Words of Encouragement

The LORD wants His Beloved to not be afraid, discouraged, or dismayed, and that even in all distractions, upheavals, and unplanned events.

The LORD wants His Beloved to not be afraid, discouraged, or dismayed, and that even in all distractions, upheavals, and unplanned events.

The LORD is still on His Throne and He has so many Angels watching over you and they are helping you even though you may not feel it or see it.

The LORD wants you to know that He is with you even in distractions and events inspired by the enemy that are keeping you offline, off base, and to make you think you are vulnerable and have lost it!

There are others who have lost important relationships. You cannot control or change another person.

Forgive them, release them, and let them go. The LORD knows you have no control over those events. Trust The LORD and realize He is for you not against you.

Remember those who left you because of the cause of Christ and be thankful. Man may leave, but God never leaves us alone.

Be encouraged, Beloved…..

“The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born,” Matthew 26:24 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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Our Choices Affect Others

The LORD spoke: “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle!”

There was a man I knew and he had a powerful call of God on him, over 22 years ago.

The man loved me as a sister in Christ and treated me well as we always talked about The LORD.

One day The LORD made things clearly known to me about this brother and I prophesied over him and told him exactly what God said and what would happen if he rebelled and walked away.

Suddenly things got weird and all the calls and times of prayer stopped. I was so sad as I knew he made a decision that would affect many people. “Our choices affect others. We are not alone.”

In the brother’s face and body were the signs of his rebellion. As I beheld him his body was distorted from grudges, hatred, malice, unforgiveness, bitterness “that defiles many” and the stronghold of pride.

Sadly, I knew he had rebelled and walked away from The LORD, and from that moment on he hated me with a passion.

He blamed me for everything wrong in his life. Those things that were prophesied happened and he wanted me to be gone out of his life, because I was a reminder of his rejection of God’s call in his life.

The brother was extremely controlling and manipulative and instead of facing himself, he had to blame me. That man wanted me gone and tried to do everything in his power to snub me and not even speak to me or acknowledge me as a person.

The man had heard from God himself about the call,and I had only confirmed it. Since a lot of that prophetic Word came to pass right away, the man went about having to prove to himself — that I was wrong and he was right.

He has carried that rebellion in him since that prophecy and doesn’t want anything to do with serving God.

He has carried that rebellion a long time and it has affected everyone around him. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as idolatry. (1 Samuel 15:23)

His rationale was because, if I was right, he would be responsible for what he clearly heard from God many years ago.

He was told exactly what would happen to the minute detail, and soon the calls stopped and I knew he rejected the call. From then on, he has lived the consequences of his decision and choices, but blames me for it all and won’t even speak to me after we had been so close.

I agonized over the division through the years and I watched him become so isolated and bitter. I have asked God so many times over the years to lead me to him to repent if I did something wrong.

I was willing to humble myself and I still am. I asked God to show me what to do and had every intent on going to him as a sister in Christ and to humble myself.

What happened next floored me!

As I made up my mind to go to him and seek his forgiveness, I was preparing to go, and The LORD suddenly stopped me and spoke to me clearly and arrested me on the spot to hear The Counsel of The LORD.

Suddenly my Spirit, mind, and body were clear and all doubt and unbelief were not even in the vicinity. I knew I had an epiphany from God — then suddenly The LORD spoke to me….

“A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle,” (Proverbs 18:19 KJV).

The LORD had shown me the stronghold of pride, arrogance and haughtiness within him — and The LORD spoke this to me;

“Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom,” (Proverbs 13:10 KJV).

I know that strife and contention breed every evil work along with bitterness that not only defiles him but also defiles many. That means it spreads like cancer and does such damage in the lives of those people he resides with and those he is associated to.

“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled,” Hebrews 12:15 KJV.

Then The LORD said that the brother wouldn’t receive and accept me or my apology and that it would make things worse as he would twist it and would use it against me if I tried to fix it.

He further stated that I needed to pray, release him and give him over to God and let it go, and move on — because I had done all I could do.

I have learned there are those, no matter how hard we try, we cannot reach and seek peace from them.

Had I gone to the brother outside of The LORD’s Will, I would have gotten in the way of God’s judgment (chastisement) and I would have made it worse and he would have more ammo, information to spew out of his mouth.

God knows the rest of the story and knows what it will take for that brother — but as for me?

My time being blamed and bothered by his offense is over and my mind clear.

I forgive, lose that man and let him go! God tells us to cast our cares on The LORD, release the burden to him for he cares for us!

Do you have a relationship like this?

I challenge you to come aside and wait upon The LORD for just because there is a need that doesn’t mean you fill it.

Loose those ones you cannot help and let them go beloved. God knows exactly what and who you are and knows your future. He is a good, good, God, and trust Him to connect those together with like heart mind and Spirit!
 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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A Little Further!

In this life there are serious times of trial and decision we all will face. We too must go a little further, alone, to seek God’s Face.

There comes a time when you go as far as you can go with man, as Jesus did when he faced hard trial and in desperation, he was driven ‘a little further,’ leaving behind His loyal friends as He had to face God Himself in His critical life decision.

In this life there are serious times of trial and decision we all will face. We too must go ‘a little further’, alone, to seek God’s Face.

We ask others to pray and we gratefully listen to their counsel. The majority of the time we get the answers we need and receive and are greatly blessed by their ministry.

But there comes a time when we cannot get closure; no matter what we do or how many friends we ask for help. We are greatly unsettled and are vexed, driven to seek God’s Face.

There are serious and critical times that are coming upon us when we must make a decision that affects not only us but others.

Understand this: It isn’t that we don’t benefit from our friends’ prayers and their loving care for us, contrarywise, but we each have limitations as part of the body of Christ and we can only go so far in helping or aiding people.

For example, as a medic on the battlefield finds us wounded and administers first aid in what areas afflicted, these first responders are crucial in helping wounded individuals find good medical attention, pointing them in the right direction.

Medics are limited and work within their expertise. It is these first responders who help prepare transport to other medical facilities which can work on the total restoration of the wounded souls.

A man helps, prays, counsels, encourages as pieces of a puzzle. Each one helps in their particular way giving the measure of light they carry to help along the way. However, there comes a time when WE must find the divine ourselves who has authored our life.

We cannot understand a book well unless we know the author. God has authored our lives and we are to be living epistles seen and read of all men.

A man may read us like pages, but God sees and knows the heart. God created the script and, in our nakedness, we trust for He sees the total picture of us; within and out.

In our wandering desperation to find answers, there are those who carry sustenance within. These are like refreshing pools, pouring cool water over our dry weary soul-refreshing our brow giving us the strength to move on in our quest again.

In our quest for crucial answers, frustrations do come from well-meaning believers and also not so well-meaning folks.

I do believe God uses Christians and sinners alike, to test our hearts and resolve. We must learn the lessons, in keeping a selective small circle of trusted friends/ counselors for intimate, private, personal matters which keep family and personal matters safe.

I believe this is wisdom and part of being in covenant with other believers. We must understand that not everyone has our best interests at heart…..

If we don’t learn about selective prayer partners, we will learn the hard way, as well-meaning and not so well-meaning people leave us exasperated and being pulled in all directions. When we are hearing confusing reports, it’s the time to pull away from everyone and seek The LORD.

Jesus had to do it, and there will be a time when we too must go ‘a little further’ to find that isolated spot to bear our wounded soul alone and seek that major life decision. We must hear from God alone, as no other voice suffices.

When we cannot find closure and our heart and soul are vexed, we must leave behind the well-meaning, even close friends and go ‘a little further’ totally naked before God for God knows everything and He holds our fragmented heart and soul. These serious and critical times will affect us and others based on our decisions.

Some of you feel defeated, drained, discouraged and if known, wish for death! Your reserves are running so low but you keep on going because you cannot separate your facts from fiction. It’s time to go ‘a little further’ and wait and seek God’s Face.

As we mature in The LORD, we learn compassion and we treat others with kindness and compassion. I have learned that sometimes it’s best to just pray and not say. Just nod, or let them know you are praying for them.

God works within us and uses our experiences to aid ministry to others, when our expertise runs out it is best to pray and not say.

In closing, remember, anything that doesn’t lift you up, give you peace, joy, heal you and set you free, reject it, it is from the father of lies.

“And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; and saith unto them my soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour: Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The Spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak,” Mark 14:32-38 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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America, Whose Perspective Do We Have?

All television and news programming aside, what has God said to you personally about the 2020 USA Election and how to vote?

All television and news programming aside, what has God said to you personally about the 2020 USA Election and how to vote?

We each have opinions — but whose perspective is in alignment with God’s agenda? How do we base it?

It’s time to pull away from the television and sacrifice some meals a day from the dining room table, to seek the heart and mind of The LORD concerning your election and your vote!

Your life matters!

What we face in this most historic 2020 Election will depend on the outcome on November 3, that could possibly tip the scale towards the slippery slope of socialism, if the believers don’t pray and vote.

Satan wants us to be ignorant but we are not to be ignorant concerning his devices (2 Corinthians 2:11 KJV), “lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

The visions many of us have had concerning President Trump and all the conservative public servant voices, must be contended for in fasting and prayer and in the Ballot Box, as we continue to pray against a socialistic or communistic government.

We must educate ourselves on what socialism and communism looked like in past history, in these types of governments.

One must know how socialism is the stepping stone to communism, and happened historically. Socialism in the application has been a VERY different political and economic system throughout history.

We must open our eyes to the greater picture of what is happening and what could be so very dangerous for The Church in America.

For this nation to be great again, we must see beyond our pocketbooks and our selfish agendas, instead, seeking God’s way of Perspective.

Today, communistic lands are found in China, Vietnam, Cuba, Laos, and North Korea — all of these claiming to be building and working towards socialism.

In their governmental role is found state-run, sanctioned and registered, places of worship. China for instance, has long been criticized for problems with human rights and religious freedoms.

I have a friend in Hong Kong to this day who still has to smuggle Bibles into China and risks each time he goes, to be arrested and detained in prison or killed.

If we don’t learn from our history lessons, we are deemed to repeat it. Those who vote according to their pocketbook, are destined to be slaves to it.

We Christians must vote first for God’s Will and His Government.

Yes, there must be a revival in America and The Church. However, the nation that was founded as a Christian nation with religious freedom, must continue to be fought for!

Historically, revival is close in hand with turbulent and troubled times. This 2020 event could be the greatest time in the history of awakening The Church, bringing her back to her first love as a nation.

But it begins with each of us and It will be decided with our votes on November 3rd.

A nation that forgets God, God forgets. I am speaking of American Christians today. Are “WE” praying and going to vote our pocketbooks or God’s laws and provisions?

Do we cry out for revival, that would meet the greatest need to win souls and in basic human rights? What of the rights of the unborn?

We may not be sacrificing our children to Moloch literally, but are we sacrificing them on our many altars of ease, complacency, and the altar of our own pocketbook?

“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves,” Amos 5:26 KJV.

“They angered him also at the waters of strife so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom The LORD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. Therefore was the wrath of The LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. And he gave them into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.” Psalm 106:32-42 KJV.

What candidates are standing for this Christian nation, God’s law, and mind which is his word?

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of The LORD of hosts will perform this,” Isaiah 9:6-7 KJV.

The United States of America is still the best nation in the world, but I am afraid that our conscience concerning our God-given rights and his laws are being stripped away as a Christian-based nation.

For those who don’t know each Representative in your state to vote for, we must seek out those who represent GOD’S views and what we stand for as Christians. These represent your voice to our nation.

A Representative is a chosen person appointed to speak for YOU and to act and speak on behalf of the wider group.

I had a vision of the three monkeys that see no evil, speak no evil, or hear no evil. I immediately knew to find the meaning online.

Excerpts below I found from, © http://www.RichardCassaro.com

Discovery of lost and Ancient Wisdom

“We are taught by the Elite (i.e., the mass media and their corporate sponsors) that it stands for feigning ignorance to the misconduct of others rather than exposing their misconduct. But what exactly does this mean?

Let’s take the first phrase: “See no evil.” It means just what it says: “See no evil,” or don’t look upon anything that is evil. Don’t look at evil, don’t watch or gawk at evil, don’t crave evil, don’t let evil enter into your system, not even for a moment.

Why not?

Ever drink old milk? Eat rotten meat? Bad cheese? When you swallow it, you digest it. And when you digest it you get sick from it. Your body absorbs it, and when your body realizes it’s no good your body needs to release it quickly, in some way.

It’s the same with evil. When we see evil, we digest it, and when we digest it the evil becomes a part of us. We then need to release it in some way, which often has a negative result.

For many, this idea that “seeing” evil is equivalent to “digesting” evil may sound like rubbish. But there is a powerful and profound principle at work here. To use a simple comparison, it’s a proven fact that seeing violence in the media (i.e., TV, movies, video games) makes us think and act more violently:
When we watch the News we’re seeing and hearing evil all the time. We’re bombarded by it. How does it make you feel? Sad, scared, nervous, angry, depressed, and so on. Right? Now, what if you found out that this Evil is being aimed at you… on purpose? The Elite are indeed doing this on purpose. Their goal is to destabilize society and prevent us from being empowered. At the same time, they are hiding the ancient wisdom of “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil,” effectively robbing us of the main tool / teaching we need to defend ourselves.

Like many a great wisdom, the ancient teaching warning us to “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” has been subtly turned upside-down, and is now being used as a weapon against us. The maxim has been spun into a tool of perversion, a control mechanism mastered by the puppeteers that blocks light, halts spiritual growth, and impedes the gentle and gradual revelation of ever-higher spiritual truths, wisdom, and realization.” ”

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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