Inside The Enemies Camp

Music of Choice: In Jesus Name By Katy Nichole

My Dream: It seemed I was on vacation. I was walking with 3 other people to go into a meeting event. We were all carrying something in laundry baskets, including the people behind me and in front of me.  I couldn’t see the people in front of me because there was a gap between us, but I could hear the ladies behind me. One in particular was carrying a very heavy laundry basket full of stuff. I could tell it was heavy because she was complaining under her breath to the people next to her that the 3 of us, were holding her up. She said, “if only they knew” regarding this heavy load and her losing breath trying to carry it. Once we arrived, we were now in a narrow aisle and we took our places, you could hear her breathing hard. Her stuff was for this meeting: technical stuff, electrical stuff maybe. Just stuff.

At one point, I walked into a very large clean bathroom with very long narrow stalls. I was with a little girl that I wanted to have in the stall with me, but she was just at that age where she could stand outside of it but I felt that it was better to have her with me. She wasn’t listening very well. The stall was clean and I noticed that the white toilets were at the front of this long narrow stall, and nothing else was in the stall.

 

INTERPRETATION: Amanda Grace had a teaching last night on Spiritual Warfare (books mentioned: Dressed to Kill by Rick Rener and the Triumph Church by Pastor Kenneth Hagan). The Spiritual Realm is happening before it happens in the natural. 

“The Spirit realm is like the autobahn, there is no speed limit, it is constantly moving and it moves way faster than the natural realm. What happens in the spiritual manifests in the natural.” 

She taught from 2 Corinthians 2:11 “in fear of Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” A good soldier knows the devices that the enemy uses that threatens the USA. Although we know about the spiritual warfare, God still wants our attention on him and not become obsessive with the warfare. The one thing that Satan loves is when people magnify his power to a greater degree than what it deserves, “devil minded” and not what God is about to do, or is doing. Thoughts like, “The devil is behind everything, I mean everything that occurs.” 

This thought comes from thinking when you see a symbol (i.e. all seeing eye, etc.) that you know is a naughty devil one, you don’t wimp away and say, “well, the devil is involved there, which means I can’t use it then.” No, you have the power of the almighty God behind you and living inside you, YOU can move forward in the enemies camp and destroy his trenches with the equipment that the Father has given you.

A thought comes to my mind, “How can I serve You, Abba, in this environment so that others may see You and not the pretty face that the enemy has on these social-sites?”

She goes on to say that this makes a “paralysis of sorts and are afraid to make any move in life or creates a complete paranoia whose root is in fear. It is likely that they forgot to do their laundry.” She says that is like “you’re afraid to do the laundry because the clothes are dirty. But really, you have to do the laundry to get the clothes clean. So you can’t be afraid of the enemies devices [ie. Google blog, YouTube, all socials] and obsessive about it. It is like you’re obsessive about the dirty laundry but you have a bunch of clean ones that you put on!”

“This is the way the enemy can eliminate and neutralize you for being used mightily in the future for the Kingdom of God!” 

Mark16:17 “And these signs will follow those who believe in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues”. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ!”

“Whether or not believers are victorious over the devil, depends on what view you have of yourself!” Militant, defeated, or triumph – militant is battling a war that the Lord has and doing it on their own; defeated is where they aren’t seated in the authority Christ has given them and they are defeated from waring on their own; and triumph is found in Ephesians 1:3 [Redemption in Christ] “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 2:5-6 “even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”.

A triumph church knows, exercises, and utilizes their authority in Christ! Therefore, they reign victoriously in life through Christ over the devil and his demons! Know, exercise and utilize is you’re being active, putting in effort in this authority. Romans 5:17 “For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

The enemy has taken the mind captive and it’s become an unnecessary battlefield that the Lord wants to set free. Romans 12:1,2 “I beseech therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” It is vital that you know what the redemption in Christ has entitled you to, what does the Royal papers say about you! The enemy does not want you to know this, he doesn’t want you to know that you have the authority over him through the blood of Jesus Christ that died on the cross for you which means you can stomp out those little demons. And that’s what they are, little! The victory is YOURS!!

This is why Jesus came to this earth to set the captives free, 1 John 3:7,8 “Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

I love the dictionary from Noah Webster in 1828 because it describes the true definition of words and not the water down kind you have now days. (Fun fact: Did you know that Noah Webster was a born again Christian? Yep!) :Destroy: comes from the Greek word lyo - meaning break; loose; unloose; dissolve; put off; melt; break up; and break down. To loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened, like bandages of the feet, the shoes. To loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together: so to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act!

Melt stands out because this past weekend I went to a women’s conference where Wanda Alger was speaking. She dreamt that there was a woman looking for intimacy and love. She found it with a tall, dark, handsome man. She walks up to this man and started to kiss him but suddenly he blew a strong wind of cold over her and she became ice. Wanda could sense that Holy Spirit immediately was talking to us because she instructed us to stand up so that we could be prayed over. I don’t remember all of what she prayed except the important parts the Holy Spirit wanted me to remember. When she said that Holy Spirit blow heat onto you so the ice can melt away, I immediately started to get super hot and sweaty! Then she had us put our hand on our belly and invited Holy Spirit to fill us with the Lord’s heart. My stomach started to feel full and I went into a laughing fit. It was the most amazing feeling! I’ve had quite a few things happen supernaturally lately so I’m absolutely ready to receive what the Lord had for me on this day. All of what Amanda taught on last night spoke volumes to me because it just tied into what Wanda spoke over us!

Jesus came into this world to untie and unloose Satan’s power of binding over us! It was at the cross that Jesus untethered Satan’s chains over us. (Home - Untethered Ministries)  Acts 10:38-40 “…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly.”

 “In order to free people from demonic oppression we have to be sharpened by the Lord and learn to recognize the work of the enemy and how to triumph his attacks over the mind."

1 Peter 5:8,9 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 

:Sober: adjective [Latin sobrius] 1. Temperate in the spiritous liquors; habitually temperate; “as a sober man. Live a sober righteous and godly life.” 2. Not intoxicated or overpowered by spiritous liquors; not drunken. 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason. 4. Regular; calm; not under influence of passion; “as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.” 5. Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn. “What parts gay France from sober Spain? See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.” Sober as a verb transitive; to make sober; to cure of intoxication. “There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again.”  

:Vigilant: adjective [Latin. Vigilans.] Watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety. “Take your places and be vigilant”. You are not letting up or giving up and watching intently while marching forth! You are passionate and persevering.

The enemy is like a weed in your yard. If you aren’t on top of the first one, suddenly they have spread all over the yard. He gets the first one in the "mind-yard" and begins to slowly plant small seeds in your mind so that is why this verse is so important to remember to always stay vigilant: “Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” Matthew26:41. Once the enemy has the seed planted, he can then control and manipulate that person because you now believe this lie and you’re filtering all of life through this eye gate lie! This will further HIS interest and destroy your life at the same time destroying the plan for your life that God has for you. 

However, the word of God is our equipment! It is our weapon against these seeds that are planted. That is why it is so crucial to always be in the word. Turn off the cell phone for 30 minutes, read a chapter; or instead of watching a movie, open up 1 Kings and read through that, instead of going to the gym, use that time to praise and worship and allow the spirit to flow through you (i.e. jumping, dancing, etc.).

Rules of engagement and as you engage in spiritual warfare, you need to be aware that you are balanced. Taking control of the mind and crucifying the flesh so that the power of God can move. Also, being aware of sin and not willing to take care of it is like opening up the door to your home and allowing a predator to do whatever they desire to do to your home and you. You gave it access. This is why sometimes when something comes across my mind that isn’t of God, I say, “enemy you do not have VIP access in here anymore, scram!” This comes with obedience of being in the word of God and discipline of knowing the word and using it against the enemy with confidence that the Lord died on the cross for my sins.

The battlefield of the mind is like peeling an onion back. There are so many layers of lies that the enemy has been feeding you that unfortunately you have begun to believe so as you allow the Holy Spirit to do surgery on your mind, the layers of that onion start to be peeled back and are thrown away.

When the church was initially created to be after Pentecost, many of the similar things that are happening today, happened then. Nations were revolting, national boundaries were being lost, violence was in full force, entertainment in the form of violence was popular in the coliseum, and Rome was very close to a godless society filled with pagan foundations and belief. The government of Rome was attempting to unite the world through politics and economically. While this was happening the occult and paganism, the dark depths of it, was down right wicked and disturbing. 

When Nero reigned in Rome at this time and the payroll of Rome consisted of other occultic priests (i.e. mediums, occultists, witchcraft, astrologers and sorcerers) and the power that they were thriving off of was Satan who absolutely hated the church. The government hinged on what they had to say and their familiar spirits manipulating them, influenced Nero’s views and actions.  This is why Paul had his hands full when he entered Ephesus. Ephesus had been steeped like a bag of tea in the water for such a long time that it was overflowing out of the people! Satan used all of these things as his device to try and destroy the early church. The church was birthed in hostile environments just like the church of Ekklesia is being birthed in the enemies territory today! Satan hates this church so much because we have the power and authority through Christ which is way beyond measure to what the occultists, sorcerers, mediums, witches, and astrologers have! He is scrambling to hide this fact from the YOU.

Why was this so prominent for Satan to go after the church in this time when Nero was emperor? (1). Jesus Christ dying on the cross at Calvary, raised after the third day, made a public spectacle of the enemy both in the physical and spiritual. Completely embarrassing him all across the world that he had no power! So the enemy was furious because he was checkmated. This is why Jesus told the disciples, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves” Matthew10:16 NKJV. This explains all of the obstacles of life that I went through so I would be wise in the enemies camp, see what he is doing as he did to me, and utilize the tools Abba has given me and gentle approach as a dove but with the power of Holy Spirit striking the devil dead in his tracks. Deceive the deceiver! (2). The enemy does not play fair. The attack he uses often is to attack at its young state (new born Christians but of course most importantly children)! He destroys it to the point where it never grows up to the potential it was supposed to be. (3). The enemy knew that if the church grew, this would become an enormous problem for him and his agenda. It would be a force to be reckon with under the power of the Spirit of the Most High.

This is why that the scripture verse in James 4:7, it says, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Caution when you become successful, "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven" Luke 10:20.

:Resist: means verb transitive rezist’. [Latin. Resisto; re and sisto; to stand.] 1. Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to oppose. a dam or mound resists a current of water passively, by standing unmoved and interrupting its progress. An army resists the progress of an enemy actively, by encountering and defeating it. We resist measures by argument or remonstrance. 2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat or frustrate. 3. To baffle; to disappoint. Verb intransitive. To make opposition. 

You may think, “but Angie, that sounds very exhausting!” Absolutely, but sista, look, that is why this verse is so important, 2 Corinthians12:9,10, “And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient enough for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 

Also, sweet sister, don’t forget that this is where the importance of Ephesians 6:10-18 comes into action, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—.” 

The Lord has given us the sword of the spirit, His word which says in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ!” 

If we would just stop and look at what the early church did for us by believing that Christ gave them the authority and power through his resurrection, we wouldn’t be where we are today! We need to truly believe that we have the authority to move mountains not them moving us! We have the authority to cast out demons, not them casting us out! We have the authority to heal, not the enemy making us sick! We need to truly believe that Christ died for you and you are BORN in this authority! Stand up, young lady, get up and believe this for the time has come that we NEED YOU with us!  

:Captive: noun. 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; followed by to; as a captive to the victor. 2. One who is charmed or subdued by beauty or excellence; one whose affections are seized, or who is held by strong ties of love. 3. One who is ensnared by love or flattery, or by wiles. 2 Timothy 2:26 says, “…and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.” And meaning of captive is 4. A slave. Anciently captives were enslaved by their conquerors. But in modern times, they are not made slaves in Christian countries; and the word captive in a literal sense, rarely signifies a slave. Verb transitive is to take prisoner; to bring into subjection.  

You know, we are called to take every thought captive in obedience to the Lord so we can change the way of thinking against the devil by taking his lies, his manipulation thoughts captive and having it ruled against in the court of Law: the Word of God! The charges and justice will fall upon him who trapped you. 

This would make sense why I was so cold from the Nordic man blowing on me in the dream that Wanda Alger had this past weekend. It was pretty amazing because before I went, the Lord had said to me that Wanda was going to have a dream that would speak to you. I was excited because I had asked the Lord if He could have a word for me from someone there at the conference. Little did I know that not only was it going to set me free from being captive in ice, it was going to set a lot of the women there at the conference free, too. I was caught by the charm of this world and subdued by the beauty and the excellence of what it brought forth: money, fame, entertainment, and alcohol, that I was held by strong ties of this love! 

In 2 Timothy1:8, Paul says, “this charge I commit to you son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.” This is to encourage you to stay in the fight and to fight the good fight. James 4:1,2 “where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires or pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have, you murder and covet cannot obtain, you fight and war yet you do not have because you do not ask.” This means the war to resist the desires of the flesh which will grow spiritual worth and development. 

When you resist the enemy, and he flees from you because he is expending too many resources on you and not getting anywhere of significance. The Lord has equipped you better than you think to stand against the devices of the devil. The mind is key where the devil attacks. Your refusal to deal with it and ferment it begins to stink up the mind and that is where the enemy smells it and sees that it is a door that he can come in and start having a hay day. Satan likes garbage smells! My dad always says, "We don't need no stinking thinking girl!" He's right - No stinking thinking little lady!  

Warning: the devil studies you to find a weakness and that is why when you pray it is important to ask the Lord to release holy roaring angels to surround the mind, block, abort, and remove any dark agents of the enemy, principalities, entities, or dominion so that you may be able to have a clear mind. Over time you start to see the fog lift and the clarity begin!  

The enemy will use SCOUTS to infiltrate and monitor you! The Lord showed me this in another dream and Amanda helped shine a light as to why God gave me "scout" out of the name "Scott" who was in the dream! God is so cool! 

She goes on to talk about why it is so important to cleanse and anoint the a room of a hotel. You tell them (dark agents of the enemy) to leave out the unanointed window. She describes that the shift in the atmosphere changes and then anoint that window that was uncleansed and the one they went out! Then you dedicate it to the Father, Jesus and Holy spirit and invite the Holy Spirit in. If you don’t, just like Jesus said, “the unclean spirit will leave but a house that is unoccupied there will be more spirits that’ll come and take residence” Matthew 12:45. 

This is done because you don't know what has happened prior or in other generations. You want that cut, unloosed, lyo, untied from the property and it must leave in Jesus name. This is not being ignorant of the enemies devices. Own it! Take note the significance of Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper.” When you are walking in that victory, the weapons are formed against you but remember ‘They will not prosper!' 

We are God’s children first above all, and we become His children when we enter into a personal, PERSONAL, relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. The rest on the earth is His. 

Finally, it seems that the lady who is carrying the heavy load of dirty laundry is a representation of ladies that are going through a battlefield of the mind and they are continually carrying it everywhere they go. She puts up a front that she can carry this on her own but in reality the weight is becoming far to heavy for her and she is becoming weary! That is why she says, "if only they knew." Honey, we do know and we are here for you. We went through the battlefield, too. The Father is calling your name and saying to you, "Come insert name, let Me show you great and mighty things. Take this robe upon your shoulders, walk with Me to the throne room. Allow Me to give you your scepter and study these Royal papers and see what I say who you are." 

This dream also gives a direction of prayer that women won’t be afraid to clean the dirty laundry. What I like to say is, "In Jesus name, fear you are evicted! I have served you your eviction notice already and I kicked you out months ago. SCRAM!" 

There is a saying, “air your dirty laundry out”. Possibly this is a bunch of people that are afraid of what others may think and judge, but the Ekklesia is here to love on you as we are a remnant full of His grace and mercy because our stories are important for you to know that you are not alone. Do not believe in the lies that your story is too rough or shameful, but instead believe that Jesus died for YOU and believe that God loves you, and invite the Holy Spirit to fill in the gaps.

The little girl represents the little girl (including myself) that isn't ready to listen to Father prompting her that everything is going to be alright and it's okay to follow Me! The bathroom represents self-reflection, cleansing and purging. I, too, have to self-reflect and ask, "Father where in my life am I afraid and what lies have I allowed to become my belief system?" He has been faithful to show me. That is why I am back on blogger. 

Welcome to Joyful Home!

(For those that are interested, here is the Wanda Alger teaching I attended in Iowa this past weekend. I hope it ministers to you as it did for me.: THOSE WHO CARRY THE SPIRIT OF CALEB ARE ABOUT TO POSSESS THE LAND (wandaalger.me)