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Swooping Birds And Harassing Spirits

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Each year, spring time is quite hazardous in many parts of Australia. Some birds become very protective of their territories during the nesting season.

Normally placid and tame birds start to swoop pedestrians and cyclists whom they consider to be a threat. The worst among these are the Australian magpie and the plover. While they are mostly harmless, seeking to intimidate rather than injure, some individuals do make contact with people’s heads and faces.

Over recent weeks, I have been praying for the covering of the blood of Jesus when I enter a known hot spot. If a bird swoops, I command it to leave in the name of Jesus. Amazingly most of them do.

Recently I was swooped by a pair of crows, which I have never experienced before. Indignantly I told them to go and they immediately left me alone.

These are not all natural events. Some of them, if not all, are actually evil spirits that are sent specifically to harass, intimidate and distract us, even to reduce us to fear.

We might even consider them to be a sign of other events that satan is using to pull us down. If we are being attacked in a physical way, it is probably a sign that we are under spiritual attack in other areas. Sure enough there are many people in our church who are being intimidated and harassed by the enemy in various parts of their lives.

W don’t have to allow this to continue. We have been given authority over the devil and all evil spirits. Whatever realm in your live is under attack right now, surrender it to the Lord. Ask Him to cover it with the blood of Jesus and command those intimidating spirits to go in Jesus’ name.

Lana Vawser: The Enemy Is Squawking, But Your Seed Is Thriving!

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Lana Vawser writes:

The Lord spoke to me to encourage many hearts right now, that the enemy is SQUAWKING. He is SQUAWKING at the seeds of promise God has given to His people.

SQUAWKING: To make a loud and harsh noise.
SYNONYMS: Shriek, squeal, scream, complain, protest, grouch, whine, grumble, wail, moan, crow, discordant tone (Google)

The Lord showed me that the enemy is SQUAWKING loudly at the seeds of promise the Lord has released. The enemy is SQUAWKING to bring fear and his lies. He is SQUAWKING lies that the seed is dying….. but the Lord spoke to me clearly this morning and said:

“Take heart! The enemy is SQUAWKING loudly, but the seed is not dying, it is THRIVING.”

The enemy is just attempting to bring fear, steal peace and joy at the thriving and increasing of the promise.

Many of these seeds of promise are seeds of RESTORATION and the Lord showed me that He is surrounding these seeds of RESTORATION of what was stolen, lost and killed as a wall of fire. There is divine protection surrounding the SEEDS OF RESTORATION AND PROMISE that are manifesting.

I heard the Lord say: “You are going to be in awe and full of joy at how the seed of promise I have released to you will THRIVE!!!!! Stronger than ever before!!!”

I saw Jeremiah 1:12 engraved over the seeds of restoration and promise:

The Lord said to me “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that My Word is fulfilled.”

The Lord showed me many that have been coming up against the SQUAWKING of the enemy’s lies and it has been bringing fear and fog over the seed, but I felt the comfort of the heart of God to encourage His people that have been given new vision for these new seeds, that you have seen correctly and that is why the enemy is SQUAWKING at the seed.

I then heard the Lord say:

“Where the enemy has been SQUAWKING now many will see that I am KING OVER THE SEED.”

“Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the LORD. “Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God. – Isaiah 66:9

I saw the KING OVER THE SEED BRINGING THE SEED TO FRUITION!!!!!! COMPLETENESS! FULLNESS! Fear is coming against the seed because the decree of God over the seed is that it WILL come to FULLNESS.

A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF AWE AND WONDER

The seeds that the Lord has given you and placed within you the Lord has decreed that their fruition and fullness will leave you in AWE and WONDER of who He is.

Through the THRIVING of the seeds He has given you, you are going to see Him in a whole new way. You are going to go deeper in intimacy with Him in a whole new way.

The release of these new seeds are decreeing and ushering in the new season of deeper WONDER and AWE of who He is.

A whole new level of praise will break out from within you. A whole new level of worship will rise to Him. A whole new depth of thankfulness.

Not only will you be in AWE and WONDER of Him like never before, you will KNOW His love that will leave you undone and marked again. You will fall in love with Him deeper than you have ever been and be yielded to Him in a more beautiful way than you have experienced before.

“Fasten me upon your heart as a seal of fire forevermore. This living, consuming flame will seal you as my prisoner of love. My passion is stronger than the chains of death and the grave, all-consuming as the very flashes of fire from the burning heart of God. Place this fierce, unrelenting fire over your entire being.” (Song of Songs 8:6) – The Passion Translation

(2017)

Magpie Season

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The Australian magpie is a very intelligent and usually friendly bird. That all changes in late winter and spring when some of them become very protective of their babies during breeding season.

Normally their form of attack is to swoop on people entering their territory, often with their angry noise, but sometimes with no sound at all. They always attack from behind, but rarely make contact, and once you leave their territory they leave you alone.

Sadly, this year, a baby died after her mother dropped her during a particularly nasty attack in Brisbane.

Cyclists are very vulnerable. I think the helmets make the birds think that riders are a greater threat than normal people, and possibly the much higher speed than pedestrians might add to the threat factor.

In Narrabri, magpie season usually starts in the first week of August. The drought the last few years made the winters a little warmer so the attacks started late July. I think also that the lack of food caused by the drought, and perhaps lower survival of the chicks made them more aggressive.

This year the season started about the second week, and have been less numerous and less intense than previous years. In my normal daily ride there are probably only about 2 swooping magpies spread over a distance of 11 km. I am especially glad that the bird we called the “nut job” has disappeared. He lived at the far end of the bridge near our house, and would attack without warning, often making contact with the helmet.

The magpies that live in the trees near our house are usually friendly enough. They had a go at me this morning in my own driveway. I walked out into the middle of the road and took my helmet off and put it back on again a couple of times while maintaining eye contact. The first time I did this, it was in attack mode but veered away when I removed the helmet. I hope they have it worked out now! Tim later went out on his bike and they attacked him, so he might have to teach them who he is with and without the helmet.

Can’t wait for October when the birds should resume normal behaviour. Although peewees, which have similar colouration to the magpies, can be aggressive even through summer.

Australia, the land where everything wants to kill you. 🙂