The American Religion or is it? Part I

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                        Aug. 1, 2013

Pastor: Leah Svensson


Sriptures: Amos 3:3, Ephesians 2:2-10, Luke 4:18-19, 2 Peter 2:18-20,Romans 12:21 



                                                                Theme

            

What do you think of when you think of the occult? Robed people with candles making human sacrifices? Well, you'd be right. But there is also a cleaner side to the occult world. You don't get to see the human sacrifices until later. I was born into a cult. I didn't know this until today, not really. But guess what?

If you were born into the modern day American society and know the words to popular songs such as "All You Need Is Love," or "We Built This City on Rock and Roll..." Then you too, were born into a cult and will never truly be able to walk in all of God's glory until you denounce Satan and all his works, and do not partake with "sacrifices to idols."

Let me break it down for you in a mighty quick history lesson:
1. In the early 1900's several people set out to undermine national morality, here and in England. Early feminists and humanists who wished to rid the world of the straight jacket of rules Christianity seemed to put on everyone. Ex: Elizabeth Stanton, and I quote,  "I do not believe that any man ever saw or talked with God. I do not believe that God inspired the Mosaic code, or told the historians what they say he did about woman, for all the religions on the face of the earth degrade her."  Her "Woman's Bible is not just anti- Jewish but is a rewriting of key portions of the Bible in such sacreligous ways saying, amongst other craziness, that Eve was not taken from Adam but they were both created together. Some of them purposefully set out to invoke Satan, others did it by sheer ignorance. Either way, a new way of idolatry and religion was forced into creation and it is the forced religion of America today. The basis of the feminist movement had truth (women and men are equal in the sight of God) mixed with evil...this is always the devil's potion and the way he brainwashes people.

2. A man named Aliester Crowley rose to fame with several books and a new religion based on the belief that he was the Beast referred to in the Bible's Book of Revelation. He wrote a bible called the Book of the Law which spells out his new religion's set of rules and rituals, including blood sacrifices, even children. His followers include many prominent people but his "Do As Thou Wilt" philosophy really got it's wheels turning with the birth of Rock and Roll. Learn more about Crowley's Occultist Thelma

And this, my friends, is where you come in... and your parents, and possibly grandparents.

My mom was a wonderful Christian woman who got mixed up with a Thelmite...my dad. I say this because he had all the signs and actions of a good cult follower, maybe without even knowing it. They call Crowley followers Thelmites. What you don't know is that your parents are probably Themites too, albeit unwillingly like most cult devotees.Details On How Crowley Influenced the Rock and Roll Movement

Stop and analyze for a minute.

Cults: Lie, cheat, usually take your money, tell you their way is the only way, the most powerful and fulfilling. Rock and Roll does all of this. How? Through the music. The music is the sermons, the messages sent out to millions of people. All that "smooth listening" contains words and messages rooted in Crowley's Satanic teachings starting with the twisted view of Biblical Agape: LOVE

---Most Rock and Roll songs have to do "love" but this is not the undying, self sacrificing love. Oh no, it's the love that breaks down and is not strong and is completely selfish. Under Crowley's teaching proclaimed in almost all Rock and Roll is rebellion and anarchy and "do what thou wilt."

The problem with this teaching is that you cannot love others and do what you want. As Christians we love others and put them first. This is TRUE Agape love- the Highest love of God. Jesus asked Peter if he loved him and he answered "yes Lord, You know that I love you." Problem is, Jesus used the word Agape for love, unfailing, whereas Peter used the Greek word Eros which is a worldly, sensual love.

CULTS AND DRUGS
My dad loved rock and roll, he also dabbled with drugs. He told my sister and  I that pot was no big deal and should be legalized. He also was a functioning alcoholic. This is another sign someone is in an occult as cults use drugs to alter people's minds to control them. Crowley died of a cocaine addiction. The Beatles, Manson Family, Ozzy Oz and countless others all loved drugs. Drugs are not just a common theme in Rock and Roll, drugs are a right of passage for anyone who is a true follower of their religion. Alcohol counts as a mind altering drug and it's no wonder that most Rock and Rollers get their start in bars. You really could say bars are churches and you get loaded and drink alcohol and have your mind brainwashed by the songs of the prophets of Satan. Now, a Christian can go into a bar and not be harmed but they should not get drunk and fall into the rhythm of the tune set to please the demons inside them.

CULTS AND YOUR MONEY
My dad didn't want to spend money on his wife and kids but would spend a ton of money on parties, or "cult church events" which are what drunken parties playing Rock and Roll really are. The head prophets of these cults make millions The  Beatles, The Beach Boys, Madonna, Zeppelin- they take your money will pide pipering you right to hell. When the Beatles sing "All you Need is Love..." What they are really saying is "You don't need God, all you need is sex." Which brings me to my next point:

CULTS AND SEX- be it weird, homosexual, fornication, adultery, pedophilia... just plain wrong...
Rock and Roll's Mantra is what?" SEX DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL BABY!!
My dad had a sex problem. Not sure exactly how far he took it but he would expose himself at parties.

He told my younger sister and I when we were teenagers that the age of consent should be lowered to AT LEAST 16 yrs old.. His reason? "There would be less rape..." Ha! What he meant was, all men should be allowed to have sex with young teenage girls and not be punished. He was basically saying that my sister and I should be having sex and that with much much older men... to please them. This is cultish and what Rock and Roll preaches. Many songs talk about making love to young teen girls. Many cults use sex to control and manipulate and in Crowley's case: To invoke demon gods and magic... Excuse me while I laugh out loud. Crowley and the Beatles and many other Rock and Rollers openly promote sex of any kind, any time. One song by the Rolling Stones is all about sex to a young pretty girl. That's it, just a sex song. The Stones were really involved with black magic and Crowley's teachings, going so far as to be a part of some stupid movies where the producer says he really invoked Satan, used real witches, and real human blood.

Rolling Stones Mag?- Open it up and it's full of Crowley's teachings=Satanism through and through.


Cults usually start with one leader who heard from a higher source. In Rock and Roll- that prophet is Crowley who said he heard and Egyptian god speak the words to his bible to him. This trickled down to so many in Hollywood, but mostly people like Charles Manson, and the big bands of that time who are all plagued with death and darkness.

BUT... THERE IS A WAY OUT!!

Once you know the truth...It's gonna set you free!!!! I'm not putting this
out there for you to go burn all your music- not gonna stop you and will probably bring a flame to help out- but really, just knowing the truth is half the battle. The other half? That's easy, once the brainwashing that these songs are innocent and not connected to Satan is gone- you rejoice in Jesus Christ- praise Him everyday. Denounce Satan and all his works and start living a life glorifying to God. In this way, you get set free from the cult you were born into and can then go help others out as well!!

            The American Religion that we have today was the invention of a man.  So when you speak, do or hear anything it is not from your "freedom" of religion it is from someone else. The religion we have today has been imposed upon us by men who sold their soul to the devil.  Everything comes from religion. [Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural, and to spirituality.]   Jesus said, two people can not walk together unless they agree.

           In order to have a working society we have to agree as a "religion" set of cultural beliefs. world views, etc.  When our country was founded the "religion" was Christianity.  It is the easiest religion to understand, everything in it is "self evident" to all, it is the purest and the the most just.  But it has an opposite.  Just like night and day, black and white, good and bad.  Christianity gives men freedom and justice for all.  Christianity gives us "All" men are created equal with unalienable rights under God.

          In the late 1800's men set out to make their own religion.   Elbert and Alice Hubbard, Aliester Crowley with others  envisioned  and worked on "their ideology, political philosophy", religion, and started imposing this  religion on our society. This is what we have today. Just like Communist countries have Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology and political philosophy, officially based upon the theories of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin.

Warning this is not a Bible. An American Bible is "made up" by the Hubbards.  It isn't a real Bible yet every American knows and believes what it teaches, through the teaching of courts, government  PBS, media, movies, rock n Roll, public school, colleges & Universities.

God describes these people:
 2 Peter 2:17-20

2 Peter 2:17-20 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

Scriptures

              

Amos 3:3   Do two walk together

unless they have agreed to do so?

 Ephesians 2:2-10  2.As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh  and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Luke 4:18-19 18. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free,

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 

2 Peter 2:17-20 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

                                                          

An Evil Heart

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                                       July 27,   2013

Pastor Leah Svensson
Commentary: Matt Stoskopf  aka Kansas

Scriptures:  Acts 5:1-11, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 12:32-37, Matthew 15:16-20, Acts 8:18-24


                                                                Sermon
                                     
                                                        Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5
1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”
“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”
9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

                                                             An Evil Heart

         The Women pictured here is an evil heart. She wrote "The Women's Bible", which is anti-Christ. She and other;Feminists and Humanists, (witches) set out to rip apart the validity of the Bible, of the Divinely Inspired Scriptures and their truth- only the devil wants to do this, not fair minded individuals.

         Gensis 9: 5-7  And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

6 “Whoever sheds human blood,

by humans shall their blood be shed;

for in the image of God

has God made mankind

7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

     

     When someone plans to conspire against another person, they are not just doing this to a human being but to God.  Speaking, gossiping, and planning behind someone's back, no matter how "good" your intentions, usually leads to very very bad things happening. It is  a very very dangerous thing to do and you could lose your life; it will destroy the lives of others. Truthful, (before God), open honest relationships, with repentant hearts mend and heal..........

              "NEWS FLASH"  \\...COM.  |  In our society today this is what "everybody" does, it is a very worldly concept. It splits and divides, (i.e. :Republican, Democrat, feminist, gays, businesses, public school system, all use this practice) It is feuding.............

           This is the Advocation of Violence against innocent, "good hearted", people made in the image of God!

All "rightful" legal authority comes from God to protect "good hearted" human beings.  People with evil in their hearts lie and speak badly about others in secret, behind their backs to separate people who truly love and care for each other. (Friends, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, husband, wife, child, neighbors, etc.)  They will smile at you, like they are innocent of harming you.    It is a very satanic practice. The devil is in your heart or the person speaking to you.  Rid yourself of people like that! People are innocent until proven guilty, under God. Everyone has a right to defend themselves under God according to his word, against these false accusations.

                                    Commentary

                                                                                     by Kansas

  You can see Satan's concept of rivalry all over our government today.  It doesn't matter if it is local, state, or federal.  The devil causes people to split off into little small groups so that they can start fighting with each other over issues.  The devil tells each one a different lie, and the result is lawlessness.  There is only one right way, and that is following God, the God of the bible.  Many of these people will tell you that they are following God, but they aren't.  God is eternal, unwavering, unchanging.  He is exactly the same way now as he was in the beginning.  If these politicians were truly following God then He would reveal to each one the exact same thing.  We believe in not being unequally yoked.  Jesus didn't come to party with sinners and tax collectors.  He came and those chosen ones instantly, instantly repented from the lies that were put upon them by the world.  They became free and separate of it.  When you spend your days tied to someone of an evil heart, one who has rejected the gospel countless times you are going to get hurt.  You can't completely follow God yourself, as they are going to do anything in their power to ruin your belief in God, and your peace or sound mind.  When we get to the level the disciples were at if these people attempt to hurt us God will strike them down at our feet.  Until that day however we must pickup our cross and walk, and let the dead bury the dead.  We must have compassion on those who are abused and broken themselves, but God has set us free from those of truly evil hearts.

                                        References:
                   
  [{feud noun 1.Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations............2. a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management. verb (used without object)......3.to engage in a feud............. feud n. A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.}]..............

Vigilantes. vigilantes 

Noun A member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice

         
     

Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5
1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”
“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”
9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

Matthew 12: 32  Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

33  “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35  A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36  But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

The Father Revealed in the Son

Matthew 11:25-30

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

27  “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

28  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.29  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 15:16-20

16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

Acts 8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

                                                                           

Water or Poison, Clean, Pure, Fresh Water from the Mountain! Or Polluted Water from the City?

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                                          July  21,  2013

Pastor:  Leah  Svensson
Commentary by: Matthew Stoskopf

Scriptures: Mark 16: 15-20, John 7: 37-39, John 4:14,  Rev. 22:17, Matthew 15:17-20, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, James 1:27


                                                           Short Version

Jesus talked about rivers of living water coming up and out of the heart of those who believe in him. Rivers. Not just one but many rivers. There are people who's words are poisonous to anyone who hears their voice. You do not even have to believe what they are saying.  I connected that to the scripture, John 7:18......... "if they drink deadly poison it will not hurt them." Then I connected the scripture john 4:14.... whoever drinks the water Jesus gives him will never be thirsty again and Revelations 22:17........the free gift of the water of Life.    The short version of this sermon is this: people either have water or poison coming out of them.  Each person has a river flowing out of them.  Is it poison or good clean water?  If we are rivers where is the source from which we flow? Where does our clean or dirty water start?  This means there are smaller rivers flowing into our river.  What if the tributaries flowing into my river are polluted?  They will pollute my whole river.... So we have to be careful not only to stay pure and clean before God but we also have to make sure of who is flowing into me that they also keep their water clean and pure.

                                                                   Sermon

          A few years ago God called our little family to live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  We heard God so clearly we thought we would never return to Ohio.  We stayed there for 5 years, alone.  We separated ourselves completely from everyone. We did our Christian duty and went to church Wednesday night and Sunday.  We volunteered one month of our time a year.  We cut out cable, TV,  the internet, the phone, radio, CD's, cassette's, we gave a lot of our possessions away.  We eventually sold everything that we had gained from living as a part of "the system", anything  that came from "the world".

 We learned how to keep our minds, spirits, healed, pure, and clean. James 1:27........to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.   

       We didn't do it on purpose.  It just kind of happened as we followed the leading of the Holy Spirit.  But the results were dramatic.  Mental, emotional and even physical healing happened to each of us.  We heard God clearly!  We were being cleansed, our minds purified from years of abuse.  We lost all friends, family, etc.  But we had God.  His love.  Our intelligence went off the charts!  Michelle who was a fair student started to love English!!! Songs, poems, positive thoughts, ideas just flowed.  Faith in God in all of us rose up, up and up.  Love flow from each other.  It was heaven on earth.  Love, safety, peace, calm, health. Leah who struggled with a weight problem, healed, by God delivering our little family from those who abused us. We learned what healthy good relationship are and what unhealthy relationships are. We learned that women are called to be keepers at home.  Children deserve to be born and be loved by their mother, raised by her, protected by her.24/7/365 every minute of every hour.  Women deserve husbands who provide for them, protect them, care about their "virtue", purity of mind, body, spirit. (It is wrong for a man to lust after a woman and it is wrong for a woman to lust after a man.  Yes, you can have sex without lust, without sin. Clean, holy and pure. To have children, to raise them to be Christians.)

        You can not eat,sleep, drink, be with and in the world and not be polluted by it.  Poisoned.  then the poison in you spreads to others, then to others then to others.  You have a choice through Jesus.  Live in the purity of Christ.  Let him cleanse your mind from the lies, lust and dictates of the "world".   The world is dying, polluted, killing "fish", people.  We can stop it.  Jesus did it all for us.  Put your faith in God and the world around you will change, it will be clean, pure, living water.  Don't drink from the polluted "city" waters, rivers any more.  God has a pure stream for you to drink from and bathe in from the Holy Mountain of God....

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing  in Him would receive; for the Holy  Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

15  He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.16  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18  they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

19  After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 20  Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

John 4:14

But whosoever drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Revelations 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

2Cr 6:14	Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Cr 6:15	And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
2Cr 6:16	And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Cr 6:17	Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,
2Cr 6:18	And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. James 1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

                                                           Commentary

    

             When you turn on the radio at home, in the car, and at work what is being played?  Is it uplifting and directed by the Holy Spirit?  or is it of a demonic origin?  Rock n roll, rap, and country are founded and directed by Satan.  The artists therein sell their souls for rock n roll, to be rich, or to corrupt morals through grave sin and wretchedness that surrounds their lives.  Clean flowing songs of purity, holiness, from the Spirit are healing, soothing, and bring you to a higher level of understanding of the world and its creator. Who is in your life?  Are your family and friends positive and following the leading of the Lord?  Many in this country are abusing their fellow family members.  Around these people you cannot be yourself, or be of sound mind.  They force you into being obedient to them, not God.  They force you into tip toeing around their temper and their evil mindsets.  It takes discernment, but there are those who force you into fellowship with the devil rather than God.  You must separate yourself from these people as they have sold their souls out to the him.  These people are polluting your river.  They are keeping you from your promised land, God given means of provision, children, or countless other blessings.  By keeping them in your social circle you are becoming less intelligent, as Satan's attacks have caused you to loose brain cells!  Until you turn to God and your back to these people these brain cells are being held hostage.  You are being held against your will.  Turn against these people and like Michelle you will be blessed with true sound mind and extremely high intelligence.  

           A polluted river is stopped up and slow moving.  All the toxic trash and debris of the world are causing it to become stagnant.  As you begin to cleanse your tributaries, the Holy Spirit will begin to flow.  You will receive the clarity and discernment for further purging in your life.  It is easy to recognize the trash floating along, but what about the toxic waste as displayed above?  By worldly outward appearance there are influences in our lives that appear to be water, but are only recognized as pollution upon further inspection.  Be of good cheer, do not be deceived.  Jesus has come to clean you up today.  Take that first step and begin to feel the relief of your ails.  Get set free from all that the world is using to hold you down!