Last Updated on December 19, 2025 by LookingUntoJesus
Eph. 4:20 + Job 1:5 – “run its course” “make arrangements for them to be purified” – going through a week in downtown, we aren’t like outwardly piggies that roll in the mud but we could sure ask the Lord to remove a lot of the unspiritual traces that comes along with the city of sin. I’ll give you an example, for one of my jobs, people swear too much, and that type of language can become entranced with my communication, so I pray a lot that it doesn’t. Those types of unholy seedlings can eventually create debris to our fruitfulness from Jesus.
Job 1:6 – I want you to think about this. Would you be spooked, if Satan doesn’t attack you? That’s when I start wondering, if I am no longer a threat to Satan. The fact that Satan does attack us, shows us something.
[Eph. 4:26] + Job 1:9-11 – the way Satan talks
Job 1:11 – “now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has” -even Satan believes in God’s ability, why doubt God? If even the Devil knows that God’s power is real?
Eph. 4:31 + Job 1:11-12,20-22 – interesting; God already knew in Job 1:8.
Phil. 2:15 <- (Eph. 5:10 + Eph. 4:13,15-16 + Phil. 3:17) – pray about this, present day society is pretty messed-up, we need to be of a different spiritual contrast, more and more Christ-glorifying vessels.
Matthew 7:17-20, 10:16 – wolves do more overall damage than spiritual good to members in the Body of Christ. If you have people in your church with spiritual discernment that can pick them out, that’s good. Many “wolves in sheep’s clothing” exists, there cannot be unawareness of that or any naiveness in the area, where Satan operates with stealth. Some hallmark examples are stopping the sharing of God’s Word, blocking efforts to tell the congregation to read the Bible, ensuring that the abundant life of Christ is at a minimal pace, they will further halt attempts for the church to ascent toward restoration, healing and people getting back on their feet, prevent appointments of exceptional spiritual candidates whom through Christ can significantly push back Demonic Forces and markedly abate unspiritual attacks against the church, etc. Isn’t that stuff, obvious? Churches need to be more wiser in this area. This is very critical.
Matthew 27:54 – it’s pretty cringe to realize that, after causing all that harm, we need to be vigilant (Matthew 24:44)
Mark 2:17 – we think we are fine with our spiritual life with the Lord, so we don’t ask Him much for help, that’s a major danger
Mark 1:45 – to put this simply: are you able to openly talk about your faith? A lot of people, they aren’t willing to, especially within the church, let alone outside. If you are willing to openly share, people will respond to that, that multiplies ministries, by His Spirit.
Matthew 4:9 – constantly trying to get us to betray Christ. Why not just Luke 9:35, instead?
Mark 8:33 – exhortation is important, when you see Satan using someone, speak up. If you love that person. End with Luke 11:28.
Matthew 11:30, 26:41 NIV “is willing” – it is a lighter load, when we all work together for good with Christ, are you willing to deepen your walk with Christ (Luke 10:23)? Also, the reality that our flesh is pretty conducive to sins + temptations (Luke 8:25, 4:13, Mark 14:38, Luke 18:1). I’ll end with Matthew 9:37 and partnering with God’s concerns (Jonah 4:11).
Mark 9:50, 4:40, Matthew 3:8 and Luke 15:7 – let’s make Heaven rejoice (Jonah 3:8). Jesus the “light of life”, innately identifying their inward darknesses, where repentance is required (John 8:12 -> Matt. 8:26)
John 6:43 NIV – the stuff we get mad over, is that really worth our time?
John 1:10 + Hebrews 12:2 – what is your current recognition of Christ, during the week? What unspiritual habits are unfixing your gaze?
John 2:24 – we shouldn’t make people feel like this
John 5:17, 3:12, 6:63 – there is a masquerade also, where we occupy ourselves with unessentials that have no spiritual value, you have to know what those unholy voids are (John 7:24). Satan will use those things to magnetize you away from Christ. Hot -> Lukewarm -> Cold
Luke 4:13 – Satan is very opportunistic, and persuasive
Mark 5:36 – I have seen people who just live pretty much in fear, day in and day out, rather than live much at all by faith
Matt 4:10 – we need more spiritual discernment in this area; on what part is Satan’s agenda -> for example: grudging and exerting efforts in preventing spiritual growth + the sanctification of the congregation. This ultimately leads to obstructing further worship of the Lord and forward steps in serving Him, spiritually. Exhortation and discipline are also required.
2 Cor. 3:5 – *pats your forehead multiple times* ‘c’mon, you see how insufficient we really are, when we move away from what His Word says?’
Matt. 3:8 NIV, John 15:8 and Exodus 33:18-19 NIV – the main short story that I am currently working on involves a family with a father, mother and a son + myself as a narrator-friend of the son. The high value father figure is a device that I use to illustrate the ripple effects of unrepentant sins and unchanged unholy behaviours. I’m quilting together about how a “family” can be dissolved, along with the “house” that they live in, can become vacant because of the failure to practice regular repentance. It is around an hour so far, where I will do a stand-up storytelling in the genre of a Christian poetic dramedy (I made myself cry, laughing, at my own material). I’m covering this topic because people need awareness. In our current non-fiction reality: let’s look at the effects of what has happened so far, when we practice repentance regularly. I can pinpoint that many people are fascinated with God’s presence. Now, I want us to look at this very simply and clearly: there is no coincidence that more of His Life is discerned from many churches, as a result of the Spiritual power-move of repentance. As you sense the Divine reality of the Presence of God, to be a turning-point, in our time; let’s continue going with as much repentance, as possible on Sundays, in small groups, daily; permanently do weekly emails -> a) keep expanding their knowledge about what sins are, so they know what to repent about b) tell them to pray before they read the Bible, c) tell them to look for areas to work on as they read and to substantiate those changes into their lives through prayer, d) show them how to read the Bible and to turn it into prayer, etc. I provide ideas for your administration to think about -> https://spiritualplating.ca/a-recipe-for-growing-spiritual-with-christ-reading-the-bible-repenting-prayer/ This week is a critical juncture for making this decision. Let’s march under the Banner of Christ, and fill to the brim repentance into everyone’s lives, scheduled as many times as possible, permanently and continuously. Repentance worked, didn’t it? We need colossally more of it now, you will notice a colossal spiritual difference. Spend a lot of time on this to roll it out beautifully on Sunday! Unify as many churches as possible, in this united purpose on the detailed repentance above that can be expanded and tailored to their settings.
Matt. 12:28 – do you see demons exiting? Notice how you are happier and less tormented?
Hebrews 4:9-10 -> Hebrews 3:18-19. Having faith in Christ ought to derive a real rest in Him, the same trust Jesus has with God, when He rested on that boat, when it was stormy out with His disciples, in the face of death. I discern that this is a major issue that needs inward change and asking of the Lord for help -> “Lord, I repent for not trusting you and being situational, help me be more faithful to you, at all times, and strengthen my steadfastness in you, I thank you and ask in Jesus name.” I believe the Lord is leading me to Mark 2:5 right now, our spiritual mobility can be seen as paralyzed, by our lack of faith, and with that inward paralysis, there isn’t much spiritual movement in our ministries. For example, do you believe that He can do all things, in your top 3 most requested prayers? That He can change your situation? People in the Bible had to be bold in the faith, their beliefs had to be taken further, and stretched like pulling clay with one hand and the other, farther apart, each time; whether they actually believed or not. God is doing the same with us. If you look at certain situations in the Bible, where it “looked” like an impossible problem, God was outworking the principle of Romans 15:13, trying to establish within us this growing steadfastness in Him that has a peace and rest to it, so that when trials or difficulties come, we are still unmoved in our faith in Him to a point that we are even joyful (James 1:2-4).
Luke 9:50 and 2 Chronicles 5:13 – “one” – more practice of love to deal with divisions. Imagine a human being punching and kicking himself. That’s like division and a lack of love toward the Body of Christ (Romans 12:4-5). End here with John 17:22 – let’s fight with a united and a unified purpose, against the correct opponent.
Neh. 9:20 – worth praying for
2 Chronicles 15:1 – God can bring about change.
Gen. 1:2 – God didn’t like the scene, so He did something about it.
John 11:25 – how I know for sure, that Jesus resurrected is pretty simple. I see Him work in my inward life, and the spiritual lives of others.
Luke 24:31 – I see this verse, as a reminder that He is with us, if we spiritually see enough into the details, we will find Him.
Psalm 71:20 – when God brings us through difficulties, it seems like it was meant to discover who He is, in a more beautiful way than we could imagine, changing our conceptions of what we thought He was (Job 42:5 and Phil. 3:10).
Romans 12:10 – I went to a Christian party, where we ate toast, etc and had a campfire. Yes, it was low-budget but I learned something. Someone there, even though there were tons of food there, took the burnt pieces of toast, so others could have nice pieces. I would like churches to have a desire to prioritize caring for each other (Gal. 5:13).
Hosea 11:4 – children ministry taught me so much
1 Samuel 18:1 NKJV – we are suppose to love each other, a spiritual unity -> Col. 2:2 KJV, 2:19 KJV
Joshua 22:5 – “Take careful heed”
Gen. 1:3-4 – it is a very good thing, to take what you read in the Bible (Psalm 119:105), with God’s grace and leading, to show people, the way of fruitfulness, rather than have them waste their energies on other areas that are unfruitful (2 Samuel 22:29). It does feel like the unspiritual dark ages, sometimes but we are coming out of that. More exhortations and admonishments (Psalm 43:3). We can also follow His objective in John 8:12.
Micah 7:7 -> John 1:14 – we need to look to the Word more, when I think about all these social media platforms and the guidances that Christians follow, instead -apart from God’s timing. I discern that they aren’t trusting the Lord, as a root-cause of their spiritual malady. This is an important lesson that the Lord is teaching them, sometimes repeatedly.
Psalm 119:114 – I do find that with a lower amount of Bible-intake, people in the congregation are more hopeless than they need to be.
Judges 7:20 NKJV – “the Sword of the Lord” – what was the outcome of that? Victory? That’s why getting people to read the Bible is important, aside from the idea of the Bible, and why God gives us a Bible, etc. I rarely hear the speaker telling the congregation to read more of the Bible. We use our fingers to read the Bible (Psalm 144:1).
Gen. 6:22 and Exodus 24:7 – Satan exhausts SO much effort, in preventing us from moving in His Words.
Phil. 4:6-7 – when we fret or become anxious, our minds swirl with emotions and thinking, to a point that our reflections loses its spiritual composure and Paul reminds us how to reframe our meditations with the Lord; from his experience, inspired by the Holy Spirit.
John 15:7 and Job 42:2 – “my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire.” If God’s Word does increasingly abide in us, our desires would attune with His, “and it shall be done” (Psalm 40:8).
Luke 11:1 NKJV – “Lord, teach me to pray.”
Eph. 1:9-10 – “gather together” -> deserves a lot of meditations. It is critically important to motivate the congregation to read the Word more and more. 2 Tim. 3:16-17 speaks for itself. Spiritual talents, gifts and all those good things of the Spirit will be more + more inspired, if administrations use a “carrot and stick” metaphor to get them spiritually consuming God’s Word more, praying those verses into reality that need work, etc.
Matt. 25:21 – Are we practicing sin with His deposit? Imagine if this happens Mark 13:33-35, ‘what are you doing, in your ministry?’ -> Romans 13:12. How can God give us more responsibilities? If we don’t use what He entrusts us with, properly? Luke 19:17.
Col. 3:16 – needed: more richly dwelling of His Words, imagine every single person unsheathing a spiritual sword in the church. Even telling administrations to encourage their churches to do that is a recipe for disaster against the Forces of Evil. Which is why the Adversary and His Hosts are so successful in persuading even Christian leaderships, to do otherwise. Are you being tricked by Satan to derail generational glory to Christ (Eph. 3:20-21)? You see how much unholy resources Satan has invested to barricade churches from spiritually moving in this area of telling the church to simply read more of God’s Word? It’s like a parallel universe with 1 Samuel 3:1. I do discern Satan’s movement here, we have to counter. Aren’t churches suppose to tell people to read the Bible? You see what’s going on behind the scenes here? Something very unspiritually sinister, parts of Matt. 13:19 before our eyes, Satan attempting to stop spiritual increase, through the prevention of the Word. We must take actions against this, very fast. This is a real spiritual danger that isn’t good for the future of God’s people, if we let this continue.
Rev. 3:21 – ‘are you trying to overcome the spiritual good, with the unspiritual evil?’ that’s a way of reviewing our actions.
1 John 4:4 – Satan bluffs a lot and gaslights, assuming the fake idea that the Devil has more power than God about the future.
Acts 7:48-49 – *thumbs tapping*
Numbers 14:21 – what do you value? For me, children ministry is something that I actually enjoy. I spent so much time talking to them that I became childlike. I believed that I could change the future, by teaching them everything that I could. The way I read the Bible, ways to pray, and etc. I didn’t mind giving up my weekends for them. I sometimes wonder why, what motivates me so much to talk about the Lord. I do believe that this verse in Num., with Christ living in me (Gal. 2:20) is why. He is carrying out in His plan for me in a small or large role in filling the earth with His glory. Satan will make you devalue everything about Jesus (Rev. 2:4). The unspiritual encroachment of Satan is close to its worst, when we refuse to pray, even if the Holy Spirit compels us to. We must ask the Lord to deal with this, to restore that first love we had for Him.
Gen. 15:6 and Matt. 13:58 – A LOT of spiritual movements, callings, and other miracles, aren’t happening because of the power of constant living in doubts in Christ and seeing Him as unfaithful (Psalm 27:13-14) to do anything (Mark 6:5-6). Unbelief doesn’t generate glory for God (John 11:40). We shouldn’t push God’s patience, imagine taking 50 retests of a roadtest because we fail to learn from a small section of the Bible. This is a major problem, here; that needs more work. Sometimes, we just need to grasp a few things at minimum -if you can grasp them all that’s better, that God teaches us in a specific situation that can destroy unspiritual mountains of areas in dark realms and strongholds encamped against His people (2 Cor. 10:3-4, Matt. 17:20).
Exodus 4:22 – let’s consider this allegory of God’s love toward His people. If I were to have a child, I would love that child, keep my eye on that child, and feed that child. So if you can imagine someone trying to bully that child or mistreat that child, apart from my discipline or consent; I wouldn’t be happy. God’s people need to love each other, just as He loves us (1 John 3:1). Remember Eph. 4:27, don’t play into Satan’s hand (1 Peter. 4:8).
Exodus 13:21 – inward guidance, we need inward guidance. Avoid earthly approaches, like using certain platforms for advice, stuff like that can also oppose what the Word says (Zech. 4:6).