Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross so that we may be set free and made whole for eternity, and for our lives here on this earth.

In a recent podcast interview, Isaiah Saldivar and Alexander Pagani discussed what it means to be delivered from the bondage of sin and how to stay free.

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One of the first things Pagani warns about is making deliverance ministry, or any ministry for that matter, more important than God Himself. Idolatry of deliverance is something in itself that believers must be wary of. He also says now is the moment for fine-tuning the deliverance ministry movement so that it will continue to last and more people will be set free for years to come.

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“Deliverance is not fighting the darkness,” Pagani says, “It’s turning on the we dwell in the light that is preventative maintenance for deliverance. That is submitting to God, resisting the devil and he will flee.”

Pagani and Saldivar also warn against the assumption that everything is demonic. Instead, some things require discipline and correction.

“You’ve got to realize not everything’s a demon,” Saldivar says. “And some things take discipline. So, we might use deliverance as an excuse not to live a disciplined lifestyle, and when we blame everything on a demon and not our own flesh or our own discipline, then we can fall into error.”

One of the key pieces to maintaining deliverance is using the Word of God.

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“…there is, for lack of a better term, atomic nuclear power in the Word of God,” Saldivar says. “When you speak forth the Word of God, there is unlimited power, unlimited authority.”

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“One thing that I have found is that when you begin to meditate on the Word and you place a high value on Scripture, and also a high value on is preventative deliverance in Scripture by meditating on the Word,” says Pagani.

Saldivar also makes the point that instead of asking questions about what is and isn’t okay for Christians to do, we should be asking whether or not certain actions bring glory to God.

“Let’s change the narrative to ‘Is it holy? Is it set apart?’ Holiness and worldliness are the opposite. Worldliness is what everybody else is doing; holiness is what nobody else is doing,” Saldivar says.

God is calling His saints to be pure and holy. We must remember that he is greater than any demonic power or principality, and it is Him that we are to place above all other things in our lives.

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Twenty-three years ago today, the world stood still as we witnessed the horrific events of September 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 people died, but, as the ashes settled, the people of America rose up, forsaking political and ideological allegiances, and choosing to love their neighbors as themselves.

Memorial services are being held across America today, marking the anniversary of those 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Both Vice President Harris and former President Trump are attending observances at the World Trade Center site in New York and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

A flag was already unfurled at the Pentagon which was also one of the targets on that terrible day. First responders on the scene saluted the flag.

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Memorials throughout the country will also be observed in a variety of locations from city halls to parks to gymnasiums and more, to remember those who lost their lives.

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Sometimes the mysterious truly does happen in our world.

Recently, it was discovered that St. Teresa of Avila’s body was still in tact when her tomb was opened for research in Spain last month.

Fox News reported that the Catholic saint, who died in 1582, still appears to be the same as when she passed away.

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Previously, the tomb was opened back in 1914. The group of Discalced Carmelite nuns, priests and monks made the decision to open it back up to “study the relics of St. Teresa’s heart, hand and arm,” according to Fox News.

Catholic News Agency reported how the opening of St. Teresa’s tomb was compared to the 1914 opening of the coffin.

“The parts uncovered, which are the face and the foot, are the same as they were in 1914,” Father Marco Chiesa said. “There is no color, there is no skin color, because the skin is mummified, but you can see it, especially the middle of the expert doctors can see Teresa’s face almost clearly.”

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This comes after last year’s “Missouri Miracle,” where experts found a nun’s body from 2019 that had not decomposed. According to Fox, the nun, Whilhelmina, was not embalmed at the time of her death. Her wooden coffin was also unsealed as well.

These unusual discoveries are certainly a strange occurrence most of us never would have expected to see happen.

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AMAZON RIVER BASIN, Northwest Brazil – A profound spiritual transformation is unfolding in the Amazon.

For centuries, the Catholic Church held a near-monopoly in the region. Today, evangelical Christianity is reshaping the region’s spiritual fabric, leading to new converts and churches. CBN News traveled to Brazil’s northwest Amazon region to witness it firsthand for this exclusive report.

Linger on the banks of the Amazon River and you’ll uncover more than the rich tapestry of life amid the natural splendor.

For many, such as Ramos, the river isn’t just a backdrop; it’s a sanctuary.

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“My family and I all grew up here. My grandmother, grandfather and my parents lived and died in this house. I was born in this house and I’m also going to die here,” Ramos told CBN News.

As an 83-year-old resident of the Amazon River, Ramos refuses to trade his floating bamboo house for life in any Brazilian city.

“It’s so much cooler here than in the city. You cannot walk freely in the city. It’s very dangerous, many cars, many people. I’m free here. I keep my windows open. The doors are always open. At my age, I’ve never faced danger,” Ramos said.

Spanning more than 6 million square miles of South America, 60% of the Amazon rain forest is in northwest Brazil. The approximately 30 million Amazonians currently living here are experiencing an unprecedented evangelical revival.

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“God is everything for me. God is my father and without Jesus I’m nothing,” Ramos told us.

Ramos epitomizes this spiritual shift.

Growing up Catholic, he remembers when the faith dominated his riverside community. Not anymore.

The Amazon River here in the northern part of Brazil is filled with hundreds of these small tributaries that in essence snake through the jungle, and over the many years evangelical Christians have been traversing these waters in an attempt to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the Amazonian people.

“Those early days were definitely much, much more difficult than today,” said Josué Bengtson, pastor of Belem Foursquare Church.

Bengtson has spent decades traversing the river’s intricate network, first as a missionary then as a pastor spreading the evangelical message of salvation.

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Is there a mystery behind the 2024 election that we somehow missed?

In a new prophetic message, rabbi and New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Cahn revealed new insights about the 2024 election and how it relates back to biblical figures.

“[If] you want to understand Donald Trump, you need to understand Jehu,” Cahn says. “Jehu was an unlikely man to become king of Israel, Trump was an unlikely man to become the President of the United States. Jehu wasn’t a politician; he was a fighter and a warrior. He was wild, unpredictable. Trump wasn’t a politician; he’s a fighter, a warrior, wild, unpredictable. Jehu was, despite everything, called of God, anointed, used of God. Trump was, despite everything, called of God, anointed, used of God.”

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Cahn makes the point that just as Jehu was the biblical figure known for contending against a female with evil agendas for the rule and reign of Israel, Trump has done the same thing, once against Clinton and now against Harris.

“So, the Jehu prototype involves his contending against a woman ruler for the leadership of the land. So, if Trump is following the Jehu prototype, could that be part of the mystery of Trump?” Cahn asks. “Notice something; up to this point in American history, there’s only been one person who has run as a presidential candidate against a woman ruler.”

Trump’s striking similarities can even be found in historical artifacts.

“I wrote of the Jehu prototype in ‘The Paradigm.’ I put in a certain picture of Jehu in the book. It was an old lithograph drawn by Gustave Doré. Doré was a famous artist of 19th century was recently looking at it. I noticed something strange, and I’ve never seen this in any illustration or image of any king of Israel,” says Cahn.

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The image Cahn references depicts a scene from 2 Kings 9 when Jehu commands for Jezebel to be thrown out of the palace. In this image, is something not noticed by most people: Jehu’s ears are pierced.

“I’ve never seen that on a depiction of the king of Israel,” Cahn continues. “His ears are pierced for some reason.”

In a similar fashion, Trump’s ear was pierced by the bullet that hit him in July when an assassination attempt on his life took place. However, this is only the beginning of the uncanny connection between Trump and Jehu.

“[There] is an image even more ancient, much much more ancient. It comes from a 3,000-year-old object. The object is called the Black Obelisk. The Black Obelisk of King Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria, whose reign is dated from 858 to 824 B.C. The Black Obelisk contains ancient engravings. But what is most significant and amazing about the Black Obelisk is that it contains the only ancient representation that we know of on planet earth of a biblical figure that is actually done from ancient, biblical times,” Cahn says.

The biblical figure on the Black Obelisk is none other than Jehu. In the depiction of Jehu are a few key pieces that connect this image to the person of Donald Trump.

“There’s only one American leader, one American president, who unlike the rest of presidents and leaders, is unique in that he’s often seen wearing a cap on his head–Donald Trump,” Cahn says.

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The image of Jehu from the Black Obelisk also depicts him wearing a cap. From here, the connection between Trump and Jehu continues to become even more obvious.

One of the most famous images of Donald Trump since the assassination attempt on his life is of him bowing down. Yet, Trump is not the only one to have been depicted in this manner before. Jehu was also shown in a bowing position on The Black Obelisk.

“Both the ancient Jehu and the modern Jehu are bowed to the ground. Both are captured in profile. Both their heads are bent over. And notice the modern Jehu has his hands resting on the ground right under his face. Now notice the 3,000-year-old image of the ancient hands are resting on the ground right under his face. No human could have orchestrated this,” Cahn says.

“And notice,” Cahn continues. “You see the shoes or the sandals of the man standing by Jehu, but you don’t see the shoes of Jehu. The shoes of Jehu are missing from the image. So when Trump went down, his shoes were missing, were gone, removed from his feet.”

So, what does this all mean for the 2024 election?

“Could it be that God is calling Donald Trump to seek Him, to follow Him, with all his heart?” Cahn asks. “By this, if he did that, he could be even greater than Jehu.”

“The only hope America has is God. The only thing that can save, the only thing that can do it is repentance, turning and revival. And the leader of the nation is to actually lead the nation,” Cahn says.

Cahn also points out that one side is still clearly more aligned with biblical values worth voting for as well.

“If the life of one baby is saved, if one child is not surgically mutilated, if because religious freedom was preserved, to the degree that one person hears the gospel and gets saved, it’s worth it all.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will hold a 90-minute debate tonight at 9 p.m. at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

The debate was to have taken place by late July, but President Biden announced July 21, that he was withdrawing from the presidential election. Democrats then aligned behind Vice President Harris ahead of the Democratic National Convention last month in Chicago.

The Harris and Trump camps spent several weeks discussing specifics and rules, finally agreeing to hold the debate Sept. 10.

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Moderating the debate will be ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis. Currently this is the only debate agreed upon and scheduled for the presidential campaign. The vice president debate between Republican J. D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 1, in New York City.

Most polls presently show a close presidential race, with each candidate leading by only a few points across various polls. CBN News reports the candidates are tied in the debate site state of Pennsylvania.

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The candidates are expected to promote their respective visions for the country, with Harris talking up Democratic party planks from the DNC including relitigating the recently overturned Roe v. wade with further expanded access to abortion, economic recovery, healthcare access and social justice. Expect Harris to continue pushing the growth of ObamaCare, along with ongoing support for LGBTQ+ rights. Lok for Trump to discuss continuations of his policies from his first term, widely regarded to have been a period of economic stability and vigor, just before the pandemic wreaked havoc over the global economy. Trump also will discuss conservative values, strong emphasis on family, education and national security.

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Let us remember to keep all of our elected leaders covered in prayer, from our local hometowns to current and future residents of the Oval Office. May they be convicted of the Lord’s guidance and wisdom, led by Scripture’s truth and the love of Jesus.

Prepared by Charisma News Staff.

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A pastor was arrested after being caught up in a weeks-long stand-off with police officers.

As the BBC reported, police have been trying to arrest Filipino pastor Apollo Quiboloy after he was charged with crimes of sex trafficking, coercion and fraud. The Western Journal noted how Quiboloy had “sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and ‘eternal damnation’ unless they catered to [him].”

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Quiboloy claimed to be the “appointed son of God,” using his role of authority for evil. His ministry, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, is reported to have between 6-7 million followers. The ministry is said to have locations in 200 locations. Part of the crimes Quiboloy committed included trafficking children from the Philippines to America, where the BBC says they were “forced to solicit money for a bogus charity.”

During the two-week manhunt, The followers of Quiboloy stood their ground against the police on at the complex which has around 40 buildings, a school, hanger and Cathedral.

Kingdom of Jesus Christ Ministries was started back in 1985, with its United States location in the Van Nuys region of Los Angeles. Back in 2021, Charisma News reported how Quiboloy reported how around $20 million from America was sent to the church of the Philippines between the years of 2014 and 2019. The ministry’s nonprofit was supposed using the funds from their nonprofit Children’s Joy Foundation USA which was supposed to be for the purpose of helping children in the Philippines. However, it is believed that the money was used Quiboloy and other leader’s grand lifestyles.

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This incident is not only heartbreaking because of the people who were abused and duped by Quiboloy in one way or the other, but because it shows how easily so many people were deceived by a false shepherd. Matthew 7:15 reminds us to “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” Many will come in the name of Jesus, but we are to be on guard and use wisdom and discernment so we can tell who is truly of the Lord and who is not.

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A report by Open Doors International reveals that Christians are being “deliberately targeted” and killed in Nigeria.

Open Doors U.S. CEO Ryan Brown told Fox News Digital, “Last year alone, in Nigeria there were more people that were killed because of their Christian faith than all other places in the globe combined.” He explained there were “4998 Christians that were killed because of their faith” last year.

Brown added that the “rest of the world seems to be turning a blind eye.”

“People are not talking about it. People are not aware of the realities, and therefore people aren’t doing anything about it,” he said.

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The report included testimonies of Christian persecution, with one interviewee saying, “When the Fulani gunmen came to attack, they could be heard shouting ‘Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest), we will destroy all Christians.’”

“The Fulani started to shoot, burning houses. They burnt our animals and maize plants,” another person said.

Nigerian Christians have been “singled out for violence, face harsh living conditions and experience faith-based challenges throughout their displacement journey,” the report adds, according to Fox News.

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The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria has drastically increased in the last decade. In 2014, there were 1.1 million IDPs in the country. As of 2023, there were 3.4 million IDPs, the report says.

A State Department spokesperson said the agency is “deeply concerned about the high levels of violence in Nigeria, including intercommunal violence and attacks by non-state armed groups on religious communities of all religions and beliefs.”

“Both Boko Haram and ISIS-WA have been designated by the Secretary of State as Entities of Particular Concern for religious freedom. In numerous meetings and visits this year, U.S. officials from the Secretary of State, to Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, to the Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom, have urged the government of Nigeria to intensify efforts to address the drivers of conflicts in Nigeria, including criminality and the lack of justice and accountability for violence, and its impact on members of religious communities of all faiths, including Christians,” the spokesperson added, noting that the agency is also working with Nigeria to “help them respond more effectively to threats.”

This article originally appeared on American Faith, and is reposted with permission.

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Chris Reed on Rick Joyner Fallout: ‘They Wanted to Bury Me’

Chris Reed is speaking out following Rick Joyner’s message to MorningStar Ministries regarding Chris’ resignation from the ministry.

After Chris Reed’s departure from Morningstar, Joyner expressed frustration with Reed’s absence from the ministry.

“I did not feel that there was a shepherd’s heart revealed,” Joyner said. “A shepherd lays down their life for the sheep and certainly has regard for them. I didn’t quite feel like there was regard for me, for our board, any of this stuff that we had entrusted a lot to him. And I don’t think to just quit like that is what we ever need to do with anyone, with no notice.”

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You Can Join Nationwide Prayer Call Tonight With President Donald Trump

Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will be joining a prayer call hosted by The National Faith Advisory Board.

The prayer call is tonight, Monday, Sept. 9, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. If you would like to join this call for prayer over the nation, you can RSVP your spot here.

There will be leading Christian voices from across the country joining the call as well, including Paula White, Jentezen Franklin, Lorenzo Sewell, Samuel Rodriguez and IFA President Dave Kubal.

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The ‘Ring of Fire’ Rosh Hashanah Eclipse Is Coming Soon

Why do solar eclipses keep falling on such noteworthy dates? In 2024, there will be a total of just two solar eclipses. The first happened on April 8th, 2024. That was known as the “Great American Eclipse of 2024,” and it occurred just after the sun had gone down in Israel and the first day of the first month on the Hebrew calendar had begun. The second solar eclipse of 2024 will take place on Oct. 2nd. When it occurs, the sun will have just gone down in Israel and the festival of Rosh Hashanah will have just started.

I realize that this is a lot to process, and so let it sink in for a moment.

Is it just a coincidence that the first solar eclipse of 2024 just happened to fall on the very first day of the very first month on the Hebrew calendar, and the second solar eclipse of 2024 just happens to fall on the day that is celebrated as “the Jewish New Year”?

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During his latest sermon to the congregation at Global Vision Bible Church, Pastor Greg Locke gave a brief update about the incident last week where his home was shot at while one of his children was at home. Thankfully, everyone in the Locke family was safe.

“God protects His children in supernatural ways,” Locke says to the congregation. “We could’ve been having a very, very very different conversation this morning. If any conversation at all for that matter.”

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“We were doing some things actually for the museum in Pigeon Forge,” says Locke. “We were coming back the next day, we were going to stay the night and we decided that we would go ahead and come back.”

Locke says that on their way home, he needed to stop. His wife, Tai, was driving separately, so he knew he needed to call her and tell her he was making a stop. She then told him that while she wasn’t stopping, she felt the Lord asking her to get in the right lane and slow down.

“The Lord tells you to slow down, you better slow down. I don’t care how strange it seems to anybody, and I don’t care how much they honk at you; slow down,” Locke says.

As the family approached their home after the pit stop and slowdown, Locke saw what he thought was glass everywhere. He got out of the car to investigate, and what he found was not glass but something much more lethal.

“It was spent shell casings,” Locke says. “So, at that point I didn’t know what had transpired so quickly, and how severe of a situation it was.”

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Locke says he then called the police and reported what he saw. In the past, the Lockes have had dead chickens placed in their driveway, the church pulpit vandalized and other various crimes committed against them. Locke says he was ready to defend his family at all costs from any harm.

Locke played a recording of a sound that was picked up near his yard when the incident happened. Rounds upon rounds of bullets being shot off can be heard in the distance.

“Sixty rounds in less than three seconds,” Locke says. “Sixty of them. The detective said he’d never seen that many spent shell casings in a drive by shooting situation like this.”

Locke says he and his family have not been allowed back at their house since the shooting took place. The police have alerted them that they fear retaliation right now. Despite all of the horror, Locke still acknowledges God’s goodness in the storm.

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Continue to lift up the Locke family in prayer during this sensitive time, that God’s protection may continue to be upon them as they do mighty works for the Lord.

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