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Don't Let Manipulation Block Your Blessings

Pastor Shirley Albritton delivers a critical teaching on the spirit of manipulation—a core strategy the enemy uses to hinder believers and wreck relationships. Manipulation is defined as coercive and unethical behavior aimed at controlling another person for personal gain, and it can operate subtly in all areas of life: friendships, marriage, family, and most dangerously, our relationship with God. The enemy's ultimate goal is to sever our intimacy and direct access to the Father, just as he did in the Garden of Eden.

Learn to identify the signs of manipulation and understand that its presence is always a calculated effort to lead you into disobedience and out of God's will.

Here are the key points covered in this message:

-- Manipulation is Coercive and Unethical: It is driven by the goal of exploiting or controlling another person for personal gain. -- The Manipulator is After Something of Value: This value is ultimately your relationship and fellowship with God the Father. -- Learned Behavior: Manipulation is often learned in childhood but is brought into the body of Christ to avoid change and consequences. -- Warning Signs: Be alert to the tactics of manipulation, including guilt-tripping, lying to avoid blame, flattery with a hidden motive, putting on a facade of kindness, moving the goalpost, triangulation (bringing a third party into a two-person issue), love bombing, and isolation. -- The Fruit of Manipulation: The result of manipulation in your life is a place of sorrow, shame, defeat, and a life absent of the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, etc.). -- Counteract with Truth and Obedience: The way to defeat this spirit is by refusing to cohabitate with it, exposing it to the light (tell it!), and committing to obedience to God's word, because "obedience is better than sacrifice." -- For Such a Time As This: Like Esther, we must realize that God has placed us exactly where we are for a purpose. Don't let manipulation lead you to detour from the path of righteousness He has set for you.

Scriptures for Further Study

-- Genesis 3:1-7 -- Deuteronomy 7:6-9 -- Esther 4:8-14 (References to Esther's dilemma and Mordecai's charge)

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In this timely and powerful message, Apostle Otis B. Young addresses the critical need for believers to walk in their true, authentic identity in Christ Jesus. Starting with the call to consecration and horizontal cleanup—resolving offense and relational issues—he lays the groundwork for an atmosphere of breakthrough, signs, and wonders. The core message exposes the enemy's master plan: spiritual identity theft. The enemy's goal is not just to steal your joy or finances, but to steal your spiritual identity, causing you to forget who you are as a child of God and a kingdom citizen.

Key Points from This Message:

-- Consecration is a Conducive Atmosphere: God calls for consecration because "he's up to something." It prepares you for the wonders he is ready to do. -- Clean Up Horizontally: Deal with offenses directly and alone. Don't believe the lie or allow small misunderstandings to escalate into major conflict. Great peace comes to those who love the Word, guarding them against offense. -- Your True Identity is 'Child of God': No title is better than being a son or daughter of God. Your identity should represent the Father and should not be wrapped up in a person, your past, or worldly values. -- Spiritual Identity Theft is Real: This is when deception causes Christians to adopt false identities based on past mistakes or lies, leading them to stop walking in kingdom authority. -- You Are a King's Kid, Not a "Dead Dog": Like Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9), many believers are living as peasants when they possess royal birthright privileges. You are the head, not the tail. -- Freedom from the Past: You are no longer in bondage to your past. Forgetting those things which are behind you is essential for moving forward into your new identity. -- A Seat at the King's Table: God has made room for you. Your new identity guarantees you a seat at the table to eat the best of the best—favor and blessing are being commanded to rest on your life!

Scriptures for Further Study

-- Joshua 3:5 -- Matthew 18:15 -- Psalms 119:165 -- 1 John 3 -- 2 Corinthians 5:17 -- Ephesians 4:22–24 -- 2 Samuel 9:3–11

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In this powerful message, guest speaker Aaron Bagwell, founder and director of Expect Hope, shares amazing testimonies of child rescue and transformation around the world, celebrating the church's partnership in providing children with food, safety, education (boasting a 95% high school graduation rate in areas where the average is 3%), and, most importantly, the love of Jesus Christ.

He then dives into the Word, using Isaiah 43:18-19 as a launchpad to encourage us to move past former seasons and fully engage with the "new thing" God is preparing to do.

Main Points for Understanding and Embracing Your Destiny:

-- The Vision Seed was deposited in you by God; your gifts, interests, and passions are all part of your glorious design for a specific plan, purpose, and destiny. -- Part of your past pain may be part of the development for a bigger purpose—God takes all things and works them together for your good and the fulfillment of your destiny. -- Do not remember the former things: God is greater than your past miracles and your past victories; don't live in the past, but let the past create a foundation of faith for what is next. -- A New Thing Is Coming: We must allow our faith to keep stretching forward to say, "God, that was good, but what's next?"

Scriptures for Further Study -- Isaiah 43:18-19 -- 1 Corinthians 7:17 -- Jeremiah 16:14-15 -- Joel 2:28

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Commitment isn't starting strong—it's finishing well. In this powerful finale to the "Immeasurably More" vision series, Pastor Ryan reveals why the middle matters most and reminds us that a waiting season is not a wasted season. From the Red Sea crossing to a life-saving pool story, this teaching will challenge you to keep moving even when it gets uncomfortable. Whether you've been tempted to pump the brakes when things got hard, or you're standing on the edge of something that feels impossible—this message is packed with biblical truth, honest conviction, and the power of perseverance. The thing you fear the most might just become the path to what you've prayed for the most. When we lose our awe, we lose our way.

Scripture Reference: Exodus 14:21-31, Psalm 128:1-2

Big Idea: When we lose our awe, we lose our way. Awe doesn't come when we're standing still—it's born in the middle of what feels impossible.

Key Quote: "The thing that they feared the most just became the path to what they prayed for the most. Sometimes the things we think are going to drown us are the very things God uses to deliver us."

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Topics in this Message:

Why the middle matters: from what we can do to what only God can do

How God builds faith before we have to step

A waiting season is not a wasted season

When faith and fear collide at the Red Sea

The thing you fear most becomes the path to deliverance

When we lose our awe, we lose our way

Biblical prosperity: when everything in your life begins to thrive

The pool story: when someone is drowning, jump in

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Sue Brown continues the deep dive into Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, specifically the demand to turn stones into bread. This message reveals the enemy's core strategy: getting us to disobey God's will and act on our own selfish desires, thereby misusing the divine authority we possess. Sister Sue details why yielding to this temptation—prioritizing physical desires over spiritual reliance—would have disqualified Jesus as the sacrificial lamb, and how the same principle applies to us today.

The enemy's challenge is simple but powerful: Prove who you are. Learn why your true mission is not to prove yourself to Satan, but to stand firm on God's word and avoid taking selfish "shortcuts."

Key takeaways from this teaching: -- The enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy your testimony, particularly when you feel weakest and most vulnerable. -- God has already given us authority and dominion, just as He gave Jesus "all power and authority under heaven and earth." -- The enemy wants you to act out of your own will and take matters into your own hands. -- Acting independently and out of selfish desire can disqualify you from the blessings and assignments God has prepared for you. -- When you know who you are in Christ, you do not need to perform a "trick" or prove anything to the devil.

Scriptures for Further Study

-- Matthew 4:1-4 (The temptation of Jesus) -- Exodus 28:15-21 (The Breastplate of the High Priest) -- Matthew 28:18-20 (The Great Commission and All Authority)

References:

(1) The first reason is what God Himself supplies: “I will raise up from among them a Prophet . . . . I will tell him what to say, and he shall be My spokesman to the people” (Deut. 18:18, from the Living Bible).

(2) Scripture boldly claims its divine origin.

(3) Jesus endorsed the Bible’s truthfulness and reliability.

(4) Scripture is identified as the word of God, the oracles of God, the commandments of God, and the Holy Scriptures.

(5) The word of God is a SWORD piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is the DISCERNER of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12). The word of God is a FIRE that judges, purifies, and consumes (Jer. 20:9); a HAMMER that breaks the rock of rebellion into pieces (Jer. 23:29); as SILVER tried and pure (Ps. 12:6); sweeter than HONEY and the HONEYCOMB (Ps. 19:10); BREAD that came down from heaven that gives everlasting life (John 6:51); LIGHT so that he who follows it will never walk in darkness (John 8:12); WATER that cleanses filth, quenches thirst, and refreshes energy (Eph. 5:26); a MIRROR reflecting if people hear the word but do not do it ends up deceiving themselves (James 1:23); a SEED that when properly planted will bring forth life, growth, and fruit (1 Pet. 1:23); and MILK that you may grow thereby (1 Pet. 2:2).

(6) In a court of law the most important evidence as to the author of the last will and testament actually says itself. If the will says that John Smith is its author it takes considerable evidence to prove otherwise. This principle holds true also in determining who is the real author of the Bible.

(7) The 3 sages of Chinese ancient religions, Confucius, Buddha, and Laozi, are said to teach harmonious thought. In all their writings you will not find a SINGLE EXAMPLE of predictive prophecy. In the Qur’an, that is, the writings of Muhammad, there is only one instance of a specific prophecy — a self-fulfilling prophecy that Muhammad himself, would return to Mecca. Something quite different from Jesus’ prophecy who said He would return from the grave. One is easily fulfilled, and the other is impossible to any that has only the one nature of a human being.

(8) In my day Jeane Dixon claimed to predict who would be the presidential candidates and which party would win the elections of 1952, 1956, and 1960. She missed all the candidates, all of the parties, and all the winners of the elections. In 1975 all the 10 leading seers or prophets in the world according to an article from the National Enquirer made 61 prophecies. Do you know how many of them were fulfilled? Not a single one. It seems to me that if a person simply guessed on 61 things, surely he would get at least one correct.

(9) The unanimous testimony of the Bible is that its author is God Himself.   

This is episode 247.

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How do you "sharpen the countenance of a friend"? When iron sharpens iron, there is friction!

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How do you "sharpen the countenance of a friend"? I have had friends like this in my life.

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