Month: July 2023

The Deceivers, Pretenders, & Busybodies

The more I seek God and the older I get, it is so apparent that truly my close relationships, friends and family are the authentic believers in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”  Matthew 10:34-42 BSB

The more I seek God and the older I get, it is so apparent that truly my close relationships, friends and family are the authentic believers in Christ Jesus our LORD.

You may wonder, how can I know authentic believers?

The Bible is clear you shall know them by their fruits, i.e., their behaviors, their attitudes, their words and actions.

You Shall Fully Know Them by Their Fruits!  (Read Matthew 7)

Also, The Church is not a four-walled structure, it is the true people of God who develop, and form relationships, and you cannot know people unless you are around the other believers.

Actions speak louder than words.  How we live, how we speak there will be evidence who we serve.

YES, and serve is what we do, we follow Christ’s lead.  That takes commitment and accountability.

Just because you say you know God and maybe went to an altar and was baptized is no guarantee of your future.

Salvation was not the end of things; it was the beginning of a life committed to Christ and His Church.

There will be evidence of who we belong to.  The Bible tells us to judge those who are within — and by their fruits you shall fully know them. (Read Matthew 5:15-20)

“But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone “who claims to be a brother” but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? “  1 Corinthians 5:11-12 KJV

There is only one way to be saved, and salvation is not an ending but a new beginning.  Salvation at the Altar, is not Fire Insurance.

Coming to Christ at some Altar is not the ending, but the beginning.  Christianity is a life of daily denying the flesh, and picking up the cross and following The LORD, not practicing sin.

We all miss it, but the difference is we don’t stay in it!

To practice sin, is like a doctor who practices medicine.  What we truly are will come out of us, out of the abundance of the heart the mouths speak.  Also, we will be known by how we live and our actions.

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.”  Romans 1:2

There are people who think they hold the truth of God, but they live unrighteous! God is very serious about deceivers that practice twisting the truth!

Read and Study Romans 1-3.

We do not make our own terms to reach God like the people did when they tried to build the tower of Babel.

God frustrated their plans and dispersed them all having different languages.  So, God stopped the building!

Man can accomplish many amazing feats that can spiral upward, but when God is trying to bring deliverance, He will stop us, and He knows how it is done!

It is nothing new, man has always wanted to be a god and make his own way to God and climb the highest height to say, “Look at me! See how I made myself so right with God!”

We cannot make ourselves right with God!  And to try and do it any other way makes us self-righteous and therefore, we cannot submit to the righteousness that comes by faith in Jesus Christ.  So, they make themselves a law unto themselves.

When we receive Jesus Christ as our personal LORD and Savior, His righteousness is imputed to us. (Imputed is to attribute and set to the account of.)

We cannot earn Salvation or somehow work for it, but sadly, many Churches continually practice legalism and religion.

Beloved, the religious are a constant adversary to freedom that we find in Christ our Messiah.  Through Faith is the ONLY WAY possible to please God, and we walk by Faith — but that doesn’t give us a free ticket to go back to sinning, for if we sow to the flesh and sin, we will reap the whirlwind.

Faith without corresponding works — is dead.

“So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. F or I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’”   Matthew 5:19-21 BSB

“Not everyone who says to Me ‘LORD, LORD,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”   Read Matthew 7:21-23

Just because you said you got saved and baptized doesn’t mean you are truly a child of God.

How can a person hold unforgiveness and bitterness in their heart over things that happened years ago that are long gone?

How can you say you love Jesus and hold on to unforgiveness, bitterness, jealousy, envy, strife and contention and every evil work?

Whether we know it or not, the life of a public person is a fishbowl life and people watch us — the Believers — to see how they live and what they do.

A ‘Busybody’ is a term used when a person is too interested in the private lives of other people.  They think they can be in our business.

A busybody has way too much time on their hands.  A busybody is jealous, envious, and causes division.

A busybody belittles and is very negative, turning all their situations into the same way in life with all sorts of negativity. We reap what we sow.

Busybodies love to get up in your business.  It is sad because they are so miserable in life devoid of the Spirit of God.

They have no friends and seek to control family members and money.  They think of all kinds of ways to benefit themselves in selfishness and jealousy of what someone might get, and they weasel in and are critical of what others have or will have.

Busybodies are two faced and if they are given something, they will want it back because they don’t want nobody to be blessed.

They live a miserable life and hate people, yet they want others to be miserable too.  I have seen busybodies hold pure hatred, unforgiveness and bitterness as they try to hold grievances done from childhood.

They think that it is their right to hold and judge another for mistakes that happened long ago.  No one has the right to hold the sin of the past against you!  You have been forgiven — so move on!  Do not listen to them anymore!

“For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things”   Philippians 3:18-19 BSB

Why are they holding claims of things and circumstances that are long gone and forgiven for.  If Jesus forgives us, who are we not to forgive?

If we hold onto accusations, bitterness, unforgiveness and offensives in our heart, God will not hear us!

People who hold on to offenses, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred etc. will rot from within, and will reap what they have sown.

If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption.  He who digs a pit for the righteous himself shall fall into it.

Remember Haman?  He built the gallows for Mordecai, a righteous man, and Haman was hung by his only folly. God calls it foolishness and calls such a one a fool!

If we regard iniquity in our heart The LORD will not hear us.  If we do not forgive and release all bitterness neither will Christ forgive you.

If you have these types of people in your life do not prove anything to them, do not even speak with them.

Forgive them, release them and let them go.  You stand for God faithfully and He will vindicate you publicly.

We are living in an hour when there is no longer a gray area.  Everyone must choose whom they will serve.

Satan has these types of people bound with yokes and chains of slavery around their neck and their whole body, yet while in the world they seem to have it all, but everything can be burnt up in a moment’s time and then where would they be?

We face eternity every day, for no one knows when we will pass away or be caught up.

The only thing that is lasting is our relationship with Jesus, He is eternal, and I know I will be with him forever!

Holding unforgiveness, jealousy, pride, and bitterness is so sad for these types of people.  May we all Pray and not say, so that maybe they might be saved!

“You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.”   Proverbs 6:2 NKJV

We must Pray and not say, when we want to vindicate ourselves from these types of people.

A person who glories in the flesh and a deceiver are blunt, intimidating, rude and deeply deceived.

Do not dance their dance, it will only stir up the devil and they will turn on you!  The battle is The LORD’s!

One had better beware.  We reap what we sow, and touching God’s anointed people will carry a swift penalty — especially in the very near future.

We are living in perilous times in our nation.  A person who runs their mouth, sin is not lacking.

As believers and followers of Christ, we must guard what comes out of our mouths and hearts, and be careful with our words and our behaviors, because words have creative power to the positive and negative — and our behaviors speak for themselves!

“A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.”   Proverbs 18:7 BSB

“Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm”  1 Chronicles 16:22 KJV

“Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”  Psalm 105:15 KJV

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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The Slippery Slope of Ease

As things continue to intensify in our nation and around the globe, the true Church “The Remnant” of the living God must learn to deny self and press onward!

“He that is called ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.”   Job 12:5 KJV

The LORD has been showing me an “upward spiraling out of control.”

As things continue to intensify in our nation and around the globe, the true Church “The Remnant” of the living God must learn to deny self and press onward and upward into God more than ever before!

We must become militant without fear in sharing the gospel as we cannot convince others unless we are convinced ourselves!

Our very actions and how we live our lives before others proves and gives authenticity to our lives.

  • How will they lay down their lives if we will not?
  • How will they hear unless there be a preacher?
  • What message are you preaching today?
  • Are our lives in sync with the message of The Cross?

The Church needs to be prepared for what is coming and messages that are lulling people to ease and sleep is a negligence on our part if we do not confront it.

All of society screams what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right! If we have not learned this by now, and we do not see the need of being separate from this world and drawn unto God we are deceived already.

It is a necessity that we must learn and teach that the only reprieve The Remnant church will have in the coming days ahead is in learning how to live a totally separate life from the ways the world.  It will cost to be separate from the cares and things of this world.

For in Him we live, move, and have our being. What we choose as a bond servant of Christ we must choose to live and walk in the Spirit and in dwelling in the presence of The LORD so that times of refreshing come from the presence of The LORD.

“And He made from one man every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, to seek God, if perhaps indeed they might palpate for Him, and might find Him. And indeed, He is not far from each one of us.  For in Him we live and move and are.’a As also some of the poets among you have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’   Therefore, being offspring of God, we ought not to consider the Divine Being to be like to gold or to silver or to stone, a graven thing of man’s craft and imagination.  So indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom He appointed, having provided a guarantee to all, having raised Him out from the dead.” Acts 17:26-31 BSB

It has never been the responsibility of a Pastor to meet every need or answer every question or issue.

We each are our brother’s keeper, and we need to be aware of what they are going through.  Each part is just as important as the other and when one suffers, we all suffer regardless of where we meet.

The Body is not a building. The building is a structure and ministry is not limited by four (4) walls.

We the people of God, The Remnant in his hand, is always to outreach to our brothers and sisters and to the lost to compel them to come in regardless of where they are.

The Body is a growing lively organism growing to outreach and reach out instead of turning inward on themselves and limiting themselves to a four-wall structure.

We need a healthy environment for the people of God when they assemble all have a portion, all have needs, but God gives the increase.

“What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as The LORD has assigned to each his role. I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants, nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose,a and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”   1 Corinthians 3:5-9

The Body has many spiritual and physical needs that have needs that need to be met.

We need to look at The Body of Believers differently. Instead of leaving it all for the Pastor, begin to ask God how he would have you help to meet those needs.

When true believers come together, (when we reach inward) we must help strengthen one another in every detail of life.  (So that we can finally reach out) and teach the true Gospel Message as the days get darker.

We must be strong in The LORD and in the power of His might!  The Church must be strengthened with all might according to his glorious power unto all patience, longsuffering, with joyfulness!

We are to live this and teach The Body that living the life for Christ biblically is our only hope and our greatest joy!

To have hope in this world is to be most miserable.  We must present the truth of scripture about the dying to the flesh so the Spirit may rise.

Having a healthy spiritual body is so important so that there will be an ongoing ministry in every part.  Part of learning to be a healthy body is so that we will be able to minister outwardly.

If we are always concentrating on within everyone’s needs, we will never be healthy enough to reach out and help others to know Christ and understand His ways.

We will suffer for the name of Christ. The Bible speaks about believers who count it all loss for the case and cause for The Cross of Christ Jesus.

I have heard this recently; “Hasn’t God promised us a life of ease?”

My answer is No, He did not! I n fact, he said quite the opposite, for in this world you shall have tribulation. (John 16:33)

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”   John 16:33

We are negligent if we do not prepare the saints that there will be tough times ahead.  The light is revealing the thoughts of those at ease, and it exposes a slippery path.

Do we ease or appease the nature of those who willfully conformed to sin?

Again, do we ease or appease the society of those who willfully conform our nation at odds with God?

Are we at ease in Zion?

Do we pacify and appease all sorts of ungodly pressure groups so that they demand acceptance when it goes against our conscience and against God’s Will which is His Word?

There will be times of heaviness through the battles we face that will thoroughly test our resolve.  Yet we have a good, good, Father who cares for our lives in every way.

Even as HE uses the swift sword of the Spirit down to the division of our very own soul, spirit, joints, and marrow. HE is so good!

STUDY:

Warnings to Zion and Samaria
“Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria, notable persons in the chief nation, to whom the house of Israel comes!
Go over to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines.  Are you better than these kingdoms?  Or is their territory greater than your territory?
Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, who cause the seat of violence to come near; who lie on beds of ivory, stretch out on your couches, eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall; who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, and invent for yourselves musical instruments like David; who drink wine from bowls, and anoint yourselves with the best ointments, but are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, and those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
The LORD God has sworn by Himself, The LORD God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.””   Amos 6:1-8 

“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon The LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud”   Psalm 126:2-6 KJV

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Hidden Irritants Revealed

Pearls are beautiful gems and admired.  Because of this, the pearl is a metaphor for something rare, fine, and of value.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”   Matthew 13:45-46 NKJV

Pearls are beautiful gems and admired.  Because of this, the pearl is a metaphor for something rare, fine, and of value.

But when you study how a pearl is made, it is much like life with all the irritants that cause us to be sad or the trials we cannot make sense of, yet there is something not seen that we fail to realize that there is an object of beauty to come forth.

It is through the confines and limitations of our existence that we learn to discern to see and hear properly the wisdom of God.

All life begins with a struggle. When life began there was a struggle.  Everything struggles.  Even when we stand still, there are forces at work that we cannot see that are still in a struggle in some facet of our lives.

Nothing in life stands still. Even if we decide to sit and quit, there is still movement because we are still in a struggle because time marches on. We must choose each day who we serve.

For instance, do we choose if we die daily to our flesh. (1 Corinthians 15:21)

We can either advance the cause of Christ by living life forward, or we can stand still, regress backward and turn inwardly to self.

Free will and free choice is not something you do once in your spiritual life. It is an ongoing everyday decision.  Every day our actions and attitudes reveal if we have picked up our cross daily to follow Him.

Life is a mystery in many ways because we see through a glass darkly. (1 Corinthians 13:12)  Having Faith in God gives us substance in which we can weave what is the spiritual into what is the natural realm.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”   Hebrews 11:1-3 KJV

God spoke a word and it was! God said let there be light, and it happened.  We tend to forget so easily that the reality of our natural life had a beginning in what was not seen.

Everything of eternal weight and value had a beginning. But it is true of the negative aspects of life as well.  We have the ability to decree a thing and we have the power to choose life and death, blessing and cursing. (Job 22:28)

Regardless of the outcome it doesn’t have to remain that way.  As long as we have breath in us, we can still cry out to God for help, we have hope!

Every day we can begin again in Jesus, and if necessary, we can choose to start again moment by moment.  If you take one step towards him, he will run to you! Beloved, you can begin again in Jesus it is never too late!

This world has so many twists and turns and is getting worse day by day, but for the believer and follower of Jesus Christ we have the power working in us to will and do His good pleasure.  If I had to place my hope in this world, I would be miserable! (1 Corinthians 15:19)

The believer and follower of Jesus Christ is not promised a life of ease and perfection in this life. No way!

We face problems, we hurt and suffer horrible pain and loss. We are on a journey with Christ in us in this world onward and upward!  For it is Christ in us ,The Hope of Glory!

We must base our lives on God’s Word alone and place our trust. Heaven and earth will pass away but HIS WORD will never pass away!

We are Pilgrims simply passing through this life for a higher purpose for we have an eternal address.  This life is not our own, we were bought and paid for with the precious blood of Christ.

We followers of Christ are also ambassadors of an eternal and heavenly country. We represent our King to this world!

Regardless of things known or unknown we all have a new day in the morning.  But regardless of how hard we try, there are times that cannot be explained or understood until we get to heaven.  That is where our trust and faith brings us through.

We choose life in Christ and that means it is a life of service, and a time to count the cost because we learn that the trials and irritants of life, create within us the pearl of great price.

There are many you pass each day, but there are some seekers that will see what you carry within as precious, as a pearl of great price.

Accepting Jesus Christ as Savior is free, but it will cost you everything. Hold Jesus tight but hold this life loose because life comes to all of us.

In various times and seasons we have pain, trial, misunderstanding, and confusion, but it is in these times we must remember this life is temporary and passing away day by day.

We must learn to recognize these times in others to encourage, for those who sow in tears will reap great joy! Remember, one day you will need encouragement in your time of trial.

Hold onto His unchanging hand, The LORD is the only one trustworthy.

Men will fail, fall, and hurt you, but everything we go through has eternal weight and it is in the process of irritants that is creating Christ in us, The Hope of Glory — because we are becoming more like Him day by day.
 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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The Passionate Call of Intimacy

The one thing I boast in The LORD for, and in my journey, is that I hold HIM in highest regard!

The one thing I boast in The LORD for, and in my journey, is that I hold HIM in highest regard!

Have I been perfect?  No, it was a process of growth in discipleship.

However, I have sought to follow The LORD all the days of my life and to behold His beauty and His amazing love and how absolutely majestic He is.

In my childlike ignorance, it is hard to fathom how God, The Creator of the universe and everything else in it!  Just imagine The LORD wanting to be intimately involved and have a personal relationship with me!

Have you ever laid down in the grass in the summer when it is dark and looked up at the stars?  Wow, when you see that majesty of creation, it amazes me sometimes to the point where I cannot even talk.

Being a humble childlike soul is the highest rank in God’s order of things.

The LORD’s Church is not a competition or corporation where people politically vie for positions to step up on others’ heads to get to the top.

The Church is not political, it is a gathering of the people of God who serve Him and obey Jesus Christ.

It is a life of discipleship and service learning to lay everything down like pride, selfishness, ego, religion, jealousy, envy, hatred, malice and traditions are only a few, and He wants the fruits of His Spirit to be active within and without all of dealings with man.

“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking, and envying one another.”  Galatians 5:16-26

Service to God is not a religious practice, nor service to His People for Kingdom ‘brownie points’.

Being a Servant and Offering Service is not rank and order according to the row of pews or chairs or who has the most money, materialism or the nicest car, clothes and has the most popular vote to name a few.

For some see service as this, they do menial tasks to be seen and heard.  But behind the scenes they curse their neighbor, and they are insanely jealous of them!

But God sees it all! God vindicates the righteous, as we turn evil for good.

God is looking for the motives of the heart and soul!

When the prophet Ezekiel was able to see behind the walls of the temple, he saw the idolatry, strife, contention, jealousy, division, and envy (Read Ezekiel).

God is revealing what is hidden from the walls of the motive of people’s hearts.

Religion works for their own benefit to seek out who’s who, and those in authority to puff up and work flattery.  A flattering mouth works ruin!

We are no different from the disciples that thought they were going to be elevated to a place of honor and pride.

Service to God and His People, is first you and your prayer life.

We must develop like a child in our Christian trek through life.  Communication (Prayer) is foundational in discipleship.  Why aren’t we Praying?

Prayer is foundational in our walk with Christ and in front and behind of others too.  What we do behind the scenes is what God judges.

We can hide from people but there is nowhere to hide from God.  God sees our motive and fruit.

Learning to become discerning takes a lot of time to develop.  I AM convinced that much of what people say is discernment is actually suspicion and accusation.  We must learn how to die to our wicked flesh and learn humility and respect.

After Salvation, Prayer is the number one requirement for walking with The LORD in The Spirit.

The LORD’s Desire is to educate us in simplicity in knowing Him.  In His Presence, Prayer Time and The Word, is where He instructs us in the way we should go.

We speak of intimacy as a bride is with her groom, but Jesus always parallels a Spiritual Truth to a natural way to understand.

There is nothing in this world to offer that satisfies my soul and life like my Jesus can!  I long for Him, I desire Him, and I am lovesick over Him, and I cannot get enough.

Does this sound strange to you?  Beloved, there are places in God that so satisfy you and where you cannot get enough, and it makes you want to come back for more and more!

There are places deep in prayer where you get lost in The Spirit and in The Word of God and you lose all track of time.  I love it!

Beloved reader, there is such a depth of Passionate Love and Fulfillment that once you tap into this type of relationship and fellowship with The LORD, it will radically change you and you will never be the same again!

This type of relational prayer is no longer a discipline, but a joy unspeakable and full of Glory!

Praying without ceasing is not impossible, it becomes simply walking beside Him, because you have learned how to walk in The Spirit with Jesus through everything, everyone, and everywhere you go.

Also, you have developed a constant awareness of His presence in you, with you and you talk to him as you go about your day and night.

You come to realize in truth that you are the betrothed Bride of Christ and a wise virgin who keeps oil in her lamp.

She is wise because of Jesus, and she does not pour out her oil to everyone because she knows the time has come and she is excited because she heard the call!

She also guards her oil and keeps her wick trimmed. (Matthew 25:1-13, 1 Peter 1:8)

If we say we know Jesus and do not obey, pray, or communicate with The LORD what is that?

Prayerlessness shows carelessness — and it also shows evidence that there is religion and not Relationship.

It is a sure way of knowing a person’s life and the Revelation can be quite shocking when revealed.

A living Relationship has Communication, and we can learn a lot about a person by how they speak in front of you and behind your back.

Words are powerful and that is why we must prepare daily in prayer to have our armor on, our robe of righteousness, Sword of The Spirit!

There will be evidence of whether we are saved or not.  The just shall live by Faith — and Faith without works is dead.

Having a relationship with Jesus is more real to me than any other relationship!  I have a living, walking, talking, breathing, eating, sleeping, and everything I do is in The Spirit!

No one satisfies my entire life — except my Jesus!

For example, imagine the most intimate, loving, fulfilling marriage that is so kindred.  A marriage like that makes both one and even if you are away from each other physically you know what is happening.

Having a wonderful fulfilling marriage in this life is a gift, but it is only a shadow of what is available with your relationship and fellowship with the Creator of the Universe!

Oh beloved, oh how he loves you and desires for you to come close and sit at his feet and silence your mind and activity and be still and know HIM.

Everything and I mean everything that is fulfilling in Jesus and in Ministry comes from this place of intimacy and prayer with Jesus.

In our Passion and Intimacy with our Master and LORD, that place of fellowship impregnates us with vision.

Everything in The Kingdom of God is brought forth from intimate Prayer — just as Zion travailed and brought forth her children.  When we find that hidden Secret Place, we tap into a well spring of life!

“Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.”   Isaiah 66:8 NKJV

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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