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Condescending religious spirits and people in general, like taking advantage of us when we are down.

They think it is their place or portion to correct a brother or sister, when they actually need to be redirecting prayer against the enemy’s tactics and actions.

Our battle is NOT with flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness.  Above all, we are to use words in humility toward that one who needs our prayers.

These religious spirits fail to pray but they use word curses, taking God’s word in a twisting way in declaring you as unfit, wrong, and not approved of God.

Their MO (Modus Operandi) is to gain access to your life to destroy your credibility, character, and the ultimate, your ministry and life.  If the person attacked succumbs to the lies of the enemy, they will be bound by those lies and false words of the enemy.

Know your enemy, beloved!

Your deliverance is just a few thoughts, and words away!  Rebuke the enemy and cast out unbelief and doubt and let the light of God come in!

Come to realize and understand, that you have been duped into believing lies about your own life!

These devils know and study you!  We are to study to show ourselves approved by God a work man that need not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth!

The enemy seeks areas of weakness and makes plans in advance.  Sometimes their plans are quite detailed and planned from many years ago to happen now!

We fully don’t understand the accountability given to us by the words we speak.  God created the universe with His word and we are created in his image to create with our words.

God has given us free choice and free will both positive and negative.  He will not make you do anything.  Like generational spirits, they manifest at a certain point when we are most vulnerable.

Unlike God, the devils are not omnipresent. None of us truly know the depth of our own heart, but God knows everything from beginning to end. He knows our motives, and knows our hearts.

Yes beloved, we may need to have confrontations to put the devil in his place.  Sad to say though, we must deal with people who are being used by the enemy in this manner.

Remember that all things work together for good, to those who love God and are called to his purpose.

David knew the hardness of being a good soldier for God and even when he sinned, he chose God.

David knew that God was a merciful God.  Hardness is for our benefit like water off a duck back.

David learned how to submit to authority, he learned to develop a thick skin.

David was prepared from child hood and God took him through leadership 101; life’s obstacle course to prepare Him.

“Who satisfies thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.  The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.  He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.  The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.  He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.  For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him,”  Psalms 103:5-10 KJV.

The hidden works of darkness are revealed by the light of His glory!

When they are revealed they usually do not leave quietly.  The origin of all the actions must be revealed in the light of His glory!

Nothing of darkness can remain in that light, for He is light and His word is light!

So, the original source of those attacks manifest, as they end up viciously spreading malicious harm and gossip about the LORD’s beloved.

These take unfair advantage to make themselves out to look and seem to be something they are not.

Remember Absalom!

Condescending religious spirits and groups, take upon themselves a platform that was never given to them by God.  These make influence by popularity, pretense, pride of having seemingly godly authority.

Being since they have no godly authority, these spirits will attempt to ride on your anointing and authority to prostitute it thus declaring you are not relevant.

A Jezebel spirit and religious spirit are usually those who steal the show and then attempt to put out the light as quickly as they can while the open door is still opened.  It is so important to make sure to close the doors in a final manner beloved.

People have within them a gnawing need to be filled with something special in their own mind, and heart; regardless if it is good or bad.

They can never fill that void with anything external for that place was designed for God to fill and dwell there.

Religious traits are usually predictable and understood by the mature.  These reveal their own heart and soul by using condescending, disrespectful tone, and words.

For those who are on the reciprocal end of this pseudo love pretense, when revealed, are then attacked to try and discredit those they could not control thus making themselves out to be something of authority when they are not.

It is important to pray for these people that they learn to come aside, be still and learn.  There are NO short cuts in our growth and ministry leadership skills.

God uses everything in our lives to refine and define us.  For developmental residual effects,

God wants us to learn how to develop a thick skin.  God wants us to know how to handle those critics that disrespect.  The LORD wants us to develop the ability to allow things to just roll off; like water on a ducks back.

As we develop and mature we learn that the breast plate of righteousness and the shield of faith will deflect, reflect every arrow, and scheme that comes our way when a person touching God’s beloved.

Give no credible attention to them, just forgive them, release them, and give them to God.  He is the only one that knows their heart and soul.

We are hidden in Christ and when critics touch you, forgive them and give them over to God because they don’t realize that they fight against God not us.

“And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.  But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men,”   Mark 8:32-33 KJV.

People with low self-esteem and passive aggressive traits in their soulish thoughts, want relationship with you, but only if they can be in control of correcting you, making you feel really bad about seemingly failures.

These condescending spiritual words and actions are in league with those thoughts the enemy is speaking to you!

You are who God says you are!

Give no place to the enemy in your thoughts or circumstances!  Realize who is speaking to you!

Even Jesus taught us when he had to rebuke Peter.  Jesus said, “Get behind him Satan!” Religion and accusations are not the encouragement of the Lord’s portion!

Job was confronted by his religious friends, as God watched and listened.  Those so-called friends were accusing him by making him feel that he must have done something wrong to deserve such punishment.

When we are accused in the midst of negativity and in the condescending manner of their own religious soul, these must make themselves out to look better than you!

By making themselves look better than you, they join the ranks of the accuser of the brethren.  They have to make you look bad to reflect their own insecure agenda!

When you are down and out, instead of helping you in the spirit of humility, they kick you again.

They see you as a threat so they try to measure themselves against you.  We are to lean and measure ourselves with God’s word.

There are those among us beloved, that will always measure themselves against you because they are intimidated by you.

There are always those who have no respect for the God in you or your rank in His authority.

They are condescending and they treat you as something common and disrespect you.

The battle is the Lord’s beloved!  God keeps us incognito a lot of times to see how others react to us and how we react to us and the whole scenario.

Confession and repentance are a cleansing of the body and soul, not a court room on earth that brings railing accusation against one another.

Mutual respect, honor, and loyalty are acquired learned behaviors of the mark of a true mature Christian.

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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The ways of this world have totally got things backwards in view of success.

When we are of the world, success is measured in how high we climb the ladder of success to become the best in our field.

Sadly, the majority of Christendom have incorporated those same pursuits in the church which is so directly opposed to the walk of faith in Christ according to his holy Word.

The Apostle Paul who was a highly educated man, was considered a Pharisee of Pharisees.  In religious mindset and circles, he had plenty to boast about.

On his way to persecute the church he had an encounter with Christ that forever changed his life and way of thinking . He even called his former success dung for the supremacy of knowing Christ in the surpassing greatness of his power!

“Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.  But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead,”   Philippians 3:5-11 KJV

In Christ, success is measured by how yielded and surrendered we are to death to our former way of life.  Living and reflecting the glory of HIS will and purpose is the intent regardless of the platform we are part of.

Each death experience, each trial, tribulation and stretching releases and squeezes out more drops of this precious commodity of humility.  We will never mature beyond the point of humility.

Jesus used the example of a little child when he told the disciples who the greatest in the kingdom would be.  Maturity is seemingly reversed; becoming like a little child is the highest rank in God’s Kingdom for what is as humble as a little child?

“At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven,”   Matthew 18:1-4.

“The higher we go in God, less is more, and more is God.”

It is all about dying to ambitions and walking the road less traveled.  As we walk and search the way less traveled, we will silently learn lessons by life, day by day. How can one learn in silence?

You must acquire an ongoing degree of study to be quiet.  We become silent and put to death our dying gasps in defense of who or what we were, so we may be transformed in newness of life.

We are to continually yield ourselves to death in knowing that new life begins when we let the old end.

The beauty of God’s perfect matchless grace is that we can always begin again in Jesus, it is never too late.

In this life, we are to continually put to death the deeds of the flesh so we may truly live.

As we advance into greater depths of Spirit, we become a well spring of life reflecting the glory of the Lord in ripple effects as it radiates from our being.

Learning to lay it all down is a lifelong exchange, leaving the limitations and shaking off the old skin so it becomes new.  We leave the world of existence, to abundance and fulfillment in life.

When we become silent, we begin to hear things we had no idea were there; the doves cooing early in the morning, the wind blowing against the leaves, the cool breeze against our skin even the sound of our very own breath when we breathe all coming together like a symphony; It is in this silence that we truly find the still small voice.

The more advanced we are, the greater level of humility we must carry. It is not ambitions and works that give us status in the Kingdom, it’s about his purpose.

He wants us.  He wants fellowship with us.  His greatest joy is finding us walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

Do we think that through elevations we obtain some sort of untouchable status?

Jesus went to those who were considered untouchable, social outcasts and his main confrontations came from religious spirits to whom he gave his strongest rebukes.

What about the parable of the good Samaritan and those who passed by the wounded man; even walking on the other side?  These religious, who thought they were successful in their religiosity had no compassion and lacked such humility.

To be religious and humble is an oxymoron.  Religion tolerates no weakness in others; no wounding or infirm soul.  Only in their hypocrisy they continue to go into such hardness that requires others to go also.

Religion and pride dictates and the social caste system of things, making such a narrow view of those who are not perfected enough in their own little world.

Very few can maintain such expectations, only a very hardened few.  So many that try, fall out of view, not able to be good enough to the very religion they thought they were part of, or even born into.

So many falling through the cracks, thinking they are not good enough to satisfy such antics.

The religious and prideful don’t care about people or their purpose, they only want people to care and take care of them, it is all about their ambition and tradition!

Climbing the ladder of religion has no end and there is never enough, or good enough.

Through the dizziness of their own pride filled glory, they surround themselves with yes men.  It’s all about their advancement of self promotion and ambition; Not in humble submission to Christ.

Religion and ambition is all about who has the high seat and those who single out those who are those most made in their image.

We are made in Christ’s image, not in the image of religion with its pinnacle of power and position.

Their goal is how many people can be won to their nightmare; to be proselytes molding more to their image, leading more to hell.  These religious have absolutely no compassion for those who are weak and the infirm.

Christianity is not a religion.

Christianity is a relationship with Christ.

Religion is a return to bondage and it seeks to gain your support and trust, promising you a grand future with a front row seat with the selective few elite.

The dazed and bewildered among them are like lost sheep seeking a shepherd but instead, finding dictators of charisma and sideshows of mockery, using the precious name of Jesus and twisting his grace to manipulate and control the minds of the weak and feeble and spiritually sick.

These spiritual dictators are mixing a poison of soul, to keep one spiritually sick and tied to chains of their own gain and crown.

Christ has made us free from religion and tradition, but beloved there are many among us that are attempting to mix religion and Christianity together and it won’t mix.

It only presses the legalist further up their slimy ladder promising great grandeur, and condemns those who won’t get with the program.

These that have the Christian beliefs with this religious mixture seeks to corrupt the pure simplicity in Christ; that HIS sacrifice was once and for all.

Pray beloved, for this spirit is alive among the flock, taking many out of God’s good graces, leading them to dark places and prisons of their own making.

Pray beloved, for those who are held captive.  Those who have been dazzled, dizzy and trampled on.

For those whom God loves, he is the good shepherd and has laid down his life for the flock.

The LORD is going after those who are bewildered and bewitched, sending in those who will set HIS captives free!

God is coming after you!

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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