Love Your Enemies! Complete Teaching

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48 - “⁴³ You have heard people say, “Love your neighbors and hate your enemies.” ⁴⁴ But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. ⁴⁵ Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong. ⁴⁶ If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for that? Even tax collectors love their friends. ⁴⁷ If you greet only your friends, what’s so great about that? Don’t even unbelievers do that? ⁴⁸ But you must always act like your Father in heaven” (www.biblegateway.com).

When we withdraw from someone who has done us wrong (or so we think), we are NOT allowing the love of God to flow through us; this hinders God’s love from flowing from our hearts to theirs!! Sometimes the only God people may see is in you and we MUST let our light shine to men so they can see the Jesus in us; we are the light of the world (Matt 5:14). We CANNOT allow our OLD selfish, sinful nature to control us; we USE to act like that when someone hurt us!! The main thing, we are NOT adhering to do what the Word of God says concerning our enemies in Matthew 5:43-48 (above)! We must forgive others unconditionally as God forgives us; God throws our sins in the sea of forgetfulness – NEVER to remember them again – this is what Micah 7:18-19 says about our God:

“¹⁸ Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness.

¹⁹ He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea” (biblegateway.com – AMP –Amplified Bible).

When we REALLY forgive someone, we do not bring it up to them over and over and over; we don’t say “I will forgive you, BUT I will not forget it!!” That is NOT forgiveness; you are still angry and bitter at the person and are preventing God’s love from flowing through you to him/her!! You have not really decided to forgive the person; you want to hold on to the offense but when you hold on to the offense you are also holding on to the pain/hurt!! In order for the hurt to leave, the offense has to leave and in order for the offense to leave, you MUST forgive from your heart!!

Forgiveness is NOT a feeling but a CHOICE to OBEY God’s Word! Forgiveness DOES NOT excuse what the person did or did not do; forgiveness frees you and brings you out of bondage!! Forgiveness puts people in God’s hands and let Him deal with them since He is the true and righteous Judge!! Although you might not “feel” like forgiving the one or ones who hurt you, do it because Jesus says to do it in Matthew 6:15:

“But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses” (biblegateway.com – AMP – Amplified Bible.

It is NOT easy loving your enemies; trust me I know – especially when you have to look at that person often!! Plus, sometimes what happens is when one person hurts you, it triggers all the other hurts from your past!! Why? Because since you never dealt with ALL those other hurts, you are carrying around a bunch of unnecessary baggage which is silently destroying your life; those hurts are operating in stealth mode in your life slowly destroying you – especially destroying your relationships!! That what the devil does; uses others to offend us (they somehow opens the door to the enemy) to cause division and discord among the brethren and God hates this!! Proverbs 6:16-19 says:

“¹⁶ These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:

¹⁷ A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,

¹⁹ A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren” (biblegateway.com – AMP – Amplified Bible.

Remember, we are NOT fighting against flesh and blood as Ephesians 6:12 lets us know:

“For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere” (biblegateway.com – AMP – Amplified Bible).

To understand this Scripture, let’s look at the definition of the word “despotism:” “a rule by a despot” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despotism). A “despot” is: “a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways; a person who has a lot of power over other people” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary).

We MUST, NO EXCUSES, get rid of OLD hurts because they WILL come back to haunt us if they are not dealt with – check out the complete Emotional Healing Series on my web site by clicking here!!! That is why our buttons are so easily pushed by people because there are some hidden things in us we need to deal with; once that happens, we will be easily offended!!!

We CANNOT forgive on our own; what we do is DECIDE to forgive the person and ask God to help us and He will walk with us until we can love the person with His love – no matter how long it take!! Again, I know, God has walked with me through some heartbreaking things when it comes to forgiving people; and it still not that easy for me and I am not going to lie and say I got it down – NO I do not!!

It’s like Paul said, when I want to do good, evil is right there trying to persuade me not to do good – it is warring in my mind trying to exalt itself against what the Word of God says (Romans 7: 21-25)!! But I know where my help comes from and that is the Lord and through Him, because of Him, I can do ALL things because He gives me the strength to do it!!!

When those accusing spirits bring the things back to us that the person has done or is doing, we must remember what 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 says – bring EVERY thought captive to the obedience of Christ:

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, ⁵ casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, ⁶ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled (biblegateway.com – NKJV).

Know you are not alone; God will help you and let you know if you truly have forgiven someone; when you do, you will be able to be in their presence and have NO harsh feelings against them or uneasiness in your spirit (feel twinges in your stomach – if you want to know what it feels like physically) – you will feel God’s love flowing through you to them!!

We are NOT going to behave like we did in the past when someone offended us; we will ALLOW the new man, the regenerated man, which ONLY comes by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, to rise up in us and take control over the old, sinful nature – we will be led by the Holy Spirit and NOT react out of our soul!! It is NOT worth holding grudges, offenses, unforgiveness, or any other evil, foul thing from the past that is of the devil and has NO life in them!! We are NEW creatures in Christ and the OLD has passed away and ALL things are NEW NOW (2 Corinthians 5:17).

We must love our enemies and do good to the ones who do us evil!! God said vengeance belongs to Him and He will repay!! We should not try to repay anyone for what they have done to us; do not render evil for evil but render good for evil!! If your enemies are hungry, feed them and if they are thirsty, give them something to drink!!

Forgiving others is importance!! If we do not forgive others, God will NOT forgive us – Jesus said this in Matthew 6:15:

 ^“But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” (biblegateway.com –NIV).

We MUST NOT allow people to change who we are and start behaving like them!!! Let’s keep the loving and compassionate heart God has given us and not allow the devil to whisper things in our ears (remember, accusing spirits – to find out how they operate, click here) about how someone has hurt us and tell us to tell them off and get even, etc. – the enemy does not like unity so he will do everything he can to start and keep confusion and strife among the brethren going!!

Since thoughts produce actions, we CANNOT allow accusing spirits to bring negative thoughts to our minds; this will cause us to react in a way that is contrary to the Word of God! The enemy is the author and father of lies and he love to start and keep confusion, so don't give him any place in your life!! As the Word says, if we submit ourselves to God, we can resist the devil he will flee (James 4:7) - he cannot stand against the Word of God – James was talking about the “fighting and quarrels” among the people (Read James Chapter 4). The devil CANNOT come into our territory and stay there unless we allow him!! Yes, I know he does not respect boundary but if we tell him to go, AFTER WE HAVE SUBMITTED OURSELVES TO GOD, he has to go – the only authority and power the enemy recognizes is that of the Godhead (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit)! God is NOT a liar and if the Word says that the enemy will flee, it is so!! Plus, Jesus has given us power to thread upon serpents and scorpions and over ALL the power of the enemy and NOTHING shall by ANY means hurt us (Luke 10:19)!!

God loves the one who hurt us just as He loves us and He will deal with them in His way when He wants to!!! The person may never come back and ask for forgiveness because if they do not know or think they have wronged us, they will never ask for forgiveness; but we are to forgive them anyway!! Sometimes God will tell us to go to them and apologize when they are the ones who have hurt us; that has happened to me before – more than one time.

The Bible tells us to go to our brother if he a grievance against us and make peace with them and then come back and present our gift at the altar (Matthew 5:23-24); some people might not want to make peace with us so we should ask God what is the best time to do this – especially if we are dealing with an unreasonable person!! God will let us know when the right time to approach the person is; sometimes it might take years before you can go to them. Recently, I got the chance to ask someone I had hurt over 13 years ago to forgive me; I had been looking for him since 2009/2010 searching on the internet but just the end of July this year, God allowed us to connect just for a brief time for me to ask him to forgive me – that was God!! God knew it was on my hurt and I wanted to ask his forgiveness and God made it so; he accepted my forgiveness and told me to “live in peace!” After that, he was gone again; that is how I know it was God!! So if we want to do right, love people the way God says to love them, regardless of what, God will help us!!

If you go to apologize and the person does not accept it, forgive them anyway and move on!! God sits high and He looks low and He sees everything that people do to us or we do to them!! The Bible also tells us to follow peace with all men if it is possible; sometimes it is not possible because the other person is unreasonable! But we must do what is right in the sight of God and leave the other person to God!!

The Bible lets us know not to fret ourselves because of evil doers; not that you want anything bad to happen to them but God is a God of justice and we reap what we sow!! You sow evil you will reap evil but if you sow good you reap good; contrary to what it may seem like at the time! Sometimes when we sow good it will seem like we are getting evil in return; because the person we sow good to has evil in their hearts and they want to use us!! But all is well because God will take what the devil meant for evil and turn it around for our good (Genesis 50:20); (John 10:10); Romans 8:28 lets us know that all things work together for good to those who love God and are called for His purpose!!!

Therefore, we should not become downhearted or lose hope when we do good to someone from our heart (with the right motive – looking for NOTHING in return) and they take advantage of us or mistreats us; God sees what we have done - He sees our heart - we can't expect anything from that person we helped because God will repay us!!!! We must keep our faith in God!!!

We must keep our eyes on Him!!! We should not do things for people to get recognition from them; we have our reward if we do!!!

In our “wisdom” we would think God wants us to help everybody but that is not always the case; sometimes God wants that person to lean and depend on Him but we butt in and help them when God did not tell us to!! Therefore, we must learn to ask God before we help someone; especially when finances are involved. If we keep bailing someone out, they will constantly look to us to bail them out – all we are doing is becoming a crutch for them and helping them NOT look to God for help!!

We need to acknowledge God in ALL our ways and allow Him to direct our path; then we will not get hurt for doing for people who use and abuse us!!

If we ask God first, He will reveal the heart of that person and let us know if we are being played - this goes for helping family members, friends, church members, whoever!! If we do this, we will save ourselves a whole lot of pain, suffering, and falling out with people – this will help keep confusion out of our relationships!!!

I feel led here to stop and say a prayer for myself and for the ones who has hurt me:

“Father I forgive and release everyone to You who has hurt me in any way from birth until now and I ask You to bless them and open the eyes of the ones’ hearts who need salvation so they can accept Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Forgive them Father for hurting me in whatever way they have caused me harm (emotionally, physically, psychologically, financially, etc.) and heal me in every area of my life where I have been damaged by them and remove all scars and pain from my heart and body, in the Name of Jesus; the Name that is above every other name and above everything and everybody else, Amen!!!”

I pray the same prayer for each of you; all who have been used and abused by people - whether intentionally or unintentionally - the pain is still sever!! I pray that God will give you peace in the midst of confusion and that He gives you all strength to go through whatever storm you are going through and prepare you for your next storm!!! Storms come in each of our lives and as long as we are in this world, they will come!! But be of good cheer because Jesus has overcome the world and greater is He who is in us than he that is in this world!! Don't run away from God doing the storm but run to Him!! Jesus is our shelter in the storm; He will keep us safe in His arms!!! I command peace to be still in your lives!! Allow God to rule your heart and mind with the peace Jesus has left for you!! I ask the Father these things for you in the Name of Jesus, Amen!! Amen!!! It is finished!!!

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May the peace of God guard your hearts and minds ALWAYS!!!

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks

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A Message I Woke Up With - Recovery For Abused Women

A Message I Woke Up With - Recovery For Abused Women

An Important Message for ALL Parents!!

Parents make sure you tell your children you love them every day!!! No exceptions!!! It does not matter whether or not if you believe they know you love them already!!! Tell them and show them!! Don't holler at them and call them names or cuss at them!! You will be creating dysfunctional children!! Fathers, it is imperative that you  show your daughters love; if you don't you will cause her to look for love in men who will abuse her-I know, it happened to me more than seven times (that is the number of marriages I was in-not counting relationships where I was looking for love because my father never showed me love and still do not today-no matter how much I have reached out to him; he refuses to have a relationship with me). I am not saying this to trash my father, let me make that clear-I love my father and I have forgiven him-he probably does not know how to love and he was probably treated the same way he treats me by his parents so he does not know any better.

 

This is why I am talking to you parents about loving your children NOW before they grow up and mistreat THEIR children because of what they learned as a child!!! I used myself as an example of what happened to me to show you what could and what most likely will happen if there is no relationship between daughter and father. Girls need more attention than boys but boys still need to be shown love.

 

There is an emptiness within us that requires us to have relationships with our parents, family and friends (on the human side-of course the first relationship is between God and ourselves). Each of the above people have a different place in our hearts (you will not love them the same).

 

We all need love to survive!!! God showed us the greatest form of love when He loved us while we were still sinners and sent His only begotten Son Jesus to die for us!! We are to love one another so people of the world will see we are children of God!!! There is a bond between parent and children that cannot be broken; I don't care what happen. I love my family and it does not matter how they feel about me!!

 

A child at birth knows the difference between its mother and someone else. A child depends on its mother to take care of him/her if no one else does. A girl depends on her father to protect her and love her if no one else does; her father is her super hero!!! Parents again, take care of your own children!! Don't put them off on other people to be abused and mistreated!!! Don't talk to them any kind of way; they will NEVER forget it!!! No, that is a lie, time does not heal old wounds; it makes them fester and eventually, it will explode!!! The person who is in the way when it does happen, is going to get the full rage of it!!

 

Why do you think there are serial killers? Why you think there are social paths? Why do you think there are people who have all types of mental disorders and social behaviors?? They did not choose to be that way; it came from the way they were treated when they were a child. I have studied psychology for over 20 years and it has been proven that the way a child is treated from birth on... determines how he or she will be when they grow up. If a child is abused or in a household where the mother or others are abused, the child will grow up thinking abuse is normal behavior; he or she will either get into an abusive relationship or become the abuser themselves - abuse is a learned behavior!!

 

This was on my heart to talk to you parents!! And I know it came from God; I was sitting here doing something else when it came to me to write this blog! God wanted me to tell you to love and support your children; help them where you can-even if they get into trouble-don't throw them away because they make mistakes-love them anyway!!! God still love you when you make mistakes and He help you-even when you are serving Him-He said He rain on the just as well as the unjust so love your children through action and telling them!! Hug them and tell you love them!! If you hug them while they are young, when they get older and you try to hug them, they will not pull away and think it is awkward!!

 

I am not just saying God put this on my heart because I want you to read and believe it; that is up to you - accept it or don't accept it - I don't lie on God!! But I pray as you read this, the Holy Spirit will give you a witness in your spirit that what I am writing here is true and God will heal you everywhere you hurt and heal your broken relationships with your children and other family members!! It is time for families to stop bickering, fussing, fighting, hating, etc. each other over stupid stuff and come together in love!! Put old junk behind you all and move forward!! It does not matter what happened to cause you all to stop speaking, now is the time for families to come together in love and unity.

 

The devil is the author of confusion and he does not want families or anyone else to come together; he love to cause confusion in relationships!!

 

Choose today to allow God to restore your relationship with your family; if there never was one, as God to show you what needs to be done to create one! Love your family no matter what! It all begins with you!!

 

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Peace to you and your families!! God loves you all sooooooooo much!!!

 

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks

Word of The Lord From 1 Corinthians 10:13

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13 (Amplified - AMP)

“¹³ For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.”

There is nothing you go through that does not have a way of escape!! The Way of escape is Jesus!! He has ALREADY given you freedom over two thousand years ago!! Now, it is up to YOU to accept Jesus as YOUR personal Lord and Savior, so you can begin to walk in total freedom!! There is NO freedom, NO peace, No comfort, No real wealth without Him. John 1:3 says: “All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being” (AMP – biblegateway.com).

Therefore, EVERYTHING that the devil meant for evil, God is turning it around for your good! God does not tempt you; you are tempted because of your own evil desires. This is what James 1:13-15 says - (AMP – biblegateway.com): 

¹³ Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one. ¹⁴ But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). ¹⁵ Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.

If God cannot be tempted by evil, and He is in us in the fullness, we should not be able to be tempted by evil either!!! The devil is not going to be able to tempt us, with what is not in our hearts; what we already want to do (the passions and lusts that are not already there). The devil cannot read our minds, but he has familiar spirits that watch our behavior from birth and these spirits report to other spirits, they network, working together to try and cause our down fall.

When we accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, those spirits really get to work, trying to convince us, through suggestion-they put thoughts in our head, that we want this or that. But if WE connect our heart to God’s heart, and want what He wants, EVERYTHING else will line up in our lives because our will is in agreement with God’s will; we will not be going against God in our hearts-we wanting one thing, when God wants so much more and better for us!!

Get rid of those desires in your heart (lusting after a man, woman, especially if they are someone else’s spouse-that is adultery, etc.) that will kill (sin causes death-you will NEVER be able to satisfy the lust of the flesh-if you get that person you are lusting after, it will not last because lust will never be satisfied- there is ALWAYS someone better looking than the person you thought you had to have-and the cycle will never end, until you turn your life totally over to Jesus) and desire God and the things of God; this is what’s going to give you abundant life-the life Jesus has ALREADY provided and given to you!! All you have to do to receive abundant life is to accept Jesus as YOUR personal Lord and Savior!! It is a gift!! You do not have to work for it!! We are saved by grace through faith (in the finished work of Christ)!! This is what Ephesians 2:8-9 says:

⁸ For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; ⁹ Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

Jesus completed the work for you; don’t allow the enemy to tell you anything differently!! Don’t allow him to use what is in you against you-because he will and his purpose is to destroy you!! Let me give you an example using myself of how the enemy works to destroy you; especially after you accept Christ:  I use to be an alcoholic, so when I first accepted Christ, I kept backsliding because the desire to drink was so strong in me. Where did that desire come from? The enemy used what was already in me, what I was used to doing before I accepted Christ, to keep me in bondage to it. The enemy knew my pattern-my weakness; when I would get upset, I would drink.

Therefore, what would the devil do? The devil would cause all kind of chaos in my life, knowing it would push me to the bottle-and it worked. Then I would feel guilty and cry before God, asking Him to forgive me; not knowing God had already forgiven me, over two thousand years ago, when Jesus died on the cross for me. God knew I would backslide over and over and over, so He made provisions for me to come back to Him from the backsliding, through the death of Jesus. God told me after one of my backsliding moments, that the steps of a good man is ordered by Him and though he (the good man) falls, he is not utterly cast down (Psalm 37:23-24). Why would God call ME, a backsliding drunkard (that is how I saw myself then) “a good man?” God called me, how He saw me; He saw me as a good man because of the finished work of His dear Son Jesus!! God saw me as the righteousness of Himself, through Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21) – Jesus became sin for me and for you and ALL mankind!! Jesus came and fulfilled the law which had condemned us to death (Romans Chapter 8, Hebrews 8:6-13, Romans 6:14-16; Jesus conqueror death, hell (took the keys of death and hell  – [Revelation 1:18]) and the grave, when He died and was resurrected (1 Corinthians 15:55).

God is teaching me now more than ever, who He is through His messages!! These messages are causing me to abandon myself and seek more after God; I want to know Him more and I want my will, to line up with His will for my life!! The desires in my heart of what I want to do is fading and all I want to do is please Him more, to love Him more; not seek after vain, empty things that only cause me death!! I aim to live the abundant life Jesus died so I could live!! I am not talking about a big house on the hill or fancy car or a lot of money in the bank, etc. (although ALL that and more will be mine but right now, I am not desiring them, I am desiring God)!! More of Him! More of His presence!! That is what I am seeking after – God!! The full manifested glory of God in my life; then ALL those other things will automatically come! My love for God is increasing because I am learning about His grace and who I am in Him in a deeper way; this revelation of God’s Word is causing me to abandon my thoughts, ways, actions, behaviors, old passions/desires of my heart and everything that is not of God, and run to Him!!

The Word let me know, that if we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteous, all those other things (the ones which are tied to our hearts that cause us to worry sometimes), will be added to us; as long as what we want, line up with God’s will for us [1 John 5:14-15] (Matthew 6:25-34).

NOTE: The righteousness that Jesus ALREADY provided for us-there is NO OTHER RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT HIS-we are not righteous without being IN Him and He IN us-we are members of His body, of His flesh and His bones [Ephesians 5:30]. We have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless, we live but it really is not us living, but Christ living in us [Galatians 2:20]. As the first Adam said about his bride Eve, Jesus is saying the same thing about us, His bride, “this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” [Genesis 2:23]),

I am writing out 1 John 5:14-15:

¹⁴ And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us.

¹⁵ And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.

I did not know what God was saying then, when He told me what Psalm 37:23-24 said, so I kept going through that cycle of back sliding, until one day I begin to cry out to God for deliverance from a sincere heart; for God to deliver me from drinking. Yes, I had been praying before but THAT time, but the other times I prayed, I really did not want to stop drinking - I only prayed because I knew I should not be a Christian and drink alcohol. However, when my heart and my mouth lined up together in prayer, God instantly delivered me from drinking. I did not say a long prayer, and cry and carry on like I had in the past; I just said something like, "God if you up there, deliver me from drinking"-I had made a conscious decision to choose God, over alcohol!! I did not realize unto days later that I was delivered! It was something different-it hit me that I had not had a drink in about a week (I was use to drinking EVERY day-night and day).

But God!!!! Now, the devil cannot tempt me with alcohol, it is not one of my desires so he knows he would be wasting his time to try because that is not a desire of my heart anymore; I cannot stand to smell alcohol or be around it-unless God has me ministering to an alcoholic, then it does not bother me-that is a soul God loves and wants to deliver as He did me. God has made many ways in my life because of the One Way in my life; who is Jesus Christ!!! NOTHING is impossible with God!! He can and will do the impossible in YOUR life, if you release your heart’s desires to Him and agree with His will for your life!!!

If you are having a lot of temptations, search your heart and see what you desire!! What are the passions and lust of YOUR heart? The devil CANNOT bring out of you what is not already in you!!! He will only tempt you with what is your heart’s desire! The devil just talks (with thoughts, wrong people speaking into your life, suggestions, etc.) you into acting out what is in you-he uses your past against you. Whatever you had a problem with in the past and have not been fully delivered from (you will know if you are fully delivered-you no longer have a desire for that thing), the devil will keep bringing that thing or those things to you, telling you to do them until you either act on them or rebuke him by pulling down those strongholds in your mind and bring EVERY thought captive under the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:3-6)!!!

I beech you today to keep crying out to God until your mouth and heart are in agreement and God will deliver you from every evil desire of your heart!!!! But YOU got to release them to Him; He is not going to take it from you!!! YOU must show God that you want Him and love Him enough to let those evil desires GO!!!! You must show Him that He means more to you than anything or anybody on this planet!!!!! And you do this by searching your heart for things that are not of God and releasing them to God putting them on His altar and leaving them there!! Be honest with yourself; God already know what is in you!! Then you go after God like you never have before!! You seek God until you find Him; until He fills you with desires for Him and Him alone!! He said He would give us the desires of our heart so let us make a deeper relationship with God the desire of our heart instead of a new house, car, clothes, money, man, woman, and all other material thing!!

YOU have to put forth effort to be delivered; take responsibility for YOUR OWN DELIVERANCE!! STOP EXPECTING GOD TO DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU!!

Throughout the Bible you will see statements that let us know if we do this then God will do that. God is not going to do EVERYTHING for us! We must do what we can and leave what we cannot do to God; but we must actively participate in our deliverance. I mean we cannot continue in sin and say, like I have heard people say, “I am waiting for God to stop me from drinking and smoking.” No, YOU must decide to release those things to God!! God is not going to go against YOUR will; you are choosing to drink and smoke or whatever-you enjoy it because it gives you pleasure-it satisfies that desire, that passion in your heart to do it.

You must get tired of what you are doing or what you are going through before you can get delivered from it; otherwise, you will be like I was, on a roller coastal ride, up and down, one day you want to live for God and the next you want those desires in your heart, until you decide, enough is enough-I do not want THIS anymore!!! You must get sick and tired of being sick and tired; then your change will come!!

Therefore, decide today, right now as you read this post, that you will release ALL your evil desires to God and choose Him as your heart desire!!! Then you can say what Jesus said, Who is our example, in John 14:30: ³⁰ ...And he (the evil prince of this world) has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me]” (AMP – biblegateway.com).

The prince of this world (accuser) will not be able to bring out those evil desires; you will have nothing in common with him!! Those old desires will be gone. Your desire for God will take the place of those evil desires. Choose this day, do you want evil desires to lead you or do you want God to lead you? The choice is YOURS!!! However, choose wisely!! You will have to live with that choice throughout eternality!!

In closing, this is my prayer for you: “I pray that God will shine the light of His truth upon the dark places in your hearts; that God will give you His wisdom, knowledge and understanding, so you can see what’s in you (the desires, the passions, the lust of your heart that are in you) and you can release ALL to Him. And I pray that God will heal you everywhere you need to be healed, in the Name of Jesus. I declare and decree freedom over your life, over your families’ life, and over your ministries, this day, in the Name of Jesus, Amen!!”

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May God bless you all!!!

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks