We are made up of a flesh (material) and spirit (non-material) and we sometimes forget that the gap between the two is not very far apart. Most know that non-material things (like stress) can affect our material bodies but few realize that material things (like addiction) can just as easily open an unwanted door and affect our spirit. Truly, it is a narrow gap and sometimes afflicting spirits can affect our physical bodies. This is NOT a case of demonic possession – but it is where deliverance ministry comes in. I was helping out on the prayer team at a healing prayer service when a man sat down in front of me. “What are we asking Jesus for today?” I asked the man. He replied, “I get these really bad anxiety attacks.” “That sounds difficult,” I said “tell me about them”. He continued, “It bothers me all the time but sometimes it gets out of hand. I’ve even been driving and gotten a panic attack so bad I had to pull into the nearest hospital and… Read More »Beyond Healing the Body
Deliverance
Are You a Victim of Identity Theft? “And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” Gen 2:19 (KJV) Here in the second chapter of Genesis we see the first time a person’s name is used in the Bible. Thus, in naming Adam, God claims authority over His creation and by allowing Adam to name the beasts and fowl they are put under his authority. But why is this important? It just seems to be one of those verses in the Bible that is often overlooked and not deeply contemplated or meditated upon. Juxtaposed between Adam’s loneliness in the previous passage and the creation of Eve (whom Adam also names) in the next, is this small, but important verse. So important, in fact, that it is one of the foundation stones of God’s law, and thus of the universe. Names… Read More »What’s in a name?