The Inability To Spiritually Discern

"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal, but the things not seen are eternal" 2 Corinthians 4:18.

These were the words penned by the Apostle Paul to the church of Corinth. Basically, the Apostle is encouraging the church of Corinth to pay greater attention to the things of the realm of the spirit instead of being misled by visible things. The Apostle Paul clearly understood, based on his statement, the primary rule or principle of the spirit realm, and that rule is; all things, visible and invisible, have their origin in the unseen world or what we know to be the spirit world. In fact, he went a step further by revealing that the contents of that world are eternal, suggesting that there is no ending or dying of anything from that world, unlike our world, where everything has a beginning and an end.

Today I would like to share with you some spiritual insight that I hope would not only expand your spiritual understanding but will cause you to focus on what is real and of greater importance as opposed to visible things that's for the most part, and at best misleading you and wasting your efforts. Have you ever wondered how a person could be so anointed, carry many titles such as prophet, master prophet, Evangelist, Elder, etc, and can not discern the spiritual root behind your physical matters?

How is it that when a so-called prophet calls you up to prophesy to you, for the most part, he or she only sees material things such as houses, cars, promotion on one's job, etc., and rarely if ever, reveals the spiritual root causes of your ongoing matters?

In Luke 13, scripture tells us that a woman was physically challenged for 18 years. Her ailment was that she could not stand erect, she was bent over, and again she was in this position for 18 years. Scripture further reveals that she was a daughter of Abraham, suggesting that she was a Believer of God Almighty. So, two questions popped up in my mind while pondering on this passage of scripture.

1) How could a child of God be physically challenged for such a long time and

2) How come this church she attended assumingly for 18 years could not discern the spiritual root cause behind her physical illness and, by the power of God, set her free?

Well, scripture records that while Jesus was teaching in this particular synagogue, he immediately spiritually discerned that this woman had a "SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY," unlike the other "title carriers" who just saw her in a physically incapacitated state and proceeded to cast the "SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY" out of this woman. It is further revealed that immediately when this "SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY" was cast out of this woman, she was able to do what she could not do for 18 years, and that was to stand erect. As usual, Jesus is constantly attacking the root and never the symptom.

Again, how is it that her spiritual leaders could not spiritually discern the fact that even though she had a visible physical illness, they could not discern the spiritual root behind it? This was really challenging for me to comprehend because it makes me wonder were her spiritual leaders really concern about her well-being, were her leaders really as spiritual as they claimed? For example, after Jesus had delivered this lady from this oppressive spirit, it is said that the synagogue leaders were angry with Jesus, questioning him as to how he could perform such a deliverance on the Sabbath day. Wow! Now isn't this interesting? Their behavior clearly shows that they were not interested in the lady being healed. In fact, as far as they were concerned, she could have stayed in that position and condition until the day she died; their behavior also suggests that they were focusing more on what was visible as opposed to spiritual things, which they ought to be focus on according to the Apostle Paul...Wow! Just for a moment, seriously think about your church. Do they speak and behave more towards material and physical things, or are they focusing on the spirit of Adultery, the spirit of division, lying spirits, etc? During prayer, do the prayers for you or the congregation go like this, "Lord, send a financial blessing, Father, open the windows of Heaven and pour out financial resources," or due to their spiritual insight, they're praying against the spirit of poverty and the devouring spirits that are consuming your spiritual finances thus, disabling physical, financial resources to manifest in your life?

Now, let's turn the limelight on you and your place of worship. After all the prophecies regarding new spouses, homes, cars, inherited wealth, etc., again focusing on material things, did the Prophets and spiritual leaders discern spiritually the spirit of infirmity attacking your body with cancer? Did the prophet see the witchcraft targeting your life? Did the prophet discern that your illness is not natural but its origin is that of witchcraft, and even if it has been revealed by the prophet did they do what Jesus did and cast the spirit out so like the woman who had the spirit of infirmity you can enjoy a better quality of life? How about this one? Did the prophet see that piece of paper with your enemy's name written on the inside of your shoe signifying hardship and oppression for your enemy as the source of why you can not get ahead in life? You see, my friend, the more you use the bible as a benchmark or measuring stick to the non-sense that these misguided folks do, the more you'll see why after all the prayers, all the sowing of financial seeds, and whatever else they have been asking you to do absolutely nothing is happening for you.

To discern is to observe that which is beyond the physical, just like how the Apostle Paul said in my opening statement,  "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

Why not join me in prayer this morning, asking God to open your spiritual eyes to discern beyond the natural displays of your physical matters and cause you to spiritually see the root causes of the past, pending, and future issues in your life and the lives of others. Father, remove the spiritual scales that have compromised our spiritual sight and insist that we focus on the physical instead of emphasizing the spiritual. Lord, we are asking you to amplify your spiritual gift of discernment in our lives so that we are better able to discern and decipher your will for our lives and to identify and resist the counterfeits that would attempt to seduce and lead us on the road of destruction in the mighty and matchless name of your son and our savior Jesus Christ. Amen!

Kevin LA Ewing
ewinglakevin@icloud.com
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I hope you're not sitting on your God given gifts

Rather than sitting on your God given talents and gift and waiting on someone to "ordain" you with some title to begin your operation of them. You need to be operating in your gift NOW!!!!!

There are many folks trying to discover their position in life, however the talents and gifts that God has given you to assist them with are laying wast, while they're suffering unnecessarily. How long will you sit under that dormant, lifeless, riddle with tradition Ministry, while the folks that God has assigned to your anointing wander about aimlessly and quite possibly being hurled into a Christless hell. Make no mistake these folks blood will be on your hand as a result of your inactivity.

God has been calling and prompting you to begin excising the gifts and talents he's given you, but as usual you're quite satisfied with adhering to regular church tradition while under the assumption that once you follow those traditions you're in right standing with God. Here is what scripture says about those of you sitting on your gifts and talents and believing it's okay:

"For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their (sonship)." Romans 8:19. Creation, mankind is desperately waiting on you to get it together so that they can be delivered and advanced.

Do you know what your gifts and talents are? Are your spiritual leaders on a quest in assisting you with discovering those gifts and talents? Are you being assigned by  your church leadership in the areas of ministry where your gifts benefits most? Are you sitting under a dictator like leadership that is only interested in tradition and the Pastor is the only one that can mount the pulpit to preach, while the God given talents of the members go to waste?

You were not sent to your church by God to sit on your gifts. In fact your leaders aught to have spiritually recognize your God given talent and began the process of training you and eventually deploying you in the area of ministry that will advance the kingdom of God in the earth. Romans 8:19 can not be achieved if you're sitting under an egotistic oppressive leader that have misplaced the purpose of being a Shepard over the sheep or you just decided to make the decision to sit on your gifts and talents.

I promise you, the day of reckoning will come which of course is the day of Judgement and many folks are under the misguided belief that the day of judgement will be primarily about God judging sin as we know it. On the contrary, according to Matthew 25:13-30. It is interesting to know that in this parable the servant that decided not to use his God given talent was labeled as a WICKED and SLOTHFUL servant and eventually cast into outer darkness.

Now, isn't it surprising that there is no scriptual evidence in this particular chapter where this servant fornicated, lied, committed adultery, stole or participated in any sin that would have warranted his end result? However, his sin was the disabling, inactive, non-use and procrastination of the use of his talent, with the purpose of benefiting others. Have you ever been taught by your religious leaders that no matter how holy you may appear to be or claim to be and by extension not participating in any known sin does not negate the fact that the non use of your God given talents and gifts could place you in an eternity you never prepared for wile on earth? Yes you sing in the choir, but is singing your gift? Yes you love to preach or teach but are you in the right calling or this is where you want to be because of the prestige and lime light it brings to you?

This is divine revelation my friend and it is not by chance you have read this article to its end. Ask God to reveal to you what gifts and talents he's given you. Along with asking God to place you in an environment that will recognize and train you in what God has called you to do with the sole intent of deploying you in the right area or ministry.

I will end with this, it is frequently said in religious circles that what God has given you no man can take from you, but lets compare this misleading statement with what scripture has to say, "So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away" Matthew 25:28-29. Now, will you believe man or God?

Read the word for yourself, study the word for yourself, seek understanding of your purpose and where God has called you to be. At the end of the day you can not blame no one but yourself for not multiplying what God has invested in you!

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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Someone has been sent to sustain you

The Lord has placed you on the  mind and in the spirit of someone who may not look the part but they have been anointed just to sustain you. As a reminder, it is the anointing that destroys yokes, Isaiah 10:27.

CAUTION: The one that has been sent to sustain you, will look as if they need help themselves, nevertheless, it will be this God ordain divine connection between both of you that will supply the much needed resources to overwhelmingly satisfy you.

Scripture records that the word of the Lord came to Elijah saying, "Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee" 1 Kings 17:9.

We would later learn in this same chapter that this same widow woman needed help herself. In fact when Elijah showed up the widow woman via her own admission said to Elijah that her son and herself were about to eat the last of what they had and then prepare to die, 1 Kings 17:12. Now, least we forget, 1 Kings 17:9 clearly stated that God told Elijah that he had commanded the widow woman to sustain him. Before we proceed any further with this spiritual insight let's define the word sustain. The word sustain means to support, hold, or bear up from below; or to bear the weight of something. It also means to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.

Logically one must ask, if to sustain means to provide assistance to others, then how was this obviously lacking in resources widow woman suppose to sustain Elijah? Well, just like you and me Elijah could have dismissed the woman based on her appearance or obvious circumstances. However, it is clear that both parties ignored each other's physical positions and conditions and were more interested in obeying the word of the lord that was given to both of them that would later produce the manifested power of God.

As a reminder, God commanded Elijah to go to Zarephath as well as God commanded the widow woman to sustain Elijah, both parties OBEYED THE COMMAND OF THE LORD. It would have been as a result of not only their divine connection but more importantly their obedience to God that Elijah as a prophet of God declared the much needed resources into the widow woman's life, that sustained her and her son until the end of the drought that was currently going on in Israel.

I am here to tell someone reading this post that God has sent someone to sustain you. Please! Do not make the foolish mistake of judging what you think your help should look like and as a result turn away or dismiss the help that God has sent you. Secondly, and this is very important to note. The sign of the one sent to sustain you WILL COME SEEKING HELP FROM YOU! Make no mistake, it will be the assistance you lend to your unassuming sustainer that will release the much needed resources into your life. Divine connections + obedience = PROVISION!

"Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth" 1 Corinthians 10:24.

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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The simple principle of Success and failure

I can recall growing up, my grandmother would frequently say, "Practice makes perfect". Basically what she was saying, was that the more you do anything eventually you'll become perfect at it or at best give you the same results.

While pondering her saying, I began to marry her saying with the word "system". The word system is defined as a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole. in other words a set of things or a group of people working individually knowingly or unknowingly for good or bad to produce, create or complete a whole or anything.

Thus, it brought me to the following thought. Whatever it is in life that is repeatedly going on with you (good or bad) it will always be as a result of a system or a repetitive behavior, structure or connections that you're knowingly or unknowingly following or participating with that's providing your end result.

Therefore, bad relationships, poverty, unhappiness, confusion, lack, negative thoughts, failure and its opposites are indicators that there are systems that you're involved with or a part of, where your consistent practicing of certain things or involvement with certain people are repeatedly providing you with what you like or dislike...... The reality is, it's impossible to achieve something different by doing the same thing over and over again with the same people or components!

Consequently, in order to change what you have been consistently achieving, then carefully analyze the components and people that are responsible and always involved with your end product!

It is therefore true that Insanity is doing the same thing the same way, possibly with the same people all the time, however expecting a different result!


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

Change for 2015 must begin with doing something different in 2014

If you do nothing else before the end of this year 2014, please consider going on a fast. I have heard
the stories of so many folks saying to me, "Kevin! All I need is a husband/wife and things will be good for me" "Kevin! If God could only bless me with X-amount of dollars thing would change for me". "Kev! If only I could get this promotion my life would take off.

Friends! Please, if you haven't listen to anything I have been saying to you through out the course of the year, please take my seemingly foolish advice and Participate in a fast before this year comes to a close! A fast will realign you with all the blessings the enemy has hijacked from you during the course of the year. The Enemy's success in hijacking your spiritual blessings were to always connect you to something, someone or some place that you had no business being attached to, which ultimately hindered and kept you from those divine appointments that were specifically designed by God to advance you.

Scripture, clearly tells us that we are blessed with "ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS" in heavenly/spiritual places, Eph. 1:2. However, these spiritual or invisible blessings whose purpose is to become physical or tangible at specific times in our lives can not be manifested if we are on the WRONG DESTINY!

Spiritual blessings are the raw material of what we call physical blessings. For example, your husband, job, car, monies, home etc were all spiritual prior to their manifestation. Scripture again makes this clear when it said, "There is a time and season for every purpose under the sun which is also inclusive of our spiritual blessings manifesting into natural or physical blessings at specific times, Eccl. 3:1. With that said, your car, husband/wife, home, job etc ARE NOT YOUR BLESSINGS.... INSTEAD THEY ARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR GOD ORDAINED SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS THAT WERE NOT INTERRUPTED BUT INSTEAD WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME TO PRODUCE WHAT YOU ARE NOW CALLING THE BLESSING TODAY.

With this understanding in mind you must go on a fast and I highly recommend a 3 day fast minimum or a 7 day fast maximum specifically asking God to restore you of all the divine appointments that the enemy has caused you to miss and as a result you never encountered the manifestation of what God had in place spiritually for you. Ask God to realign your spirit, body and soul to become one with His Spirit so that there would be no future interruptions with all spiritual blessings that has been put in place before the foundation of the world. Say to yourself or out loud right now, "LORD REROUTE ME AND CAUSE ME TO COLLIDE WITH EVERY BLESSING THAT HAS SLIPPED PASS ME, FATHER, DETACH ME FROM EVERY CURSE THAT HAS BLOCKED MY BLESSINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST!

This must be done prior to 2015, also, with the 3 day fast it must be a dry fast, meaning no fluids or food. If you desire to perform the 7 day fast, then there must be no food consumption only water and natural juices only with no additives.

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 2015, THEN IT MUST HAVE BEGUN WITH YOU DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 2014.

Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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Depression is a spirit

As long as you insist on dealing with depression as a feeling or a barrage of negative thoughts, then
the truth is you are in full co-operation with the spirit of depression to keep you in a STATE OF DEPRESSION!

Yes! You read correctly that depression is indeed a spirit and not a feeling. The feeling of depression is evidence of the spirit of depression attacking your human spirit.

The power behind the spirit of depression is to always keep its victims ignorant of its true identity and to cause them to focus on things such as loneliness, a divorce, being fired, chronic sickness, etc., as the source of their depression. Again, these things are just the tools used by this conniving spirit to misplace the efforts of their victims in attempting to eliminate its presence.

I am led to say to someone tonight to stop fighting the tentacles of depression and begin to fight the real spirit of depression, which is the root of your depression if you desire permanent relief.

"Father, I thank you for revealing that depression is a spirit. Therefore, I will discontinue asking you to take away from me what I have now identified via your spirit as the branches of depression. I am now asking you to destroy by fire the root of depression that I now know to be the spirit of depression.

Spirit of depression, I refuse to ignorantly work with you to keep myself depressed via negative thoughts, grieving over things that I can not change, the loss of a job, a broken marriage, disappointing kids, failures, etc. Instead, I agree with the word of God that says, "I must give thanks in all things because this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning me at this point in my life" 1 Thess. 5:18. Lord, even though I can not understand the reason behind this harmful and perplexing matter, the spirit of depression has taken full advantage of me. I will continue to hold on and speak your word that clearly says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28.

Finally, Father, I speak to the spirit of depression via the authority you have given me. Therefore I say to the spirit of depression, "God Almighty, has given me the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness" Isaiah 61:3. Spirit of depression, you have been identified and exposed. Spirit of depression, I curse you and your devices. I reject you in every area of my life. I dispatch the angelic host to destroy all your efforts against me. Spirit of depression, the Lord, said that he has become a curse for me. Therefore I command every generational curse of depression in my family to be broken at this very moment in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus Christ!

Friends, you must speak to the depressing voices that are talking to you by declaring the word of God against it in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!


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

Stop fooling yourself; somethings and folks have to be severed in 2015!

Many folks  are in the valley of decision in terms of letting go of what they are fully aware of that's
causing them not to grow.

2014 has been a challenging year but at the same time we contributed greatly to those challenges by not severing what had us anchored to a life of defeat and anti-progress. Believe it or not there are some churches, some Pastors, some friends and even places that you must cut loose from and literally bury, signifying that there will be no returning to that same old, non-progressing, defeated, depressing state.

As much as you may admire some folks or even look up to some folks, you must remain committed to the formula of life and that is you must determine if that person, place or thing is adding to your life, taking from your life or keeping you anchored in life! Which ever one you have determine to be the case, please note that your choice also makes you a contributor as to what becomes of your life as a result of separating yourself from them or being connected to them.

Always keep in mind that success or failure can not happen by itself. Instead, one must be connected to or disconnected from someone, something or some place that with combine efforts will produce the result of failure or success!

Now, with all of that said let us do a quick test and we will use the year 2014 as the testing ground in an effort to reveal who or what we need to cut loose in 2015 if we truly desire success or at least to achieve a better quality of life in 2015. Think about it for a moment, who or what were you connected to or who or what were the common denominator during your times of success and failures in 2014. Let me make it a little more simple for you. Why is it that ever since you hooked up with person-X in 2014 absolutely nothing seem to be going right for you, better yet, ever since you've join that particular church all they ever talk about is you sowing a financial see for prosperity but you've plunged further into debt since you started attending there but you have never had a financial problem prior to attending there?

The above test will enable you to now see what connections had you going forward, standing still or taking you backwards in life. As a reminder, it will always be the synergy of something, someone or some place that will produce the end result of failure or success for you!

I have said this before and it's worth repeating again, 2015 will be a year of revelation. Revelation means to reveal something that was hidden or to make clear something that was not understood. The purpose of any revelation is to ultimately give to the person in whom the revelation is being revealed, a greater insight or to go beyond the surface of what they thought they knew so that they can now make a better decision.

Father, reveal to us that which was hidden so that we will not repeat the same cycle of failure in 2015 that we did in 2014 in the mighty name of you son Jesus Christ. Amen!

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