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God has a design for our life and knows every step we must take.  Our hearts and motives are laid bare before God.

There are things we hide behind that we don’t even realize.  When things seem so strange and I cannot pinpoint it; I get confused, it usually signals that I am getting exhausted.

Because of exhaustion and not having time to build up my own reserves, I become susceptible to enemy attacks.

Unknown or forgotten motives of our heart can sometime be pricked because of our hidden issues, especially when we have no idea that we harbor any measure of grudge, unforgiveness, things we thought were resolved.

We may need to seek greater resolutions with our brothers and sisters for healing. Forgiveness doesn’t mean we have to agree with their point of view or walk with them.

We can have times when we thought a wound was healed, and we are shocked that we didn’t realize that scar can be aggravated and inflamed.

Even from thinking it was long ago resolved, then the shock and reality of what we are feeling now!  Having to face it now after all these years?

There are levels of healing we go through when God knows we are ready for them.

God knows our heart and motives, even if we do not.  He knows us better than we know ourselves.

I may not understand why I react a certain way, or why I feel so bound, but I have learned that God’s Word is not bound.  God knows where we are on His timeline.  Trust Him beloved.

God brings hidden things to the surface because He wants resolution and healing so we can move forward into His perfect will.

When we come across this type of thing, God wants to take us deeper in healing and placement in the body making us one heart, mind and one accord.  For when we love each other, we love God.

At times we have hidden our hearts.  Wounds have a way of joining in with others who agree with our wounds.  This is only step one in woundedness.

When step two in woundedness happens, that causes us to separate further with division opening us up to step three; religion.  I am not saying it is always the case.

When we respond to what takes us away from God’s will and His people, it is not God’s way.  We are to pray with a pure heart with pure motives.

Do we always handle things that way?  Is it perfect?  NO!  Are we to strive for the mastery?  Yes!   He wants His body to be one.

Yes, we move on the path for our feet and do our best to forgive and let them go.

I know everyone doesn’t fit together.  I am talking about those of us who are tender hearted and pricked in the heart about lost relationships.

Our part of our healing is to pray, forgive them, loose them and let them go, with our blessing.

I humbly submit this exhortation of our Lord Jesus, to those who hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.  I don’t know what all has happened with people.

God keeps me from becoming too close to any group or any individual.  He will not let me read other prophecies or words unless He specifically leads me to them.

As for me, He wants what I say to be pure and not be motivated or influenced by man.  It is rare that I read many words from others.  Seriously, only after I post a word does He allow me to read the responses and confirmations that come my way.

Being loyal is first to God, then to stand with our beloved brethren and to try our best to help bring healing.

Division comes, and we must guard against it.  However, it is often one way the gospel is pushed out into other places regardless of how it happened.  Paul and Barnabas parted ways due to a sharp disagreement.

“And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.  And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches,”   Acts 15:39-41.

We learn and grow and then we outgrow our placement and move on.  Not all will remain with you.

God moves people where He wants them.  We are not to attach ourselves to man, but be connected with each other and respect one another and each of our boundaries.

We must guard against those who seek to attach to someone, when it isn’t with the right motive.  This behavior is typical for someone who recognizes the gifts which they also want

If not taught properly, this focus (on gifts of another) can become a form of idolatry and invite Jezebel in.  We are free and we each are individuals who have our place.  We seek Him for that place, and yes, we respect leaders.

Our enemy is satan and our enemies are demons, and they use people.  We need to remember that when we shoot a arrow, that it is aimed rightly and it hits the demon and not the person.

There is a civil war raging within the church.  Let us remember freedom is never free, it cost many lives for the freedoms we enjoy.

As intercessors and prayer warriors, we understand the battle and we must become sharp and aim at the right targets.

Even seasoned intercessors or warriors can become burned out.  We get tired, worn out, intolerant, judgmental, become religious or legalistic, because we move further away from dependence on God alone.

Then we slip on the slippery slope being susceptible to the voice of the enemy.  What we then begin doing is relying on fumes, instead of being energized by the Holy Spirit.

Once this happens, the works of the flesh will take us further away from dependence on God alone.  When you get to this place, THEN is the time to pull away from everything, everyone and press into the LORD.

Retreat is God’s method of order, beloved!  Learn when to pull away; watch for signs.

In this hour, as we yield, abiding in the LORD’s presence, we must be so sharp with God’s Word as to be able to rightly divide the word of truth and to use the Word of God as our weapon against our demonic enemy; not against our brother.

Harvest is upon us and people get saved and free!  However, immediately, well meaning people then try to put us under their specific type of bondage.

Confederacy and Unity

A confederacy is a political union.  For example; a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.  ^© vocabulary.com.

The southern confederacy held bids and catered to the shareholders on their plantations that were worked by the purchase of slaves.  In American history, this was the stench of our nation’s history; the slave trade in our nation.

These southern state soldiers were also referred to Rebels.

Are we free or are we enslaved with a yoke of slavery?

We must learn how to be free ourselves, for then we can set the captives free.

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

As Christians, we fight for the freedom of our brethren and those who need to be saved, and bring them into UNION; the unity of the faith, in Jesus’ Name!

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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Idle thoughts are containers.  We determine what we allow to fill those containers.

Words that flood your mind from outside sources must be identified.  Knowing God’s Word and a healthy practice of feeding our soul will keep us alert.

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,”   2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV.

We must be able to determine and identify the sources of that thought.  An Idle mind can get us into trouble.  We must develop our thought life and realize how important it is to our lives and others.

The thought life contains what we allow to flow in our thoughts through any form of communication.

We must learn to swiftly, dispose of any deceptive thoughts that are designed to hurt you and others.  WE are to take every thought captive.  We have that command and it is crucial we learn this well.

The battle ground is always fought and won in the mind and soul.  The soul is comprised of the mind, will, intellect and personality; It is what makes us unique from each other.

There must be such emphasis on this topic as we can rise or fall due to choices made by allowing unholy thoughts that wage war against our soul.

It is imperative that we must learn to bring every thought captive into obedience to God’s word.

Take some time now, and do a overview. Where and what have our thoughts been saying to us?

Who has been speaking to our mind and their origin?

Before we ever act on our thoughts, we have had to come into agreement in our soul before it is ever spoken.  Our soulish mind is our command and control center.

In these places are where we devise God’s plan, our plan or demonic plans.  Whatever we give place to and allow our thoughts to entertain, will become our future if we are not careful.

For example, if we sin and offend someone, we need to resolve it quickly.  By doing this we are cutting off the enemy’s plans to wreak havoc!

Like King David, he not only knocked down Goliath with a stone, he came and finished the job!  He cut off his head!

David cut off the command and control center of the enemy!!  He severed that enemy so bad the Philistines turned and ran away from whom they thought was their champion!

“Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith.  And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled,”   1 Samuel 17:51 KJV.

If a person receives offense and begins to spread the effects widely, this gives the demons permission to flourish within that effected area, and all with OUR given authority.

Until we take back that authority and deal with it, it will continue to get worse.  In a lot of sad situations it can become so bad that brings such damage that it will divide those we love.

I have grieved over those I lost as friends, or family when I know it was the enemy.  I wasn’t able to correct it in time and the person couldn’t hear me nor wanted anything to do with me.

Yes, for some it was just too late and it broke my heart.  They moved on thinking such ugly things about me.

After doing ALL you can do, even in frustration, WE must learn to let go and leave the results up to God.

I am so glad the Lord knows my heart regardless of what man thinks or says.  He knows I never desire to hurt no one.

My point here is, deal with issues quickly at the planning stages.  Deal with it spiritually with your soul first, but if it has manifested in the natural realm, take dominion and destroy the works of the devil.

Once we are at the natural realm, many souls could be hurt.  Give NO place to the devil. Forgive them, loose them and let them go.

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God,”   Matthew 5:8 KJV.

Our ship (us) are controlled by a helm, (our tongue) but the choice of that direction came from the mind. We must learn to have control of our thought life.

The enemy strives daily to find weakness so he can to be invade us with corruption thoughts.  *See James 3*

There are so many things we allow ourselves to sit, watch and listen to, if we are not careful they become our thoughts.

When we come into agreement with what was luring us into captivity then we become deceived.

The enemy strives for weeks and months or longer to set us up for a major fall.  The good thing about this process is, once it is revealed we can take authority.   However, it takes greater effort to resolve issues, if they can be resolved.

We must try to do our best in bringing peace and forgiveness to the situation.

In several of my situations, I didn’t catch them at the planning stages and once into the natural level, because of how far the process took them, it usually took those people whom I really love, out of my life.

Unless the LORD opens their eyes and revelation comes to that person, God is the only one who can open their eyes.

It was through their choices they declined in bringing peace and healing to the matter.

I have seen this a lot, that no matter how many words we speak and try to fix it, nothing works, because they swallowed the lie.

They are seeing us with a distorted demonic influence and only Christ can set them free to forgive.

The enemy watches and sets us up for open moments so he can take us step by step with lies, because we are not sharp with God’s Word and prayer.

“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.

Being idle in our soulish mind means we are not disciplined in that important lesson in discipleship.  Our soul and mind, control our actions.

May we each learn the lessons well from the Holy Spirit, our counselor and teacher so we can master this process.

Please remember that our thought life is so critical in our personal lives and corporate lives in the Kingdom of God.  Especially those who serve Him and His people.

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper,”   Psalms 1:1-3 KJV.

 

 

In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey

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