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Spiritual v Physical 

This life is not one to venture out on your own, and the promise from Jesus Christ of a comforter assures us we are not on our own.

Of course it is not easy to get my head around my daily tasks in the real physical world so how does a middle aged guy (if I live to be 110) get my brain to accept this spiritual dimension?

It is easy enough to go to church and worship with others and feel all good inside, BUT THEN I leave the church walls to a very UNspiritual world, and the rubber meets the road. The reality of work, debt, mortgage, family, friends, enemies?? and all the STUFF on the evening news.  All very real stuff.. all sobering, and all together a weight either directly or indirectly I carry.

BUT JUST AS REAL is my faith in God and the belief in the spiritual aspect of this life. Again, Jesus said when I go I will send a comforter.. the Holy Spirit. So my spiritual life is one of prayer for leading and comfort found in things not seen or heard.  This is faith.. but I believe this spiritual realm is as real as the physical one.

I believe in the supernatural creator of this world who exists outside the boundaries of time and space. I believe He is our personal loving Heavenly Father, and I believe he is available to us through prayer and by His Spirit. I believe He cares about my day to day rubber meets the road when life is not easy.

A way I believe God's spirit works in us are the gifts/abilities we are each uniquely wired with. Our talents blessed by God, along with the fruit of His Spirit which hopefully describes the spirit in each of us (loving, joyful, good, self-control, etc). With the GIFTS God has blessed along with FRUIT of His spirit.. then the WORKS of his spirit I believe will  accomplish acts of worship and service through each of us.

It is all easier said than done.. but I believe the most worthwhile discipline we can undertake.  How else could we ever fullfill God's two greatest commandments to Love Him and care for others?  On our own?  not so much.

My prayer is that we as believers not go it (life) on our own with only a Sunday morning recharge. I pray we as believers are daily in prayer (a constant attitude of prayer) where his Holy Spirit guides and intercedes with us.  Anything else I BELIEVE is settling for less than the best.

Gifts (I Cor 12:4-11)
Gift of Gab ; - Trying too hard ; - Discovering your gifts ; The Gifts Crystal Ball? ; - One Body, many parts ; Serving outside your giftedness ; Serving through clenched teeth ; Gift of Potluck Consumption?

1. Fruit (Gal 5:22)
   - Withered? 
   - Shaken?
   -Fruit Test
   - Fruits? If I have to.
   - Knowing versus Living proof

1. Workings
   - Tastes Great! Less Filling!
   - Breath of Life?
   - The Spirit Descends like.. 
   - A Mighty Rushing Wind
   - Gethsemane 
   - It's .. SUPERNATURAL

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The devil's busy little minions are everywhere. Like cockroaches, and rats they scurry in the shadows of life, and scatter when Their home is a rusty gated community (HELL) where logic is upside down. Right is wrong and wrong is right. Good is bad and bad is good.

The irony of this upside down world is evident in the teachings and lessons taught in their churches, the board rooms of their businesses, the values taught in their schools, and even what they choose to watch on TV... or maybe a 'romantic' movie classic from HELL. The concept of BEAUTY in Hell is of course also twisted.

Even CURSING IN HELL makes a fella scratch his head and mumble.. "What the..", and then there is the fella eatingANGEL FOOD CAKE... WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
 

They are industrious little (lost) souls busy about their work whispering lies shouting 

discouragement, anger, envy, and compromise to the good life God intends for each of us. BUT.. while these whispers are effective, they are only effective when we lose sight of God's love and perfect grace.

To round out my the topic of demons, let me share a few random toons of demons at work and play. There are those who playPranks.. The very goth look of a Demon Chick - the age old problem of cooking Marshmallows in Hell, and finally a public saftey announcemtne from Smokey the Beelzebub... AND there are even REBELIOUS teen demonsSo remember while the world of demons and temptation are real, they like darkness hold no power when exposed to the LIGHT.

There is nothing funny about Satan so why should I draw 'pun intended' attention to the devil with disarming misrepresentations of a Red Guy with horns and a pitchfork? .. and comments like 'The Devil made me do it.' 

I draw these cartoons along with scriptures, truths, to communicate the irony of Lucifer who was God's most beautiful angel rejected his creator with his own free-will and fueled by his dark-ego and lust for power.

This resulted in Lucifer being cast out of Heaven for eternity never to return. Though these images and my comments are often a smirk at this irony, I pray the message is clear that I believe Satan is real and the dark force in this world, BUT his darkness, and his power dissipates in God's light.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

( So onward and forward to my BP Prince of Darkness collection )

Satan is by today's vernacular a POSER pretending to be an Angel of Light, and the founder of the Sin that Grace may Abound Club for Men.. and women!

He is literally Dressed to Kill going by any number of aliases, all while showing himself at times deceptively charming while other times reveling in his world of doom.

The Bible calls him the Prince of the Air, Beelzebub (or down south Beelzebubba.. The Lord who ATTRACTS flys), and is also remembered on Fathers Day each year as.. the Father of Lies.

I must confess I wish the cold weather of Minnesota would keep Old Red away as you would think his COLD BLOOD would prefer somewhere a bit south of us northerners, BUT I find his influence sadly alive and well in MinneFROZEta all while our 10,000 lakes are great venues for his catch & no release SOULS hobby.
  

In our bibles there is a great deal written about Satan and his influence, and the following are a few of the more noteworthy 'guest' appearances by the Devil.

Old Testament:

• In the Garden of Eden, Satan in the form of a serpent tempted Eve into eating of the forebidden fruit of Good and Evil which started the domino affect resulting in the original sin.
• Satan wagered Job would curse God if his wealth, and health were taken from him, but Satan lost this bet as Job did not curse God and so had his wealth and health restored.

New Testament:

• Jesus was tempted during a 40 day prayer and fasting time in the wilderness. Satan tempted Jesus to ..

1. Turn stones into bread
2. Bow down and worship him
3. Jump from a high place cuz.. angels would save Him.
   
   these temptations proved futile as Jesus rejected them. So Satan knew he was beat again, and slithered back home with his tail tucked between his legs.
   

• Judas was filled by Satan to betray Jesus
• Revelations is filled with scriptures regarding Satan's role during the end times. The 666 mark of the Beast, the Antichrist, the binding of Satan as he is cast into the pit, and his eventual demise at the hands of his creator.
  

That's all I have for now regarding Satan. I really prefer not to give him, but instead focus on our Heavenly Father and would prayerfully encourage everyone else to do likewise.

If you do not discover much of importance from this little Satan ramble, please do remember one critical scripture truth..

Resist the Devil and he will FLEE from you. Js 4:7

 Blessings

 Jeff  

To HELL with Satan!! <-- My Anti-Tribute