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Friday, February 28, 2014

Personal Unity? Can the Heart and Mind be United in the Spirit ALWAYS? Answer = Yes, by design

 I believe this is the new worship unfolding around the globe as a work of the Spirit.  

It is not new revelation beyond the Scripture.  It is re-activation of profound truths lost over time.  

Personal Unity?   Continual abiding in the "eyes of the heart"(Eph 1:17-18) is the inheritance of the Saints.  

Yet, fragmentation appears to be both the personal and corporate landscape of Christians today.  




Our hearts have no limitations within the rule and reign of Jesus in the Kingdom of God.   I don't think there are any boundaries when we soar in love, truth and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.   (John 16:12-15)




Walking in the paths of unity can be extremely difficult when we do not have personal unity.  


Heart and Mind unity in the Holy Spirit?  Remember, the Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21).  It works from within outward, expanding in the unity of heart and mind through the revelation of fullness in the mind of Christ.   Wow, that is a mouth full.  Yes. Something to peer into more deeply treasure hunting the Scriptures. 







Can we walk in heart and mind unity regardless of the natural situation.  Yes. Really?  With the culture affronting us in powers and principalities, the circumstances of our lives?   Resounding YES.  

Promise is essential - I John 5:5 







The Kingdom, by design is a place of total and complete unity of Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit.  


Jesus is Psalm 133.  Ephesians 1:9-10!

In opposition to the world's fragmentation, limitation and incomplete nature in the fall, the Kingdom brings unity within us personally.   Then in manifold wisdom corporately (Eph 3:10-11). This is a marvel.   An amazement in the Spirit.  

This personal unity is enveloped in the Holy Spirit and informed by his leading.   



I believe, one of the key and present goals of the Lord Jesus is to help the Body of Christ re-acquire the knowledge of personal unity in the Spirit.  

To come into understanding, through revelation in the eyes of the heart and unity of the mind and heart (Col 3:1-5), is to dwell perpetually in the heavenlies with Christ.   No boundaries exist in heaven.   Because everything there serves the will of God with a final outcome of love.  Love remains forever and is the foundation of the throne of God.  Where the heart leads in love, devotion, desire and in ever increasing wisdom and knowledge, the mind is informed by the mind of Christ.   Through the spirit of wisdom and revelation a continuous flow of the Kingdom is present.   Ephesians 3:14-21



Amos 9: 11-12
"In that day,
I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches,
and raise up it ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 
that they may possess the remanat of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name, 
declares the Lord who does this." 

The restoration of the booths of David are key to opening continual outpouring of the storehouses of wisdom and revelation.  

The Apostolic council of Jerusalem confirmed this as Paul described the in gathering of gentiles and the signs and wonders of the Kingdom that were present throughout the world.   Acts 15:15-19


 
The outward corporate expression of unity is a work of the same Spirit, uniting hearts and minds in the mind of Christ.    


By nature the "eyes of our heart" are designed to be enlightened to the wisdom and revelation in the mind of Christ.  We are people of a new Kingdom.  



This Kingdom is sustained in, brought to fullness in, and ever expands in every molecule of its workings abiding in the beauty, power and glory of it's King, Jesus Christ.   
Another mouth full.  Read it slow and see if you can see it!



He revealed the Father's heart and the rule and reign of God.  His reign.   As one who walked in the Spirit in obedience to the will of the Father, He surrendered his earthly life as an offering of worship.   We see it all in Him. Everything there is to see. 



Through unity with the Spirit, made possible by faith in the powerful workings of Christ Jesus in the Cross, Resurrection and Ascension, the eyes of the heart can maintain a perpetual habitation and revelation of the Lord Jesus.  

Not these doors - Christ the Door!

I believe the new move of the Spirit is through these doorways.   

A cleansing grace in deeper and deeper righteousness is unfold as the booths of David are restored.  Revelation to the eyes of the heart is being poured out continually for those who love the Lord heart first.   

There is so much more to go into on this.   Next post I will look at the relationship of the heart and mind.  The mind can block the flow of revelation to the eyes of the heart in many ways.   Gaining personal unity is the first step.  Submitting the heart to activation through the spirit of revelation and wisdom is the first step.  So when the mind limits that atmosphere the borders get drawn.   

We are called into a new mind in living worship - Romans 12:1-2

Two things to pray and activate - 
1) The eyes of the heart

Spirit open the eyes of my heart and break any limitations imposed by the mind of the flesh.   I want to see again.   Let me see Christ and into the heavenlies.  Let me perceive through the eyes of my heart in the Spirit the inheritance riches of Jesus in the Saints.
 
Take a bit of time and see.   What do you see from the eyes of your heart? 

2) The mind of Christ -  

Spirit activate the mind of Christ in me and unite it to the eyes of your heart.  Bring my mind and heart into unity through the grace of the Spirit.   Break down, reveal and destroy strongholds that limit the freedom of my heart to see, hear and understand the revelation of wisdom and knowledge in Christ Jesus in fullness.   Activate my discernment in the Spirit.   Activate my understanding of your voice and truth (John 10:1-5). 

 Take a bit of time and let the Spirit reveal roadblocks that limit the eyes of the heart in seeing.    

We need to explore how the Kingdom rule and reign of Christ informs the mind and how unity is established in the Spirit.  

Enjoy!

He is always good and his love endures forever

Allow the Spirit to lead you into this.  Don't try and work it through in your mind first.   
Laugh and love Jesus.   He seems to always be laughing about the pride of mind.  huh?


Love in the Lord,

Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org  

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Thank you.  

Fight the Good Fight in Faith!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Defy gravity. The Kingdom life is designed to defy all the gravity of the earth

Gravity.  Earth's gravity pulls everything down to earth.  The Kingdom lifts everything toward heaven.   

Time to defy gravity; live a kingdom life. 

Earth's gravity pulls our thoughts down.  Into the hopeless we can stumble.   Down deeper into the soul survival world we know by instinct.   That's where the gravity wants to take us.  Into instinct, dirt, and blood, the gravity of the earth will pull us into the deepest hole available in our surroundings.   The Enemy of our hearts seeks to craft gravity holes that draw humanity in.    Like water we can stumble and tumble falling over our self into dungeons of servitude.   Of course there are the extremes.  These remind and support the middle in their thoughts that where they are is a good thing.    Everything supported by gravity is designed to keep increasing the leverage.  

Time to defy gravity; live a kingdom life. 

We all know from experience that defying gravity hurts.  It can cause some serious damage.   So we also come to believe that defying the gravity of the world, the order of things, the natural course set out for us, expected pathways, and the affirmed culture may not be a smart thing to resist.   We continue on in the conditioning, reinforcing each thought with another.  Believing.  We want to believe.   Believe that the order of things, the gravity, is going to pay off.  Believe that it will deliver the promise.   Ultimately we can find ourselves
believing that gravity will lead us to peace, happiness and joy.    

Sky diving is a rush.  When you have a parachute.  

 

The world order is often crafted with the rush on the front end.  Example: Sex works and is a rush regardless of covenant, relationship or love.   For a time anyway.   Until the loneliness and inner ache of the heart overcomes the bodies fascination.   Sex has a very enticing front end and a very soul and heart destroying possibility later.  Gravity hopes we will jump without worrying about a parachute.  Many do.  People in the middle catch glimpses of the holes gravity can draw us into.   The rush for a time promises "living".  

 The enemy wants to keep us in the gravity of the world order.  The world order he has built.  The bible calls this the kosmos.  The world order, where the enemy can craft it, is designed to do 4 things.  Rob, steal, kill and destroy.   He wants us to feel the pull of the gravity he has constructed.   He wants us to adopt his thoughts.   Thoughts that are wholly supported by the world order we find ourselves in.  

The weight of gravity was defied by Jesus.   He jumped into our world with a whole different set of rules.  The rule and reign of God.  


Defy gravity; The Kingdom life is designed to defy all the gravity of the earth?

Root yourself in the life of Jesus.  Set your heart and mind on the things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. (Col 3:1-4) "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." 

Defy the gravity of hate and forgive.  Defy the gravity of greed and give. 

The Kingdom life is rooted in the generosity of the Father's heart. 
He always does more.   He always gives more.   He always adds more to what we do.
How?  He has unlimited resources of love, grace, mercy and forgiveness.   The Kingdom of God generates these things in never ending rivers.    The rivers of generosity wash over the pits of hopelessness and fill them up with redemption and love.  

The Kingdom lifts 

Worship - worship is the great doorway to agreement with heaven.  The more you agree with what heaven sees in you, says about you and knows about you, the wider the rivers of the Fathers heart can grow in you.   The gravity starts loosing its grasp and the mind can break free of the thoughts of the earth and the gravity of the world.  

Worship is the language of heaven.   It lifts the heart, calms the mind and brings peace to the soul.   Thankfulness is the first attitude of the heart and it bears the fruit of praise.  

Worship leads to listening.  Hearing.  We become familiar with the sound of his voice.  The sound of heaven.  The sound becomes recognizable to the heart and we begin hearing all the time.  

Listening and hearing leads to knowing and understanding.   We come to know through faith the things we sensed or saw in others.   


The Kingdom life is designed to defy the gravity of the earth


What do you know of the Kigndom life?
What do you know of the pathways of the heart?
Do you hear the sound of heaven? 


Share your thoughts

Thanks for checking in.  
Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org 


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Can You Hear the Sound? Love Is Abandon. Dance David

I keep hearing it.   Over and Over.  
It comes like a wave into my ears and then dives down into my heart.  It bursts inside me and captures my emotions.  My mind slides into the rapture.   My soul fills with the substance of heaven.   I can feel it.  It's as if I can touch it with my fingers.  My hands grasping and holding on to it.  It is real in the world.  More than the whole world.

The Sound pierces me.  It reveals the Son of God.  
It is as if he himself rides on the Sound.  

In through my ears.  Down into my soul and spirit.   
Like waves, rolling and churning inside my spirit, the sound waves roll over everything.   My thoughts become captivated.  The eyes of my heart see him.   

I see HIM.  Jesus, seated in all his glory.  I see heaven.  The creatures surrounding him.  Every molecule in heaven is in perfect unity with him.  His love fills every one.  Connecting.  Holding.  His Kingdom pouring out to the dry bones. 

This sound rides on worship.  Sits within it.  Simple worship.  Not musically impressive sound.  That is not the sound.  The sound is agreement.   When people loving Jesus lift a song in surrender to the Holy Spirit.  It is a sound of wonder and amazement.   This sound has no boundaries.   It rides on hearts in love.   It is a sound that becomes the presence.  A sound that heals, delivers, enraptures, moves and calls. 

Can you hear it?  
Can you hear it? 

For three years now the sound has filled gathering after gathering.   
It meets me in my car.  On the road.  resting.  
It is worship, pure and holy.  Spirit and Truth worship.   
Worship that rises in the hearts of the nation, of the ekklesia
It is a sound that touches the Lord and that he touches. 
It is pure in righteousness.
It is true in peace
It is elevated revelation of the Lord Jesus
As the sound waves roll through my spirit the inheritance of Jesus shakes loose everything that can be shaken. 
Their value clear in the light
Nothing can speak a word in the inheritance presence of the Lord Jesus
There is nothing equal in value.  Nothing equal in wisdom.  Nothing equal in love. 

I've seen angels in this sound.  Agreement.  Agreeing with our adoration of Jesus.  They get caught up in it.  It touches their assignment for the Saints.   Agreement.  Truth.  Glory tangible and real in the hearts of the lovers of Jesus.

I've seen the angel over our fellowship.  Basking in glory with a glory that covered all the people like a canopy.  It spread over them and was emanating from the angels whole body.   


Love is abandon.  It is not a calculated mind project.   It is Spirit.  Angels and the Spirit and the four living creatures are worshiping and pointing to the Lord Jesus.   Jesus is victorious and as our High Priest of loving kindness is brooding over his beloved.   

Our inheritance is lodged in the heart.  It is a free running love with no boundaries. No hindrances.  Unending pursuit of the Father.   It never is told no.  Love has no laws or boundaries.   Love for God has no limitations.   

Dance David.   Dance Son of David.   Dance High Priest in the Presence of the Assembly.   

Let the Spirit ravish your heart with revelation. 

Let go.  


Why are you holding on so tight?  

What are we afraid of?   Why do we protect our hearts from the Father of Loving kindness? 

Are we afraid of people in His church?   That they will think we are wierd for pouring out our love for Jesus in the Assembly?  

Maybe we are not in the Assembly?  

There is no doubt that the Spirit is not inhibited in love, adoration and honor for Jesus. 

Break out!  Break Free!  Let your heart find it's home in the presence.  



These are the days when the only thing not shaken is love.  Deep love.  Deep love in the heart, from the heart, to the heart, for the heart.  LOVE. 

Why is your heart so hard?   So protected?   The sons and daughters of loving kindness selected and approved have no fear.   His presence is their ONE DESIRE.  


"We're gonna drink from your love
Drink from your river 
Day after Day
Drink from your river:"   Ihop worship

Come Back.   Lay down your love.   There is no where else to go.  HE has the words of eternal life.  


With love 

Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org 





Friday, February 14, 2014

People Make Choices at the Crossroads of Encounter - Revelation Leads Our Hearts


 


I love that the Lord leads us to a place of decision.   The gospels are full of moments that take the disciples off guard and spin them into a simple choice.  Trust Jesus.  Or not.   (His Name, Character, Nature and Kingdom rule and reign – Rev 3:12-13)   

So often, we see people in the gospels making a very simple decision to rely on the revelation they have of the Lord Jesus.   They step out in faith upon that revelation.   Rather than their own immediate evaluation of the situation circumstance or doorway in front of them.  They move toward Jesus.   Their vision fills up with revelation of the Lord Jesus.  They see their life through him and it leads to more revelation. 

When a new weight of authority, prophetic destiny and identity unfolds in your life….It’s time to believe the impossible, fight hard, focus and trust the revelation we have of the Lord Jesus.   

Revelation calls for action, motion, forward moving faith.

Why?
He is able to keep that which is entrusted to him
He is able to lead you 
His voice will guide you 

Jesus wants nothing in our hearts but him.   All dependence and sustaining grace from him.
When seasons of expansion drop on us, it is easy to identify the uncertainty of what lies ahead.   We feel uncomfortable for a reason.   Everything is shifting down deep inside us and the things we have come to rely on, things that are not rooted the Lord Jesus, are going to shake.   In these moments, we feel experience and come to know that our current paradigm is not sufficient to carry us into the promise or prophetic word out in front of us.   

par·a·digm  (păr′ə-dīm′, -dĭm′)
n.
1. One that serves as a pattern or model.
2. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
3. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.


Time to remember that Jesus is all sufficient and that HE is our paradigm.    Yes.  We know this in our mind, as a fact, a statement.  Cold and calculated, but the rest of us, our soul, spirit and heart need to come together in a vision and revelation of Jesus that bonds them all together in love.   

There is a restoration coming to the knowledge and understanding of Jesus, his love, grace and inheritance in the Saints.  A move of the Spirit, now taking place.  


Sadly, scripture is full of those who turned back at this point.   At such a clear point of contact with God.     The rich young rulers of our world look into the eyes of Jesus and say no.  He certainly encountered the Lord.   People make choices at the crossroads of encounter.   You and I make the same choices all along the journey on the narrow way.   The Way ahead is always progressing into deeper and richer understanding and revelation of Jesus.  The process does not end in this life.   The real disciple is following HIM.  
Where Jesus breaks in, who is the Spirit, people let fear cloud their thinking.   

Keep in mind, 

2Cr 3:18

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Encountering Jesus is not the whole package.  There is usually a doorway in the encounter.   There is usually something to walk into, through, or leave behind.   The narrow way is clearly seen and then we need to enter into it.     At the crossroad where Jesus saved us, frees us, heals us, there is a doorway to enter into.  When he prophetically encourages us or clearly says through miracle and circumstance, “I know you”, there typically are a few steps on the narrow way clearly visible.  Herein lays the choice.   Do we take the steps and walk in trust of the Lord Jesus in the current revelation?  OR Live as though the encounter will carry you all the way to heaven?   Are we in love with and following Jesus; establishing a deeper relationship daily in the revelation we receive?   OR are we now adopting religion, self ability, and looking at what has passed to measure what is present? 

Crossroads.....

Looking into the Promised Land the 10 spies did not find enough to take the risk, enter in or go for the promise.  Enough what?  What were they missing?   Granted, I am taking a stab at this.   We all get to wonder at their choice, their heart, and their revelation of God.  These people saw many miracles.  They Followed the Cloud by Day and the Fire by Night.   They walked across the sea.   They saw Egypt destroyed and were carrying all the gold and blessings with them.   Their miracles were tangible.  They could touch the gold and see it with their eyes.  So what did they lack that Caleb and Joshua did not?

Enough of God and the courage to walk in the revelation they had at that moment.   Their conclusion was that God was not enough.  At least the measure of the God that was in them and known by them.  Yet the God leading them was more than enough.  In fact he loves the impossible and leads those who love him along the way of the impossible.  In truth they did not internalize the miracles, provision, leading and love of God that He expressed for them through the desert.   Was it more than that?   Possibly.   I think the Father has one chief core purpose.   The Father is seeking after intimate relationship and a people who know him and who he knows (Ps 24).   He is ever leading us to green pastures and good things (Ps 23).   He wants to walk with us closely.  He wants us to love him first above all things in this world.   First love comes first.   The Father’s heart drove Jesus to the sacrifice of love.   He wanted to fulfill the Father’s heart.   He did.  Every creature in heaven goes silent when they see this or when it lands on their heart. 

Yet the 10 Spies never translated the miracles and encounters into a love relationship with the Father.   They let offense rise in their hearts (What God didn’t do, what they deserved, the why’s and what’s).    The effect, they never learned the deeper truths provided by perseverance and endurance.   They didn’t want to fight for the promise up against the impossible.  It showed them the emptiness and lack of resources within them.   Their faith focused on who they were relying on, themselves.   The encounters did not connect to relationship.  The revelation did not connect to the person of God.  The Name was not known by them through all they encountered.  
The encounters did not connect to relationship.  Key: The Father’s ways are always leading us to know him more deeply, connect with him more fully and to unite us to his Father’s heart. 



The encounter showed them what they “really had” as personal resources for a work of God.   It showed them how well they knew God.   Not very well.   To those who learn to rest and abide in him, Christ is everything and all capable.   
In the “eyes of their hearts” the Israelite resources were not enough.   Interesting.  Didn't they have upwards of a million people?  Overwhelming numbers for the small city states of Canaan.   Spiritual reality and revelation, what they knew of God, was not enough.  Faith, Hope and LOVE were not enough.   Not enough to confront those who possessed their Promised Land?   In short God was not enough.   They did not learn to trust the NAME.  In truth, their strength, vision, and hope WAS NOT ENOUGH to fulfill the promise of the Great and HOLY God.  It was a promise that found its life in HIM and its future in HIM.    It is his promise that finds it’s life in you.
Much like heaven is to us today; Israel wanted all the stuff of the promise but not the very God of the promise.   We want a god who fixes everything, makes our lives work in a particular culture, and brings us immediate answers for our 1.5 hours a week (mostly less than that, maybe 2x's a month) we may spend in church.   And for some reason, the church keeps telling us this is the way of the God of the Bible.  This is the promise.  This is the way of abundant life?  

I think the abundant life is way more radical.  There is no ceiling on it.  God is the God of the impossible.  He leads his people along the narrow path with love and every step, if we will move toward him, leads us to deeper revelation, wisdom and understanding of the Father’s heart. 
We are destined to be one with him.  
Take the risk of faith and walk past your understanding and into the Father’s Heart.
Don’t waste encounter.   Step off into the narrow way and trust the NAME. 
You will never be the same and you will continually taste heaven. 
ONE with HIM.   Our calling and destiny lies in the Heart of the Father, through the work of the Lord Jesus, in the power of the Spirit. 

With much love in Christ,

Jeff Reynolds
Comments?  

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Characteristics of Jezebel II - How the Spirit Gains Access - Through Others Authority

The Jezebel Spirit is a cunning and subtle demonic presence.    

The captivity involved in the life of those struggling with this spirit is devastating.  Equally devastating is the impact of Jezebel attacks when the spirit is intrenched.    

The most important thing to know about the Jezebel spirit is that it has no authority or power except that which is given.  
There is only one way for a Jezebel spirit to gain power.  
It is through the abdication of authority by a legitimate authority in the Kingdom of God.   


Characteristics like those below act as doorways for the Jezebel to enter. 

Flattery  

flat·ter·y

/ˈfladərē/

noun noun: flattery, plural noun: flatteries
1. excessive and insincere praise, especially that given to further one's own interests "his healthy distrust of courtiers' flattery" synonyms: praise, adulation, compliments, blandishments, honeyed words, fawning,

1) Leaders struggling with low confidence or those who are weary and worn are subject to this temptation.  The python spirit attacked Paul under these circumstances.  Act 16

2) Those who find their support in the opinions of people verses the Lord - David strengthened himself in the Lord when under severe diress.  Paul and his companions under the sentence of death learned to trust the Lord for deliverance.  Paul identifies divine things as  Galatians 1:1 "sent not from men nor by man".   The origination and support of divine authority finds its support in God.  Any other sources of dependance can lead to the spiritual attack of python and or Jezebel.   

3) Affirmation of spiritual authorities - Acts 16:16-19 by demonic spirits to gain access to the leaders authority.   Jesus did not allow demonic spirit's to say who he was even though they spoke truthfully.  He did not want the affirmation of demonic spirits as they attempted to gain access to his authority by identification.  This type of approach is subtle and cunning and often overlooked by leaders.  When we are subject to flattery this approach easily brings us into demonic attack through the Jezebel.  It is in fleshly weakness that this type of attach can manifest.   

4) Declare allegiance to me and "I'll be yours forever" - More flattery
I've seen this over and over.  The Jezebel will declare their allegiance and their undying love for the leader early and without any real relationship or service in love.   Statements like "We will be here forever" and "This is it.  We have found our home."   Now, that can be a really wonderful discovery for people.  And it can also be flattery from a Jezebel.  Start ups, new church plants, new leaders are looking for people who plan to stick.  Again, our door is open for good reason, but be alert.  Flattery is not a godly trait or a means of acquiring anything in the kingdom.


1Th 2:5
"You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness."
Pro 29:5
"Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet."

Volunteering for anything 

In church plants, small churches or ministries struggling with developing service as unto the Lord, a Jezebel can step right up and "volunteer" for anything.   This is easy to do when no one will step up and do the work required to support the ministry.   It is also and easy entrance in an environment that is not spiritual gift focused and spiritual ministry focused.  

Sometimes this creates an open door for a Jezebel to access relationships quickly and without their own authority.  Watch out for people who only want relationship with the leader or leaders and do not relate to or build relationship with the body.  Typically the leaders authority is used for admin or volunteer project action.   It only takes a few projects to gain access to the leaders authority and relationships. 
Funny thing is in very spiritual environments the Jezebel can gain access through things like, dream interpretation and prophetic word interpretation.     



 Acting Clairvoyant

Only in prophetic environments or highly charged spiritual environments can a Jezebel gain access through this means.   I have found that prophetic churches or those ministries seeking to walk in the prophetic as part of their foundation will find the Jezebel spirit seeking to gain access on many fronts.   The reason is this kind of church, when it matures can decimate her footholds in hundreds of churches and ministries.  Discernment and true prophetic gifting are amazing.   The Jezebel borrows everything.    Remember he does not have any true Kingdom spirit power.   Look for those drawing people aside and away to give them "special revelation" "interpretations and words" and building a dependance on themselves verses teaching the believer to depend on the Spirit and draw near to Jesus.   It is this dependance that will be called on later when things blow up.  

These are a few of the ways a Jezebel gains access to relationships, gains leader approval or loyalty, and subtly moves closer to the authority of the leader. 



The most difficult thing is we typically give place to Jezebel because we have weaknesses in ourselves of a similar kind.   We entertain fears.   We act in a codependent way toward those the Father calls us to lead.  We use worldly powers and weapons to influence the flock and stay in control as a leader.    Essentially, we use some of the same tactics as the Jezebel spirit.   

The easiest way to know if there are elements of the Jezebel spirit in us is to identify fear.  Fear arises when we feel threatened.   We feel threatened when something that we have power in or through is under attack.  We feel fear when something we hold is under threat of loss.   When we encounter a Jezebel attack fear is the first notification.    Then the real work begins.  We need to explore the mindset that supports the fear.   Why are we afraid.  What are we afraid of?    Typically we are afraid of loosing something when the fear grips us.   

When an attack occurs that appears to be a Jezebel spirit it is extremely important that we face our fears head on, dismantle them with the Spirit's power and confront the source with love and a real sense of redemption.    

When we respond to the fear in a Jezebel attack, we are most likely using worldly weapons.  Do not confront the Jezebel and or use the same weapons to control the outcome.  We loose in these approaches.     

Why? The Kingdom is built by receiving and welcoming.  
Not by power and control in worldly wisdom.

The Holy Spirit is so good at bringing us to points of freedom and breakthrough.   Don't run when the fear arises in an attack of Jezebel.   Triumph in grace, love and patient endurance.  Confront quickly and with love.  Never confront alone.  And let the Spirit unseat in you the ways of the world, cleansing and purifying your ministry with righteousness and joy.   

With love and joy in the righteousness of Jesus!


Your friend in Christ,

Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org


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