Daily Devotional, Year 3 – October 13 (As The Flower of the Field, Part 24: “Mojo-Magic or Devilish Design…or Both?”) 

By admin On July 16th, 2017

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – October 13

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As The Flower of the Field,

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Part 25:

“Mojo-Magic or Devilish Design or Both?”

To read Part 1, click here…October 26th (It’s a throw-away world! Part 1)

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“And the Devil said unto Him (Jesus),

All this (the world’s) power will I give Thee,

and the glory of them (the kingdoms of this world):

for that is delivered unto me;

and to whomsoever I will I give it.”

Luke 4:6 

 

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Remember the expression, “His luck just finally ran out”? Or even a newer expression might now be, “He lost his mojo!”

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Well, we live in a world in which so many of us are teetering on the brink of some type of disaster!

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And these two above common sayings are often said about some “unfortunate” individual whose days of prosperity have come to a sudden halt for one reason or another.

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Refugi Chacaltaya – House Teetering on Edge of Cliff – cropped  image – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version

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THEIR ’15 MINUTES OF FAME’ SUDDENLY ENDS 

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For example, just look at the entertainment industry in which a “star is born” seemingly each new day, while another star just seems to be falling into oblivion or obscurity!

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Or maybe some song-writing mega-star suddenly loses his or her inspiration, and can no longer compose another hit tune.

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Or the public tires of this or that band and simply moves on to the next up-and-coming musical act.

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Or a successful movie producer begins producing flop after flop.

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Or a successful leader of some great kingdom eventually loses his “Midas touch” and his kingdom finally and tragically crumbles.

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Or a celebrated actor’s movies begin to flop at the box office.

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Or even in the sports world, a winning person or team just can’t seem to win anymore.

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Well, the popular phrase is: “They just seem to have lost their mojo!” (‘Mojo’ referring to some type of voodoo ‘lucky charm’.)

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A Star Is Born – Wikipedia – Fair-Use Rationale

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BLACK MAGIC? DEVILISH DESIGN? BOTH?

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And well, perhaps that’s not too far off from reality! Maybe there is indeed an unseen, “black magic” source to the success and to the inspiration which many enjoy in this fallen world.

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Well, once again, the people of the world seem to have a wisdom that ofttimes surpasses the wisdom found in the church-world, as Jesus said in Luke 16:8…“for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.”

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Yes, “the god of this world” has far more to do with life’s winners and losers than people might imagine, much less are willing to admit! (2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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Devil Exorcism – Goya Painting – Public Domaion

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“The (Antichrist) spirit that now works in the children of disobedience…For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…”

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After all, Satan is no innocent bystander, as many suppose.

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No, just the opposite! That relentless foe of Heaven doesn’t leave anything up to chance! He and his fellow soldiers are working hard, around the clock, as it states in Ephesians 2:2…“Wherein in time past ye (true Believers) walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”

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Here is a chilling concept, perhaps the most egregious truth in all of Scripture! To realize that the citizens of this world are indwelt by the spirit of Antichrist is totally unacceptable to most people! 

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And yet, they instinctively understand that it is the same unseen source of voodoo magic (mojo) which likewise brings worldly success to so many inspired artists, to so many winning teams, and to so many successful businesspeople!

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1st Samuel 15:23 says…“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…”

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL, I (SATAN) GIVE IT (WORLDLY POWER & GLORY)”

Luke 4:6

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Of course, it’s not really magic that makes or breaks a persons seemingly good fortune. 

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_Hughes_piloting_Spruce_Goose.jpgBut let’s not forget that Satan is “the god of this world”, and he is the “prince of the power of the air, that spirit which now works in the children of disobedience”!

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And as such, the people of this world (whether secularists or world-loving churchgoers) are being worked by the indwelling spirit of Antichrist.

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Therefore, let’s be ” not ignorant of his (the Devil’s) devices”! (2nd Corinthians 2:11)

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And so, does anyone fall from his or her seemingly charmed life without the aid of “the god of this world”?

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Or, perhaps a more important question to ask is, “does anyone ever attain to a charmed life in this world WITHOUT the help of the ‘god of this world?'”

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Howard Hughes piloting Spruce Goose – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achitofel_en_Chusai_bij_Absalom_Geschiedenis_van_David_en_Absalom_(serietitel)_Theatrum_Biblicum_Hoc_Est_Historiae_Sacrae_Veteris_et_Novi_Testamenti_Tabulis_Aeneis_Expressae_(serietitel),_RP-P-1976-30-133.jpg“And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness”

2nd Samuel 15:31 

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This above verse is prophetic as it speaks of David (a picture of Jesus Christ), and his rebel son, Absalom, (a picture of Lucifer) in war against each other (Heaven against Hell). And David (Christ) beseeches the Lord (His Heavenly Father) to turn the wisdom of Ahithophel (“Brother of Folly” a symbol of the apostate church-community) into foolishness.

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And thus, this prophetic verse can easily apply to this antichrist world, especially the church-world, in the last days, as God turns the so-called “wisdom” of mankind (symbolized by Ahithophel) into foolishness. 

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Absolam Seeks Ahithophels wise Counsel unaware it has been turned into foolishness – Wikimedia – Cropped image – Public Domain

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ILLNESS & DEATH NOT NECESSARILY FROM SATAN

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Now having said all this, there are certain catastrophic circumstances which cause people to fail in life, in which Satan may not be directly connected.

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Tragic circumstances such as illness and death are not necessarily the direct result of Satan’s attacks.

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On the other hand, the Bible often reveals that both mental and physical illness can be the product of Satan, such as Job’s physical illness and the death of his ten children.

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And both Testaments present many accounts of demonically-induced so-called ‘mental illnesses’.

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Munch Det Syke Barn – 1896 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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GOD IS ULTIMATELY IN CONTROL

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And let’s not forget that in the true account of Job, the Bible ‘pulls back the curtain’, so to speak, to reveal that Satan can only do what God permits him to do.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bonnat02.jpg

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In other words, God allowed Satan to plague Job’s life, so that Job’s inward wickedness was eventually vanquished out of his heart forever!

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And in the happy ending to Job’s story, God graciously restored all that Job had lost: his children and his possessions were two-fold restored!

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And all those Christians who have suffered great loss in this life can rest confident that God can, one day, restore all that He takes away. 

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Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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EARTH’S CURSES TURNED INTO HEAVENLY VICTORIES

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Well, maybe the Reader of this devotional knows from personal experience what the world refers to as “losing his or her mojo”. Maybe the Reader once “had it all” by the world’s standard, but eventually lost it all!

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And so, with this additional revelation of the true hellish source of one’s success or failure in this, the Devil’s world, it becomes even more imperative to reach out to the only true God and Savior: the only One who can turn our worldly failures into Heavenly victory!

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ABOVE PICTURE: Prayer – Wherefore He is able to save to the uttermost…” Hebrews 7:25

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“HE (GOD) HATH SMITTEN…& WILL BIND US UP”http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NOMG01ThankGodForSatan.jpg

Hosea 6:1

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And truth-be-told, that’s why God mercifully allows the Devil to raise us up, only to slam us back down again, as Satan so often does!

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Because, if this world continued to forever enjoy peace and prosperity, then none of us would ever want to turn back to the One who bled and died on our behalf!

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And truth-also-be-told, we are now seeing this entire world beginning to lose its mojo, as Satan is now fully “on the march” to destroy it…and us! 

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March – Protest – Thank God For Satan – cropped image – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or later version

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OUR HEAVENWARD SOJOURN

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And so, by turning our backs on this selfish world and beginning a heavenly sojourn out of this doomed planet, the Reader can begin to enjoy the heavenly “peace which surpasses all understanding”! Philippians 4:7

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And though we may be poor by the world’s standards, yet by Heaven’s estimation, we will be regarded as the richest souls in all the vast universe! And we will be forever blessed, and those blessings will never run out!

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Upward Pathway – cropped and altered image – by böhringer friedrich for – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, help me to fully understand these things…

The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… AUGUST 8 (The Devil Made Me Do It! Part 3: “Who Put The Bop In The Bop Shoo Bop?”) or you can also read…  May 2 (As The Flower of the Field, Part 2: The Price of Dust)

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FLOWER OF THE FIELD CONSTELLATION

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This is perhaps one of the most amazing constellations that God has created! It truly looks like a flower, and appears to be blowing in the direction of westward. But as autumn draws near, this constellation appears to bow itself down, just like the flowers of Earth bow down, at the summer’s end.

Two Turtledoves-Flower of the Field- Cross/Scepter Constellations

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And these are not merely obscure stars. These are among the biggest and brightest stars in the night heavens!

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The Two Turtle-Doves Constellation is also known as Sagittarius .

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The Flower of the Field is commonly known as Scorpio .

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But there is another obvious aspect to this constellation group. Notice that the birds are flying in the same direction as the flower is bending; it is as if the east wind is blowing these heavenly messengers…

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“The wind blows where it desires, and you hear the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:8.

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So here is another incredible Bible concept, written in the heavens! And God has spoken of these signs! Listen… “For ever, O LORD, Thy Word is settled in heaven.” Psalm 119:89

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THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATION NAMES

By the way, it is not the purpose of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But the common names of many constellations must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.

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FLOWER CONSTELLATION BOWS DOWN…

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AUGUST 28TH, 2011

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"Ark of the Covenant" and "Flower of the Field" Constellations (Springtime)Public Domain-www.signsofheaven.org

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It has become apparent, on this date, that as summer draws to a close, this Flower of the Field Constellation” appears to bend almost completely down. This occurs as it travels into the western skies. It somehow rotates in order to produce this effect. This is a very wonderful phenomenon…and biblical too! After all, the Bible says “the grass withers and the flower falls away”. And that’s exactly what this flower constellation seems to do. It almost seems to be bowing itself…in the direction of that bright and beautiful star, “Arcturus” (which represents Jesus). This would make sense. After all, Scripture states…

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"Ark of the Covenant" and "Flower of the Field" Constellations (Autumn) Public Domain-www.signsofheaven.org

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“…unto Me (the Lord), every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear… Bel bows down, Nebo stoops… They stoop, they bow down together… Listen to Me… all you remnant of the house of Israel (God’s people)… which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he… even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Isaiah 46″1-4 (condensed)

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Flower of the Field Constellation”

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_blake_ten_virgins.jpgTOMORROW…

October 14 (Sodom Rising, Part 14: “The Defeated Church & The Victorious Church!”

William Blake – Ten Virgins – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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