Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

The spiritual warfare attacks against you are often referred to as witchcraft attacks.  Witchcraft attacks have nothing to do with Wicca, New Age mysticism, or the religion of witchcraft.  All these are forbidden according to the Word of God.  "For all that do these things are an abomination (meaning vile, loathsome, and disgusting) unto the Lord" (Deuteronomy 18:12).  Witchcraft in this context is the spiritual force that Christians feel when under demonic attack.  These kinds of spiritual attacks can be identified like strong confusion, wanting to give up and quit, and depression. At other times there are people that release witchcraft assignments against you through the power of words or controlling actions. A power which I believe to be the most powerful in the universe.  For example, the spirit of you.  Witchcraft even separates and isolates its victims from friends and family.  One that is being spiritually attacked often feels the lo...

The spirit of Jezebel doesn't work alone, she has a network.  This spirit is the most wicked of spirits.  Historically, the rise and fall of spiritual power within the Church of Christ Jesus has been related to the acknowledgement and opposition toward demonic principalities and powers.  When church leaders tell you what you can read, who you can and cannot fellowship with because you are with the only ones who have the truth you must run for the door and find deliverance in the Gifts of the Spirit, and the total word of God.  One of the strongest spirits that begin to distort the Word of God is that which changes your stand on moral, and family issues.  Remember no one has ever saved anyone without Jesus' ministry, and no one has ever delivered anyone but by the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit.  If this is not enough, they say they are operating under the authority, and anointing of the ministry of Jesus.  The spirit of whoredom and Jezebe...

Jesus is both divine and human at the same time.  Therefore, in the one person of Jesus are two distinct natures.  This is called the hypostatic union, but, this isn't all we know about the person and work of Christ.  Jesus also occupies three main offices: Prophet, Priest, and King.  In other words, Jesus functions and/or has functioned in these offices. Christ as Prophet A prophet of God is someone who reveals God, speaks for God, and communicates to people the truths that God wants them to know. Undoubtedly, Jesus did this when he came to do the will of the Father (Luke 22:42), to reveal the Father (Matthew 11:27), and to speak the things of the Father (John 8:28; 12:49). In the Old Testament Moses said in Deuteronomy 18:15,"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countryman, you shall listen to him." This prophecy is quoted by Peter in Acts 3:22-23 in reference to Jesus, "Moses said, "The Lord God shall ...

To begin, I would like to present the terms deprave/depravity which is to make morally bad or evil; the state or conduct, depraved acts like being a crooked person.  Its main operation is to come into places where peace may be there, and to bring evil or bad ungodly behavior.  This works well with in weak or very soulish religious churches. As a result of Adam's transgression, all his posterity are born in the same state into which he fell, but since the Law is the all-comprehending demand of harmony with God, all moral consequences flowing from his transgression are to be regarded as sanctions of Law, or expressions of the divine displeasure through the constitution of things which He has established.  Certain of these consequences, however, are earlier recognized than others and are of minor scope.  It will, therefore, be useful to consider them under the three aspects of depravity. Depravity Even more clear, we mean, on one hand, the lack of o...

1. Believe the gospel that everything it teaches is for you. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) 2. Repent and turn to God and renounce all sin and wrong doing. (Acts 26:18) 3. Obey the gospel and seek for the enduement of power from on high. (Luke 11:13; 24:49; Acts 1:4-15, 2:38-39; 5:32) 4. Yield to God, walk and live in the Spirit. (Romans 8:1-16; Galatians 5:16-26) 5. Learn to pray in faith without wavering. (James 1:5-8; Hebrew 11:6) 6. Have faith in your mission in life to fully represent God. (Acts 1:8) 7. Learn to use the name of Jesus according to the word of God.  (Acts 3:16; 4:12; John 14:12-15; Colossians 3:17; and John 15:7,16) In starting out to use the name of Jesus one must have a desire to be a true and unselfish representative of God.  You must start to use the name in every phase of life and not be denied if there is any resistance to the answer.  As victories come, the faith and confidence will grow until there will be a normal faith in the name of Jesus...

We must talk about this and pass it around. This is the condition of the Christian who has an apparent desire to know God in a personal way to experience  peace of heart and mind, but somehow seems to be unable to place faith in God.  Outward motions such as public commitments at church, praying at the altar, and other efforts may be many, but all of this action leaves the person feeling empty and devoid of faith.  Prayers seem to go no higher than the ceiling and salvation always appears out of grasp, much like the mirage that fades into the distance.  This individual may make an effort toward God, but somehow he never seems to achieve vital contact. A lack of faith may also be the result of not seeking God according to the Bible.  A person may desire faith in God but not according to the teachings of the Word of God.  It is reported that the noted evangelist of our times frequently prayed that God would increase his faith until one day they came face ...

A minister must be alert so that he will not lose his perspective as some do. Blinded by the cares of life, he becomes as Samson, grinding at the mill.  The joy and the glory of the early morning  is gone.  He has somehow lost his first love.  To such Jesus spoke in His message to the church at Ephesus, "I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience...and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake has not fainted.  Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because though hast left thy first love" (Revelation 2:2-4).  A minister must have an unwearying love for people and a devotion to their needs.  When that love dims under the stress and strain of daily work, he becomes devitalized.  God help a preacher always to retain the spiritual glow which can only be achieved by constantly believing and standing. It is human nature for people to stratify into different social levels.  There are some who are naturally more congen...