From Dr. Timothy

Jesus wants two things for our souls ... First - to be healthy and Second, to prosper!  So this brings out the question - - IS YOUR SOUL PROSPERING?

Perhaps another way to ask this question is to state it this way - - Is the face you show others a true and genuine reflection of your spiritual well being or is the face you put on a disguise to keep others from seeing a soul in spiritual distress or even spiritual disaster & defeat?  This is a study for understanding how to experience victory in the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged; not just to experience victories in certain battles, but that consistent victory becomes our reality in the realm of spiritual warfare!

Much has been taught on the subject of spiritual warfare over the years, some teachings are really sound and correct leading to a life of consistent victory and liberty from the dominion of sin.  Unfortunately there are many more teachings that have been and are being introduced into the church community that are erroneous at best - - or downright deceptions at the worst! 

Even more unfortunately the errant teachings are made popular by celebrity status “ministers” - - many of whom do not even write the material “sold” under their name!  Because of their celebrity status, because of effective marketing strategies, and because many supernatural seekers in the churches are attracted to the latest “revelation” on the subject, the errant teachings are ushered in to the churches, endorsed by local leaders who don’t know the answers and because of multitudes of saints living in secret defeat who are crying out for something – anything that will “work” one errant teaching on spiritual warfare after another is embraced by untold hosts of saints in hopes of changing their realities from failure to success!

What is the one big difference between the popular failures and the overlooked successful tactics that this study will be revealing in the realm of spiritual success? 

BIBLE BASICS!  Learning andA establishing a sure foundation of Truth will produce more spiritual success than learning all of the so-called “deeper truths” and “hidden mysteries now revealed” that are the mainstay of the popular books, tapes and DVD’s!  What possible good does it do to reveal a “hidden mystery” if we are not properly applying the basic truths already revealed?

With that said, much of what will be brought forth in this study will be resisted and denounced by many in certain circles of the church community!  Whenever the enemy is being exposed he always dispatches his agents in the form of critics to make the most hideous noises and outcries intended to trade on the fears of the saints who are in the clutches of defeat! 

The last thing that the devil wants to happen in the life of a saint is for him/her to suddenly discover that there is a “plan of war” that DOES work and that WILL deliver the saints from the clutches of the satanic snares of discouraging, depressing and desperate defeat!

The devil will begin to scream out hitting your thoughts with ideas like “if you change from what you have been doing, you will never gain success and victory!” or, “that is not what you have been taught by well known and powerful men ‘of God’ – where does this ‘new’ teaching come from?” 

Well let us just use some divine logic for a moment to respond to the enemy’s reactions:  If you are actually living in defeat now, how long have you been using the tactics you were taught so long ago and have they led to your freedom from the dominion of sin … or how many “new revelations” have you been taught that give you no better results than the previous teachings?  Have you just resigned yourself to the present reality that “this” or “these” sins are in your life and the best you can hope for is to control their power and keep it all hidden from those closest to you and certainly from the rest of the Church?

Take heart!  Your deliverance is at hand!  Over the next few issues of the True Hope Times you will discover – or more likely re-discover those basic Bible strategies that will finally produce spiritual success that is consistent and the results are lasting!  Finally!  Freedom from the miserable cycle of sin – regret – resolving to change – repeating the sin again!