Spiritual food with Jess

A reminder that deliverance only removes the demon but doesn't meet the fundamental needs of the human heart. That is why those who go through deliverance today will still back-slide, betray, criticize, dishonour and discredit your ministry tomorrow!!! Ignorance of this fact can cause many to assume "deliverance doesn't work." Meanwhile, deliverance was not at fault for someone's failure to protect their mental & emotional well-being!!! Deliverance confronts demonsnot stinking thinking!!!!

"Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve."

Luke 22:3 NIV

"Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God's."

Matthew 16:23 NIV

"During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,"

John 13:2

Deliverance isn't a quick fix. Yes, while it does resolve a significant issue of one being afflicted. It does not stop the process of being plagued again if they are not walking hand in hand with Jesus.

This means being in constant prayer and relationship with Jesus, reading his word and seeking his spirit, repenting and forgiving, and so on.

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied because many demons had gone into him.

Luke 8:30 NIV

According to 1 Peter 1:5, when Christ reigns in a person's life, that person is kept by God's power. As a result, "the evil one does not touch him" (1 John 5:18).2

No demon can set up a house as a squatter when the Holy Spirit inhabits a person. Indwelling by demons is only evidence of a lack of genuine salvation.

Australian media landscape report - medianet

A FEW OF THE KEY FINDINGS:

• Half of journalists (49%) said they had withheld from publishing information that they knew to be true because of fear of defamation.

• 41% of journalists responded that they believed that defamation laws in Australia are too strict in relation to the media.

• Almost half of respondents (46%) of journalists said they had experienced abuse or harassment because of their profession and work in the media.

• Money, changes in workload, uncertainty about the future and mental health were the most common challenges for journalists in 2022. The percentage of respondents who reported money to be one of their greatest challenges of the year doubled in 2022.

• Only 2% of journalists responded that they did not feel there had been any threats to public interest journalism in 2022.

• Almost a third of all male journalists (31%) earn more than $100,000 p.a., compared to 20% of females and 13% of non-binary journalists. This was a slight decrease in the gender pay gap compared to 2021 findings, when 16% of women were earning over $100,000 p.a.

• Facebook remains the most used social media/communication platform for journalists professionally but professional use of LinkedIn has been increasing for the past three years.

An Extract from the report: Threats to public interest journalism

Survey respondents were asked to identify factors that they think threatened public interest journalism in 2022. The top factors identified were an increase in disinformation/’fake news’ and lack of resources and staff, identified as a threat by 71% and 69% of respondents respectively. Only 2% of journalists responded that they did not feel there had been any threats to public interest journalism in 2022.

In Medianet’s 2020 study COVID-19’s Impact on Journalists and the Media in Australia, journalists were asked to respond to a similar question about the biggest threats to public interest journalism that was heightened by the pandemic. The closure of media companies/newsrooms was