it's been a while since the spartan has posted.

nevertheless the battles rages and victory is sure.

one of the missions mosaic miami has had since it's inception or should i say conception and birth is to take the city of miami.what do you mean by that you say? well i mean establishing a new ethos ( movement within the culture) within the collective expression of the city.a city that is known by withcraft, licentious behavior, drug abuse, spiritual poverty and all that comes with it.

and by the grace and power of God, to touch off a chain reaction, a transforming revolution of the human spirit made alive thru christ.all who seek this path fall into a tale, an epic of light and darkness.where shadows dwell and dragons lay.

one of the things that was not in the initial strategic plan was the amount of direct spiritual warfare  we would encounter, and i mean direct.

our most recent encounter involves a woman whose father was a grand wizard in the kkk, her mother an practiceing satanist, she came to christ in one of the most dramatic ways i have ever seen.through weeping sobs and cries for forgivness she surrendered fully to christ.she also manifested a demon who called itself lucifer, and told us there were seven of his kind within her.(because the spirits often take on the name of the object or god worshipped, this one identifed itself by the direct satanic worship her family was involved in)she had been heavily medicated for years because of the static she says within her mind and the voices she would hear.she was a drug addict who had been to every treatment center in the city, and had been in and out of jail for years.the spirit acknowledged all rights to her had been broken, we brought the seven together as one by prayer and direct command, and cast the spirits to their rightful place, the pit.i don't beleive it you say, my brothers and sisters we must embody the kingdom and by prayer and initiative quest forward and engage the enemy.there have been several encounters such as this in the last six months.why you might ask?we pray that God would give us the city, and in order to take the city you must confront the powers that be.we have had a young man whose family pracited santaria freed from a  demon, a 19 year old girl, the demon called itself a breha' ( witch) delivered. an 11 year old boy named juan whose family practiced santaria blood rites on him,when the spirit manifested it knocked a 200 pound man to the floor.the boy cried alot and kept telling us he was seeing dead people.he sees dead people no more.he cried and was so greatful when he was freed. 

we are not witch hunting, i believe God draws those to us who desire to be free, he entrusts us and honors us, to participate in the victory he has won.It is an amazing thing to me what happens when the church goes on the offensive. nowhere do i read retreat, or hold on, as part of the churches mission.we are to go, and set free the captives, set at liberty those who are oppressed, preach and proclaim the good news to the spiritually poor and declare the acceptable year of the Lord. to give beauty for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness and to comfort those who mourn.all of this requires action and prayer.

oh, and by the way we have currently a 20 year old who has practiced voodoo,and is convinced he has spirits, an 32 year old practiceing satanist named mb (please pray for him) who also claims he has spirits, which after interviewing him i do not doubt. a 46 year old woman who has worshipped more gods than i have fingers.lived in japan, and india had a guru for 8 years, and sees her dead cat walking in her apartment.and another 17 year old whose mother practiced blood rites on him when he was a child, and can't calm the "madness within his mind" as he calls it, no matter what he has tried.

the way we have met all of these people is nothing short of divine providence.

1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
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Ps 149:5-95 Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute on them the written judgment--
This honor have all His saints.
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we are to execute upon the demonic powers that be the judgement that has been won and is written.i intend to interrogate the next demon we get, and find out the spirits name that is authority over miami, and what his right to the city is.by prayer we intend to assail, and prevail.you've lost your mind sutherland, you say.maybe so, but our desire to see the glory of the Lord in our land surpasses all.Joab when he took the city of jerusalem had to crawl through the sewers to gain access to the stronghold.

Jer 1:9-10

"Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant."
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2 Cor 10:3-4
 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
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may we not fear, may we not be blind.we are the ones trapped in the matrix.the real world is the one we do not see.

embrace the beautiful death
sans peur

Spartan 305

1 Peter 2:4-5

 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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I have a formal background in business and building construction. One of my early instructors was a stone mason. This man was a master of his craft. He could choose stones that looked ordinary.One would look grey the other pink, he would set them together in such a way that their colors would become brilliant simply by knowing which stone to place beside the other.

On one particular job we were setting a stone facing on an outside stairwell. I watched and assisted as he meticulously put the stones in a pile near the work area, the stones were of all sizes and colors. He cut each stone to fit where he wanted it to go, until he had created a mosaic of ordinary stones drawn from a nearby field.

I have always drawn from this metaphor an image of  the Messiah’s work in His church. He is the master mason building and assembling living stones.

So often we fear being set with a stone of another color or size, but this is the very thing that will bring out brilliance from our lives. It is our differences of skill, color, background, and catalytic gifts, united in Christ that add brilliance to the church, and when used to serve each other and those surrounding our lives creates seismic impact in the world in which we live.

Too often we fear the cutting that is necessary from the mason in order to for us to become useful. Perhaps it is a habit or a relationship, maybe it is our character that is flawed and must be shaped. Michealangelo  when asked how he receives inspiration for the sculptures he created responded. “I  choose the stone by it’s shape and texture and I free the image that lies within the stone.”

Fear not the cutting of the master, for He desires to free the image that lies within the stone. The changes may seem painful at the moment but are vital to our destiny.

Rom 8:18

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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2 Cor 4:17-18

7 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Is there any area of cutting that God desires in your life?

Are you willing to yield?

Sans Peur

Kevin s.