RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – PART 5

PREVIOUS PART : https://johnranjit.wordpress.com/?p=663 WHAT JEZEBEL HATES? Jezebel’s worst enemies are the prophets; her worst fear is that the people will embrace repentance. Jezebel hates repentance. Jezebel hates humility. Jesus taught that greatness in the kingdom was measured in childlike honesty of heart, not in what we appear to be to others. It is typical

PEACEFUL PAINTING

Once upon a time, There was a king who appreciated art a lot. He asked all the artists of his kingdom to participate in a competition and create a painting with the subject of “peaceful view.” He announced that there would be a great prize for the winner of the best painting and promised that

RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – PART 4

PREVIOUS PART : https://johnranjit.wordpress.com/?p=656 SET THE CAPTIVES FREE! Jezebel’s spirit flows unhindered throughout the entertainment industries. It flaunts in the world of fashion; it holds degree in the philosophical departments of our schools and colleges. Where can you go in our society that the influence of this spirit is not felt? She is the destroyer

WINNING VERSUS WINNERS

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND BEING A WINNER? WINNING IS AN EVENT. BEING A WINNER IS A SPIRIT. INSPIRATIONAL WINNERS The Olympics is a lifetime event. Lawrence Lemieux stopped racing in an Olympic yacht race to help a fellow competitor who was in trouble. The whole world was watching. His priority of safety

RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – PART 3

PREVIOUS PART : https://johnranjit.wordpress.com/?p=652 WHAT THE BATTLE WITH JEZEBEL IS ABOUT? Since the dawn of the electronic age, the scale of battle has greatly enlarged. It is difficult for us in our generation to discern the scope of warfare that hits the church and the world in general. We might actually suppose that warfare should

RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – PART 2

PART 1 : https://johnranjit.wordpress.com/?p=647 Jezebel is fiercely independent and intensely ambitious for pre-eminence and control. It is noteworthy that the name Jezebel, literally translated, means without cohabitation. This simply means she refuses to live together or co-habit with anyone. Jezebel will not dwell with anyone unless she can control and dominate the relationship. When she

RECOGNIZING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – PART 1

UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL – “Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols”. – Revelation 02:20 When we speak of Jezebel, we are identifying the source in

HUMOUR OF CHRIST

“A cheerful heart is a good medicine.”—Proverbs 17:22 Do we miss the humour of Christ when we read the Gospels? Few of us are familiar with the culture Jesus lived in. In our culture, most humour is based on joke telling, verbal inexactness, and physical comedy. Jewish humour often employed witty hyperbole—clever, startling, over-the-top statements—to

A TRUE INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF AN ARMY OFFICER – SHAW

Tears glistened in the eyes of Salvation Army officer Shaw as he looked at the three men before him. Shaw was a medical missionary who had just arrived in India. It was the turn of the century, and the Salvation Army was taking over the care of the leper colony. But these lepers had metal

ELIMINATING THE SECRET SINS OF THE HEART

Indulging in secret sins of the heart is comparable to touching a sore tooth with your tongue to eliminate pain. We return to the source of pain, time and again, without finding a viable solution to stop the root cause of discomfort. Christians are especially accountable to God for committing sins that non-believers also engage