Today I watched Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural" and his guest was Steve Foss. It was one of the most revealing shows I've ever watched.. I recommend you watch it several times. Basically, he says that he found himself caught up in a vision, and saw a highschool... And He was Binding, and Rebuking all of the demons that he saw, their names were on them... Most are common for highschool students... Drugs, Rage, Lust, Depression... But he said that everytime he would fight against them, it was like they were blown back, but then came back full force... They were connected to two large tentacles, that came out of both sides of the Highschool... And he realized that this was where these demons got their strength... He prayed, he says, for about 40 minutes, because these demons didn't have a name... Finally, he says, God showed him their names, which were in their roots, under the ground... The first was Insecurity, and the other was Inferiority... It's an amazing revelation, because I realize from past experience, most of the sins that I have knowingly done, stemmed either from Insecurity, or Inferiority...
You can watch the episode Here.
If you check out Steve Foss's website, he also offers courses on Discipleship... They seem pretty cool.
Matt
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of god may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
First verse memorized, in a very long time <3
I'm not the best studier.
Praise God.
First verse memorized, in a very long time <3
I'm not the best studier.
Praise God.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Mens Ramp 2009
Mens Ramp 2009 was amazing. I learned so much about who God expects me to be as a man. I'd never jumped so much in my life.. The Worship was awesome.. Eddie James was there, and Chosen had Dramas. Dutch Sheets, and Damon Thompson were the main preachers. I made a vow to wake up every morning an hour earlier, so I could spend 30 minutes reading the word, and 30 minutes talking to God. He named it the 30.30 Club. Go Figure.
Matt
Matt
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Praise God!
I was on my knees the other night, actually praying to God that he would give me a chance to advance his kingdom here on earth. I said Amen, and got up and was about to get into bed, when I received an instant message from a friend of mine.
He started off by telling me how depressed he was, and how he just didn't want to wake up in the morning. I kinda got the feeling that he was suicidal. It really bothered me to see him in this shape. He was home on leave from the military, and his ex-girlfriend wouldn't let him see his babies. I was afraid he was going to kill himself. As far as I know, he's never been a very religious person.
Well, I told him what the lord had done in my life, and told him that he could do the same for him. I told him that he could take away the depression out of his life, and that if God could change the hearts of Kings, he could change the heart of a young woman.
I put up some scriptures for him to read on the internet, that have helped me (they're still up right here), and talked to him for about 4 hours... I pointed him to a program on Sid Roth about my cousin Rick Madison (here), and ultimately at the end, led him in the sinners prayer.
God is so amazing. I give him praise, honor, and glory, for letting my friend get saved.
Until next time,
Matt
He started off by telling me how depressed he was, and how he just didn't want to wake up in the morning. I kinda got the feeling that he was suicidal. It really bothered me to see him in this shape. He was home on leave from the military, and his ex-girlfriend wouldn't let him see his babies. I was afraid he was going to kill himself. As far as I know, he's never been a very religious person.
Well, I told him what the lord had done in my life, and told him that he could do the same for him. I told him that he could take away the depression out of his life, and that if God could change the hearts of Kings, he could change the heart of a young woman.
I put up some scriptures for him to read on the internet, that have helped me (they're still up right here), and talked to him for about 4 hours... I pointed him to a program on Sid Roth about my cousin Rick Madison (here), and ultimately at the end, led him in the sinners prayer.
God is so amazing. I give him praise, honor, and glory, for letting my friend get saved.
Until next time,
Matt
Thursday, September 3, 2009
God's Blessings
Well, if any of you know me, you know that over the past few weeks (ever since I contacted someone, and asked them to pray for my family and I), my computer has been giving me an insane amount of trouble. It got to the point that I couldn't even plug in my Ipod without getting the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death".
I've been praying that God would fix my computer, because he only knows that I don't have the means to have it fixed, or the knowledge to fix it myself.
So I took it back to Rent A Center, to have them send it back to the company, so that they could fix it and it'd be free of charge.
While I was in there, the man taking my computer payment, decided to show me a computer that he had in stock. This computer was not a Vaio.. It has a monitor, and a tower, in several different pieces. But the RAM in it is 6 GB, Vaio Had 4, this has 640 GB Hard Drive Space, compared to the 320 GB hard drive space my Vaio had.
I thought "Wow." Well, the computer itself is cheaper, and the payments will be less per month, and it'll end up costing 1,000$ less than the computer I was buying originally. As an added bonus, he took all the payments that I've made on my Vaio, and put them towards this one.
Ain't God Good?
Matt
I've been praying that God would fix my computer, because he only knows that I don't have the means to have it fixed, or the knowledge to fix it myself.
So I took it back to Rent A Center, to have them send it back to the company, so that they could fix it and it'd be free of charge.
While I was in there, the man taking my computer payment, decided to show me a computer that he had in stock. This computer was not a Vaio.. It has a monitor, and a tower, in several different pieces. But the RAM in it is 6 GB, Vaio Had 4, this has 640 GB Hard Drive Space, compared to the 320 GB hard drive space my Vaio had.
I thought "Wow." Well, the computer itself is cheaper, and the payments will be less per month, and it'll end up costing 1,000$ less than the computer I was buying originally. As an added bonus, he took all the payments that I've made on my Vaio, and put them towards this one.
Ain't God Good?
Matt
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Persecution for following Christ.
Today, I lost my first friend, because I told him that I was a follower Jesus. I hated to lose him as a friend, but I'm glad that if I have to lose friends, it would be for someone who loves me more than anyone else on this earth could possibly love me.
He said such things as, "Religion is stupid... there is no heaven, there is no hell, and God and the Devil do not exist." I will be praying for him, that God will show himself to him, and that he will show him how much that he loves him.
This makes me think of:
He said such things as, "Religion is stupid... there is no heaven, there is no hell, and God and the Devil do not exist." I will be praying for him, that God will show himself to him, and that he will show him how much that he loves him.
This makes me think of:
Psalm 139
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your spirit? or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, you are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to you. For you formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with you. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. For they speak against you wickedly; Your enemies take your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate you? And do I not loath those who rise up against? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
God knows us inside and out. He formed our inward parts, and covered us in our mothers womb. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, in the image of God.
My entire life, I've believed that everyone in this world hated me, including my own family. I met a prophetess at church.. She was in her 80's and she came up to me, and said:
"I felt something when I walked by you... You really love the Lord, don't you? Well the Lord tells me that you've spent the majority of your life believing that no one cares about you at all.. That You're just out floating along by yourself. But Jesus wants me to tell you that he does love you, and said "Do you know how much he loves you?? He loves you enough, that if you'd have been the only person in this world, he'd have still died on that cross, just so you might be saved."
This floored me. I'm not really the type of person that will just tell my feelings to anyone, and those problems and feelings I was having of being worthless, and everyone hating me, was not something that I'd have ever told anyone, and God used this lady to tell me how much he loves me.
That's what I want in my life... I want to sell out completely, and to give everything that is me to god. I want to make an exchange with him... All of me, for All of him. I want to be able to walk up to someone who has been mentally ill all of their lives, and pray for God's mercy to set them free from their mental illness.
I heard Damon Thompson say that he had a dream, that him and his son were walking through St. Judes Childrens Hospital, and his little boy walked into a room, and told the young boy laying there, that God told him to pray for him, and when he laid his hands on his head, and praying, the hair that had fallen out during his cancer treatment, just started growing, instantly.
God is raising up a Generation of people who have completely sold their lives to follow him so that the Sick will be healed, the dead will be raised, and chains binding people will just fall to the floor.
Father, I pray in the name of Jesus, that you would set me free from all of the things that are holding me back from having a true relationship with you, father. You are so good, and I am nothing. I'm not praying that I would be able to start a ministry that made its way to TV, nor to become a big name in Christian Ministry.. My prayer is, that you would use me to advance your kingdom, Father. I pray that you would use me for the advancement of your kingdom Lord. Bring good Christian people into my life, who will be my true friends, and will help me live a life of discipline. Father you know that I love you with all of my heart, and I ask that you would download the love that you have for your son Jesus, into my heart, so that my love for people would be equivalent to your love for your son Jesus.
In the Mighty name of Jesus,
Amen.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your spirit? or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, you are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to you. For you formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with you. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. For they speak against you wickedly; Your enemies take your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate you? And do I not loath those who rise up against? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
God knows us inside and out. He formed our inward parts, and covered us in our mothers womb. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, in the image of God.
My entire life, I've believed that everyone in this world hated me, including my own family. I met a prophetess at church.. She was in her 80's and she came up to me, and said:
"I felt something when I walked by you... You really love the Lord, don't you? Well the Lord tells me that you've spent the majority of your life believing that no one cares about you at all.. That You're just out floating along by yourself. But Jesus wants me to tell you that he does love you, and said "Do you know how much he loves you?? He loves you enough, that if you'd have been the only person in this world, he'd have still died on that cross, just so you might be saved."
This floored me. I'm not really the type of person that will just tell my feelings to anyone, and those problems and feelings I was having of being worthless, and everyone hating me, was not something that I'd have ever told anyone, and God used this lady to tell me how much he loves me.
That's what I want in my life... I want to sell out completely, and to give everything that is me to god. I want to make an exchange with him... All of me, for All of him. I want to be able to walk up to someone who has been mentally ill all of their lives, and pray for God's mercy to set them free from their mental illness.
I heard Damon Thompson say that he had a dream, that him and his son were walking through St. Judes Childrens Hospital, and his little boy walked into a room, and told the young boy laying there, that God told him to pray for him, and when he laid his hands on his head, and praying, the hair that had fallen out during his cancer treatment, just started growing, instantly.
God is raising up a Generation of people who have completely sold their lives to follow him so that the Sick will be healed, the dead will be raised, and chains binding people will just fall to the floor.
Father, I pray in the name of Jesus, that you would set me free from all of the things that are holding me back from having a true relationship with you, father. You are so good, and I am nothing. I'm not praying that I would be able to start a ministry that made its way to TV, nor to become a big name in Christian Ministry.. My prayer is, that you would use me to advance your kingdom, Father. I pray that you would use me for the advancement of your kingdom Lord. Bring good Christian people into my life, who will be my true friends, and will help me live a life of discipline. Father you know that I love you with all of my heart, and I ask that you would download the love that you have for your son Jesus, into my heart, so that my love for people would be equivalent to your love for your son Jesus.
In the Mighty name of Jesus,
Amen.
Christs Revealing Power
Yesterday, I had to go to the grocery store, to get some wormer for my Moms dog. Well I went directly to the pet supplies aisle, and found what I was looking for, and went back towards the front of the store to check out.
There was a black woman there, with a buggy full of groceries... She was about to check out. She told me that since I had one item, I could go ahead of her. The first thing that came into my mind (and almost out of my mouth) was, "Well that's mighty white of you."
I'm so glad I didn't say this, because it would have almost certainly offended the woman, and hurt her feelings. I would not consider myself racist.. I grew up with people of many different races, and race doesn't bother me. Before yesterday, I would have said that I wasn't racist at all.
I believe that God used this to show me that I do have a small amount of Racism in my heart. I wouldn't have thought of this, but God has shown me that there are a lot of things that I think, and feel, that are offensive to God.
He says that if you even have a lustful thought for a woman, you have committed adultery with her in your heart. That's insane. How many times through the day do we see someone and think "Wow." Even if that's all we think, that's enough.
Lord, I pray that you would take my mind, and transform it into yours.
There was a black woman there, with a buggy full of groceries... She was about to check out. She told me that since I had one item, I could go ahead of her. The first thing that came into my mind (and almost out of my mouth) was, "Well that's mighty white of you."
I'm so glad I didn't say this, because it would have almost certainly offended the woman, and hurt her feelings. I would not consider myself racist.. I grew up with people of many different races, and race doesn't bother me. Before yesterday, I would have said that I wasn't racist at all.
I believe that God used this to show me that I do have a small amount of Racism in my heart. I wouldn't have thought of this, but God has shown me that there are a lot of things that I think, and feel, that are offensive to God.
He says that if you even have a lustful thought for a woman, you have committed adultery with her in your heart. That's insane. How many times through the day do we see someone and think "Wow." Even if that's all we think, that's enough.
Lord, I pray that you would take my mind, and transform it into yours.
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