Tag: bitterness

May 27, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Take heed My people, My church, and change your ways.  It is time to repent of your lethargic ways and embrace Mine.

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Good morning,
 
   Take heed My people, My church, and change your ways.  It is time to repent of your lethargic ways and embrace Mine.  You have neglected to love one another and the enemy has sown bitterness and resentment towards each other.  If you will begin to allow My Word to be seated on the throne of your heart then you will have courage and faith to deal with these faults with a decisive mind.  Do not let pride hide the weaknesses that I Am bringing to the surface of your heart, so that you may be healed and delivered.  This is the wicked way of the enemy, to sow tares of deceit and pride.  Now is the time to come under the power of My word for the enemy is sending a strong delusion in order to get My people to believe a lying deceitful spirit.  Do not stop in your pursuit of My love.  I have spoken before and now is the time when the love of many will wax cold, in My house.  This sin is rampant in My house and I Am saying, "enough."  "Clean, clean the temple must be clean."  I want your character and personality to be lovely, and worthy of My Bride.  I will not keep silent until your righteousness shines like a bright torch.  I will not be still until this world is blinded by the beauty and power of "Our" glory.  Some of the beauty that you had in the beginning when your love for Me was fresh and new, has been marred.  For a long time, I have been calling My people to the place of holiness, purging by the washing of My Word.  This is the beauty that I desire and long to see in you.  A dedicated devotion is needed to cause you to keep your eyes only on Me.  I rebuke and chasten those who I love and those who are My own.
    The season of suffering and difficulties I have used to bring out the best in you and to rid you of the refuse.  You must take hold of my grace, it is the ability that you need in order to excel.  Do not become weary in doing My word and keeping My Word, for I will impart to you a double portion of anointing and strength.  Take no stock in your reputation or in what you may have done up until now, for a fresh and new way has come to you.  True humility!  It requires a new level of trusting in Me.  Preparations are being made for you, for I am ahead of you naming your steps before you arrive there.  The time of great war for your souls has come.  Prepare yourselves to endure hardships as soldiers, and do not be easily moved by the outer conditions.  Become stable inside and your outer man will follow.  In the past few years, I have begun to toughen you up, for many of My people were very soft.  Many have only had the milk of My word, feeding on all that delights the eyes and the ears.  Now it is high time for all to grow up spiritually.  I yearn for My people, My church to rise up and become the mature sons of God.  Many will not be able to stand in the days to come if their spiritual diet does not improve.  For man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from My mouth.
 
    "The nations will see your righteousness and vindication [by God] And all kings [will see] your glory; And you will be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will designate, you will also be [considered] a crown of glory and splendor in the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God.  It will no longer be said of you [Judah], “Azubah (Abandoned),”Nor will it any longer be said of your land, “Shemamah (Desolate)”; But you will be called, “Hephzibah (My Delight is in Her),”And your land, “Married”; For the Lord delights in you, And to Him your land will be married [owned and protected by the Lord]." (Is. 62:2-4)

 
    "Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.  But the one who endures and bears up [under suffering] to the end will be saved." (Matt. 24:12-13)
 
    "Take with me your share of hardship [passing through the difficulties which you are called to endure], like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.  No soldier in active service gets entangled in the [ordinary business] affairs of civilian life; [he avoids them] so that he may please the one who enlisted him to serve.  And if anyone competes as an athlete [in competitive games], he is not crowned [with the wreath of victory] unless he competes according to the rules." (2 Tim. 2:3-5)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

August 27, 2021 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

My children continually hurting one another, fighting and bickering over small temporal things that have been destroying their abilities to represent the Kingdom.

 
 
Good morning,
   

  How many times have we heard something and interpreted it out of context that may have caused us plenty of difficulties?  You know the familiar conversation, it goes something like this……" You said ———–!!!!" and the person who was speaking says:…."No, that's not what I said!!!!!" Has that happened to you lately?
    Do you remember the "telephone game" we learned as children, where we would start a conversation by saying a simple sentence and it would be repeated to the next person and on to the next and it would go on until the last person would repeat what they heard?  It would begin by saying something like, "my dog is a black and brown shepherd," by the time it got to the last person it might be, "the shepherd is brown where the black dog bit him."  Well, I learned several things from that exercise: #1 – you can not listen to gossip, it is never complete in truth; #2 – people do not listen intently and last but not least, I came to the conclusion that when you speak there is a force that causes our conversation at times to be misdirected or confused. Ephesians 2:2 makes reference to the "prince of the power of the air (in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God).  Later on in Ephesians 6:12, we have a little more insight into this, "prince of the power of air".  Listen, it reads, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".  So we can see that the devil has a rank of delegated authority, and one of those evil spirits' jobs is the "airwaves".  His sole purpose is to scramble up our communication lines.  He keeps the atmosphere charged with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, dirty filters, poor comprehension, and selfish hearing so that we are constantly dealing with offenses, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, deception, and all other kinds of little foxes that spoil our growth in our ability to hear clearly.  I am not saying this is the case every time, but we are told to know the ways of our enemy so that we can be victorious all the time.  We take authority over this low-ranking prince of the power of the air and we say that you will not hinder our ability to hear clearly and or communicate effectively.  We will keep the garden of our heart free of offenses, bitterness, malice, unforgiveness, etc.

Hear what the Spirit says:
    
    "For I am coming for My bride and she must no longer allow spots, wrinkles, or blemishes to continue to grow on her.  These hearing problems have caused so many blemishes in My church.  My children continually hurting one another, fighting and bickering over small temporal things that have been destroying their abilities to represent the Kingdom.  You must cease the wars among My beloved, and direct your attention to the enemy, who pits you against one another.  You must see and understand that a house divided cannot stand, and will end up in self-slaughter.  Stop!  My children, I have given to you all the power over all the power of the enemy, now use your power against the enemy and not against each other.  Love, love, and prefer one another.  Be merciful, tenderhearted, and kind.  Give allowances to one another.  Every time you are hurt by each other, quickly forgive.  Those seeds of forgiveness will return to you on swift wings of My favor to you.  You will grow twice as much because of the mercy you extend.  You will become more mature and more sensitive to Me and My ways you will be alert to follow Me.  This is the way of the Spirit.  Following the high road of love will always cause you to be on top, it is the steps to prosperity that will bring you to good.  Love will mature my bride and keep for her an atmosphere of miracles, wholeness, soundness, and true prosperity.  Love is the atmosphere where I, in My glory abounds.
 
    "Be kind and helpful to one another, tender-hearted [compassionate, understanding], forgiving one another [readily and freely], just as God in Christ also forgave." (Eph. 4:32)
 
    "For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].”  But if you bite and devour one another [in bickering and strife], watch out that you [along with your entire fellowship] are not consumed by one another." (Gal. 5:14-15)
 
    "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." (Eph. 5:27)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.