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Happy New Year 2024!

Many challenging times are ahead — and if you think things will be normal again, things will never be the same ever again!

Be not afraid of the coming missiles, and catapults of intimidation that seek to bombard your mind with fear.

Trade in your fear for faith and The Fear of The LORD, that is the beginning of Wisdom.   (Proverbs 9:10)

It isn’t the time for The Church to dwindle back in fear!  No!  It’s the time to be The Church triumphant that God said, and get planted and get rooted deeply Church!

May the ancient foundations that have been shaken and tested be planted again from decades past and be re-rooted.

For it’s the time to shake off what doesn’t work and seek The LORD for Wisdom, and work while it is yet day.

Know those who labor among you.  Fear them that there is something about longevity when it is godly and firmly planted.

It is the time to put on your spiritual seat belts in preparation of the sweet assurance of God’s prepared Destiny Plan.

You have been chosen to be alive, and you shall see the wonders of God in the deep, for it is God’s Will that your everyday lives are fruitful, and that your actions speak loudly, so that you have made The LORD your portion.

We must keep Him first every day and not trust newspapers, television or other media — or even your dearest friend or that one who shares your bed!

Put no confidence in the flesh!  All must seek the mind of Christ!  Never put your Faith in a person or organization!  You must know how to seek The LORD when no one is there.

For the Child of God, it is time to refocus on The LORD in prayer with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

We must come in serious seeking and unearth what is hidden and unearth the hardness of our own heart and soften it with our tears, so that once again we may plant The Word of God in our heart, so that it thrives and produces season after season.

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”  Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

May The LORD Christ Jesus truly bless everything that we put our hand to, so that He brings together our destiny where he plants, roots, and knits our hearts together in cords of love.

A threefold cord is not easily broken.  We are only as strong as our weakest link.  The last will be first, the first will be last.

In a very confusing railroad hub, there are many things happening all at the same time.

Do you remember when The LORD frustrated the language at the tower of Babel when “they made” the tower unto God?

The LORD is frustrating what are man’s plans, so that His Plan will be fulfilled for all of us.  We each must find our way.

Many are being routed in various places, some not knowing what to do only that some sense the upheavals.

However, all of it happening at the same time can appear and make you feel confused, scared, and cause insecurity.

Each person must know where they fit.  God wants us planted deeply, not a potted plant.

God wants us rooted, and grounded deeply and found growing upward, outward, and onward towards the sun.  We each must seek The LORD — for He is not far from you…!

“That they should seek The LORD, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also his offspring.”   Act 17:27 KJV

The LORD isn’t separate from His Voice — His Words are forever settled in heaven.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but His Word will never pass away.  We must seek The LORD and find intimacy again.

I know there are raw emotions, sick, and wounded hearts but you must understand His perspective and timing.

He doesn’t miss a beat, step, he is never late, nor is He ever wrong.  So, if you are one that is being redirected in whatever way, you must understand that God has shown that purpose is finished, He gives insight on what to do.

It is imperative as we find our way on a different path.  We must forgive if there are any misunderstandings, painful wounds; we must forgive and release them and let them go for they have finished what they were to do.  It’s hard to communicate when nothing is settled….

As we are yielding and being led by our Chief Shepherd into His Vineyard.  With new paths, new people, new orders for service, new directions that seem to cross wires, but God is linking us together, line upon line, here a little there a little shall every word be established.

We will be known by our love, and as you stretch out to move and meet into new places, you will know those among you because it’s real!

There are not too many out there who have that real love in them anymore.

We are told to know those who labor among us.  The early Church knew those among them and knew those who labored.  What will it take for us to become desperate as the early Church was”

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”   Matthew 24:12 KJV

God will confirm His Word out of the mouth of two or three witnesses.  Just like God told Amos the prophet,

“surely The LORD will do nothing until he first reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets,”   Amos 3:7

Sometimes transitions are not easy, and often very messy.

Just realize, everyone is trying to find their own way.  Yes, sometimes God’s way is messy, like giving birth to a child.

Yeah, it is messy, painful, and extremely stressful.  I remember giving birth to my first child during my pregnancy.  The waiting time was wonderful — but during the birthing process, the messy part I never thought I would survive!

It took a long time and I got to the point that I didn’t want to do it any more and tried to leave!

Beloved of God, that is where we are!  We are on The Threshold of Transition!

Unless Zion travails, she will not bring forth her children!

Beloved, travail is like bringing your destiny to birth, or your path, your ministry, or whatever the change is happening in your life!

That’s what it’s like in The Kingdom.  We grow and go forth having mountains and valleys; we have deserts and storms; we go through things that are all designed to bring us into His Likeness.

Birthing his nature and character in us takes pain, suffering, and prayer.

I bind all confusion, for God is not the author of confusion — but peace and his order and his plan.

Our purpose is to desire His Purpose and to show others the way of God.

We love, no matter how many tears.  We don’t understand — but He wants you to cast all your cares on Him, for He cares for you.

Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning!    (Psalm 30:5)

I think The Church forgets that we want everything to be perfect, and many leave because they see or hear the humanity of flesh, and everyone wants it to be easy, and everybody gets along, and as a Church, we should do better — but it’s not real!

Why?  Because we deal with real people!  Even more so, because we’re trying to lead a life before God that pleases Him.

So, The Church can look very messy, but God takes the mess and makes it into a message and a learning tool for His Kingdom and His Work.

I want to apologize if I have offended or confused anyone.

If I have done anything in the wrong way, please forgive me!

It is not in my nature to want to hurt anyone, and I want to be open.  If I preach, I preach to myself first!

In closing, I hope with God’s help I have related the mind of Christ in this message.

To ALL of you, have a wonderful 2024 New Year and I hope that the new year ahead is filled with enlightened words and paths of meaningful relationships that bring good success in all realms, body, soul, and spirit.

In Jesus’ Name, much Love to you all, my precious family of God!

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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While in prayer, all the sudden I saw a Vision and it was like a comic strip in the newspaper, but I will describe what it looked like, and I will attempt to relate what it means…  I heard, “Tug of War!”

I must say, when I first saw this Vision, it was comical to view, because to me it seemed like an easy remedy.

However, the man at the knotted-in strained to keep hold and control of the task.  The man dug in his heels by his sheer determination, and the more he pulled, the stronger the resistance became.

We all know nothing can exist and be blessed by the fleshly and human intervention, as do others, but to do so would end with disaster — so that no flesh can glory in God’s Presence.

At the other end of the rope was a great root-ball, something like you see when a tree is uprooted and chopped back, and then rooted out of the ground in preparation to move.

But in this Vision, there was strong resistance, because of the destiny of that root-ball.

The destiny was solid, so that the more the pull, it could not possibly be moved.  But the root-ball remained strong and firm, and the rope kept the entwined mind of alignment to The Mind of Christ.

The closer I got, I could see the people’s faces all entwined together within the root-ball — all wrapped up in rope — yet tightly entwined together as one.

I knew that the root-ball must be planted deeply again, so that each part of the genetic plan from God above, could be planted once again, and go deeper still, and so that it would spur growth upward and onward towards the sun.

“But, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.”   Ephesians 4:15-16 NKJV

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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As I was praying and watching, I saw a straight line on a page, then a graph, then after a time I heard — “Plumbline!”

On this line I saw various ups and down’s in tracking the movement, but the center line never changed — because it is God’s Measurement — it is The Plumbline of God…His Word!

God was reminding me that we need to realize that there are many in the mix of troubles within The Church.

When we come among The Body of Christ and everywhere we go there are hurting people — and just maybe you are aligned to that measurement for the person you see?

How we approach someone can cause a lot of damage when we have an inflated opinion of ourselves.

We must remember that pride in us must be deflated and humbled, for then we can correctly see everyone as so vital to the mission of God.

Pride goes before a fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.  (Proverbs 16:18)

For those who have been given much, much is required (Luke 12:48 ).

When we want others to see our ‘elevated necessity’ and attempt to profess perfection, we are in slippery steps for a terrible fall.

When we have opened the door for the enemy by our pride, it causes us to abuse and to judge others!

In our perfection of works and lofty prideful thoughts, they attempt to hide our humanity from others and even ourselves!

We have fallen into living by works and our glory is our shame because we make ourselves out to be someone that we are not.

All of us in The Kingdom of God have the capability to elevate our self-rising image unto the heights of glory, perfection, and religion.

The only one perfect who was the sacrifice of it paid for it all, and that is how we are measured by.

The life of the Grace in Christ is from the beginning and until the end — PAID FOR!

The LORD paid it all, so all might live as He lives!

We are to remember that we measure all things in this life by how we obey The LORD.  We stand against that Plumbline and build and align accordingly to it.

It is not that we are perfected by our own estimation, but by knowing and living by the Word of God.

As we align ourselves against God’s Word, what do we have to hide?

Why do we perform in front of people, or put on airs when we are doing well, when we are not?

Why do people say they are okay — when they are not?

Why are we attempting to profess our pride, comfort, and when we ache inside?

Where are the real believers that LIVE the Life that Christ taught us to live?  Selah …..

“This is what He showed me:  Behold, The LORD was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. “Amos, what do you see?” asked The LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said The LORD, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”   Amos 7:7-8

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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