"Woe to those
who encircle a people
with walls and oppression,
who light a fire beneath them
to incite them to violence
in order to justify further oppression!
Woe to those
who mistreat a people,
evict them from their homes
and push them off of their land
in order to confiscate the land
that their hearts desire!
Woe to those
who have used their own suffering
as propaganda and as a pretext
for ignoring their misdeeds
in order to commit injustice
against another people!
Woe to those
who have made Palestinians
to be 'flesh in the pot'
and have slain them
in order to destroy them
so that Israel may have more land!
Does the Lord not see?
Cannot I see the hearts of all?
Will I not repay those
who have worked injustice?
Will I not punish those
who incite the oppressed to violence?
Repent, Israel!
Repent, you who call yourselves
'Friends of israel',
for I will not hold you guiltless
for shielding her
and partaking in her crimes!
Repent and seek peace,
justice and reconciliation!"
*****
Art: "Living in Terror"
"Listen, My people:
The hope of those
who have set their hearts
on the glory of America
is the glory of Babylon.
I did not give My Son to die
so that you could build an empire,
excel in military might,
or attain worldly prosperity.
I did not give My Son to die
so that you could use His name
to gather political power
and enforce your idea of righteousness.
I gave My Son so that you
would become exceptional
in love, humility, mercy, empathy,
and all the fruits of My Spirit.
But amongst the nations
you have often become known for
and have labored in pursuit of
the lusts of the flesh instead.
I am not your god, America:
your gods are Mammon and Mars:
the love of money and possessions,
and the military god of war.
Many of you have become
unthinking and unfeeling,
like brute beasts unable to reason
or to comprehend My words.
Yet among you I have a remnant
whose love has not grown cold,
who testify to My truth
and walk in the ways of My mercy.
I am calling you through them
to repentance for your ways,
and to follow the teaching
and commands of My Son.
Will you listen to My witnesses?
Or will you continue to mock them
and to harden your hearts
against My Son and My love?"
*****
Art: "Edifice"
"I know that much
of the behavior of those
who profess My name
does not reflect My teachings.
I know that many have used
the words of scripture
to support their agendas
and unloving actions.
I know that many have twisted
prophecies in scripture
that justify their disregard
of My teaching and commands.
Because of these things
many of you who hold
to My teachings and commands
have questioned, re-interpreted
and sometimes cast off belief
in the words I have spoken
through prophets in scripture.
Yet by holding onto
My teachings and commands
and by walking in My love,
you have held onto that
which is most important.
But the words I have spoken
through prophets in scripture l
are also true and did not come
by any prophet's own interpretation.
Those whose agape love
has grown cold and who
have forsaken My commands
are fulfilling the words I spoke
in the prophecies of Paul
and the book of Revelation.
They have become unthinking
and unfeeling as the brute beasts
of Revelation and have taught
rebellion and apostasy in My temple.
Death, war, exploitation
and destruction follow in their wake
as they ride out of My presence
like conquerors bent on conquest.
They have made an idol of Israel
and called all people to worship it,
blessing those who do
and cursing those who do not.
Those who cling to My ways of love
will not be deceived,
but those who forsake My commands
ignore the warnings of prophecy.
Do not forsake My love and My commands.
Keep faith in what I did
for you on the Cross,
and do not despise prophecies.
I will be with you until the very end."
*****
Art: "Even As He Said"
"My people,
As night falls upon the world
I am calling you to walk a path:
I am calling you to carry the cross
through the midst of Babylon.
I am calling you to testify
because the city has been built
upon bloodshed and violence.
Many who have claimed My name
have rejected My teaching
and rebelled against My ways.
The offense they have caused
will bring persecution upon them
and upon all who bear My name—
both the innocent and the guilty.
Just as I was crucified between rebels
the innocent will suffer with the guilty.
I am calling you to walk
in the way of the gospel of peace,
testifying against the rebellion of Babylon
and calling My people to repentance.
The words I give you to speak
will be offensive to the violent
and those whose hearts cling
to the ways of rebellion.
Do not be afraid to follow Me,
for the faith to walk path of the cross
though it leads through suffering
is of greater worth than gold.
Walk in the path I have called you to
and follow in My footsteps.
As you join Me in My suffering
you will know I am with you."
*****
"The Path I Have For You"
December 22, 2014:
As I laid in bed before falling asleep,
I heard a woman say, "Excuse me."
Then I asked the Spirit to speak.
"Why do my own brothers forget me?"
Who is she, Lord?
"She is the voice of women
as I created them to be.
She is the wisdom of womankind,
long set aside and marginalized
by men across the world.
I have put My wisdom in her,
but men do not listen to her.
I am speaking through her,
but they don't want to
hear Me speak from her."
What should we do, Lord?
"Repent! Repent for
keeping women in submission
instead of listening to Me
speak through them."
*****
Art: "Washing Away Sexism"
“You call yourself a Christian,
a follower of My Son who loved all,
who gave His life on the cross
even for My enemies.
You call yourself a Christian,
but you mock political opponents
and joke about them being stupid
and "making their heads explode."
You call yourself a Christian,
but speak in disgust and contempt,
with ridicule and insult,
feeling righteous in your rightness.
You mock liberals and say
that they are "bleeding hearts,"
as if compassion were foolish.
And so you fail to see...
When you mock their heart
you mock My Son's bleeding heart,
the heart that bled for you
and bled for your enemy.
When you mock conservatives
as being completely heartless,
you mock the Creator of their hearts
and make your own hearts hardened.
Whenever you mock
the hearts of others,
you also mock My Son's heart
that loved and died for their hearts.
Some are mistaken in politics;
some are following a bad course;
some are hypocrites;
but some are genuine.
Who are you to judge them all?
Who are you to mock them all?
Who are you to judge their hearts
And say that they're all just evil?
Do not rejoice in hating others!
Do not gloat in calling them stupid!
Do not join in the crowd of those
who ridiculed My Son on the Cross!
For the insults that you give them
have fallen upon My Son,
and the harsh words you speak
are the nails driven into Him.
Choose the way of grace instead.
Choose the way of life.
Stand for justice and truth,
but do not forsake His love.”
*****
Art: "Halting Us When We Love Truths More Than Each Other"
"My people,
Your prosperity is killing you,
your love is growing cold,
your hearts are stopping,
but you can't see it.
As it was in the days of Noah,
so it is now today—
you are occupied and distracted
with many things.
You have been hardened
and your discernment
has been made dull
by material pursuits.
My Son told you that
you must suffer to enter the kingdom,
that you would have tribulation,
that you must carry your cross.
But you have confined His commands
and marginalized His teachings;
you have set aside His words
as being just for emergencies.
What brings you material prosperity
has become your way, truth and life;
what brings you success in the world
has become your teacher and guide.
You are dying for lack of
the water of life, My people;
some of the richest among you
have fallen and are nearly dead.
Will you cease your pursuits
and seek the water of life?
It will threaten your material wealth
and ruin your comfortable life.
Will you unplug the well
and allow My fountain to flow?
Or will you keep My Son's teachings
from disturbing your prosperity?"
*****
Art: "Everyday Growing Colder"
