The Heart Of The Father

I hear The LORD say,  “Keep your eyes upon Me and don’t be weakened, for you are sealing the breeches through your work….”

The enemy has come to accuse you of rebellion to make you afraid.

This has come to provoke you to stop the building and to keep you vexed and alarmed causing your focus to be upon self with insecurity and fear.

But I hear The LORD say,  “Keep your eyes upon Me and don’t be weakened, for you are sealing the breeches through your work and you are making sheepfolds that shall keep My Sheep protected.

The enemy has brought evil reports, intimidation, and distractions to steal your focus.  Their attempt is to curse you and your labor in building The Kingdom of God.

Come away, come away My beloved, let us take the foxes, the little foxes that have come to destroy the vine and I AM not talking about the furry kind.

These are deceivers who say they love Me and you yet they are false deceivers attempting to spoil you.

Do not fear, for I know your going in and coming out, regardless of how it feels, press through and you shall fully know them by their fruits.

Those who have need to know and proof, soon all will know this is the work of God.  Many have been stretched out too thin and others who seek to gain from you and glean, are users hoping what you have will rub off on them.

You know who you are and you know your life, don’t let their opinions pull you away from your steadfast love and determination.  Trust Me and pull away from those who have caused you to be spread too thin.

Cast out the users, those who only seek to gain from using you.  Shake it off!

You are on full momentum toward the prize of the high calling in Christ, the enemy will come to criticize introducing a new reason to be offended.

But realize it is all about gaining control and manipulation.  Progress into My Purpose taking new ground will always bring those who believe, however there will also be those who come with twisted motives to confuse and criticize using the scriptures to defend their stance.

Give no place even for a moment even if they mope in rejection seeking to stay.  Stand for the truth and keep your focus on Me and they will leave,” says The LORD.

Seek and study the heart of God and give yourself wholly to His Will.  God’s Heart is always to impact generations for The Gospel.  Fear no man but let the fear of The LORD always be preeminent, for this is wisdom.

That seed God placed in you will grow and will need cultivation once it breaks ground. That is when the tender shoot comes forth and is most vulnerable.

Guard your heart for out of it come the issues of life.  Guard so that nothing will stomp your ground.  Be wise, these deceitful elements know what they are doing, and they are without innocence.

In jealousy they watch for any opening to place their agenda above yours causing confusion.  They make it sound as right causes however just because there is a need doesn’t mean you fill it.

The poor you will always have among you, but keeping God first takes spiritual fortitude and learning to say NO!

Concerning distractions and hindrances; just because it’s a duck, acts like a duck, walks like a duck doesn’t mean it’s a duck.  There are decoys and they look just like a duck until you see them up close.

It is the same way with the wheat and the tares, you can’t tell them apart until right before the harvest, for the weight of the wheat kernels cause them to bow over and the tares stay up.

God tells us not to uproot the tares lest we uproot the wheat also.

It is time consuming and negative to fight against denominations or various teachings that always major on what is wrong with them.

However, in witnessing this thing,  I have found these become so negative and they forget to rightly see all that is wrong with themselves!

Ask yourself when you witness these things in others; What is the heart of the Father?

God desires souls to be saved but when we are given to judging over God’s people and fault finding in what we see as false teaching and judgmentalism we will reap what we sow.

When we focus on all that is wrong with others we lose godly perspective and fail to see ourselves.

Promoting the bad and leaving off promoting the gospel message won’t save souls, it actually causes a religious spirit to take over like they did when Jesus walked the earth. Religious spirits major on the minor and leave the cross out of the mix.

When it is God’s time at the harvest the angels will do the separating.  I have never been in a perfect Church or Ministry and I imagine you can say the same.  No one is getting away with nothing!

God knows it all.  Can we say we are perfect?

Then why do we demand perfection in others?

I chose to focus on the message of the gospel and I let the Holy Spirit do the convicting and changing.

It is so easy to become a Religious Pharisee when we become negative and turn away our message from the cross into a list of do’s and don’ts.

Religious spirits becoming rigid, prideful, arrogant who make it their mission to tell people they are going to hell! When a person doesn’t follow their agenda of rules and regulations it makes you self-conscious instead of God conscious.  Who can be perfect enough to measure self to a religious Pharisee?

I chose to address the positive providing hope to a sin sick world.  Jesus wept over Jerusalem for the condition of the temple how the religious turned the people away.

None of us are perfect, yet with religious spirits you can never be good enough.  None of us are good enough that is why Jesus came as the son of Man, to live as a perfect man on purpose. He gave His life as our perfect sacrifice so that we would receive Him as Lord.

In our flesh we will never be perfect enough!  When we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we receive his perfect sacrifice and become His righteousness.

We are then covered by Jesus.  God doesn’t see us because we are covered by His righteousness. He made us right.

You see at one moment in time Christ hung on that tree and forever changed our destiny!  We are now accepted in the beloved because at one moment Christ did it all!  Amazing huh?

Just like it was back then, the people left the city to find Jesus; as many do today . People are hungry for the truth but many find themselves measured and judged by a false belief system.

Many have been rejected from the pulpit and cast out from various churches and denominations due to religious bondage.

But do you see? This is the good news!  They left religion and seek out the real message of truth.

God is concerned for all the lost sheep with no shepherd.  May we all begin to measure our own heart and ways and give no more heed or room to religious spirits!

Amen?

“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them,”   Matthew 13:15 KJV .

26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”   Matthew 13:26-30 NKJV.

13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate,”
   Matthew 23:13-38 NKJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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Prophetic Forecast: Get Hungry and Stay Hungry

The LORD says, “I AM not finished.  I The LORD have much to showcase and demonstrate to the nation and the world!”

Beloved of God, we have only just begun to witness the revelatory cast that has set forth concerning the divine curtain call; all in array built upon the foundations of the apostles, and prophets with Jesus Christ being the Chief Cornerstone.

The Church shall be arrayed in all her Glory and splendor for the Spirit and the Bride says come.

For you shall be ready in the day of His power.  Holy Spirit power is at hand as you have been prepared for such a time.

There is a sovereign time line that in the fullness of time such things will be settled and solid on call and perfect in timing.  For in such a time God will display His Bride for she has made herself ready.

Who hears His Words? 

Who says they are prophets?

What has light got to do with darkness?

For thus say The LORD, ”For I have prepared My Voice in the wilderness; yea even those who have walked alone had little or no support from man to deliver them of man’s opinion. In times of trouble they cried out to me not realizing they have My undivided attention.

Many years of preparation were not in vain, for I hewn down and my vessels were fit for the fire of the refinement while in such lonely, isolated, desolate places.

Many haven’t heard or heeded YET… but there is a set time coming upon My weary ones.

You shall behold that I AM leading out My chiseled ones out of the wilderness leaning on her beloved.

These shall not be moved by the fear of man or by popularity or pomp and circumstances.  My prophets shall not mince words nor compete or compare themselves for the fear of man shall be squeezed out of them in heated fashion.

These whom I AM leading out of hiding, whose coming was foretold that from the wilderness shall stand before Me a people in righteousness with such levels of uncharted faith having qualifications of such strong stability and absolute peace and purpose without upset.

For those who dare criticize them will answer for their foolishness.  For from the days of proving comes great confidence in their God!

I AM not finished.  I The LORD have much to showcase and demonstrate to the nation and the world!

Even with all the fury of the multitude of predictors, sooth sayers yes even in those in The Church saying this is the timing and you need to do what I say and act right now!

Be not afraid of their words and false visions and their manifestations, and be not afraid of them for I will humble them and cause their own words to chasten them.

For whoever digs a pit for the righteous himself shall fall into it.  Touch not God’s anointed and do his prophets no harm.

I AM is patiently waiting for the glory of the latter house being much greater than the former and that I will showcase My bride in full attire nothing missing nothing lacking.

Stay on target beloved and don’t get worried about all the news and those of misguided Christians with whips and chains seeking to tame the lion!!  The lion will not be tamed but shall ROAR out of Zion!

Have total peace and let none of this move you or make you nervous.  People will run to and fro saying He is there or He is here and people are crazy and hazy even among Christians……”

Know that God has a lot more to do, regardless of what the false predictors say.

I am so settled within and know that God knows me and understands how I tick.  He has me on His time piece and compass and there is much more to happen to bring great glory to God and to the nation and the world!

God is not done with Trump and America there must be national revival on the heels of great repentance for,

“if My people who are called by My name shall humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from heaven forgive their sin and heal their land.”

We are not there yet — but we have entered a time frame where nothing shall be the same anymore.

God is setting up The Remnant Bride, and releasing true prophets to give clear meaning and consistency and those who presume and predict falsely will be ashamed of their pride and assumptions.

This isn’t the time to worry or fret about any of this, just continue to find him in the secret place and let peace and assurance be your guide.

Those who are connected to The LORD’s heart will never be ashamed.  Let peace rule in your heart and in the midst of the fury of man and fear, beloved watch and pray.

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things,”    Philippians 4:8 KJV.

“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of The LORD.  Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of The LORD draweth nigh.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of The LORD, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience,”   James 5:7-10 KJV.

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come,”   Psalm 102:13 KJV.

“To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to The Kingdom of God,”   Acts 1:3 KJV.

God is never early or late.  His chosen witnesses shall know by invitation as He hand-picked the saints to demonstrate His proof for he is a righteous God…

The excitement will wane if they miss the hour of His visitation… stay hungry beloved, STAY Hungry.

There will be those who shall watch heaven come to earth and HIS people and the world shall witness the greatest hour of all ages!

Amen and Amen!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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All Pretense is Gone; Holiness is Right

The LORD asks, “Are you so interested in being built up to gain some lofty high place and title of man’s pride, arrogance, and achievement?”

“Are you so interested in being built up to gain some lofty high place and title of man’s pride, arrogance, and achievement?

Haven’t you been warned as Jehoshaphat was in making alliances that were not according to My alliance for you?

There are those who are up and coming; “pseudo ministers” and they bring with them a gospel that appeals to the flesh of man.

Don’t be sucked into their webs of deceit, by false humility, flattery or making leagues or alliances with those whom I did not choose.

Being an ally is to unite plans together, committing resources with another for mutual benefit instead of depending on Me,” says The LORD.

“Many alliances come and go to their conquest without My Permission.

Know those that labor among you.  You are known by the company you keep.  Birds of a feather flock together.

Yes, they want what you carry but they don’t know your story or the price those insignia represent of My Power, Authority, and Glory. 

I will share My glory with nobody,” says The LORD!

“There are others like Simon the sorcerer.  He saw the anointing manifest and wanted to buy it!”

9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of The LORD Jesus.)
17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to The LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me,”   Acts 8:9-24 KJV.

“When men glory among themselves and seek to prostitute your gifts or to be known by another’s character, they are really seeking the fleshly power of your blessing without spending the years of training in seeking My Presence, Power, and Anointing!

These deceivers attempt to change the map so that they will arrive at the set time so all will see how powerful these men are.

There are many who think the anointing, holiness, and gifts rubs off of another servant and have NO idea what it costs.  And the process has taken hard times of preparation and it is not easy.”

God wants YOU! 

He wants you to know Him in intimacy in the secret place of His power that only comes from our Love relationship and walk with The LORD.

This life is all about knowing Him and becoming one with Him!

When you really know Him, and love Him, yes it may not be an easy road but you will find that things don’t appeal or matter much anymore and you will find a freedom that comes and that it will become easier to lighting the load you were carrying and becoming free to be and do as you are becoming all that you are destined to do and be in Him.

Man left to himself is destined to fail and fall.  You can’t be the teacher before you become the student.

Discipleship takes discipline and it takes effort but the effort is in developing Christ in us the hope of our calling.  Just look at the temporal and worldly ways that are called the Churches.

Holiness is right but if the founder of that place doesn’t follow holiness, repent, and follow God how can anyone else follow God.

Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.”  We are not to follow blindly.  If the devil and sin aren’t confronted you will find there are more demons in religious houses than there are Christians.

If you had to leave, be happy!  God has the real deal for you!  Remember the church is the body of Christ in this world, not all the buildings that have church written on them with their stain-glass windows and steeples.

Everyone battles to reach some sort of effort but in Christ, our reach is to become like HIM.  Unless we are fully founded on Christ’s righteousness we will never be good enough.

Why?  We receive a lie that says we must climb this mountain the way the others are doing it.  But in time you keep going and spinning until you finally fail and fall from those pinnacles of success and of religion — which is good news!

At the time it doesn’t feel good but as we mature in Christ he sets us free and we understand more.  We must have relationship and intimacy as we learn to abide in Christ that totally removes us from that Church concept that is built by the plans and strategies of man; built on who can top this attitude.

The Church was never to turn us into religion it was birthed after our great Savior’s sacrifice to set us free, so we can be the Church!

It is vitally important to teach us to know Jesus is our ultimate goal!  To know him and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed unto death.

We can’t help to affect a place until we face a place called silence.  God is able to bring us down so that we will look up again to Him.

Becoming silent is a weapon against the enemy also people are being used by the enemy.  Holding our tongue or biting it when there is a war waged against us is actually winning!

Though the winds of adversity come and you are troubled on every side… though tossed to and fro by every wind and doctrine, there is a rainbow coming to begin again.

However, it seems like we will never come out of these foreboding winds and demonic clouds that bring deception and every rouge wind that appeals to the love of self and selfish ambitions.

It is not going to the best schools or the ones that have all the accolades.  God chose the foolish things of this world to confound the so-called wise.

What God delights in that we develop the love of God above ALL things of this world.

God is more real than the things of this life and one day those who love God and His appearing will step over to that place where we enter our perpetual peace and sweet relief with Jesus forever!

Silence is a test and trial as to what we will do.  Remember that severe storms come with an eye that spins.

Let us find the place in the eye of the Father and He loves us so much and to call us the apple of His eye as he gazes at you!  Remember how important you are to him and how much he loves you!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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Shut In

Loved ones, listen! God knows everything that is happening and yes, we are in perilous times, no doubt.

Loved ones, listen!

God knows everything that is happening and yes, we are in perilous times, no doubt.

However, we have found ourselves smack dab in the middle of situations and places we never imagined we would be in!

God has many things going on behind the scenes.  But for the believer in Christ, take comfort and fear not the waves of silence.

Trust The LORD for He is doing great and mighty things in the earth, and beloved there are many things he is doing concerning YOU!

Be at peace knowing He has shut us in and that is the best place to be!  While in this event let us trust God as we gently ride on our blessed assurance!  Peace be still and conquer your own heart.

In the military, there was a practice in which when in “Alert Mode,”  was practicing wartime situations.  When the alarm blew, we had to scramble and get our things in order and be at the meeting place and wait.  In the military, it is called “Hurry up and wait.”

Let no one fool you, we are in a war and everything God says is vitally important for you to know and do!

Things can last for a while, but we are in preparation and in readiness!

We’ve done all we know to do, now it’s the time to hurry up and wait upon The LORD and be of good courage for HE shall strengthen your heart!

“And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: “And the LORD Shut him in,””   Genesis 7:16 KJV.

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey


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