tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58709437029044952442024-02-19T08:14:47.086-08:00M16 MinistriesPreach the Gospel, heal the sick, and set the captives free! The Supernatural ministry of Jesus Christ.M16 Ministrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15201177000085759253noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-38434962997565740012022-05-29T15:55:00.015-07:002022-05-31T17:23:22.011-07:00Genesis 12 - The Call of Abram<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb2OKxU4hhLZ4pTosRDlxavW5PkECcDgPUBD6UyyOjL-pjTYslBBjllW8_iJSVLgu0Py2pFW1ko5gzQmA0Q5H4KAjTsYHcbQ_jPHl34xhXJABycs8hUi46thrs7NTJuEF13Rq0-NKHvX2y2JkEGl2rL0TAzcxv3lWvQ6x_6ltwkgHqQsEWkWbxehq/s720/STHW%20%20Genesis%2012%20title.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb2OKxU4hhLZ4pTosRDlxavW5PkECcDgPUBD6UyyOjL-pjTYslBBjllW8_iJSVLgu0Py2pFW1ko5gzQmA0Q5H4KAjTsYHcbQ_jPHl34xhXJABycs8hUi46thrs7NTJuEF13Rq0-NKHvX2y2JkEGl2rL0TAzcxv3lWvQ6x_6ltwkgHqQsEWkWbxehq/s320/STHW%20%20Genesis%2012%20title.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Genesis 12 - God does not forsake humanity after<br />the Tower of Babel incident. Where God divided the table of nations among the Sons of God. God takes His portion, the Hebrews, and calls out the pagan Abram and his family to begin the restoration of nations and God's Edenic vision.<br /><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Anchor FM</h2><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embe
d/episodes/Genesis-12---The-Call-of-Abram-e1j831d" width="400px"></iframe>
<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch or Listen to the Podcast on Spofity</h2><p>
<iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media;
fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://op
en.spotify.com/embed/episode/4syu8CqHKdy5uA7sT7ZA9
T?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe>
</p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch on Youtube</h2><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write;
encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGAgUaGYRKs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h2><p> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genes is+12&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 12 ESV (biblegateway.com)</a> ESV English<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.12?ven=The_Contemp orary_Torah,_Jewish_Publication_Society,_2006&vhe= Miqra_according_to_the_Masorah&lang=bi&aliyot=0" target="_blank">Genesis 12 Hebrew and English (Sefaria - Jewish Texts)</a> Hebrew translation with English<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/gen/12/1/s_120 01" target="_blank">Genesis 12 Blue Letter Bible</a> Great online tool to breakdown Hebrew verse by verse <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://afg2sw.com/images/Cosmo_and_Demonology-Thumb.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://afg2sw.com/images/Cosmo_and_Demonology-Thumb.png" width="132" /></a></div><p>A great primer for understanding God's supernatural realm. There was so much information in the texts of Genesis 1-11 I could have easily written volumes on it. Here is a simple primer that is easy to read yet contains information from dissertations. This book is an eye opener. Read the information that is in all of our Bibles yet is skipped over at the pulpit. What did the Second Temple Hebrews and the early Church believe about demonology? What was their belief in angels? Learn how the Western church is out of alignment with what is being taught in contemporary deliverance ministry. Learn what the Apostles believed about the supernatural realm of God. This is a great primer for this podcast and I will reference it quite a bit. Help support the ministry and buy a copy of the book. Then please review it on Amazon! God Bless</p><p><a href="https://afg2sw.com/books.html" target="_blank"><b>Cosmology and Demonology in Genesis 1-11: The Serpent, Divine Council, and Regional Spirits</b></a></p><p><b> </b>Hebrew notes:</p><p>YHWH is the Lord's covenantal name. Scholars refer to this as the Tetragrammatron, "four letters". In Jewish tradition these four letters should not be pronounced. Under tradition, you should say, "my lord" - in Hebrew it is "Adonai". I deferred to using Adonai in the podcast when translating YHWH.<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Till' Next Time </h2><p>Thank you, everyone, for tuning in! </p><p>Thank you for your patience. I am still learning Hebrew and I made quite a few mistakes in the video. But nothing horrible and no heresy. But I think it is great for people curious about learning Hebrew and the Old Testament.<br /></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode and found it helpful, please consider sharing it with your friends. We are a crowd sourced ministry. Help keep the podcast alive and donate if God so moves you. Next time we we will examine the scriptures in Genesis 13, where Abram and Lot go separate ways!</p><p><br /></p><p>God Bless</p><p>Rev. Mike<br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-64731755690737600942021-10-06T15:06:00.007-07:002021-10-08T16:14:04.165-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 08 - Genesis 11 - The Cosmic Event at the Tower of Babel<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U7ETMahDzKY07Inr9p2oWm6MmvVUHsrdYej9W1K8mzSywsx7ddhNoDfghWBTVjzZ9fWw7vjb3UIvCZa6728wqcR_NjQJlGEQI_v6Y_3rJyntKEU0O7rHpsy19n1nkhEbB_cYgYtKbb8/s720/Slide1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U7ETMahDzKY07Inr9p2oWm6MmvVUHsrdYej9W1K8mzSywsx7ddhNoDfghWBTVjzZ9fWw7vjb3UIvCZa6728wqcR_NjQJlGEQI_v6Y_3rJyntKEU0O7rHpsy19n1nkhEbB_cYgYtKbb8/s320/Slide1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>In episode 8 of The Supernatural through His Word podcast, we dive into Genesis chapter 11 and the Tower of Babel. How did the descendants of Noah's son disobey God by not dispersing? Was the tower of Babel another fall of man? What is the divine counsel, and what role did they have at the tower of Babel? Who was Yahweh's portion, and whom did He call out? These are the answers we address in this fascinating chapter of the book of Genesis.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Anchor.FM our hosting podcast site:</h1><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-08---Genesis-11---The-Cosmic-Event-at-the-Tower-of-Babel-e18dq42" width="400px"></iframe> <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen in on Spotify:<br /></h1><p>
<iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/19ezEzwdVB8wzVi5LjcfdB" width="100%" height="232" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe>
</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Watch the podcast on Youtube:</h1><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PBTeHQ8bdIA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes:</h1><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 11 ESV</a> - Biblegateway HTML </p><p><a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.11?lang=bi&aliyot=0" target="_blank">Genesis 11</a> - with accompanying Hebrew text<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cglrz2ZW1tA" target="_blank">Genesis Chapter Dr. Baruch</a> - I Love Israel youtube</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKPid4i4SmI&t=1781s" target="_blank">The Divine Counsel introduction </a>- Dr. Michael Heiser youtube </p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Till Next time:</h1><p>Thank you so much for stopping by, we appreciate it. If you have any questions regarding this episode of Genesis chapter 11, go ahead and leave in the comments field below. Next episode we will be in ...can you guess it? Genesis chapter 12, with Abram being called out by Yahweh!Until next time!</p><p>God Bless</p><p>Rev. Mike<br /></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-71042732635292271242021-09-16T12:08:00.012-07:002021-11-02T15:57:50.471-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 07 - Genesis 10 - Nations Descended from Noah's Sons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmDTSMBxF0mEPuzfwNX5KJhiwK0zhIvlkTSK9J-wPRrCi2cksQR8opcyvKYvzTLYMGJvohNsOZuSYGNVkksEZDnoW6_19HWFtJbucDRdB_65bZO4CYksDABO0dQwV_bxPKAsHETWmYHI/s720/Slide1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmDTSMBxF0mEPuzfwNX5KJhiwK0zhIvlkTSK9J-wPRrCi2cksQR8opcyvKYvzTLYMGJvohNsOZuSYGNVkksEZDnoW6_19HWFtJbucDRdB_65bZO4CYksDABO0dQwV_bxPKAsHETWmYHI/s320/Slide1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>We are in big Episode 7! Supernatural through His Word podcast. We're continuing with the book of Genesis in chapter 10. <br />Genesis 10 gives us an unusual lengthy genealogy of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. We will examine Genesis 10 verse, by verse, and seeing God's setups for the patriarch lineages from Noah's sons. Some lineages are cursed, and some are blessed. We will see the names of sons and grandsons from these three patriarchs who build nations in the post-deluge migration. We'll examine Ham's grandson, Nimrod, who was the builder of the kingdoms of Babel and Nineveh. Genesis 10 is the setup for what we'll encounter in Genesis 11 of the story of the tower of Babel and God's supernatural response.<p></p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the podcast on Anchor.FM</h1><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-07---Genesis-10--Nations-Descended-from-Noahs-Sons-e17f6sv" width="400px"></iframe></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the podcast on Spotify</h1><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/15508S69UzrrM8lsXWhcBx" width="100%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Watch the podcast on Youtube</h1><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EIvjEwfDGaU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h1><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+10&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 10 ESV</a> - online Biblegateway.com</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/8qGHP7Y1UCQ" target="_blank">Genesis 10 Dr. Baruch</a> - youtube sermon </p><p><a href="https://www.biblestudytools.com/history/flavius-josephus/antiquities-jews/book-1/chapter-4.html" target="_blank">The Antiquities of the Jews</a> - Josephus on the sons of Noah and on Nimrod.</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Addendum Notes</h1><p>I added the following notes after the show. The sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth are the patriarchs of the 70 nations that God will divide at the tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11.</p><p>Josephus' Table of 70 Nations from Noah's sons. Click to view complete table.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://assets.answersingenesis.org/img/articles/2009/11/josephus-nation.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="700" src="https://assets.answersingenesis.org/img/articles/2009/11/josephus-nation.gif" /></a></div><br /><p>Table of Nations with approximate dates on them. Click to view complete table.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ldolphin.org/shj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="800" height="623" src="http://www.ldolphin.org/shj.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Till Next Time!</h1><p>Thank you so much for stopping by and listening to the podcast on
Genesis 10. Always interesting and fascinating being mined out of the
book of Genesis. Please LIKE us on whatever platform you are listening
in on. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment. We
are also on Facebook, M16 Ministries, you can ask questions there as
well. I am the missionary with the microphone!</p><p>Be blessed, our
next installment is <a href="https://m16ministries.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-supernatural-through-his-word-ep-08.html" target="_blank">Genesis 11 - the tower of Babel</a>!!! Some very exciting stuff going on there in the supernatural realm of God! Tune in next time and lets find out what is going on! </p><p>Any questions feel free to leave in the comment field and I will respond.<br /></p><p>God Bless</p>Rev Mike <p><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p></p><p><br /> </p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-71827565602390631162021-08-10T17:41:00.007-07:002021-08-10T18:07:23.503-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 06 - Genesis 09 - God's Covenant and the Sin of Ham <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn88dLuYTTCGvqzPITEmga2sJ83bUlLhbsn9hbmLfVqq15Frg-Egr5JfVF-9oW4Txts_Z0VnthhEABvabH3KLyfPwqHZRgpEEQCdRzFwL2ykWX6d_L4aTmaI_YqMkOP5bQgRqId_9nur0/s720/Slide1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn88dLuYTTCGvqzPITEmga2sJ83bUlLhbsn9hbmLfVqq15Frg-Egr5JfVF-9oW4Txts_Z0VnthhEABvabH3KLyfPwqHZRgpEEQCdRzFwL2ykWX6d_L4aTmaI_YqMkOP5bQgRqId_9nur0/s320/Slide1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>In episode 06 of The Supernatural Through His Word, we dive into Genesis 9 -God's Covenant and the Sin of Ham! Join us as we go through Genesis 9, verse by verse. Why did God create a covenant with all the creatures and mankind? We examine when God released man to eat animals as food. Why is the purpose of God's symbol with a rainbow in the sky? In the latter half of Genesis chapter 9, we dive into the sin of Ham. Was Ham's transgression because he brought shame to Noah's drunken and naked stupor. Or did something far more controversial take place in the scriptures? Join us as we dive into some exciting topics in this episode of The Supernatural Through His Word.</p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Anchor FM</h1><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-06---Genesis-09---Gods-Covenant-and-the-Sin-of-Ham-e15o9cj" width="400px"></iframe>
</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Spotify</h1><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/4mqw1C8zEb5PSjCKSXwo7m" width="100%"></iframe></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Watch the Podcast on Youtube</h1><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1REUn1Mm2DI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h1><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 9 (ESV) </a>- The BibleGateway </p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VyE1KiBQw" target="_blank">The Naked Bible Podcast Ep 159</a> Dr. Michael Heiser Noah's Nakedness youtube</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-159-noahs-nakedness-the-sin-of-ham-and-the-curse-of-canaan/" target="_blank">The Naked Bible Podcast Ep 159 (audio) </a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://saintpatrickslascruces.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/hahn-bergsma-noahs-nakedness-and-the-curse-on-canaan.pdf" target="_blank">Noah's Nakedness and the Curse of Canaan </a>(PDF) Bergsma and Hahn (cited by Heiser)</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Till Next time!<br /></h1><p>Thank you so much for stopping by and listening to the podcast on
Genesis 8. Always interesting and fascinating being mined out of the
book of Genesis. Please LIKE us on whatever platform you are listening
in on. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment. We
are also on Facebook, M16 Ministries, you can ask questions there as
well. I am the missionary with the microphone!</p><p>Be blessed, our
next installment is Genesis 10, and the nations that descended from Noah. If the topic is short, I may squeeze in Genesis 11 and the tower of Babel. Tune in next time and lets find out what is going on! <br /></p><p>God Bless</p>Rev Mike <p><br /> </p><p></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-17058806774844195192021-07-05T13:59:00.007-07:002021-07-05T17:03:37.607-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 05 - Genesis 08 - The Flood Subsides <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKpv4Zfiafof9AIgF-pIOJecQ47IO8A2LPFenLFdLVBLuC0ViCb7T-JvhXn6zTVrpZc17DfUnD-qyu688Rj1CttfC1mB0NoJBFvCQjV1mtouq-ZNyLCZ5E5zx6Fms-ynV1UuOSEVLjyI/s720/Slide1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKpv4Zfiafof9AIgF-pIOJecQ47IO8A2LPFenLFdLVBLuC0ViCb7T-JvhXn6zTVrpZc17DfUnD-qyu688Rj1CttfC1mB0NoJBFvCQjV1mtouq-ZNyLCZ5E5zx6Fms-ynV1UuOSEVLjyI/w200-h113/Slide1.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p>In episode 05 of The Supernatural Through His Word, we dive into Genesis 8 -the flood subsides! In the book of Genesis, chapter 8, we read the account of the deliverance of God's remnant of His creation. The account of God's global deluge subsiding parallels the first account of creation in Genesis chapter 1. </p><p>God remembers Noah and delivers him safely through the judgment. Genesis 8 gives the account of God kick starting creation 2.0 post-deluge.</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Anchor FM</h1><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-05---Genesis-08---The-Flood-Subsides-e13vqku" width="400px"></iframe>
</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Spotify</h1><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/7HhfQt1ur4ZTYqvbW3ebNY" width="100%"></iframe></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Watch the Podcast on Youtube</h1><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cqKUwFYons4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h1><div style="text-align: left;">Here you'll find my notes and bibliography of the sources I used for the content of this show. <br /></div><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+8&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 8</a> - The Bible Gateway website</p><p><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8172" target="_blank">Genesis 8 (Bereishit)</a> - Hebrew and English translation</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iJyhHqAlBs" target="_blank">Dr. Baruch Korman Genesis 8</a> - youtube <br /></p><p><a href="https://meredithkline.com/kingdom-prologue-part-1-section-a/" target="_blank">Meredith Kline</a> blog</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIPHLcEjlW0" target="_blank">Genesis Chapter 8 with Commentaries Rabbi Rudomin </a>- youtube </p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Till Next Time</h1><p>Thank you so much for stopping by and listening to the podcast on Genesis 8. Always interesting and fascinating being mined out of the book of Genesis. Please LIKE us on whatever platform you are listening in on. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment. We are also on Facebook, M16 Ministries, you can ask questions there as well. I am the missionary with the microphone!</p><p>Be blessed, our next installment is Genesis 9, and the nakedness of Noah. Sounds scandalous! Tune in next time and lets find out what is going on! <br /></p><p>God Bless</p><p>Rev Mike <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-35420055881252565662021-06-17T17:26:00.013-07:002021-06-22T14:26:56.907-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 04 - Genesis 7 - Noah and the Ark<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8Bi3iMTgiJxNFc4X8UyfOXXHlweYCs7kNkkfpj9wD-tQZ6j1WQw09K7QOUMQ_WQoJoAecUGCZ-purwxQsI0qkhlzrpllF68kA5QjZ1pfjHdzCn44unpaPduLm_I-mR3KwdD94qF_Nf0/s1200/Genesis+7+Noah+and+the+Ark.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1200" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8Bi3iMTgiJxNFc4X8UyfOXXHlweYCs7kNkkfpj9wD-tQZ6j1WQw09K7QOUMQ_WQoJoAecUGCZ-purwxQsI0qkhlzrpllF68kA5QjZ1pfjHdzCn44unpaPduLm_I-mR3KwdD94qF_Nf0/w400-h204/Genesis+7+Noah+and+the+Ark.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> In episode 04 of The Supernatural Through His Word, we dive into Genesis
7 -the flood! The cosmic event setup by the depravity of the Watchers
in Genesis 6. God will wipe out creation and save His remnant, both man
and animals in an ark. Genesis 7 cover the deluge, the bursts of water
from the deep and from the heavens. We see the reverse of creation as
God blots out the wickedness of mankind and the Watchers. Was the ark a
form of baptism? Why did God save Noah? How did the animals know to come
to the ark and bring their mates? We cover this and more in the
supernatural account of God's wrath and judgment from the flood
incident.
<br /> <h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Anchor Fm</h1><p> </p><p> <iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word---Episode-04-Genesis-07-Noah-and-the-Ark-e12vmua" width="400px"></iframe> </p><p> <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Spotify</h1><p> <iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/5CWKaxPRL1ASiTDZUonFjT" width="100%"></iframe> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Watch the Podcast on Youtube</h1><p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZycNt8p1uxk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes </h1><p> <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 7 ESV HTML </a> - Bible Gateway</p><p><a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8170" target="_blank">Genesis 7 (Bereishit) English & Hebrew</a> <br /></p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Till Next Time </h1><p>If you figured out how this works, our next podcast will be on
Genesis 8! The flood waters subside.<br /></p><p> </p><p>A big thank you and shout out to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_B0p7_4GZSt8kV8bG1nJPQ" target="_blank">Melody Joy Cloud</a> for allowing us to
use her amazing worship song, Yeshua, on our podcast leader. To hear
more from this amazing artist, please support her and go to her youtube
channel. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you like this information presented, give
us a thumbs up on the platform you listen or watch on. If you would like
to support this ministry, love on the m16ministries donation button on
the right over there. <br /></p><p> </p><p>Any questions, please leave in comments or on Facebook page
for M16 Ministries under the pod cast posting timeline. Thank you for
being so amazing. Till' next time, God Bless!!!</p><p>Rev. Mike</p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-21363840577746195982021-05-31T15:39:00.015-07:002021-07-02T13:00:30.109-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 03 - Genesis 6 - The Nephilim and Noah<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6svnNdxsu_owXQvMNZlGHXG9UE9Yi9UjVie_JYq2MRKyfy7JWRmtt7F6d17P_FRXAAy_ztYLLvfe7-49y2jNPzvHZf7mQRPzlOyL_RUtkMYTROR3wG-juwlstMlaeseUUYBSQp5z0Auk/s1200/Genesis+6+The+Nephilim+and+Noah.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6svnNdxsu_owXQvMNZlGHXG9UE9Yi9UjVie_JYq2MRKyfy7JWRmtt7F6d17P_FRXAAy_ztYLLvfe7-49y2jNPzvHZf7mQRPzlOyL_RUtkMYTROR3wG-juwlstMlaeseUUYBSQp5z0Auk/s320/Genesis+6+The+Nephilim+and+Noah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /> Welcome to the second podcast of "The Supernatural through His Word". I
am Rev. Michael Norton, the missionary with a microphone. Join me as we go
through His Word - the Holy Bible and unpack the amazing glory of our
supernatural God. In this episode we continue on in the book of Genesis chapter 6. Chapter 6 is the biblical account of the mysterious Nephilim and Noah tasked by God to build the ark. Why did God wipe out His creation of man and the animals? Did a cosmic event take place that was greater than the commonly accepted incident of the sons of Seth marrying wicked women? What did the members of the church during the time of Jesus believe this account to be about?</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Anchor</h2><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-03---Genesis-6---The-Nephilim-and-Noah-e11ujp1" width="400px"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Spotify</h2><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/3s6h4VHE1CcxaSdjFjH86Z" width="100%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch on Youtube</h2><p><br /></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bpg1klaFwt4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h2><p>Biblical references used in this episode.</p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 6</a><br /></p><p>New Testament references to the Book of Enoch I <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+peter+3%3A18-22&version=ESV" target="_blank">2 Peter 2:4-6</a> the angels in chains in prison.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+peter+3%3A18-22&version=ESV" target="_blank">1 Peter 3:18 - 22</a> Jesus makes the proclamation to the spirits in prison.<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jude+5-7&version=ESV" target="_blank">Jude 5-7</a> the watchers and sexual immorality </p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2J0j3RcBMQ" target="_blank">The Putative Citation of Enoch in Jude</a> - Youtube - Peter Gentry Phd Southern Baptist Theological Seminary<br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+corinthians+11%3A7-10&version=ESV" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 11:7-10</a> - women should cover their heads because of the angels.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOQLw0DsIQ" target="_blank">Who are the Sons of God?</a> -Youtube - John MacArthur <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Book of Enoch I</p><p><a href="The Book of Enoch I" target="_blank">The Book of Enoch I</a> - Downloadable PDF version <br /></p><p><a href="https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-93-the-book-of-enoch-in-the-early-church/" target="_blank">The Book of Enoch in the Early Church</a> - The Naked Bible podcast episode 93</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKtHwc3mMY8" target="_blank">Were the sons of God in Genesis 6 Fallen Angels?</a> - youtube Southern Seminary</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmGU9OG-h0" target="_blank">Reversing Hermon - 1 Enoch m Watchers, Nephilim</a> - youtube Dr. Michael Heiser</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU0n1aFyiC0" target="_blank">Who were the spirits in prison that Jesus preached too?</a> - youtube Dr. Michael Heiser<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Some of my old notes on the Nephilim and Giants in the Bible</h4><p>From my old research on giants. This is incomplete. I need to fill in. <br /></p><p>Genesis 6:1-5 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Nephilim <br />Genesis 14:5 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>King Kedorlaomer defeated the Rephaites<br />Genesis 15:19 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Rephaites, Rephaim<br /><br />Numbers:13:28 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>descendants of Anak<br />Numbers 13:33 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Anak, Anakites, Nephilim<br /><br />Deuteronomy 1:4 <span> </span><span> </span><span></span>Og king of Bashan<br />Deuteronomy 1:28 <span> </span><span> </span>Anakites - Numbers 13:33<br />Deuteronomy 2:9-10 <span> </span><span> </span>Anakites, Rephaites, Moab Lot<br />Deuteronomy 2:20 <span> </span><span> </span>Rephaites, Zamzummites, <br />Deuteronomy 3 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Defeat of Og King of Bashan<br />Deuteronomy 3:11 <span> </span><span> </span><span></span>Og last of the Rephaites, 13 foot long bed<br />Deuteronomy 4:47 <span> </span><span> </span>Og king of Bashan<br />Deuteronomy 9 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Anakites<br /><br />Joshua 11:21 Anakites destroyed<br />Joshua 12:4 <span></span>Og king of Bashan, one of the last Rephaites<br />Joshua 13:11-12 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Bashan, kingdom of Og, one of the last Rephaites<br />Joshua 13:29:30 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>half-clan Manasseh, territory of Og king of Bashan <br />Joshua 14:4 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>sons of Joseph, became 2 tribes, Manasseh & Ephraim<br />Joshua 14:12 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Caleb Anakites<br />Joshua 14:15 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Arba, the greatest man among the Anakites.<br />Joshua 15:13 <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span>Caleb conquers Kiriath Arba (Hebron), <br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Arba forefather of Anak<br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Caleb drove out Anakites, Seshai, Ahiman and Talmai<br />Joshua 17:1<span> </span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span></span>people of Joseph, given hill country, Rephaites<br />Joshua 20:7 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>1 of 3 cities of refuge, Kiriath Arba -protected from<br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>avenger of blood<br />Joshua 21:6,11 Towns for Levites with pasturelands<br />Joshua 22:7 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>half-tribe Manasseh land in Bashan<br /><br /> 1 Samuel 17 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>David and Goliath, Goliath from Gath, David son <br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>of an Ephratite. <br />NT:<br /><br />Jude 1:6 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>And the angels who did not keep their positions of <br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>authority but abandoned their own home—these he <br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains <br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>for judgment on the great Day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Mat 5:5) The elect shall possess light, joy and peace, and they shall inherit the earth. (Enoch 5:7 {6:9}) <br /><br />the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the son (John 5:22). the principal part of the judgment was assigned to him, the Son of man. (Enoch 69:27 {68:39}) <br /><br />shall inherit everlasting life (Mat. 19:29) those who will inherit eternal life (Enoch 40:9 {40:9}) <br /><br />"Wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. (Luke 6:24) Woe to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted; but from your riches you shall be removed. (Enoch 94:8 {93:7}). <br /><br />Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mat. 19:28) I will place each of them on a throne of glory (Enoch 108:12 {105:26}) <br /><br />Woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born. (Mat. 26:24) Where will the habitation of sinners be . . . who have rejected the Lord of spirits. It would have been better for them, had they never been born. (Enoch 38:2 {38:2}) <br /><br />between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. (Luke 16:26) by a chasm . . . [are] their souls are separated (Enoch 22: 9,11{22:10,12}) <br /><br />In my Father's house are many mansions (John 14:2) In that day shall the Elect One sit upon a throne of glory, and shall choose their conditions and countless habitations. (Enoch 45:3 {45:3}) <br /><br />that ye may be called the children of light (John 12:36) the good from the generation of light (Enoch 108:11 {105: 25}) <br /><br />the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:14) all the thirsty drank, and were filled with wisdom, having their habitation with the righteous, the elect, and the holy. (Enoch 48:1 {48:1})<br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Till' Next time</h2><p>If you figured out how this works, our next podcast will be on Genesis 7! The baptism and the deliverance of Noah and his family. <br /></p><p> </p><p>A big thank you and shout out to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_B0p7_4GZSt8kV8bG1nJPQ" target="_blank">Melody Joy Cloud</a> for allowing us to
use her amazing worship song, Yeshua, on our podcast leader. To hear
more from this amazing artist, please support her and go to her youtube
channel. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you like this information presented, give us a thumbs up on the platform you listen or watch on. If you would like to support this ministry, love on the m16ministries donation button on the right over there. <br /></p><p> </p><p>Any questions, please leave in comments or on Facebook page
for M16 Ministries under the pod cast posting timeline. Thank you for
being so amazing. Till' next time, God Bless!!!</p><p>Rev. Mike</p><p><br /></p><p></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-77049785315553002322021-04-17T14:44:00.011-07:002021-06-01T15:11:28.714-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 02 - Cain and Abel - Genesis Chapters 4-5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM64ph1M7hlof-dv3pe-rtmGdS8f66Ip7ICTp-sv7VGGYQcpZdfrl-9tlUJ20UpSnnggTA8nLwa6F3RkMrK_PY2sNtwWM_hyphenhyphenZAoxR4jDm1CcNrYPRqLgOhenX499kaJRZU9KaYPkMkD-A/s1200/Ep02+Cain+and+Abel+Genesis+4-5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM64ph1M7hlof-dv3pe-rtmGdS8f66Ip7ICTp-sv7VGGYQcpZdfrl-9tlUJ20UpSnnggTA8nLwa6F3RkMrK_PY2sNtwWM_hyphenhyphenZAoxR4jDm1CcNrYPRqLgOhenX499kaJRZU9KaYPkMkD-A/s320/Ep02+Cain+and+Abel+Genesis+4-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Welcome to the second podcast of "The Supernatural through His Word". I
am Rev. Michael Norton, the microphone missionary. Join me as we go
through His Word - the Holy Bible and unpack the amazing glory of our
supernatural God. In this episode we continue on in the book of Genesis, with chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 is the biblical account of Cain and Able. Was Cain the offspring of Eve being seduced by the serpent in the garden of Eden? What does God's supernatural Word say about the conception of Cain? In Genesis chapter 5 we will look at the lineage from Adam to Noah. Who was Enoch? And what happened to him? Let's find out the truth in God's scripture!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen to the Podcast on Anchor:</h2><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-02---Cain-and-Abel---Genesis-4-5-ev436k" width="400px"></iframe>
<br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Spotify:</h2><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed-podcast/episode/2bRwhgjLHk2ypyACVnay6e" width="100%"></iframe>
<br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch the Podcast on Youtube:<br /></h2><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BRXpwA-eye0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<br /></p><p></p><p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes:</h1><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+4&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 4 ESV</a></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+5&version=ESV" target="_blank">Genesis 5 ESV</a> <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+3&version=ESV" rel="nofollow">1 John 3 ESV <br /></a></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-94106a3d-7fff-05a9-b520-ed51cf95e516" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_B0p7_4GZSt8kV8bG1nJPQ1" target="_blank">The Naked Bible Podcast 211 - Was Cain the Seed of the Serpent?</a> Dr. Michael Heiser</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-94106a3d-7fff-05a9-b520-ed51cf95e516" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeunQn3-SY" target="_blank">Genesis Chapter 3 Part 3 & Chapter 4 Part 1</a> Dr. Baruch Korman LoveIsrael.org </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-94106a3d-7fff-05a9-b520-ed51cf95e516" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRXVTF9u6HA" target="_blank">Created to Be - Belong to Family</a> Dr. Robert Morris </span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-94106a3d-7fff-05a9-b520-ed51cf95e516" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKRh8WEkZWaEd5OgOcNwF-45eeHxuPWtW9n2wUj0d68tnSPteWPG_3BrPus96aYgMEJQFb_qLU5jpNuk9dRqomB0EbJ1Cmg4gEgxN5adzBLcBNAI36CSJY3LhV_DRW_D54AvSxnd5Zdg/s720/genesis5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKRh8WEkZWaEd5OgOcNwF-45eeHxuPWtW9n2wUj0d68tnSPteWPG_3BrPus96aYgMEJQFb_qLU5jpNuk9dRqomB0EbJ1Cmg4gEgxN5adzBLcBNAI36CSJY3LhV_DRW_D54AvSxnd5Zdg/s320/genesis5.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> Til' Next Time! <br /></h2><p>A big thank you and shout out to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_B0p7_4GZSt8kV8bG1nJPQ " target="_blank">Melody Joy Cloud</a> for allowing us to
use her amazing worship song, Yeshua, on our podcast leader. To hear
more from this amazing artist, please support her and go to her youtube
channel.
<br /></p><p>Any questions, please leave in comments or on Facebook page for M16 Ministries under the pod cast posting timeline. Thank you for being so amazing. Till' next time, God Bless!!!</p><p>Rev. Mike</p><p><br /></p><p><br /> </p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-6395798932129701252021-04-07T21:05:00.016-07:002021-05-11T19:27:39.516-07:00The Supernatural Through His Word Ep 01 - Creation - Genesis Chapters 1 -3 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgYUTisI6Axj0ls_TO1vxcRx998NBvhAVkqhJwMsPJmPAM7oGmKv1QZGCq1tQAZHKkG4wey2BB52v8ImLwO7650dr-nOp5M_VpJgHoh2TkbO6blWmptSDRqQ7cDFXX7dLQjgbuw58_JU/s720/Slide1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgYUTisI6Axj0ls_TO1vxcRx998NBvhAVkqhJwMsPJmPAM7oGmKv1QZGCq1tQAZHKkG4wey2BB52v8ImLwO7650dr-nOp5M_VpJgHoh2TkbO6blWmptSDRqQ7cDFXX7dLQjgbuw58_JU/s320/Slide1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Welcome to the first podcast of "The Supernatural through His Word". I am Rev. Michael Norton, the microphone missionary. Join me as we go
through His Word - the Holy Bible and unpack the amazing glory of our
supernatural God. In our very first episode we dive into the scriptures in the first three chapters of the book of Genesis. You've probably heard the creation story a thousand times, but probably haven't heard it from the perspective of a Second Temple Israelite. Western churches preach a rendition to fit the 1900s era of modern thinking and scientific reasoning. But does it match the original Hebrew context? Let's take a look at God's story from the angle it was originally presented over 2000 years ago. The version Peter, Paul, and Jesus preached.</p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Anchor FM</h2><p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/m16-ministries/embed/episodes/The-Supernatural-Through-His-Word-Ep-01---Genesis-Chapters-1--3-euf8lk" width="400px"></iframe></p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Listen on Spotify:</h2><p>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed-podcast/episode/7d8yT0LEsLhApqzWEiIdLO" width="100%"></iframe>
<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Watch the Podcast on Youtube</h2><div style="text-align: left;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RAWY3nNvgyQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Show Notes</h2><div id="docs-internal-guid-aa050755-7fff-9bfd-2df3-b6c38c9897a5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genesis 1</span></b></span></div><h4 id="docs-internal-guid-aa050755-7fff-9bfd-2df3-b6c38c9897a5" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></h4><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.08; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcNezHTqoSs" target="_blank">Genesis and Creation </a>- Dr. Michael Heiser</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzBGgT-6GI&t=321s" target="_blank">What does it mean to be created in God’s image?</a> - Dr. Michael Heiser </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUh8xlZfqA" target="_blank">Genesis 1:26 Let Us Make Man </a>- Rabbi Michael Skobac</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LavvpdMPZdw" target="_blank">Let Us Make Man Genesis 1:26</a> - Hebrew Translation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnArze5IM-c" target="_blank">Let Us Make Man in Our Image</a> - Rabbi Tovia Singer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LavvpdMPZdw" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></a></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genesis 2</span></b></span></div><h4 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></h4><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8to_M89sz0" target="_blank">Genesis Chapter 2 Part 1</a> Dr. Baruch Korman verses 1-14 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genesis 3</span></b></span></div><h4 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></h4><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RAMHF90tkw&t=1373s" target="_blank">What Happened in the Garden of Eden?</a> Dr. Michael Heiser</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Till Next Time</h2><p>A big thank you and shout out to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_B0p7_4GZSt8kV8bG1nJPQ" target="_blank">Melody Joy Cloud</a> for allowing us to
use her amazing worship song, Yeshua, on our podcast leader. To hear
more from this amazing artist, please support her and go to her youtube
channel. <br /></p><p>Thank you for tuning in! Please hit the like buttons and help us get some momentum. Any questions regarding Genesis Chapters 1-3, drop a comment below!<br /></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-90438068743909666742021-04-06T11:31:00.000-07:002021-04-06T11:31:28.925-07:00The Supernatural - Through His Word Podcast<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUuiyUawqzKgGqrGBPlni0WuPMEJ_XNVnCS8v3qYg_DfaBn_Wfy11G5lcYNe6UdtcuxEXrtjtoJySpCodkfMYaBJLmQ_tn2IGN7vRCanSFFs1Cfd-DvI9-MyAHA_tWZywOgkAYLn1zsQ/s1920/STHW+Splash+Screen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUuiyUawqzKgGqrGBPlni0WuPMEJ_XNVnCS8v3qYg_DfaBn_Wfy11G5lcYNe6UdtcuxEXrtjtoJySpCodkfMYaBJLmQ_tn2IGN7vRCanSFFs1Cfd-DvI9-MyAHA_tWZywOgkAYLn1zsQ/w200-h0/STHW+Splash+Screen.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-09oKeZDXWYM3rMMqOV8tGCMoyZleOMGh7tDrhYMvVnPfqixGEZZZR3GZbteUvNHE8IWPS_ZvI8Zxh_MbbKzI8RcnYC_qijz13_AEL-18MhLrbAIIxKV_5JWEIw2aHAkk9-fO-bRRUQ/s720/STHW+Splash+Screen+720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-09oKeZDXWYM3rMMqOV8tGCMoyZleOMGh7tDrhYMvVnPfqixGEZZZR3GZbteUvNHE8IWPS_ZvI8Zxh_MbbKzI8RcnYC_qijz13_AEL-18MhLrbAIIxKV_5JWEIw2aHAkk9-fO-bRRUQ/w400-h225/STHW+Splash+Screen+720.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Coming soon! The Supernatural - through His Word podcast. This is Rev. Michael Norton of M16 Ministries and I would like to introduce to you an exciting project I've been working on. As a counselor to survivors of severe trauma, and also souls that were living in home environments where parents twisted and abused Holy scripture for mind control, I faced a dilemma of how to reintroduce the scriptures in their true God-loving form. I spoke with my colleagues and my frustration was that these broken souls had no true foundation in the message of the scriptures as Jesus intended them. Facing this uphill battle of weeding out scriptural lies, God laid it on my heart to go through the scriptures. There was no way to start in the middle. We have to go from Genesis to Revelation. At first, I received this as a daunting and huge task, but then God reminded me I was a Bible nerd, and a recovering Charismatic, and an exorcist that has dealt with the occult. As a former Assembly of God pastor and mentor instilled in me with my experiences, He told me to operate radically in the middle. In counseling, I have had theological conversations about our supernatural God that inspired them to go deeper into prayer. This new exciting podcast will highlight the Supernatural of our Lord Jesus Christ and how he interacts with us through the Bible. We will go through scripture and examine the theology as the scribes intended and the Second Temple Hebrews believed the Word to communicate to us. I am currently working on Genesis 1-3, the creation and fall of man. I will publish it very soon. Keep a lookout here for the announcement or on the M16 Ministries Facebook page.<br /><br /></p><p>God Bless.</p><p>Rev. Mike<br /></p>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-57087224020774298962019-04-20T15:08:00.001-07:002019-04-20T19:52:40.219-07:00Ministry Ten Year Anniversary Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6KyS1IwBq2MdvK66nDXGnrnm-vDEmBr3sYmgUmDoibMAqCGLaqq-JNHkaTU0LtXLhkAKw8H53uvSFC6QIq8IzKQc-zbx9DbjOOHLT7P1U7nbbOkqmPdjLmdyp-Nt4eSe3LD19y5jY_4/s1600/M16_Freedom.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6KyS1IwBq2MdvK66nDXGnrnm-vDEmBr3sYmgUmDoibMAqCGLaqq-JNHkaTU0LtXLhkAKw8H53uvSFC6QIq8IzKQc-zbx9DbjOOHLT7P1U7nbbOkqmPdjLmdyp-Nt4eSe3LD19y5jY_4/s320/M16_Freedom.png" width="213"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">A silent anniversary crept up on me in 2019. This year marks the 10th anniversary of M16 Ministries' 501c3 application and approval. The ministry was born in 2006, but in 2009, it was sufficiently chugging along to go legit. Rather than set off a confetti bottle popper and go "woohoo!", I would rather reflect on the road and challenges of getting to this milestone. I think the new ministers would benefit from a fireside chat on what it took to get to this milestone anniversary.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you stumbled on this page out a rash of boredom and Internet surfing while waiting for your car to be detailed at the car wash let me fill you in on what M16 Ministries is all about. Rather than click-bait you and make you wait till the end I'll just jump right in - spoiler alert. M16 Ministries is a pioneering ministry in dark spiritual warfare. What does that mean, Reverend Mike? It means the Holy Spirit has raised up a ministry to deal with dark threats and spiritual entanglements beyond the capabilities and resources of the neighborhood church. The term pioneering means there are not a lot of ministries doing this, only a few well-networked (national and international) ministries, and there is no documentation. We learn from the Holy Spirit and deep prayer. We are not a deliverance ministry or an exorcism ministry, but we do all the above. The ministry provides pastoral care for spiritually inflicted and traumatized souls that have been subjugated to supernatural forms of mind-control from dark societies and the occult. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">How did I get into all of this? Was it a calling? No! I was drafted! In 2005, I was peacefully minding my own business in the front row pews of the frozen chosen at church. I was a good Christian, I did all the right things. I dedicated my time to Children's ministries, worked the soundboard, in service, when I could and so forth. I was doing all the right things! Except for having a relationship with Jesus! I was forty-something (maybe 47), and I was attending church for the fire insurance policy. Which translates to, Jesus your real, but I just don't want to wake up in hell when I die. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">About this time, a street ministry pastor, named Bob Johnson, came to our church to preach. I remember avoiding him because there was nowhere in my spiritual life where I would ever work with the homeless. So that day I skipped out and went to work in children's ministries. This was about the time too, when my spiritual gift of discernment was starting to quicken inside of me. I always had this from childhood. But it was activating or something at this point in my life. Why? All I can figure is that the Holy Spirit got tired of waiting around for me and lit a fire under my butt. I didn't even have a ministry yet, and the Holy Spirit got working. He sent me to see one individual who was having some problems. It wasn't my forte but for some reason, I think my wife nudged me to go see this individual. At this time I was attending a church with a Holy Spirit identity crisis. Which means they allowed the Holy Spirit in but didn't reflect on any of the gifts. So I didn't know anything about deliverance, other than it was a Burt Reynold's movie, nor did I know anything about hearing from God. So God sent Ballum's donkey out to minister to this man. I always thought my seeing spirits was a form dimentia that I was fighting off. I have a degree in Computational Physics, and this sort of stuff doesn't line up with my training. Also, I had fears of it truly being dimentia, and if I didn't fight it and gain control it would take control of my mind, and my wife would be left with a husband she had to spoon feed baby food too because he completely lost his mind. When I ministered to this individual, I saw a shadow manifest and speak to this person. This person immediately confirmed that I saw the spirit. My whole reality came crashing down in that moment. It wasn't dimentia it was a spiritual gift that I have had all my life. Now I am more freaked out than this individual. This is a life changing moment in my life! I went to my pastor, whom I exasperated with questions he couldn't answer. I was irritated with him. Now looking back I have a different perspective. I shouldn't have been irritated. Later the Holy Spirit explained to me that he needed two kinds of pastors, shepherds, and sheepdogs for the flock. The Holy Spirit wanted me to be a sheepdog. I remember saying something prophetic to my pastor at that time, again, not knowing what prophetic meant, that I would one day teach people on what is going on. I thought it was an odd thing to say, but it came out of my mouth and it came into fruition. Ironically, the only person at the time who could help me and mentor me, was the street ministry pastor, I dogged, Bob Johnson. The irony, gets even more ironic, several years later I took over Bob Johnson's Night Strike ministry, as he was called into another ministry area. By this time I developed a deep passion for the people on the streets who were homeless in San Francisco. But my training on the streets were complete, and several years later, I too, handed the reigns over from Night Strike to another minister. Night Strike was my training ground in ministering and dealing with the occult and the demonic in San Francisco. The Holy Spirit gave me an amazing education and led me to my next phase of ministry. High-level battles with the occult and rescuing souls. The Holy Spirit reluctantly moved me out of Night Strike. I didn't want to leave the streets at all. But you must go where the breath of the Holy Spirit leads you. I had to leave Night Strike because of the intensity of attacks I would have to deal with in my new assignment. Plus I needed to be trained once again. I caught the next wave set the Holy Spirit had for me. And this time the Holy Spirit needed me trained in counseling. Totally, didn't see this coming and had he asked me, I would have responded, "Hell no!". The Holy Spirit holding back nothing in this season aligned me with an incredible minister and their ministry. Sorry, for speaking in acronyms, we are fighting a dark war in our nation right now. This ministry I am in is not at frontlines of spiritual warfare. Frontlines of warfare ministries focus on low-level demons and giants (i.e. deliverance). This ministry I am involved in is taking hills! If you're familiar with terms of engagement, we take out the enemy at the top of the hill who is entrenched and well supplied (the ones that require fasting and prayer). The counseling part is required because of the damage to the soul from the severe trauma that incurred as a result. In a nutshell, this is a special forces ministry. I work with some amazing ministers whom I nicknamed David's Mighty Men. These are ministers that Holy Spirit has also raised up and forged for the intense battles that are brought through the ministry front door threshold. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">And somewhere in all of this, I have written some books, most notable, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare, and An Advanced Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. With that brief, lengthy intro, out of the way, let's tackle some lessons learned over the 10 years of operation as a 501c3.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lesson One - Patience is a Fruit of the Spir</b>it</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to come out of the box and make some harsh comments, but they're valuable observations ministers are thinking, and talking about, but not sharing publicly. The first one is if you're drafted into spiritual warfare, by that I mean, you're operating in it, and you were tossed into it, then don't waste your time with schools of (supernatural) ministry or deliverance ministry certification. I know a lot of people have told me they have pursued this over the years. And I have yet to see any good fruit come of these training, but rarely do these students stand the test of time. If God really wants you in this ministry, then He will raise you up. If you are feeling deep tugs in the spirit to do ministry, pray into that and ask Jesus what He wants you to do. Rule #1 is chasing Jesus and learning to be patient with His timing. Dark occult battles require extreme patience. Can you work with an individual over a course of years for them to heal from what the occult did to their minds? Can you endure the witchcraft being cast at you? Do you have the supernatural covering the Holy Spirit provides you to protect you from the bombardment from the occult? Is your mind and soul in a place to endure these lengthy attacks? The Holy Spirit will immediately teach you and stretch into the patience of His timing, warfare, and healing. We do nothing but pray! Jesus fights the high-level battles for us. You must be at peace and in His patience. Can you hear God and feel His plan and timing? Fools rush into warfare. Your finances and resources will be crushed during high-level battles. Do you have the inner peace -and Joy! to endure battles that are magnitudes of months to years? Do you know what it means that a ministry like this will cost you everything? At the end of the darkest battle, it will be only you and Jesus standing. I have had relationships destroyed. My friends were all Christians, guess where the enemy went to attack? My home church was the first target when I got into this ministry. The Holy Spirit moved me out and gave me a covering. The church wasn't in a position to deal with the level of warfare. During these attacks, God will allow you to be sifted as he did with Peter. This is painful and extremely, heartbreaking, but it is the process through which the Holy Spirit raises up a special forces minister. During this time you will learn the virtue and fruit of His patience and timing. You may even give up in the fight, and the Holy Spirit revitalizes you back into His peace and patience to finish the battle. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I have had so many ministers come to me and not understand this key point. They either think they're cursed or are cursed financially because they didn't understand this virtue of patience. If you are in a spiritual warfare ministry, the enemy is going to go after your supply chain - finances! Duh! If you don't like the heat get out of the kitchen! Secondly, by not consulting with the Holy Spirit and being patient, these ministers step out of their covering (some I am not even sure if they had one, to begin with) and revile angelic majesties. They're cursed by their own spiritual warfare prayers. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">My recommendation, never get into a fight the Holy Spirit didn't bring to your doorstep. If you're searching for battles, it probably isn't covered under the Holy Spirit and he'll let them jump you as a lesson. You only go where the Holy Spirit goes or brings you. If you're in a long slump of no battles. Ask him what you need to work on about yourself during this time. He could just be giving you a break. Be patient! Jeremiah 29:11! And never get ahead of anyone's healing!!!! Patience!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lesson Two - It's Not About Growth, It's About the Soul in Front of You</b></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">The sad mentality of this age is that you have to build a ministry. It has to grow. Let me free you of this mindset. I got caught up in this early on because it was what my mentors were doing. This is a human mindset and I refer to it as pushing your large boulder up a hill. You won't get anywhere and you will become frustrated and want to quit. I have known many successful ministers who were speaking to large congregations and then flat-lining it for months or years thinking God forsake them or they needed deliverance from God being angry at them. This is a common thread with students of supernatural ministry schools. God launched them, but then they find themselves in the wilderness and lost. Many times I see the situation as they were so caught up in the limelight they missed the shift in the current of the Holy Spirit to catch His next movement. So here they are treading water looking around wondering where everyone went. The next breath of the Holy Spirit may have been to work with just one soul! Not a platform! This was a hard lesson for me to learn. Especially, after publishing my first book. My publisher was poopy at promoting the book, but it took off like a California landslide anyway. Because of the book's success, I was coming home from work at night and taking Magic Jack calls (predates Skype) from all over the world. This sucked the life out of me. I was too much of a greenhorn at the time to figure out some of the calls were from the occult drones to drain me in ministry. I became weary for years. Only recently have I stopped taking Skype calls for ministry. There were several reasons, people on Skype who called for help seldom wanted help and wanted to control the conversation with you on how much they knew about themselves (then why are you calling me?), or it was an occult drone to waste your time and energy. I stopped Skypes altogether and I only work with those who the Holy Spirit sends to meet with me face to face. And even those I filter through the Holy Spirit before agreeing to a meeting.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Ministry is all about the one soul in front of you! It's not about media product, or training, or holding conferences. Too many ministries are branding themselves now and are serving a consumer market niche rather than addressing the deep brokenness of the soul. Ministry is about humility and saying yes to Jesus, "send me", then it is about notoriety. If Jesus doesn't send you to Brazil to be a missionary, then perhaps He needs you right where you're at? That's right, in your living room and ministering one on one. Don't thumb your nose up at the priceless treasure He sends to you. In my ministry I know I will never be a speaker in a stadium or have a large audience. I am part of an underground church - here in America! We have to stay covert for what we do. I do missions trips, and I love them. But I feel in the spirit my slate may be clean of mission trips outside the U.S. for the next couple of years. Unless the Holy Spirit SENDS me. Right now, I am to work in my town with the souls He sends me to work with. Go where the spirit sends you. Tap into His pulse, and seek what the Father's will is. He responds to us in subtleness. You have to be patient and learn to live without a roadmap but rely on His provision and direction. There will be no influx of funds. Go back and re-read that. God will allow you to operate of the resources He provides you. I am working full-time in ministry now. I make my income from Christian counseling. I live paycheck to paycheck and get ridiculed by snarky people on why I charge for counseling. It's because God provided me with a ministry and an office space to share with other ministers and we have costs of operations (rent, power, internet, health insurance). Money comes from where? God provided us with an income through counseling. Provision. As a minister, you may have to work fulltime for a while. Up until 2017, I was working 60 hours per week in IT and doing 16-20 hours per week counseling. My minister compadres, over a season of YEARS, prayed me in full time. It's a blessing and a struggle. But I get to work fulltime in the healing ministry.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lesson Three - It's All About Your Prayer Life</b></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">I am so done working with false prophetic ministers. I have people who come in and tell me and the other ministers I work with on how to run things because they have a 'special' connection to God that we don't have. When I work with these individuals I discover that they can't even hear God for themselves. It's called a Jezebel Spirit, and I have a pretty good insite from the occult perspective now of what Revelation 2:20 means. As for the ministers I partner with, David's Mighty Men, they can HEAR from God! We meet regularly and have deep prayer sessions and simultaneously receive what God wants to share. The occult JZ spirit as I have witnessed it doesn't look like what deliverance ministers think. It is actually a respected individual by the body of Christ and because they are so enamored by the false gift they get sucked into it. Many times you won't see the JZ spirit until it has destroyed. It takes a team deep in prayer to steer through this abomination. And it seems to be sprouting everywhere on the prophetic side of the fence. But enough of this for now. This could easily expand into a book. To counter this you need a prayer life that is deeply rooted in truly hearing God.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Again this was about prayer. So I need to address the issues with deliverance ministry now where the church relies on formulated prayer methodology to expel demons. This fast food drive-thru faction on deliverance is horrible. When I work with souls coming out of this seeking further ministry I discover a horrible condition. Most of these souls have a paper thin spirituality inside of themselves. Many have thoughts convoluted with New Age practices. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Did the person dabble in something they shouldn't have? Is this situation demonic? A number of deliverance issues are not demonic, but behavioral issues! Be the skeptic! Demonic oppression should always be the last choice. Sometimes the answer is not so easy, it is both behavioral and demonic. The toughest discernment the modern deliverance minister can't seem to make is when the problem is purely behavioral (porn addiction, greed, self-centered, immaturity, dissociation, and so forth). Many of these are representative of a weak prayer life or lack thereof. Why did I couple dissociation into this? Many dissociated abuse survivors want the problem to be demonic so it can supernaturally be prayed away. Dissociation is not a deliverance condition, but falls under the charter of inner healing ministry. Those with dissociation who develop a deep prayer life see results in their inner healing. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">A common thread is people seeking deliverance ministry and not seeking prayer. I believe some churches have become so controlling and doctrinal, not deliberately, but got sucked down the road of deception. These churches are NOT teaching people how to pray for themselves. Some of these people were supposedly 'saved' by just having the soul recite the Jesus prayer. Which is great and all, but their heart and soul never repented from their sin. They were never taught how to pray or dig deeper in reflection for the sanctification of their soul. They were spoon fed their salvation so the pastor could collect his weekly statistics for the denomination home office. Pat them on the back, 3 souls saved last Sunday! </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span><span style="font-size: large;">A saved new soul needs a mentor!!! Discipleship.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I work with many new saved souls in my counseling where their home church wants to heart synch, sozo, or do deliverance on them. And the key issue is these newly saved souls don't even know how to pray and they're weak in their spiritual walk. A lot of people I have worked with over time would not have needed a deliverance minister at all if their church taught them the aspects of deeper prayer. Sadly, many times, the pastor doesn't know much about this either, and their life at home is a dysfunctional mess. So what do they do, they reach for the most popular book on prayer at Amazon to preach from. Pastors need mentoring too. Some need spiritual directors. I have some seasoned pastor godly men on my speed dial for consultation. But as for narcissism at the pulpit, these shepherds rarely want to reach out for consultation from spiritual peers and leaders.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are stuck in one of these situations I recommend start researching contemplative prayer. Every Christian needs a deep prayer life, where they can hear His voice! Is your prayer life deep enough that if you were shipwrecked on an island for several years, and rescued, that you would be deeper in love with Jesus than before being a castaway? Or would you detached from Jesus and angry because you were marooned? </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Are you angry at Jesus for what happened to you because of the abuse you endured in your life (marooned)? I have a deep prayer life, and I go through the poop-storm on a daily basis that is relentless and won't let up. I don't feel cursed. I don't have demonic activity at my house. My house is a nice spiritual oasis. It's because of my deep prayer life with Jesus that I can stand before some very dark stuff. This deep contemplative prayer life was completely non-existent back in 2006. My church never taught me how to pray. It was an extracurricular activity I had to implement. Glad I did, I would not have survived what darkness was capable of throwing my way. If you are going to minister in spiritual warfare, throw away all your books on and workbooks and class notes on deliverance. Right now! Go do it. Set yourself free! Go find some books on contemplative prayer. I recommend Into the Deep, by Dan Burke, as a starting place. This is a huge step. Elijah, when dealing with Jezebel and her prophets, didn't have a deliverance library, nor did the disciples in Mark 9. This is just lessons learned folks! Jesus inside you triumphs through his mystery, not because you own a book that calls out all the names of the demons in the OT and NT! By the way, prayer life is a relationship with Jesus, which means it takes years to mature. So don't be in a rush. Focus more on Jesus and his Gospels and less on Bob Larson books.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lesson Four - On Deliverance Ministry</b></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">Back in 2007 when I embarked on deliverance ministry beginnings I was always criticized by ministers for being someone who wanted to cast a demon out of every tree I walked by. Fast forward 2019, now we have churches with deliverance ministries that are planting the trees for the demons to be cast out of. These new forests are seeded in the false and controlling religious doctrine of man's deliverance ministry. If you're in a church with a lead deliverance minister, back in 2006, I would have thought this was a good thing. Now my advice is to flee!!! Most churches I have encountered with this are narcissistic both from the pulpit and in ministry. The people in these congregations rarely get set free and need further deliverance. In fact, the bondage itself is from the legalistic deliverance ministry. If your church deliverance team has many books and many workbooks on deliverance, then they missed the boat in what Jesus wanted the church's role to be in this ministry. You only need one book for this ministry. If it ain't in there consult the Holy Spirit. This is one of the primary reasons I no longer associate M16 Ministries as deliverance ministry because the current state of deliverance in the church isn't Biblical. Do you want an education on real deliverance ministry? Go read about the return of the seventy disciples in Luke10! It's all about humility - not pride and notoriety. I am not a deliverance minister. I am a servant of the God Most High, the Lord Jesus Christ! You want to minister in the supernatural? Then be a Luke 10 minister!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lesson Five - Learning to Live with a Spiritual Gift of Discernment and Being a Seer</b></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">This is probably another topic I could expand upon in a book. But I'll speak briefly here. In my line of work, on occasion, God gives the grace of seeing the invisible spiritual realm. I know I have been knocked by other Christians about this. "Oh, great, he see's spirits. I've heard enough.", you know the very discrediting stuff. If you're a seer you're going to get crap from other people who don't understand. I am not about notoriety, and I really don't like sharing about this. Because I really don't know what to do with this. Even to me, it is weird. I have David's Mighty Men I share with, and it doesn't go outside of that really. The level of discernment has grown deeper and I don't understand it myself, but I share it with my minister confidants. Mainly because it was too much for me to understand or experience. My advice if God graces you on occasion to see things is to just ask the Holy Spirit what is going on and if He wants you to see what you're seeing. If you see manifestations that doesn't make you a psychic or a clairvoyant. This grace is a gift of spiritual discernment from God. Where God allows you to see things. I don't always see things. Now it's so natural to me it doesn't phase me when it happens. But then again it I see things less now because of my hearing through prayer. Some of the mental (conversational) prayer I have with Jesus I can get a better picture of what is going on rather than having to see it as a manifestation.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">What I do want to address is the "fake it till you make it" spiritual seers running rampant in charismatic deliverance ministries. The ones who run up to you and say they see a snake wrapped around your waste, genitals, or spine. Not that people don't truly see it, its the fakers I am shaking a finger at. If you don't see anything, then please -"SHUT UP!". You don't have to see anything for God to use you in spiritual warfare. I went through a season of training with the Holy Spirit around 2008, where my discernment was shut down for this very reason. The Holy Spirit wanted to show me the gift of discernment was a nice to have, but not necessary to kick out spirits. So if you're "faking it till you make it", God will never release this grace to you while operating under this deception for your own pride. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Second, as a minister, this stuff really messes people up. You don't go home with the person who has a fractured soul, not a demon, and you just freaked them out. It takes one or more counseling sessions to undo the false sign. No, my friend, God will not release the gift to you. Clean up your act, or get out of deliverance. Depart from me, I never knew you...</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you're a minister, do not base your ministry on your gift of the Holy Spirit. Base your ministry on who you are in Christ and be open to where He sends you. There is also a degree of spiritual maturity with this level of discernment. Darkness will always try to lure you to haunted sites. Stay away from this at all costs. You are not a paranormal investigator. Stay away from anything paranormal. Paranormal investigation is an abomination to God. If I go to a house blessing, I do so only under being released by the Holy Spirit to perform the cleansing. Being released for battle is how you enter a defiled site and get no spiritual attachments after you leave the site. The authority of Jesus Christ in these matters is absolute. When I ministered in the streets of San Francisco I could clearly feel the homes which had demonic infestation. But, it is what is. I don't enter or approach a defiled site unless summoned by the owner who truly wants the spirit evicted. This gift requires obedience to Jesus. The desire to visit a haunting can be seductive to the human soul, but read it for what it is a deception by the enemy to load you up with demons. The conviction of the Holy Spirit is strong inside me when this taunting emerges. Strength comes through obedience, the one who gave you the gift.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Hope some of this information was useful. I just thought I would brain dump. A lot of this came out of my reminiscing today when I realized the 501c3 was now 10 years old. Wow. And the adventures we have been on. Too numerous to blog in one entry. God Bless my friends and be blessed!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Rev. Mike</span>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-61032938685628433742018-04-21T13:46:00.000-07:002018-04-21T13:53:27.482-07:00M16 Ministires - Deliverance and Ritual Abuse Programming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ac/b1/30/acb1301b19ffe3bfa9938bf8c019939b--save-me-biblical-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ac/b1/30/acb1301b19ffe3bfa9938bf8c019939b--save-me-biblical-art.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
For some time now some of you probably know I am becoming more outspoken on issues of bad ministry I encounter when working with ritual abuse survivors. Sadly the church is still stuck in the B-movie version of ritual abuse because of Rebecca Brown's wide popularity with her book, He Came to Set the Captives Free. Which read more of a fictional horror story than focusing on the realities of the lives of Christian men and women who were survivors of horrific childhood ritual abuse.<br />
<br />
Not a whole lot is known in the church about survivors and ritual abuse. I know I was completely broadsided by the reality of what survivors endured, back when Jesus drafted me into this ministry around 2010. It still continues to be a learning curve and stretch me in ministry. By the sheer nature of its complexities, there have been some gross misunderstandings of what ritual abuse is. Because it's roots are demonic, many deliverance ministries have gone overboard, or more truthfully, the deep end in this area of ministry. <br />
<br />
For starters I will briefly address mind control programming and how it looks in ritual abuse cases. The topic is covered in my video blog here.<br />
<br />
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0cr0GUjzvU" width="560"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
Next video blog I will cover why Christians shouldn't use prophetic ministry on survivors, and why fake-it till you make-it deliverance ministers who claim to see demons are causing a lot of damage in these individuals who are trying to receive healing. <br />
<br />
If you have any questions on how to deal with occult battles, please drop me a comment, and I will answer the question in blog posts.<br />
<br />
If you have questions on curse breaking, or curse breaking prayers, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare</b>.<br />
<br />
If you have questions on dealing with manifestations, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare</b>. <br />
<br />
Get your copy today! Available on Amazon in:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
<br />
<br />
If you have any questions on how to deal with occult battles, please drop me a comment, and I will answer the question in blog posts.<br />
<br />
If you have questions on curse breaking, or curse breaking prayers, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare</b>.<br />
<br />
If you have questions on dealing with manifestations, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare</b>. <br />
<br />
God Bless<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-65442759810237632102018-02-01T11:46:00.002-08:002018-02-01T12:07:47.538-08:00Discerning Internal Voices - Demonic or a Fractured Soul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.findatopdoc.com/var/fatd/storage/images/healthy-living/can-schizophrenia-be-treated/404745-2-eng-US/Can-Schizophrenia-Be-Treated_embedded_item.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="300" src="https://www.findatopdoc.com/var/fatd/storage/images/healthy-living/can-schizophrenia-be-treated/404745-2-eng-US/Can-Schizophrenia-Be-Treated_embedded_item.jpg" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I receive a lot of emails requesting help from people who believe they're oppressed by demonic spirits because they hear internal voices. The current state of deliverance ministry in the church today needs to receive correction in how they handle people who are suffering from hearing internal voices. When people ask me for help and tell they are under attack by demonic voices, I ask them how they know the source is demonic. One common response from these people seeking help is, "well, I went to see this big deliverance minister, and they told me that I have demons."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">This assumption is based on the notion that the "BIG" deliverance minister can actually discern spirits. Sad fact. Many can't! If you are hearing internal voices and have gone to numerous ministers who can't cast these spirits out, I have a recommendation for you. Stop going to deliverance ministers. What you need is a break from this and a reboot. The ministry of deliverance as it exists in the Western Church today is full of flaws. We ignored our rich church history, and as they say, threw the baby out with the bath water. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Locutions</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Much of what we know today about hearing voices, both external, internal, and hearing God and spirits, comes from the early Christian church. God designed us to be able to hear His still and quiet voice. We can hear the voice of God both externally and internally. The early Christian church referred to listening to the Holy Spirit as hearing locutions (pronounced low-coo-shuns). Locution is Latin word meaning speaking an utterance. Who is doing the speaking? Desirably, God!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Examples in the Bible of God speaking externally and audibly,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1 Samual 3:4</b> - <i>that the Lord called Samual: and he said, "here I am"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>John 12:28-30</b> - <i>Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. </span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Internal locutions can be a bit more tricky because we can't see the source of who or what is speaking. The 16th Century Spanish mystic, Saint Teresa of Avila, pointed out that the soul can receive internal voices from three sources, the soul itself, God, and from demons. We are created in God's imge to have a relationship with Him. God is relational, we can talk to each other. We can hear God.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>John 10:27-28</b> - </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.</i></span><br />
<span class="text John-10-28" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The problem here, as Saint Teresa points out, is that the human soul is fallible, and we must really understand and discern if the one speaking is God. Sometimes our own soul, when it is not mature in listening to God, will literally make stuff up and convince us that it is hearing from God. The soul is one probable candidate when determining if someone is oppressed by demons or having a dissociated part of the soul is chattering internally. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Lastly, we can hear from demonic spirits. A person that is oppressed by demonic spirits can be tuned into maddening non-stop conversations. But so can a dissociated fractured mind that is stuck in a cycle of trauma and anger. Herein lies the big problem. 99% of the ministers in deliverance don't take the time to test the spirit. Just because you see what appears to be a manifestation doesn't mean it is a manifestation. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Live by faith and not by what you see. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2 Corinthians 5:7</b> - <i>For we live by faith, not by sight.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I don't see true discernment used at all in these settings. And it is the deliverance minister's responsibility to discern spirits.Our job in ministry is to help the person in front of us -and not to build a big name for ourselves! I don't know how many counseling sessions I have sat through with my colleagues, and we discerned there were no demons present in the individual. Yet some big three-ring circus show deliverance ministry said there were demons present.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For clarification and disclosure, I am involved with a demonic possession case at the time of this writing. Not a deliverance ministry oppression case they call possession. I am talking about the true definition of possession of someone breaking off from the occult. This is type is usually beyond the paygrade of deliverance ministry. It's Mark 9:29 ministry. So yes, I know what a demonic presence looks like and spiritually feels like.My goal isn't to sound like the Mayor of Amity and tell you there is no great white shark in the water (reference movie- Jaws). But rather sound like police Chief Brody and tell you that I know what a great white shark looks like - up close! I want to establish that I have enough battlefield experience in ministry and counseling to discern between a demon and a fractured human soul.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">How do you discern between the two? You need to know what a demonic presence feels like and what alarms go off in your body when these spirits manifest. Just because it looks like a demon and acts like a demon doesn't mean it is one. Fractured souls are usually very angry internal children "parts" who hate deliverance ministers and love to mess with them. The fractured soul may look demonic, but it is not activating any of your spiritual discernment. The room is spiritually calm except for the nonsense babbling from a child identity, inside an adult body, trying to present itself as a demon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">The Mind Fractures By God's Design</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"> Enough on demonic possession, let's take a look at dissociative identity disorder (DID). Children who experience trauma, from inside the womb (we know this from ministry in ritual abuse) up to about eight years old, a child's mind will fracture to handle trauma. This fracturing is by God's design to protect the child's mind. Fracturing can occur under situations where the pain and trauma are consistent. These consistent sources include child neglect during critical baby development stages, emotional, physical, sexual, and ritual abuse. If someone had grown up in a household where the father was drunk and yelled horrible obscenities at his children, it's a good chance these children grew up dissociated. They have little children parts trapped in cycles of reliving their trauma inside the fractured adult mind. In my counseling session, and working with colleagues, we can accurately discern if the source of the internal voices are fractured parts (identities) or they are in fact demonic. In my work, I feel about 80-90% of the people I worked with who thought they had a demon turned out they had fractured "parts" from childhood trauma. These voices can be extremely angry and sound demonic, calling the primary presenter(s), stupid, or that they're going to hell, or that the internal voices are demons. Remember, these little parts are caught in trauma. That's they're reality. It takes a counselor who knows how to work with these parts to get them out of their trauma. Sometimes a demon is present, and when the part surrenders to Jesus, the demon is immediately evicted in a much gentler deliverance. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are an individual, who hears voices, has gone through a lot of deliverance and can't get rid of the demons, the sadness, self-hatred, or are stuck in moving forward, you may be dealing with dissociated parts. Again, I recommend to stop the deliverance ministry. Fractured parts is an inner healing issue which is why deliverance doesn't work at all. The Holy Spirit will protect you. Amnesia and denial can also be a big piece of this. When you're stuck, and some of this resonates, stop the deliverance ministry and seek out a Christian counselor who works with DID (and also has practical experience in evicting unwanted spiritual critters).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For more information on advance warfare topics, checkout my books. A Field Guide to Advance Spiritual Warfare is that covers most of what I covered here. Both books are required reading by anyone involved in spiritual warfare.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope this helps.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">God Bless</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Rev. Mike</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you have any questions on how to deal with occult battles, please drop me a comment, and I will answer the question in blog posts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you have questions on curse breaking, or curse breaking prayers, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">If you have questions on dealing with manifestations, I cover these in my book, <b>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Get your copy today! Available on Amazon in:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-23723617876427309452018-01-29T14:09:00.001-08:002018-01-29T14:22:58.120-08:00Hearing from God When the Heart Really Hurts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blog.mychristiancare.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lightstock_163361_small_user_7776310.jpg?t=1517261021924&width=640&name=lightstock_163361_small_user_7776310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="133" src="https://blog.mychristiancare.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lightstock_163361_small_user_7776310.jpg?t=1517261021924&width=640&name=lightstock_163361_small_user_7776310.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">What do you do when you want to reach out to God, but your heart is agony? Maybe your praying for healing for yourself or for a loved one that is extremely ill. Or perhaps the unthinkable, your prayer request for a full healing went unanswered. This is a place of agony and complete brokeness in your heart. Your heart is painfully shattered in pieces, and you feel nothing but darkness around you. Possibly even your faith has been shaken to the core. The pain of the heart crying out is so intense that it is no longer just emotional, but it is physical and tangible. This is the place of inner turmoil and agony that I wish on no one. But sadly, everyone is bound to experience during their journey through this life.<br /><br />How do you hear God when you feel He has abandoned you or you're angry at Him? Perhaps you thought you heard in your spirit that God was going to heal your loved one, and then they died from their ailments. I remember early on when I was first learning to pray for healing, a close friend of mine asked me to speak to a young man at our church. This young teen was devastated and wanted nothing more to do with God. His four-year-old sister had cancer. The whole family and church battled in prayer for miraculous healing. One morning, the young girl woke up and told her parents that Jesus came to her in a dream and told her that she was going to be fully healed from the life-threatening disease. The mother called the pastor and told him the good news about the visitation by Jesus in their daughter's dream. There was a lot of praising and rejoicing. Their miracle had finally come. A week later, this four-year-old little left this world to spend eternity with Jesus. What had gone wrong? Why did Jesus visit this little girl in her dream and lie to her? This dream visitation was so destructive that the little girl's teen brother turned away from God. What kind of God can give a family false hopes and then tear them apart with tragedy?<br /><br />During my days as a street minister for the homeless on the streets of San Francisco, I had witnessed first hand some major healing miracles. Some of the craziest miracles were witnessing broken bones heal as you prayed over the injury. During one of my Miracles and Warfare meetings, we had witnessed a prayer team member's Lupus go into remission right after we prayed over her. We witnessed eczema disappear right in front of our eyes as we prayed for healing with another woman. I had seen my fair share of miracles to know that God heals and that we had the authority over sickness, death, and demons.<br /><br />It was during this period in my ministry career that my brother-in-law and my very good friend was diagnosed with cancer. I had witnessed the power of God to know that healing was coming for him.<br /><br />As the street ministry healing testimonies were growing, our pastor asked my wife and me to share at a Sunday evening service on the power of the Holy Spirit. We gave some of our wild street adventure healing testimonies. Somewhere midway of our speaking, a deacon from this church approached the pulpit. He was very accusational and proclaimed that he had never seen any healing miracle like we were talking about from our first-hand experience. As he walked down the aisle towards the pulpit, he pointed to church members in their pews of who he prayed for during their time of sickness. He said not once did he ever, ever, see a healing miracle like we were sharing about. I immediately sensed the woundedness of this individual. There was more to this man's story. He was speaking from his pain. Later, I found out the story behind this man. He had a pastor of his church pray for his son who had cancer. The son never received healing and went on to his eternal life with Jesus. The man was wounded and out of his pain took over the church intercessor team. Deep in his soul, he surmised he could do a better job than the church, the pastor, and even Jesus. This was not out of pride but out of his unhealthy pain for his traumatic loss of his son. This gentleman wore his pain on his sleeve for decades after his son tragically lost his battle. <br /><br />During my own personal trial and warfare I was certain God would heal my brother-in-law. There was a small little contemplative prayer room at a Catholic church near my old employer. I would visit this little chapel on my lunch hour. I spent months on my lunch hour in this fortress of solitude. This chapel was my war room! I fondly remember spiritual battles where I knew these battles changed the outcomes of x-rays. I warred for clean x-rays. No cancer. God was listening! We were getting through this. Cancer in his brain was losing the fight. The battle was nearly completely won! My brother-in-law was now in a state of healing. Victory at last and a turn in the tide of battle. And then, suddenly, he just got really ill - and then he was gone. Just like that, he was no longer with us. My friend, my wife's brother, a son, a husband, a father to two young kids. Torn away from us, his family and friends. <br /><br />You want to talk about a reality shattered! I had prayed for others with terminal illness and had seen some recover. I had the faith to press in for healing. This healing didn't come. During this time I was getting a lot of requests for ministry prayer for others. But I felt like I just got smacked in the head with some spiritual sledge hammer. I was stunned, and for some time I had no desire to pray for anybody. I wasn't angry at God for this tragic loss. I was just puzzled as to why there was no healing. I had seen so many miracles in prayer sessions and street ministry. It was a painful blow to my spiritual beliefs. <br /><br />In my case, I stayed in dialogue with Jesus so I could get answers. Be careful of what you ask for because a lot of times Jesus will answer these. I was given a personal answer which I can't share here. But it put me at peace during my time of grief. And by the way, grief really sucks!<br /><br />I presented three examples of how death comes to our doorstep and the different ways three individuals, one being myself, handled this. The most interesting of these examples is the little girl and her dream. Why would Jesus tell a little girl she would be healed only to take her? The dream was a lie, Jesus doesn't lie, but we all know who does. The enemy used the dream for collateral damage. How cruel is that? We must be careful when we receive dreams, and prophetic words that we feel are from beyond our physical reality. I don't care how prophetic a person is, or others believe them to be. They're still human. In counseling, I have had to work with clients on bad prophetic words spoken over them by respectable prophetic ministers. These messages must be tested. We must also be careful of what we hear in prayer. Many times our soul will jump the gun and say something to put us at ease while we're waiting for Jesus to reply. I would be skeptical of any message informing us that someone is going to be healed or especially not healed (demonic sources). Every miraculous healing I witnessed during my ministry God never gave me a heads up. God did what God wanted to do in the situation. I was usually just as surprised as the person receiving the healing. <br /><br />I know first hand how bad it hurts when you lose a loved one. The worst part is having to deal with other church member's comments. Some of the lamest comments are like, "God gave you a test, and you passed." If you ever have a "what-the-saint-Franciscan" moment in church, it's during times of severe loss and the things we say to these people who are in agonizing pain. When a mother looses her child, I have no words to express the agony. I only know that God didn't take the child. The enemy seeks and destroys. Again, I can't find the words for a mother or a father who is going through this. My only advise is that during your darkest hour and pain talk to Jesus. Even if you are angry, God is big enough to be with you as you express your pain. You may even need to go somewhere where you need to shout. <br /><br />From my own experience, I have found that God is very quiet during these times. Not because He isn't talking to you, but because He is grieving with you. In the book of John, chapter 11, we know that Jesus grieves. His good friend Lazarus died, and Jesus experienced this human process of losing a loved one. The Tri-une God grieves with us.<br /><br />You must reboot your faith when you are stuck. Many times you know God is real, you're just very angry at Him. Perhaps the first step is to sit in a chair, still your mind, Psalm 46:10, and just feel His presence. It will be very quiet. Let him know you're pain. Hand it over to Him and let Him help you walk it out. This is the first step to moving forward. God may not speak to you in visions or internal words. If you're getting visions right out of the starting gate, reboot, it's your soul answering God's phone call. Patience is the key during this time. He may just hang out with you while you hurt. When you're in a place where you two can hang out, He may start to speak with you or He may start to bring your heart peace. <br /><br />In other cases, you may still be very angry and in denial. <i>God didn't help me, so He doesn't exist.</i> If you're going deeper and deeper in your pain, it is time to try and speak to Him again. He'll accept the call. It's a simple call, "God are you there?" Again, chances are He won't answer you internally. But He may bring the stillness or quiet to you. Get a picture of Jesus and just try to imagine that picture of Jesus in your mind. It's baby steps. <br /><br />By all means, wherever you are in this painful journey, there is hope. Seek friends who know how to connect with God. Speak with a pastor who knows how to connect with Jesus. Seek spiritual direction that will help you step out of being stuck in your pain. Jesus will walk you out. He did it with me. And he'll do it with you. God is a mystery, just let Him be God.<br /><br /><i>Jesus, I pray that you speak to your child during their brokeness and pain. Show them the way to find peace and resolution for their heavy loss. Walk with these hearts and souls so through this intense trial so that they may find joy and strength. In your mighty name, Jesus!</i><br /><br />Hope this helps some hearts that need to open up to God.<br /><br />God Bless <br />Rev Mike<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-15136623119619315242017-11-28T10:49:00.000-08:002017-11-29T06:10:20.423-08:00Asia Inner Healing from Severe Trauma Ministry Trip November 2017 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSywkMUdhrQ2uEFoOCNyiteptThRSUay1TBvzTtoiEzUAlrImFTRzS63a8NmVNadwy6_qknJTnksw_caGjk0Z7-eRbxmREyns_VphT73C8zsrTRDPhH4Gp4x_99YBpFNjp9PR_gB7dCQ/s1600/44617-god-heals-brokenhearted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="550" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSywkMUdhrQ2uEFoOCNyiteptThRSUay1TBvzTtoiEzUAlrImFTRzS63a8NmVNadwy6_qknJTnksw_caGjk0Z7-eRbxmREyns_VphT73C8zsrTRDPhH4Gp4x_99YBpFNjp9PR_gB7dCQ/s320/44617-god-heals-brokenhearted.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
When a church or ministry returns from a trip, their website or blog is filled with pictures of the smiling faces from foreign lands and pictures of activities accomplished. M16 Ministries we work in covert spiritual warfare and inner healing. There is never a paper or picture trail of what we did or what we accomplished. M16 Ministries is a lot like the Navy Seals, we go in undercover, accomplish our mission and return home to our families. This last Thanksgiving week, M16 Ministries, with In the Potter's Hands counseling, traveled to a country in Asia to equip and train staff at a home for young girls. I won't identify the country or the location of our objective because of the sensitivity of the people and children involved. Many of the young girls at this home are survivors of severe violent crimes. One young girl who is not even a teen is the survivor of a gruesome psychopathic rape, where her perpetrator believed she was dead.By the grace of God she didn't die. Another young girl was so violently raped, her reproductive parts are permanently damaged. Working with these young girls and the trauma they endured was very surreal. <br />
<br />
Our team was comprised of Toni Taigen, president, and pastoral counselor, at <a href="http://www.itph.org/" target="_blank">In the Potter's Hands counseling</a>. I work with Toni in her counseling ministry organization. My son, Joshua, also accompanied us, for videoing and administrative assistance. Since September, Toni and I, have been collaborating on training material for these counselors to work with survivors of trauma. In the Potter's Hands counseling specializes in healing from severe trauma. Our goal was to put together training material and equip the counselors at the house for girls we were going out to assist. We accomplished putting together comprehensive training material for the counselors in these homes. <br />
<br />
Over a period of three days, we worked in the morning with equipping the house staff in identifying dissociative identity disorder (formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder). Because of the severity of assaults on the girls in their care, we also had to help distinguish between the unclean spiritual attachments that may be present. We spent three days at the home working with staff. We came prepared to equip for four days, but in the spirit, we decided the fourth day would overwhelm them with information. Which is something we didn't want to do. Want to leave the staff empowered and trained up. The breakdown of days was as follows.<br />
<br />
Day 1<br />
By the end of the first morning, Toni equipped the house staff, in identifying dissociative identity disorder switching in the young girls who resided in the home. Ironically, the house cook was the one who was able to identify the girls and their identity switching. Day one, with the staff, we spent on defining and identifying dissociative identity disorder. Toni taught on how the hearts of these young girls fractured and gave the staff examples on how to synchronize with the children's fractured parts.<br />
In the afternoon we worked with the girls and their counselors during their counseling sessions. The house director requested that we look at their hardest cases and assist during these girls sessions. These were incredible, precious little girls, with amazing smiles. As we worked with them, these smiles faded and their dark pain emerged. Some girls have an unclean spiritual presence in them that entered from the violence inflicted on them. We worked with the girls on connecting with God. Some girls were amazing at how well they could connect with God. Some girls we worked with it was their first encounter with God, and we were able to lead them to their Savior. Other girls weren't ready, and we just allowed them to continue on their spiritual journey of discovering who God is. We operated under the grace and compassion of Jesus during these sessions with these little girls. <br />
<br />
Day 2<br />
Our team worked with the staff members in understanding how they hear from God. We presented information on the Biblical ways we hear from God. Toni led the house staff through an exercise encountering God that was very emotional for some of the ladies. Connecting with God is crucial in bringing healing to these little girls inner pain and trauma. Toni worked with the house staff in demonstrating appreciation exercises and demonstrating joy capacity that is required for the girls inner healing from trauma. <br />
In the afternoon, Toni and I worked with the counselors in counseling sessions with three more girls. One of the girls I worked with was left on her own to feed herself. She appeared to be somewhat feral in her behavior. But she was very smart. She was very cute, maybe nine years old. During the session, I worked with her in connecting to Jesus. She was able to do this, and we were able to lead her in salvation. It was an amazing and very emotional. <br />
<br />
Day 3<br />
I had worked with the staff in equipping them for the spiritual warfare aspects of the oppression involved with some of these girls. The spiritual oppression was tangible in the girls home. One staff member was being raised up by God to deal with the oppression in the house. I took her on a prayer walk instructed her what to do when she sensed oppression.<br />
<br />
I spent time in discussing when and when not to do deliverance with the girls. Many times Christian ministers get overzealous when they see a demon and don't know there are protocols to follow. When it comes to severe body violations like these little girls experienced, Jesus takes the kids through a much gentler deliverance process, and we must work with Jesus as He does this. Most ministers see a demon and go Bob Larson on them, which is damaging and frightening to the child. The child has already endured trauma, and we must be respectful not to inflict anymore. Lastly, we worked with the staff and counselors on the duplicitous nature of dissociation and angry parts. We instructed the staff that they needed to provide guidelines for incoming prophetic ministers to avoid prophetic ministry on these girls. If this seems puzzling, Toni and I are prophetic ministers; we just have come to an understanding about the nature of dissociation and how prophetic ministry can cause a dark inner torment. I cover this information in my book, <a href="http://afieldguidetospiritualwarfare.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-field-guide-to-advanced-spiritual.html" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare</a>. <br />
<br />
In the afternoon, we worked with a couple of more girls before our time was up with the training sessions. This was our last day with the girls. They were all little heartbreakers. Such amazing, beautiful little girls. There is no rhyme or reason to explain how these horrible things occurred to these precious children other than there is evil in this world. <br />
<br />
We were able to download and educate a lot of information to the staff members and the counselors at this house. This is an amazing home that is run by a ministry friend of mine. These girls are loved in this home, they are all clean, groomed, and well cared for. A couple of the girls I recognized from my trip here a few years ago. It's great to know that these girls are now safe and protected and they are now in the right environment for their inner healing. The directors of this house are highly protective of the children who live there.<br />
<br />
Toni and I traveled to the location out of our own finances. We need to return and continue to build upon what we started with the staff and counselors. Our finances are limited, and we would love to have either an individual or multiple individuals help finance our next venture back to this site. If God is speaking to your heart about this, please pray and consider helping us get back there to continue working with the healing of hearts of these precious girls.<br />
<br />
God Bless<br />
<a href="http://www.m16ministries.com/m16ContactUs.php" target="_blank">Rev. Mike</a>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-77197781455832827362017-10-01T18:12:00.002-07:002017-10-01T19:19:09.961-07:00Ministering to a Ritual Abuse Survivor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-1guqGf4T-8NmI-16uKZY5puW5Q1peglfTg3n3JdTywflcVKwp2LPhCj5pF6dlTw3m0u39Hk0fr2M5Sgi9pAo4qsD4PsYKXdHeKFbzwOzQNIDCzxgqfFQJkUh829CWyTze_kzYIX41U/s1600/jesus_child.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-1guqGf4T-8NmI-16uKZY5puW5Q1peglfTg3n3JdTywflcVKwp2LPhCj5pF6dlTw3m0u39Hk0fr2M5Sgi9pAo4qsD4PsYKXdHeKFbzwOzQNIDCzxgqfFQJkUh829CWyTze_kzYIX41U/s200/jesus_child.jpg" width="155" /></a></div>
Ritual abuse survivors are beginning to surface in different parts of the world now. I live in Northern California, and there are quite a few survivors in my region. But I am getting calls from all over the world by survivors, pastors, and counselors. What is a ritual abuse survivor? It is someone who was traumatized severely from a young age and was forced into participating in secret society rituals. The high level of trauma involved in these rituals cased the human soul to fracture into multiple identities. Many times in ritual settings this fracturing is done deliberately by someone who was a handler or a programmer to instigate mind control. This deliberate dissociation of the human consciousness can be a tale tail sign of ritual abuse. But not always, a soul may be traumatized emotional, physically, or even sexually as a child and have dissociative identity disorder (DID), but not be a ritual abuse survivor. Either way, the child survived severe trauma in their childhood. Now as an adult, the consciousness contains a system of identities, called parts. These are independent parts each with an independent free will. <br />
<br />
Sadly, in the Western church, we consider all voices in the head, outside of Jesus, and the human conscience, to be demonic. If an individual with dissociative identity disorder talks to their pastor, and a part comes up to speak to them, the part will immediately be regarded as a demon. I don't know how many survivors have told me that they went to their pastor and spoken to them about hearing internal voices and the pastor started deliverance prayer on them. Picture a middle-aged adult man or women going to speak to their pastor, and all of sudden this individual started talking and acting like a four-year-old, right down to facial expressions and body language. This is a person with dissociation. A child part is coming up for help, but instead they reception is a pastor or over zealous prayer minister treating them like they're a demon. <br />
<br />
First of all, if you're going to be in any form of deliverance ministry you need to develop your spiritual discernment. In today's broken ministry of deliverance, the minister tends to convince the prayer recipient they can see demons. This is a facade, the lie of the minister, that they can't discern spirits. Some ministers can see spirits, but most can't. It's like the hip thing to do now in deliverance prayer. It's a lie. We literally need deliverance from numerous charlatan deliverance ministers now. When a person with DID goes for deliverance ministry and gets one of these 'Vegas deliverance shows', the situation gets worse. A minister whom they trusted called their parts demons (no discernment). The primary presenter, which we call the Christian host, will many times know they're parts aren't demons. In most cases, that is. In others, the Christian host will believe the lie of the deliverance minister and walk away thinking that their parts are demons. My advice to survivors of severe trauma is to avoid deliverance ministry at all costs, especially if you are a ritual abuse survivor. I would also strongly recommend staying away from SOZOs and theophostical approaches for inner healing. <br />
<br />
If you are a pastor with ritual abuse survivor in your congregation, you will need to learn how to pray for this individual. Keep in mind, all the parts are little kids inside and not high-level demons. Once you get the idea, these are all traumatized kids the ministry will go a lot smoother. The soul before you was violated as a child; this is not sin. That is another reason why deliverance ministry is ineffective. Trauma requires a lot of counseling and prayer ministry where through Jesus' love He walks them through their healing. <br />
<br />
When little parts come up, you will need to synchronize with them. That is sit down and relate to the child, let them know they're safe and that the rituals have stopped. Then, slowly see if you can bring Jesus into the session. Some survivors understand how to connect to Jesus, you just pray and setup the meeting with Jesus. Jesus does a lot of the work in bringing the child part out of hiding and over to a safe place for healing. With most of the survivors I work with it will be this simple. In harder cases, the mind may be booby-trapped, and you will have to find a way in. With all the survivors I ever worked, I think I only had three hard cases. Sadly, my very first case was the hardest one. Not because it was my first case, but the case to date, was my most difficult in satanic ritual abuse. These cases take time to work with. I had one case where it took the patience of nearly three years before the duplicitous parts would allow the Christian host to connect with God. Other cases, the Christian host and the parts were able to consistently connect with the indwelling Jesus.<br />
<br />
I recommend one-on-one meetings, such as a counseling session. Don't let church intercessors, especially those involved in warfare and deliverance, pray for this individual. They can make things exponentially worse. This is the occult and not low-level demonic deliverance ministry. A church intercessor can cause a bar fight in a demonic biker bar. That won't go over well at all. The occult will attack your church if you step out from your covering. I strongly recommend the pastor or counselor pick up a copy of the late John Paul Jackson's Needless Casualties of War, to gain an understanding of where you stand in this battle. I cover a lot of warfare of this magnitude in my book, A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare (see below). <br />
<br />
During these one-on-one sessions, work with the parts as they come up. Jesus will bring up the parts in each session. Let them know they're now safe. Bring Jesus into the situation and let Him heal and do the deliverance. During these sessions, there is a much gentler deliverance as Jesus evicts the bad things and heals the part. There is a lot more patience and loving then binding and evicting. Remember, you are dealing with a traumatized part that wants nothing more than to be healed. You will have Jesus find the lie that keeps the person in bondage. Many times you will feel like you are dealing with a part, that is in a jail cell, with no cell door. And it's as if the part is afraid of stepping over the chalk line because an evil person told them if they stepped over the chalk line to leave someone would have to die. This is called a double-bind. <br />
<br />
These cases are long term to work with and require special training from ministry teams that are involved in this form of healing. It can be a very dark ministry, and it is also a very miraculous ministry. Many are called and few are chosen (Mt 22:14). The Holy Spirit selects the ministers and brings them under His covering for the occult warfare. This is a very rewarding prayer ministry and it is also a very difficult ministry. You must be a prayer warrior that is able to protect yourself as well as others. God will put you through some soul crushing tribulations to get you to the place he needs you for ministry.<br />
<br />
There is a lot to cover in this topic. For now, just stop the deliverance ministry and find a Christian counselor that knows how to work with dissociated parts.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike
Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-62164734858119219632017-08-21T06:51:00.000-07:002017-08-21T09:44:53.750-07:00Bringing Inner Healing to Dissociative Identity Disorder Overseas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAMNLhtcIxrcEUk-l-nmGSFmH4FqUq8AN7LOYgHYOxcDCgDzwj_kMBXEjq-R6VnR6kqztUJwSr6xI7FZNHoi1nOcnyx1TYMhwN4s7Wr3bCYkcCDB1vLsZtSfbvrJj2YQ40-2cQNLcEqw/s1600/girl-in-cambodia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAMNLhtcIxrcEUk-l-nmGSFmH4FqUq8AN7LOYgHYOxcDCgDzwj_kMBXEjq-R6VnR6kqztUJwSr6xI7FZNHoi1nOcnyx1TYMhwN4s7Wr3bCYkcCDB1vLsZtSfbvrJj2YQ40-2cQNLcEqw/s200/girl-in-cambodia.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
This November 2017, M16 Ministries will be returning to Cambodia to work with orphans and equipping their counselors on Dissociative Identity Disorder. A team of three individuals, myself, Toni Taigen, president, and pastoral counselor of <a href="http://www.itph.org/" target="_blank">In the Potter's Hands</a>, and my son, Josh, our administrative assistant, will be in Cambodia for five days to work with children who are survivors of severe trauma in this region. This trip is the follow-up trip from November 2015, where I met with local pastors and organizations and presented a seminar on healing fractured souls (dissociative identity disorder).<br />
<br />
The goal of this trip is to equip local counselors in Cambodia with the counseling fundamentals and practices we use at In the Potter's Hands for bringing an inner healing to survivors of severe trauma. We will be working with teens who have been traumatized from demographic abuse and slavery.<br />
<br />
If you would like to partner with us, we are seeking financial assistance in funds for air travel. Currently, round trip tickets are about $1100 each. We're looking to raise $3300 for three round trip air tickets. If God is speaking to your heart to bless us, please donate using the PayPal donation but on the right side of the screen. We're excited about this opportunity to bring inner healing to children whose lives have been shattered by the dark sub-culture industry and violence.<br />
<br />
God Bless<br />
<br />
Rev. MikeMichael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-32348817752946525382017-08-09T07:12:00.002-07:002017-08-09T07:24:35.610-07:00M16 Ministries Checking In August 2017Some of you may be wondering where M16 Ministries went after we stopped doing Night Strike on the streets of San Francisco. Well, we didn't go away and close our doors. We received new marching orders, back in 2015 (<a href="http://m16ministries.blogspot.com/2015/08/night-strike-street-minsitry-is-coming.html" target="_blank">Night Strike Ministry is Coming to an End</a>) from God in the direction we were to pursue.<br />
<br />
Since 2013 God has had the ministry slowly re-align into Christian counseling, at In the Potter's Hands with Toni Taigen. In this role, M16 Ministries has been working with some very dark spiritual warfare cases. The ministry gets referrals from other churches and counselors on cases involving survivors of severe trauma, and ritual abuse. What one of my pastoral friends refers as sending me cases "above his pay grade".<br />
<br />
As the ministry went into darker waters of spiritual warfare, I became less and less unable to share testimonies. Oh, we've got testimonies, and they're amazing. I just can't publically share them as I could with Night Strike. These are personal testimonies of being healed and delivered from horrific and traumatizing events in peoples lives. Again, these are healings from trauma in trafficking, and ritual abuse (both Christian and Satanic).<br />
<br />
Although the ministry is ramping up, I still work 40-50 hours a week in my full-time secular job. In the evening, once I get off work I have about a 20-minute drive to decompress and re-align my thoughts to start counseling with survivors. On the weekends, I do skype calls to clients who are survivors. Because of the workload, I screen a lot of people who come to me for assistance. Sadly, I do turn people away.I have to balance my workload, sanity, sleep, and family life. I can't help everybody. <br />
<br />
The ministry has its challenges, because of dealing with the supernatural, the ritually programmed fractured soul (dissociated identity disorder), and occasional possession, I can't share a lot of what I do. The greatest challenge is dealing with the fractured heart where the soul rejects Jesus. In my old deliverance days, this would be called rejection of the Holy Spirit, and the rule of thumb was to send the person away if they denied the Holy Spirit. In healing fractured souls, you receive a lot of people who are rejecting God for not receiving a healing and refusing to call out to Him for help. So you are left with the task of spiritual direction in slowly evangelizing a fractured heart while you ministry pastoral care in healing. Because of the severe brokenness of these hearts and souls, you deal with their constant lie of hopelessness and their constant numbing desire to end it all. The fore front of the battle field in spiritual warfare is hopelessness. And it's in the front pews of every church. It's just not addressed. But in defense of the church, I don't believe the church understands what these people are dealing with in their darkness - on a daily basis.<br />
<br />
The ministry is also working with Why Not Now ministries, Mark Neitz of Night Strike, in Cambodia. We're working to equip pastors in healing survivors of trafficking. Hoping to make it out there soon with a counseling team. If you would like to help in financially partnering, click the donate button on our page here.<br />
<br />
Well, that's where we've been since we left the streets. I miss street ministry, but I got re-aligned on the battlefield. M16 Ministries didn't go away; we became Ghost Recon so to speak. Not much sleep these days, praying for break through to move full time into counseling. But that paperwork needs to be stamped and cleared by my boss in heaven.<br />
<br />
M16 Ministries is still speaking at events and churches, guest on <a href="http://www.demonologytoday.com/" target="_blank">Demonology Today</a> radio show, and I have a new book coming out soon, very excited about this one, A Field Guide to Advance Spiritual Warfare. Stay tuned for news on that!!<br />
<br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-23528391346326273262017-06-22T09:38:00.003-07:002017-10-01T16:11:57.372-07:00First Stages of Connecting with God and Trauma Survivors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dpghj2ykt68q6mTDKhxESghOzgC4gJKEqUFzCHTDV20dennYL3mTNiphe0pa5Wg1lJ6cSb97_t0ajr2LN4-NFcfq8A3VsdggpFlQXcQ1jwtzj3G8KvIruB8ab008hRzfF7tohcjN25A/s1600/god-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="335" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dpghj2ykt68q6mTDKhxESghOzgC4gJKEqUFzCHTDV20dennYL3mTNiphe0pa5Wg1lJ6cSb97_t0ajr2LN4-NFcfq8A3VsdggpFlQXcQ1jwtzj3G8KvIruB8ab008hRzfF7tohcjN25A/s200/god-2.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>
Most of my posts have been following the subject matter of connecting with God. Again, this is the learning season I am in right now with God. The season is how to get fractured souls to connect with God. If you're new to this blog, M16 Ministries works with dark cases of spiritual warfare and survivors of severe trauma. By the time I start to work with survivors, many of them have had their faith brutally challenged and emotionally crushed. When working with these cases, it's a long-term commitment to working with a spiritually afflicted and fractured souls. The starting point in nearly all the cases I have worked with is determining where the soul in front of me is at in their spiritual walk. Having a soul, regardless of being spiritually afflicted, or fractured, must be able to connect with God in some manner to begin the healing process. Many Christians can't fathom the notion that a soul has endured such trauma that it has turned away from God. Some souls that receive lots of prayers and no response in their healing prayer can start to believe God has forsaken them.<br />
<br />
This is where we must be careful in ministry, to make sure our efforts are restoring the broken soul and not pushing it further away from God.<br />
<br />
In my sessions, I will allow months to years to slowly walk a soul back into connecting with God. A lot of patience is required and a lot of small nudging with spiritual direction. God does not waste time in waiting for the soul to come around. He still brings in healing. The challenge is working with a traumatized soul that rejects God and blames Him for the current state of pain and reliving of trauma. Why won't God simply shut it off? In this question lies the contention with parts in the fractured soul who simply want to blame Jesus and not talk with Him at all. Then there are the other fractured parts in the soul who want to connect with Jesus but are blocked by the internal angry parts who don't. The normal church styles of evangelism are no longer effective in this ministry process.<br />
<br />
Ministry is in baby steps. You check in with the soul and see where they're at in the spiritual walk. Many times a soul that rejects God isn't rejecting God. They're rejecting a false doctrine that was forced upon them in their own walk. Many times this false doctrine comes from other well meaning Christians, but the spiritual advice they're offering is more damaging than helpful. This occurs a lot when the well-meaning Christian doesn't understand the depths of the struggle of the person they are offering spiritual advice too. And what comes out is a soul-ish Christian-ese opinion that is nowhere helpful, or worse yet condemning, to the person's current state of trauma. Most survivors tell me they are tired of religion and not Jesus. Religion is the over-zealous Christian offering ungodly, but soul driven, Biblical advice. This is the state of the soul we work with when we're trying to get the religiously battered soul to reconnect with God.<br />
<br />
To one who is spiritually traumatized, there are ways to connect or reconnect with God. First of all, you must give yourself lots of patience in this process. There are mental prayer exercises you can do to align faculties, and the parts, that want to connect with God. The first exercise is to practice, what Saint Teresa of Avila, called recollection. This is the process of practicing the presence of God. With multiple parts in your head and some parts are angry at God, this can be difficult and challenging. But the goal of this exercise is to practice throughout the day, to simply think about God.<br />
<br />
Maybe you're at work, and going to get some water from the water cooler. Perfect time to check in with God. Maybe visualize Him in your imagination. Because some of the people I work with are ritual abuse survivors, I gave them cards with the picture of Jesus on it. To help them, refocus their imagination on what the true Jesus can look like for meditation. This is called practicing the presence of God. There is no dialogue, no visions, no supernatural going to heaven experiences. It's simply having your parts, who want to connect with God, to simply start the basic steps of mental prayer. It's kind of like learning to dial God's phone number. If you master visualizing Jesus, maybe the next step is to try and talk to Him. The communication will be one-sided and in baby steps. That's okay. Some souls are frustrated that they have been Christian for decades and have never heard from God. Many churches don't equip the saints in mental prayer, and we have to deal with this problem late in the spiritual walk. That's ok. There is no time like the present to start trying to connect with God.<br />
<br />
But what if I don't hear God? That's ok! Just relax and take your time with this. I call this priming the pump. Praying to God requires a lot of work on our end, in patience and consistency. Never be frustrated. When you connect with God, listen for the quiet and the peace. This is Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that I am God. Quiet and stillness is typically a very good indicator that your call went through. If some parts don't want to cooperate, just work with the parts who do. It's usually the internal evangelism process that eventually reaches the hurting parts inside.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-77168729585509092812017-05-21T07:43:00.001-07:002017-10-01T16:10:55.986-07:00Connecting with God for Survivors of Severe TraumaThis is my equipping session from Remnant on May 13, 2017 for survivors of severe trauma who want to learn to connect with God in mental prayer. Having dissociative identity order (DID) can make it tough to still the mind and be in the presence of God. This is the workshop I gave to the In the Potter's Hands community group on stilling the faculties to listen for God.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtQumiLQOig" width="560"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
<br />
If the video is cropped off by the blog you can view it here:<br />
<br />
<a _blank="" href="https://youtu.be/LtQumiLQOig" style="color: blue;">Connecting with God - Youtube</a> <br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-63994900816969822402017-02-03T13:09:00.000-08:002017-02-03T13:51:41.252-08:00A Little Background Before We Dive In<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91qj2Q6pBWvjeArsdeZGf4d-zLCPA5s9sl5XezDxAn9KGINJPNHtesvrfEc6SJNsZjPBNfL_kQeEMwj1bWbLbf8orJqQ-J3JzcHR07VnupUzxsturbXwkjpx8KpxRX9uBmMI4hUq5Vpk/s1600/Night+Strike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91qj2Q6pBWvjeArsdeZGf4d-zLCPA5s9sl5XezDxAn9KGINJPNHtesvrfEc6SJNsZjPBNfL_kQeEMwj1bWbLbf8orJqQ-J3JzcHR07VnupUzxsturbXwkjpx8KpxRX9uBmMI4hUq5Vpk/s200/Night+Strike.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
Back in 2007, when God started my spiritual warfare ministry (notice how I phrased that), I had no idea what deliverance ministry was. Long story short (covered in <a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a>), I found myself several months later on the streets of San Francisco, doing homeless ministry, through Bob Johnson's City Ministries, Night Strike on Friday nights. My very first night on a Night Strike, I was in the Tenderloin with my team, led by husband and wife, Wayne and Diane. Also on our small team were, Matthew (aka Hollywood) whom would stay on with me later as a key Night Strike member, and Mark, who was the youth pastor, from Harvest Christian Church (but has since moved on).<br />
<br />
On the streets, we encountered a homeless woman, I handed her some warm soup and started talking with her. I asked her if she would like for me to pray with her. She took a sip of her soup and replied, "Oh, sure. That would be nice."<br />
<br />
As I started praying with her, the woman's body started to tremble and shake violently. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head, and she fell to the ground in an unconscious state. Diane, Mark, and I kneeled down next to the woman as she continued to shake on the filthy sidewalk. Diane prayed over her to bind the demonic presence, and the spirit hissed at her. I reached down and touched her ankle to pray with Diane. The spirit growled at me, "You're F-ing burning me! Don't touch me." Diane prayed some more. This was my first night in spiritual warfare training, and I was now knee deep in what the Christians call a deliverance prayer battle. It wasn't taking place on Holy grounds, like in the movies, it was taking place on a dirty, stinking side-walk. I could tell by the look on Mark's face - that this was a FIRST for him as well.<br />
<br />
I moved my hand from the woman's ankle and touched her shoulder to pray. The spirit hissed at me again as I touched her, "You're burning me." Diane continued in prayer and tried to reach the tormented soul, but it wouldn't come up. The soul was rejecting the help of the Holy Spirit so stopped praying over the woman and moved on. We saw her an hour later, walking down the street like the event never occurred.<br />
<br />
I just wanted to share that testimony, because my baptism into spiritual warfare, was anything but ordinary. Anything I have from my first year on Night Strike was always over the top. People in the church body would always tell me I was heading into deliverance ministry. But most of my experiences were anything but what was written about in popular deliverance books of the time. I never felt I was meant for deliverance ministry, but for something much darker, whatever that ministry was to be. I believe the book, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare covered everything I needed to know about deliverance and I moved on to deeper and darker waters not long after I published that book.<br />
<br />
Night Strike was a huge training ground for me as well as a great ministry for equipping others. The team members that comprised the Night Strike ministry teams got training that no school of supernatural ministry could ever provide. We dealt with everything from addiction and illnesses, broken bones healed, I think there was even a case of miraculous healing with HIV through prayer. We dealt with our share of demons and satanic angels. It was all over the map. It was a time and moment, where the Holy Spirit just showed his students everything. It was an incredible time in my life, that door has opened and long since closed. The Holy Spirit directed me to new areas of ministry during some incredible equipping seasons. In some of these training seasons, I was shown the occult in different parts of the world, and how the local pastors dealt with that in their region. These parts of the world include the countries, of Ethiopia, Guyanna South America, Haiti, Vietnam, and Cambodia.<br />
<br />
What I didn't know is that my journey would take me into the controversial areas of Christianity, exorcism. This ministry wasn't an elected choice for me -rather, I ended up here. God places you where he wants you. The Holy Spirit took me to this point in my spiritual life in baby steps. Even though I was protected through His covering and training, I was still exposed to the powers of darkness and what they are capable of doing in sifting a man. I have seen my finances wiped out, my marriage violently shaken to the core, and too many other things to describe. The levels of oppression during attacks are off the chart. Furthermore, during these attacks, God puts a supernatural burden on you to pray for those he assigns to you for help. This is why only those who are delegated by the Holy Spirit should go into this ministry. God assigns it to you. You don't request it. Nor would you want to request it if you knew what was involved. I know there are a few of my Catholic friends have a hard time gripping the notion there are Protestant exorcists. Not all the Catholics, but there are a few. For me, it is difficult as well, explaining, a Pentecostal exorcism, which is not low-level deliverance prayer, is different, from the Roman Catholic Rite of Exorcism. Both deal with higher level demons and satanic angels.<br />
<br />
What has significantly changed in my life through these trials has been the ever growing deeper connections with Jesus Christ. Many people ask me about the occult and what I know. It doesn't matter about what you know, it's about WHO YOU KNOW! During the deepest, most horrible sifting and tribulations, can you still connect with Jesus Christ? These battles, no matter how dark, are all about faith and the promises of the one who will deliver you from evil. What is a Pentecostal Exorcist? Someone that connect with God during deep heavy warfare and no matter how bad the attacks (and they're really nasty!), have the faith that there will be victory. When I work with people under attack, the first thing I do is work with them on their interior life and connecting with Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior. A lot of my roots of where I am at now came from the lessons in human compassion I learned on the streets as Night Strike member and then it's leader. Bob Johnson and Mark Neitz sowed a lot into me (prophetic and healing ministry). This was an education I couldn't get from anywhere else. Don't even think I would have gotten a better one if I were sent off to the Vatican for this ministry.<br />
<br />
At times I feel like I am a lone sheep dog guarding the flock. This isn't a ministry for those seeking recognition. In the Protestant side of the church, this ministry is ridiculed, partly because there is a huge lacking in practical application warfare in seminary training. This is not part of the piece of paper Ph.D. receives when they graduate Bible college. Exorcism has been severely stigmatized for numerous reasons.,<br />
<br />
1. The Western church doesn't believe in the existence of the Biblical angel titled Satan. They believe in the watered down -devil.<br />
2. Satan has infiltrated the consumer market in deliverance material and deceived the church into believing they can battle him with spiritual authority. We are lesser than angels.<br />
3. Exorcism has been stigmatized by the media by insane people grossly hurting or killing those in an exorcism.<br />
4. The Protestant church tends to ridicule exorcism and believes that low-level deliverance is all that is necessary for all spiritual battles. <br />
5. The Western church believes that exorcism solely is a ministry of the Catholic Church (which it pretty much is at this point).<br />
6. Non-Catholic exorcists are entering the ministry who don't belong in it. A certificate on the Internet doesn't hold up against the forces of darkness. Beware of the charlatans!<br />
<br />
When is exorcism necessary? Usually when you're dealing with the occult. Usually. People and children can also be possessed as a chastizement for their generations of lack of respect to God (generational iniquity and occult practices). The focus of this ministry is to bring inner healing to severely demonically afflicted souls. Being oppressed, or having bad luck in finances, or having a dysfunctional family, are NOT the reasons to seek out the ministry of exorcism.<br />
<br />
Ok. I meant to focus on talking about Deliverance and D.I.D., but for some reason, in the spirit, it was necessary to give some background of why I say things and where I am coming from. I have seen warfare from different aspects and different levels. I have seen the true evil the enemy is capable of doing to people. Perhaps, the true purpose of this is to give you a feel of when I make comments here, the theology, and practical applications come from the trenches. I also need to mention through the years and seasons, GOD sent me some incredible mentors. I didn't seek them out. The Holy Spirit provided them and placed them into my life.<br />
<br />
So next blog entry, I promise, we'll discuss Deliverance and D.I.D. For some reason, I needed to clear the air on where I have been and how I got here.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-50641960883965595762017-01-30T14:41:00.000-08:002017-10-01T16:07:35.696-07:00Prophetic Ministry and Fractured Souls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeSo-4s98FhCZvir_LwbsvD5ZUeZq20ie_tpQ2PO3aFK9Y4dQCHAFJbvJH5AC8FWOP40Ni4zjeG5c1qsX2C63HzEXaBNeqpAedjdpTejZVoypx_szUQsr4gTlmp_ZfTT56WGt7oYVZzM/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeSo-4s98FhCZvir_LwbsvD5ZUeZq20ie_tpQ2PO3aFK9Y4dQCHAFJbvJH5AC8FWOP40Ni4zjeG5c1qsX2C63HzEXaBNeqpAedjdpTejZVoypx_szUQsr4gTlmp_ZfTT56WGt7oYVZzM/s200/images.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
In this installment, I would like to address a situation I have witnessed far too many times now in my counseling sessions with survivors of severe trauma and ritual abuse. Souls that are struggling with Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D.), what I refer to as a fractured soul, can have what is called a Christian host. That is a primary presenter, in the multiple identity fabric of consciousness that is saved and has a spiritual life. Because dissociation occurs in children who experience prolonged trauma in their childhood stages of development. Some identities in the system, when the person is an adult, tend to have a Christian host that is seeking healing from Jesus, and deep inside the consciousness of the soul, there are also parts that hate Jesus and want nothing to do with Him. This duplicity exists for two primary reasons, one the child may have called out to Jesus for help when the trauma was occurring and received no help, or two, a false Jesus was involved in ritual abuse trauma. So there are some very angry children parts or identities inside these individuals, that need counseling and spiritual direction, to walk them out of their repetitive cycle of trauma. These souls can be at church on a Sunday morning, trying to praise and worship God, while another tormenting inner struggle is going on for parts being angry at Jesus and wanting to walk out of the church. Some ritual abuse survivors are programmed to vehemently reject any teaching regarding Jesus. Sorry for the long introduction, but I want to paint an initial picture of what I would like to address next - Christians prophesying and doing deliverance on fractured souls.<br />
<br />
Let’s address Christians prophesying over fractured souls first. I need to reinforce the fundamental concept here that there are fractured parts of the soul that are angry at Jesus. Jesus can and does heal these parts over a period of time. He walks them out of this torment to heal them. Jesus does not instantaneously heal fractured souls. Why? Because Jesus honors free will of the soul even in a fractured soul. When you accepted Jesus, He wooed you and pursued your heart. This is the same thing he does for fractured souls. When a well-meaning Christian prophesies over a fractured person that Jesus will instantaneously heal them, or bring full healing in a year, this is not from God but from the soul. It aligns biblically, but it is not how Jesus heals. By the way, in my prophetic training, it was taught as a faux pas to tell someone that they would be healed in a certain amount of time. As we work with fractured souls, we would love to know a faster way for healing, but so far, it has always been at the pace Jesus sets. Each session is a supernatural session for counseling where we see healing. However, my worst sessions of counselling are when a D.I.D. soul comes to me and is in torment because of a word prophesied to them at a Sunday evening prophetic meeting or conference. The parts that are angry and pop up in the session are the ones who fear being forcefully removed by Jesus because someone delivered a soul-ish prophetic word of instant miraculous healing. The identity is slowly turning to Jesus but hasn’t decided yet to make Him their Lord and Savior.<br />
<br />
And boom!<br />
<br />
Now they think Jesus is going to violate their free will. These souls won’t easily release the prophecy and will obsess over it. I have had some souls I worked with who have obsessed, for decades, over untrue prophetic words from famous conference speakers in the prophetic. It’s not the fault of the prophetic minister because they don’t know the person is D.I.D. If you know someone is struggling with D.I.D., refrain from giving them a prophetic word on healing. This is one way Satan uses the gifts of the church to cause damage on a fractured soul. My prophetic words are simple, Jesus loves the part, and He is proud how strong the parts are. A D.I.D.-der will even push you for a prophetic word. Remember, these soul fractures are still children. They must have proper spiritual direction to learn to hear God for them self. And by that, I mean able to read the word and hear the gentle urges of the Holy Spirit and know the indwelling voice of God. One D.I.D.der I work with has a 5 year Christian host presenter. This individual is in a charismatic church. The 5 year old has mimicked all the fake experiences they have witnessed during church service. It has been a difficult climb up a steep mountain to unteach this person that God is completely experiential in this manner. By this I mean visions and prophetic words from the Holy Spirit constantly. The healing has been hindered because this soul doesn’t understand how to connect with God on the simplest basis. The soul is in a state of fabricating false spiritual experiences. <br />
<br />
If you are working with a trauma survivor, avoid the charismatic prophetic words. These are fractured souls of children in an adult and they don’t know how to process bad prophetic words. To them, they think Jesus has forsaken them because they were bad. Which, spins the wheels of healing backwards in ministry session and counseling. I don’t know how many times I have shared this with families I work with of the severely traumatized, and they still don’t get the message. A D.I.D.-der needs to stay in an almost spiritually sterile environment as they heal. Prophesying over an unsaved part puts a mantle on them that they’re not ready for. It sets back the healing. I have had big guns from the prophetic speak over fractured souls, because the fractured person sought it out, or worse yet, their family members did, and we had to work to stabilize the internal damage that was done. I have worked with some individuals who weren’t even saved and families did this to them. I can understand the urgency, but also respect the process that Jesus uses. Jesus is going to heal the fractured soul and make them whole. But they must want it first. Pick up your mat and walk!<br />
<br />
When someone, whom you know is D.I.D., asks you to hear from God, direct them to hear from God on their own. When they learn to connect with God they can begin to hear internally, what are spiritual lies from the enemy, and what is truth about them and their healing. The goal is to make the soul better off in their healing. We can't comprehend all the internal dynamics that goes on with D.I.D., but one thing that has surfaced is that the enemy turns prophetic ministry against the healing soul.<br />
<br />
That's all for now...<br />
<br />
Like's like I will need to discuss deliverance with fractured souls in another segment. There was a lot of information on prophetic ministry alone, right here.
<br />
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike <br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcp0dOudu-dVBDo95fM6SPWip5tsehm0h8MoKJXDq_75f4H-MO-PIyPiLyxj1olIDuxdIx-G0hyzShPqKlWPDviIBLwaB_LHkIRWAg_Q786i0WjRcVOCRk-Dxg_dtMgdqnEBGUX66Mo0/s1600/AFG2ASW.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare/dp/0692889922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-1&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">paper back</a> - <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse.</i></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Advanced-Spiritual-Warfare-ebook/dp/B075FSNQ5V/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1504975942&sr=8-2&keywords=A+Field+Guide+to+Advanced+Spiritual+Warfare" style="color: red;" target="_blank">Kindle </a>- <b><i>A Field Guide to Advanced Spiritual Warfare - Deliverance, Exorcism, Healing the Effects of Ritual Abuse. (eBook)</i></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of the <i>ORIGINAL</i> - A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq6q036n9q-v0FPk31tsSooNusBmerKXl0qPRsrFEW4OFdSAbmk9k-sWFxjWtx-zzMLzd_U10gfwkT2K71TvxpHbqV97u9RX9VspEYV8RVko1I4keQvugRLocPBzrSYDhjqBPaj3Spyg/s1600/AFG2SW.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: red;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /><br />Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-31564366656870212952017-01-17T09:56:00.003-08:002017-01-22T16:58:42.672-08:00Interview with Laura Maxwell on Ritual Abuse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xqiZ9CGgaOYp3y37aUkbvBLZD7RXXm3kAyAf-JF1x-Yu3YeVaJP-kd3SODL_pra_6BXWelRz2_XeHqxgZ9zGNcMFdG958ahs15RBwgGenvQGVoQHeRdP3Pb5u3Gh07TkVtNMndMCwsU/s1600/lauramaxwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xqiZ9CGgaOYp3y37aUkbvBLZD7RXXm3kAyAf-JF1x-Yu3YeVaJP-kd3SODL_pra_6BXWelRz2_XeHqxgZ9zGNcMFdG958ahs15RBwgGenvQGVoQHeRdP3Pb5u3Gh07TkVtNMndMCwsU/s200/lauramaxwell.jpg" width="200" /></a>Last November I had the pleasure to be interviewed on <a href="https://ourspiritualquest.com/2016/12/01/%E2%99%AB-lauras-radio-guest-healing-of-sra-did-mk-ultra-michael-norton/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Laura Maxwell's radio show</a> - The Supernatural on Eternal Radio.<br />
<br />
Laura has an incredible ministry of reaching New Agers and spiritualists with the Gospel. I was interviewed for a Halloween show on the subject of Ritual Abuse and Mind Control. Laura is in Scotland, and it was an honor to be on this show.<br />
<br />
Laura did an incredible job of interviewing me on the subject matter. We actually had to do a second recording of the show because my mic wasn't recording. Go figure.<br />
<br />
There are audio problems with this youtube file. My mic is a lot louder than Laura's. I will fix the audio levels and re-post. But for now, here is a great primer on ritual abuse and mind control. - Thank you so much, Laura, for having me on. This is valuable information to get out to the public on this subject matter. It's a high-level view of the incredible inner healing and life changing ministry we are doing at In the Potter's Hands. <br />
<br />
The interview is posted below, but it can be found on the Laura Maxwell's blog, <a href="https://ourspiritualquest.com/2016/12/01/%E2%99%AB-lauras-radio-guest-healing-of-sra-did-mk-ultra-michael-norton/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Healing of PTSD, SRA, DID, and MK Ultra: Michael Norton</a>.<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/any79YJXR-o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<br />
Well, that's enough for now. Hope this was beneficial.<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Mike<br />
<br />
<br />
Get your very own copy of A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare!<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><b><u><a href="http://www.fieldguidetospiritualwarfare.com/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare - the Power to PULL the IMPOSSIBLE from the HEAVENLY REALMS</a></u></b></span>Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-38569333708000487682016-12-13T20:44:00.001-08:002016-12-15T09:18:34.487-08:00Christmas: Theology of the Virgin Birth of Jesus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4Puav-DZDqPoCvqN7BYacwCPfFm7Vds8bkVSPMVE8jSMcJW2w81wLC9MUMbWdr6_l1L0o_lTRiRakxkTNOt_euvFGTFJB2wMaVizuDi2QeQZpYJupiYMKnV0lx9BuLUDJzjpLk4hAVc/s1600/holy-spirit-window.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4Puav-DZDqPoCvqN7BYacwCPfFm7Vds8bkVSPMVE8jSMcJW2w81wLC9MUMbWdr6_l1L0o_lTRiRakxkTNOt_euvFGTFJB2wMaVizuDi2QeQZpYJupiYMKnV0lx9BuLUDJzjpLk4hAVc/s200/holy-spirit-window.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
I
have had the incredible opportunity this year to be a guest on several
radio shows. I noticed a trend while doing these radio shows that most
people were inquiring more about Jesus and His background than asking me
about spiritual warfare questions. Was Jesus God incarnate? The quick
answer is yes. And the long answer is I can write volumes on this
theology. But if I do that I will put you to sleep, or I will lose you
altogether. I had some one-on-one time with Jesus in my car, during my
commute, about how to answer this question. Was Jesus God incarnate, or
just a man?<br />
<br />
As I had this commute conversation with
Jesus (called mental prayer), the interior discussion led to wrapping my thoughts around the theology of the virgin birth of Jesus. Now hold on, We'll get through
this! What I wanted was the shortest approach to answering if Jesus was
God incarnate. Apparently, this was the answer I received during mental
prayer. The Virgin Birth is the theology that the Holy Spirit was the
divine method of Mary's pregnancy, and no human DNA from an earthly
father. The facts are in the Bible, I will point out a few to put you on
the right trail to answer this question for yourself.<br />
<br />
First
of all, we must examine the history of man to arrive at the conclusion
of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. By this I mean we must return
to the Garden of Eden, the cradle of creation. In the Garden of Eden,
God created man, Adam, and His wife, Eve (Bible Study: Genesis 2). In
the Garden of Eden, God provided everything for Adam and Eve, all they
had to do was cultivate the food from the plants in the Garden. God
commanded that Adam and Eve not eat from a tree in the center of the
garden, the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.<br />
<br />
One day
in the garden, Satan either possessed a creature called a serpent or
appeared as the serpent. We don't know all the facts here. Either way,
it was Satan who appeared to Eve and deceived her to eat from the
forbidden tree and gain the forbidden knowledge of gods. She was
deceived into lusting for this knowledge and power. She ate from the
tree (Bible Study: Genesis 3). Her husband Adam then ate from the tree.
Both now were in complete rebellion to God for disobeying His command
not to eat from the tree. They committed sin. Sin is the deliberate and
free will disobeying of God's commands. The devil didn't make them do
it. They caved into their own lusts and went against the will of God. Up
to this point in history, they were free of sin. This event marked the
fall of man. When man sinned, he became cursed. There is a lot that
happened in this curse. In Genesis 2, Adam held legal rule over the
earth. This legal rule was in place as long as man obeyed God. When Adam
and Eve sinned, they surrendered their legal dominion over to Satan.
And from there on all mankind was subjugated to Satan. A spiritual,
legal transaction happened here. God vowed to restore the legal rule and
restore mankind by sending His seed, His offspring, to crush the head
(legal rule) of Satan. However, all mankind is born under the curse from
the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. This is called the curse of the
original sin (Bible Study: Romans 5;12). It is what makes mankind's natural propensity to lean to
do what is evil rather than what is right.<br />
<br />
In order to
crush Satan's head (headship, rule), the seed of the Heavenly Father
would have to come with some legal bloodlines of kings.<br />
<span class="text Gen-3-15" id="en-NASB-71" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">15 </span></span><br />
<i>15 And I will put enmity</i><br />
<i> Between you and the woman,</i><br />
<i> And between your seed and her seed ;</i><br />
<i> He shall bruise you on the head, </i><br />
<i> And you shall bruise him on the heel.” </i><br />
<i>Genesis 3:15 ( all references are NASB)</i><br />
<br />
The bloodline
was established through King David (Bible Study: Jeremiah 33:14-15).
Now we know from the Bible that Jesus' earthly father had the bloodline
of King David's son, King Solomon, which carried the legal line of
kings to the throne. Jesus' mother, Mary, was a descendant of King
David's son, Nathan. Both Joseph (Luke 1:26) and Mary (Luke 3:23-28) were direct descendants of
King David.<br />
<br />
Now, why couldn't Joseph be the seed of
Jesus? There are two reasons, and both are nasty curses. One, all
mankind is born under the curse of original sin. Which means if Jesus
father was Joseph, his bloodline at conception would be tainted with the
curse of the original sin from the fall of the first Adam.<br />
<br />
<i>23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,</i><br />
<i>Romans 3:23</i><br />
<br />
The seed of Jesus had to come from outside cursed DNA. And the
only place to find pure DNA was from the creator Himself. Jesus' DNA had
to come from elsewhere. That elsewhere is the Holy Spirit, the one who
breathes life into existence. Second, there was another curse, by God, in
Joseph's which forbid anyone from his bloodline to ever sit on the
throne of David (Bible Study: Jeremiah 22:30). This canceled Joseph's bloodline from fathering kings. However, his bloodline possessed
the spiritual headship for carrying on a line of kings. They just
couldn't be from his own bloodline. A very interesting conundrum!<br />
<br />
The only viable option for bypassing these two curses was for supernatural intervention. We know from Matthew that the conception of Jesus required the miracle from God, and the bloodline of kings from David.<br />
<br />
<i>20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.21 She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” </i><br />
<i>Matthew 1:20-21</i><br />
<br />
The Gospel of Matthew establishes that Joseph, with the title son of David, was of the direct Davidic lineage to the throne, from King Solomon. This is also established in the genealogy found in the beginning of Matthew 1. The conception of the child in Mary was through the miracle of the Holy Spirit. God became incarnate through the virgin Mary's womb. The miracle child, Jesus is the promise of God,<br />
<br />
<i>22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” 24 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.</i><br />
<i>Matthew 1:22-25</i><br />
<br />
God's promise originates back to Genesis 3:15.<br />
<br />
Keep in mind that Mary
also carried the direct bloodline of King David, through David's son
Nathan. But Mary's lineage did not carry the legal headship like
Joseph's did. We also know that Mary was a righteous young woman,
possibly 14-16 years of age. Her desire for God pre-ordained her for the
mission she was about to be drafted in to. She also had to be an exemplary Old testament Saint. She was righteous in the eyes of God and a virgin.<br />
<br />
<i>30 The angel (Gabriel) said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” </i><br />
<i>Luke 1:30-32</i><br />
<br />
Mary was a virgin and favored in the eyes of the Lord. Joseph, too, was highly favored and righteous. However, his blood line was tangled with spiritual legalities. Joseph had two curses against him (original sin and direct curse on his bloodline), and Mary had one
(original sin). Joseph couldn't be the earthly father because of his
curses. Even if Joseph only had the original curse against him he still couldn't be the father of the redeemer. The redeemer had to have the DNA from outside of mankind (outside of the original curse from the Fall in the Garden of Eden). The
bloodline of the first Adam was forever contaminated. Jesus was the
second Adam, who bloodline was free from original sin. The Holy Spirit
provided the seed into the righteous young woman.<br />
<br />
<i>34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God. </i><br />
<i>Luke 3:34-35</i><br />
<br />
We know that the Holy
Spirit breathes life into existence. Mary being a righteous woman submitted to God's will. We know full well the society backlash she perceived would fall upon her, and yet,<br />
<br />
<i> 38 And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. </i><br />
<i>Luke 3:38</i><br />
<br />
Mary submitted fully to the will of God.<br />
<br />
The Holy Spirit has the power to
resurrect the dead as well as has the power of all creation. It was in this manner that Jesus, the Redeemer ( a
slave trade term meaning to purchase from a slave master) of man, was
conceived and born in the womb of Mary. The headship of King David was passed on through
Joseph, to his son Jesus Christ. The bloodline of David was passed on to
Jesus through His mother, Mary. The prophecy was fulfilled. The second
Adam, Jesus came to earth, to live the life that first Adam failed at (Bible Study: Romans 5:12-21).
Jesus led a sinless, holy life, which was pre-destined for Him to go to
the cross and defeat Satan. At the cross, Jesus crushed the headship and
redeemed mankind. In order for Jesus to be the redeemer of mankind He had to come into this world as both God and man. Jesus Christ was the Son of God. A savior is born from the bloodline of kings. The King of kings.<br />
<br />
This, in a nutshell, is the
background to the theology of the Virgin Birth. You'll notice there is a
lot more to this than what I presented. In fact, there are 66 books
written on this subject matter. But I tried to condense it all down for
you to see here. This is "lite" theology addition. I included Bible
references in this on where to go back and read and study. I hope this
helps you understand background to the virgin birth and what the
theology behind it is. Jesus is the creator of the universe (Bible
Study: John 1, Colossians 1:16).<br />
<br />
Merry Christmas to All!!!<br />
<br />
Blessings<br />
<br />
Rev. Michael Norton<br />
M16 Ministries<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870943702904495244.post-47465902629145220042016-11-03T10:27:00.003-07:002016-11-03T18:27:23.711-07:00Connecting with God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTruM4MIo1tnkpsD6BFDpXGaCIWdlXBsERQq172vrDMmucDatrBj8YIs9sQeiz9jfc1CXRjuXocT8f4-tao-4iNjcq6bk36xjO3OZD2cOV4t00qnSpDoDO2wp4rvMPa3lH7bICwBvyuY/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTruM4MIo1tnkpsD6BFDpXGaCIWdlXBsERQq172vrDMmucDatrBj8YIs9sQeiz9jfc1CXRjuXocT8f4-tao-4iNjcq6bk36xjO3OZD2cOV4t00qnSpDoDO2wp4rvMPa3lH7bICwBvyuY/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div>
As a Christian counselor in the San Francisco Bay area, I have the pleasure of working with people who survived childhood trauma. In counseling sessions, we work on inner healing to help heal the part of the soul that was wounded or in more severe cases fractured into multiple identities in consciousness. During these sessions, Jesus Christ is the one who brings healing to the wounded soul. My job as a counselor and spiritual director is to work with these souls and identities connect with Jesus.<br />
<br />
From these sessions, I have observed a growing trend where souls are not able to connect with the indwelling Jesus. Why I find this startling is because a lot of these souls are people I worked with at one point or another in evangelistic outreach ministries. This observation was curious to me that these souls could do prophetic ministry and yet not hear God for themselves. How is that these people could hear from God for others, but not connect with God at all on a very subtle level? In charismatic circles, that I frequent, I went through training like most of these people. I could connect with God before I entered into this training, so dialing in on hearing God was not an issue. As I lead outreaches, I started sifting out team members, because I came across the fake it until you make it ministers. A trend with the fake it until you make is that they're very big on sharing with you these over the top spiritual experiences with visions and the angelic, which you could discern were over glorified spiritual fishing stories. Not that I deny these happen, I am skeptical of the authenticity because of the source and the degree of exaggeration.<br />
<br />
This realization started leading me full circle back to the counseling sessions. What was going on? Was the charismatic church abandoning the subtle connecting with God for interior spiritual development and seeking experiences instead? I also noticed that a few people I had worked with in Night Strike ministry, where we had witnessed first-hand supernatural healing on the streets with homeless, had backslided spiritually once they were away from the ministry. This was because there was nothing to feed their experience seeking nature. Seeking experiences is a bad foundation for your spirituality. Build your foundation on rock and not sand!<br />
<br />
I was seeing another trend where those seeking supernatural experiences were incapable of fighting simple battles in their soul. And seeking out deliverance ministers for battles they should have fought and won easily. It wasn't just the charismatics, I worked with people who were stout disciples of staunch baptists where miracles died with the apostles. These souls had their bible verses ingrained, but were a literal walking punching bag to the enemy. I was dealing with two sides of the fence, the charismatic side that was afraid to admit they couldn't connect with God, and the doctrinal side that believed connecting with the unseen real God was very New Age.<br />
<br />
I have witnessed first hand during a session teaching to connect with God where the training got derailed. In the session, we were to still our mind and listen for God. This class was a simple exercise where a lot of new Christians got to learn how to enter into mental prayer with God. In the middle of the stillness, one of the women leaders starts having orgasms of ecstasy. This false ecstasy completely shut down the equipping session, and I felt bad for the new people trying to learn mental prayer. Their first experience of connecting with God was now misrepresented with a false and grotesque experience of ecstasy by the leader of the training session. --I bolted from the session and never returned. Those newbies in that session who may have truly connected to His peace probably believed that wasn't a real experience.<br />
<br />
In counseling, I find myself undoing a lot of the false experiential doctrines now. In these sessions, I have also taken on the role of spiritual direction. One of the common problems I encounter in working with souls to connect with God is that they immediately slip into their spiritually conditioned teachings, where connecting with God is a profound experience with the Holy Spirit, seeing angels, or having a profound spiritual vision. These consistent experiences are not connecting with God. Rather they are a trained environmental response to what an experience should be like. I am not discounting the supernatural, it does happen, and it happens under the grace of God. What I am honing in on is the repitious experinces that people seek and invoke in these experience seeking settings.<br />
<br />
It is from these experiences that people by pass the most important experience of all, the soul connecting with the indwelling Jesus. The soul must connect with Jesus for sanctification and the transforming union. The soul must connect with Jesus in spiritual warfare and to tear down strongholds. Connecting with Jesus is very sublime, and not an experience of ecstasy at all. It is very subtle, and these are not urges of the Holy Spirit I am talking about. This is simply connecting. Stilling the mind, and either meditating on scripture, or simply feeling the peace from the presence of the God who lives in you. This is where you develop you certainty with your soul that God will deliver you through tribulation. It is through these connections with Jesus that you find peace in the storm. It is practicing the presence of the unseen real God. Sometimes God is very quite and doesn't say anything to me. It's kind of like when a husband and a wife sit on a park bench at the beach. They may not say a word to each other, but still the event is relationally deep. The two are spending quite time with each other and just relishing in their moment together. That's a lot what connecting with God is like.<br />
<br />
What I have observed through counseling is that the church is all over the map on this. And seems like there are a lot fewer who can connect with God than those who can. We have been chasing the experience and ignoring the bridegroom. In counseling, I work with people who have wounded souls and people with mutliple identities (dissociative identity disorder- D.I.D.). Those with D.I.D. who we took the time to develop an interior prayer life with started having deeper sessions in healing - because they knew how to connect with God. This took a lot of work and time in sessions. It wasn't something that happened miraculously. We just took baby steps and met Jesus exactly where the soul was at in these sessions. Above all, there was no expectations on how far along the soul should be in these sessions. It was all under the control of the indwelling Jesus. Bring Jesus' presence into the session also brings His healing.<br />
<br />
When I work with people to learn to connect with God, I have them start with psalm 46:10. Meditate on that scripture. Still your mind and just relax. It is quiet, and you are on the road to learning to connect with Jesus. Be sure to tune into what you experience. God connects to each and every one of us in unique ways. Jesus is very gentle and peaceful. It takes time to build a relationship. Just make the time to connect with Him. Over time you will learn to constantly feel His presence, even though you may be having a bad day. As you build the relationship you will learn to hear his voice and how he talks to you.<br />
<br />
The question is, are you capable being in the presence of the unseen real God? Do you know how to get to Him?<br />
<br />Michael Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17441781786990205227noreply@blogger.com0