by Neil Anderson April 12 Matthew 12:29 How can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? Another common misconception of the spiritual world is that some… Read More ›
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CONFRONTING SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION
by Neil Anderson April 10 Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the… Read More ›
INTERNAL INTERFERENCE
by Neil Anderson April 4 1 John 4:6 We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and… Read More ›
SEATED WITH CHRIST
by Neil Anderson April 3 Ephesians 2:4-6 God . . . made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in… Read More ›
A BLAMELESS CONSCIENCE
by Neil Anderson April 2 Acts 24:16 I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men Folklore advises, “Let your conscience be your guide.” This has serious limitations since… Read More ›
What Have You Placed At The Foot Of The Cross?
“Our sins twisted the crown of thorns; our sins drove the nails into His hands and feet; on account of our sins His blood was shed. Surely the thought of Christ crucified should make us loathe all sin.” ~J.C. Ryle… Read More ›
THE OPERATING PRINCIPLE OF LIFE
by Neil Anderson March 31 Mark 11:22 And Jesus answered saying to them, “Have faith in God” The sun is perhaps the most credible object of faith for the world. It appears to be immutable. It has always been… Read More ›
RENEWING YOUR MIND
March 29 Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind If the strongholds in your mind are the result of conditioning, then you can be reconditioned by the renewing… Read More ›
Recognizing Your Stronghold
by Neil Anderson March 28 2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ Hostility is a stronghold…. Read More ›
WHEN STRONGHOLDS BECOME ENTRENCHED
By Neil Anderson March 27 2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier Once your consideration of… Read More ›
AT THE THRESHOLD OF TEMPTATION
By Neil Anderson March 26 Titus 2:11, 12 The grace of God has appeared . . . instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age Yielding to temptation… Read More ›
HOW YOU ARE PROGRAMMED
by Neil Anderson March 25 Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men . . . rather than according to Christ The first… Read More ›
STRONGHOLDS OF THE MIND
By Neil Anderson March 24 2 Corinthians 10:5 We are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ The nature of the battle for your mind is clearly presented in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5: “For though we walk in… Read More ›
THE ONLY LIMIT TO FAITH
By Neil Anderson March 22 Romans 10:17 Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ When people struggle with their faith in God, it’s not because their faith-object is insufficient. It’s because people have unreal expectations of… Read More ›
FALSE SELF-CONCEPTS
By Neil Anderson March 21 Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful False self-concepts are very common in people under demonic attack. Many will state that they are different, that… Read More ›
ACCUSATION AND CONVICTION
By Neil Anderson March 20 2 Corinthians 7:10 The sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death A graphic example of the contrast… Read More ›
THE SPIRIT’S CONVICTION
By Neil Anderson March 19 2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God I’m… Read More ›
Bad Bosses and Irritating People, part I
“For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a… Read More ›
NO LONGER UNDER OBLIGATION
By Neil Anderson March 17 Romans 6:6 Our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin Why did the old self need to… Read More ›
PLACED INTO CHRIST
By Neil Anderson March 16 Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live… Read More ›
What You Need To Know About Hell And The Reality Of Salvation
Originally posted on: The Olive Branch Report The truth about hell Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul… Read More ›
EQUIP YOUR CHILDREN
By Neil Anderson March 15 1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty During a conference, I noticed a lady who wouldn’t sing with… Read More ›
GOD’S FEEDBACK SYSTEM
By Neil Anderson March 13 Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope” I believe… Read More ›
THE SOURCE OF PLAN B
By Neil Anderson March 12 James 1:7, 8 Let not [the doubting] man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. When you continue to vacillate between… Read More ›
PUT UP THE SAIL!
By Neil Anderson March 10 John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of… Read More ›
Satanism, New Age Beliefs, and Being Your Own god: The Road to Hell
Following is a comment I received from a Satanist on one of my posts and my answer to him. Is it the case that Christianity casts all human individuals as “evil” to place the individual into a lifetime of servitude… Read More ›
CONFORMING TO THE IMAGE OF GOD
By Neil Anderson March 8 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification. In a personal sense, God’s will for our lives is that we conform to the image of God, something the apostle Paul… Read More ›
FREE OF SATAN’S BONDAGE
By Neil Anderson March 7 1 John 1:5 God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all Nobody loses control to Satan overnight; it’s a gradual process of deception and yielding to his subtle influence…. Read More ›
A DISTORTED IDENTITY
By Neil Anderson March 6 2 Peter 1:2, 3 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and… Read More ›
YIELDING CONTROL
By Neil Anderson March 5 2 Corinthians 2:11 For we are not ignorant of his [Satan’s] schemes We generally agree that Christians are vulnerable to the enemy’s temptation, accusation and deception. But for some reason, we hesitate to… Read More ›