Storming The Gates Podcast Episode with Bishop Eugene Taylor
Storming the Gates Podcast with Bishop Eugene Taylor
Welcome to the "Storming the Gates" podcast, hosted by Bishop Eugene Taylor, designed for believers seeking to deepen their understanding of spiritual victory. This podcast serves as a guiding light for anyone looking to navigate the challenges of life with faith and resilience.
In each episode, Bishop Taylor and his guests delve into biblical principles that empower listeners to confront and overcome the attacks of the enemy. Through insightful discussions, personal anecdotes, and scriptural teachings, he provides practical strategies for walking in victory and embracing an abundant life as promised in scripture.
Listeners can expect a blend of theological insights and actionable advice that encourages them to strengthen their faith while equipping them to face adversities with confidence. Whether you’re seeking comfort, inspiration, or practical guidance, "Storming the Gates" aims to foster a community of believers committed to thriving in their spiritual journeys.
Join us as we explore how to stand firm in faith, wield the power of prayer, and declare victory in every area of life. Tune in and start your journey towards living victoriously today!
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Storming The Gates Podcast Episode with Bishop Eugene Taylor
Storming The Gates Podcast Episode with Overseer Arielle Bell
The journey to spiritual freedom is rarely straightforward. In this powerful conversation with Overseer Ariel Bell, we peel back the layers of prayer and deliverance ministry to reveal transformative truths for believers seeking victory in their spiritual battles.
Overseer Bell shares her remarkable journey from accepting Christ at age 14 to becoming a spiritual leader alongside her husband at True to Life Ministries in Georgia. With refreshing authenticity, she reveals how God called her through dreams and Scripture, despite her natural hesitation about public speaking. Her ministry philosophy centers on helping people live authentically for God beyond Sunday services – recognizing that genuine faith must extend beyond the church walls.
The heart of our discussion explores prayer as the lifeline of authentic spirituality. "Prayer is simply talking with God," Bell explains, "and the loudest prayers are those spoken in the stillness of your heart." This intimate communion serves as the foundation for deliverance ministry, which Bell describes as "aiding those breaking free from demonic influence." She challenges the misconception that salvation instantly eliminates all spiritual struggles, offering hope through the understanding that deliverance comes progressively, in layers.
Perhaps most moving is Bell's testimony of her greatest miracle – her daughter's liver transplant at six months old, now a healthy 21-year-old woman. This extraordinary story demonstrates how God orchestrates circumstances (including bringing together four leading transplant surgeons who had never collaborated before) to fulfill His divine purposes.
For those feeling at their lowest point, Bell offers a powerful prophetic word: "This is a season of recovery... Give yourself grace and understand that this is not your ending point." Her message of restoration speaks directly to those experiencing setbacks, comparing current struggles to childbirth – painful during the process but forgotten in the joy of breakthrough.
Ready to walk in the spiritual victory God has for your life? Subscribe now and join our community of believers who refuse to let the enemy have the final word.
Well, god bless you. We're back on tonight with the Storm in the Gates podcast. I'm so blessed to be here. Please remember that every Monday we're releasing a new episode at 8 pm. I want you to tell a friend, tell a neighbor, about the Storm in the Gates podcast, where we're developing believers to walk in the victory that God has for their life against every attack of the enemy. Listen, I've got a guest, a special guest, on today, a woman of God her and her husband. I love them dearly and appreciate their ministry so much.
Speaker 1:Her name is Overseer Ariel Bell. She's originally from Long Island, new York. She's a woman of God. She accepted Christ at 14 years old and it was actually at her uncle's church Real. I like this name Real For God Outreach. Now, you can't get a better name than that Real For God Outreach.
Speaker 1:She moved down to Georgia around 2002 and she operated with Real For God Ministries outreach ministries right here in Georgia, and then she was licensed as a missionary, ordained as a minister, then became a pastor of Real for God Restoration Church. In 2018, she began to work with Pastor Bell, who is now Bishop Bell, as they were launching the True to Life Ministries down in Eastman, georgia a dynamic work that they're doing down there. And listen, she has seven children and two grandchildren. She's a powerful woman of God. She's an anointed woman of God and something that I said to her on today when it comes to the things of God, she has just a pureness, a sincerity, a pureness that she carries. So I want you to receive her on tonight. She's a powerful woman of God. Good day, overseer Ariel Bell. God bless you all today.
Speaker 2:Good evening, sir. It is a pleasure to be here with you and to be a part of this Storming the Gates podcast. I am so excited about this.
Speaker 1:Storming the Gates. That's what we do. We're storming the gates, we're showing people how to walk in the victory against every attack of the enemy. You know, over here when I started this podcast, that was the whole mindset. You know, sometimes people start podcasts just to talk and talk and talk about this and talk about that. But the whole intention of this podcast now, myself I teach on the whole counsel of God. But the whole intention of this podcast is to strengthen believers in how to fight. And I'm blessed to have you on. I talked about some of your accolades and some of the things that I knew about you, but I don't want to say oversee, I don't want to say pastor. Would you do me a favor? Would you tell the people who is Ariel Bell?
Speaker 2:Oh goodness, I was thinking about this because a lot of times we refer to ourselves as we relate to certain ones mom, wife, preacher but I myself am truly and this may sound cliche a servant. I love to serve, I love to help, at the core of everything I do. Even if I did nothing in church, nothing in church I would still want to help and serve those that are closest and just try to make their lives better, just by meeting me.
Speaker 1:Yes, Well, you've certainly been a blessing to our ministry and with a lot of things behind the scenes. And I'm going to tell you something I've been better because of our connection together. My wife's been better because of our connection together, and it's something that I value and I appreciate so much. I want to talk with you a little bit on today, and this question was specifically designed for you. I want to ask you, tell me a little bit about your conversion, your call to ministry. I want to talk a little bit about your early walk with Christ. Can you talk to me about that a little bit?
Speaker 2:Sure, absolutely Well, although I gave my life to Christ at the age of 14. I was actually raised in church. I don't think I've ever not known church, and so some of my fondest experiences was feeling God's presence while, while singing and doing various things. But I remember so clearly. It was actually in a small church in Augusta around the age of 13. And I was singing and I just felt the presence of God, and I remember the tears began to flow and I knew that there was more to it than just being there, and so from that point I began to take my walk more and more seriously.
Speaker 2:I believe it was in my early 20s when I really realized that God was calling me and he deals with me in dreams and in scripture. And I remember this I was about 24. And I woke up to hearing Ephesians 3. And that scripture I had to go to and saw where it speaks about how he reveals his mysteries and the actual revelation of God's word. And at that moment I knew that he was calling me to more than just serving. And it scared me to death, because I really don't like to speak in front of people, but at the same time I've always been taught to just say yes, lord.
Speaker 1:Well, you and your husband, you work in ministry together down in Eastern Georgia. I was blessed to come down there. I had a wonderful time when we came down there with you all. Tell me a little bit about the ministry that you all had together. Tell me a little bit about the focuses that you have in ministry.
Speaker 2:Absolutely Truth to Life, which that name, believe it or not, started because he wanted to start a record label and thought that that was what it was, but God had different plans. The people that we we reach are those that have been truly thrown to the side.
Speaker 2:You know, we are in a extreme southern Baptist sort of area you know, and so there are so many that know church but don't know God, not faking it, not just doing Sunday, not just showing up to do church, because truly, we spend more time outside of church than we do there. So our main focus is really, really teaching people how to walk a life that is in truth and living true to, to, to to how do I want to put it To God's word?
Speaker 1:Okay, I got you, I got you. I got you. Yes, sir, but let me ask you something else. You were with me for the National Day of Prayer.
Speaker 2:Yes, and.
Speaker 1:I tell you, you prayed, you prayed, you prayed, and then we came back together and we took prayer requests and we began to pray over the people and I saw the grace of God on your life. For the ministry of prayer and I don't think it's a secret I like prayer. Yes, sir, everybody knows I like prayer. God called me into prayer and let me tell you another secret I like people that pray. I like people that pray. I want you to talk to me a little bit. Let's discuss the necessity of prayer in the life of a believer.
Speaker 2:Oh, my goodness, I mean truly, you can't believe without it. And I say that because prayer is simply talking with God, and if you have a relationship with someone, you can't have that if you don't talk, you know. And so it is absolutely necessary for us, as believers, to have that strong and intimate prayer life and the intimate prayer life.
Speaker 2:You know we can't just pray when it's time to pray for church or you know those things, but we have to have that relationship where we are praying when no one is actually looking. It reminds me of scripture, where they begin to pray and they were boasting in prayer. And you can't boast in prayer. If you do, it's just words, it's just noise, and he doesn't receive it. But prayer, truly the loudest prayers, are those that are spoken in the stillness of your heart and mind. One of the greatest things that a a, a, a a preacher taught me was that you don't have to be loud, you don't have to holler, you don't have to scream, but it is whatever is flowing from your heart at that time.
Speaker 2:So if it is a still small God, I thank you. Oh God, I felt that it begins to reach him in such a special way, and that's why we must and I do mean we must have that time of prayer, because that is truly how we live.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, absolutely. So now, if we're going to talk about prayer, we can't talk about prayer and not talk about deliverance ministry, because when you begin to pray enough, you're going to see they go hand in hand. Some years ago, when the Lord was calling me into prayer and this was 1996, I started preaching in 1989. So 1996, the Lord called me into prayer and he told me I'm calling you into prayer. And and when he called me into prayer, I went on a consecration for 30 days and I began to consecrate before the Lord. I was praying and fasting and begin to see things happen. I begin to see healings, I begin to see miracles. Then I begin to see something else. I begin to see demonic manifestations in ways like I had never seen before. See one of the things that happens when you begin to really tap in to the spirit realm. You're going to tap into everything that's in the spirit realm angels, demons. You're going to tap into all of that and I begin to see demonic manifestations.
Speaker 1:And God began to deal with me about deliverance. And he had been dealing about deliverance ministry since the late eighties. But when we really began to press into another gear of deliverance ministry was right around 1996, going into 97. Deliverance is the children's bread. We definitely understand that. I want you to talk to me a little bit about deliverance ministry. What is deliverance ministry to you, why is deliverance ministry so necessary and what does deliverance ministry look like?
Speaker 2:I would say, at its very core and simplicity of it, the ministry of deliverance is to aid in those breaking free from demonic influence, those that are spiritually oppressed, and we understand that. A lot of times people think that once you get saved, that's enough. And the fact is that you have to deal with a lot of deep rooted issues and for many of us sometimes we don't we simply blanket it with praise and with you know, I'm good with God, and there are things that you have not yet dealt with, and when those things begin to surface, you have to have someone the scripture tells us, he that is spiritual to restore, because deliverance is simply to bringing about a spiritual restoration. So you need someone who is spiritual to restore such a one back to their state of being whole.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:So I have began to realize too, is that deliverance is pro, pro, pro pro. I swear I don't want to use pro, pro, pro pro. It doesn't happen all at once.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I like to say it comes in layers.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:I like to say it comes in layers.
Speaker 2:It's progressive, it's progressive, thank you.
Speaker 1:It's progressive. I got it, it's progressive. You say progressive, I say layers, but it comes in there. But you are absolutely right yeah that's it, you know.
Speaker 2:And so sometimes, once you deal with one thing, then you begin to see that there's something else there, and that too becomes with being honest and being truthful, because a lot of times we will say that we are good and we're okay and we're not, and so because I'm saved doesn't mean that I don't struggle. Because I'm saved doesn't mean that I don't have to now deal with those things that here we go, if, if I get saved at 35, there are things that I have faced in my youth, in my twenties, in my life. That's either sometimes we just don't deal with or don't face. So we have to then walk them through deliverance, and you need someone who is spiritual, you need someone who is mindful, and you also need someone who has sight to see truly past just what is on the surface.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, yes, absolutely, absolutely. And you're right. If you don't deal with these things, they're going to deal with you. And the more you walk out of deliverance process, the more you'll begin to see. I believe Jesus talks about it. I believe it's Matthew 13 chapter. He talks about laying the ax to the root and we have to begin to look at the root of a thing. Sometimes, when we see people that need deliverance, we're looking at the fruit but we don't necessarily know what the root is. Sometimes the root, the fruit, will be rebellion. Sometimes the fruit can be homosexuality. The fruit can be homosexuality, the fruit can be promiscuity, it can be all these things. And many times the root can just be the spirit of rejection and that's such a desire for people to be accepted and be received. You know in Genesis, the fourth chapter, right around verse seven, when God spoke to the situation with Cain and Abel, he said if you do right, you'll be accepted, because what he was dealing with was the fact that he was rejected. He was. That's the first place where we see that spirit of rejection operating. So deliverance is necessary. Deliverance is always going to be necessary. Deliverance is the children's bread, deliverance is for believers.
Speaker 1:Sometimes people say, well, I'm saved Just because you come to the altar and say a sinner's prayer and get converted. And here you are, 42 and a half years old and all of that stuff that you've been in all these years. You think, just because you said that prayer, everything is gone. That's not even realistic. But you'll go through the lands of deliverance. One of the things that I say overseer that salvation is immediate, but sanctification is a process that we become more like him.
Speaker 1:All right, listen, listen. I'm loving this interview. Let me ask you a question, since we're talking about deliverance ministry. You've been around, and I heard you say it. I heard you say it. You said it yourself. You said I've been around Now. I heard you say it, I heard you say it, you said it yourself. You said I've been in church all my life. So, with that being the case, tell me something.
Speaker 1:What is one of the greatest miracles that you've ever seen? And let me say this before you answer I remember I was listening to RW Shambaugh. Anybody that knows me knows that there are two men that were like spiritual heroes for me RW Schambach and Apostle RD Hinton. Now these are guys that I love dearly. Rw Schambach he was talking about when he was working with Brother AA Allen and they were doing crusades and he talked about.
Speaker 1:It was one crusade in particular. He said that was a woman that was in the back. She had a son that was about five years old. Long story short the woman. She gave her offering. He challenged him to give an offering. She gave her offering. She was trusting God. She believed God and the son was healed immediately. I mean AA Allen said I see he was getting a word of knowledge and he spoke. He said deliverance hit that place. He said people that were in the wheelchairs. They began to stand out of the wheelchairs. He said he had never seen it like that before. When I think I've done many healing crusades in my life, but there was one crusade in particular. I believe it was back in the end of the year 2000,. About 25 years ago. The Lord spoke to me. He said every person in this crusade was going to be healed. In that crusade I saw one lady's blind eye come open. A lady was healed. I want to ask you, what is the greatest miracle that you've ever seen?
Speaker 2:Yes, that is another one that I was thinking and thinking and pondering on, you know, because when you speak of those great events, you know that you've seen, and I began to kind of take a spiritual rewind and think of all of the different experiences.
Speaker 2:And one thing that I have heard you say a lot of times is that the super natural is simply God's super on top of our, you know and so when I put it in the perspective of that because I haven't seen, you know, those types of things but seeing someone who shows up to to a church drunk and walks out sober- oh, that's a miracle.
Speaker 1:That's a miracle.
Speaker 2:That's a miracle. You know, seeing those who I know have had hatred, and then God turns it around and they just begin to walk in love.
Speaker 1:That's a miracle.
Speaker 2:That's a miracle. When I think of all of the things that I've done and where I am now and that I haven't been taken out, that's a miracle.
Speaker 1:You're a miracle, I'm a walk in miracle.
Speaker 2:But one thing that also stood out my middle child. She is 21. She'll be 22. And when she was born she had issues with her liver, and so we were in New York and she was put on the transplant list when she was three months old. Shortly from that, we actually moved here and at that time and it is said that you will never see this group of men together again but she had literally four of the top leading transplant surgeons on her surgical team, and I had seen so many children there that got so, so sick but she got her transplant when she was six months old and she did not have to, um, endure some of those things that I saw.
Speaker 2:And when I tell you, I know without a shadow of a doubt that that was God's workings Um, the transplant donor was someone who was literally right there. These are just things that do not happen. But when you look at every aspect that came together that had to be in place at that specific time, in that specific moment, and, like I said, that was when she was about 10 months old and she is now 21. She's healthy, she's happy, and so when I look back on that time, I just see that, even though I wasn't fully serving him, I knew how to pray and I knew how to sew. I mean, I found myself just sewing and praying and saying, god, you know, just do this for her. And I know that he responded, and I definitely know that that is one of the things that later solidified my faith in Christ.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, now that is a miracle. You see the hand of God on every see. Sometimes, when doctors get involved, people say well, is that a miracle? Yes, it's a miracle. See, all a doctor can do is cut, replace and sew. They can't do any healing whatsoever. And then God will cause which he said you'll never see those four men together, ever again. He'll cause divine appointments that come together for a specific task to get the job done. And here it is, 21 years later, and she's a walking miracle. And it's only because of the grace of God.
Speaker 1:Listen, this is what we do when we get to this point of the podcast. I'm going to pull myself out of the screen and I'm going to let you just begin to speak into the lives of the people, minister, the word of the Lord. Where the Lord would put on your heart. There's somebody that's listening today and they need encouragement. They need encouragement, they need clarity, and somebody asked the question is there a word from the Lord? The answer is conclusively yes, there is. Listen, I'm going to turn it over to you on today, and I want us to hear a word from the Lord, from Overseer Ariel Bell.
Speaker 2:Amen, amen Once again. I am so honored to even be before you and those that will watch and hear, but truly, I do believe that we are in such a season right now where God is orchestrating everything that you have been waiting on, everything that you have been praying for. It hasn't been delayed, but the fact is, god has been working in that background with things that you have not seen yet, things that you won't even be able to truly fathom. I know and believe truly that this is also a season of recovery. I believe that for those that have lost things, for those who feel like you are at your lowest point best, believe that the only way from here is up. It's okay sometimes to be in a place where you feel low, because it is in that place, many times, where we find out who God truly is, that he is Jehovah Jireh, that he is our provider, that he is our deliverer, he is our healer, he is truly whatever you need him to be. So it is OK. Give yourself grace and understand that, even though you're in this place right now, this is not your ending point. The Bible tells us that, even when we see all of these things that are happening in the world father against son, mother against daughter, wars and rumors of wars. But the end is not yet and I am here to tell you that your end is not yet. Thank you, jesus. I want you to realize that it is not over until God says it's over.
Speaker 2:No matter what you're facing, no matter what you've done, I want you to realize that when you get in order, when you of him in such great regard. But David had flaws, and not only that, david intentionally, a lot of times did harm. But the one thing is that David knew how to repent. And I want you to realize that if you know how to repent and if you know how to turn back to God, he will restore you. You will recover. You will not just recover, but you will also see the abundance of what God has for you in your life.
Speaker 2:Think it not strange, when the divers temptations come and when it feels like you are at your wits end? That just simply means that you are at the precipice of pushing forth greatness and pushing forth the manifestation of what God has for us, and not just for us, but what he wants to get through us. It becomes trying, it becomes pressing, it becomes hard and sometimes it can even become painful, but the thing is just like when a woman gives birth. After all that pain, after all of that tribulation, after all of that stressing, when the baby is born you forget all of the pain and you realize that it was well worth it. So I want you to realize that in this season you are in the recovery.
Speaker 2:You're going to say that it has been well worth everything that you've gone through. It's going to make sense on the other side. Truly, as some of the older saints would say I once was young, but now I'm old and I've never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging for bread. You will not be forsaken and you definitely will not have to beg in this next season. So I just want you to be encouraged. I want you to just endure. I want you to hold on a little while longer, because God is going to turn it around.
Speaker 1:I love it, I love it, I love it. I'm encouraged. I want to thank you for being our guest on today and I'm going to tell you something. You are a powerful preacher. I was listening to a video you were preaching the other Friday night and I had somewhere I had to be, but I was planning on attending that service. But I enjoyed your ministry so and I've enjoyed you being with us on today. Listen, if I want to know more about Overseer Ariel Beth, I want to know more about Bishop Desmond Bell. I want to know about True to Life. What do I need to do so I can know more about this dynamic ministry?
Speaker 2:Sure, so you can follow either one of us on Facebook with each of our respective names as well, as we each have a link tree. I don't know if many people know what those are, but if you go to linktree slash and Ariel Bell, you will find my book, you will find my business, you will find ministry and you will find my husband's Linkt tree as well, and vice versa, so you can find everything about us right there. Tell me about that book. I want to hear about that book. Yes, sir, without a vision. The Lord gave that to me a while ago, and it is knowing the steps to avoid walking in life without a vision. He tells us to write the vision and make it plain. So the very first thing is is it written? And the second is not only did you write it, but did you make it plain, is it detailed? And the final part, which will be coming in book two, is can the others run with the vision? And so I'm looking forward to that one as well.
Speaker 1:Now. You do many things in ministry. I don't normally do this, but I have to do this. You do many new things in ministry, but you also do some things in your. You have a kingdom business, not just a business. A lot of people have businesses. You have a kingdom business and I want to say this on this podcast I recently released my book, the Technology seamless, and you work in excellence.
Speaker 1:You work in excellence, everything that you do in excellence, and it is a kingdom business, and it would be an injustice for me to end this podcast and not allow you to talk about what you do, because there are many people that are listening on this podcast and the Lord has placed things in their heart, like me placed things in their heart, and they don't know where to go. I made a phone call to you and you let me know, Basically, all of the stuff that you need to do. I know how to do it. You told me you just got to do your part, Write the book, Don't worry about all that other stuff and I want to say this publicly. She did everything from A to Z. Would you tell us about those services, Because there are people pastors that follow this and they need to know that this is accessible. They're wrestling and fighting with something that they don't have to very funny.
Speaker 2:So, um, I um have a business, um, and it is called Bell business services. Um, it actually started out as something else years ago, um, just simply writing, writing the resumes and so, but currently we offer services such as the, the assisted I am getting stuck the publishing from literally start.
Speaker 1:I'm here to help you with this because, listen, you might be getting stuck. They need this. They need this.
Speaker 2:We're going to work this out together. Absolutely, I also do graphics, so logos, websites, flyers, banners. Also, if you are looking to actually start a business, I assist and aid in that process from start to finish and finish doesn't mean finished, because if you need someone to help follow through with setting up your back office, with even running it, that is truly what I do, and that ranges from businesses, nonprofits and churches. I can actually say that I have helped to start over 12 churches, several businesses and non-profits, we do the 501c3 and a whole host of um plethora of things. Um, truly, my business motto is let me help you create, so if you can think it, I can create it.
Speaker 1:This is no exaggeration. Anybody that follows me know I don't push a bunch of businesses on my platform, but I believe in her business so much and I believe that it is a kingdom business and I believe that this is something that you need to know that you're struggling in areas that you don't have to struggle in. God has put somebody in the midst of you and not only is she professional, she's. You know the Bible talk about long suffering, because there's some things I know she had to be extremely long suffering with me and she's gracious in that. So please reach out to her. But listen, if you didn't get all the information for her, reach out to me and I'll direct you. Make sure you don't miss this. At least get a chance to talk with her, because I'm speaking for many pastors. I'm telling even pastors in my fellowship you don't have to struggle when God put somebody in the midst.
Speaker 1:Listen, I've enjoyed everything on today. I appreciate you so much, you all that are listening. I want to tell you something you have been with us on tonight for the Storming the Gates podcast, where we're teaching believers how to walk in the victory that God has for their life. Listen, remember. Every Monday at 8 pm, we're releasing a new podcast. You can catch us on YouTube Podcasting, spotify and some other platforms that are going to come up very shortly. May the Lord bless you and keep you is always my prayer, and please remember we are storming the gates.