IDENTITY 7. Dads, Single Moms, Grandparents,Head of the Home.

Jesus Followers – Navigating the Year 2024

Was this start of taking Physical and Spiritual Inventory difficult for you? As we identify with Jesus and choose to walk in the power of The Holy Spirit to be a witness to this last dark generation, we MUST rid ourselves of ALL of these worldly roadblocks.

OUR MOTIVATION IN THIS HOUR IS TO PLEASE OUR LORD JESUS AND NOT TO LET SATAN DISQUALIFY US IN ANY AREA.

“Holy Spirit reveal the things in our lives that slow down (or maybe even stop) our spiritual maturity, then give us the power to cut these things out of our lives and break their power!”

¹⁶ I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit…Galatians 5:16

HEAD OF THE HOME

Dads, Single Moms, Grandparents – Head of the Home, you not only get to take inventory for yourself but also for all in your home. The Bible calls you GATEKEEPERS or WATCHMAN, which is exactly what it sounds like. God has chosen you to screen, analyze, judge and discern EVERYTHING that comes into your home. In this hour your home will probably be the only safe zone for your family and your last line of defense concerning the spiritual war against you and your family.

…take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people… Ezekiel 33:2-3

Satan has taken the most beautiful moments of a Godly marriage and reduced them down to a selfish narcissistic act of self-pleasure, meaning there is no giving involved, only taking. But that’s not all; none of these things are “neutral” or operate on a level playing field. For both women and men you need to understand that Satan has a well thought out plan for your destruction. Therefore we must be on the “offense” in this battle.

WHAT ARE THE GATES WE ARE TO WATCH OVER?

Every entrance into your home:

• All doors and windows: your 13 year old daughter might be selling dope or allowing someone in her bedroom window.
• Someone might be bringing in the front door the very things you are trying to get out of your home.
• Smart TVs are a huge gateway to enter your home, what you allow to come through needs to have some guidelines and filters.
• Personal Cellphones, notepads, and computers are like the world flushing the toilet right through these communication devices of music, video and text: either don’t use them or be the bad guy and protect the innocence and purity of your family as long as you can.
• Book, magazines and printed articles will either truth or evilness, what is on your coffee table?

Being a Watchman and Gatekeeper for your family is a calling from God and God will help. Here is a simple process:

1. Pray for God’s help; ask for wisdom, discernment and great love for your household.

2. Get your own life “squared away” even if you are still making a few mistakes, stand strong and take charge for you and your family.

3. Recruit your family to help you in this battle; have family meetings to express struggles, victories and to pray for help. Be vulnerable here.

4. Have each family member go through their own bedroom asking God themselves if there is anything unacceptable in their room that is not pleasing to our Lord.

We are working on the top four temptations right now and will start on the next ones later.

SEXUAL IMMORALITY

• Adultery
• Fornication
• Lasciviousness

1. Removing Pornography of any kind:

• Magazines, books, DVDs, subscriptions to video sites on your phone, tablet TV or computer.

2. Removing all contact information of:

• Ungodly relationships either real or fantasy, from your social media or address book and block all incoming calls of past perverted relationships.
• Destroy photos, posters or any “artwork” that brings about a tempting thought.
• Consciously driving different routes home that don’t go by places you have sinned: bars, strip joints, massage parlors, even exercise gyms.

3. Side things that breakdown your God given filters which will lead to undisciplined living that is especially marked by excessive consumption.

• Stress or reward eating, smoking, alcohol, self-medicating drugs

4. Idols, habits and words:

• Physical idols, statues, art, jewelry, charms, a piece of clothing or books from another country that represent a sexual god or deity or sexual “toys”. Even gifts from “friends” can carry an unwanted demonic power.
• Mentally changing your habits of the FIRST place you look at when you see a woman/man. If they bend over in front of you look the other way.
• Stop using vulgar sexual words and phrases that conjure the demonic and lead to unacceptable images.

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