE TO PAIN SO HE DOES NOT PERCEIVE IT AS A WARNING. ALCOHOL IS HABIT FORMING (PROVERBS 23:35). KINGS, PRINCES, AND OTHERS WHO RULE AND JUDGE MUST NOT DRINK ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL

A DRINKING SERVANT IS UNPREPARED FOR HIS LORD’S RETURN (MATTHEW 24:48-51).

I WILL NOT WALK IN DRUNKENNESS OR IMMORALITY (ROMANS 13:13). I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT YOUR TESTIMONY AS A BELIEVER (ROMANS 14:21). DRUNKARDS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD (1 CORINTHIANS 6:10).

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WOE TO THOSE WHO GET UP EARLY TO DRINK AND STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT TO GET DRUNK (ISAIAH 5:11-12).

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THE BENEFITS OF OBEDIENCE

ARE YOU REJECTING THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU? REJECTING GOD AND HIS WORD IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO. ISAIAH 1:20 SAYS, “BUT IF YOU REFUSE AND REBEL, YOU SHALL BE DEVOURED WITH THE SWORD: FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HAS SPOKEN IT.” IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU REFUSE TO OBEY GOD THEN THE FOLLOWING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU: HE WILL SCATTER YOU AMONG THE HEATHEN, DRAW OUT A SWORD AFTER YOU, YOUR LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE, AND YOUR CITIES WILL BE WASTE. THESE THINGS SOUND TERRIBLE, RIGHT? IF YOU DISOBEY GOD THEN YOU WILL BE PUNISHED. HOWEVER, IF YOU OBEY GOD THEN YOU WILL PROSPER. ISAIAH 1:19 SAYS, “IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YOU SHALL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND.” YOUR HEART HAS TO BE RECEPTIVE TO THE THINGS OF GOD AND YOU HAVE TO OBEY HIM. IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN SERIOUS WITH YOUR WALK WITH GOD, JUST REPENT. NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE SIN, GOD WILL PROVIDE MORE GRACE. THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL (ISAIAH 1:18). YOU SHALL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND; TOGETHER WITH THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS, YOU SHALL RECEIVE MANY TEMPORAL AND WORLDLY

BLESSINGS. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I REPENT FOR NOT OBEYING YOUR COMMANDS. FORGIVE ME FOR THE TIMES THAT I REJECTED YOU AND YOUR WORD. FATHER, WASH MY SINS AS WHITE AS SNOW. I BREAK ALL CURSES THAT HAVE COME AGAINST ME DUE TO MY DISOBEDIENCE. YOUR WORD SAYS THAT JESUS BECAME A CURSE FOR ME SO THAT I MAY OBTAIN THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. I DECREE THAT I WILL OBEY YOU GOD, SO THAT I WILL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND. I DECREE THAT I WILL BE PROSPEROUS IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE. I DECREE THAT BLESSINGS WILL CHASE ME DOWN. THANK YOU, FOR ANSWERING THIS PRAYER IN JESUS’S NAME. AMEN. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAT IN CHURCH AND LET THE WORD OF GOD GO INTO ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER EAR? SOMEHOW, YOUR MIND WAS ELSEWHERE DURING SERVICE. YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO EAT AFTER SERVICE. YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMS YOU FACED EARLIER IN THE WEEK. PERHAPS, YOU HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT WAS PREACHED BUT CHOSE NOT TO APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE. JAMES 1:22 SAYS, “BUT BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES.”

IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, YOU NEED TO RECEIVE THE WORD BY FAITH INTO YOUR HEARTS AND BRING FORTH THE FRUIT OF THE WORD INTO YOUR LIVES. HOW DO YOU PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT? THE ANSWER IS APPLYING THE WORD TO YOUR LIVE BY FOLLOWING IT, CONFESSING IT, AND MEDIATING ON IT. MOST PEW WARMERS OR PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THE PEW AT CHURCH ARE MOSTLY HEARERS OF THE WORD BECAUSE THE WORD HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THEM. DON’T BE DECEIVED. YOU MUST DO MORE THAN JUST HEAR THE GOSPEL BUT YOU MUST ACTIVELY APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE TO MAKE IT WORK. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, I EXALT YOU. I REPENT GOD FOR THE TIMES THAT I WAS ONLY A HEARER OF THE WORD. I ASK THAT YOU HELP ME APPLY YOUR WORD TO MY LIFE SO I CAN SEE RESULTS AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT. I DECREE THAT I WILL BE A DOER OF THE WORD. LORD, IGNITE THE FIRE OF YOUR PRESENCE BACK IN MY LIFE. LORD, BLESS ME TO HAVE A ZEAL FOR YOU. LORD, BLESS ME TO OBEY YOU AND FOLLOW YOUR STATUTES. LORD, GIVE ME STRENGTH TO OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE THAT HINDERS ME FROM GIVING YOU MY ALL. THANK YOU, FOR ANSWERING THIS PRAYER IN JESUS’S NAME. AMEN.

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SOWING AND REAPING ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES? YOU PROBABLY HAVE PRAYED TO CHANGE YOUR SITUATION BUT YOU ARE SEEING LITTLE CHANGE. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE BIBLE IS FULL OF PROMISES? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OBTAINING THESE PROMISES TO YOUR LIFE BY SPEAKING THEM OUT LOUD?

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE? YOU CAN BRING ABOUT BLESSING OR CURSING BY THE WORDS THAT YOU SPEAK. PROVERBS 18:21 SAYS, “THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT WILL EAT ITS FRUIT.” WHEN YOU CONFESS GOD’S WORD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH OR ANYTHING POSTIVE THEN THE ANGELS ARE WAITING AT YOUR MOUTH TO GATHER YOUR WORDS. PSALM 103:20 SAYS, “BLESS THE LORD, YE HIS ANGELS, THAT EXCEL IN STRENGTH, THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, HEARKENING UNTO THE VOICE OF HIS WORD.” CONTRARY, WHEN YOU SPEAK NEGATIVE WORDS THE DEVIL IS GIVING POWER TO OPERATE IN YOUR LIFE. THE KEY TO ACTIVATE THESE WORDS TO GET RESULTS IS FAITH! WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. YOUR FAITH MOVES THE HAND OF GOD. SPEAK THESE DECLARATIONS WITH A BELIEVING HEART. YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT YOUR WORDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. GOD WILL REWARD THOSE WHO SEEK HIM. MATTHEW 21:22 (ESV) SAYS, “AND WHATEVER YOU ASK IN PRAYER, YOU WILL RECEIVE, IF YOU HAVE FAITH.” GOD’S WORD IS ALIVE. HEBREWS 4:12 (NIV) SAYS, “FOR

THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND ACTIVE. SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, IT PENETRATES EVEN TO DIVIDING SOUL AND SPIRIT, JOINTS AND MARROW; IT JUDGES THE THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES OF THE HEART.” ISAIAH 55:11 (NIV) SAYS, “SO IS MY WORD THAT GOES OUT FROM MY MOUTH: IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ME EMPTY, BUT WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT I DESIRE AND ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I SENT IT.” THIS IS WONDERFUL! YOU CAN SPEAK GOD’S WORD OUT LOUD AND YOU WILL GET RESULTS! GOD’S WORD A SEED. OVER TIME THE MORE YOU CONFESS GOD’S WORDS, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE PROMISES. IT IS THE SAME CONCEPT AS PLANTING A SEED IN THE GROUND, IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT SEED TO SPROUT AND BECOME A HARVEST. GALATIANS 6:6-10 (ESV) SAYS, “ONE WHO IS TAUGHT THE WORD MUST SHARE ALL GOOD THINGS WITH THE ONE WHO TEACHES. DO NOT BE DECEIVED: GOD IS NOT MOCKED, FOR WHATEVER ONE SOWS, THAT WILL HE ALSO REAP. FOR THE ONE WHO SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH WILL FROM THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION, BUT THE ONE WHO SOWS TO THE SPIRIT WILL FROM THE SPIRIT REAP

ETERNAL LIFE. AND LET US NOT GROW WEARY OF DOING GOOD, FOR IN DUE SEASON WE WILL REAP, IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP. SO THEN, AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO EVERYONE, AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.” HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF KARMA; WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND; WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN; YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW? THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN JACKIE’S LIFE. SHE PLANTED (SOWED) BAD SEEDS AND EVENTUALLY SHE REAPED A BAD HARVEST. GALATIANS 6:7-9 SAYS, “DO NOT BE DECEIVED: GOD IS NOT MOCKED, FOR WHATEVER ONE SOWS, THAT WILL HE ALSO REAP. FOR THE ONE WHO SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH WILL FROM THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION, BUT THE ONE WHO SOWS TO THE SPIRIT WILL FROM THE SPIRIT REAP ETERNAL LIFE. AND LET US NOT GROW WEARY OF DOING GOOD, FOR IN DUE SEASON WE WILL REAP, IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP. ” 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6 SAYS, “BUT THIS I SAY: HE WHO SOWS SPARINGLY WILL ALSO REAP SPARINGLY, AND HE WHO SOWS BOUNTIFULLY WILL ALSO REAP BOUNTIFULLY.” IF YOU HAVE DONE AN ABUNDANCE OF EVIL THEN YOU COULD EXPECT AN ABUNDANCE OF EVIL TO COME

HEBREWS 4:12 SAYS, “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART.” SINCE GOD’S WORD IS ALIVE, WE CAN DECLARE HIS PROMISES OVER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ROMANS 4:17 SAYS THAT CALLETH THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. HIS

WORD ALSO SAYS THAT IF YOU DECREE SUCH A THING AND IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO YOU (JOB 22:28). PROVERBS 18:21 SAYS DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE: AND THEY THAT LOVE IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF. SO WHAT WILL YOU REAP TODAY, POSITIVITY OR NEGATIVITY? LET’S PRAY: DEAR FATHER GOD, I AM THANKFUL THAT YOUR WORD IS TRUE AND I CAN RECEIVE VICTORY BY DECLARING YOUR WORD OVER MY SITUATIONS. ISAIAH 46:10 SAYS THAT I CAN DECLARE THE BEGINNING FROM THE END. GOD WITH YOUR WORDS I CAN CALL FOR THE THINGS THAT I DESIRE BECAUSE I AM DISPATCHING ANGELS. PSALMS 103:20 SAYS, “BLESS THE LORD, YOU HIS ANGELS, WHO EXCEL

IN STRENGTH, WHO DO HIS WORD, HEEDING THE VOICE OF HIS WORD.” ISAIAH 55:11 SAYS SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH FROM MY MOUTH; IT SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME VOID, BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH WHAT I PLEASE, AND IT SHALL PROSPER IN THE THING FOR WHICH I SENT IT. I DECLARE THAT GOD HAS GREAT THINGS IN STORE FOR ME. I AM THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL. I AM BLESSED COMING IN AND BLESSED GOING OUT. I AM ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH. MY ENEMIES WILL COME AGAINST ME IN ONE WAY BUT FLEE FROM ME IN SEVEN WAYS (DEUTERONOMY 28). LORD, I SPEAK PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND

BLESSING INTO MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

Reap what you sow. June 15,2012.https://pearlsofprofundity.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/reaping-what-you-sow/. Accessed July 19,2015.

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BACK TO YOU. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE DONE AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD THEN YOU CAN EXPECT AN ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS TO COME BACK TO YOU. HOW CAN YOU REAP A GOOD HARVEST? THE ANSWER IS TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD OVER YOUR SITUATIONS.

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SINNER’S PRAYER JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS JUST FOR YOU! HE SUFFERED SO MUCH FOR YOUR HEALING AND YOUR SORROWS. HE WENT AROUND DOING EVERY GOOD WORK. HE TOOK 39 LASHES. HE WORE A CROWN OF THORNS. HE WAS SPAT ON. BEATEN. FALSELY ACCUSED.WILL YOU LET HIM IN YOUR HEART TODAY?

WILL YOU PRAY THIS SHORT PRAYER? YOU LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME LORD, I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS. ROMANS 10:19 SAYS, “BECAUSE, IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT JESUS IS LORD AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. “ I MAKE YOU LORD AND SAVIOR OF MY LIFE. LORD, I DESIRE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. LORD, I CONFESS ANY SINS OF ___________. I REPENT LORD. WASH ME IN YOUR BLOOD IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

CONGRATULATIONS. IF YOU READ THIS PRAYER, WELCOME TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN ARE REJOICING. GET CONNECTED TO A LOCAL BIBLE BASED CHURCH AND GET WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.

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The genome is the entire set of genes in an organism1. It is known that the human genome is the blueprint for approximately 20,000-25,000 different proteins1. Since DNA makes up the genome, DNA gets transcribed to RNA which get translated to proteins to make up the 20,00025,000 different proteins1. Genotype is the specific variants of a gene present in the two alleles in an individual that can result in specific traits or disorders1. For example I learned many years ago in my genetics class, the B allele is dominant and b allele is recessive trait for blue eyes. The genotype for blue eyes would be two recessive bb alleles. If two heterozygous individuals mate they have a 25% chance of an offspring expressing the blue eyed phenotype. According to Nelms, nutrigenetics is the role of interactions between individual gene sequence and dietary components in determining health1. Nelms also define nutrigenomics as the field that focuses on the influences of dietary components on gene expression and the production of pproteins and metabolities1. There has been research done on specific interaction between diets and the genome with could face ethical challenges1. In addition, Nelms states that the various dietary guidelines that prevents or treat cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and diabetes do not take into account the genetic factors within the population1. Personalized nutrition is some-

of people may be affected, and it may emphasize tendencies to healthism2.

times used to adjust the diet from information on genetic tests. Two principles in biomedical ethics that can be applied to nutritional genomics are autonomy and nonmaleficence2. Autonomy is the understanding of every person as an independent agent with right to decide over himself or herself2. Personalized nutrition may be seen as a tool to strengthen individual autonomy, as people learn more about their personal health risks, and by means of personalized dietary advice are provided with means to influence their health3. Nonmaleficence is to strive not to harm a person who is dependent upon your actions2. Nutritional genomics can be effective treating diseases such as phenylketonuria (PKU) where the individual has the inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine2. These individuals cannot eat meat or fish. Gorman states nutritional genomics should be used to fine tune the prevention of nutrition associated diseases2. Gorman also state that general nutritional advice must be given with great care and be based upon solid scientific evidence, as the autonomy of a large number

I believe that God would be against this emerging field because of the following scriptures: Leviticus 19:19,” You shall keep my statues. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you were a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material”. 1 Corinthians 15:38, “But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seeds its own body”. Whenever we alter genes to produce a desired phenotype we are playing God.

1. Nelms MN. Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology for the Public Health Nutritionist. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning; 2011. 2. Gorman U.Ethical Issues Raised By Personalized Nutrition Based on Genetic Information. Genes Nutr. 2006; (1): 13-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pmc/ articles/PMC3454816/ pdf/12263_2008_Article_ BF02829932.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2013. 3. Nordstrom K, Juth N, Kjellstrom S, Meijboom FLB, Gorman U. Values at stake: autonomy, responsibility, and trustworthiness in relation to genetic testing and personalized nutrition advice. Genes Nutr (2013) 8:365–372. http://www.ncbi.nlm .nih.gov/ pmc/articles/PMC3689891/ pdf/12263_2013_Article_337.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2013.

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UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Blood pressure is also known as hydrostatic pressure which is the pressure of blood against the arterial walls1. Blood pressure consists of two components, systolic pressure and diastolic pressure. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted when the heart contracts, the numerator of blood pressure, ranges from less than 120 to greater or equal to 160 depending on their individual’s health status1. The diastolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted when the heart relaxes, the denominator portion of blood pressure, and ranges from less than 80 to greater or equal to 100 depending on their individual’s health status1. Hypertension can be caused idopathically or no known cause1. This type of hypertension is also called primary hypertension can be caused by many lifestyle factors including dietary such as excessive sodium intake, low potassium intake, and excessive alcohol consumption1. Other lifestyle factors include obesity, lack of exercise, lack of exercise, and stress1. Hypertension is referred as the silent killer because there are typically no symptoms1. Hypertension can be diagnosed with a physical examination which includes taking a measurement of the blood pressure1. Risk factors, history, laboratory tests such as glucose and lipid panels can be used to diagnose hypertension1. Other than idiopathic factors previously discussed, hypertension can be caused as a result from a primary problem such as renal disease, cardiovascular disease, endocrine disorders, and neurogenic disorders1. Hypertension can be treated with weight loss, exercise, nutrition therapy, and medication1. With weight loss her BMI can be decrease to and maintain at 18.5 to 24.91. A

twenty pound weight loss will result in lowered systolic blood pressure1. Aerobic exercise for weight loss is recommended for 30-60 minutes for a minimum of four days per week1. Nutritional therapy consists of dietary approaches to decrease sodium, saturated fat, and alcohol while increasing calcium, potassium, and fiber1. Other dietary plans such as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) recommends 2000 kcal a day, 4700 mg potassium, 500 mg magnesium, 1240 mg calcium, 90 g protein, 30 g fibers, and 2400 mg sodium daily1. Pharmacological agents include diuretics which include loop, thiazides, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and potassium-sparing1. ACE inhibitors, beta-adrenergic block agents, alphareceptor antagonists, calcium channel blocking agents, and aldosterone antagonists1. To determine the type of medication to use, an algorithm for hypertension treatment should be used1. Sometimes the decision to not make healthier choose could be lack of self control. However, this is not the case because of environmental factors such as lack of access healthier options in the area. There might also be a vast amount of fast food places compared to a small amount of healthy stores in a certain city. Another thing that limits healthy eating is the amount of time a person has in their schedule. It is quicker to eat a snack out of a vending machine if you only have a few minutes to grab something to eat and then returning back to work. People often feel like preparing a healthy meal and bringing it with you outside of home is too much work. Even with the rise of obesity, the funding should not decrease due to the few people in many who will pay attention and make a behavior change to the awareness data or reducing obesity strategies that are

put out in the population. • Genesis 1:29, Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food4. This scripture implies that God gave us healthy options for us to eat such as vegetables and fruit. When working with people with hypertension and obesity, I would encourage them to eat more fruit and vegetables per day and limit the amount of processed food they consume. I would also recommend a reduction of saturated fats, sodium, and sweets in their diet. References 1. Nelms MN. Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology for the Public Health Nutritionist. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning; 2011. 2. Blake JS, Munoz KD, Volpe S. Nutrition From Science to You. San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings; 2010. 3. Zelman KM. Lose Weight Fast: How to Do it Safely. Web MD website. http://www. webmd.com/diet/features/loseweight-fast-how-to-do-it-safely. Accessed September 6, 2013. 4. Holy Bible. New Living Translation. Carol Steam, IL: Tyndale House Publishers Inc; 2007.

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1/2 cup milk Ground turkey is usually leaner than ground beef when the skin of the turkey is not blended in the ground mix. A 4-ounce cooked turkey burger (made from a combo of dark and light meat) has 193 calories, 11 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat and 22 grams of protein. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excellent source of niacin and selenium and a good source of vitamin B6, phosphorus and zinc. Choosing ground turkey made from only breast will have 150 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, and 0 grams saturated fat.1

1 small onion, chopped 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

round cracker crumbs, milk, onion, egg, salt, garlic, and black pepper in a bowl; shape into a loaf and place on the prepared jelly roll pan. Mix ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a separate bowl; set aside.

Best Turkey Meatloaf

PREP 15 mins

Bake meatloaf in preheated oven for 30 minutes; remove from oven and drain liquids. Top meatloaf with ketchup topping. Return loaf to oven and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Ingredients

COOK 1 hr

Source:

Original recipe makes 8 servings

READY IN 1 Hr 15 mins

Meatloaf:

Directions

1 1/2 pounds ground turkey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a jelly roll pan.

1. http://blog.foodnetwork. com/healthyeats/2013/06/07/ food-fight-turkey-burger-vs-beefburger/?oc=linkback

3/4 cup crushed buttery round crackers

Topping: 1/2 cup ketchup 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Mix ground turkey, buttery

2. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/ best-turkey-meatloaf/. Accessed July 19, 2015.

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THESE ARE THE WORDS GIVING TO PROPHETESS KIMBERLY HARGRAVES BY THE HOLY SPIRIT DURING HER PRAYER TIME.

God says, “You can rest assurance that I will come through for you. I honor my word above my name.” God said to me, “ I am raising up a new generation of prophets. I will strengthen, establish, and confirm them. They have been on the back side of the mountain for too long. It was a time of preparation and training for them. I have poured out my spirit upon them and equip them to do greater works than I in these last days. There will be new signs, miracles, and wonders this works has never seen to make the unbelievers believe. You prayed about it. Now be in a state of expectancy. God answers prayers. Jesus is soon to return. Get right

people. God’s blessings have no sorrow attached to them. Wait on God to bless you instead of taking matters into your own hands. God gives the best gifts. You are not alone but God is with you during the darkest moments. His word says He will never leave you or forsake you. Press into Him. Time to die to self. Deny your flesh. Take up your cross and follow Jesus. Luke 9:23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Don’t give up. God answers prayers. Be patient. Wait on Him.

I am calling you to study my word with me. I will prosper the works of thy hands. Go deeper into me with study, worship, and prayer. Deny the lust of your flesh. I will give you wisdom like never before. Things will happen that will shock the nation and there will be an increase in violence. You will see more protestors and more injustices, I am calling my watchmen to keep watch and intercede for this country. I have heard my people’s cries and will stretch my hand of judgement upon the land. Get ready for the shift in government. Embrace yourself. Fight with my word. Don’t be moved by what you see. Stay faithful to me. People have strayed away from my laws and statutes. They have tried to

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mock me and my word. Woe to them that call good, evil and bitter, sweet. Hell has enlarged herself. Not too many people want to crucify their flesh and walk righteously. I am with you during the storm and sometimes I step back to see what you are going to do. I step back to see your reaction. I step back in my quietness to see if you trust me. What will be your reaction to circumstances in this life? Will you let them overwhelm you or will you stand firm in your faith? Remember, I am with you and the problems life throws at you can’t hurt you. I am a just God because when you call out in distress, I will show up to deliver you. I have given you power to face the storm and rebuke the winds and the waves. You fst to have more of me and more of my spirit. You can’t put the new into the old. But I make all old things new. You have to believe to have faith. The level of your faith is the level of your breakthrough. I am the God who does new things. Did I ever deny anyone their healing? I am compassionate.

In this hour I am raising up more workers like never before for the end time harvest. I want to do new miracles through you and my people. I am the God who gives my people power to do greater works than what my son has done. Remember there will be a lot of rejection on your journey but they are rejecting me in you. You have to learn how to overcome the adversity and rise above it. Because people have rejected me and my word, I will judge them. Remeber you are going out in an evil world to do the good work of the gospel. That’s why it’s important to be in tune with my spirit. You hinder my presence when you follow a schedule, a regimen, or a program. Don’t miss the move of my spirit. I am spontaneous and unpredictable. I like new things. I am never boring. Your smile can brighten any one’s day. God will turn your frown into a smile. He will turn your mourning into dancing. Keep believing. And after you have suffered a little

while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you (1 Peter 5:10). Your storm is almost over. Keep the faith. Don’t give up. God will do something miraculous. Let not your hearts be troubled (John 14:1). I know it gets hard sometimes, but don’t give up. Whatever is bothering you, give it to God. Expect great things to happen today. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). The enemy tried to destroy you with everything he had. His plans failed. You are still standing because God kept you. Since you stayed faithful, God is getting ready to bless you. Amen And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). I know it may look dim right now but God always comes through. His timing is perfect! Don’t worry about something you have no control over. God will take care of His children. He always has.

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WHEN WE SHARE OUR TESTIMONIES, OUR FAITH INCREASES! WE START TO BELIEVE GOD FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE! WE CAN SEE THE POWER AND THE HAND OF GOD IN ANY SITUATION. GOD CAN TURN ANY TEST INTO A TESTIMONY! WE KNOW IF GOD DID IT BEFORE, HE CAN DO IT AGAIN. OUR TESTIMONIES GLORIFY GOD! TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS BORN INTO A PENTECOSTAL HOME. I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH AND AT THE AGE OF THREE, I RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST. I WAS BAPTIZED WHEN I WAS FOUR IN THE NAME OF JESUS AFTER I EXPLAINED TO MY PASTOR WHY I WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED AND WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM THE STEPS OF SALVATION. I HAD A REAL LOVE FOR GOD DEEP IN MY HEART. AS I GOT OLDER, LIFE CHANGED, AS IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO. MY SISTER GOT MARRIED AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FOR GOOD WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN. THAT SAME YEAR, I STARTED JUNIOR HIGH AT A REALLY ROUGH SCHOOL. I KNOW YOU ALL THINK, “HOW COULD A SCHOOL IN WISCONSIN BE ROUGH?” BUT, IT WAS. IT WAS A REALLY SMALL SCHOOL, ABOUT 500 PEOPLE INCLUDING THE STAFF, BUT THERE STILL WERE THE GUNS, THE DRUGS, THE GANGS, EVERYTHING. I WATCHED ONE OF MY FRIENDS GET HIS HEAD KICKED IN ON THE FRONT STEPS BEFORE SCHOOL ONE MORNING. ANOTHER ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAD TWO KIDS BY THE TIME SHE WAS 14. DURING THIS TIME, MY PARENTS STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THEY TRIED TO BE THERE FOR ME, BUT THEY HAD THEIR OWN PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT, AND I STARTED SHUTTING THEM OUT OF MY LIFE. UNFORTUNATELY, INSTEAD OF TURNING TO GOD AS MY REFUGE DURING THESE TIMES, I TURNED TO GUYS INSTEAD. I STILL LOVED GOD, BUT GUYS BECAME MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN WHAT HE WAS. IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, MY SPIRITUAL WALK HAD ITS UPS AND DOWNS. GOD WOULD SEND ME

WAKE UP CALLS AND I WOULD STRAIGHTEN OUT MY LIFE, AND LIVE FOR HIM FOR A WHILE, BUT THEN I WOULD GET DISTRACTED. GROWING UP IN CHURCH, I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD HAD TO OFFER. I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD OR TO DECIDE FOR MYSELF TO LIVE FOR GOD. AS I GOT OLDER, I WANTED TO TRY IT ALL FOR MYSELF, INSTEAD OF TAKING SOMEONE ELSE’S WORD FOR WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE. I DIDN’T LIKE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I WAS A GOOD STUDENT, SO I GRADUATED EARLY AND STARTED COLLEGE. COLLEGE WAS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. I WAS NO LONGER RIDICULED FOR NOT WEARING PANTS, NOT CUTTING MY HAIR, OR NOT PARTYING ON THE WEEKENDS. PEOPLE ACCEPTED ME JUST AS I WAS. IT WAS GREAT! WITH EVERY MOUNTAIN, THERE’S ALSO A VALLEY. ME AND MY PARENTS WERE NOT GETTING ALONG VERY WELL, BECAUSE I WAS TIRED OF THEM FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH ME. I WENT TO LIVE WITH MY MOM’S FRIEND, MARILYN FOR A WHILE. IT WAS WHILE I WAS LIVING WITH HER THAT HE STARTED COMING TO CHURCH. I HAD KNOWN HIM SINCE I WAS FIFTEEN AND WHEN HE ASKED ME ON A DATE, I WAS ECSTATIC! IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE WE WERE A COUPLE. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THINGS LIKE MY PARENTS DIDN’T WANT ME TO BE WITH HIM AND MY PASTOR SAID I SHOULDN’T DATE HIM. BUT, WHAT DID THEY KNOW? I THOUGHT HE WAS DIFFERENT NOW; THAT HE WAS GOING TO LIVE RIGHT. I WAS STILL READING MY BIBLE AT THIS POINT,

BUT IT STARTED CONVICTING ME FOR BEING WITH HIM, SO I QUIT READING IT. AND PRAYING, THAT CONVICTED ME TOO, SO I QUIT DOING THAT. MY PARENTS HAD ME MOVE BACK HOME TO TRY AND HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER WHAT I WAS DOING. THIS JUST MADE ME HATE BEING HOME EVEN MORE. MY PARENTS AND I FOUGHT ALL THE TIME. MY BOYFRIEND HAD TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME, BUT INSTEAD OF BEING THERE FOR ME, HE STARTED DOING DRUGS AGAIN. I KNEW I SHOULD BREAK UP WITH HIM, BUT SINCE THAT’S WHAT MY PARENTS WANTED, I STAYED WITH HIM. I WAS SO REBELLIOUS THAT I WASN’T ABOUT TO LISTEN TO WHAT ANYBODY WOULD TRY TO TELL ME, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS ANYTHING AGAINST HIM. I WOULD DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHATEVER MY PARENTS WANTED ME TO DO. I WAS TIRED OF FIGHTING WITH MY PARENTS, SO I WOULD WAIT UNTIL I KNEW THAT THEY WERE SLEEPING, AND THEN GO HOME. I ALSO STARTED DRINKING TO TRY AND ESCAPE WHAT MY LIFE WAS BECOMING. I WAS PUTTING MY PARENTS THROUGH SO MUCH, BUT IT WAS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. MY PARENTS DECIDED TO MOVE TO MISSISSIPPI TO WORK AT THE CHILDREN’S MANSION. SO, I MOVED IN WITH MY BOYFRIEND. MY PASTOR WARNED ME THAT DOING THIS WAS GOING TO BE LIKE STEPPING OFF THE EDGE OF A CLIFF. HE BEGGED ME NOT TO, BUT I STILL WOULDN’T LISTEN. I HAD NO IDEA HOW RIGHT HE WOULD BE. MY BOYFRIEND LOST HIS JOB, AND WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY

I QUIT GOING TO CHURCH. IF MY BEST FRIEND COULD GET ME TO GO TO CHURCH, I WOULD ONLY GO IF I WERE HIGH. I WAS SO MISERABLE, BUT I HAD SO MUCH ANGER AND I DIDN’T WANT GOD TO BE ABLE TO REACH ME. MY PARENTS CAME UP TO WISCONSIN TO FINISH SIGNING PAPERS FOR THE HOUSE THEY SOLD, AND THEY TOOK ME OUT TO DINNER. THEY OFFERED ME A SECOND CHANCE. IF I WOULD LEAVE WISCONSIN AND LIVE WITH THEM, THEY WOULD PAY FOR ME TO FINISH COLLEGE AND GET ME A NEW CAR. THE PART OF THE DEAL THAT REALLY GOT ME TO CONSIDER THIS WAS THEY WOULD FLY ME TO CALIFORNIA TO SEE MY NIECE AFTER SHE WAS BORN. I TOLD THEM I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO THEM. I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD EVER GO, BUT PEOPLE WERE PRAYING FOR ME. THE NIGHT BEFORE MY NEICE, CAITLIN, WAS BORN, I WENT TO CHURCH SOBER, AND GOD TOUCHED ME. I PRAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG. I CALLED MY SISTER THAT NIGHT AND TOLD HER THAT I HAD GIVEN MY LIFE BACK TO GOD SO SHE COULD HAVE MY NIECE NOW. CAITLIN WAS BORN THE NEXT DAY. I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT WHEN GOD TOUCHES YOU LIKE THAT, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE SIN YOU’RE LIVING IN. I WENT BACK HOME THAT NIGHT, AND WITHOUT THINKING, WHEN I WAS OFFERED DRUGS, I DID THEM OUT OF HABIT. BUT WHEN I REALIZED WHAT I HAD JUST DONE, I FELT HORRIBLE AND KNEW THAT I HAD TO QUIT.

THINGS WHERE I WAS LIVING GOT WORSE THAN THEY ALREADY WERE AND I WANTED OUT. I FINALLY LET MY BOYFRIEND MAKE THE CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER I SHOULD LEAVE OR NOT. I TOLD HIM IT WAS THE DRUGS OR IT WAS ME. HE CHOSE THE DRUGS. I CALLED MY PARENTS AND TOLD THEM I WANTED TO TAKE THEM UP ON THEIR OFFER. I FLEW WITH MY GRANDMA TO CALIFORNIA TO SEE MY BABY NIECE, AND WAS SHE EVER CUTE! FROM THERE WE FLEW DOWN TO LOUISIANA TO MY UNCLE’S HOUSE. I WAS STILL SO ANGRY AND SCARED ABOUT LIVING WITH MY PARENT’S AGAIN. I DECIDED TO FORGET ABOUT IT ALL, SO I WENT OUT DRINKING WITH MY COUSIN EVERY NIGHT, UNTIL THE THOUGHT OF DRINKING WAS REPULSIVE TO ME. MY PARENTS PICKED MY GRANDMA AND I UP FROM THERE AND BROUGHT US TO MISSISSIPPI. THINGS DIDN’T WORK OUT FOR ME TO LIVE WITH MY PARENTS, SO THEY TOLD ME I COULD EITHER GO LIVE IN LOUISIANA WITH MY UNCLE, OR LIVE IN CALIFORNIA WITH MY SISTER. I KNEW THAT SOME DAY I WOULD WANT TO GET BACK IN CHURCH IF GOD COULD EVER WANT ME, SO I PICKED CALIFORNIA. GOD SOMETIMES ANSWERS PEOPLE’S PRAYERS IN WAYS THEY COULD NEVER IMAGINE. I HAD SUCH A WALL UP AROUND MY HEART THAT IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ALMOST ANYONE TO REACH ME. HOWEVER, GOD SENT ALONG THE PERSON THAT COULD. A COUPLE NIGHTS BEFORE I WAS GOING TO LEAVE MISSISSIPPI, I MET A GUY WHO ASKED ME TO GO ON A DATE. I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SOME FUN AS LONG AS I WAS DOWN THERE, SO I AGREED. AS IT TURNS OUT, HE WAS A HIT MAN. SOMEHOW WE GOT ON THE SUBJECT OF GOD, AND I TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN’T THINK GOD COULD EVER LOVE ME AGAIN AFTER ALL THAT I HAD DONE. HE TOLD ME THAT GOD STILL LOVED ME. IT’S PRETTY IRONIC THAT THE PERSON GOD PUT IN MY LIFE TO TELL ME THAT WAS SOMEONE WHO WANTED

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD OR CHURCH. HOWEVER, THOSE WORDS STARTED CRACKING THE ICE SURROUNDING MY HEART. I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA TO LIVE WITH MY SISTER. I TOOK CARE OF MY NIECE WHILE MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WORKED, AND I WENT TO SCHOOL AT NIGHT. I WENT TO CHURCH OUT OF RESPECT TO THEM, BUT IT STILL TOOK ME A WHILE BEFORE I WANTED TO CHANGE AND LET GO OF ALL THE ANGER IN MY HEART. BUT FEELING THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE PEACE AGAIN GAVE ME A LONGING FOR WHAT I WAS MISSING. THE NIGHT I REMEMBER MOST VIVIDLY WAS WHEN THERE WAS A MOVE OF GOD IN THE SERVICE. I SAW BRO. MICHAEL (WHO IS NOW MY BOYFRIEND) PRAISING GOD WITH THIS HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE. I SAID, “GOD, I WANT JOY LIKE THAT.” I FINALLY STARTED WANTING TO CHANGE, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE REAL. I TOLD GOD, “I DON’T WANT SOMETHING THAT’S BASED ON EMOTION, I NEED SOMETHING THAT’S REAL. IF YOU’RE WILLING TO FORGIVE ME, TAKE ME BACK, AND GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE, I NEED YOU TO CHANGE ME COMPLETELY.” AND, HE DID. I’M NOT SAYING THAT I’M PERFECT NOW, BUT I’M FINALLY ON THE RIGHT ROAD. I AM NOW SERVING GOD WITH MY WHOLE HEART AND I’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. GOD HAS BLESSED MY LIFE MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN REPLACE THE LOVE OF GOD. ALWAYS REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT YOU’VE DONE, GOD LOVES YOU. SOURCE Daisy Testimony. Words of Testimony. http://www.wordsoftestimony.com/second-chances/. Acccess July 18, 2015.

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FOR RENT, SO HE STARTED DEALING COKE. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE I WAS HOOKED. MY DAYS CONSISTED OF GOING TO WORK, COMING HOME, DOING COKE, DRINKING, MAKING DRUG RUNS AND SOMETIMES GOING OUT PARTYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I GOT MORE DEATH THREATS THAN I WANT TO REMEMBER, BUT I DIDN’T CARE ANYMORE. I DIDN’T EVEN CARE WHETHER I LIVED OR DIED.

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