"The Enemy is a Shark and the Father of Lies"

"The Enemy is a Shark and the Father of Lies"

Years ago when I lived in Bondi Beach, Australia, I spent a whole lot of my life on the beach. I was a very backslidden Christian, but that's another story though! Often when I was there on the beach, the sirens would go off and there was a "shark alarm" sounding. I remember one Saturday the shark alarms sounded about 50 times, no kidding.

Now, some of those sharks weren't very large but they had about 120 rows of teeth. If you got into the water with them, chances are that you were dead meat. The ocean is their natural domain and it's not yours. They are "at home" there and though you can visit—swim, sail, etc., you will never have dominion when you are in that ocean because it's not your natural environment.

Mind you, if you stayed in the parking lot and put that same deadly shark in that space, he may thrash around a little, but he really has no power and cannot operate in that realm of "air space." But YOU can—because it's your natural environment.

So why am I telling you this?

The Father of Lies vs. the Truth

Well it reminds me of something. Do you know the only way the devil can minister to you is through lies? He is the father of lies, and Jesus said, "There is no truth in him." Do you realize the enemy cannot operate in truth because he is liar and there is NO TRUTH IN HIM.

So he will lie to you and hope that you will believe the lie and thus lure you into his territory like the shark in the ocean. If you fall for it, then you are in his environment and then you will get beaten up. But you can choose to stay in the parking lot, the TRUTH, then there is nothing he can do if you stay in the truth. The enemy cannot operate in the truth; he is powerless.

The TRUTH sets you free from what may be true in the natural. It may be true that you don't feel so good or maybe the enemy is attacking you with condemnation or fear or some negative thing. But the TRUTH is that Jesus qualified you 100% and Jesus has given you power over ALL the power of the enemy. The TRUTH is that you are more than a conqueror. The TRUTH is that the devil is under your feet, placed there by the resurrection of Christ.

Most of us have learned to live according to how we feel. The devil knows that and he will play with your feelings and your thoughts if you allow it. He will drag you into believing a lie and then "wham."

Declaring the Truth

Do you know there are angels around you giving you Scriptures and singing you songs, declaring the truth? But you have to listen and start declaring the TRUTH yourself. Maybe you get slammed with feelings of rejection, but the truth is that you are accepted in the Beloved and you are royalty. You are so precious that Jesus gave His very life for you. He called you, redeemed you, sanctified you, anointed you and filled your life with grace and glory. The truth will set you free from the feelings of rejection.

The "good news" is your inheritance. Release the spirit of good news over your doorways, the mail box, the telephone, the car, the cat, the kids, etc. I don't care what it looks like. I am not asking how you feel; you have to decide what you believe. Your feelings will lie to you; you can't walk in your feelings. You have to walk in the TRUTH. I know it's not so easy sometimes, but it's still true.

Everything has to do with what you believe. Don't wait until you are sick before you decide what you believe about healing. Don't wait until you have a dire need before you decide what you believe about His provision.

Ask God what to pray if you feel you are under attack. Maybe someone has made some judgments about you. Maybe the local witches decided they don't like you. The Holy Spirit can show you what to pray or if you need to break anything in the spirit. Just stay in the TRUTH and refuse to receive the lies of the enemy.

Laughing At the Devil

When we first moved to Macon, GA, Bob Jones told me, "Watch out, there is a spirit of depression over that area." Well I forgot what he said and one morning a couple of months later, I got up and went to the office. I felt a bit down. Someone had said something discouraging in an email. In the office everyone was walking around all heavy and tired looking—glum (that's a good word that Americans don't use very much). I couldn't figure out why it seemed so heavy.

But I went back to my own kitchen where there is a lot of room. I said, "OK God, what's going on?" The Holy Spirit reminded me of what Bob had said to me a couple of months previously—the spirit of depression in the area! Guess what? It was right over my house.

"Oh, so now I see you," I said to the spirit. "Well I want to thank you for reminding me who you are, and thank you for reminding me who I am. That's great!" Then I started to praise the Lord (loudly) and sing (loudly) and jump around. And I laughed (loudly). Do you know that devil left right away. He doesn't like to be laughed at you know; he is very prideful.

He is a liar and the father of lies and there is no truth in him. The devil cannot operate in truth. He cannot reach you if you stay in the truth. Stay in the parking lot. Don't get into the ocean with him; that's his territory (lies).

Repeat this after me: I am so loved by Jesus and so blessed I hardly know what to do with myself. I am the head and not the tail; I am royalty—not just any old royalty, but royalty of the Royalty. I can go boldly to the throne of grace because Mighty God is my Heavenly Father. He is Abba, Daddy, and He loves me with unconditional love. His grace is on my life and the glory is my inheritance.

Laugh (out loud) at the enemy!

Be blessed,

Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
Email: Kathiewalters@mindspring.com

Can You Walk The Father's Walk?

Theresa Phillips:

In My Fathers Shoes: "Can You Walk My walk?" and "Can You Wear My Shoes?"

When I was a child my father would take all our shoes on Saturday night and polish them for church on Sunday morning. I would see him line them up by the front door after he polished them. He told me once that "a man could be judged by his footwear." He said, "If your collar and cuffs are clean and crisp, and if your teeth are cleaned and shoes polished, no one would notice a rumpled suit." I never forgot that.

One day he had his shoes by the door and I did something I never thought I would. It made such an impact on my life. I tried on my father's shoes. I was surprised to find out that the insides were lined with newspaper and one shoe had a hole in it. I stretched my own toes to see if I could possibly fit in those shoes. Obviously not. I slowly removed them and placed them back.

I kept the memory of how well-worn they were—how those very shoes were molded to his feet. From that day on I began to watch my father when he walked, and I knew I could feel his steps. I had bonded with him in an entirely new way. I never knew it would reflect my Christian walk as I grew in the Lord—watching my Father's steps.

One Sunday morning while in church many years later, the Lord asked me, "Can you walk My walk?" and "Can you wear My shoes?"

Instantly I was keenly aware of my childhood memory and was convicted that I could not walk HIS walk. Obviously not. Silently I started to sob. My heart was breaking in the presence of the Lord. I could not fit those shoes.

The Prophecy of the Shoes of My Father: The Calling to Step Like Him

Recently I have had those memories come for a visit. I heard the Lord breathe on them with a revelation that I did not have. He said again, "Can you walk My walk?" and "Can you wear My shoes?"

This time I waited before I could answer. Then I heard a voice cry deep inside of me: TODAY THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION IS AN OPEN HEAVEN OVER THE BODY. I am convinced that we are learning to "walk a fresh walk in the Lord." I will say, "Yes, Lord, I will walk Your walk ONLY with You by my side and WITH You helping me."

I was then taken into a vision of a "knight of old" climbing up a flight of ancient stairs. When he reached the top, his face shown, and I saw the brilliance of great grace upon Him. His face shown with such beauty in HIS Presence.

"Teach me to walk as this one did O Lord," I heard my spirit cry. "Teach me." Then I became fully convinced that the shoes of our forefathers are being made ready to put on us. Some reading this may already have them and need to polish them.

I heard the Lord say, "Your feet have grown and you will learn to walk in the ways of the ancient ones."

Proverbs 22:28, "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set."

What the Lord said was thought provoking. The Lord is changing our thoughts and He is calling us to think LIKE HIM.

"I am changing the footsteps of many and they will have hinds feet," says the LORD.

Habakkuk 3:19, "The LORD God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places..."

Follow the Ways of the King

"Some will bath the feet of their masters with their tears. They will once again see the honor I place upon My people!" says the Lord.

Luke 7:44, "And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest Me no water for My feet: but she hath washed My feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head." This was a memorial to the woman. That's unbridled humility and great honor. Immortality in the eternal realm.

"Many will cry, 'I can't unlatch your sandals. Some will be sincere YET some will bear a false humility. Step softly in grace. TEACH them to be willing to be taught," says the Lord of Lords.

John 1:26-27, "'I baptize with water,' John replied, 'but among you stands One you do not know. He is the One who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.'" John the Baptist had a Holy Fear of the Lord and recognition of His deity. He was a humble man, yet a man of great influence.

"BUT you, O Church, YOU ARE My everlasting victory! You will now put on a polished armor, an armor of peace and an armor of grace—the Gospel to go forth in My power. The armor is to give you Added strength! I say, 'Added strength,'" says the Lord.

Ephesians 6:15, "And your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace." Our feet will have protection, our feet will be sure, our feet will be like HIS feet—strong and able to step in the places which He is stepping.

"I will dispatch your footsteps. I will command to hear them. I will make them confident. I will be GOD in your steps," says the Lord of the Hosts.

Psalm 119:133, "Direct my footsteps according to Your word; let no sin rule over me." Now that is safe stepping.

"I will make you a mighty sound like in the trees," the Lord declares to you!

2 Samuel 5:24, "As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army." You will not walk alone ever! We will unite in victory!

"I will call for your steps, and you will change," says the GOD of Glory!

Exodus 3:5, "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." I know this—when He speaks He will not change. BUT I also know this—we must all begin to change our shoes. Our footsteps are being heard in the Courts of the Great King.

Ephesians 4:1, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called."

Colossians 1:10, "And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God."

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12, "As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own Kingdom and glory."

Revelation 3:4, "Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with Me, dressed in white, for they are worthy."

"Yes," says the LORD. "Now is time to change your shoes and change your walk. There is time. Yes, there is time to stop and change your shoes. Then run and follow Me as I follow My Father," says the Son of GOD.

Theresa Phillips
Sr. Pastor PMI Glory Institute
Email: Info@chicagopropheticvoice.net