Aspire to The Knowledge of God For A Victorious Life

LAK Morning Bible Teachings June 2, 2026 

This teaching or study was formed from conversations that my husband, Lewis, and I have had over the past few days. We have recently discovered that the Lord shows up in the midst of our morning conversations. Today we decided to write down and share what the Lord has been teaching and revealing to us through these conversations. The following is the result. 

Spiritual Insight

We build strongholds around a lie or lies that we believe about ourselves or others, making them our truth. When we defend the lie (our wound) with our words, actions, or behavior, we create lie-based strongholds which become our false identity, and narratives we tell ourselves and others about who we are. We protect the lies which keep us in bondage. 

Consequently, we justify and protect our wounds; the result is never healing or being set free in that area of our lives. The very thing (the lie) that is destroying us, making, and keeping us sick, is what we continually justify by repeating the narrative in our conversations and in our minds holding onto our wounds and never healing or walking in victory. 

(Example: I am the only one who…, I need …., I can’t…., I am afraid…, I will never…., They will never…., They can not…., They need me to…, They are…., I can’t live with…I can’t live without…, No one loves me, no one sees me…., I am….They don’t care…, He…, She… etc etc. ).

Ask yourself what lie or lies am I believing about myself?

 The following two words are what the Lord gave to Lewis the last two days. We used google search to look up the meaning of the words. 

Aspire: to direct one's hopes, ambitions, or efforts towards achieving a specific goal.

Earnestly desire or strive for something. (God) (aim, strive, pursue, yearn) Gasping or panting with strong desire.

Devotion: the state of profound love, loyalty, or ardent dedication to a person, cause, or belief. It implies unwavering faithfulness, often demonstrated through consistent action, service, or time. (commitment, loyalty, faithfulness, dedication, allegiance, fidelity)

'But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, (redeemed) that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. '1 Peter 2:9 JUB

'For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the destruction of strongholds), casting down reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ'

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 JUB. 

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. 'John 1:1,14 JUB

 Don't Be a Fool

A Fool: is a person who lacks common sense, good judgment, or wisdom. A person who acts unwisely, imprudently, or behaves in a silly or irrational manner.

A deceived person, a victim of a trick or a practical joke. (Deceived by the enemy of all men, Satan)

Strawberry Fool: a pureed fruit folded into whipped cream or custard.

 (Satan wraps his deceit into something sweet and appealing to the flesh. And if you overindulge in this false sweetness, it will kill you.)

 Biblical Context of a fool:  in Proverbs, a fool is not just a lack of intellect, but it is someone who morally disregards wisdom, flaunts their wrongdoing, or denies God.

Read All of Proverbs 26

'As he that binds the stone in the sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool. As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel. Proverbs 26:8,11-12,16 JUB

  'As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly. 'Proverbs 26:11 JUB

'But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. '

Corinthians 15:57 JUB

Do not be the fool that continues to protect a lie meant to destroy you.  Seek Jesus for the truth of who he created you to be. Seek Jesus to know the truth about who you really are. Aspire and Devote yourself to know who God is and what purpose he has for your life. Amen!

'For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ¶ This is Jesus, the Christ, who came by water and blood; not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is he that bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. '1 John 5:4-6 JUB

Jesus died to set us free!

'For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, Jesus, has made me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2 JUB

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery. 'Galatians 5:1 JUB

'neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the sanctuary designed for eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:12 .JUB

  1 Pe 3:18; John 8:36; 2 Co 5:17; Titus 2:14; Is 61:1; Luke 4:18

God is Fantastical: Not based on real world criteria.

You cannot reason in the flesh; you must reason in the Spirit:

'God is a Spirit, and those that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth. '             John 4:24 JUB

'For we are the circumcision, who serve God in Spirit and glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh. 'Philippians 3:3 JUB

'This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh

Galatians 5:16 JUB

'But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth. 'John 4:23-24 JUB

Jesus as Our Living Water Source

Secondhand Christian sources should only point you to our firsthand Christian source, Abba Father, through Jesus Christ. Strongholds are broken through repentance and a heart posture of surrender towards God. We must then aspire and devote ourselves to the knowledge of God. Destroying strongholds and obtaining victory in our lives over sin and death through Christ Jesus.

'Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?" They came out of the town and made their way toward him.' John 4:28-30 NIV

'Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." '

John 4:39-42 NIV

These were the despised Samaritans, the Gentiles, who Jesus has also redeemed.

She went to tell everyone about this man who told her everything about her life. This is the entire gospel in a nutshell. The people went at once to see this man. They went in search of this man…directly to the source. They then believed not just because of the women's testimony. They did not seek the information secondhand from her; they desired it directly from the source.

False, pastors, teachers, lay people, evangelists etc., who do not send the people from the towns back to the source at the well, are teaching people to rely on them for their water; keeping them from a personal relationship with the Savior. They build their own broken cisterns saying they are the source of water for the people, not showing them the way to the living water outside of town, they deceitfully keep others from going to the well to hear the Word for themselves.

False pastors, teachers, etc., prostitute the Word of God for their own personal gain, reputation, and benefit.

'"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Jeremiah 2:13 NIV

 'The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; from where then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof himself, and his sons and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life. The woman said unto him, Lord, give me this water, that I not thirst, neither come here to draw. 'John 4:11-15 JUB