Less of me, more of You

John 3: ¹⁶ “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.¹⁷ God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

¹⁸ “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. ¹⁹ And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. ²⁰ All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. ²¹ But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.

July 22, 2026. Holy Jesus, Holy Spirit. What a few days it has been, the provision to leave the Colonial Zone came in as I kept hearing that it would come the day before yesterday. I kept hearing the day before and a name. I told the person what I was hearing from the Holy Spirit and the person asked to clarify the amount and I heard to say: $450 dollars, which were $150 left to pay for the place the Holy Spirit had me in for a few months and the rest to pay for a week of the next place and location, food for a couple of days, and transportation to get to the place I was being sent to. This time I got to say goodbye to a few people, including a man who had come from the USA to the area the Holy Spirit had me in. I shared with him as the Holy Spirit led me to share for him to understand, come to Jesus, fulfill the purpose the Lord has with him and be saved for eternity. He was very thankful and gave $100 Dominican pesos, which was very humbling considering the situation he is in as a veteran, but those of the Holy Spirit understand giving and receiving. The word says that those of God will receive from God. I was also led to speak to some of the vultures, men in the area who would offer him cigarettes and drinks about what happens to those who extort, do not repent and come to Jesus, to the people of God and the consequences as we read in the Bible. In that area as many areas in the world until people repent, proclaim Jesus as their Lord and Savior, get baptized in submersion and surrender everything everyday, we are seeking for a savior, if people do not have Jesus we either smoke it, drink it, sleep around, eat it, something is done with that pain and those who are heart and have not surrendered to Jesus, Holy Spirit are capable of terrible terrible things that will hurt us and others.

Then I heard to say goodbye and block one of the young adults who I heard had the spirit of Python and was a vessel for the enemy for tempting. I heard to tell him that my part with him was done and that hopefully he could make a choice and that it would be Christ. I then blocked him. The woman who runs the place was also sent a message that may the Lord’s kingdom come and will be done, to which I heard from the Holy Spirit the place is going to crumble, that after the young lady leaves next door the Lord will bring the place down and deal with the woman who runs it and her brother, as they reject the Lord, do not repent and keep doing evil. I never tell the Lord what to do, as anyone can either choose HIM or reject him, only the Lord knows, as I am only a vessel to say and do what the Holy Spirit tells me and that is it. My part is to do the Great Commission, with the leading, anointing, fruits, gifts of the Holy Spirit, the rest the people choose and the Lord or the enemy deals with the rest, which ever people choose, that is why the Holy Spirit makes sure those who are meant to understand hear the choices clearly. Many are called but few are chosen, the net is thrown and people have to choose, free will. The Lord does not make anyone come to HIM, he pursues us and it is up to us to choose at the end, the choice has to be made while alive, as the Lord thru the word teaches us that people should not pray for others after death, that we have to choose while we are alive.

Python:

In a Christian context, the “spirit of Python” refers to a demonic spirit associated with divination and oppressive bondage, as depicted in the biblical story of a slave girl in Acts 16. It is understood to mimic, distort, or undermine the Holy Spirit’s work, attempting to constrict believers’ spiritual freedom and breath. This spirit is linked to the mythological serpent associated with the Oracle of Delphi, symbolizing deceptive practices and spiritual oppression. 

Key aspects of the spirit of Python: 

• Biblical Origin: The concept originates from the story in Acts 16 where Paul encounters a slave girl possessed by a spirit of divination, derived from the Greek word “Pythōn”. 
• Demonic Influence: It’s understood as a demonic spirit that seeks to hinder spiritual growth and freedom, often through deception and manipulation. 
• Constricting Influence: The spirit is described as constricting, like a python suffocating its prey, symbolizing the attempt to limit a believer’s spiritual breath and freedom. 
• Mimicking the Holy Spirit: It can manifest as a false or distorted version of the Holy Spirit’s work, attempting to mislead believers. 
• Oppressive Nature: It can lead to feelings of heaviness, fear, torment, and exhaustion, and can hinder prayer, worship, and spiritual growth. 
• Deception: A key characteristic is its ability to deceive and manipulate, often through prophetic utterances or spiritual experiences that are not aligned with God’s truth. 
• Need for Deliverance: The story in Acts 16 highlights the power of Christ to deliver believers from the grip of this spirit. 
• Ongoing Warfare: Christians are encouraged to be vigilant against its influence and to rely on God’s Word and the Holy Spirit for guidance and protection. 
• Practical Manifestations: Some Christian teachings suggest that it can manifest as physical or emotional oppression, hindering prayer, and leading to sin. 
• Strongman: The spirit of Python can work with other demonic spirits, such as Jezebel and controlling spirits, to further oppress and hinder believers. 

How to combat the spirit of Python: 

Seeking Deliverance: If a believer is struggling with the spirit of Python, seeking prayer and deliverance from trusted spiritual leaders is recommended. 

Prayer: Prayer is a powerful weapon against this spirit, as it is seen as a way to break its hold and invite God’s intervention. 

Grounding in God’s Word: Understanding and applying biblical truth is crucial for discerning the enemy’s schemes and resisting deception. 

Reliance on the Holy Spirit: Seeking guidance and empowerment from the Holy Spirit is essential for spiritual growth and protection. 

Rejection of Deception: Recognizing and rejecting false teachings and deceptive spiritual experiences is vital for maintaining spiritual clarity. 

I was also on Sunday led to go and give a message for the third time to a woman who is an Apostle, but had been cough up in opulence, which happens to the chosen people of God, as we read in Ephesians 4. I have been sent there a few times and this time was when as another time to tell her that she needs to go out without cameras and share the Good News of Jesus, the woman who received the message again was very calm and seemed convicted. The Apostle has made a lot of money, has many businesses, has a lot of followers online and is now coming out in the news a lot, but I had heard to tell her the she needs to live like me by faith and one day at at time, surrendering everything to the Lord. The Lord is bringing everything to the light from the Covid-19, with hopes of those who are meant to understand understand, we can find what the Lord is doing with the pandemic and beyond in 2 Chronicles 7 and Isaiah 26. It is all in the word in the Bible, plus the Holy Spirit reveals what is happening to HIS Apostles, Prophets to warn HIS people, who are willing to listen, as we read in Revelations 2:29. The Holy Spirit also connected me with some of the young adults, told me some serious words and encouraging words to tell them, as they needed to get discipled and we ended up going to a few places to share the Good News of Jesus, eating and them calling me their spiritual mother as I heard I am in Isaiah 54. They asked for my number and it was given to them and from Sunday and moving forward I have beens sending them the discipleship the Holy Spirit has been leading me to share with them. They have been very receptive, as those of God, Jesus, Holy Spirit. Now in the new area, there is a lot witchcraft, evil, idolatry, teachers of the law, unbelief, felt with a huge headache when coming into the area with the taxi driver from the application I heard to use, who also got to hear and receive as the Holy Spirit told me to. A woman received me, who when I saw her my heart burned and that is usually a sense in the spirit of evil and altars that are mixed with Catholisism and other beliefs, which are very predominant in the America’s countries, as there is always an intermediary, candles, saints, which are demons, manipulation of which they believe to be god and other believes such as witchcraft. She kept saying she is a good person, that she does good to people but they always pay her badly, to which I hear that in the world before we have Jesus, Holy Spirit we give to receive something, but when we are vessels of the Holy Spirit we do as the Holy Spirit says for the person to be saved to Jesus to receive the Holy Spirit, then get baptized in water to then surrender everything everyday to then receive fruits and gifts to be part of the Great Commission. This is what was brought to the America’s meaning South, North Caribbean and everywhere the Colonizers brought thru their “church” and slaves. If the Lord has allowed or allows people to go to Spain the map can be seen, as well as the snake in the map, that represents the enemy of our souls, but Jesus, Holy Spirit wins, as HE reveals and gives understanding to those who want to hear what HE has to say to the church, who are us. Obedience is better than sacrifice, we are the Lord’s, Jesus, Holy Spirit friend if we obey HIM. Only then do we inherit the kingdom of God.

Opulence, very close to lust, the “the gospel of prosperity”, refers to great wealth, lavishness, or an abundance of luxurious resources. It describes a state of extreme affluence and extravagant living, typically characterized by grand displays of expensive goods, sumptuous decorations, or vast fortunes. 

Key Concepts

• Luxury and Splendor: While wealth simply means possessing money, opulence specifically implies lavish expenditure and visibly over-the-top displays of that wealth (e.g., a room adorned with gold brocade, diamond-encrusted fixtures, or fine art).
• Abundance: It can also refer to a great supply or plenty of something (e.g., an opulence of resources).

Example Sentences

• “She stared around her in awe at the sheer opulence of the ballroom, with its crystal chandeliers and velvet drapes.”
• “Despite its historical opulence, the estate fell into decay after the family’s financial ruin.” 

Synonyms and Related Words

• Synonyms: Affluence, luxury, sumptuousness, prosperity, richness.
• Related adjective: Opulent (describing a person, place, or thing that is rich and luxurious). 

The “prosperity gospel” (or “health and wealth gospel”) is a controversial Christian teaching asserting that faith, positive speech, and financial donations are rewarded by God with physical health, material wealth, and personal happiness. It gained prominence through late-20th-century televangelism. 

Rooted in the American “Word of Faith” movement, this theology claims that Christ’s atonement removes sickness and poverty, making them completely avoidable through strong belief. Adherents believe in “sowing and reaping,” where generous financial giving to ministries acts as a catalyst for greater material blessings. 

Scholars, such as historian Kate Bowler, note that the movement blends Pentecostalism with 19th-century American “New Thought” and capitalist ideals. This framework shifts the focus of religious devotion from spiritual salvation to earthly success. 

The theology has faced intense criticism from both religious and secular scholars for multiple reasons: 

• Victim-blaming: It often suggests that individuals who remain poor or sick simply lack sufficient faith.
• Distorted focus: Critics, such as theologian John Piper, argue that it abandons the traditional Christian doctrine of self-denial and suffering in favor of self-interest and exorbitant lifestyles.
• Exploitation: The financial structure can exploit vulnerable followers for the benefit of church leaders.

I gave the woman who runs this new place, where the Holy Spirit put me in, the Good News of Jesus in paper and words, as well as the people who own the place and run the app, shared the testimony of the faith walk, she was very reluctant and kept saying she is a good person, we spoke, prayed and she repeated the prayer of salvation, even writing this I feel my heart burning with her. The Good News of Jesus papers was also given to people who were very receptive to it, including a young woman and a young man who I heard to hug, some of the peoples who live in the apartments in this small building and let them know how much the Lord loves them, including the delivery young man who brought the items I was led to share. The woman here is very bitter, complains a lot and talks only about the negative things about life, to which the Holy Spirit gives me a word to give her each time. She has had very bad experiences with people who call themselves Christians, as she mentioned a situation that is happening with a couple that lives here, which I heard is a lie, as the Holy Spirit will reveal, that is a lie, as I was able to meet them and felt nothing but the Holy Spirit, that the woman who runs this place was trying to get that money out of me, because of the lack of discernment which only comes from the Holy Spirit, as it has happened before in Brisa del Este where they would try to charge me for electricity and water where no one else was paying for it, as the Lord exposes who each person is in hopes that they repent and stop extorting and these were people in that community who call themselves “pastors”. There I learned about Python too and a couple of other demons that possess people, until we repent and come to Jesus and are delivered. The only way demons can come in us is thru sexual intercourse, or when we give them permission, such as those who have been given to the devil thru witchcraft and presenting them to sorcery at birth which happens a lot more than we can imagine. In the last place in the Colonial Zone when I arrived one of the people that were with the woman who runs the place told me that someone had taken the water jug and $500 Dominican Pesos to which I heard was a lie that she was trying to extort me for that money, not understanding because of not having the Holy Spirit that no one can fool the Lord and or HIS people. After that the woman who runs the place, the man who fixes things and that woman would not get close to me after hearing the Good News of Jesus and feeling convicted by the Holy Spirit, which was so palpable, as a few times I heard to hug them and they made excuses not to get close to me. When we do not have Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are constantly seeking a savior in people, alcohol, drugs, anything that will numb and give a bandaid to ease the pain or the moment. The Holy Spirit blesses with salvation, purpose and eternal life, but also brings punishment, as HE is also a consuming fire to those who do not repent and keep doing evil, as we read in Hebrew 12 and other scriptures. I have seen him bring so much order while we are in the places HE sends us, as we all after HE takes us to another place. I have been able to hear some of the the testimonies, so many testimonies, where many have been shared in this page, which is why the Holy Spirit led to make this page for teachings and testimonies to be used in many many many nations, as HE said when HE said to start it. All for the souls in the Great Commission. Meals are being shared with the woman who runs this new place, words from the Bible, as led by the Holy Spirt and I heard a week here and in this area in the North of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which has been paid and the Holy Spirit will say where we will be, the Holy Spirit and I after this, will say who to ask or send the money without asking and HIS kingdom will come and will will be done in Jesus name. All for the souls in the Great Commission.

Hebrews 12: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. ² We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.^[a]Because of the joy^[b] awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.³ Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;^[c] then you won’t become weary and give up. ⁴ After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

⁵ And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?^[d] He said, 

“My child,^[e] don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and don’t give up when he corrects you.
⁶ For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
    and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”^[f]

⁷ As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? ⁸ If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. ⁹ Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?^[g]

¹⁰ For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. ¹¹ No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

¹² So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. ¹³ Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

A Call to Listen to God

¹⁴ Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. ¹⁵ Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.¹⁶ Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal. ¹⁷ You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.

¹⁸ You have not come to a physical mountain,^[h] to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai. ¹⁹ For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking. ²⁰ They staggered back under God’s command: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”^[i] 21 Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, “I am terrified and trembling.”^[j]

²² No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. ²³ You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect. ²⁴ You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.

²⁵ Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven! ²⁶ When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”^[k] 27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.

²⁸ Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. ²⁹ For our God is a devouring fire.

Thankful for those who are praying for both my daughter and I, and have been of monetary support to this Great Commission. Please send an offering the amount is never too little or too much, all for the souls in the Great Commission.

These are the different platforms that can be used to send an offering for this Great Commission and to partner: Zelle: is Lourdes K Delacruz: Lourdeskdelacruz@gmail.com. Sendwave is also an option, 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. Thankful for those who have chosen to become partners with this Great Commission; all for the souls in this Great Commission. For those who are meant to be saved, to be saved, in Jesus name.

Villa Mella, located in Santo Domingo Norte about 10 kilometers north of downtown Santo Domingo across the Isabela River, is a vibrant municipality deeply rooted in African heritage. It is highly famous for its rich cultural traditions, most notably the Cofradía del Espíritu Santo (a UNESCO-recognized music and dance tradition). 

History and Culture

Historically known as Sabana Grande del Espíritu Santo in the 18th century, Villa Mella was officially established in 1888. Today, it retains a distinct Afro-Dominican identity. The community is celebrated for its traditional music, particularly the palo and salve drums, and the pri-pri rhythm. Locals also practice unique ancestral customs like the baile de los palos(Which is calling demons, with the drums) and regional memorial rituals. 

Geography and Connectivity

As one of the largest urban sectors in Santo Domingo Norte, it borders other key communities like Sabana Perdida and Guaricano. The area is highly accessible to the rest of the capital via the Santo Domingo Metro Line 1, which features several stops in the heart of Villa Mella (such as the Mamá Tingó and Hermanas Mirabal stations) directly connecting commuters to the city center. 

Local Life and Cuisine

Beyond its cultural significance, Villa Mella is famously known across the Dominican Republic for its gastronomy—specifically its chicharrón (fried pork) and longaniza (local sausage). It is a bustling, densely populated area that balances a deeply historical cultural identity with everyday urban Dominican life.