WATCH OUT: SPIRITS CAN INHABIT OUR HABITS!

WE HAVE TOTAL AUTHORITY OVER OUR OWN LIVES BUT MAY NOT BE IN FULL CONTROL...
THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE! ENGAGING WITH THIS POST SHOULD BOTH INFORM US AND WARN US... 
STOP HERE: IT'S GOING TO GET UGLY
WARNING ​IT'S ABOUT INIQUITY & SIN!

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THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY

​YES, WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER BUT SO FEW US REALIZE HOW MUCH SO. WHAT'S IN US MANIFESTS OUTSIDE US AND IS REFLECTED IN OUR EVER-EXPANDING INTERCONNECTED WORLD. TODAY, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE "OBLIVIOUS" TO THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND FORCES THAT SURROUND US ALL. THERE IS AN ONGOING BATTLE FOR OUR SOULS. THERE IS ALSO A BATTLEGROUND THAT IS TAKING CENTER STAGE INSIDE OF US. THIS IS WHERE WE WILL DISCOVER THAT OUR ENEMY, THE DEVIL, EXPLOITS OUR OWN WEAKNESSES. HE HAS BREACHED OUR DEFENSES. THE PRIMARY INTERNAL FORCES WE ALL ARE FIGHTING AGAINST ARE OUR OWN INHEIRITED INIQUITIES THAT PRODUCE SIN. 

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL BATTLEFIELD. THE ACTUAL TERRITORY BEING DISPUTED OVER HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY SIN. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE "SEAT OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS." THIS IS THE ABODE FOR OUR SOULS. THIS IS WHERE THE INVISIBLE POWERS SHAPING AND INFLUENCING OUR WORLD OPERATE AND SEEK TO DWELL. THIS IS HOW AND WHERE THE THE BATTLE BEGINS AND WHERE THE INTANGIBLE, INVISIBLE, ONGOING, PERPETUAL WAR IS WAGED. THIS IS HOW INIQUITY WORKS WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT. 

EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED. EVERYONE OF US IS CONSTANTLY BEING BOMBARDED "BY" AND SUBJECTED "TO" MULTIPLE CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS PRESSURE SPIRITUALLY TRANSMITTED AND EXCHANGED WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTS WE'RE IN. SPIRITS LIKE TO ABIDE IN PLACES WE FREQUENT AND OCCUPY. WE ARE WHAT WE BREATHE, EAT, PRACTICE AND THINK. THIS IS IN PART HOW HABITS ARE FORMED AND INHABITTED. THE OLD SAYING THAT "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER," IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF LETTING US KNOW THAT WE ARE A PART OF WHATEVER WE TAKE PART IN. THERE IS ANOTHER SAYING THAT "ASSOCIATION BREEDS ASSIMILATION." THE BIBLE SAYS THAT BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MANNERS. IT SAYS TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VERY APPEARANCE OF EVIL. IT SAYS TO LET NOT YOUR GOOD BE EVIL SPOKEN OF. 
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IT IS EASY FOR REPEATED BEHAVIORS TO BECOME HABITS. HUMAN BEINGS NATURALLY FORM HABITS AND DEVELOP ROUTINES. A HABIT CAN TURN OUT TO BE AN "ASSET" OR AN "ACHILLIES HEEL." GOOD HABITS ARE USUALLY BENEFICIAL AND BAD ONES ARE GENERALLY REGARDED AS DETREMENTAL. REGARDLESS OF HOW WE CATEGORIZE THESE BEHAVIORS THEY CERTAINLY FIT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HABIT. REINFORCING A HABIT IS EASY, JUST DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”
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MOST HABITS BEGIN AS DESIRES BUT GRADUALLY DEVELOP INTO BEHAVIORS THAT MIMIC ADDICTIONS. THE CYCLE OF REPETITION AND REWARD CREATE STRONG HABITS. WE ARE ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTS-(CULTURE/RELIGION). WE ARE ALL SUBJECTED TO OUR GENETICS-(INHERITED/INIQUITY/TRAITS). IN ADDITION TO THESE FACTORS, WE ARE ALSO INFLUENCED BY OUR FAMILY'S UPBRINGING OR TEACHINGS-(PARENTING/BELIEF). THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANY BEHAVIORAL PATTERN WE FORM, GOOD OR BAD, CAN BE MANIPULATED TO OUR DETREMENT. MODERATION IN ALL THINGS BALANCES US WITH LIFE.

THERE ARE FORCES AND ENERGIES OF SPIRIT THAT FILL IN THE GAPS OF OUR ATMOSPHERE IN THE SAME MANNER AS WEATHER DOES. HABITS ARE JUST LIKE ROUTINES THAT ARE PERFORMED REGULARLY. HABITS CAN BE LIFELONG TRADITIONS THAT ARE PRACTICED AND OBSERVED RELIGIOUSLY. THE ADDICTIVE NATURE OF MANY HABITS "GOOD OR BAD" MAY PLACE ADDITIONAL DEMANDS ON THEIR PRACTIONERS. WITHOUT TEMPERANCE AND BALANCE, THEY CAN BECOME LIABILITIES. ALL HABITS ARE CREATED AND REINFORCED THROUGH REPEATEDLY PRACTICING THEM. ANY HABIT, GOOD OR BAD, CAN USURP A SUBSTANATIVE ENERGY OVER US IF WE FAIL TO CONTROL THEM. INIQUITIES ARE NOT USUALLY ADDRESSED; THEREFORE, WE ARE VICTIMIZED BY THEM.

“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”

WE CAN NOT DEAL WITH OR FIGHT AGAINST ANYTHING
THAT WE FAIL TO AKNOWLEDGE EXISTS

YES, SINS CAN ALSO
​ BECOME HABITS

​SINNING IS "SIMPLY MISSING THE MARK!" "HABITUALLY SINNING" IS MANS AGE OLD DOWNFALL AND DILEMMA. HABITS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SINS, BUT SINS THAT BECOME HABITS ALWAYS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR DESTRUCTIVE DEMISE. MANY OF OUR EVERYDAY SINS REMAIN UNCHALLENGED AND GO UNNOTICED. SINS DO NOT HAVE TO BE EGREDIOUS ACTS OR CRIMINAL DEEDS. WE SIN WHENEVER WE FALL SHORT OF ANY GOAL OR MARK. SIN IS A CONSEQUENCE OF OUR IMPERFECTIONS. SIN IS ALSO A BY-PRODUCT OF FAILED OR UNFOCUSED EFFORT. TRYING IS AN OBLIGATION FAILING IS A SIN. ITS THAT SIMPLE!  AVOIDING, SEEING AND SOLVING FOR SIN IS AN EVERYDAY UNEXPECTED OCCUPATIONAL HAZZARD OF LIVING FOR ALL OF HUMANITY. ANY FAILURE CONSTITUTES SIN. THE "DECEITFULNESS OF SIN," PREVENTS MANY PEOPLE FROM EMBRACING AND/OR UNDERSTANDING IT. LIKE POOPING, EVERYBODY SINS, IT IS A RESULT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.
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WE SHOULD CONDEMN, ACKNOWLEDGE AND ABANDON SIN WHENEVER AND WHEREVER IT SHOWS UP THROUGHOUT HUMANITY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FOCUS IS ON THE SIN NOT THE SINNER. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REDEEM THE SINNER THROUGH FORSAKING THE SIN. WHEN A HABIT BECOMES INHABITED IT OFTEN CREATES ADDICTIVE CONDITIONS WITH CRIMINAL OR COMPROMISING BEHAVIORS. LOOSING CONTROL OF A HABIT IS SIMILAR TO BEING LOST IN A STORM. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE EXACT FORECAST BUT WE KNOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING ROUGH WEATHER. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT INTO BAD WEATHER TO SEE, HEAR OR FEEL ITS EFFECTS. WE DO NOT HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ADDICTION TO BREAK FREE OF BAD HABITS. DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL TURBULENCE IS TYPICALLY REMEDIED BY DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING OUR OWN HABITS OF SPIRITUAL VIGILANCE AND SOBRIETY. 
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THE ADVERSARY WE FACE IS CONSTANTLY STALKING US LIKE A LION HUNTS PREY. IGNORING OR UNDERESTIMATING OUR ENEMY'S CONSTANT PREDATORY TACTICS PREDISPOSES US TO BECOME VICTIMS.  WE CANNOT WIN A WAR THAT WE ARE UNAWARE OF, OR FAIL TO FIGHT. WE KNOW THAT ALLOWING ANY BAD HABIT TO INHABIT OUR BEHAVIORS CREATES A SPIRITUAL ACHILLIES HEEL. 

THIS POST IS ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING HABITS, REALIZING THE EFFECT THEY HAVE ON SOCIETY AND WEATHERING STORMS. WE SHOULD PRACTICE DEVELOPING AND SUBSTITUTING GOOD HABITS FOR BAD ONES. WE LIVE IN WORLD OF WEATHER AND NO ONE IS WEATHERPROOF. THIS IS A TIME TO TAKE PRAYERFUL AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION; THE STORM WILL NOT SIMPLY PASS OVER. TODAY'S CURRENT WEATHER CONDIONS ARE VOLATILE. EXPECT AND PREPARE FOR BOTH NATURAL & SPIRTUAL TURBULENCE RESULTING FROM THE CONTINUAL EXPLOITATION OF OURSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER FROM "INHABITED" HABITS. 

HABITS ARE NOT  FEELINGS...
​THEY  ARE  ACCEPTED  AND  ADOPTED!
THEY  RULE,  OR  ARE  RULED  BY  US...

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 CONFLICTED? THIS CLIMATE  CREATEs 
​ THESE  CONDITIONS  OF  CRISIS    

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Today's local climate reflects a much larger environmental crises. We live in an increasingly interdependent world. As a result, things in the past that seemed to only affect some of us actually now affect all of us. A CLIMATE consists of things like temperature, precipitation, frequency of extreme weather conditions and other considerations derived over time. On the other hand, an ENVIRONMENT describes a much larger picture that includes a collection of every known condition existing in an extended area. Although today's society is more connected than ever before we are also at odds more often than not. Society today is concentrating on treating symptoms rather than finding cures. The band-aid approach of kicking the can further down the road is coming to an end. Economic issues and debt limits can no longer be ignored. The "spirit of selfishness" now coupled with the "spirit of procrastination" is a global issue. The present financial system cannot support our long-term fiscal burdens. A remedial approach as opposed to a preventative one has been the traditional policy for so long that it has been adopted in finance, mental health, criminal justice, medicine and the environment. Global warming is no longer yesterday's hoax; it is today's reality. We must utilize spiritual principles to solve universal problems. Many of us are fighting the wrong battles from a defensive posture when it's time to bring the fight to our enemy. This is why it is important to understand the nature of our enemies and the type of fight we are in. This is like germ warfare. We are struggling against unseen snipers and invisible opponents willing to shoot us in the back. We cannot give quarter, show mercy or take prisoners. Our adversaries are shrewd and willing to sacrifice themselves to obtain victory. They seek to defeat us through depression, destruction or infection. The battle is on three fronts. We must contend with the world, fight against our own flesh and wrestle with spirits trying to control us. After every battle decontamination is a must. Wrestling with pigs in the mud is not safe or sanitary but that's a pigs environment and they are comfortable in it. When we find ourselves in a congenial relationship with pigs; as a "prodigal son" we must come to our senses. Returning to our rightful places of privilege requires work. It is easy to spread the (germs) bad habits we've acquired. The biggest challenge we face "coming home" is disinfecting ourselves without poisoning others. A thorough and consistent (routine) habit must be followed to constantly and substantially neutralize or remove the infectious thoughts, words and deeds formerly practiced with the pigs. In addition to this we must take heed to any seeds or weeds the pigs planted in (our soil) us. Roots of bitterness often produce brush and undergrowth suitable for burning. Remember the dirt/soil remains even if the plants are plucked up or strangled. Some weeds resemble vines as they grow along with us. The main difference between these interrelated and often confused plants, is that weeds tend to be more destructive, intrusive and undesirable than vines. The soil we find ourselves planted in is shared be multiple types of foliage. It's also the ground (environment) that must be taken into consideration. Our good seed can be easily choked when planted among weeds. Attitudes easily rub off on others. Approaching others in anger is very likely to make them angry too. Moods and attitudes can be contagious. Spirits spread their germs through their expressions. Our association with them foreshadows our assimilation of their attitudes and ways. Everyone should know that if the new kid on the block starts hanging with the (5) troublemakers on the corner, that eventually there will be (6) troublemakers on that corner. Such is the nature of "spiritual infections and infestation." Association breeds assimilation!

INFORMATION,  LIES, NEWS AND PROPAGANDA

Many people today are conflicted. The widening gap between what we are told and what is true continues to grow. Rewriting history does not change it. The idea that slavery benefitted anyone except slavers and those in that business is absurd. "The Lost Cause" is a poisoning narrative being fed to a nation that cannot digest it. Florida's new "history of slavery curriculum" can't sanitize it. Slavery is a psychological and spiritual sickness. The idea, even the notion that enslaving any race of people somehow benefitted them is both preposterous and vulgar. Rebranding slavery does not make it more palatable. Today's slave trade is no longer primarily based on race. Modern slavery, more and more is centered around sexual exploitation regardless of race. This is not to say that the African slaves were not sexually abused by their so-called masters who randomly and wantonly committed heinous sexual acts of all kinds. This begs us to ask what benefits come from being enslaved, raped, sodomized and abused. These abhorrent spirits operate today under the umbrella that slavery was never that bad! The deaf ears, blind eyes and apathy demonstrated today sanction these crimes against humanity. Racism's generational effects are clearly evidenced. The longer we feed upon the rotten food "produced" and allowed to be placed on our plates, the sicker we will become. No one seeks sickness. We do not catch or chase the common cold it finds us. Let's face it, we do not always control or dictate the conditions we operate in or under. As a matter of fact it's easy to be blind-sided by the People, Circumstances and Situations we encounter. No one is an island. Whenever we interact with others, we not only exchange with them intellectually, psychologically and physically but also spiritually as well. It is almost impossible to go outside without exposing ourselves to the weather; likewise, it is impossible to interrelate with others without spiritual exchange. Spirits like germs always spread. Any affiliation with them environmentally, verbally or virtually can be contagious. Our spirits are susceptible to contact and connections with other spirits through multiple means including the internet, radio and television.  The nature of spirit is to communicate, drift, affect, infect and interact with one another. It is important to understand that we live in a world of contagions. Germs are contagious. Spirits, attitudes and behaviors are contagious.  Faith, good deeds and kindness are contagious. Most contagions work invisibly or in obscurity. Spirits are no exception. Spiritual behaviors are known to be both infectious and contagious. Whether intended or not spiritual energy can spread like a wildfire. Spirits cannot be killed only restricted or imprisoned. like an belief, idea or thought, they can abide quietly then suddenly resurrect. Spirit can be sensed or felt at sporting events, concerts, lectures, clubs, bars and religious institutions. Even when undetected, spirits are always operating behind the scenes with or without our consent.  We engage in conflicts on both natural and spiritual battlefields. Although we tend to address these battlefields separately they are identical and intertwined. The comorbidity among this world, our flesh and the spirits that inhabit it is indisputable. This is where the odds are stacked against us. Fighting three distinct enemies simultaneously across multiple fronts with similar goals employing different tactics is a perpetual war! Struggling with self while battling with life and wrestling with spirits that take advantage of this dilemma is a "trifecta for trauma." Spirits cling to drama habitually. When our own emotions, feelings and intentions are weaponized against us, that part of the daily battle we fight is called the war inside. WE MUST BECOME KEENELY AWARE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SEED AND THE SOIL!

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