Hey fam, it's Rachel today on Crack Your Bible,
I needed to give you guys a word of encouragement
because so many people have reached out to me with their stories about dealing with the supernatural and the demonic and dealing with
family members who are involved in the occult since we've been doing this entire series on speaking in tongues
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Now I
Have just been floored by the response that I've gotten especially on email because a lot of people are sending me
stories that are very private and they are dealing with some of the...
Some of the wildest stuff and for people who are not well versed in like spiritual warfare and the things of the spiritual realm
this might sound like crazy talk but to me because I've grown up in it because it's like since I've been
little, like a little kid,
I mean, this is just like yeah, I know what you're talking about. I've seen it. I've I understand it
so I have just been shocked by how many people
deal with this stuff and they haven't gotten a sufficient response from their Church on how to deal with this stuff.
So I'm very happy that people have reached out to me and they've told me their stories and about how things are changing in their
life now that they're praying in tongues,
developing their relationship with God, more and taking authority
over Satan by getting rid of things in their household that were giving demons legal right into their home now.
I know Bob Larson has talked about this. I know Steven Bancarz has talked about this. I know um
What is his name? I think his name is Richard Henderson
His last name is Henderson
But he has an entire series about the courts of heaven and it's a little dry to get started
but as you get farther into the series it gets
ramped up. They all talk about these issues where it's like these articles have given demons legal right into your and how to
overcome these spirits, but I am just so happy that things are changing for people in their lives
But at the same time I've also gotten messages from people saying that they feel awkward when they do it. It feels weird
It feels unnatural
And I get it. There's nothing wrong with you when you feel this way
and I just got to tell you a story because this weekend my husband and I were in San Diego
not for comic-con, like I'm... that's just like not my... that's just not my scene
whatever so we went down there and
You got to know something about me. So
demons, don't scare me spiritual warfare is just like, okay, let's go
do this does not bother me at all.
Because like I said, I've been dealing with this stuff since my entire life, so it's like second nature to me
speaking in tongues
Developing my relationship with God dealing with demonic distractions
Like y'all already know I've been dealing with this stuff from the jump
So it doesn't really bother me
but when it comes to swimming I can swim whatever but when it comes to diving...
Naa, I've literally failed a swimming class like one of those classes that you take when I was a kid because I
refused
To try to dive off the high dive
Headfirst like I was just gonna hold my nose jump in feet first for whatever reason
Diving has always scared me. I don't want water to go up my nose. I don't want a belly flop
so I always jump in feet first and
this weekend my youngest brother and sister, they're 15 and 12,
came with us to the hotel that my husband and I were staying in and I my little brother is just like
diving in I was like, where did you learn how to do it?
Cuz I know I don't know how to dive. Our other sister doesn't know how to dive. The youngest one
she didn't know how to dive and he's just like doing flips. Now where did you learn how to do all this? And
he is showing me how to do it and I try and I can't do it
It's like I start to go in headfirst and then right at the last second
I just jump in with my feet first and my youngest sister. She's 12
She's just going in and after
maybe like five or six attempts all of a sudden she was doing it just as well as my brother and I'm just like
What is what is the deal here? What about what is going on? How are you guys
so good at this but me when I'm going in...going time and time and time again
It's like I can't get over this weird
irrational fear that I need to just jump in with my feet first
And you know, it's like they're young. They're younger kids,
so this stuff comes naturally to them they don't have all the hang-ups and the psychological hang
It's like I don't want to do this. So this makes me uncomfortable and it's really similar to how people approach
Speaking in Tongues and praying in the Spirit like it feels well awkward or taking authority over satanic things, taking authority over demons it
feels weird, it feels uncomfortable. So when you guys are telling me these stories yo I totally get it
I get it but you know, I was... I was like Rachel this is completely irrational.
You need to just try it headfirst. I was like, you know what? I know my husband's a certified lifeguard
certified personal trainer
certified blah blah blah fitness whatever
But no matter what he says to me
I can't get over these weird irrational fears and I was like Rachel come on
And I was just thinking about telling you this story. I was like Rachel. Do you know how weird is gonna sound to?
Everyone who's watching this channel, like you're not afraid of demons, but you're afraid of diving
so I was like I am committed to trying this because I can't expect people to go up against demons if I can't at least
Try... like just try... even if I get water up my nose, even if I belly flop, to atleast just try
to do whatever I can to just dive in and
I was trying and trying and like sometimes they did it bad
But sometimes I was like, okay, like you're almost there according to my sister. She's like you almost got it.
You just need to like have your legs out farther. So it's like you try and you try and you try.
But before I committed to trying like no matter what happens I was like, you know what?
Let me just do it my way real quick. Let me look
Maybe I can just figure it out myself. So I sat on the edge of the pool on my knees
So my kneecaps were on the ground and my feet were behind me
Because I kept throwing my feet in first. Okay,
well, you can pretty much assume that, that was a disaster because as I go in feet first while sitting on my knees
my entire shin gets
Hit on the wall. So I have this giant scrape on my leg now.
It still hurts two days later
and it's like
it's so typical when we want to do things our way what ends up happening and we end up getting hurt we still fail and
We end up getting hurt
we still have the scars to prove it and
When I was training to do it my own way what happened the exact things that I didn't want to happen
I was getting water up my nose. I don't like choking
belly-flopping all sorts of stuff and it's just like when you commit to just
facing your fears
Like I know God's not going to let me get hurt. I know that this is irrational
I'm just going to put this in God's control all the sudden. It's like oh wow now
I'm actually starting to get it and I want...
I wanted to tell you that because it is the same whether it's riding a bicycle, diving in the pool, or dealing with demons
You are going to feel awkward.
Because you're an adult.
Because you have these preconceived notions like oh this feels weird, this feels awkward because you're branching into new territory
and
it's not because you're
hard-hearted or you have
That you're stubborn or anything else
It's just it's harder to do things that are brand new when you're an adult and most of the people watching this channel
are adults. So
like the demon thing doesn't bother me because I've been doing it since I was a kid
the diving in the pool didn't bother my sister and brother because they've as children and
I want you to have that childlike faith when it comes
To dealing with demons like I got this they have to do what I say because Jesus
Has given me the authority to do these things. My father is the God of the universe
So Satan and his demons, they have to do what I say
I want you to have that childlike faith and I want you to put it into practice and I know it's scary
I know it feels awkward. I know there's going to be times where you doubt yourself like, what am I doing?
This is so weird. This is so uncomfortable and maybe as an adult you feel like I'm a non-confrontational
Person, I don't like doing these things, but you have to be brave. You have to be bold because you can't be non confrontational
When it comes to taking authority over demons
You're going to have to verbally say in the name of Jesus
You have to leave you're going to have to go toe to toe with these things
because the Holy Spirit lives inside of you and
You can do these things. You don't have to be timid.
You don't have to be afraid because Jesus has already overcome the world and I want to encourage you
Don't give up, you know when I was in the pool
I kept getting in and out and in and out and as I kept messing up
I'm saying you want to try and try and try again and then finally
My sisters like you need to kind of take a break. I think you need to rest for a second because
There's a difference between your messing up because you don't know what you're doing. And there's your messing up because you're getting worn out
I mean eventually your glycogen storage starts to be depleted and it's like yeah
Just take it take a breather and it's the same with spiritual warfare
Because we see that even Jesus
Well, what was going on on the boat?
Satan is trying to drown all the boats not only of Jesus and the disciples but there were other boats
Where Jesus had just fed
Thousands of people and now they're going over to the Gadarenes.
There's other boats full of believers and Satan's trying to drown everybody. But what is Jesus doing? He's asleep during this storm.
You know what you're gonna get worn out and you're gonna get tired. There's times where Jesus had to just get away from people
because it's just sometimes you need a rest and if you're dealing with spiritual stuff just
sometimes just
Take a nap. Just get away from it all I mean
Maybe not listen to a sermon for one of the days. I'm literally telling you just take a break from everything just
Take a rest because sometimes you just need to sleep and recharge and there's nothing wrong with it. It's not
Oh, you're a bad Christian because you didn't watch a sermon today or anything like that
but sometimes you just need to recharge and then you're gonna be fresh and ready for the next day and
You can pray in the Spirit. You can pray out loud and
Just don't worry about it
You are going to fall
But you're going to be able to pick yourself back up and there will be times where the demons don't listen to you
They don't do what you say
But you got to just keep at it, keep at it, keep at it. Just like Jesus had to say come out, come out, come out,
come out continuously
It's not just a one and done thing and I don't want you to get discouraged because sometimes you don't do it right the first,
second, third,... fifteenth time
This is a skill that you're learning as an adult and as an adult, it's it's just more time consuming
It's harder to learn things as we overcome these walls that we've built up in our own mind
but luckily Jesus Christ has the power to break down every wall and every demonic stronghold and as
Believers he will use you. He's giving you all this authority and the Holy Spirit lives inside of you
So there's nothing to be afraid about
You can do this
and
I know that you are going to make it through
And I know that you're going to take authority over the things in your life and you're gonna tell Satan and his minions
where to go. Don't just tell him to leave tell them where to go.
Go back to hell if you need to go to the pit, but
I want you to realize like
Just because you don't see immediate
results does not mean that it's not working or that you're doing something wrong or that this is all just crazy stupid talk.
Don't discourage yourself and don't let Satan discourage you either you're on the right path. You're just learning and
we don't just become experts overnight. So you're gonna get there. It's gonna be okay.
But there's one other thing that I want to mention. If you are dealing with problems in your life
I want you to pray the right prayers and
so often people ask for healing or
certain things to happen in their life when God has already given it to you
but when it comes to praying for family members because a lot of you have mentioned that
your family members are
Not necessarily on board with you
But I want you to take authority over this this thing because you need to take authority over Satan putting blinders on
your family and friends who have not come to Jesus take authority over that. Satan
You have to remove the blinders for my friends and families, coworkers...
whoever you're trying to reach in the name of Jesus
and I also want you to pray that Jesus softens the heart of
The people that you're trying to reach and that the Holy Spirit will give you the right words to say
to those people. So when you pray for those things God's off in their heart. Give me the right words
Help me to study the right thing. Show me what you want me to say to those people and
You take authority over Satan say you have to take off these blinders
Because the Word of God tells us that it is the god of this world Satan who puts blinders on unbelievers
So that they perish so we have to tell Satan you got to take those off
So I think that when you do those things you're going to see breakthroughs in
Your life and in your family's lives, and I just want to encourage you just keep on
You are on the right track and things are going to change for the better
So, that's all that I wanted to share with you.
I will be filming some more stuff with my dad because I got so many questions in my email from people
about different things about the Holy Spirit and just keep an eye out for those.
I hope you guys will Like, Subscribe and Share and I will talk to you later. Bye
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