Less of me, more of You

Ephesians 6: The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰ A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. ¹² For we^[a] are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

¹³ Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. ¹⁴ Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. ¹⁵ For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.^[b] 16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.^[c] 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

¹⁸ Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

Matthew 24: ¹² Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations^[a] will hear it; and then the end will come.

2 Corinthians 5: We Are God’s Ambassadors

¹¹ Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too. ¹² Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us,^[a] so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.¹³ If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit. ¹⁴ Either way, Christ’s love controls us.^[b]Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.^[c] 15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.

¹⁶ So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! ¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

¹⁸ And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. ¹⁹ For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. ²⁰ So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” ²¹ For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,^[d] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Matthew 16: ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. ²⁵ If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. ²⁶ And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?^[a] Is anything worth more than your soul? ²⁷ For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds. ²⁸ And I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

Romans 8: ¹⁵ So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.^[a]Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”^[b] 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. ¹⁷ And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

July 9, 2026. Holy Spirit!!!!! JESUS!!!! Lately the attacks have intensified to the point of me feeling like my heart is going to stop and I am going to collapse, which the Holy Spirit thru HIS word in the Bible and HIS voice has clarified that it is all spiritual, as the enemies of our souls the devil and the principalities often do, some seasons they send more evil than others to try to break our hearts, exhaust us, distract us, take us to the next level for the next season, everything that we read in John 10:7-10, that the enemies of our souls try to do, but the Lord, Jesus, Holy Spirit uses it for the good of those who are in Christ and have been chosen for HIS purpose and for those who are meant to understand to understand. The enemies of our souls have come really hard thru the people that have not started a relationship with the Lord, thru repentance and proclaiming Jesus as their Lord and Savior, because just as the Holy Spirit needs people to share about HIM, the devil and the principalities imitate God and need bodies too to attack the people of God and go against anything that is of God. The attacks in this season have been brutal with so much evil, persecution, worry, concern, thru the people who own and run the place where the Holy Spirit has me, as they want to get paid for the 60 days all together, and say every other day that they will rent the place and unblock the reservation so those that can pay all together rented, that this place was not made for the word of God to be shared, then the giving up of the inheritance of the man that I had grown up thinking was my father and all the evil that comes from his wife, daughters, their lawyers and the whole situation, but the Lord in HIS immense love and care for us gives us understanding that it is all spiritual to try to break us and stop us from saving people’s lives for Jesus, Holy Spirit.

Some of the ways the enemies of our souls, the devil and the principalities often attack so that the souls can not be saved, but the Lord uses it for the good of those who are meant to understand:

• Doughs
• Daily problems
• Idolatry, making us focus on anything else or people, as a god.
• Temptations with the opposite sex outside of marriage and testing of our faith with lust and money.
• They make people think the Bible was written by men, so that people will not read it and therefore do not obtain the needed knowledge and wisdom.
• Lack of Money
• Health problems
• Worries outside of serving in the Great Commission
• Evil so that we think God is not working.

John 10: ⁶ Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, ⁷ so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. ⁸ All who came before me^[a] were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved.^[b] They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. ¹⁰ The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

Today after reading the Bible, in Jeremiah 21, which is the book the Holy Spirit has HIS people, as well as in Ezequiel and Isaiah which are the things that area happening now and will happen before the Lord’s coming, listening to worship I heard to go to the hospital, a my heart was being squeezed and I felt like I was going to collapse, which was to share the Good News of Jesus on the way there, which was a few blocks away, then there sharing the Good News of Jesus out loud in the waiting area of the emergency room as it has been done another day when passing by with the direction of the Holy Spirit, but this time spending more time in the emergency room. People were anointed with the Holy Spirit, people were taught and had an encounter with the Holy Spirit who were teachers of the law, which is rampant here, they only see appearance, as they have not yet had an encounter with the Holy Spirit, receiving drinkable hydrating drinks, as well as in powder for later, $400 pesos from a brother that was anointed but the Holy Spirit thru me, after I was led to ask him and he gave it. The corner store bing paid what was owed from yesterday and the copy people together with hearing the testimony of how the enemy sends us so much evil every day, but in some seasons more intense than others and how the Lord uses the attacks to get us to understand certain scriptures, to have more mercy, to keep us humble, to share the testimony so others have understanding too and get closer to Jesus, Holy Spirit and to get us to the next level that will be needed for the next season. When walking back to the area the Holy Spirit has me in I cried, thanked the Lord, praised HIM and told HIM that I will serve in HIS name till my last breath. Thankful, thankful to the Lord, Jesus, Holy Spirit. By the end of the day and up to night a bible study was done with some of the disciples that have risen for the kingdom of God, with people passing by receiving the Good News of Jesus as at the Holy Spirit led and some repeating the prayer of salvation and being anointed with the Holy Spirit. The testimony of the evil and the recent attacks was shared with everyone that the Holy Spirit led, including sitting at a bench that is of cement so that as people walked by they heard about Jesus and how the enemies of our souls operate. Voice notes were sent to the people that the Holy Spirit led and the scriptures that the Holy Spirit led to share. All for the souls in the Great Commission, for those who are meant to understand to understand.

Jeremiah 21: No Deliverance from Babylon. Before reading the word from the Bible, whether in physics form, as a book or thru a digital way, internet, we should ask the Holy Spirit to let us understand and put into action, in Jesus name.

Babylon in present terms is the United States, as revealed by the Holy Spirit, ask HIM for confirmation always.

Nebuchadnezzar in present terms is Trump, as revealed by the Holy Spirit, ask HIM for confirmation always.

21 The Lord spoke through Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to speak with him. They begged Jeremiah, ² “Please speak to the Lord for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the Lord will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”

³ Jeremiah replied, “Go back to King Zedekiah and tell him, ⁴ ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians^[b] who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city. ⁵ I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and a powerful arm, for I am very angry. You have made me furious! ⁶ I will send a terrible plague upon this city, and both people and animals will die. ⁷ And after all that, says the Lord, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.’

⁸ “Tell all the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: Take your choice of life or death! ⁹ Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life! ¹⁰ For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the Lord. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.’

Judgment on Judah’s Kings

¹¹ “Say to the royal family of Judah, ‘Listen to this message from the Lord!¹² This is what the Lord says to the dynasty of David: 

“‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge!
    Help those who have been robbed;
    rescue them from their oppressors.
Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
    because of all your sins.
¹³ I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem,
    that mighty fortress—
the people who boast, “No one can touch us here.
    No one can break in here.”
¹⁴ And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness,
    says the Lord.
I will light a fire in your forests
    that will burn up everything around you.’”

Christian maturity—along with the resources, fruit, gifts, and everything else needed for the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:16-20—is attained through the time we dedicate daily to the Holy Spirit and the Bible, surrendering everything to the Lord each day, as we read in Matthew 16:24-26. In the name of Jesus. We were born to be loved by God—by the Holy Spirit—and to love Him and, consequently, obey Him. We love because the Lord loved us first by dying on the cross for us.

Thankful for those who are praying for both my daughter and I, as well as for those who have and will be of monetary support all for the souls in the Great Commission. Take the time to read or re-read the Bible verses mentioned here, asking the Holy Spirit to help you understand what HE needs you to understand and put into practice in Jesus’s name. Take the time also to go into this page and read and or listen to the other teachings and testimonies, as well as sharing and subscribing, all for the souls in the Great Commission. Please share how this blog post spoke to you, in Jesus’s name.

$690 has been paid out of the $1800 dollars for the 60 days left in this place, thankfully for those who have understood giving thru the Holy Spirit, there is also money needed to refill the cooking gas tank that finished today, as well as money to do food shopping, drinking water, internet for the phone and to move to the areas the Holy Spirit sends me to, transportation. If you or anyone you know has been touched by this Great Commission in any way whether in person or thru this blog posts, we are grateful (the Holy Spirit and I) that you have decided to partner with us financially. it is a blessing to many, as you can read in this post and the post before this one in this same page. All for the souls in this Great Commission. For those who are meant to be saved, to be saved. Zelle: is Lourdes K Delacruz: Lourdeskdelacruz@gmail.com. Sendwave, CashApp: Lourdes Delacruz: $Lourdeskdelacruz, Venmo: Lourdes Delacruz, @Lourdes-Delacruz. Revolut: Lourdes Delacruz, @lourdeh0t5. For BHD bank(Dominican Republic): 36436030019, Lourdes De La Cruz, BANRESERVAS(Dominican Republic): 9603622008, PayPal:Lourdes Delacruz, @Yonkers16, Western Union: Lourdes Karenina De La Cruz, you can send me a message thru WhatsApp, thru the number at the end of this message, to ask me what country and or state I am in, and to send me the receipt with the amount, your information and the tracking number, once the money is sent to: WhatsApp: 849-428-6776.