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In this “uncut” video, I am sharing a dream the Lord gave me several years back that showed me the power of our praise and worship within spiritual warfare. I am also sharing an encouraging word I wrote on the importance of being consistent with our spiritual practices. This is only part 1, so be sure to catch part 2 as I go deeper on the subject of the armor of God!

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“Our Weapons”  https://thebarbes.com/our-weapons/

I had a dream the other night where a young man by the name of Caleb described to me in great detail three different false spirits that came to entice him to follow them. He was very specific about these false spirits parading around as angels from God’s Kingdom. They were deceptive in nature and were sent to bring believers confusion and to lead them astray.  His tone was clearly that of a warning.

Immediately after I heard him give me this warning, I was literally visited by one of these false spirits within a separate dream. I had a full awareness of what was going on in the dream after having been warned. I had keen discernment from the Holy Spirit within the dream and upon waking up.

I cried out the name of Jesus and my husband heard me shouting and woke me up. 

I felt that false spirit in our bedroom, the same one attacking me in my dream. I commanded it to leave in the name of Jesus and it did. This false spirit realized it was found out, that it’s deception was uncovered and it fled. 

I share this dream to not frighten anyone. We have no reason to be afraid of these agents of the enemy, and I can assure you the power of our Lord Jesus is much greater than them all.

This false spirit had to respond to the name of Jesus and it did.

In the past, I would have been terrified by this experience. And I would have allowed this experience to put me in a fearful frame of mind and full of doubt. To be honest, I would have also taken it personal that the Lord would allow this to happen to me.

But much has changed since then.

The Lord has taught me a great deal concerning spiritual warfare and He has uprooted out of me teachings and beliefs that were not correct. And each attack I’ve endured has only granted me opportunity to learn more about our spiritual foes and how to guard myself against them.

I had another dream that same night of the Lord uncovering deception. And as I reflected back on these two dreams, journaling about them and listening to the voice of the Lord, I heard Him tell me that we are about to see Him uncover deception more and more around us and in our nation.

The best part of my first dream was how the Holy Spirit not only gave me a warning before the attack by the false spirit, but that He was giving me keen discernment with what was going on while within the attack and thus uncovering for me its deception. I had no confusion, I had no doubt and the momentary fear I felt melted away within me as the Spirit gave me understanding.

Understanding and clarity by His voice is empowering and gives us much confidence in Him with how to respond to different situations in our lives. We need discernment on a greater level with all that is going on in this season, both in the natural and spirit realm.

And the Lord is bringing that discernment to those seeking Him for it. 

Ask the Lord for discernment, for His wisdom and understanding. Ask Him to remove any deception that is keeping you from seeing what really is taking place. Ask Him to give you eyes to see in the spirit realm through dreams and visions to discern those spiritual attacks as well.

My dream given by the Lord not only warned me of the attack, but it provided me understanding and I was not caught off guard. 

The young man in my dream was named Caleb. Now I have to share what the name Caleb means in Hebrew. It means, “whole hearted.” 

And then I heard the Lord say it takes a “whole hearted” love and devotion to God to be able to discern well. And Caleb in my dream was able to specifically describe the false spirits that came up against him. 

If we are to be ever so discerning, we need to be fully “whole hearted” in our pursuit and devotion of the Lord. When you pursue God, you learn much about Him, His voice, His ways, His character and His Word.

Anything else that comes to try and pull you astray can be easily discerned when you know the Lord so well. It will contradict God in some way or form and you will be able to pick up on this and reject it.

Welcome to Vlog 4 of my mental health journey…

In this fourth vlog on my mental health journey, I will be sharing with you how the Lord showed up when my friends and I prayed for a young woman to be healed of a blood disease in a nearby hospital. Jesus met me personally on a deeper level in response to my obedience to Him, and He met this woman as well! This miracle put me on a path in my walk with Jesus that I have yet to regret.

Bible Drill Jill has put together a new video for you! She has learned the art of bird watching and is eager to share with you her new hobby.

Enjoy and happy bird watching!

The Lord wants His children to learn how to view their lives and circumstances through His eyes and His perspective. 

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:8-9

When God tells us that His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, He also gives an invitation for us to seek after what those thoughts and ways are. His heart is not for us to remain ignorant of His ways, but to pursue Him in relationship in order to learn more about them.

God wants to show us what He sees, what He feels, and what He plans for this world and the people living in it. 

There are mysteries He wants to reveal and secrets He wants to unveil. 

But these are gifted to us through relationship with Him.

Once we learn how to gain His perspective, a heavenly and everlasting perspective, on our lives, will we then be able to rise above our individual situations. And the worries and warfare attempting to stop us in our tracks begin to become irrelevant. 

If our focus fixes on Jesus, on His goodness and kindness and compassion, then the messiness before us can no longer keep its hold on us.

God is calling you up to where He is seated. He longs for you to see what He sees about you and your life. He wants you to receive His thoughts about you and making them your own. He desires to show you how He sees the world and others around you as well.

When we see with His eyes, our perspective truly changes. 

We begin to see people the way He sees them and we begin to see past the mere circumstances we live in and peak into what is taking place behind the scenes.

We are awakened to a reality where we can fully recognize that we are not alone. We have been given heavenly help and the Lord Himself stands with us.

Welcome to Vlog 3 of my mental health journey…

In this third vlog on my mental health journey, I will be sharing with you how the Lord stretched my faith in regards to if He still heals today.. and spoiler alert.. He does! This challenge for my faith to grow deeper in Him was the launch of myself being catapulted into a season meant to disrupt my faulty foundation in order for the Lord to rebuild it in Him alone. Enjoy!

Joseph, betrayed by his family and wrongly imprisoned, walked in forgiveness and purity and remained faithful through it all!

In this video, I will be sharing with you my favorite takeaways from studying the life of Joseph in Genesis. I wrote this Bible study a few years back and the impact it has made on me personally has been very powerful.

This study was birthed out of a season of great healing for myself and it is my prayer that as I share with you these favorite takeaways of mine, that you would receive the hope you are searching for.

Worship and praise, the studying of God’s Word, prayer and having a heart of gratitude are valuable weapons in spiritual warfare.

The Word of God is our sword for a reason. If used properly you can cut at every lie and deception thrown your way. But the Word needs to be consumed often for it to be an effective tool.

Worship and praise of the Lord aligns our spirit with His, granting us vision to see into His heart and deepening our faith.

Prayer vocalizes to the Lord our petitions and requests, and reminds us of the importance of inviting His help and power into our lives and those we pray for.

And a heart of gratitude positions us in a humble posture as we welcome our need for God and exalt Him high.

When spiritual enemies come up against us, they work hard to plant a lie in our mind, to distract us from the goodness of God, to tempt us to a position of discontentment or entitlement. And all these persuasions have the potential to lead us to walk away from a full understanding of our true identity in Christ.

But if we remain consistent in our worship and praise, in the reading of His Word, in prayer and in keeping a thankful heart, we become like a house built on a solid foundation and the storms of attack cannot sweep us away.

The time we give to focus in on the Lord in these simple, yet powerful practices becomes our protection and armor. It reminds us of who we are, of who we live for and serve, and helps us keep His perspective on our lives.

We cannot afford to not take time to do these activities. It is a must for the follower of Christ. And, yet we do these not out of duty, but out of an understanding that we need the protection provided us when we make an effort to develop our relationship and intimacy with God.

“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.” 

Ephesians 6:13-18a

In this second vlog on my mental health journey, I will be sharing with you how God healed me of a benign brain tumor and the impact it had on me and my walk with the Lord. Be blessed friends with this testimony!

As a follower of Christ and one who has struggled immensely with my mental health over the years, I felt compelled to document this journey via video logs. A lot of my healing has taken place already, and no doubt there is more healing to come, so I will be sharing with you parts I have already been through, how I am doing today, and the expected moments of more healing to come.

In this “uncut” video, I am breaking down a prophetic word I shared on social media with you this week. The Lord led me to further discuss His promise of instilling confidence in His children in this season to serve Him and be a light in this world.

Prophetic Word Here:  https://thebarbes.com/god-is-instilling-confidence-prophetic/