Anyone who can Make Miami Bearable MUST be God

I have made two trips to Miami in connection with the sale of a property. I wrote about my first trip. God told me I had to forgive the whole city, so I did, and I found I didn’t hate being there the way I used to. I still want nothing to do with the place, because it’s a sick area under demonic control, but I can visit without feeling miserable.

On my second trip, God gave me something else. While I was driving, I felt the presence of Jesus. I talked with him all the way down the Turnpike.

The presence of Jesus is not quite like the presence of the Holy Spirit, which is not comfortable information for people who say God is a single being. The Bible makes it clear that Jesus talks to Yahweh, and it makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is not Jesus, because he descended on Jesus when Jesus was baptized. The Holy Spirit descended, and Yahweh spoke, saying, “This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased,” foreshadowing the way he would see every person who was properly baptized in the future.

One of the psalms says, “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Seat yourself at my right hand.'” Obviously, if God is one being, he can’t sit beside himself, and he has no reason to talk to himself. The oneness of God refers to a oneness of heart and purpose, not to a state in which one being, in one location, displays three different personalities at different times.

Anyway, the Holy Spirit is generally very subtle, whereas Jesus is more obvious. Also, the sensations of love and peace that come from Jesus are stronger.

I was rolling along, and I felt the presence of Jesus within and beside me. The sensation was not as overwhelming as it was when he visited me years ago, but I knew it was him.

I prayed for people all the way to Miami. I prayed a lot for other drivers. Driving brings out the worst in people. It seems like it never occurs to us to let ourselves be inconvenienced for a few seconds in order to help someone else. We’re always pushing to make sure we get everything we’re entitled to. I made a special point of praying for people who were rude in traffic.

I asked if I could pray for entire lines of cars, and I felt I had the go-ahead, so I did that.

Christians are supposed to give alms and be generous. You can’t always give people money or things, but you always have the power to pray for them, which is more powerful and more important. Praying for people is a sacrifice, just like giving them money and goods. It takes effort and time. It’s not nothing. When Peter healed the beggar at the temple, he said, “”Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.” I’m sure the beggar would not have traded that for spare change and used clothing.

You shouldn’t feel like praying for people is a cop-out or a dodge. It’s the best thing you can do for them, most of the time.

I am now trying to pray for people whenever I have a spare moment. I can’t run around handing people five-dollar bills all day, but I can do this.

Ordinarily, I get fatigued when I drive, because the rudeness wears me down. People tailgate constantly, even when I’m speeding. Tailgaters will drive behind you for miles, slowing themselves down, instead of passing you and moving on. It shows their real motivation is malice, not a desire to move faster. I hate having to make decisions all day. You can’t just sit in the right lane and let the people who drive way below the speed limit. You have to spend a certain amount of time in the fast lane, and that draws tailgaters. For that matter, they also tailgate in the slow lane.

I want the presence of Jesus. I really want it. I have wanted it for ages. While I was driving to Miami, I kept ridding myself of negativity so I could hold onto him. I felt much better about the experience. I was able to avoid being provoked, which was a relief. During my time in Miami, I continued. If you can keep calm in Miami, it has to be a miracle.

I also felt as though something else in me was very upset. Some spirit or other. I don’t feed them the way I used to, so they were having a bad time. Here I was, starving them while welcoming their worst enemy; the terror of their existence. Several times, I felt things leave me.

It’s a shame we don’t admit we have demons. We think they’re for special people. Trust me; you have demons. If you think you don’t, you should start the process of deliverance by fighting dishonesty and pride.

While I was driving, I thought of all the bad things I had done, and I wondered exactly how many spirits I had accumulated. I’ve done bad things all my life, including this fall. It’s not like I became perfect when I chose to be a Christian, many years ago.

Deliverance is a very big deal. We should be seeking it as hard as possible. Instead we make fun of it.

The other day I heard Mark Hemans talk about the connection between sickness and sin. He said sin invites demons and causes sickness. I’ve been saying this for years. Christians hate the message. They hate it because demons tell them what to think, and demons want to protect their business.

When you ask a sick person if he wants to confess, and repent of, anything that might have caused his illness, Christians will be all over you like a pack of piranhas. They will insult, slander, and torment you without mercy, as though you’re the one who caused the cancer or whatever it is. They’ll say you’re blaming the victim. Let me tell you something: there are no adult victims. You have sinned, and you deserve whatever you get. That’s just how it is. When you go to God for healing, you’re not asking for justice. You’re asking for mercy. The disease is the justice.

Christians will say you’re condemning people if you suggest they confront their sins and demons. They don’t know what condemnation is. It’s a final decision. Identifying sin and demons is diagnosis; it’s a necessary part of recovery.

Imagine this. You go to your doctor and ask why you’re 300 pounds overweight. He says, “You eat too much. We need to change your diet.” Then you say, “HOW DARE YOU CONDEMN ME?” That’s how we treat people who help us acknowledge our self-destructive sins.

We know sin causes disease. Even atheist doctors admit it. Fornication causes VD. Smoking causes cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and COPD. Drug abuse causes hepatitis and AIDS. Gluttony causes obesity and circulatory problems. Anger causes high blood pressure and ulcers. Atheists can see these things, but we see ourselves as helpless, innocent lambs who have been attacked without cause, and we expect to be healed and kept well without repenting.

The Bible says envy rots the bones. That’s very literal. It says a cruel person troubles his own flesh.

It’s too bad we’re all perfect. If we had things to confess, maybe we could get rid of some diseases.

I don’t want evil guests living in my house, making my personality like theirs and damaging my flesh. I invited them and made them comfortable, but now I want them out. The desire to hold onto the presence of Jesus is great motivation. It’s an excellent reminder. When you think about what you’re getting, you care a lot less for what you’re losing.

We do care for our bad traits. We love them. We take pride in things like stubbornness, anger, childishness, cruelty, excessive sexual appetites, and so on. We think they’re cute. They may seem cute now, but when you’re standing before God, you will wish you had felt differently about them.

A lady who says she toured hell with Jesus says the dead were like skeletons with enormous maggots tunneling through them. She said they felt the maggots chewing their bones. That’s a picture of the things we allow to live in us.

The houses I sold had to be cleared of junk in stages. I feel that I’m the same way. God doesn’t necessarily empty a person of all baggage and filth immediately. I suppose we lack the knowledge and spiritual gifts to get the job done that way. He removes things incrementally, and he adds things the same way. Maybe when we have more knowledge, the process will go more quickly. Satan fights sound doctrine, calling it self-righteousness and hate, so he prevents us from using the right tools.

I’m going to try to hold onto what I have. I like feeling this way. It’s much better than the way I felt before. I would prefer having my entire personality replaced to being what I was.