Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Is It Preaching? Or Sermonizing?




The Foolishness oPreaching...




Am I PREACHING or Am I SERMONIZING???????

I couldn't agree with Pam more...
Approximately over a year ago, I wrote the following blog on preaching.
This is a question each preacher needs to ask themselves:

My updated corrections are in parenthesis:
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1 Corinthians 1:18-21
 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

 Preaching...

 We as ministers of the gospel know all about it.  Even those we label as laity know about preaching.  We know all types of preaching.  We know the hoop. The holler.  The in between, asthma-like huffs and puffs in between phrases or sentences.  We get excited over it.  We dance over it.  We shout and rejoice.  The desired result of preaching, according to the Word of the Lord, is to save souls.  I could be wrong, but I don't see anywhere in scripture that tells us to preach to saved folks, but to instruct, to edify, or grow the saints up in the things of God.

 If we want to encourage the saints, the Word tells us to speak to each other 'in spiritual songs and psalms:

 Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord...

If we want to edify one another, grow the saints up, the Word tells us to teach and admonish one another-again with 'psalms, hymns, & spiritual songs...'

Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

 The Word does not say to preach to saved folks.  Preach to unsaved folks; teach, admonish, speak to, rebuke, reprove the saints!

 Ministers...

Just think about it.  This may be why the souls are not growing.  You've been preaching to them for 20 years.  Preaching (sermonizing, using Pam's term) them happy.  Preaching (sermonizing) them sad.  Preaching (sermonizing) them prosperity.  Preaching (sermonizing) them strange doctrines.  Preaching (sermonizing) everything...why are you preaching salvation to saved folks?

I was listening to this very popular woman preacher (heck, I will post her name:  it was Cindy Trimm).  She was preaching, but it was in a religious setting.  So I hit play.  I will admit:  I was somewhat annoyed at her preaching in cadence and all...

"And the Lord say...HA!
"Repent for the Kingdom of God...HA!
"..is at hand....HA!"

 As she continued, on her rant for about 40 minutes, I grew very aggravated.  Not because what she was saying wasn't true, but because of the preaching in cadence, and the organist playing behind her.  But I hung in there..I hung in there until, while preaching in cadence, she bust out...

"...that's not my key!..."

'No she didn't!  No she didn't preach to the organist to take the key up one notch!'

The organist complied and took the key up one notch!

immediately turned the message off, in utter shock at what I just heard!

Now, I don't know about anyone else.  But I found all the theatrics behind the message quite distracting.  What Trimm was saying could have been very relevant, very powerful (but I doubt it).  And very true...but the organist playing behind her, and her "HA!" she exclaimed every 5 words was-quite frankly-getting on my nerves!

I have preached sermons, and I had to tell the organist to stop playing behind me because he was distracting from the message, and was NOT playing under the anointing!  (And what's more shocking is that the organist was my OWN father! He didn't speak to me for a minute after that message!)

Now I write what I write not just because of an annoyance or a preference of mine.  It is an admonition for preachers to take a good hard look at the fruit of what they've been doing for years.  We have to ask ourselves-at some point-why do we do the things we do...in the church?  Is it relevant?  Effective?  What are the results?  

We have preached all these sermons, in all kinds of styles.  With the best musicians playing behind us.  But what good has it done?  Really!

Let's be real about it.

No one's getting saved at (church) altars; the ones at the altars are the same ones who been going to the altar for years.  I can talk about it cuz I was a professional altar seeker!   I used to snot and cry all over the place.  I laid out all over the floor.  Shouted.  Danced.  Screamed to the top of my lungs...out of sincerity.

Really believing I was delivered, when the preaching had done nothing more than emotionally move me, excite me.

 Preachers...the saints don't need to hear another sermon from us.  They need to be taught!

And, as you can see with Pam and I citing our examples of sermonizing by Trimm and Jakes, preachers need NOT imitate the styles of their favorite preacher of the month either!  Because most of them are sermonizing and spreading doctrines of devils!

 What do they need to be taught?  SALVATION.  DELIVERANCE.  THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!!

It is only when the TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS PREACHED that we will rid the altars of professional altar seekers and the  unsaved, unregenerated souls WILL GET SAVED AND DELIVERED!

Let's know when to preach, when to teach.

The only time we see the word 'preached' used in the Bible is when the audience was UNSAVED.  When the apostles spoke to those who were saved, the Word says they taught them, they instructed, they expounded, they rebuked, they reproved...

 Do ur homework...

 Let's get back to using the foolishness of preaching...the Bible's way.

 I encourage you to study that whole chapter of 1 Corinthians 1.  It will change your whole perspective on preaching.

Pulpitry: LIGHTS, CAMERA....ACTION!!!!!!




Where did pulpits come from?

A pulpit is another word for a podium, a platform, a stage (Mirraim Webster Dictionary).

What do people do from a podium or stage?

They give speeches and performances.

Speeches and performances-putting on a facade-comes naturally (and supernaturally) with the use of the pulpit in the organized church.

Pulpits can be dated back to the 14th century in medieval churches.  They were created by priests in the temples who were trying to compete for the attention of followers of migrant preachers who preached outside-much like John the Baptist and Jesus Christ of Nazareth Himself-did...OUTSIDE of the temples.

The migrant preachers only had a small piece of wood that they stood on outside to preach the Kingdom of God.  They often could be heard by temple-goers while they were in service.  So the priests and heads of the church created the pulpit so that their voices could carry 'over' the preaching and teaching going on outside.  To keep the attention of the people.

It was a competitive thing between the insitutionalized  priests and the preachers and teachers of the Kingdom of God who proclaimed God's word OUTSIDE of the four walls of the church.

Over time, the pulpits became more elaborate in design, seemingly as to draw attention to the speaker of the hour-and to divert attention AWAY from THE WORD, who is JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH.

Charles Tracy, author of 'Medieval English Pulpits,' calls pulpits 'objects of parochial pride and authority.'

What a fitting definition!

Pulpits as we know them today have morphed into 'objects of parochial pride and authority' indeed, in stark contrast to what they started out as.  There is mention of the word 'pulpit' in the Word of God only once, and that is in Nehemiah 8:4, when Ezra the scribe read the Torah to the people, he taught the people.  Afterwards, they repented...

The Hebrew word used for pulpit here is 'migdal,' which means 'an elevated stage or pulpit.'

And the pulpit Nehemiah used was NOT inside of a temple; it was OUTSIDE.  Just read the entire 8th chapter and you will see this is so.

This would explain why the migrant preachers of the 14th century were preaching on 'slabs of wood' OUTSIDE of the synagogues and temples.

Hmmmm, isn't that odd?

It seems to me the pulpit originated OUTSIDE of the four walls of the church!

The practice of having elaborate pulpit/podiums/platforms did not start until the 14th century, and that was only to compete with the preachers outside of the church preaching the Kingdom of God!

Why were they competing?

They were competing for the numbers.  The priests inside of the temples have always been into the numbers' game.  They will do whatever they need to to keep people coming to their churches.  More people inside of the temples meant easier control of the masses.  It would be easier to try and hinder THE church-THE Ekklesia- that Jesus Christ of Nazareth died for by gathering them all in one place, then indoctrinating and infiltrating error into the masses.

And more people meant MORE money for the temples!

Is it any wonder the stuff we see going on 'in the pulpit' is so crazy today?

We like to call preachers in pulpits 'hypocrites,' but what else do we expect when we place someone on a platform or a stage?

A hypocrite is someone who puts on a show, behind a mask.

Isn't the WHOLE purpose behind putting someone on a platform or a stage is to see them....PERFORM? Or be SOMEONE ELSE?

When you spend $500 to go see a Tyler Perry play, you don't go to the Convention Center, find your seat, sit down, only to watch the stage, do  you?

When you go to your child's school because lil Johnny is going to be the bumblebee in the spring play, you would be angry if you just sat there for 2 hours in the school auditorium-camcorder on standby-only to see an empty stage?

When you travel to a hair show in Hotlanta, sponsored by Dudley's Products, wouldn't you be tee'd off if you just sat there, never seeing any models come down the ramp?

Well, whenever we put someone on a pedestal, on a stage, behind a podium...and YES, even a pulpit, we must expect that they WILL perform!  And a performance is NEVER REAL!

STOP getting mad at finding out that preachers are actors, puppets on a string.  You placed them on the stage to perform, not to minister TRUTH to you.
A minister of truth is going to step DOWN from the pulpit and minister to you, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!  They are NOT going to hide behind clergy collars, cassocks, long flowing robes and fancy pulpits that cost more than what you make in one year.

A minister of truth is going to TELL YOU THE TRUTH.  And they will do it wherever you happen to be.  You don't have to dress up and go to a building to be set free.

Do YOU need that type of minister?  Do church buildings and all its rhetoric and hype intimidate you?  Do you tire of the hypocrisy of churchgoers and preachers, in particular?  Yet you see the need for ministry?

Then its time to COME OUT of the church...and BE THE CHURCH!

Have You Received A Call To Ministry? Or to Salvation?



As I watched this video, I was reminded of a favorite story I tell my youngest son at bedtime (even though he is going on 13 years old, he STILL loves for me to tell him stories!)

It is the story of the prophet Samuel.

How Samuel heard 'the call' as he was trying to go to bed in the temple with King Eli.

As much as I love to tell that story, if we look at that whole scenario in light of what Pam shares in this video...Samuel-in a sense-received a call to ministry, and not salvation.  Salvation was not yet given, because no eternal shedding of blood had been shed for all our sins!

As supernatural and awesome that story, I am afraid many mistake the call to SALVATION as a call to ministry....

And one CANNOT be called into ministry FIRST and HAVE NOT YET BEEN SAVED!!!!
First things FIRST!

Many hear a call, but don't know who is calling them.

Just like Samuel the prophet heard someone call his name-and answered the call, according to the instructions of King Eli-many still operate in that religious mindset of answering a call to prophesy, to operate in ministry...and have YET to answer the call TO BE SAVED!

How do you know if you have received a call to salvation, or to ministry?

If you have accepted Jesus as your personal savior, if you let Jesus into your heart, if you repeated a sinner's prayer, if you have NEVER TRULY repented of your sins, if you have no REAL understanding of what happened at Calvary OR in the tomb when Jesus Christ of Nazareth was raised from the dead, if you believe that Jesus only resurrected in SPIRIT FORM and NOT IN THE FLESH, or if you continuously sin and REMAIN unrepentant of sinning.....THEN....

THE CALL YOU ARE HEARING IS TO S A L V A T I O N!!!!!!!!!  And NOT ministry!!!

You are NOT saved.

If you are truly born again, and understand that there is NO way you can accept Jesus Christ, but He has to accept you, if you HAVE repented of your sins, if-when you sin-you do experience GODLY SORROW for your sin, that leads to repentance, if you understand that Jesus Christ was resurrected IN THE FLESH and is at the right hand of the Father-and can NEVER reside 'in our hearts,'  if you possess a working knowledge of what JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH DID FOR US ALL by laying down His life and picking it right back up again....THEN....

THE CALL YOU ARE HEARING MAY BE TO MINISTRY.  WAIT ON IT....

Don't get the two confused.  The enemy calls ministers, too.  He calls those who are NOT saved into ministry so that they can propagate and spread more false doctrine and deceive more people.

~Do you need help in determining if the call you are hearing is to salvation or to ministry, call 518-477-5759. Or watch this video.~

Premature Death: Another Plague of the Institutional Church




This is Joy Mifflin.  She was a popular 'evangelist' who passed on yesterday of cancer.

This video was taken in 2010.

Mifflin had just tweeted at the beginning of October encouraging many to tune into the 2012 Presidential Debates, and sending her love to her 'pastor,' Pastor Sheryl Brady from the Jakes Affiliation.

A little over a month later, Joy was on life support/respirator, and taken off...only to die on November 9.

She was 33 years old.

She lost a 7 year battle to breast cancer.
Sobering.

Prayer requests were petitioned on her behalf as she lay on life support the day before she passed, asking God to heal and restore her.

This reminds me of another story of a young woman who received 'prayer' for healing and died soon thereafter...the late wife of gospel artist Marvin Sapp, Dr. MaLinda Sapp.

After her husband requested around-the-clock prayer for his wife, who was battling colon cancer, she succumbed in September 2010 to the debilitating disease.
A few weeks before in August 2010, Marvin Sapp had requested prayer for MaLinda, who was diagnosed with colon cancer the year before but was declared 'cancer-free' by doctors earlier that year.  Apparently, the cancer had come back.

MaLinda died at 45 years old.



Dontavies Boatwright was a finalist on the popular gospel contest show, Sunday's Best. He went on to record an album, become a radio announcer, and preached at several venues.  He died of a heart attack yesterday as well, at the age of 33.

(I want yall to notice that he was an avid tongue speaker in the above video)
And probably the most well-known of these is the late David Wilkerson.  One of the TRUE endtime prophets of this age.

In April 2011, David Wilkerson and his wife Gwen were involved in a car accident that claimed David's life first.
Gwen would die a little over a year later in July of this year, presumably from grief and injuries she sustained in the car crash with a tractor trailer that claimed the life of her beloved husband of 58 years.

She was 81....he was 79.

David Wilkerson was the pastor of Times Square Church, the founder of Teen Challenge Ministry and author of 'The Cross and The Switchblade.'



Another gospel couple who died in like manner as the Wilkersons are the Wrights, the late gospel artist Timothy Wright and his wife Betty and his 14 year old grandson, D.J.

The family was driving home when they were hit head on by a drunk driver.  The crash killed Betty, 58, and D.J. instantly.

Timothy Wright died of his injuries (and probably grief) almost a year later in 2009.  He was 61 years old.


(I was particularly fond of Wright's music, and was saddened to hear of his untimely death and that of his family....)
Rev. Timothy Wright and wife Betty
D.J. Wright, Grandson
I can go on and on....we hear stories of premature death (in the church setting) ALL the time.

No one bothers to say anything about it and automatically conclude that ALL PREMATURE death(s) in the church are the will of God.  We religiously say that it is God's business who He 'decides to take home' and when.

And while I can wholeheartedly agree that only God knows when our time is up, NO ONE can make me believe that EVERY death is God's will.

There is something going on here!

I want to share something with you that my mentor, Pamela Sheppard, made me realize.

The religious demon LOVES to mock those who are within its 'jurisdiction,' if you will.

The religious demon loves to cause 'accidents,' diseases, and the such that will take out REAL believers.

There are some things that are NOT supposed to happen.  Like that guy in Creflo's church who was praying at the altar and was gunned down!

How can ANYONE make that right?  How can anyone explain that away, saying it was the 'will of God' for this man to be shot to death...WHILE HE WAS PRAYING?  TO OUR GOD????

That makes absolutely NO sense to me!
Gregory McDowell
39 year old McDowell took 5 bullets while praying to God....while sitting in a church!  He was in the production department and in maintenance at famous megachurch World Changers International of College Park, GA, pastored by Creflo Dollar.  The shooter was a former maintenance worker of WCCI.

There is still no motive for the shooting at this time.

Does anyone else here see a trend?

It seems to me that premature death is fast becoming yet another plague that is plaguing the organized church, just like premature death took the firstborn in Egypt after GOD released the 10 plagues as judgment against Pharaoh and the Egyptians' disobedience.

I also want to make it known that most of these people were tongue talkers!

We have written before on how the enemy uses tongues to release curses upon themselves and the ones they love...without even realizing it!

All those prayer requests requesting prayer, from TONGUE TALKERS?

Let me share something with you:  I am not of the crew that speaks ill of people who don't know any better.  And having come out of that crowd of pentecostals/charismatics, I understand ALL TOO WELL the error they operate in.  I understand the love affair and deception that is latent in the doctrines of speaking in tongues.  I understand how people can hold on to that doctrine for dear life, even when it hasn't produced any (lasting) fruit, and caused illness, calamity, sickness and in some cases, even premature death!

But it will take the Spirit of the Living God to reveal this to many.

I won't say you should come out of the church.  You need to hear that from GOD for yourself.

But I will say this much:

Recognize what is going on around you and do NOT ignore those tiny urgings from the Spirit of God when HE warns you about things, or people, or groups, or churches, or affiliations. If GOD tells you to hold off on the tongues, DO IT!

In THIS season, it can literally be a matter of life, or death.
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The LGBT Agenda Would STILL Move Fwd...No Matter WHO's President!



In the aftermath of probably one of the most controversial Presidential elections ever, we are faced with watching this nation divide itself over issues.  The division began long before now; its just that now the division has manifested right before all of our eyes.

And that spirit of division began RIGHT in the organized church system!

And, as the title says above, the LGBT agenda would continue no matter WHO was elected into the Oval Office.

Why?

Because the wheels that set that agenda in motion began WAY before Obama was first elected President 4 years ago.

See what the majority of people FAIL to realize is that if you want to impact a society-whether for good or for evil-you must influence the religious culture of a people. AND to infiltrate the educational institutions, to help a people learn (or relearn) values and belief systems.

And since most of society IS religious-even atheism and satanism are religions, what better way to impact a nation than to infiltrate its religious institutions.

Also, there is an ever-increasing tendency towards forwarding one's education.  Which in and of itself is NOT a bad thing.

IF that education is GOD-based.

But the problem with MOST educational institutions today is that they are NOT God-centered, but MAN centered.

And that has been happening for over 100 years.  Perhaps longer.  How?

In military strategy, any good soldier or general knows that the best mode of attack is multi-faceted.  You can't just come at an enemy ONE way:  if the objective of battle or war is to win, then the more strategies that are created, the more plans of attack that are instituted for the sole purpose of annihilating the enemy, the more likely it is to defeat and takeover your enemy.

Satan has had this in the works for YEARS.  Most right-winged 'christians' are not aware of this.  They have been lulled to sleep by religion and the FAKE Jesus for such a long time, that they are JUST starting to wake up to the realization that a takeover is imminent.

So just like an ill-prepared soldier or platoon, who didn't plan for attack, or were not made aware of the stategies plotted against them, they are in defensive mode, which almost always means defeat.

The best way to prepare (for battle) is not to react to an attack, but to PREPARE for one.

And this is not possible WITHOUT HELP OF THE HOLY GHOST!  The Lord ALWAYS prepares HIS PEOPLE for attack.  Read your bible!

He will always tell you when the enemy is going to attack, how he is going to attack, and who he is going to use.

If you are NOT in tune with the HOLY GHOST-or cannot hear from God FOR YOURSELF-than you are open to attack.

God has been telling HIS REMNANT FOR YEARS about this.

He has been showing The Remnant of the demonic (religious) infiltration of THE TRUE CHURCH for over a century.

The Catholic Church is the bedrock of the church, the template, if you will, of all mainstream, western religion.  Most protestant churches use the catholic church as a template of how church is supposed to be.

In the Catholic Church, priests have been 'turning out' little altar boys for decades...in silence.  Then those young boys grow up to 'come out of the closet.'

Then its become prevalent amongst so-called 'Protestant religions.' This trend towards preachers turning out young men in the churches.

Couple that with the tide in the educational arena towards humanism, and the ungodly influence is strengthened-in AND out of the church!

I say all that to say this...

Watch the video above.  I couldn't look at 1 minute of it.  I heard of this 'couple' this morning while stumbling out of bed and turning on the remote like many people do.

I couldn't believe my eyes!

As I watched the documentary on 'Jason and deMarco,' it became more apparent to me that the LGBT agenda would ultimately move forward-no matter WHO is president.
Jason and deMarco: Christian Music Artists????
Many 'christians' did not vote for Obama because he supports LGBT marriages.  Now, I know Romney said he did not.  But what many fail to understand is that the LGBT train has been in motion for MANY years.  And it has gained so much speed and momentum that NO president would be able to stop it....EVEN IF THEY OPENLY SAID THEY WOULD!!!!

Didn't Bush (BOTH OF THEM, BTW) say they would attempt to stop the LGBT train?


After all that both father and son Bush tried to do in office, it looks like to me the LGBT agenda is STILL moving forward!

Why is that?

The answer is manifold.

1) The LGBT agenda BEGAN in the INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH!  Acceptance of it began when it was allowed for grown men molest boys and introduce homosexuality into the innocent lives of these boys.  AND then covered up by the Vatican and local parishes.
2) The LGBT agenda was furthered by it being taught in the schools.
3)  The Kinsey report on sexuality helped to further the LGBT.  (Google it or watch THIS video on how children were molested solely for the purpose of sexual study!) This study that was conducted starting in the 1940s sparked the so-called 'Sexual Revolution.'
4) That 'report' was then used as a template in educational systems to teach a generation of young people about 'their sexuality.'  It opened the door to the widespread acceptance of pornography, promiscuity, homosexuality, lesbianism and all kinds of errant sexual behaviors and lifestyles. (Not that it wasn't occurring BEFORE the release of the report.  We all know that it was.  But it was NOT widely accepted and taught as the NORM in any society before then. )
5) Once the sexual revolution was taught in our colleges, it spread like wildfire.  You want to impact a people, infiltrate their religious AND educational systems!!!!
Those forces set into motion to promote the LGBT agenda were done so when Obama was not EVEN BORN YET!!!  He wasn't born until 1961.  By then, the sexual revolution was already set in motion for over 20 years!

Lenient, tolerant mindsets of abnormal, unethical sexual behavior began LONG before the 1960s.  We all like to point to the 60s because that is when all the behaviors started manifesting in society.  But you have to understand that LONG before something manifests, it has been 'started,' per se...sometimes, many times, YEARS before!

So, Romney was not going to have enough 'juice,' power or support from the religious right to change that tide.  If Romney was voted into office, every attempt he would have made to enable the religious right's agenda to annihilate the acceptance of LGBT community would have been counter-attacked and plundered.

Why?

Because it is too entrenched into the religious and educational cultures of our society!

I mean, just look at the video above!

So its time we stop being so divisive and arguing moot points.

IT does no one any good!

The Dangers of Not Being THANKFUL




When we were all little kids, (hopefully) our parents taught us to say 'Please' and 'Thank you.'

It was taught to us as a part of being mannerable.  It's just good social etiquette to say 'Thank you' after someone has done soemething for you or given something to you.

But being thankful doesn't just stop there...at good manners.  Being thankful is a biblical principle that protects us from spiritual deceit, corruption and error.

Being thankful to God does...

I want you to read Romans 1.  Study it.  Read it again.  As I read it again this morning, the scriptures seemed to jump out from the page at me...

Romans 1:17
The Just shall live by FAITH....

If the just lives by faith, this means that they do NOT worry or fret over how their bills are going to get paid.  They do NOT covet after the riches of another.  They don't work 8 jobs to keep up with the Joneses.  They may have a job, or they may not...but one thing IS for sure...they live BY FAITH.

If more people understood that biblical principle, then the error of the prosperity doctrine would spread no further.  Replete among the followers and purveyors of the prosperity message are people who simply LACK FAITH IN GOD.  They covet after the riches and possessions of another.  And they are NOT thankful FOR WHAT THEY HAVE!

They are greedy.  Never satisfied...and certainly not thankful.  Not to God...and probably not to their fellow man, either.

There is a danger in not being thankful.  It's not just it offends God.  But being unthankful is breeding ground for covetousness and seducing spirits to come in and cause one to err 'from the faith.'

When we begin to trust in the arm of flesh-ours or anyone else's-to provide for our needs, instead trusting God implicitly, then we start placing debt, lack, poverty and our not having certain things (even if those things are necessities) on a pedestal, of sorts.  The debt, the lack, the poverty...they all become IDOLS in our lives...that replace the POWER and PROVISION OF GOD.  We place pre-eminence on our lack instead of faith in our God to provide EVERY NEED that we have...

Once this happens, a domino effect takes place.  What starts out as idolatry and lack of faith starts to grow into not SEEING GOD as God in our lives.

Romans 1:21-23
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were THANKFUL; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

When we place our lack, debt, poverty and the such above God in our lives, that thing has become an idol in our lives.  God is taken off the throne and our lack, debt, poverty takes its place.  And how do we worship the gods of lack, debt, and poverty?

By trusting in the arm of FLESH to provide.  By making up doctrines and teachings that will help us feel 'empowered' to prosper.  Admit it: there is a certain helplessness that comes with lack.  Most people HATE it.  And will do ANYTHING to avoid feeling helpless.

The downfall of many a man has been that the enemy KNOWS that it is in the innate nature of a man to provide for his family.  When this ability is hindered or taken away, this emasculates the man...and many men will do just about anything to provide for their families.

Many of the mega preachers that are so heavily-revered sold out to the god of mammon...they began 'ministry' in lack, debt, poverty. Listen to their testimonies of being in poverty.  Shaking roaches out of their clothes.  Living in houses with the utilities cut off.  Wearing the same clothes to church over and over again.  Being homeless.

And now they are flying in private jets and living in homes that most would only dream of!

But there was a price that was paid for that fortune, and it wasn't merely the check they signed over to the realtor when they bought the homes.

The very gospel that they now preach and teach is tainted with error.  It makes gods out of temporary circumstances and gets people to trust in formulas and methods and NOT in God.

Look what happens when we do that:

Romans 1:24-25
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

When we start trusting in the arm of flesh and NOT in God, then we start worshiping just that....FLESH.
When you finish reading the first chapter of Romans, you will see that the rise in sexual (and spiritual) perversion has its roots in not recognizing God as God, and NOT BEING THANKFUL.

This is the chapter that goes into the rampant homosexuality and lesbianism that is promised in these times.

And to imagine---it all began with just not being thankful!

The old song used to go like this:

"Count your blessings, name them one by one, count your blessings, see what the Lord has done!  Count your blessings, name them one by one....Count your many blessings!  See what the Lord has done!"

There IS a danger in NOT being thankful.

The enemy knows in these uncertain (economic) times that many will be vulnerable to fall prey to error, particularly in this area.  Falling for the prosperity message keeps one in a constant state of covetousness, all in the guise of appearing to walk in faith for the things that you don't have...all the while you are missing the blessing of enjoying what you DO have.

God has been really, really good to America.  We need not forget that....what does the Word say?

Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

'Christian Wicca: It IS a Religion!'


From September 2011
When we hear the word 'Wicca,' we associate it immediately with the art or religion of witchcraft.

Wicca has been described as a religion that affords its followers the freedom and liberty to use spells, incantations, chantings, and corporate prayer to bring about healing.  Healing of what is termed 'Mother Earth,' healing of individuals' bodies from ailments and diseases, as well as the healing of nature itself.

Wiccans also celebrate festivals-eight of them per year-that are called 'sabbats.'  They believe there is a god and a goddess.  They believe that the Trinity is a goddess.  Wiccans started getting popular in the late 1950s, but their foundations were set long before then.  As early as the early 1900s, witchcraft and New Age practices were being openly practiced in other countries.

Wicca was brought about primarily for the purpose of turning the stereotypical tide of how witchcraft was generally perceived.  Due to the Witch hunts of the past, and subsequent persecutions and even executions of alleged and proven witches (i.e. Salem Witch Hunts in Massachusetts), society had succeeded in making the general public afraid of witches and witchcraft.

What Wicca's purpose was was to show the world that witches mean 'no harm' and want to help people, the earth.  Hence the terms 'good witch' and 'good witchcraft' that would be adopted later on in the 20th century.

I was quite shocked to discover that 1) Wicca is now recognized as a viable 'religion,' and 2) that there is a sect of Wiccans who call themselves 'Christians' or 'Trinitarian Wiccans!'

One has to question...How is it possible to combine teachings of Wicca and Christianity?

Christian, or Trinitarian Wiccans also believe that Jesus Christ existed, that He was a prophet and a teacher.  They attempt to follow 'some' Christian teachings, but by virtue of the very essence of Wicca, they cannot because it will require for them to reject some of the very things that makes them Wiccan.
Hence the term-and new sect of Wicca-that is now known as Trinitarian, or Christian, Wicca!

This is nothing more than another classic example of mixing two religions and coming up with yet another concoction, a new set of belief systems, and recruiting followers in which to label them as such.
What caught my attention about this new sect is the fact that these are witches who are open about their agenda....and have no problem being associated with beliefs in Christianity!

But I also want to point out that SOME of these Trinitarian Wiccans possibly have infiltrated the organized church system and have brought in with them a whole new array of deceit, error, and false doctrine.

This would explain all of the false doctrine and error that is latent in a lot of sermons across church pulpits.

The way that this has been able to happen is because one of the prominent characteristics of Wiccans is that they desire to do good.  Their desire (their worship) of earth and THIS life.  Their desire to see others healed, at any cost.  Their general acceptance and practice of the supernatural.

These are all characteristics that have been accepted into the organized church system.

Due to the lack of GODLY GENUINE POWER (because God is no longer in the churches), church people generally have-out of desperation-accepted ANY FORM of power to step in, so it can appear that God is still there...

2 Timothy 3:4-6

Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts...

(I also think it ironic that we call male witches 'warlocks.'   A main student of probably the most famous witch in this country, Laurie Cabot, clarifies that a warlock is not a male witch; the term warlock means 'traitor.' So generally speaking, male witches like to call themselves witches as well).

Interesting...

But anyway, the lack of power in the organized church system has brought about an amalgamation-a mixture, a merger of sorts-an acceptance of the merger of the clean and the unclean.  The vile with the holy.

And along with these mergers (for trust, there are many more such 'mergers' going on with mainstream christianity i.e. Crislam) is the trend towards what is termed as 'religious tolerance.'

Tolerance is one of the ways the enemy has been able to slowly but surely infiltrate popular thinking-in and out of the church system.  To tolerate something is to give it acceptance.  To not call something evil, that IS inherently evil.  To not call wrong wrong.

The Word of God tells us often to shun evil, and cleave to that which is good.  We are not to embrace evil, even as a means to attain good.

The organized church system has embraced evil, to do good, and given full access to pulpits across this country to witches.

Some of these witches are very popular.  Most of them most would not label or term them as witches, per se, because they are blinded to the very characteristics of witches, Wicca and religion in general.

As long as they can produce-produce that healing, produce that deliverance, produce that answer to prayer-that is what most people are concerned with...no matter at what cost.

I saw something very interesting on TV today:  I saw a Wiccan prayer service.  They were singing, chanting (in English, by the way), they were calling upon the gods and goddesses.  They were praying for someone's healing.  They chanted 'Blessings!  Blessings!'  Then they clapped and were dismissed.

Looked just like one of those 'prayer meetings' I used to attend when I went to church.  MORE than one!

REAL believers-those who have not allowed themselves to tolerate or fall for the mixture(s) of doctrines and belief systems that are so popular today-must NOT 'tolerate' mixtures of christianity in the guise of showing the world we are viable, relevant, produce results or productive.  Or tolerant.

If this is not proof positive that one needs to come out and be separate, I don't know what is.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

I don’t blame you, Gina and Andrea...(for the Hunt and Yarrell families)




I don't blame you on what happened to you. I look at the pictures of who you and your babies were and as you lie in your caskets and I know you cannot hear me.

But if you do, I, Wenona, don't blame you for what happened to you.

Society does. They don't understand your plight, your desparation. When you would look in your babies eyes and knew they were hungry, you had to feed your babies.

When you saw their feet and saw holes in their shoes, your heart would wrench and you determined to get them shoes.

When you almost evicted and had to come up with rent, you grew desperate. You wouldn't bring your babies to live in a shelter, Andrea. You working as a clerk in DCS saw what happened to mothers who couldn't properly house their babies; they'd lost them to the system. Undoubtedly, working for the state you didn't make a lot of money. I have worked for the state, too. The wages are laughable.

Yet, rent, utilities, gas, food, diapers, living expenses continue to rise. Your man is in jail and you gotta do what you gotta do. We don't choose who we fall in love with. You didn't know about his shady dealings until you had already given him your heart and your body...

Now, you gotta baby.

You had family that tried to look out for you. But they aren't rich; and you want to be independent. You see the strain it was on your family to keep helping you.

So your girl, Gina, came into your life. She was fun, down, cool. Like a sister. You guys look alike in the caskets as a matter of fact.

You both connect because you both were going through the same stages of life, with the same struggles.

Gina reassured you that no one would do anything because there were babies in the house. And she was smooth. Or so she thought....

Her only mistake was trusting that snake, Ronald. The one who pulled the trigger.

You guys underestimated this jigga.

You thought since he was ordained to preach in prison and fooled the judges and the system into letting him out, that he could be played.

Yes, you thought 'Surely, he used be a preacher. He won't hurt us. He won't miss this little stuff. He is forgiving. He is harmless.'

But you failed to realize that anyone is capable of anything. He had demons tormenting him, plaguing his mind, body and soul. They came back after he renounced his faith in God.

One thing is for sure....renounce your faith in the church. Renounce your faith in religion. They are both shaky and faulty, true that.

BUT NEVER RENOUNCE YOUR FAITH IN GOD!!!!

That was Ron's mistake. He renounced his faith in God, so God had to give him up to a reprobate mind. He had to let the demons torment him.

Torment him so until all lines between right and wrong were gone. Til he no longer has a conscious. Til he is driven by pure hatred and evil.....

Girls, you didn't know. You went to church as little girls. I believe one of you went to an Apostolic Church at one time. But life circumstances overtook you and you lost your faith. Got hooked up with the wrong jiggas...

Then left with those beautiful babies!


I understand. Trust me I do. I am a single mom out here in Post Katrina N.O. trying to make it.

I'm a be real. I had opportunity to deal like that. Of course, I was blind to what was going on around me. But when God shone the light, I couldn't.

I just couldn't promote a business that is in the business of doing things like what was done to you.

I want to provide for my kids, and I do believe God is Jehovan Jireh! He is a Provider!

But I see you and your precious babies in those caskets with tears in my eyes.

I hate what was done to you. To those babies. Ronald will be tormented longer, forever, if he does not repent.

But I suspect he wants to die. He cannot believe he has sunk so low.

Ladies, thank q!

Because you are speaking to thousands of young (and middle aged) poor women in this country....even from your graves!!!!!

To the families of these precious, I cannot imagine your pain. Your grief. Your anguish at this moment.

But I do hear their blood crying. I do know they are happy. TO that Dad, Andrea's dad, Andrea was a good girl. She didn't want to bother you anymore. She was so grateful you helped her and that angel. She just wanted to try to make it on her on.

To the family of Gina. I suspect you are Apostolic. I know you all had a homegoing service for her and that handsome prince she had. You all know what happens after death.

I pray you use their deaths to minister to the young people in your community.

Let's not forget Gina, Andrea, and little Jordan and Charlii.

To the govenment. Shame on you. You pay workers slave wages and expect them to be able to take care of their families! And act shocked that some of your employees have to resort to criminal activity to feed their families!

Then you claim to be an agency that looks out for children! For shame!

To the dealers. I know some of you just cold hearted and don't give a damn. Life means nothing to you, no matter the age. It is all about the benjamins, the high and the power.

There is a hell awaiting you after you live hell on earth...

But to those of you who deal because you feel like you have no other alterative....

You do!

Look?! That could be a picture of you and your loved ones being buried! Trust God to supply your needs. I address this in particular to single mothers!!!!!

To the churches. I am not impressed at who can shout the house down. I am not impressed at who can riff and run folks down the aisles. I am not impressed at the grand cathedrals that houses thousands every Sunday. I am not impressed at how many you baptize, get to speak in tongues, or ordain to preach. Ronald (the alleged killer) was ordained, too.

I AM impressed when I see you out in the community stopping senseless bull like this! No doubt within a five mile radius of this senseless tragedy there is megachurch, or at the very least a church, nearby.

Why have church and the church does not impact or affect the community?????????

Jesus left out of the synagogues to minister to the masses. This is a shame. We got all this power. When are we going to use it to help out people?

To the police in Indy. Thank you for being SO vigilant about bringing these folks to justice. I pray the justice system will be swift and harsh with their punishment to these young men.

Gina, Andrea, Jordan, and Charlii, I won't forget you. I will never forget the above pictures as long as I live.

Your living truly was not in vain!!!!!

God Bless!


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