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Church Assessments 1/28/25

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United In Unbelief

Locally, there was (maybe still is) a pastors coalition that united the false doctrines of the local churches under one umbrella. They met regularly to hold hands in a feigned unity of prayer despite that most of them don’t know who God is nor do they believe that God has the power to speak to those speaking to Him. Before you think that I’m being too rough on those pastors, let’s talk about their failure to unite under Truth.

If they weren’t such a cowardly band of associates, wouldn’t they want to discuss who is teaching correctly and who isn’t. They all interpret the same Bible vastly different on nearly every topic. Why would that happen if they are united in prayer? It’s because their prayers are one-sided to a God that they believe lives in the pages of a book. Their religion is not that much different than the false religions that bow down to mute idols. Their book is essentially a statue that they lord themselves over. So if a pastor wants to interpret the book differently well he’s allowed to since he’s the lord over the book at their church. Church members are forsaken if they question the authority of the mini-god over the false interpretations of the book. The Catholic churches have a slightly different book than the Christian churches. Evidently, their book allows them to pray to saints and to Mary. The Mormon churches have a different book. Jehovah Witnesses, a different book. Islam has a different book too. All of those interpretations of books allow for a disconnect from the God of the covenant.

If the pastors’ coalition were really united in prayer conversations that included hearing from God, who is not a book, they would interpret the Scriptures exactly the same. Wouldn’t they? But if they leave God out of the equation, they each get to be right and nobody has to acknowledge their wrong teaching – even though they know that they all teach differently. How can they all be right? Obviously, they can’t. But they can all lord themselves over a book that is mute.

They will point to that book as all authority, however, the great commission starts out saying that Jesus has all authority. So this gets me right where I wanted to be today. Let’s talk about Jesus. First, Jesus is not a book. The word that became flesh is not the Bible pages becoming flesh. The word is the voice of the creator from Genesis, chapter 1. The book of John begins like the book of Genesis … in the beginning “God created” and in the beginning “was the word”. The word that became flesh was the creation voice of God, not a book that suddenly turned to flesh. I’m shaking my head here because some of you think that I’m being too simple with this explanation but you don’t know how many times I’ve heard people refer to their Bible as the Word of God. The Bible has recorded words from God surely, but it also has recorded words from pagan kings, Pharisees, fishermen, tax collectors, and the devil, demons, and evil spirits. It’s a book people. It’s not God. God is God. But as long as you have a book that you can hold in your hands then you have the right to lord yourselves over the interpretation of it. (That last part was aimed at the false teachers.)

Let’s talk again about who Jesus is. Jesus is the Spirit of God who spoke the world into being. More than 2,000 years ago, Jesus as the Spirit of God, walked on earth with skin on. That flesh-suit was a temporary visible covering for the eternal invisible Spirit of God. Once the flesh had served its purpose at the cross, the Spirit no longer needed the temporary visible form. Figuratively, the flesh sat down next to the Spirit in heaven. I say figuratively, because there are no flesh-and-blood beings in heaven. Heaven is a spiritual realm, not a physical realm. But please understand, those false teachers will misinterpret that figurative language every time. How hard would it be to ask the Spirit of God? Oh no, they couldn’t do that because then their own self-appointed lordship would need to end.

Jesus said: “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.” (John 16:25 NIV)

So if there are any of those coalition pastors reading this, why don’t you examine each other’s doctrines and question the motives? Is it because, you don’t have the courage that I do? Or is it because you enjoy the unity of unbelief?

Attached are two pages from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God”, dated August, 2024 (pages 8 and 15). My hope is that seeing these two pages side by side will help with the idea that there is a spiritual realm (spirit) and a physical realm (flesh). The physical form of “Son of God/Son of Man” was the flesh covering that the Spirit of God wore as He walked visibly on planet Earth. There is only one Spirit of God, also known as the Holy Spirit. One God, not three.

Church Assessments 1/27/25

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B-RAD Has Left the Building

It’s difficult to keep up with the happenings in the variety of churches. So, when God gave me my next church assessment assignment, The Grove Church, I needed to review where they are on doctrinal issues today. I private messaged the church’s Facebook page asking for an appointment to discuss God’s desire to assess the church. That request was only a few days ago, but I honestly don’t expect to get a response. I will keep you informed.

In my scan of their social media, I was surprised to learn that Brad Russell has stepped down from lead pastor role, passing the torch to his brother, Barry.  The Russells’ brand of religion, whose origins are Baptist, needs inspection.

My first introduction to Brad, was while he was a Youth Pastor at Park Avenue Baptist Church (PABC). It was PABC that invested in Brad’s church plant, The Grove Church. In its infancy, The Grove church met at a PABC facility, Ashkelon, before moving on to the YMCA until the current converted grocery store facility was purchased and readied for services. Knowing all that, it seems odd to me that Brad is no longer listed as staff, except to note that he is the “founding pastor”. Despite my seething hatred for some of the false doctrines that I’ve heard from the pulpit at the Grove, Brad as a person is easily likeable. His demeanor reminds me of my own (slightly) older brother whose name is interestingly enough “Russell” (we call him Rusty).

Let’s talk about a few of the strengths that The Grove Church has to offer.

  1. Welcoming and friendly atmosphere to the unchurched.
  2. Addiction recovery programs.
  3. They do NOT livestream their full services, just the sermon/message which makes for a more intimate setting. Other churches should study their format and ask God what pleases Him.

According to their own website list of values, they should be open to receive Scriptural correction. So, let’s look at the obvious doctrines that need to be addressed. I may add to this list, if necessary, as I continue to review their teaching videos.

  1. There is only one God. However, their list of beliefs indicates that Jesus is not God, but instead a Son of God.
  2. Prayer is primarily for hearing God give us direction, not for making immeasurably more requests as their current sermon series suggests. They’re not going to teach that prayer is about hearing God because they don’t hear God themselves.
  3. Women in Leadership/Ministry. This is one of their dreadful doctrinal abuse areas. They have stated that women are NOT to submit directly to God, but instead they are to submit to their husbands. That fires me up ladies! Maybe that’s what lazy, unanointed women do, but not me. I daily seek God’s direction personally. I’m a child of God who goes to Him directly in prayer with the intent on obeying Him wholeheartedly. How could I do that if I needed an intermediary’s permission or filter? To add to their abuse, they seem to believe that women are not allowed to receive the service gift of teaching for the purpose of teaching males over a certain age. And that women are not allowed to receive Holy Spirit anointing if there is an available man in the vicinity. (Note: It’s not likely that they believe in the “manifestation of the Spirit” gifts at all. There is no declaration on their website that the Holy Spirit is unable to make Himself known in the gifts of speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, etc. But there is no declaration for it either. Intentional shades of grey?)
  4. Their need to constantly include Santa Claus in Christmas services certainly provokes God. This subject can be expounded on with their celebration of Halloween and other inappropriate ways that they use God’s house for pagan purposes. It’s as if they don’t realize that God sees everything and delivers justice for their rebellion.

No attachments today. My hope is that you will personally pray to ask God what your part in these church assessments should be.  Is it that you seek God on each of these doctrinal issues so that you can know for yourself what is true? Is God ultimately wanting you to speak up with a voice of truth against the false doctrines in your church? Maybe He just wants you to take a baby step in the right direction. Please seek Him.

Church Assessments 1/24/25

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HEARING GOD: Step 3: Seek God’s Faith Step

I started these new-year posts about learning to discern God’s voice specifically for the people at Crossroads Church who were doing a corporate fast for 21 days. I wanted to help them learn to seek God rather than the traditional prayer mechanism of providing God a checklist of expectations. God is not looking for a honey-do list. He’s God. We’re the ones who are supposed to be seeking Him for advice and counsel. But you won’t know to do that if you have only been taught to tell God versus listening to God in prayer. If these posts have accomplished nothing else, I hope they have planted seeds to cause God’s children to humbly seek Him. It has been my honor and privilege to accompany you on the journey.

In earlier posts, we have reviewed Step 1: Get Alone With God; and Step 2: Covenant Restoration. All that’s left is to seek direction.

Let’s Recap:
1) You must have pledged on oath for God to be your one and only God.
2) You must only have one God. God is His title. Jesus is His name.
3) You must be in good covenant standing with God. If you have sinned against Him then you must have a specific covenant restoration conversation. This process is also known as asking for forgiveness or to repent.
4) You must renounce (deny and refuse) all counterfeit gods.
5) All your spiritual authority/allegiance must be under God’s lordship. (We are spiritual beings who temporarily wear a flesh-and-blood, human-born frame until our spirit is assigned to heaven or hell at physical death.)

Attached (or at the link provided) are two pages from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 37-38, dated August 2024). These pages complete the three-step process that I use to help people position themselves to hear God. Remember that God is always looking at our heart motives and our willingness to obey Him. Page 38 is a list of sample questions to ask God. Also included is a one-page worksheet designed to help you organize the process of learning to hear God’s voice in prayer.

The only way that any of us can know God’s heart and true doctrine is to hear God’s voice of instruction. The churches today are a mess of false doctrines because pastors have not learned to seek God and hear from Him. They stand instead on denominational interpretations of Scriptures which are different for each denomination or faction of the churches. True interpretation of Scripture can only be found by studying at the feet of Jesus through hearing His voice in prayer. If only pastors understood that their seminary certificates are man-made and represent nothing to God when a pastor teaches falsely. All false religions have their own form of seminary that train their leaders bogus religion too. God expects you to seek Him and receive truth from Him. If you can’t do that, please step down from the pulpit.

Church Assessments 1/23/25

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Crossroads Community Church, 2115 Knox McRae Drive, Titusville, Florida

I’m asking that every member of Crossroads Church read this and study the attached. Please SEEK GOD. If I were a false prophet, I would not ask you to seek God. I’m not asking you to believe me. I’m asking you to seek God and study the Scriptures.

Please don’t be upset with me for publicly having this debate. I tried to discreetly privately message the pastor, JC Weeks, on January 19, 2025, to discuss this without drawing public attention to his false doctrines. (Screenshot attached to Facebook and Truth Social posts.)

“JC, I ask you to talk with the Lord about an important subject. Today in your sermon you referred to Jesus as Son of God. The Son of God label was for when God (who is Spirit) walked on earth in a biological flesh-and-blood earth suit. God provided the daddy-seed for the flesh delivered through Mary (hence “Son of God” and “Son of Man” titles.) Again, God is Spirit. Jesus is God. Jesus is not a subordinate Son of God. That “Son of God” title was appropriate 2,000 years ago when God was in flesh. Calling Jesus “Son of God” today is denying that He is God but instead making Him seem like a subordinate or secondary god. There is only one God. The title “Holy Spirit” means exactly the Spirit of God. If I haven’t explained this well, I’m happy to have further conversation. But ideally, you would seek the Lord and ask Him as many questions as you need to understand this fully. I’ve recently posted four pages about “The God of the Covenant”. All I am asking is for you to study it with God present. It may not seem like it because some of the words that God has had me deliver have been harsh, but I truly want Crossroads to know God and do His will. Please let me know if you would like me to send the four pages to you here.”

JC Weeks’ response was to block me on Facebook. He couldn’t be bothered to debate or even reply with a comment. Just blocked. How should God feel about that? If God did send me with a message, that’s very rude treatment that God takes personally. Perhaps JC needs to seek one of his three gods and get that figured out. I recommend covenant restoration conversation where JC apologizes for messing up. But suppose that God wasn’t sending me with a message, and I was personally asking for discussion on the topic of who Jesus is. As a child of God, did I not deserve the respect of having some form of a response? This is what I’m talking about in the church today. JC and other male pastors, can have all the conversation in the world with males. They can talk about anything at all. But if a female wants to have discussion on the MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC possible, she can have no place in the discussion. What part of my message was criticism or crude? What part of the message was inappropriate? I was simply asking for him to seek God and describing the topic that he needed to seek God about.

I’m doing my best to obey God. God wants to rid the church of false teaching. But how can we discredit wrong doctrine if the false teachers refuse to address it? How hard would it have been for the pastor to seek God, as I requested, and study the four pages that I offered? The reason that he can’t do it, is because he will have to admit that he has been teaching wrong for more than two decades. If these messages are truly from God, as I have said, then why would God allow the false teacher to stay in the pulpit once God has sent His messenger to correct the false teaching?

Attached (or available at the link below) are the four pages on “The God of the Covenant” from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 12-15, dated August 2024). These same pages were posted on 1/9/25. There are many Scriptures to study. Please use this as a place to start talking with God about this. I don’t expect you to do anything but ask God to truly speak to you on this doctrine. If you hear God, this should be an easy task. If you don’t hear God, I have been posting pages for the last few weeks to help you learn to discern God’s voice. I personally offer to teach you, and your pastor, how to hear God’s voice in prayer. I can be reached by email at Tammieswordoftheday@gmail.com.

EDIT: Comment added to social media posts.
“If you want to hear JC Weeks make the statement that I questioned for yourself, it can be found (at https://www.facebook.com/crossroadstitusville) on his January 19, 2025 (last Sunday) sermon “Raise the Roof” at 1:26:15. He said “Do you know that Jesus is the Son of God? I hope you do. If you don’t I’m going to give you the opportunity to know Him as the Son of God in just a moment.”

Obviously, he should have said “Do you know that Jesus is God” and “I will give you the opportunity to know Him as God”. The Son of God label is not for today. That only applied as a label used to describe when God was in flesh 2,000+ years ago. It referred to the biology of the flesh, not the divinity of the Spirit. God is Spirit. Jesus is the one and only Spirit of God.

Church Assessments 1/22/25

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Step 2: Covenant Restoration (Continued Part 3 of 3)

Repent/Renounce:
Ideally, you will use the covenant restoration conversation to gauge past wrong missteps that led you away from God. You should also learn from God how to avoid future temptations by seeking Him wholeheartedly. You’re going to need ask God questions, acknowledge your wrongdoing, and hear from Him how to do things differently going forward. Be ready to spend as much time as necessary to fully discuss every aspect of this with God. Don’t be in a hurry. Be intentional towards improvement.

It shouldn’t be necessary to say this next part, but having spent years in deliverance ministry, I know it is. When you are talking with God, who sovereignly holds your life and the lives of your loved ones in His power, please be polite. Words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ should be used along with your most sincere transparency. God is not obligated to restore your relationship, but He does consider Himself responsible to at least give you the chance to repent. Don’t waste it being insincere, crude, or flippant. If you believe that the reason for the disconnect with God is that you stopped trusting God when there was a loss in your life, you are allowed to discuss those hurts with God. Talk it over until it is resolved. Ultimately though, He is God, and you are not. He knows every purpose and the big picture when you don’t.

After repenting, if you still are not at peace with God or are not hearing Him as expected, then you will need to renounce false authorities or counterfeit gods. Remember, you can only have one God. Anyone or anything that you have bowed down to instead of God, will need to be removed from your sphere of influence. You will need to individually declare each as counterfeit and deny their place in your life. God will help you with this if you will ask Him to identify those occult practices, false religions, idols, and wrong counselors.

On the attached pages, I have provided sample questions for you to ask God. I recommend having note pages or a journal to write out anything that God identifies as problem areas so that you have a checklist of things to correct, change, or redirect. God will be watching to see just how willing you are to restore your relationship. Purposely refusing any direction or being careless with His warnings will not end with the result you were targeting. Be prepared and organized to be a reformed version of yourself.

Attached are two pages (of six) from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 35-36, dated August 2024) that provide specific questions for you to ask God so that you can hear directly from Him about right from wrong. If you need deliverance help to restore the covenant relationship with God, please contact me at TammieEdwards@therogueprophet.com.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD’S WRATH

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God is a God of Justice. You can’t ignore God without provoking Him. When He sends His prophets to bring instruction, warning, and rebuke, you should fall on your face and humbly seek Him for whatever changes are necessary.

God has sent me to deliver messages from Him. Those messages are not from me, but from God. But even so, I always say “don’t believe me … ask God yourself”. You can’t be bothered to ask God. You do all the same things that were done to the prophets of old. Delivering a message from God comes at great personal sacrifice. As His prophet, I must be constantly humbled, purposely isolated, and actively distance myself from those who the devil would use against me. I have been betrayed, persecuted, falsely accused, jailed, and mistreated by those that God has sent me to help. God has had enough of it. I’m His precious child.

You pastors who have set high in your seats of honor for 20-30 years teaching falsely about who God is, deserve God’s wrath for that nasty conduct alone. But when He sends His beloved prophet to help you and you do everything to reject her, His wrath is multiplied. This is not going to end well for you. I’m not even sure that at this point that He would accept your apologies. When you call out to Him, He might just decide to block you.

So, for everyone, please recognize that God makes Himself known. The more you ignore Him the more uncomfortable you will be. That’s not climate change. That’s God’s wrath being revealed. The winds of the Spirit blow in the California wildfires. The winds of the Spirit blew in the hurricanes that devastated several states a few months ago. The winds of the Spirit blow in the winter storms today. Just like when God wiped everyone off the planet in Noah’s days, God is done allowing evil to manifest in your hearts. Call it climate change if you want, but you are just provoking God more.

Call out to God while there might still be time. God delivered Trump back to the White House to help this nation, but God can take him from that position with one breath. If you want restoration to this nation, it must begin with personal revival. Know God! Hear His voice! Obey Him! He’s not issuing idle threats. He’s making Himself known.

Attached are four pages of the Mark of Excellence newsletter, dated October 2021, entitled “God’s Wrath”. I hope you will read it and understand that God isn’t playing games. The churches are a mess of false doctrines. The hearts of God’s people are complacent rather than wholehearted. Nothing should be a surprise when God sets out to exact His justice. The last line of our nation’s pledge of allegiance ends with … “and justice for all”. If we are a nation under God, then we should act like it. God is a God of justice!

Church Assessments 1/21/25

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Step 2: Covenant Restoration (Continued Part 2 of 3)

A Broken Covenant Oath:
If God really is your God, then you should seek Him for every decision. You must know that He is vastly more aware of everything that is going on that affects you, much more than you are. He wants to be consulted even down to the clothes you wear each day. Once you learn to discern His voice, it’s easy to have constant ongoing conversation with Him. If that seems too weird, well, lots of things you do outside of covenant are weirder. Listen, I’m definitely not saying that walking in-sync with the Lord is an easy life, but who has an easy life?

If you were at a military bootcamp, would you be expected to dress exactly as you were told? Would you need to obey those training you? Would you need to eat the food provided for you in the portions provided? Would you need to have intentional focus and expend all your energy in the training maneuvers? Ok, so I’m not saying that obeying the Lord Is constantly difficult to that level, because He is not a hard taskmaster. He does, however, expect to be consulted and obeyed. There are some things in your life that He will be strongly opposed to. He will help you walk away from those for your own good. There is a destiny calling on your life. Don’t you want to be exactly where God wants you to be? God can do things the easy way or the hard way based on your level of cooperation. There is much peace that comes from being exactly where you’re supposed to be at exactly the right time. Only God can give you that.

If you’re in covenant, you can easily follow the Lord through hearing His voice and allowing Him to lead. But if instead, you wrongly chose to obey a different authority as a counterfeit god for the decisions that belong to Him to oversee, you break covenant … and He is no longer your God. You then belong to the false god that you have chosen over Him. I’m not saying that you cannot obey your work supervisor/boss, parents, spouse, laws, or government authority. But if God is in conflict with their directions for you, then you must choose God’s will above theirs. God is expecting you to choose His will above your own and anyone else on the planet. Again, He is sovereignly more aware of your life’s purpose than you are. God wants first-place authority for your decisions.

If you have broken covenant, by choosing to obey a wrong authority (as your counterfeit god), you will want to have a forgiveness conversation with God to resolve the conflict. Without restoration, God will allow the enemy to have access to you. You have chosen the false god and will reap the consequences of your wrong choices. Let me be clear, it is you that abandons God first. So, He has every right to abandon you. Only if you’re in unbroken covenant, will you hear the Lord tell you that He is with you and will not leave you.

“Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” (John 8:47 NIV)

Attached are two pages (of six) from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 33-34, dated August 2024) that further outline the covenant restoration process. The remaining two pages, “Repent & Renounce” will provide the benefit of my deliverance expertise by providing specific questions for you to ask God so that you can hear directly from Him about right from wrong.

Church Assessments 1/20/25

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Step 2: Covenant Restoration

The God of Justice
God is the supreme judge. Only He has the power to forgive sins. The shed blood of Jesus*, the cross, and the juice or crackers of the communion emblems do not have power to forgive sins. Only the sovereign will of God and His justice can forgive sins. You cannot avoid having a forgiveness conversation with God by pleading blood, taking Communion, or wearing cross jewelry or tattoos. And there is no automatic forgiveness clause in the covenant agreement. Sorry, but God’s plan doesn’t work that way. God has wrath towards rebellion and God has mercy for the blameless and repentant. God can overturn a jury’s guilty findings. God can send the criminal to prison.

If you are not in covenant relationship with God, you forfeit His provision and protection and are promised to receive His eternal wrath in hell. Though, if you have promised on oath for God to be your only God, but have broken that covenant through sin, you have access to God in prayer to have a forgiveness conversation. *The shed blood of Jesus on the cross provided for you to have covenant restoration conversation with God without a blood sacrifice or a priest to intercede. The Old covenant atonement protocols were no longer required because Jesus (God in flesh) was the final priest (in the priestly lineage) and the final blood sacrifice. It’s that way because God ordained it. You don’t get to change it. Sins are NOT automatically forgiven

The God of the Covenant
It’s important that you know who God is. God is not 1/3 of an authority. He is the sole authority over heaven and earth, life and death, eternal punishment and reward. Jesus is God. Jesus is not the Son of God. Before you go and get your Scriptures to quote to me about Jesus being the Son of God, you should realize that the Son of God title was for when God, who is an invisible Spirit, was walking visibly on earth in a flesh and blood biological Son of Man suit. That “Son of God” label was specifically to denote when God took on flesh. There is not a second Spirit of God sitting next to the first Spirit of God on a throne in heaven. Oh how I wish that more pastors understood this because they are using wrong terminology that denies that Jesus is God.

Previously on 1/9/25, I posted four information sheets on “The God of the Covenant” (link to blog post: https://therogueprophet.com/2025/01/09/church-assessments-1-9-25/). If you have any questions about who Jesus is, please study the Scriptures on these pages with God present. (Just ask God to silence the enemy and ask God to help you understand this.) Nobody wants to be responsible for blasphemy against God. Obviously, God looks at heart motives so He’s not going to cause the most severe punishment if your heart was right even if your theology was unintentionally wrong. But I guarantee this is one of the most important doctrines to get right. He might have let it go unpunished if He didn’t intentionally send His prophet with this instruction and warning. Now, you are out of excuses! Please, for your sake, study it until you are certain you know who Jesus is. (Hint: He is NOT 1/3 of a three-god godhead.)

The Covenant & Restoration (Part 1 of 3)
The covenant is central to hearing God’s voice of direction. Without the covenant and hearing God’s voice you can NOT be His disciple. You can, however, be a disciple of your pastor without being in covenant with God. You can be a disciple of worldly culture without being in covenant with God. You can study a Bible without being in covenant with God. But God requires good-standing covenant relationship and hearing His voice for true discipleship. (Making disciples means teaching people to have covenant relationship with God, not making them members of a church.)

Previously on 1/10/25, I posted information sheets on “The Covenant” (link to blog post: https://therogueprophet.com/2025/01/09/church-assessments-1-9-25/). Studying these pages for understanding will help you tremendously on Step 2, covenant-restoration conversations.
Attached are two pages (of six) from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 31-32, dated August 2024) that outline the covenant restoration process. The remaining four pages of the six will be posted on subsequent days. Pages 3-4, “A Broken Covenant Oath”, describe the false religions, occult practices, and counterfeit gods that break covenant; Pages 5-6, “Repent & Renounce” will provide the benefit of my deliverance expertise by providing specific questions for you to ask God so that you can hear directly from Him about right from wrong.

Church Assessments 1/19/25

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Instruction is Easier Than Warning

Note to individual male pastors: Somewhere along the way you have come up with the notion that you are allowed to refuse God if He sends a female to deliver a message from Him. You hide behind bogus denominational stance, a pagan/cultural male code of ethics, and feigned loyalty to your spouse as excuses for why you can’t honor God to treat Kingdom women with dignity.

God is not asking you to do anything unreasonable. So I will tell you as plainly as God reminded me again this morning. You do not have the right to refuse God without consequences. God has sent me with a message from Him. God sees if you are ignoring the message. You do not get to exclude an entire gender from the Kingdom because you deem it necessary for the sanctity of your ego.

God has no problem removing you from the pulpit. God has no problem removing you from your marriage. God has no problem with deflating your ego if it is what is needed to get you to see truth. God takes it personal when you refuse His messenger. He told me this morning that He is going to prove the message in this post very visibly in the days ahead. Keep messing with God, and you will see His wrath.

Btw: there is not one of you fools that are attractive to me. It takes two to tango. I’m not interested in you. Sorry, if that destroys your whole notion of having to distance yourself from me in case I would want to tempt you away with my 62-year-old-lady cuteness. You’re the only one with that delusion. It is precisely because I’m unmarried and not attached to a church governing body with all their man-made boundaries that I am able to wholeheartedly obey God to meet with anyone whom He deems necessary. I don’t need any person’s permission to obey God. God is with me. Can you say the same thing? He will continue to withhold His anointing and provision from you until you choose His will above your own. He will continue to prove His displeasure by NOT sending healing to you or your congregation. God can play “the game” much more effectively than you can. You have everything to lose.

Listen, I don’t like posting this stuff. It makes me seem overly aggressive. I can’t refuse God when He tells me to deliver a message. This is exactly word-for-word the message He asked me to post this morning. It makes me sick to my stomach to have to deliver harsh words. But, why am I telling you that. You couldn’t care less.

Church Assessments 1/18/25

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Competing Voices

The first step to learning to discern God’s voice is to identify the competing voices, both in the physical realm and in the spiritual realm. The devil, demons, and evil spirits have a voice in the spiritual realm. Their voices can seem like your own thoughts if you don’t know yourself well enough to assess your unshakeable values. (Read about Adam and Eve talking with the serpent in the Garden in Genesis 3.)

When I first started hearing God’s voice in prayer, I made the mistake of telling those closest to me that God was speaking to me. They jumped to conclusions that I was delusional and that I would hear “god” tell me to kill them. So, for the record, God has never told me to kill anyone. He’s perfectly able to speak it into existence and make it happen without my involvement. So if He wants you dead, well that’s what will happen. He doesn’t need me to do it.

Why did I write that paragraph? Well, it’s unfortunate but even your most trusted friends and family can turn against you for hearing God. Read the story of Joseph and his brothers (Genesis 37). Joseph had dreams from God. He made the mistake of telling his family the content of those dreams. Their resulting jealousy made them throw him in a pit, leaving him for dead, and then selling him into slavery. Really, there are not many people that you can trust to talk to about hearing God. Even many pastors will demand that you’re not hearing from God (because they don’t). Secular psychiatry will most certainly condemn you because in their minds God isn’t real.

So, are you courageous enough to step into an unfamiliar realm of listening to God in prayer? Can you shake off all the secular lie-labels of mental illness? Can you stand strong against the giants, like young King David did? What is your faith level? You’re not going to get to a place of hearing God daily if you shrink away every time the devil sends his minions to accuse you.

If you’re ready, then step 1 is to situate yourself in a distraction free area. No phones; No television or music; No panoramic views to draw your attention away. Nothing should compete with your ability to listen to God’s voice. God sees everything. He knows if you have a phone set on vibrate so that you don’t miss an “important” notification or call. If you aren’t all in, then He isn’t either. Earnestly seeking Him means to earnestly seek Him. He’s always looking for wholehearted investment. If you can’t do that, then you aren’t going to hear God. I’m sorry but you are going to have to make God priority. And that might mean that you are going to need to get off your self-made kingdom throne.

When you are positioned to really listen for God in the physical realm, then you are going to need to thwart the enemy’s voice in the spiritual realm. This is a good time to ask the Lord to silence the enemy. It’s that simple. You don’t need to be a spiritual warfare “freak” or a deliverance expert. All you need to do is ask the Lord to bind the enemy so that you can hear from Him. If He truly is your God, then He will silence the enemy for you. Remember God wants you to be able to hear Him so that you can know Him and walk intentionally with Him. The devil doesn’t want you to hear God because he loses all power to deceive you when you can fact-check with God.

In earlier posts, I have talked about the need for covenant relationship with God. If you have pledged on oath to God that He is your only God, then you have initiated the covenant relationship. If you’re not sure if you have asked God to be your God, then do it as you begin the conversation with Him. It never hurts to restate your allegiance. In step 2, we will review how to restore a broken covenant through having a sincere forgiveness conversation.

Did this answer any of your questions? Do you want to privately ask me about this? You can contact me at TammieEdwards@therogueprophet.com. I want to help you learn to discern God’s voice. I do know that it can be scary to approach this subject. But listen, I’m not the most courageous person ever, and I did it against all the maneuvers of the enemy. So you can too.

Attached are two pages from The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God” (pages 29-30, dated August 2024) that outline Step One of Discerning God’s Voice in Prayer.