Your Wisdom and Knowledge is Limited if You're Not Fasting

The New Testament emphasizes how we should conduct ourselves while fasting. Fasting should be a personal matter and should only be shared with others if it involves someone fasting alongside us for a specific reason or for a particular person.

"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth; they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your unseen Father; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you" Matthew 6:16-18.

Well, based on the above scripture, there is indeed a reward for a genuine fast. Nevertheless, your reward can be limited if you attempt to make your fasting period publicized. In fact, scripture clearly says that those who make it a point to look distressed during fasting have received their reward in full. Simply put, their reward would be the compliments and accolades given to them during the broadcasting of their fast, such as how disciplined they are, how much they love the Lord, their commitment to the Lord, etc. However, as far as the actual result of fasting is concerned, such as breaking yokes, undoing heavy burdens, setting the oppressed free, etc., this will never be manifested in that person's life.

We are encouraged to treat fasting as a personal matter between ourselves and God. In fact, we are advised to refresh our outward appearance and not to show any signs of fasting to others. Scripture tells us that God, who is invisible, will see the fasting we do in secret and will reward us publicly. From my experience, I believe that one of the rewards God provides is a surge of wisdom and clarity.

Isaiah 58:10 says, "Then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday." Light in this text symbolizes knowledge and wisdom, while darkness indicates ignorance. So, according to scripture, a fast will elevate your knowledge and wisdom, dispelling the ignorance that once overwhelmed you. In other words, be prepared to understand things you did not know before, either after or during fasting.

It didn't end there; it stated that your obscurity and gloom would become like the noonday. "obscurity" refers to something or someone that is unclear, ambiguous, vague, or uncertain. In contrast, "gloom" is defined as total or partial darkness and dimness. Before I continue, it's important to note that Isaiah, the prophet, is suggesting that the children of Israel may lack knowledge, experience confusion, and, in the worst-case scenario, be consumed by ignorance due to their lack of fasting or fasting incorrectly.

However, he has simultaneously provided the remedy for the born-again believer who thinks they have it all together. That is to enter a genuine fast to stimulate, replenish, restore, or impart much-needed spiritual knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Therefore, a fast will cause your once obscurity and gloom to be dissolved and your wisdom and insight to come forth or replace what you were unaware of.

The most frightening and challenging aspect of this situation is that there are Christians who have never fasted throughout their entire Christian journey. Even more concerning, some of these individuals preach to others. Regardless of one's perspective, fasting should be a fundamental discipline for every Christian who intends to upgrade and, more importantly, be relevant to the things of God and the spiritual realm. True fasting is designed to propel you forward and provide breakthroughs that ordinary prayer might not achieve.

As a side note, show me a Christian who does not fast, and I will show you a confused, lost, and misguided believer with little if any Godly manifestations in their life.

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing

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Fasting will take your human spirit to another level

While some individuals may have difficulties with fasting, the debate arises about whether fasting should be limited to abstention from food and water or refraining from particular pleasures.

Well, my teachings are based on the biblical way of fasting. I will continue to believe that if we desire a God-promised result. Then, we must follow Biblical protocols regarding fasting. If one considers not watching television for a month as a fast, then that is between them and their god. However, biblical fasting requires depriving the body of food and water or just food alone. This literally weakens the flesh and, at the same time, detoxifies the body. As a result of fasting, there is a greater awareness of the human spirit regarding the spirit realm. In other words, your spirit is now ruling your flesh and not your flesh ruling your spirit.

As a reminder, the real you is your SPIRIT and not your flesh. Your flesh is what makes you legal on the earth. The human spirit is trapped in its physical body, which we also call the flesh. Therefore, it will always be your human spirit that longs and desires with great hunger for intimacy with the Spirit of God. Still, if your spirit remains in your body, there will always be some interruption, distraction, or war between the two. This is why scripture says, "For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would" Galatians 5:17

Therefore, fasting crucifies your flesh or weakens it by depriving it of food and water so that the human spirit, without interference by its flesh, can dominate and commune directly with God, his creator, on a higher level. This is why you would come across scriptures such as, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" Matthew 26:40-43.

Fasting should be viewed as a greater level of spiritual warfare. It is to access more significant revelations from God to reveal the mysteries on earth. Simultaneously, fasting is a clear indicator that your spiritual battle is against a greater demonic power. Here is the proof; in Matthew 17, there was a man whose son was possessed by a demon. The man took his son to Jesus' disciples, who failed to heal him. The man, in his frustration, took the boy to Jesus. Long story short, Jesus healed the boy. After everyone left, his disciples pulled him to the side and asked Jesus why they could not deliver the boy of the devil that possessed him.

Jesus answered and said, "This kind will only go out by prayer and fasting" Matthew 17:21. Kind is defined as a different order, genus, species, breed, or set. In other words, this is not your regular demon. Instead, it is a greater power, which in this case and other cases will require PRAYER AND FASTING!

As many of you may or may not know, the disciples did not fast while Jesus was on earth. Here is the biblical proof: "And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast: they came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?"
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast" Mark 2:18-19.

So, the above passage clearly reveals how believers of Jesus Christ can be limited in power and ultimately subdued by the enemy if they neglect prayer and fasting as a part of their Christian discipline. Contrary to popular opinion in this same chapter, even the Pharisees understood a fast exercise that, at minimum, dismissed food. Also, in this same chapter. More importantly, in Mark 2:20, Jesus specifically said, "But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days."

The above verse dispels the notion or belief of others that we are not required to fast. Again, the scripture says that when the bridegroom, Jesus, is gone, the disciples not might but "SHALL" fast!

Well, this concludes my teachings on fasting. I want you to understand the importance of fasting and its protocols so that you can operate correctly.

"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For the length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee" Proverbs 3:1-2

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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Understanding the dreams you dream. Part. 12-Dream manipulation

Just like with any other area of our lives, the more we discover what Satan has been doing to secure his oppression over us, the craftier he becomes.

I am sure you must have ascertained by now that the Bible's wisdom causes one to see things from an entirely different perspective. More importantly, the Bible elevates our understanding of our variety of situations. In today's teaching, we are about to explore an area of dream interpretation that, if not carefully analyzed, it's easy to become confused by specific dreams. Often, the dreamer can be misled through a misinterpretation of their dreams.

Make no mistake, just like in your everyday life, the enemy shows up in your dreams only to execute three objectives, and they are to kill you, steal from you, and destroy you, according to John 10:10. However, he doesn't just arbitrarily attack you in these areas. The reality is, unknown to most believers, Satan and his cohorts are very much legalistic and attack with purpose in mind, aided by the spiritual laws. Meaning whenever he comes, he's coming fully equipped with biblical law. For example, the biblical or spiritual law dictates that the people of God are destroyed due to a lack of knowledge, Hosea 4:6. Destruction will always result from a lack of knowledge that otherwise would prevent Destruction.

The best way that I can illustrate this understanding is by the following example. Let's say someone has set a trap for you. The trap will only be as successful as your ignorance towards it. So the fact that you don't realize that there is a trap set for you will ultimately secure Destruction for you. On the other hand, if you are aware of the trap, you cannot be destroyed because you're aware of the trap. So, in essence, your knowing (which is knowledge) will protect and preserve your life, while you're not knowing (lack of knowledge) will destroy your life.

With the above being said, a friend told me he had a dream that confused him. He said he dreamt how his wife and himself were in what appeared to be a bedroom. He stood on one side of the bed while she stood on the other side. In the dream, he was filled with rage and anger and cursed his wife with profanity. In fact, he said he cursed his wife so much she didn't even have a chance to respond. Even though she so desperately wanted to. He further went on to say that he could recall the room being dark, and the dream ended. Upon waking, he said he felt very uneasy and did not know what to make of the dream.

Firstly, as I mentioned in the previous teaching, darkness in a dream indicates evil, ignorance, wickedness, etc. While a house would represent a person's life, different parts of that house speak to specific areas of that person's life. The bedroom points to personal and intimate areas of the dreamer's life. Here, the dream can become misleading if one does not consider spiritual laws. My friend said he was cursing his wife with great profanity to the extent his wife could not get a word in. In reality, my friend and his wife do not get along, so some would interpret this dream to mean that he may have unforgiveness in his heart toward his wife or that his dream was just an avenue to vent his frustration toward his wife.

The novice or one who is not mentally accompanied by spiritual laws and understands Satan and his agent's craftiness and manipulation of the law would find this dream very difficult to interpret. The dream's interpretation is that my friend was, in fact, cursing himself in the dream. Yes! Satan has manipulated him in the dream to curse his wife. How is this? According to the spiritual law, the law says, "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh" Ephesians 5:31. "And they twain shall be one flesh: so they are no more twain, but one flesh" Mark 10:8. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" Genesis 2:24.

So, as you can see, according to spiritual laws, a husband and wife are indeed one: "The two shall become one." So the enemy, via this spiritual law unknowing to my friend, was able to cause my friend in his dream to curse his wife when the truth is to curse his wife is to really curse himself. The second law used in this dream was Death and life. This law says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it (the Death or life that they speak) shall eat the fruit thereof, Proverbs 18:21.

So it is dreams like the above that if left unchallenged, meaning if the dream is not interpreted correctly and canceled, the dreamer can expect difficulties, losses, delays, missed opportunities, etc., in their life.

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing

ewinglakevin@icloud.com

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Dreaming of Houses

 DREAMING OF HOUSES

In today's teaching on dreams and their understanding, we will focus on dreams that involve houses. Dreaming of a home is a very common dream. A house in a dream usually represents someone's life. Even more interesting is that each part of the house speaks to a specific area of the dreamer's life.

Let's examine the scriptures to prove that a house represents a person and their life. The book of Matthew 12:43-44 reads, "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a person, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, 'I will return into my house from whence I came out,' and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished." In this scripture, the word "house" refers to the human host once inhabited by the unclean spirit. However, in another reference regarding houses, Acts 16:31, the word "house" is used as a symbol for a family.

So, as you have read, a house in a dream is symbolic of the dreamer's life or that of someone else. Former residences, such as your childhood home or a former apartment, symbolize delays, starting over, or inconvenient setbacks in life. A new house can represent a new life or a new way of life, and an old house usually speaks of things concerning the past, especially if you dream about a house you lived in when you were young. This undoubtedly symbolizes elements from your past that influence your life presently and prevent you from excelling or progressing.

Now that we have established that the house represents the person and their life let's explore the different areas of the house that specifically speak to specific regions of a person's life.

The bedroom is considered a private part of the house and always points to personal and/or intimate things. This part of the house is off-limits, particularly to those who do not live there. So if you dream of someone in your bedroom, it generally means someone is invading or intruding on your privacy. It can also mean someone trying to interfere in your relationship with your spouse or significant other. The bedroom can also represent a place of rest, especially if you're in bed. These dreams should be taken very seriously because they warn the dreamer of pending spiritual manifestations. It calls for much prayer to dismantle this impending evil.

Dreams involving bathrooms often carry a symbolic meaning of purification and the release of negative emotions or behaviors. Within the realm of dream interpretation, bathrooms can be seen as a representation of the cleansing process, both physically and mentally, where one can rid themselves of any unwanted residue or toxic matters.

A basement is a space underneath a home, often used for storage or as an additional living area. It can also symbolize hidden or discarded items, including sins such as unfaithfulness, emotional pain, and family secrets.

The living room and den are common areas within a home where families gather to engage in meaningful conversations about current events and personal matters. These spaces offer a sense of comfort and familiarity to those who seek a safe and welcoming environment in which to share their thoughts and feelings. Whether discussing world news or intimate family affairs, these spaces provide a platform for open and honest communication among loved ones.

Dreaming of a "front porch" typically refers to open and visible areas to the public, lacking a sense of privacy and often exposing the events or activities occurring within it, both present and future. This can encompass a range of settings and scenarios, from physical spaces such as a literal front porch to digital platforms and social media accounts that anyone can view, exposing personal content. In other cases, a front porch would represent things of the future, similar to a back porch, which would indicate stuff of the past.

A kitchen is a place for preparing, cooking, and storing food. To the dreamer, it symbolizes preparation for something. For those passionate about cooking, it represents a love for the craft. It could also mean studying and holding the word in one's heart.

Dreaming of a roof can represent covering and protecting the mind and thoughts. It is the same if you dream about the ceiling of a home; it speaks directly to the mind and opinions of the person. For instance, let's say you had a dream of mildew on your ceiling or blackbirds on your roof. This case speaks of evil thoughts attempting or invading your mind. Remember, the color black represents negative things.

When one dreams of a home's foundation, it can symbolize a variety of ancestral and family matters. These can include curses and blessings, depending on the specific details of the dream. For instance, snakes on the foundation may indicate a curse, while clear water may represent blessings. It is essential to carefully consider the details of the dream to gain a deeper understanding of the message it may be trying to convey.

Stairs in a house are significant because going up a staircase represents promotion or elevation, and going down a stair would mean the opposite, which would be a demotion.

If you dream about your or someone else's property, it would represent territory, dominion, and even ownership.

One must remember that the interpretation of dream symbols is often shaped by an individual's cultural background, occupation, way of life, and faith. As such, it is of utmost importance to depend exclusively on the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit when seeking to understand their meaning.

Written By: Kevin L. A. Ewing
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Spiritual understanding of dream symbols

In our teaching today on dreams we will focus on a particular area of our dreams that every dreamer experience. The reality is, if you’re a dreamer then it is happening to you but you‘re probably just not aware of it.

In my previous articles on dreams, I would have mentioned to you that for the most part dreams are symbolic. However, more importantly the symbols that would appear in our dreams would be relative to our everyday life. Meaning, our dreams for the most part would be relative to our work, family, church etc. things that our environment or life is consist of. If we reference the bible days, their dreams were usually saturated with farming, animals, the sun, moon, stars etc. This was so because once they would have identified and understood the purpose of the symbols the interpretation were automatic.

The bible gives us an account of Joseph the son of Jacob who had a dream that he shared with his family. In this dream he said that he dreamt that the Sun, the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to him. His father being upset by Joseph’s dream jumped up and said, “What do you mean your mother and I and your brothers will bow to you?” Now the truth is Joseph never said a word concerning the interpretation of the dream. Nevertheless, his father understood that the Sun which is greater in light must represent himself, the moon must represent his wife and the eleven stars must represent Joseph’s eleven brothers. This is by far a clear example of understanding the significance and purpose of things concerning your everyday life, so that once it shows up in your dreams you can convert its purpose in an effort to make sense of your dream.

Now, In the world of dreams there is what is called “Dream markers”. Dream markers are specific symbols in a person’s dream that has a specific personal meaning to them. For example, some folks if they ever see any type of fish in their dreams, they become immediately alarmed because as a marker for themselves fish symbolizes fertility or pregnancy, while for others it has an entirely different meaning. So dream markers are identifying specific symbols that have personal meaning to you that no matter how the dream presents itself those markers provides a clear and specific understanding to the dreamer.

Using myself as an example, I had a dream this morning and in this dream I was rushing to catch a flight. However, as I approached what appeared to be Customs/Immigration section, my travel documents were taken away from me by the officer. The officer glanced at my travel documents with a mean look then gave them back to me along with a white document and said I must join the line. This line that he spoke of led all the way outside of the building, which clearly meant I would not make my flight. I could recall not only being very disappointed in the dream but very confused.

Now, the dream markers in this case for me were, whenever I have dreams where I am either being hindered or being sent back in any situation. The dream automatically symbolizes pending or current delay and setback for me in the natural. Secondly, in this dream I recognized the emotions of confusion and disappointment in this dream, which again is a marker for me but also speaks of pending confusion and disappointment in the natural as a result of the setback and the delay. As a reminder, dreams are spiritual and are always revealing what is pending or currently taking place in the spirit realm to be manifested in our natural world or currently being manifested. So you need not ask, but like I have been instructing you throughout these teachings, when I woke up I began a series of canceling and rejecting of this dream from the spirit realm via prayer so that there would be no physical manifestation in the natural realm. I think this bears repeating. In order for things of the spirit to manifest in our natural realm be it good or evil there must be an agreement between things that are spiritual and things that are natural. Thus, when we cancel and pray against a dream we are severing all knowing or unknowing agreements that were made in our dreams. Scripture clearly says, "While men slept (during his dreams), his enemy (Satan and his evil spirits) came and plant evil spiritual seeds and then went his way" Matthew 13:25. Again, if these seeds which truly represents evil covenants that have been forged in your dreams are not spiritually challenged, then the manifestation of those evil dreams will come to pass.

In closing I need you to keep in mind that the reality behind every dream is the seeking of your approval or agreement, be it covertly or overtly by spirits, Angelic or demonic. Again, the reason for this is, the law of physical manifestation requires the agreement between things that are spiritual with things that are natural in order for physical manifestation to occur. So if you choose not to cancel your dreams if it’s not a good dream, then it’s equivalent to agreeing with the dream (silence takes consent). This is the primary law of the spirit realm to take special note of because if you’re being given something in a dream such as an envelope, a piece of paper or something that is sealed. The mere fact that you accepted it symbolizes your agreement in the dream. The question is what is it that you have agreed to? It could have been your death warrant in the dream you have agreed to that could either spell physical death for you in the natural or the ending of something very important to you in the natural.

Again, like I have admonished you in my previous teachings on dreams, the safest prayer to pray upon waking from these dreams especially if you don’t understand the dream is the following: “Lord if this dream is of you then I come in total agreement with your desire for my life, However Lord, if this dream was not of you, then I cancel and reject all the plans of the enemy for my life from the root which is in the spirit realm and command it to be destroyed by spiritual fire in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing

kevineing@coralwave.com

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Your life is like a vapor

Death is the permanent transition from our natural physical world to the spirit world. Death is also
the bringing to an end of all earthly matters whether its purposes were fulfilled or not.

More importantly however, death is the only way in which the real you which is your spirit can be extracted from your physical body to join the billions of souls that have gone ahead of you in the spirit world to either eternal rest or eternal damnation.

The reality is, it really does not matter how you die, meaning whether it was by a motor vehicle accident, a heart attack, plane crash etc. These means of death are just the extraction of which permanent separation is made between spirit and body.

Unfortunately, folks are more challenged concerning the extraction process of death which is entirely irrelevant as oppose to what happens after the extraction process. Many of us manipulate ourselves by convincing ourselves that we are guaranteed another day of existence. This is primarily due to such events such as: a good health report from the Doctor, a job promotion, a new marriage, a new baby a new relationship etc.

However, I am certain you would agree with me in that you either know of or have heard of the above instances where death unexpectedly showed up to perform the extraction process, in spite of the new marriage, the new baby, the recent job promotion etc?

My question to you this morning is simply this, during the course of your daily preparation for everything else that is of importance to you, have you seriously given thought as to what will really happen to you when your appointment with the extraction process presents itself to you?

"You have no idea what tomorrow will bring. For what is your life? Is it not like a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away?" James 4:14

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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Your connections will reveal who or what have you hindered

Everything in God's creation was designed to connect with something or someone  else to
manufacture, create, produce or reveal more.

Satan, on the other hand, one who loves to mimic and reverse the order of God understands that not everything was meant to connect with anything. He is also fully aware that some connections would produce the opposite of its intended purpose.

With that said, I would like to add here that there is a significant difference between being naturally barren and spiritually barren. To be naturally barren is to suggest that there is something wrong with that person, that place or that thing that is causing it not to produce, increase multiply or advance. To the contrary, to be spiritually barren; it means that there is absolutely nothing wrong with that person, that place or that thing. Instead, it is what these things are CONNECTED TO that's consistently producing an end result of barrenness.

The reality of life is simply this, to know why you're not growing or not increasing you must discover what is it that have you hindered. To identify what is it that have you hindered you MUST inspect and investigate who or what is it that you're connected to. I can assure you; all things has its beginnings with some type of connection.

Scripture clearly tells us that God saw that everything in the garden of Eden was good except that man should not be alone, Genesis 2:18. Interestingly enough, the word good in this text literally means to benefit. Therefore, the scripture is not suggesting that God messed up instead it is suggesting that Adam being by himself could not benefit himself and by extension creation.

God understood that for Adam to produce, advance, increase, and progress in life not only must he be connected but he must be connected to the right person. Scripture goes on to say that God didn't just create another person out of the dust like how he initially created Adam. Instead, he removed one of Adam's rib while Adam was asleep to create Adam's help meet.

The phrase "Help meet" is defined as someone that is compatible or suitable.  That when join to whatever they were designed for. then there must be a benefit to each other, and as a result of this "divine connection," this couple will produce more like a connected team than they were producing as individuals.

To advance my point, as long as Adam and Eve stayed connected to each other as the will of God had design it to be, then they were guaranteed growth and to achieve the once unachievable. However, it was only when Eve connected with Satan that everything went downhill for her and her husband and by extension all creation. Every connection reaches well beyond your understanding and has the power to create or destroy life.

I said all of that to say this: IF YOU'RE NOT PRODUCING, GROWING, ADVANCING OR SIMPLY NOT ENJOYING YOUR LIFE, THEN REVISIT WHO OR WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE OR HAVE CONNECTED YOURSELF TO.

How can two walk together except they agree, Amos 3:3

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com