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Sherry Edwards Mackey Founder of New Beginning Christian Ministries International since February 1990. Authors “Catch Of the Day” a prophetic word in season revealing the heart and mind of God. The gospel must be preached and “published” throughout the whole world before the coming of the Lord. We believe we will witness the greatest out pouring of revival the world has ever seen, empowering many with Holy Ghost Fire causing the great end time harvest to be gathered in.

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!

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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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She’s Coming, Leaning on Her Beloved

There are a Remnant People who have been prepared by God and for those, the silence at times is deafening.

There are a Remnant People who have been prepared by God.

For those, the silence at times is deafening. Through the many years of wilderness walkers, they were taught to listen and obey God.

It was not the ten suggestions, but the Ten Commandments that Moses brought back from Mount Horeb.

Those who were found to be believers in the promise and plan of Canaan, learned to hang on to one simple word… “faith.”

However, not all endured the preparations to cross over into Canaan. Not all found faith simple. It was through the testing, the way they lived and the roaming in the wilderness, but many could not cross over because they displeased The LORD, even Moses.

During the trek of our own ‘wilderness walker faith’ is where we find our own revelation that is no ordinary element. However, will in gradient sway away to what is not ordinary at all.

The LORD is leading the remnant out of hidden security through obscurity, by leaning on their lover Jesus Christ, and they are coming forward out of hiding into the light of day.

“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved?” Song of Songs 8:5a

This is the remnant that The LORD himself has ordained and licensed and known from the very beginning.

Many wonder, “Why the silence?”

When God speaks, He does not speak to hear Himself speak — and it is not happenstance.

When God speaks, it matters, it happens, and it is always what He wants revealed for that time, or in times to come, for He will do nothing until He reveals His Plans to His Servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)

God knows everything the enemy is doing; however, the enemy does not know everything that God is doing!

We, The Remnant, are not going down, we are going over!

Satan and the fallen angels are shaking in their boots for what they sense God is up to in the atmosphere!

God Has Got a People!

“Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” Song of Songs 5:10

The Remnant has been through lessons of fire that utterly burns away all chaff and refines all the dross, and although these times may be hard, it is these very lessons that truly teach that the cares of this natural life and the deceitfulness of riches have nothing to offer or compare to what God has for you!

Through the wilderness years, we have learned from experience as the remnant that our beloved is all we need, and we can lean hard against Him!

Beloved of God, He loves it when we lean hard against Him. He gives us everything we need for strength, hope, courage, comfort, naming just a few, and from His blessed presence alone He does wonders making our hearts and minds joyful in and with Him!

Did you know that Jesus Christ is filled with joy because of you? For our fellowship and relationship with Him is twofold…. It brings Him fulfillment and pleasure too! He longs for our time before Him in the secret place. (Mark 4:19)

But inwardly what is not seen defies natural logic. Because He takes what is seemingly foolish and the base things of this world to defy logic. (1 Corinthians 1:28)

The LORD waited at the marriage of Cana, knowing the exact time when He would perform the miracle.

Jesus made a point to wait until all the old wine was gone to refer to the displays of the purity and maturity of the latter wine, for he saved the best for last!

Jesus knew exactly when to release the Fathers meaning that had been hidden. He knew when the debut and display of his victorious new wine vintage would soon be supernaturally poured out on all flesh! (John 2:1-12, Acts 2, Joel 2)

You cannot pour new wine into old wineskins or the old will burst. We must be transformed from the old skin of religiosity and legalism to conforming to the freedom we now have in Christ.

When we are saved and living for The LORD, we should receive Power when we experience the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire. (Acts 1-2)

The infilling of The Holy Ghost should be a daily refilling as we plug into The LORD daily in intimacy and in our individual prayer life. (Matthew 3:7-17)

As we learn the scriptures Paul said, “I die daily.” (1 Corinthians 15:31)

If we have put to death the deeds of the flesh, we will rise in newness of life. However, just because you spoke a few words at an altar and there is no evidence of a changed life, you need to ask for help and ask questions in understanding the New Birth.

You shall receive Power when the Holy Ghost comes on you and you will be witnesses unto Jerusalem, all Judea, and in Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth.

The Power of the Holy Ghost released in us is what gives us the ability to win cities, win souls, conquer areas and demonic strongholds, and do exploits, for we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! It is The Holy Ghost Baptism of fire that gives us the power of His Spirit working in us mightily! (Acts 1:8)

We must understand that having a daily life and walking with The LORD is like being in the best marital relationship you could ever imagine.

Walking with Jesus is the epitome of the fulfillment of the Groom and His Bride. Nothing else matters when you keep Him first, and when He knows you are true to Him, he will bless you beyond anything you could possibly imagine!

“Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For The LORD will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.” It is just as Isaiah said previously: “Unless The LORD Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.” Romans 9:27-29 BSB

God actively pursues a man or woman who are after the heart of God! What better lover can measure after Him.

As I close this message, I want to encourage you in your trek with Jesus Christ, let him woo and win you over and over, it is never too much or too late beloved! You can always begin again in Jesus! You are loved dearly!

“Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.” Song of Songs 8:6-7

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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