Month: March 2019

Silence, the Art of Self Control

There are no short cuts to becoming the person God wants us to be.

There are no short cuts to becoming the person God wants us to be.

Let us learn to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to wrath.

The LORD sends seasons of refinement to us.  There will be times when everything in our lives will feel so disconnected, and silent.

We must learn to be centered and focused on God’s Will, Word, His Mind, and heart.  AND without trusting the feelings or any other substance other than pure faith in God.

I promise you, that you will face this and you will feel nothing of God’s promises!   The real substance of faith will be made manifested by and through this; Faith isn’t a feeling, it is a fact.

You must not rely on feelings, beloved!

God has not changed His Mind about you!  However, He is going to develop our senses and beliefs!

As we get before God and learn to wait in quiet and silence before HIM, then we will develop our dependence on the LORD and His Word!

Don’t fear or doubt, God has not brought us this far to change His mind.

God is not out to ruin His Children!  That is not the mind of Christ concerning His Children!  Our faith is proven during times of doubt and these double minded times.

Nothing is the same and having new territory to process can make us feel intimidated and fearful.  But I hear the sound of heaven, “Do not be afraid!”

When our heart is overwhelmed, lead us to the rock that is higher than I.

Our faith will provoke us to action; to act!  We must face ourselves, because we must go deeper still in seeking out the mind of Christ concerning our lives and for souls.

All of these things can cause us to feel fear, insecurities and fear of the unknown.  It is during this test that the true motives of the heart will come forward and surface.  We must repent when the LORD brings them to surface.

We must KNOW GOD is working even when we don’t feel or see it.  Don’t allow these uncertainties keep you hidden and kept in the bondage to in fear of religion.  Trust God to bring you out now no matter how you feel.

Being impatient can cause us to take a place that we were never given, and it has the possibility of hurting God’s people. competition and impatience can also be provoked through Jealousy, envy and Impatience will provoke us to take things into our timing instead of waiting on God.

The LORD will often provoke us to jealousy and provoke a reaction to action.  Why?  To get to our heart so WE can see what is in us and repent and turn away from those things!

Those that the LORD loves HE corrects.

“And Samuel said, Hath The LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of The LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.  Because thou hast rejected the word of The LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king,”   1 Samuel 15:22-23.

The evidence of our faith in areas is produced by the refining fire of silence, self control and waiting on GOD!

To realize and know HIS voice greater, means we have grown to that degree, and His Word will always back up his will.  He shows us areas of error to teach us to learn to change as we mature.

Silence; the fruit of self control….

We will never mature if we never cooperate in the process.  We may say we want the Word to become flesh in us, but the only way that happens is when we yield to Him and it doesn’t always feel good to our flesh.

HE is the refiners fire and HE defines us and burns away those things that hinder our life and walk.

This walk and the way we mature is through seasons as we walk from the mountains to the valleys.

Part of our spiritual maturity is learning to wait as long as it takes for God to speak to us.

We have nothing to offer unless God gives it to us.  Amen?

Amen!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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The Process of Change!

I am learning constantly and amazingly how quickly a life changing event can affect us in all in body, soul and Spirit.

I am learning constantly and amazingly how quickly a life changing event can affect us in all in body, soul and Spirit.

Experiencing life comes with all sorts of challenges.  Nothing stays the same except Jesus is the same, yesterday and forever!  Thank God He is never late and He never cast us away.

Our life change could be a new move to a new location or an “out of our comfort zone experience.”  I have found in so many experiences in my life, that such times bring to the surface areas of things that haven’t been understood.

Aren’t you glad that all of us are not always going through the same thing at the same time?

When one is up flying high with Jesus, these see from such a greater distance and aren’t you glad they are part of your life?

I know I am!  I am so grateful to God for my true and loving sisters, brothers and friends!

Aren’t you glad that God infuses His power through these the beloved of God who are sent our way to grant us the fortitude, determination, and strength to help us who are less fortunate, and those who have been wounded or who have fallen helplessly on the narrow road of life.

We are not exempt of these times, but God knows the training we need and especially the development of compassion to treat others the way you would be expected to be treated?

There will come seasons in ALL of our lives.  These seasons will affect us all!  How we react to those who need our loving tender care will be measured by God’s plumb line as we all are being tested in many ways.

Being the one on the receiving end often find out they have a hard time receiving due to pride.  Receiving is just as important as giving.

We want to be on the giving end all the time when there are times when we are in need of mercy, compassion and help for ourselves.

Religion dons a mask to make you think that something must be wrong with you!  As we grow we are going through hard trials in life.

This isn’t easy.  As we learn to yield and yearn to learn the process, we will begin to see things from a more positive faith filled experience, instead of trying to hide who you really are from people and having to admit that you are not always up in the stratosphere somewhere!

People want to identify in the reality of the truth of Christ in this life.  These hunger to learn truth from other Christians.

When people have confidence that they can open up, these will find good instructions as these truths then bubble up coming from the deep recesses to the surface of our understanding.

I have noticed the flashes of revelation that have broken through the error and lack of balance that are held by the demands of various groups that hold out of balance lie, demanding that we must be flying high all the time.

If we would be honest with ourselves and to each other, none of us are flying high the majority of the time.  The true breaking process breaks us up to make us more aware of those like us who desperately need God’s mercy, grace and compassion.

Godly Humility is acquired and learned through real life encounters and situations that humble us.  Our stance, is often with tears, making us feel vulnerable.

When there have been a lot of religious wounds it can be very hard to receive from anyone due to lack of trust.

There are some right next to us whom are so wounded, but they are so afraid to open up.  Yes, there are even those of us who are homeless and have nothing.

Be aware of the results of our own situations.  These times of change prepare us with life skills, equipping us with what it takes to bring understanding and compassion to our neighbors.

We must all be aware of our surroundings because God will often send us or place us with the fruits of His Spirit in his actions and His words if necessary.

However, in so many ways, actions do so very much more than words do.  God has a divine set up in mind today to display God in you in His grace, goodness and Mercy!

Become aware of all those who are around you!  This is a “God set up!”  Begin now to focus on those who are down and out.

Don’t glare and stare in disapproval at their inconsistencies.  Ask yourself, What would Jesus do?

I have found in my humanity that had it not been for God’s Grace and Mercy where would I be!  We really have no idea what we are made of until we have total disorder and mass pandemonium in our lives.  How do we react?

To have everything in its place and purpose brings the facade of order and a clear mind.  When in all actually we are a mess!

Look at Job when all was in order and blessed by God in his life and then suddenly all changed.  We are only one step away of being tested that way.

I have been thinking a lot about the seasons and the varied attempts of change we go through.  None of us are exempt from trials, tribulations and change!

We want to change but when it comes knocking at our door, we often find we are unprepared.  The answer to all of our changes is to trust God through the good and the bad and to learn to go with the flow of the Holy Spirit!!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Searching Infected or Effective

Becoming harsh, critical and impatient with people is a Major Red-Hot symptom and a true sign that we are becoming spiritually deaf and blind that is rooted in pride.

 

Becoming harsh, critical and impatient with people is a Major Red-Hot symptom and a true sign that we are becoming spiritually deaf and blind that is rooted in pride.

If we become Religious it shall cause us to become ineffective.  The blind lead the blind and they both will fall in a ditch. What did Jesus say about these people?

“But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.  Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch,”   Matthew 15:13-14 KJV.

When we lose our compassion for hurting humanity, we can easily become religious on external things that offer nothing eternal.  If we do not take heed to the warnings we cannot help but slide down that slippery slope none of us are exempt.

There are so many who take the turn pike of what seems to be the easy way around.  What happens next is that we avoid the very route of greatest need.

There is such a need to reach Samaria and the uttermost places in the world.

Jesus had a divine appointment by God with a multiple times divorced woman of ill repute!  The Jews called Samaritan’s dogs, and can you imagine what his disciples thought to see him talking to this Samaritan woman?

Although his disciples thought he was veering off course, this direct leading by Jesus opened the door to Samaria with the good news!

Not many could have fathomed the historic statement Jesus made that day!  Who would have known!

But when the woman at the well came that day who would have thought she became the first woman evangelist to her community.  Come and see the man that told me everything I ever done..

There is still such a need to relate to people where they are who desperately need our compassion!  These are they who seek the message of hope to their world.

There are still many Samaritans in our world, yes those who are untouchables of religion.

The religious get further away from effectiveness because these begin to veer off the path of The LORD focusing and going and turning inward instead of focus upward!

The sure way to tell it is a religious order is to watch and listen to their words and watch their actions.

Religion seeks to retain their hold of people instead of the people who seek to serve The LORD.  The religious seek out those who will serve out their demands that they can’t even accomplish.

These many religious orders are motivated by pride and feeding egos and they fall prey to a judgmental, critical organization that only the “perfected” elite can attain.  If you don’t measure up, they demand more and command that you get with the program.

Remember, the good Samaritan no longer looked for the way of avoidance of those hurting humanity and who are half dead. In our walk with Jesus there will be many temptations to get pulled from all sides and if ministry is no longer a loving caring convocation, it’s a farce.

We must remember that regardless of the wounded conditions, we must focus on Jesus and what he would do and where would he go.

We must never get caught up in religions rules and regulations who say get with the program!  These types of people you will come across daily, mark those and watch and see how they fare, as they give no room for God’s Loving Spirit.

“But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

And Jesus answering said, a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.  And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.  But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.  And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.  Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise,”    Luke 10:29-37 KJV.

“But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?  And Jesus answering said, a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.  And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.  And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.  But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.  And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?  And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.  Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise,”    John 4:29-37 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Set Backs Come but Be of Good Cheer!

It does not matter what setbacks may come, God promises that He will take everything satan has meant for evil and turn it around for our good!

It does not matter what setbacks may come, God promises that He will take everything satan has meant for evil and turn it around for our good!

We must learn to lay hold on what was stolen from us spiritually, physically, financially by commanding using our authority in Christ!

When we go through times of humiliations, God is our vindicator and Judge as he knows all things. He is our very present help in times of trouble.

Vision

In prayer I saw a bald eagle that had been in some altercation and ended up on the ground with a broken wing.

The eagle became easy prey for predators.  The eagle was so vulnerable and it could not fly.

Then suddenly a number of older and stronger eagles began to surround the eagle that the broken wing.

Then I saw other eagles and I heard a loud sound and understood inwardly that this sound was the many waters and the prayers of the saints rising up as incense rising on the variable levels and wind currents of the Word of God.

The hovering and rising eagles watched and spoke in unison, saying; “We must go to our fallen comrade in arms and be diligent by lifting up the broken eagle in prayer.”

What I saw next was a corporate effort of folding and binding up the wing to the eagles’ side.

Although the eagle felt so vulnerable and afraid, the greater eagles that were sounder in their efforts had seen this fallen eagle and their prophetic response and presence brought forth lasting tranquil peace and direction about this situation.

While the other eagles of greater age and expanse of vision, all knew what had to be done so they surrounded the eagle with the broken wing, and hovered and these began in unison to flap their wings lifting the eagle with a net into even higher place.

The greater in strength began to lift the broken wing eagle up higher and much higher.  As I beheld this vision, the eagles that had seen the fall took the wounded eagle up to a very high cleft in the rock.

It was in the cleft of the rock that there were no predators and in this place of safety the eagle had to be placed in that cleft of the rock for a time and to receive a time to heal and commune with God.

“I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, what have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.  Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD,”   Jeremiah 6:6-7 KJV.

I also heard a secular song as I was praying and I had to find and listen to it and pass it along to you too.  The song is called “A Broken Wing.”

©Martina McBride – A Broken Wing (Stereo) – YouTube

A Broken Wing ~  Lyrics

She loved him like he was
The last man on Earth
Gave him everything she ever had
He’d break her spirit down
Then come lovin’ up on her
Give a little then take it back

She’d tell him ’bout her dreams
He’d just shoot ’em down
Lord he loved to make her cry
You’re crazy for believin’
You’ll ever leave the ground
He said only angels know how to fly

And with a broken wing
She still sings
She keeps an eye over the sky
With a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Man you oughta see her fly

One Sunday morning
She didn’t go to church
He wondered why she didn’t leave
He went up to the bedroom
Found a note by the window
With the curtains blowin’ in the breeze

And with a broken wing
She still sings
She keeps an eye over the sky
With a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Man you oughta see her fly

With a broken wing
She carries her dreams
Man you oughta see her fly

Songwriters: James House / Phil Barnhart / Sam Hogin
A Broken Wing lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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