Category: Christian Living

True Success in God

God is bringing his people into the fullness of HIS Son, not something we can attain by climbing a ladder seeking high and lofty things as the world does.

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True Success in God

God is bringing his people into the fullness of HIS Son, not something we can attain by climbing a ladder seeking high and lofty things as the world does.

In HIM the revelation comes to each part as we are no longer seeking the advancement in His Kingdom as the world teaches in pinnacles of success.

We find then our success is in knowing HIM as we abide at His feet.

Success is as we get down to knowing HIM in intimacy, humility, and knowing HIS heart for HIS people and the world.  We must have understanding and knowing the times we are in.

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success,”   Joshua 1:8.

False Anointings

Can you FEEL what seems like an anointing?

Yes, the false has a false anointing appearing real.  There are counterfeit anointings and counterfeit Christians and ministers.

In these experiences we must judge BASED ON GOD’S WORD PERIOD!

Basing your experience on feelings is dangerous no matter how spiritual it seems.

Know those who labor among you!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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The Mannequin, Robe & Crown of Thorns

The LORD says: Oh leader, in the past you have known My Word and now you refuse to allow My servants the prophets to come with My messages and bring change.

 

God is dealing with mixture and confusion.  It is actually no different than mud slingers.

These types of ministries thrive on confusion and mixture, keeping people dependent on them, instead of Christ.

May God help those prophets who are sent in, not run away, but to deal with the problems head on.

One such prophet would remain hidden until he was near enough to give the King the prophecy he carried in secret.  Now how many of those have you seen lately?  Do they still exists?

READ  1 Kings chapter 13.

A lot of people have their thinking wrong.  Had I not chosen God and His plan – knowing what I know now – I would have run from my call.

It has not been easy at all.  I will say this much about my life; to follow Christ has cost me everything and I mean everything I ever loved, had or wanted.

I loved HIM more.  There was a heavy price, and I say this in great humility that HE will continue to strip me until none of Sherry is left as HE remains the refiner’s fire.  You really don’t know a person until you walk in their shoes.  Humble pie has been my entree for many years.

Being in ministry is not some fashion show and who’s got the best car and the things they acquire.  Or, “I was JUST looking at women” while inside you’re lusting!

Where is holiness and obedience to the faith?  Look into history!  Look and read the Bible and see what HE shows you.

If you have a heart to seek the LORD, He will oblige you to find Him.  When you read the Bible you see what types of people are in there and what they went through and how they believed.

Beloved, do not put your faith in preachers, it is dangerous to trust in man.  Ask the Holy Spirit

I see so many making all sorts of plans saying Jesus is the head of this and that, when all I see is a mannequin that has a white robe and crown of thorns with red paint, and it was placed in a window for all those who passed by to see.

You can try to pretend he is being viewed through your life to all who pass by.  You can really deceive yourselves thinking yourself to be right, when many are intentionally wrong and fake.

Some of you have fell into the focus of man instead of Jesus.  Familiarity breeds contempt.  You have wanted to fit so much and open so wide and swallow deep, yet it did not orginalte with the LORD.

It caused you to deny what HE taught you, to compromise and run in to get a flow when It goes against God’s flow for you.

We must STOP measuring ourselves among our peers, or those who are so loved by us.  Put no trust in man, EVER!  No matter how good these are or how perfect they seem.

To idolize them brings no benefit to you and could cause eventual death to that person by your idolatry.  God is a jealous God.  We should always remind them to give all praise to God and tell them to get back to seeking God for themselves.  Point them to Jesus always.

We beloved, must be careful of what you allow in your mind and heart.  When those of us in leadership fail to see what is wrong, there is something VERY wrong.

Time is something we don’t gain back and it is so important to listen to the LORD.  If anything or anyone takes us away from our devotion to God, we have missed the whole deal in ministry.

We must urge the people of God to return to their first love.  Our heart yielding to Him and getting back to the foundations of our faith.

Does it bother you when God reveals what is going on for prayer purposes and then you take that information to a group when you asked it to be private?  What is the motive beloved.  Many judge others when they need help spiritually, physically or emotionally.

So many don’t open up because they cannot trust that group.  Many are like wounded animals being pressed into a corner and lashing out.  Beloved, no no no…. We are to approach them the way Jesus would, with love, grace and mercy.

Judgment must begin in God’s house, and that first means leadership.  When was the last time you repented and sought God with all your heart and on your face until you felt a release?  How long?

When have we got so serious to organize prayer and warfare for winning souls?  God will not plead with you no more.  You know the word!

You fail to allow the church to grow into something unmanageable as far as your experience.  You fear revival because you cannot control it.  Any other person who comes in to minister becomes a threat.

A true prophet sent by God walks in a church and ALL the demons see the prophet and devise a quick scheme to shut the mouth or move of the prophet for that house.  Even lying accusations.

“Oh leader, in the past you have known My Word and now you refuse to allow My servants the prophets to come with My messages and bring change.  

How I have longed for you to yield to Me, to fall in love again with Me but you rejected My messengers and prophets I sent to you!  You rejected them, when you really rejected Me, Says the LORD.”

Understand this, the demons of that spiritual house know the prophet by name.  What is sad, is that God is righteous and never says something He doesn’t mean.

So many houses will be left with vultures of depression.  In their experiences with God, these will only reach the limitation of the boxed in ceiling.

That is as far as many will go.  These will say, “I remember when God moved this way and that way and oh what revival we had!”

Understand this, if you do not heed the warnings, Churches will slip away and a very slippery slope shall the enemy take over while using his deceptive spiritual slimy feelings of Jezebel AND all of her idol’s to mimic the anointing when it will actually be of demonic origin to make people “feel” OK

Leaders should create an atmosphere of peace, assurance and love.  Trust is earned beloved and that takes time, and when trust has been violated it really has to be handled with grace, mercy and love.

Leader’s are you leading by example of Christ in us the hope of glory?  Check your motives.  Are you a caretaker or caregiver?

According to the Cambridge English Dictionary:

  • 1: A caretaker: A person employed to look after a building, house, land etc. at the owner’s expense.
  • 2: A caregiver: A person who takes care of a person who is young, old or sick.

Have you ever been in so-called ministry and the leadership doesn’t know you exist?

When you confessed being a member and everything seems good for a time, then you have trauma or something is wrong and you need your ministry backing you up.  Have you ever wondered, “Why won’t they check on me?  Do they care?  I am talking about those who are in that ministry that committed to it?

There are shepherds, false shepherds, hirelings, wolves in sheep’s clothing and angels of light. It is all out there and we are in a battle and yes, Jesus has already won.

However, we need to reach out to the lost and the backsliders.  There will be many in that day that will say, I thought I was saved, I thought I did the right thing.

The demons even know who you are and that is why it is hard for you to read this.  One demon said this; “Jesus I know,  Paul I know, but who are you?”

“Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, we adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preacheth.  And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priest, which did so.  And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?  And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded,”   Acts 19:13-16 KJV

There is such confusion and mixture even in famous spirit filled types of ministry.  There are main line denominations and famous TV programs and other types of New Age etc. are all out there with their tainted bait to capture the minds of the people.

These so called poised, false holiness Ministers do not measure up to God’s Word.  God’s Word is our final authority.  We line up to God’s Word or we are not of God period.

God is dealing with mixture and confusion.  It is actually no different than mud slingers. These type of ministries thrive on confusion and mixture, it keeps people dependent on them instead of Christ.

Ministers of Christ are servants not celebrities.  People should not be afraid to ask questions when looking for a church or fellowship or questions later too.

The times we are living in are going to get a lot worse and we need to be ready.  The blood bought Church of the Living God shall arise in the midst of deep dark mire as she rises out of her grave, it will helplessly fall off her and she shall arise and shine for her light has come and the glory of the LORD has risen on her.

The LORD is urging me strongly to call his people back to our first love!  No compromise.  No more profiteering prophets or ungodly prosperity teaching about a very old story called the love of money being the root of all evil.

The Holy Spirit is calling us back to the basics of our foundation.

Nobody wants to go through the price of our high calling.  Instead of holiness there is worldliness.  We need to get back to travailing till we get breakthroughs.

Holiness is a word many don’t think it applies anymore.  More and more we are losing the gospel message.  The LORD meant it to be simple that a child could understand.

Our plain message of the cross and each day goes by that we are giving our liberty over to religion that has no foundation in Christ anymore.

Those who love Jesus will be like him.  Those that love him prove so by obedience to His Word. My heart is so grieved…

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world,”   1 John 2:16 KJV.

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows,”   1 Timothy 6:10 KJV

“But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money,”   Acts 8:20 KJV.

“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,”   Ephesians 4:24 KJV.

We are in a sad time in history when you cannot see the real church anymore.  There is such mixture and lies being promoted that do not line up with the Holy Scriptures; especially the New Covenant seal of blood between Christ and the true church.  We have left our first love and unless we yield to him in sincerity, we will suffer immensely.

What is happening?  It is about each one of us being tested and singled out before God.

We are head to head advancing to the line of scrimmage, each in their position, both sides head to head.  As the play is called, attacks are colliding against us and many of us that thought we were ready for this, are getting the wind knocked out of us, and sidelined and out of the the game.

This describes a game, but this also is true of life against the darkness of this world.  This is a real battle and the angels and saints are watching over the banisters of heaven to watch what we will do.

This is not playtime.  It is time to prepare yourself to yield for your host to takeover.  Jesus is supposed to be within us as we host him on the throne of our heart.

Do others see him, do you see him or evidence of him in you?  It is time to test ourselves; time to see if we truly have the faith.

Not long ago people would die for their faith, look at history and it teaches us how Christianity really is.  We are spoiled in America, no one wants to know this, so many blindly go on depending on their preaching to save them every Sunday, but come Monday there is no evidence of Christ in our lives?  Is this true?  It is time to check and to continue checking.

Pardon us LORD, especially for rebellion in slinging mud at your true prophets and leaders.  Father WE have sinned and we seek your mercy and forgiveness.  Help us LORD and may we find your favor again…  we want communion.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Course Changes and Corrections From the Heart of the Father!

Before I finished this word, I could feel the heart of the Master and His reassurance that He was going to settle the matter.

Before I finished this word, I could feel the heart of the Master and His reassurance that He was going to settle the matter.

While in prayer, I had a vision of a long, black, old-time train going so fast, and then I heard the words “runaway train.”

I could see the train gradually gaining momentum, seemingly going down a steep railroad.  I noticed the people within the cars didn’t have any idea what was happening.

They had no idea what waited them up ahead.  I saw how the engineer was trying to slow down the train, to no avail.  The whistle blew and over a large trestle the engineer tried to warn the people, but it was too late.

The speed of the train continued to increase and then the train jumped the track.  I watched as the engine and the rest of the cars jumped track and fell to the bottom of the ravine and caught fire.  The sight of it was sheer terror, as I could still see some of the people, as it seemed to crash in slow motion.

Some revival circles and five-fold ministry movements are just like that runaway train and will crash!  They have no idea how to slow down and stop!

Nothing can continue at such a hectic state for long, as people we faint, fall out and could walk away!  It is so important that you know the way you go.  It is important that all five-fold offices are accountable and responsible to others, not just YES men.

These are questions we must ask our leaders.  Yes, are they servant leaders?

Also ask what their doctrine is or statement of faith is.  That should not be an issue.  However if they won’t provide information, I would leave, before you join something you may need to stay away from.

To slow that train down (stop disaster) and for it not to crash and burn, we must have leaders who are balanced and will allow correction to come from those whom God sends.

Usually it is a leader.  A lot of times the leader has been through it before.  These are changing times and days!

I have no clue how the LORD will bring correction to enable course changes and course corrections through the leadership of the Apostle and Prophet, but He must send in someone who can bring correction.

I believe the LORD wants us to have a shepherd’s heart for His beloved sheep and lambs.  These have no idea, only that they must follow the shepherd, (Psalm 25)  I do not care how old we get, I believe we all need a pastor at home or online.  Jesus laid his life down for His beloved sheep and lambs.

In prayer I also saw a speed boat like one that you ski behind.  I saw a person learning to ski and they learned the art of riding the waves behind the boat.

There were many obstacles to learning to become proficient at skiing, but I sensed this was only children’s play compared to what was coming.

The LORD is preparing those who will learn to ride the waves in a simpler fashion.  These shall learn to ride the waves in the sea for the souls of man.  Especially the tidal waves that are coming.  “For those prepared by My hand shall learn to ride the crest instead of going under.”  I knew this was training for more things ahead.

In prayer I also saw a high lighthouse.  It was painted white and I would know it if I saw it.

In the vision I saw the lighthouse standing secure and brightly lighting up the sky as it spun around.  I could see the waves crashing about on the rocks below.  As the storm progressed, inland was being pelted and there was storm surge that flooded the normally dry areas.

It was so stormy and windy and I could see ships lights out there, but the horrible storm had some headed straight for rocks and shipwreck.

In the vision I saw how that lone, deeply founded lighthouse never moved, no matter how the winds came.  It turned out that even hurricane force winds had no effect with the lighthouse.

The lighthouse continued to shine and the person tried all night to get radio contact to help guide these ships away from the rocks and into the harbor.

Although the works were done to help the ships, some of them hit ground and broke up with loss of life.  Others tried to move on to see if things would be more favorable.  Of course the lighthouse gave them the coordinates on radio and prayed for them.

That lighthouse in this specific prophetic vision, represented the actions and messages of the lone prophet (these kept the oil and lamps going day in and day out).  These remained all night while interceding for those ships (ships meaning ministries being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men).

If the ships would have taken the other course set by radio (The prophets warning) this may have helped divert them to get further out to sea, to go north and try to outrun the winds and waves.

There was great loss of ships and life during this storm.  However, there were those who made it in by the grace of God.

These were clearly praying and listening to the sound of the warnings.  The lighthouse (prophet) stood and it was clearly known as the landmark in that area for many mariners to watch and pray for. (These prophets will be known as places of stability, authority and life).

These shall stand in the midst of any storm and will be known to bring great light to the situations, regions, and will be known by many others also.

The lighthouse, the ski boat and the train all represent ministry.

Course changes and course corrections must come!

Apostles and prophets MUST learn to work with each other.  There is an unsettled feeling as change always isn’t easy.

The flesh will fight against change and the unknown, when the prophet sees what is happening now and future while the apostles see structure.

Everyone seemingly is flying by the seat of their pants as God clicks people together like linking them piece by piece of a puzzle, following and trusting what God is doing.

Apostles and Prophets are needed to make known the complete functioning of the voice and the structure of HIS kingdom on HIS earth.  There are course changes that must be seen through prophets, when Apostles are looking at things structurally.

During this time-frame and beyond, the apostle must learn and work together with the prophet.

There are extremes of revival that open the door to religious spirits and Jezebel spirits.  We must remain centered and not be extreme either way.

I can feel the unsettledness and there are blind spots to each office.  That is why we have got to learn how to work and harmonize together.

Thus says the LORD Almighty,  “I know I can trust you to carry My Glory, for you have been tested and chosen to do so.

I have and will make you known to all of them.  For those who dare speak or harm those who are my childlike vessels and who carry My glory.

I shall raise them up in your presence and My glory shall be seen in their face.  Having childlike humility these childlike warriors will be so trusting of My Glory.

Their purpose in all this is to depend on their relationship with me and they will simply respond, YES!

When they see My purpose, these shall not be concerned about anything, as they simply know and trust that all is ready and such innocence is in their eyes.

I know this has happened and still will.  Stop looking to man instead of Me.  You are wanting to fit so much and because things didn’t happen the way they should have.  It caused you to deny what I taught you.

Some things were taught years ago and you reverted.  You have compromised and run with heart wide open to get into another flow, when it goes totally against My will for you.

Okay, go ahead, keep running, keep going and you will see that what I say is right.  Shall not the judge of the whole earth do right?  I AM the good shepherd and also the Commander of My armies.

In My anger I must say to those who are elitists with untouchable pride, what you see will wear you out ~ elite syndrome.

In pride they tell you if what you see wears you out, you were not strong enough to be there.  So much to live up to, and when you can’t, they will let you leave and won’t even check on you.

There is so much to live up to and when they find they cannot, they fall out, AND with offense.  Pride and arrogance cannot stand in the midst of My presence; however, you must realize what will come is a bad spirit with a anointing of Jezebel.  You shall feel an apparent anointing; that is why it is so confusing to many.

Don’t you understand?  To go further in Me is to go lower in you!

Religion, tradition, making people feel like they can’t keep up with you, is bondage.  In My Kingdom there must be a balanced view.

My people, legalism will not keep souls bound, for they shall fly away even with a broken wing.

How can people possibly imagine My goodness and kindness, when they see you not keeping up in your own unbalanced, legalistic leadership style?

Within all up-and-coming ministries, there must always remain balance and order.  Time for regrouping, family time, and rest.  People fall out because they can’t do it.  Plain and simple.  Faith stretches and gives you time to stretch with it by My grace.

So many keep going in their own effort measuring self to be part of the organization which was never my intent says the LORD.  For those who are great among you shall be your servant.

People must have balance as those who spin and keep going with no reprieve will begin to fall out of the order of things.  Which it isn’t my order but yours!  People cannot continue to live in a lie because if their is no balance and order they will burn out and fall out.

When we sense so much confusion and disorder we need to stop and get quiet and pray, resting in him and ask him to bring peace and order. Question your leadership! Find out if they are servant leaders, ask what they believe and if you see pride, personally I would run!

You need to ask the Spirit of Grace about questions you have and see.  I don’t care how much of anointing is there in that place.  There is a false anointing (it confuses the LORD’s beloved) it seems real and it “feels” like it is right.  You must not go by feelings. You must go by Gods word. It all must line up to God’s Word.

These leaders in error are looking to bait and hook you and get you to swallow their agenda, or to snag by some so they can exercise their authority but only because they are snagged.

I heard from the LORD to pray concerning chaos, turmoil.  No balance, tossed by the sea, I saw a spinning top of those who don’t know how to stop and lack of humility.

Test the spirits.  We must test the spirits to see if they are from God.  We have a responsibility to do this.

The manifested presence?  How are we to rightly divide the word and measure ourselves against the Word of God.  Feelings are deceitful.  The soulish realm is where the enemy operates.

People use feelings as fact when it is not! Heaven and earth will pass away but my word will never pass away.  Look for the fruit of the Spirit in action and look for integrity, humility especially look for the shepherd’s heart.

These types of situations and learning experiences may knock the wind out of us for a little bit.  However, I am certain they have no more power in Jesus’ name.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Do You Recognize You?

We all need His blood everyday and every moment.  There is power in the name and blood of Jesus!

 

Many have no idea about the spiritual heart,  as it gets pumped by all the same blood.  By these things I mean, this spiritual blood flows through our spiritual veins; the life source we all have in common.

However, in His blood, each believer experiences His body, according to HIS purpose.

We all need His blood everyday and every moment.  There is power in the name and blood of Jesus!

In the body of Christ there are many organs hidden from view.  However, we have no idea how strong and vital these are to the plan of God.  You really don’t see what you carry inside of you.

Many are in this place with the LORD.  His light permeates every part of our spiritual and physical body.  Yes, there are fixed DNA, and it is inevitable (according to the times and seasons), when it is time to grow up and grow out.  It is no different in the body of Christ.

As human beings, by nature, we want to fit in with others.  The sense of belonging to something, is so strong.  However beloved, our master is jealous over us with us with a Godly jealousy.

Oh to have that knowing daily; that He wishes and wants our attention first.  No matter what happens in our lives, He will give us instruction and fill our empty cup with more of his Word.

“Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.  For I AM jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ,”   2 Corinthians 11-1-3 KJV.

Sometimes that means we walk alone with the LORD and away from people.  Our first love relationship in worship, the word and the highest place of all, is intimacy!

As we press in purpose, prayer, worship and word, we are to quiet ourselves to His purposes and allow the LORD to prepare us and he will be our plan.

Sometimes in our sense of belonging, we find relationships that don’t work, no matter how hard we try.

Spending time with the LORD in correction will sometimes feel harsh, but God knows the fullness of it all.   Sometimes it means walking away from people.

We cannot neglect God and except to walk with him.  God is jealous over us and He wants us to keep him first.

We feel the gentle tug on our heart, desiring and wanting His presence.  Our desire is in knowing Him and bringing glory to His name and to please Him.  The depth of requirement isn’t all the same for all people.

There are many who are called but few are chosen for specific purpose.  These specific ones had to choose to accept it.  God does not take your choice away from you.  The LORD knows who fit in His particular plan.

He holds us dearly and He brings those who have divine connection with us.

Beloved, do not be hurt or offended when you seemingly lose a friend or a loved one.  In this army of God, you never know how long it will be until your change of assignment.

Beloved, no one knows what the future brings, but we walk by faith, knowing He has the all things in sync with the universe with His master plan for each one of us.  Amen?

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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