The Backsliding Child of God
Overcoming and Defeating the Enemy
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I waited impatiently for the sun to rise and when it finally did, I was off to the beach like a lightning bolt. After finding a place to park my truck, I was getting my suntan lotion, towel and beach chair from the back when the Holy Spirit spoke to me again. “Bring your Bible and your camera,” the voice very clearly said. “For today will be the day that will change your life forever. Today will change nations.” "What do you mean,” I asked. ”I don't understand.” "Kevin,” the Holy Spirit said, “do you trust me with all your heart?” "Of course!” I said. "Do you believe you can be delivered by speaking over this serpent?” "Yes,” I answered. "Then take your Bible, go to the beach and start reading Psalm 91 as you wait on my voice.” I thought I was completely losing it as I walked toward the beach. How could I be hearing all this? But my heart was still telling me to trust the Lord and listen to His command. Somehow I knew this was no joke. The Lord was about to fight for me. He was going to show me His majestic power. It was hard to keep quiet. I wanted to tell someone on the beach what I was hearing, but I felt the Lord wanted me to keep silent. So I sat down in my chair, faced the Atlantic Ocean, opened my Bible and began reading the first page I came to... Then the Holy Spirit came upon me again. “I told you to read Psalm 91,” He said. “You must read the 91
After I finished reading the Psalm, I got up and walked toward the ocean. I started praying, “Dear heavenly father I call upon you in the name of Jesus. I surrender my sins and repent with all my heart. Please deliver me and wash me clean, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Then words just started flowing out of my mouth. “In the name of Jesus,” I heard myself say, “I rebuke you Satan; you have no authority over me, for I am a temple of the living God - Jehovah-Yahweh.” My hands were trembling, but my voice was steady and strong. “You are trespassing and must go,” I heard my voice say. “I speak with authority in the name of Jesus Christ and cast you into the sea and the lake of fire. You must go right now!” My hands calmed, my shoulders straightened as if on their own, and my voice grew stronger. “I declare I am a general soldier in Christ, the righteousness of God, completely blessed in Jesus name, and I call upon Jesus to save me right now. I receive it and declare it with authority for I know I am in Christ, and I baptize myself in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” Then I baptized myself, and when I arose from the water I felt the power of God completely renew me. It is a feeling that can't be described in words. My heart and soul were renewed and washed as white as snow. I started walking slowly out of the ocean, a new person; almost like I had just been born again. Then suddenly I saw something moving under the water. It was so enormous. I thought at first it was a giant shark or whale. I started running trying to get back to the camera. As I picked up the camera, the Holy Spirit told me to take pictures. My eyes were drawn to the spot I had just left. It was as if the water were pulling clouds down from the sky with jet force winds directly into the place where I had just been baptized. Then something ripped the ocean waters apart and came out of the sea so fast I couldn't see it. I was snapping pictures as fast as I could hit the shutter button on the camera; one after another, over and over again, following this thing! Then it went up into a cloud and the cloud made a complete circle in the sky and reversed its direction as it headed toward another enormous cloud starting to form. It was all happening so fast, but I was capturing it all on film. “Lord, what's happening?” I asked, so astonished at what I was seeing that I didn't know what to think. “Please let me see what this is,” I begged. “I want to know what I'm seeing.” "This was in you,” He said with a loud voice. “You are seeing that which had overtaken you through your backsliding sins. It is a demon; a serpent of the devil which was living in you and destroying you by your sins. You let demons in when you backslide. You let them have complete authority over you. Now I have gone before you and destroyed Him.” "What do you mean … Him?” I asked. I'd still only seen clouds moving very fast. "Look!” the Lord said and as I watched something began to form. I almost fell on my face as I saw what was happening.
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Kevin Peeples, popular Florida surfer, who lives in the fast lane of fame, success, friends, and all the world can offer when it comes to women, drugs, alcohol and free will, soon learns that the world isn't all it is cracked up to be. The fast life he is living, and has become enslaved to through his backsliding sins, is destroying him and taking him to a slow but sure death. He has to lose everything he once thought was important - family, friends, and success - before he learns that those are not God's main purpose for his life or the reason he was put on this earth. When this adventure starts in the mountains of North Carolina, Kevin has no clue that it is a trip he was made for or that it is going to take him to “war”. God takes him into the wilderness to face all the giants of his life, Satan and all the evil forces that he has been enslaved to for over fifteen years. He is delivered and set free, but finds that the demonic warfare he was delivered from returns with even more powerful principalities of darkness to try to re-enslave him and take him down in the wilderness. He “loses” everything but “finds” the Lord and his presence, not only as a true Father, but as a best friend for life. God trains him to be a soldier in Christ, to stand up and win, and overcome all the Devil dishes out in a powerful supernatural battle. Victory comes when he believes and uses the resurrection power God places deep within his heart. This has been an intense journey, but now fully trained, Kevin is ready to train others that are lost and slaved to their backsliding sins. His mission is to help others who have no voice but are desperate for freedom from the enemy. For further information, contact the author at Kevin Peeples P O Box 421 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 kp@ Backslidingchildofgod www.Backslidingchildofgod.com
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Kevin Peeples is a talented young man who never really started to live until he lost everything. Even though he didn't realize it, God had his hand on him the whole time he was wasting his life through worldly living. It was only when Kevin finally gave up and grabbed God's hand and let him pull him out of the darkness and into the light that he finally began to prosper and receive all that God had in store for him.