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Buckle Up Buttercup!

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When God gives me an assignment, He is firm. In fact, most times when God is speaking with me, He doesn’t feed my ego or even carefully sidestep my weaknesses. So, why is it that people want me to act differently than God when I’m lovingly trying to help someone through bringing a word of warning, caution or rebuke?

Sure, God can be a sweet talker when He is showing affection, but He never comes across as insincere or soft when He is correcting me or giving me direction. It seems that some want me to wrap the warning words in some kind of soft manipulation so that it can be more easily accepted. But that doesn’t work. It just makes the warning seem weak and inauthentic as well as half-hearted.

When Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers in the temple courts, He didn’t deliver that with sweet words or grace. He formed a whip and went after them. They hated Him. They plotted against Him and crucified His flesh and blood body. Should He have been softer? Would the message have been correctly received if He had first sweet-talked them into submission?

When David went up against Goliath, did he sweet talk the big guy? No, he told him that he would cut off his head and feed him to the birds of the air.

As God’s prophet, I’m going to deliver God’s words exactly as He tells me to. I can feel His heart in the words He shares. I know when He is angry or when He is giving a first warning that He expects to be received without resistance. What I don’t get to know about in great detail is how the receiver approached God for resolution. I can only understand when God specifically tells me that the person came to Him humbly or if the person ignored God’s warning.

This I do know. God has been pushing me to be MORE FORCEFUL in the words He delivers through me, more than even one year ago. He is wanting me to be less careful with the receivers’ little feelings and more determined to speak change resolutely. I do know that if He continues with this stronger, bolder, stance, I’m not going to be well liked or even liked at all. But I will NOT refuse God. I’d much rather have the hearer’s anger than God’s wrath for my refusal to obey Him.

And let me tell you this too. In deliverance ministry, you cannot just make suggestions. You have to be firm about how the person will be set free. If you don’t tell them exactly where they are wrong, you will leave them hostage to the devil’s schemes. Would you want someone who tiptoed around while you are in captivity or would you want someone bold enough to help rescue you? I’m not going to make gentle suggestions when you need deliverance. I’m going to be straightforward and deliver exactly God’s instructions. If you can’t respect that, too bad. I know my assignments. I get them directly from God. He’s not playing games and neither am I.

So, in conclusion … buckle up!

Sin Responsibility

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As a mother, it was important for me to teach my children their responsibility to know God, hear His voice, and obey Him. As soon as I understood how to hear God for myself, I wanted them to learn also. But even before that we had what most would consider a godly home. From infancy, my children went to church with their parents. They grew up with Christian friends. They were taught to read the Bible and care about their place in the Kingdom.

My children probably got more Bible knowledge than most because I led community Bible studies at my church, at the YMCA, and at the public Library throughout their formative years. I facilitated DVD studies by leading female evangelists and teachers for more than a decade. Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, and many others taught us to draw near to God. As I grew in the Lord, I wanted everyone else to have the same opportunity to grow too. I gave much of myself to include others on the journey with me.

As a prophet, I have been trained by God to bring a word from Him. That training required that God take me away from my former married status, my children, my home, my family and friends. Very much like a military man or woman who trains/serves at a military base away from home or in a foreign land. The need to help others grow in their relationship with God is the same as it was with my children or the ladies in the community Bible studies. As a prophet, I’m tasked with bringing a message directly from God rather than from a human teacher.

As a deliverance minister, it is most imperative that I teach of the need to know God. Without an unbroken covenant relationship with God, the devil, demons, and evil spirits have access to potential loved ones. God will allow it if we don’t have the right heart towards Him. He only agrees to be our God if we agree to choose Him (in all decisions) as our God. If we are ignoring God in choices, then He will ignore us in our rebellion. It’s not complicated to understand. It’s not that different than the marriage relationship. If a spouse chooses to cheat, there are consequences that are tied to the severity of their unfaithfulness. It’s that way with God too. If we cheat on the covenant relationship, God allows us to have the little “g” god of our desire. He removes His hand of protection because there is no room for two gods on one throne. Who is on the throne of your life?

The attached page explains sin responsibility. Our family line is important when God’s justice is being expressed. We have a personal sin responsibility, a sin responsibility tied to our parents’ sins against God, and responsibility for our children’s sins too. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself.

Faithfulness OR Deliverance

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Three years ago, I completed the magazine edition “Discipleship & Deliverance” (cover photo attached). At the time, God was waking me up in the early morning hours every day to focus on the work. While I love to be completely immersed in God’s efforts to help this generation, He was pushing me very hard to get it exactly right and on a quick timeline. My thought at the time was that there was someone who needed a “NOW” word from God on the subject. Only 10 copies were printed, though, and I never received any feedback from those who received the copies. I did, however, post pages online regularly but would have no way of knowing for sure who or how many saw the pages through social media sites.

Now, please understand, deliverance is a topic that requires great confidentiality. The devil would love to destroy the credibility of anyone who undergoes the process of turning from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Deliverance is about restoring a broken covenant relationship.

This morning, God and I talked while I ate breakfast in my van down by the river, again. He had me take notes on my phone so that I would remember specifics about the conversation. Here is what I recorded:

(For context: I asked the Lord what was His favorite thing about me. He answered that my “faithfulness” was beautiful. There was a quick discussion about how faith and faithfulness were not the same thing. While I have great faith, it was loyalty that He was addressing.)

Faithfulness means that you don’t need to second guess everything because you have an immediate attitude of obedience. But that doubtless loyalty only comes when you are sure that you are hearing God’s voice. Once you know God’s voice (from the voice of the enemy), it is much easier to move forward without doubt. This is why learning to discern God’s voice with precision is so important and why relationship is not the same as religion. It’s why false teachers need to learn to recognize the voice of God clearly so that they can change their teaching to true doctrine.

God doesn’t have a problem with as many questions as necessary for you to have confidence in following His direction. He constantly knows your heart so you might as well reveal your doubts when you have them. But that conversation does not let you off the hook for obedience. You cannot be loyal without obedience.

The Broken Covenant & Deliverance

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The covenant relationship demands wholehearted allegiance. If we go outside of that priority obedience, then we break covenant.

All sin is covenant-breaking and can be traced back to not obeying God. That is why the covenant restoration conversation is so important. We must restore a broken covenant or we will not have God’s protection or provision. In fact, we can grieve God with our sin to the point that He allows the devil to target us and torment us. God is a jealous God! If you’re not serving Him as your one and only God, then you’re serving another “god” (probably yourself as a little “g” god).

The attached pages are a continuation of the 2021 letters to the pastors locally. These pages from the May, Mark of Excellence Newsletter, explain Deliverance. At any time, you can stop right where you are and ask God for forgiveness. It’s this simple: “God, is there anything that I need to ask forgiveness for?” Then listen to His silent-prayer voice answer. Ask Him as many questions as you need to so that you may learn from your mistake and know how not to repeat them when facing the same temptations.

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