Category: Christian Living

The Test of Spiritual Fog

Motives are being tested among my ranks at this time.  I reveal rank and authority to whom, I will.  Not all will see or recognize your rank and order.  This is a time of revealing.  Loyalty is mandatory.

Fishermen throw out their nets and expect a great catch.  The fishermen do the job of hauling in the nets and separating what is in the net.  There are true fish but there are also bad fish and creatures that cannot be eaten or used.  There are also things in the net like trash.  Just because there is a large haul doesn’t necessarily mean everything you’ve done is successful.  The truth comes out with what remains.

Make no hasty decisions.  When you cannot see clearly and fog settles down on your ship,  it is the time to stop and wait.  WAIT until the matter is sounded, until the fog lifts.  When nothing is normal, stop, look at the consistency of Gods word to you up to that point.  Go back to what you KNOW is true and wait for God to show you more.

When this fog comes on our ship in the ocean of life, it will test our resolve.  Waiting is so important, as many are impatient.  If you cannot wait for things to clear out you could be off course or even ship wrecked.

There were three old time ships leaving from their docks with orders from above.  They all relied on the maps and star’s for direction.  After awhile, all three ships entered a fog that lasted many days and nights.  All three ships and crew continued to wait.  The Chief Captain had the orders for all three ships.  He was in the middle ship.

As the fog continued for weeks, the first ship and crew, became antsy and pressured.  The Captain of that ship decided to go on their own.  The crew pressed the Captain and said they could make it.  Finally that Captain gave heed to the crew and sounded an alarm for the other ships to hear.  The first Captain said he would move out and go through the fog expecting to find their way.  The Captain of that ship and crew rebelled against the warnings and the set commands that were issued to the Chief Captain of the middle ship.

After a longer stay in the fog, the third ship Captain was pressured by the crew to go it alone and decided to take a different route and to move through the fog.  The middle ship Captain warned them of the danger of moving without sight and stars.  When pressured the third ship Captain feared because of mutiny, he gave into the crew instead of staying on target with set orders.

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,”   1 Samuel 15:23.

The first ship ended up way off course due to a terrible storm.  Lives were lost and the months that continued could have only cost them a few weeks.  The third ship ended up ship wrecked by hitting rocks when there was no visual to see where they were.  Great was the destruction of that ship and it cost many lives.

The middle ship Captain who had the authority over the whole mission, warned the other ships and crews.  The Chief Captain of the middle ship told his crew to stay on target and kept telling them to trust God and not move until the fog lifted.  The Captain of the host continued to wait; finally the fog lifted after a few weeks and they were able to pull up the anchor and safety arrive to their destination.

The moral of the story is: When you have been called and sent forth into the sea of life and things get foggy and unclear, it is not the time to make hasty decisions.  It is the time to stop, put your anchor down and wait for the LORD to give you clarity.  Stand there and trust that the LORD will give you clear direction.  No matter how much pressure is put on you, by man or other things, continue to resist and stay on target.  Many are so impatient when in waiting mode.  It is a major part of our Christian walk to be sure HE stays Chief Captain of our ship.

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.  Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear,   Hebrews 12:27-28 KJV.

It doesn’t always “feel” good when we wait.  We must learn discipline to wait on the LORD as our Commander and Chief.  In His time he will give us our release.  When we develop discipline, this is the main issue we must master because He wants us to know our own heart.  The LORD knows the rest of the story, however He wants“US” to know if we believe him.  Why?  He wants us to see our own heart.

If we cannot wait on God, we will get into trouble.  This is a time of testing for many.  Stand on what God has already told you.  There are times and seasons when we must trust even though we can’t see a thing.  It is very much like a spiritual fog.  Pull back from all distractions and wait on the LORD.  Don’t move and don’t get off target for soon you will see and have the break through.

The cost of service sometimes means you don’t do anything but wait.  No matter how long it takes.  When nothing is normal; Stop, look at the consistency of God.

Remember his works and word he taught you up to this point.  Go back to what you KNOW is true and wait for God to show you more.  Then HE will say all is clear!  The LORD wants to command a blessing over us!  Amen?  Amen!

See Acts 27 KJV

“Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.  Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small help, whither soever the governor listeth.  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things, Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.  For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.  Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.  Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.  Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?  Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?  Either a vine, figs?  So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?  Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.  This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace,”   James 3:3-18 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

Godly Agendas

This is for the life or death of our nation! We need end time outpouring of revival so harvest comes! The LORD is going to come the way he left. Will we be ready for his return?

“For surely GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets,”   Amos 3:7 KJV.

To the Church of the living God, the remnant of God!  Listen!  Just because the reprieve and victory in our American elections doesn’t mean God is pleased; especially if we return to our previous way of thinking and doing things prior to the election.

We are chosen to be proactive and seek the will of the Father in all of this, everyday. We have been chosen for such a time as this.

Just like Queen Esther, had she not heeded the word from Mordecai and reacted and agreed to go before the king on her behalf, deliverance would have eventually come, but at what cost?

She agreed and asked for all the Jews to fast and pray three days before she approached the king, which was unlawful by death, without invitation of the king.  Evil forces were at work to destroy Israel even in captivity.

The wicked Haman planned total annihilation of the Jews even built a gallows meant to hang Mordecai once his deeds were done.  However, the king knew nothing of Haman’s plot and once learned from his wife after a dinner; (after she and all the Jews fasted and prayed)

The King had Haman arrested and he was hanged on the very gallows he built for Mordecai.  Haman’s whole family was put to death.  God had a people in the midst of another people.  Because Esther heard the threat of annihilation and obeyed in this midst of facing death; she and God’s people were spared. ***Read Esther.

Just like America is divided, God has a people.  We must fast and pray that His Kingdom comes and his will be done.  God will give us victory if we will fight for the soul of the beloved remnant church.  We have been grafted into the vine, and we are His people!

Seriously, we are called to do spiritual warfare, not just pray for me, myself and I.  We, the church really need to come together and intercede for the foundation of the heart of this nation.  Not only our prayer, but group prayer and intercession, warfare and fasting should intensify regularly.

This is for the life or death of our nation!  We need end time outpouring of revival so harvest comes!  The LORD is going to come the way he left. Will we be ready for his return?

Satan is not wasting time.  The enemy is planning many things to seek to destroy this great nation that was founded by God and godly people.  There is so much warfare that is going on over the soul of this nation.  People were awakened as they finally saw what they would loose if they didn’t pray and vote.

We thank God He gave “The Church” another chance.  I pray that the LORD Jesus puts upon people to come together for the healing of our nation and for the church.

In the election, do we the church realize how close we came to becoming a socialistic, atheistic and progressive society?

While in prayer, I saw the nation of America, including all of Alaska, Hawaii and all territories, I saw in this vision a continuation very much like the word I wrote prior to this one:  “The Soul of our Nation.”  Or you can find that article below in my writings archive here:  ‘Articles by Sherry Mackey‘.

The outward wound to our nation was jagged and very uneven, looking infectious.  Then I began to look closer.  Not only did I see the heart of the nation split, I saw all sorts of agitations, violence, revenge and all types of indicators that there is a type of civil war in our nation and in the church.

It’s a WAR for this nation.  It’s a WAR for the Church, a spiritual warfare.  How the church goes will be how the nation goes.  In the vision as I looked deeper, I saw a very jagged separation down the heart of the nation.

God is not elated by the condition of our nation, whether it is Republican or Democrat. He is giving “THE CHURCH” another chance to get it right.  His desire is that this nation founded by God for the people and by the people, will rise up and govern this people for end time harvest to come through a mighty historic revival, unlike history has ever seen, nor will ever see again.

Beyond the national scope, vision and jagged wound, I saw a very deeper heart issue.  I knew that something deeper was going on.  With much more foundational spiritual emphasis to the heart of God and the true church.  God gave us a reprieve, but what we do with it matters for the soul and for the reaping of this nation.

We are that generation and we have been sent for HIS purpose.  We are equipped and ready.  It is time for judgment in the house of God.  It is time to rise and shine!  It is time to engage the battle.  God has given us what we need, now it is up to us in prayer and actions.

I then was able to zoom in and as God allowed me to look deeper, I saw a much greater heart bursting within our nation.  I saw into the true heart, the nation that was founded by God himself.

In this vision I saw a big heart that had been stabbed and looked jagged looking.  This was no cut of a surgeon, but a act of hatred and persecution.  Wounded in the house of friends.  Cut open like no surgeon would, but it was ripped and stabbed with no remedy.  The remedy will come when someone prays.

Revival cannot come until someone prays.  Paul Yonggi Cho in Korea has a prayer mountain and God has moved mightily through that ministry and brought major change.  Prayer changes things!

Some have given up and see no reason to change or pray as they say America is modern day Babylon.  So that mindset says, there is no use to pray or make a difference because it is already here.

Remember Esther when she made a difference by fasting and praying for her nation in captivity?

I continue to hear that this nation is hanging in the balance, and yes even though we are a minority, God hears us and watches over His Word to perform it.

Yes, Jesus is coming soon and we are to be ready but that doesn’t mean to camp out doing nothing.  Instead, He wants us to occupy till he comes!  That is a militant term and his desire for us is to continue to fill the earth with His Word, Power and demonstrations of the Holy Ghost!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

Unholy Motives and Attitudes

Watch what happens when they cross you! They will manifest when you disagree!

I do not want to hear from anyone who belittles, gossips, slanders, and play games with God’s beloved children.  The LORD see’s it all.  He knows it all.

I bind all corrupt communications out of our heart, mind and mouths.  Especially those who talk about other ministers, ministries and Christians.

Guard your gifts.  Protect your gifts.  You are a steward of them.  You know God has given you a two edge sword and we answer to Him.  He will show us as we spend time with Him in prayer and abiding in His presence.

Always pray, be mindful and watch what those religious spirits say when you say NO to participate concerning slander, gossip and touching HIS anointed.  You have determined that you will NOT speak against anyone in the body of Christ.

Watch what happens when they cross you!  They will manifest when you disagree!  Guard your heart and mind for out of it comes the issues of life.  Be angry and sin not!

We are all individual’s who must learn and especially understand that we have the mind of Christ.  Guard your words, thoughts and weigh every word against Gods Holy Word.

Be determined to give no place to the devil.  Tell those who are tale bearers they are wrong and let them know you won’t participate in such communications.  Guard your heart, mind and tongue.

Those who are jealous and envious, will play nice as long as you agree with them, but once they have managed to manipulate and control you then we must Deal and Confront them.  Pray and speak what thus says the LORD!

Let no man manipulate and control you for that is a form of spiritual abuse and it leads you right to a spirit of Jezebel.  Those spirits make us like puppets as they pull our strings and lead us the way they want us to go.

We are all individual’s that must learn these things, for we will face many more.

Decree and declare that you have the mind of Christ.

Touch not Gods anointed, do his prophet’s no harm.  Realize and be quick to repent so that times of refreshing come from the presence of the LORD.

Be mindful that we carry the Holy Spirit and He sits on the throne of our heart.  Remember, we can easily grieve HIM.

Do not attribute the works of the Holy Spirit to be the enemy.  That my friends is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

I bind all disrespect.

I bind all corrupt communication out of the mouths.

Help us LORD to deal with us!  Help us to remain aware about what comes out of our hearts and mouth especially those who are on our friends list.

There are differences in gifting and purposes in the body of Christ.  We will not always agree, but we must love.  Just because they don’t agree with everything we believe, doesn’t make them bad.

We must walk in what we attained by faith in Gods Word.  If these type of issues continually come up to me, expect to be confronted.  So if you see pages gone and articles deleted, it is because I am done with such antics.

If you see things that you think are wrong, please talk to God and keep your opinions to yourselves.  Let God be God and He will reveal the truth as needed.

Only one person knows me very well.  His name is Jesus, the Son of man.  However God has given me a husband in this life who supports and prays earnestly for me.  I thank God for that!

If you see things that you think are wrong, please talk to God and come to me in private; but keep opinions to yourselves in the body.  Let God be God and He will reveal the truth to us.

We are to be stewards of the mysteries and treasures of secret places.  He is our King and we, His beloved.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

The Formation of Catch of the Day

By land or by sea, we are to be catchers of men aren’t we. For Jesus Christ came to set the captive free. He also came to destroy the works of the devil.

By land or by sea, we are to be catchers of men aren’t we.  For Jesus Christ came to set the captive free.

He also came to destroy the works of the devil.  Many cannot come to Christ until the devil is mastered and his works are destroyed.

“And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land.  And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.  Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.  And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.  When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,  “Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon.  And Jesus said unto Simon, “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men,””   Luke 5:3-10 KJV”

Vision:

I saw myself in a big boat out in the deep and I had a large rod and reel.  I cast out all sorts of bait and once I felt a tug, I knew this one would be a big catch!  It took a long time to wear out the large fish, but once I did, I was able to bring the large catch to the boat.

The fish looked nothing like anything I ever seen.  One of its characteristics was that it was very swollen, like pregnant, however it looked beyond pregnant.

Once this heavy fish was raised up to weigh and cut open, suddenly fish came out of the opening of the big fish, and they hit the floor!  The fish were alive!  There were all sorts and sizes that came out of the big fish.  These fish that came out were many different types of fish.  We were amazed at the size of the original fish caught, and what was kept hidden within.

Just imagine, to see so many various types of fish that represented saints.  It kinda reminded me of Jonah when he was in the midst of the great fish alive.  Can you imagine being pregnant with so many souls?  This vision still boggles my mind.

Have you ever felt like you were bait that God was using to catch fish (the saints)?

Have you ever felt “like bait” to catch demonic spirits and deal with them by the blood of Jesus name?

We have been given all power and all authority over all the power of the enemy.  Whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven and whatever we loose on earth is loosed in heaven.  We possess that power in Jesus name!

All through my spiritual life there have been times that God uses me as bait.  One time was this:

I was at a women’s conference to speak and so much happened that was amazingly wonderful!  We all were filled and enjoying the blessings of God.

Towards the end of the meeting, there were other speakers who prophesied over me and I ended up laying on the floor.  I was basking in the intoxicating presence of God on the floor; letting the Lord minister to me.

Suddenly, a woman who I did not know, nor had any idea what she was doing, came to me.  While I was in the intoxicating presence of the Holy Spirit on the floor, she bent down to my head and begin to speak curses and not in accordance to God’s Word.

This woman laid hands on me and I immediately knew what she said was saying was not of God.  No one stopped her touching me on the floor and we all learned a lot from that experience.  Especially me!

I remained on the floor, but did not receive anything she said.  For some reason, I knew it wasn’t over between her and I.  I assumed it would be taken care of between her and I during the end of the conference but it never happened.

I finally came to the conclusion that what I have with God, pulls in fish (souls) and it also draws demons out of people, to try and dispute what God had said.  I pretty much put that whole encounter on a shelf after that.  I had a knowing deep within that somewhere down the line I would have dealings with her again.

I was involved with three ministries in outreach and those who could, were invited to come and fast and pray for the city and also in preparation for a seven day tent revival that would be in another state.

For the fasting and prayer, we met in a old civil war historic facility.  The fast and prayer went on the full thirty days in preparation for revival.

One day while praying, I kept seeing a rod and reel with line and hook and I saw bait.  Then God began to tell me HE was going to send me as bait to draw the devil out of various situation’s.  Well, I was not in the best frame of mind after that.  I argued, thinking it was something the devil authored or something my own mind authored.

I shared it with several others that were with me who thought it was comical, but I couldn’t shake it.  I kept seeing myself like a worm, and instead of being hooked to the hook I just held on to the hook and sat there.

It seemed comical to others who knew, but it wasn’t comical to me! I saw my face on the worm and I prayed and prayed that it wouldn’t go away.  God even gave me scripture in Isaiah 41:14 KJV,

“Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”

The same day, my overseer came to see me and she shared with me that I needed to be prepared to go into another city the next day.  I would be going in her place to another women’s meeting.  As soon as she said it out of her mouth, I knew this was confirmation on the worm.

Oh my LORD!  I begged him not to allow this.  I spoke with my overseer many times that day and told her what the LORD revealed, but it didn’t change her mind.  I had to go in obedience to the LORD and His authority in my life.

I knew I was ready, but nervous due to knowing “I was like a worm on a hook.  BAIT!”  I knew I was being set up by God.

So off we went the next day, I myself and four others went with me to this women’s meeting.

Well, the main speaker wanted me to help handle the music up front where I did not want to be!  Being bait, I was thinking, I should sit in the back, but the person in charge told me to be up front.  All I could do was sit quietly and pray.

While we were in worship, I saw a couple more women come in, and I say this before God; one of them looked like a cobra.  Her headdress was in the shape of a cobra when they fan out.  Not only that, all the colors and markings spoke snake to me.

I told myself, oh NO!  Also what was worse, she was the exact woman who laid hands on me many months before, in that last conference.

Well, after worship, the woman of God ministered and I just stayed as quiet and prayerful as possible.  I thought after awhile, I was going to get out of being bait because it appeared the meeting was nearly over.

Then while everyone was praying, the woman of God came over to me and took me by my hand and walked me slowly around the front.  In my mind, I said, “This is it, I know it!”

The woman of God said all sorts of nice things about my ministry, but she knew another woman had a word for me.  Another woman did get up and prophesied a confirmed word and blessed me.  In my mind, I was saying here we go….

Then the woman of God continued walking me around by hand.  All of the sudden that cobra woman, started speaking ungodly words of poison and before I even thought to do anything, I WAS THERE!

I was in her face with my index finger pointing to her face telling her, “Touch not God’s anointed do his prophets no harm!”  I was so shocked that I moved so quick.  My head had to catch up with my Spirit!  While in front of the woman, she fell back immediately, shaking violently at the Word of the LORD!

The main speaker and woman of God told me, she said, “Sherry when you said and did that, I saw a legion of demons fall on their face at once.”

The part that really shocked me was, when I was standing with the woman of God who had my hand; suddenly I was in the cobra’s face!  So lightening fast!  It was like, I was there before I thought it.  A bit hard to explain, but I knew My body and Spirit were there before my thoughts were.

Well, I was just glad all was over for me.  I got everything ready to go and we left.  I understood later others tried to minister to the woman with the cobra headdress.  I knew my job was over, thank God!  Being bait for God can be a bit scary, but HE always shows up!

Does God still use me for bait?  Yes, at times.  He also uses me to catch souls on land and sea for the kingdom.  I know for a fact, if the HOLY SPIRIT does use me as bait again, HE will certainly harvest His “Catch Of The Day!  Amen?  So be it Lord!

“Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.  Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.  For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, ‘Fear not; I will help thee.  Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,’ saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.  Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.  Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel,”   Isaiah 41:11-16 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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