Unworthy of Devotion

"Woe! Woe! My people are giving their hearts away! My people are devoting their hearts to political agendas, crusades, nationalism and culture wars! My people do not know what they are doing! My people do not understand that putting their faith and hope in these things will leave them desolate! My people cannot discern the spirits because they are swayed by fear and belief in the righteousness of their 'side'! Because My people cannot recognize that destruction that has already come as a result of their mistaken devotion, they cannot hear My call to My prophets to step forward in repentance. And if their hearts are given to their side's righteousness, how will they react when My prophets call them to repentance?"

Gospel of the Flesh

"My people! Why have you returned to slavery? Why are you believing that I demand you devote yourselves to circumcision? Haven't I told you that you have been circumcised in My Son? Haven't I told you that I abolished the wall of separation in His flesh? Why are you measuring your devotion to Me by your devotion to Israel?

"Return to the Cross! Return to the gospel! Return to Christ! For you have become enchanted by another gospel, which is no gospel at all! You have become enamoured with flesh, circumcision, perishable land and politics! Those among you who speak in Hebrew words, who wear Jewish religious clothes, and who display Israeli flags are seen as knoweldgable, advanced and full of the Spirit, and their utterances are seen as 'prophetic'.

"Was My Son not sufficient for you? Was freedom in Him not good enough, that you look back at the land of slavery you left and decorate yourselves with its chains?

"Behold My Son, lest you fall from grace completely!"

The Judgment of God

"Why do so many of you believe that I judge and punish nations based on their failure to acknowledge My name in their laws and policies? Why do you believe that I seek the professing of My name among leaders and in the laws of your kingdoms? Don't you know that My kingdom is not of this world? Don't you know that professing My name did not change the heart of ancient Israel, produce righteousness in the land or avert judgment?

"You are looking on the outside of things, but I look at hearts. You are looking at laws, but I am looking at My Son. You are judging by the Law, but I am judging by the Cross. You are judging by the Ten Commandments, but I am judging by the Beatitudes.

"You believe My wrath comes when people commit sin, but I tell you that My wrath fell on My Son on the Cross for your sins. Now My wrath is reserved for those who reject My agape love given to you on the Cross. My wrath is reserved for those who live against My command to agape one another as I gave agape to you.

"And My wrath will not be poured out until I have first disciplined you for your own good. I have written that judgment begins at the house of God, among the people bearing My name, and so I will first discipline you for your own good, so that you will not be condemned with the world.

"Stop judging by appearances and make a right judgment."

"Spiritual Warfare"

"Many of you have been busy trying to fight and evict
'spirits' in the land and culture around you.
Some of you have even traveled great distances to do
'spiritual warfare' that you think will bring 'revival' to the land.

But I did not send My disciples out to conquer
as I sent ancient Israel into Canaan.
Yes, you have spiritual adversaries,
but I did not sent you in search of spirits to fight—
I sent you in search of the lost!
When I commanded My disciples to go to the nations,
I commissioned them to preach the good news to the poor,
to feed the hungry and clothe the naked.

And now because you have been intently focusing
on 'enemies' outside your walls,
you cannot see the broken and hurting hearts
among you, inside your church.

When you run here and there on your 'prayer walks' against 'spirits',
you cannot discern that many of your 'warriors' are broken inside,
hurting and longing for peace, and are seeking fulfillment
by attempting to do great 'spiritual' things.

Wake up! The true battle is not outside but inside!
Wake up! Remember the gospel!"

End-Times Calling

"Look! Look! I have told you that there will be disasters and wars in the days before I return to earth! I have told you that such things must come to pass, and I have told you that I will be with you always.

"Do not be afraid, and do not fear for your lives. Haven't I told you that whoever lives in Me will not perish even though they die? Haven't I told you that nothing in all creation can separate you from My love?

"Do not be afraid, and do not turn back from My calling when calamities come, for I have sent you to bring My love to the hurting and wounded. The world flees calamity and abandons its own, but I am calling you to minister to those whom the world leaves behind in disaster zones.

"Many people who proclaim My name are ready and willing to preach to the nations, but are hesitant to go love the victim and the wounded unless there is an opportunity to preach. Many who proclaim My name do not understand that My command to carry one another's burdens is what will preach the gospel of the kingdom to the whole world. For I have said that if you love one another, the whole world will know that you are My disciples, that I have been sent by My Father, and that He has loved them even as He has loved Me.

"You cannot bring about the end by increasing your preaching. The end will come in the time My Father has set. But will you be prepared? Will you understand that your duty is to obey My commands among the nations? Will you understand that the 'end-times ministry' I have called you to is to give the hungry something to eat, to give the thirsty something to drink, to invite the stranger in, to clothe the naked, to look after the sick and visit those who are in prison?"

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See also: "Sharing Hope"

Seeking to Devour

"My sons and daughters,

"Discernment! I am calling you to exercise discernment! I have given you fruit and vineyards. I have given you My Spirit and My love for My children. I have sent many brothers and sisters to help you because the work has been so large. Word has gone out about the fruit I have given you and about the need for laborers in the vineyard.

"I am calling you to exercise discernment, because not all who come have been called. Not all who proclaim My name are filled with My heart. Not all who proclaim My kingdom truly understand what My heart values and what is important to Me.

"My treasures are people—not land, not ministries, not proclamations or meetings. I have given you the privilege of serving people whom I love. They are My treasures.

"When workers among you serve an agenda instead of serving the people I have set before you, at that time you must stand for My people. I am calling you to seek Me and discern the spirits. Not all who proclaim My name understand what spirits they are following. I am calling you to intercede not only for the people, but also for the workers who have not discerned the difference between My voice and the voice of other spirits.

"At times I will command you to rebuke and discipline those who are being used by the enemy to devour the people whom I love. Do not be afraid of your own weakness. Do not be afraid that the work will suffer, for I am able to save whether by many or by few. Do not be afraid of grieving My Spirit when I command you to defend the people I love so much. Be shepherds of the flock entrusted to your care. I am with you always."

Spiritual Battery & Abuse

"Woe! Woe! Woe!
Who would cover the abuse of My children?
Do I not see all things?

"My children have been told that they must
have someone 'cover' them to protect them.
My children have been commanded to submit
to abuse or else be 'in rebellion' against Me.

"I have not commanded this!
I have commanded My children to test all things
—even the words of their leaders—
and hold fast only to that which is good.
I have ordained that My Spirit shall be
in all of My children, not just in leaders,
and I have commanded My children to follow
My Spirit in them according to My Word.

"I AM the only 'covering' My children need!
When leaders claim that My children need their 'covering',
they usurp My authority and wound My children.
They do not teach faith in Me but faith in leaders.
They do not teach confidence in My Spirit
but confidence in their hierarchy.
They turn a deaf ear to the cries of My children
in order to maintain the image of their authority.

"Woe! Woe! Woe!
I will judge those who divide
and abuse My children!
Repent! Repent!"

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Art: "Covering"