Prayer: Father, teach me today what I have not been instructed of by man. Correct me and my thought processes. The Holy Spirit is my mentor. Amen.
Reading: Hosea 4 key: vs. 11-12 “Prostitution and wine—even new wine— it takes away understanding. My people consult their wooden idol and their divining rod informs them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have been a prostitute— out from under their God.” TLV
Attention: What I am going to share today, has come through the study of the scriptures over the past twenty years, more specifically, the last ten years the Holy Spirit has transformed my theological understandings. Most of my prior instruction of the scriptures has come through affiliation with conservative evangelical churches, who gave little or no instruction on the understanding of Ephesians 6:12, or the healing work of the Spirit through the apostles in Acts, and the influence or oppression, of the dark spirits in relation to health both physical and spiritual.
In our text today, Adonai uses the phrase, “a spirit of prostitution.” The Choose Life Journal plan, trusts the veracity (truth) of John 14:26, “But the Helper, the Ruach ha-Kodesh whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I said to you.” If God calls the dark influence in Israel a “spirit of prostitution,” why should we doubt or challenge it? When we peek into a world like prostitution, drugs, the occult, we can be easily influenced by a lust or desire for more.
Likewise, a dark spirit can oppress us. I had an experience recently with the Holy Spirit while being infirmed with Covid. About 7 days into Covid symptoms, an unrelenting cough began. I had been coughing up phlegm but now, feint traces of blood were in the phlegm. About 5 a.m. I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Call forth its name.” I knew it was not to call forth the name of Jesus but call forth the name of the spirit which was responsible for my infirmity. Immediately, I sprung up out of bed experiencing three repetitive deep coughs which brought forth copious amounts of phlegm, tinged with blood, as I headed for the bathroom. After collecting myself, I went to the computer and typed in “pneumonia” symptoms with Covid.
There was a lot of information about pneumonia tinged with blood being a normal symptom of Covid. After twenty to thirty minutes of research, I went back to the bathroom and called forth the name of “pneumonia” and immediately experienced the same deep coughing with the same results. I immediately felt better. My throat was quite sore and over the course of the next week, I coughed more phlegm out, but never experienced the deep cough or blood-tinged phlegm as before.
I know that I was healed of pneumonia that night. I went to the ER that morning, confirming that I had had Covid, and my lungs were clear. My past faith teaching did not teach me what I learned that night. The Holy Spirit is my mentor, leading me into all truth.
Action: I choose to rely on the knowledge the Holy Spirit provides.
Yield: I choose to submit to the mentoring of the Holy Spirit.
Engage: I choose to engage in the mentoring of the Holy Spirit.
Relationship: I choose to live in intimate relationship with Adonai.
Prayer: Father, I thank You for the knowledge which only Your Spirit provides. Amen.
Memory Verse: Hosea 4:6a “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you.” TLV
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Remember, “Abide in Yeshua, today!”