Forward
By Sandy Cwach, Editor
This book is a compellation of the first year’s newsletters written by Dottie
McElreath. It has been my privilege to be
the first to read each month’s teaching as Dottie writes it. I proof read it and
print it for our monthly
newsletter directed primarily at other ministries. The teaching value of the
letters has been for both Dottie and I first
and all other mature Christians second. For everyone who is trying to follow
God’s will for their lives.
If you
are a brand new Christian or even a person who has been in church all your life
and not yet been given a vision
of your ministry, rest assured you have a ministry to do. It might be just doing
a job for a company the best way
you know how and as you prosper your tithes and gifts into the ministries that
feed you spiritually will be what
God has called you to do. Every person is loved by God and needed in the body of
Christ! God has revealed
many mysteries in the bible this first year of teachings so read carefully with
an open mind and let Him minister
to you. My prayer for you is that you receive as much of a blessing reading this
collection of
newsletters as I did in printing them.
Introduction
This
book was born as a result of the Holy Spirit urging me to write an encouraging
letter to the people who had cared
and nurtured me when I was a baby in Christ. Then, every month, His Spirit would
reside on me with the urge to
write. Many times I would write and be taught as I wrote.
We
realized after a time that God was taking us on a journey into Himself and He
intended that others in His family
would join with us to step through the veil of mystery surrounding the
patriarchs, prophets, disciples and Himself.
I trust
in the Holy Spirit to be with you and guide you as you step "Beyond the Veil."
I would
at this time like to express my love and appreciation for my best friend,
besides Jesus, who has stayed with me,
held my hand, stayed my doubts, and become my buffer from the world as many
people reacted to their
beliefs being seen under God's light.
Sandy
Cwach is a friend that surpasses all others and without her this book would not
be. Everyone who dares to dream
the impossible dream needs to have a Sandy like my Sandy.
May God
bless you with such a one as this.
Encouragement
I feel a
need for encouragement and a spirit of thankfulness. This is a time to look back
to what has happened
in my life, as it was then and what is now and for what it will be. You know, as
we look back on our
spiritual walk with God, there is an encouraging spirit that pervades your soul,
for you can truly see the times he has
carried you through bad times when you saw no way out. Let us go a little deeper
and analyze why and how we
got through those times.
Where
were you when God looked upon you? Were you worthy of such a look? No? Well I
wasn't either.
Moses
reminded his people of where they had been and in that reminding you know he had
to wonder, why them
and he had to wonder often, why me, to guide such an unruly group? "
I was a
murderer and you chose
me, Lord. Why?"
Can't you hear him?
Haven't
you disqualified yourself also? It's a good thing God did the choosing, right?
God’s can see
something inside of us that we are not aware of and he calls that spirit forth
in his time. Amen.
So, how
far have you come? How many spiritual miles have you walked? How many
encouraging words
made those miles easier? How many times did other fellow walkers carry your
burdens? How many times
did you carry their burdens to the Lord in prayer. How many times did God answer
those prayers or give grace
sufficient for the need? How much do you value your brothers and sisters? Tell
them, they need to know.
In
encouraging our brothers and sisters we can give them the knowledge that they
are appreciated in all they do.
We can
look back and we encourage ourselves. Okay. Where are we now? Are we on the
mountain or are we circling
it? Are we where he wants us to be? Are we sitting down on God or with God.
Even if
you know your leaders are walking with God they still need you for it is mighty
responsibility to stand in
place as a spiritual leader over the sheep that God has entrusted to you. Ask
any spiritual leader if they feel a
tremendous responsibility towards God and the people and if they are doing what
God has told them to do they
will tell you YES. It is an honor to have God trust you and you pray daily that
he holds you in his hands so you
don’t make a mistake with his lambs so hold them in your prayers and tell them
how much they mean to you by
doing the job that God gave them to do.
Deuteronomy 1:38
But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither:
encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Moses told them to encourage their leader, Joshua. Moses
had been discouraged many times and Joshua had helped him carry the load. Joshua
was now going to lead and
Moses knew that his load would be heavy. If Moses needed someone to help why
would we not think our
ministers, pastors, teachers, preachers, and others that are charged by God to
watch over us would need us to hold
them up to God’s hands?
Deuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over
before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt
see.
Moses told them to
strengthen him for he goes before the people and he shall cause them to inherit
the land. How do you
strengthen your leaders? Through prayer. If your spiritual leaders are causing
you to inherit the land, then keep them in
your prayers.
Are you
not a spiritual leader before your friends and families? Do you not get weary of
the load, of course,
you do. Our prayers are to be directed to strengthen our brothers and sisters in
the Lord.
Where
are you going? That one is easy. You are going deeper into the things of God.
You are not going to be
disobedient to your calling. You have looked back and built your faith for
you've encouraged yourself. You know
where you've walked and you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are in the
plan of God.
I walk
through my memory of where many people were when I met them and how much
stronger I see them now
and I praise God for them for without them I wouldn't have walked as far or
sustained as few injuries
as I have. I lift them up before the Lord for a strengthening in their bodies ,
in their minds, and in their spirits.
I ask that they continue in their spiritual journey, the goal is the vision that
God gave them for their life.
I pray
that they continue to serve Him, they are doing more than they will know in this
lifetime.
Discouragement is from Satan, when you feel it coming on, or you feel depression
coming on, serve God as He has
called you to do. That will be your way of resisting Satan and he will flee,
your discouragement or
depression will disappear.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree
of life, and
may enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:21
The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen!
To walk
with God is a privilege and a blessing. It is never dull as He shows you
delights in the spirit that truly
feeds you. May God hold all of the ones who held me when I was a fragile
spiritual baby in the Lord for I truly
appreciate each and every one of them. Encourage your leaders for God may soon
call you also to join the ranks of
his elect. If you serve God he will make use of you to the extent that you will
let him. You are the one who sets
the boundary as to how far you will go in serving him. Your lifetime is all the
time you are allotted on earth.
Don’t waste a single day in doing what God has called you to do. Some people
will only pass through your
lifetime once so be ready if God asks you to do something for that person. Maybe
an encouraging word or a
caution that they are straying off the path. Smooth the path when possible and
never forget to be thankful for your
fellow travelers. Until I meet you in the spirit I ask God to hold you in a hug
from me.
What If Your Adversary is God?
What if
your adversary is God? If it's God why would He afflict you? If after
examination you find it is God who
you fight, how do you stop fighting and just let God reign? Hard questions
right? Amen!
1 Kings 11:14
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, the Edomite: he was of the
king's seed in Edom.
He
raised up an adversary because Solomon went after other gods (idols). An idol is
anything more
precious to you than God, even if only momentarily. I can flower it with fancy
words, but that's the gist of it. In
this case, he raised up a man. How many men (or women) do you know who are
regular thorns in your side?
Lamentations 1:10
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she
hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that
they should not enter into thy congregation.
He
spread adversity upon all her pleasant things because she has allowed the
heathen to pollute the
temple.
Mark 7:15
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but
the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Jesus
said it was not what entered a man that defiled him, but
what came out. What comes out of you? Are your words defiling your temple or are
they giving life.
You can
curse your life or bless it, the choice is yours. Your words go before you and
you will walk them out.
Lamentations 4:12-15
{12} The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have
believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
{13} For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the
midst of her,
{14} They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood,
so that men could not touch their garments.
{15} They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart,
depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn
there.
The
punishments were on the
church for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests that have
shed the blood of the just.
We have
the idea that we don't have to walk as holy as the priests and prophets of old.
I tell you this day that you
are priests unto God now and as such you are accountable. Where they encountered
physical death you are
playing with spiritual death. God has not changed, only his contract with us has
changed.
Amos 3:10-11
{10}For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery
in their palaces.
{11} Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall
be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be
spoiled.
They
know not to do right who
store up violence and robbery in their places. The adversary shall be in the
land and bring down strength.
Is your
spiritual strength declining? Check up time! Have you spoken against your
brothers in the body and have you
accepted praise that belonged to God? If you have accepted praise for something
that God brought about or
a talent He gave you, oops, you committed robbery.
Lamentations 2:4
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an
adversary, and
slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of
Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Remember
if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and call upon my
name, I will heal their
land and I shall dwell in the midst of them. If there is repeated pollution in
the temple, He may take away the
tabernacle (His presence) that is in the midst of you.
Isaiah 30:20
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of
affliction, yet shall
not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy
teachers:
This
describes the bread of
adversity and the waters of afflictions. You eat your troubles and you drink of
your sicknesses. These are your
teachers. Many times troubles teach you peace and sickness teaches you patience.
Many times a person
does not mend their ways until they are facing death. Let not this have to
happen to make you change your
ways or the ways of your loved ones.. Before these come upon you ask God for
help to straighten out your life. How do
you get back right with God. Examine carefully:
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet
Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is
with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will
forsake you.
God is
with you if you seek
Him, but if not, no peace is in your coming in or your going out. Even if you
just take time to tell him you love
him he will be with you in all times.
May you
seek the Lord always in all things.
My People Perish Without a Vision
From
Abraham to Jacob to Samuel to Nathan to Isaiah to Daniel to Ananias to Saul to
Cornelius to Peter to Paul
and, yes right on down to you, God has given visions, also called a word, to his
people. The problem now is
that we have a nation or world that is afraid to believe that God will do as he
says he will. If the vision doesn't
happen quickly then we have a tendency to not put faith in a word from the Lord
or we put it on a back burner
so to speak for someday in the future and it seems that if you regard not the
vision, or word, or prophecy then it
is not important to you. Many times I have seen people receive a prophecy and
pass it off as wishful thinking
and by not giving God the prominent position that a life devoted to him would
require for the vision to come to
pass, they in effect lose their vision. This is no reflection on God but it is
on us. Have we come to be so
unstable in God that he can no longer talk to us and be believed by us? I think
for the majority of God's people
this is the case.
Our
churches seem to be struggling to stay in the anointing and the statement has
been said if God so wills it
we will have a move of the spirit. Well God is wanting us to wake up and sound
the alarm. The fire of God is
leaving us,, people. Our watchmen are not on the wall. Our prophets are ashamed
to speak out what God has
given them.
Job 33:14-18
{14} For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
{15} In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in
slumberings upon the bed;
{16} Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
{17} That he may
withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
{18} He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life
from perishing by the sword.
God speaks
in the night to His people and men perceive it not. He seals our instruction.
The visions are to withdraw us from
what we plan to do into His plans. This keeps our soul from the pit and saves
our life. Job says that there is
a messenger - one among a thousand to show man his uprightness. This messenger
prophecies
deliverance.
Isaiah 22:1-5
{1} The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly
gone up to the housetops?
{2} Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a
joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
{3} All thy rulers are fled together, they
are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
{4} Therefore
said I, Look away from me: I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter
of my people.
{5} For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts
in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Isaiah
says a prophet carries a burden when he carries a vision
for the people. A vision breaks down walls.
God has
appointed different offices within the church and we all know what they are,
preachers,
prophets, teachers, pastors, bishops and helps ministries. So why isn't it
working like it’s supposed too?
Because
we are not taking God seriously. If God has shown you in a vision or told you in
a prophecy what He has for
you and you've told people and they've put this down.
Zechariah 13:4-6
{4} And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every
one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to
deceive:
{5} But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my
youth.
{6} And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with
which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Has your
ministry been wounded by well meaning friends? Your hands or the work of your
hands represents your ministry. The gifts of prophecy have been taught out of
the church so our watchmen are not
watching. His vision is disregarded and we stumble in the dark. Does what we say
make God any less God. If
you've disregarded what He's given you, no wonder you have lost your direction.
He's not going to give you a
new vision until you work towards what He's already given you. He may reinforce
it but He does not take it back.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and
not lie:
though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Many
people have similar visions For example:
Acts 9:10
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus,
named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said,
Behold, I am here, Lord.
Acts 9:17
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on
him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent
me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 16:9
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood
a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help
us.
But we keep our vision to our
selves. Why?
Zechariah 13:6
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then
he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
We've been told that people can pray
against your vision. So, can they stop God? Can an ant stop an elephant?
It
doesn't depend on anybody but you whether you live in your vision or walk off
and leave it. If you're a
watchman on the wall and you're not doing your job how many people have
spiritually died because you
neglected your job? Read Job 32-36 to see how Elihu was given a word by God for
Job. Many times God gives you a
vision or word and tells you what you need to do to bring this about and we
don't hold up our end of it.
From
Abraham all the way to now there are requirements for serving God and enjoying
His blessings. Are we blocking
His blessings for us? Yes, he creates all the things in this world for our
enjoyment. All the beautiful sights
were not made for Him, they were made for us. So, since everything is owned by
Him is it not sensible to serve
and be with this great Creator?
Share
your vision. He already has people around you with similar visions. Write it
down and check it
regularly. See how close you've come and add new visions that expand as you
change your will to make way for God's
will in your life. Don't just go through life accepting whatever comes. Let God
clear out your pathways and
change you to walk in His plans instead of you trying to fit Him into your
plans.
You'll
find that what God has in store for you is much bigger and touches more people
then you can now imagine.
Share your vision with others, as, others just might be seeing the same thing.
Pray and agree with others
and remember to holding out the hand of a sister to another brother or sister so
God will bless you in your
ministry, your family, your finances, and your health.
I feel
the need to give you the vision that prompted this message. He showed me
Christian people
struggling to walk up a steep path and He showed me the babies on their backs
similar to the way an Indian mother
carries her baby. Some of these babies were shadowy images and some were
crippled. Very few were healthy
babies. The ones that were healthy were walking beside their parent. I ask for
understanding in this and He
showed this about visions. Many times I've had dreams about babies in different
stages of development and I didn't
understand it , but now I do. You are given a gift as a baby and you may dream
of feeding a baby, feeding
your spiritual baby or your baby dying when you gave up and walked away in the
spirit.
The
vision must be nurtured as a precious baby and God will make it grow and change
things around you to
accommodate the vision as you grow to walk in it. It takes on a life of its own
and soon begins to carry you. I
urge you to revive your vision and to share with others and encourage them in
their walk because together
we are a mighty army and the love of God binds us together and we cannot be
defeated if we have a vision.
I ask
God to bind Satan's influence off your ministry and to loose you and set you
free in Christ Jesus.
Amen!
Amen!
The Good Samaritan
This
last year there has been a shaking in the ministries and there have been a lot
of people hurt and many
people have left their churches and people are wondering what's happening.
Well the
wheat is being separated from the chaff. This is not the same as the tares. The
tares are people masking
as sons of God and their actions are revealing them as what they are because of
the pressure that God's exerting
on them. We expected this but we didn't expect all the hurt that has happened
within the body of Christ.
By this I mean the people we know are doing the very best they know how to do
and still, they've been hurt
this year.
A kernel
of wheat is a complete compact unit that is wonderfully made. In its infancy it
is very delicate but as
it matures it changes color. It then can be made into bread and replanted for a
reproduction process. A Christ
like person can be used over and over again. They can teach as manna to bring
life and they reproduce other
Christ like persons but in each case they must give their all. If they hold back
from God then they must need to
go through the process of growing all over again until their will becomes God's
will and they are
obedient, as good sons must be.
The
chaff is excess baggage that we all have. It is tradition, superstition, pride,
habits, prejudices, etc.
See, we all have it but shaking it off we just don't do. Our excuses range from,
"I've always done it this way," to, "I don't know how to change the way I am."
God
reveals problems in our lives by either revealing them to us or revealing them
to others. Many times the people
that our problems are revealed too have the anointing to either talk to us about
our problems or take it to God in
prayer and sometimes they do one or the other and sometimes they turn against us
because of our
weakness.
This
year has been hard because of these revealings. I've seen a side of people that
I didn't know existed and my
instinct is to stay away from them so I won't get hurt and this is wrong of me
and it's wrong of you too.
God
reveals this to us so it can be corrected not punished.
We are
all in this together as a family and we can stand up for each other or we can
all fall together. Sit down and
make a list of all the people who have let you down or hurt your feelings or
hurt someone you know or have
just been themselves and can't help it. Take it to God in prayer and forgive
them. Forgiving others brings
forgiveness to us and if you take these problems with you into the new year you
are still holding chaff in your
heart and stopping the blessings that God has in store for you for the coming
year.
We are
all our brothers keepers, if we see our brother hurting and we don't want to get
involved whether it's
physical or spiritual and we walk away, then we are no better than the priest or
the Levite. Jesus used this parable
to show us that these were His people called by His name, this means us. This
certain man is you and this
certain priest is you and this holy man (Levite) is you. We all play different
parts in this life and how much of what
you say and what you do depends on you. You can talk the talk but walking the
walk is hard to do all the
time. We each have a vulnerable area of our life and we all need each other.
I can't
make it without you and maybe I can help you make it through. If we each put a
hand down to help a
brother up, it may very well be that the brother we help in a round about way is
ourselves. I can now look
forward to the next year with an expectant heart because I am using this last
year as a stepping stone.
Come on,
step up. Explore in the spirit where you have before said “I wish God would use
me in that way”, maybe
he’s waiting on you to want this enough to shake off the chaff and be a grain of
wheat to be planted for other
wheat to sprout from.
I will
tell you the vision that preceded this. I saw a huge field of wheat where the
wind made waves in the
wheat. From a distance it looked like the ocean in yellow. There was a pathway
through the wheat and I walked
down. As I looked down at the wheat closest to the pathway I saw a face in the
top of the wheat like a
sunflower surrounding a small face. There were different heights on faces but
each turned to follow the sun on its trip
across the sky. A voice spoke and said “Harvest Time for my people”. I felt so
blessed by seeing this and the
field was so beautiful.
I ask
for the blessings of love and peace that comes with eternal salvation to be in
your households and I apply
the blood to the doorposts of your houses in Jesus Name. May a reconciliation
between families both
spiritual and physical be resolved and forgiven this day. I apply the Balm of
Gilead to all the bruises and command
healing to begin this day in Jesus Name!
Male or Female, We Are the Bride of Christ
This is
the start of a New Year and I have wondered about this New Year, as I’m sure you
have. I was looking
for a prophecy that would really be outstanding and something that would change
people's lives and no one came
forth with one so I thought God was not telling us what he was going to do.
Possibly most people couldn't
care less, but I want to know what God is doing and what direction He's going
in. Why? Because if I don't
know, I might miss Him in my life. If I lose direction I'm wasting precious time
that I could be using in what God
would have me do.
He began
talking to me in a way he has not in a long time. Generally he feeds me thoughts
or songs or pictures
in my head but he talked to me very solemnly about this New Year and he revealed
spiritual
earthquakes that may also manifest in the physical.
He said
that there were twelve mysteries in the bible that would be revealed this year.
These are
mysteries that have been hidden from man. We have had a veil placed over our
minds that was placed there by God.
Isaiah 25:7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all
people, and the veil
that is spread over all nations.
Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in
the
midst.
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken
away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
This year there are brothers and sisters that are
going to go beyond the veil into the Holy of Holies and the knowledge that will
be revealed will be life
changing. I, at this time, do not know beyond the first one and I can see so
clearly in my own life how this first one
played a part in my life. Many people knew part of what this was, but now we
shall know in full.
If you
do not have time to finish this now then set it aside until you can sit and be
ministered too.
When God revealed this mystery and said to write it down I questioned him. I told him
that people wouldn't like this and they might call and tell us, "Don't send anymore news letters to
us", and He asked me, "Who are you doing this for, me or you?" I replied, "For you." He said that He would be
with the ones that He needed to understand this now and that in time all would come to this understanding.
Every
person who comes into Christ and receives Him, He dwells within this person, be
he male or female
physically. He is in your spirit and manifested in your ministry.
Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant
you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his
Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may
dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the saviour of the body.
When a word is coming
from God it is coming from the inner man be it from a man or a woman. The woman
represents our will our carnal selves our identity and the submission of our
will to our husband in the physical
is mirrored is the spiritual.
Many men
have trouble with the idea of being a bride of Christ and I can understand this
but when you realize
what the female represents, it is much easier to submit your will. When the Holy
Spirit rises up within you. You
have submitted unto His will and the marriage of the spirit has taken place. The
ones invited to the feast
can then eat the resultant word from God.
For the
husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and
He is the savior of the
body.
Ephesians 5:24-27
{24} Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own
husbands in every thing.
{25} Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
{26} That he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
{27} That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:32
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:27
To whom God would make known what
is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory:
Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to
another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
The old man
spoken of here is your life before you came to Christ.
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him;
Only by
obedience can you hear the Holy Spirit and His power is manifested through you
when your will is
submissive unto Him. I have been in many services where I heard the old man
speak and I have heard the
woman speak it matters not what body it inhabited. I want only to hear, I thirst
only to hear the voice of the
bridegroom no matter the earthly vessel it abides in.
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: ,
which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's
voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Revelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God
out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
When you
see tears on the faces of the biggest, strongest man it is not a sign of
weakness it is when "He that is strong"
lives within. When this same man begins to speak out "Thus saith the Lord"
then the inner man is revealed or manifested in the flesh.
1 Corinthians 11:11
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the
man, in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all
things of God.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female:
for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Knowing
that we each have a male and a female spirit or in the spirit we are neither
male nor female
whichever we prefer to say, should we not desire that the man always speak on
spiritual matters and the woman stay
silent?
I have
felt the presence of the Lord very strongly during the time I have been working
on this and I can see a
loosening of bonds on people. I can see a freedom coming to God's people as was
never before. I see a mighty
army stirring as if to awake and I can hear God saying, "Arise, arise"
and I can see dry bones being given
life and I hear a rustling like as leaves being blown in the wind. I command
angels to loosen you and let you go
in Jesus name. I break all bonds off of you and command the grave clothes to
fall.
"Lazarus come forth. It is time, it is time, it is time and a half a time.
My children, arise."
The Skin That Covered Adam and Eve
Welcome
to my world and please allow me to help in yours. You cannot fit into my world
and I cannot fit into
yours, but we can cross paths and extend helping hands to each other.
In
writing this newsletter I'm beginning to see how a freedom for God's people is
to come about. I thought
it was a freedom that was both body and soul, and it is, but not exactly for all
God's people at the same time.
You see, God has chosen people all the way back to Adam for a special walk and
special blessings. Their walk
with God set them apart from the majority of mankind.
You
would think that the people living around them would have caught on to where the
blessings were coming
from and begin to worship God also so they could partake of this bountiful
harvest. Maybe they did.
Would
God not honor them? They would have had the appearance of serving God but what
was the motive or the
condition of the heart?
There
are many, many people in the Bible who have seen through the veil. For example,
Abraham saw a city
from a far off. An angel came and wrestled with Jacob. Angels visited Peter in
prison. They came to Paul in
a storm. Are they physically any different from you? No!
Why does
God come to you? Why does He patiently wait in line for you to try to work
everything out your way
and finally come to Him when your way didn't work? Why does serving God work for
some people and not
for others? The condition of the heart. Abraham put God above everything he had.
He meant more to him then
life itself. But, remember, he didn't start off that way and neither did we.
Ephesians 1:4-5
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we
should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us
unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
There is
a calling on you for a deeper walk that will set you aside from the people
around you. You have
felt the urging to draw closer to God and there is dissatisfaction with the
lackadaisical way that the people around
you serve Him. Is something wrong with you? No! The Holy Spirit desires to teach
you in a special way.
There is
a revealing going on in the spirit world that will turn the religious world
upside down. You will find an
understanding in the scriptures that man didn't show you and man will not take
credit for. You can truly say God
revealed this to you.
1 Corinthians 2:7-16
{7} But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory:
{8} Which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
{9} But as it is
written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
{10} But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
{11} For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
{12} Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely
given to us of God.
{13} Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
{14} But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
{15} But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
{16} For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
The
common denominator in the people we revere in the bible is that God was their
whole life. If God withdrew
His spirit from you, would life be worth living? Think about it. How would you
survive in a world He
wasn't in? Is He not the only sure thing in your life? Is He not all you truly
have?
I was
led to go to a church and as I was rushing around getting ready I knew that God
wanted me to go for a
reason, but I didn't have a clue. As I was driving to the service, I saw what
resembled a balloon enclosing the
world. I didn't understand, but I could see the world through the balloon, just
not clearly. The vision kept flashing
in front of me and I kept asking God what the balloon meant. After about an hour
to an hour and a half He
answered, "
It is skin. It is the skin I covered Adam with."
Talk
about astonishment, I was thunderstruck! I stopped questioning and just
listened. He said that Adam was
a perfect man and being the image of God he could see both physical and
spiritual, but because of his sin
there was a covering that separated him from God. The closeness that he once
enjoyed could never be again
and all the descendants from Adam are born with this veil.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Only the
pure in heart can see God. He judges the heart and it is said that no man can
see God and live.
Your
carnal man cannot live anymore after seeing God. It is your carnal self (your
will) that separates you from God. You
are born with this covering and the closeness you desire cannot be until it is
ripped away.
I
watched the world turning inside the skin and a tear in the fabric began at the
top and came all the way down. Then He
showed me the world again and told me, "Look." I saw the heads
of people and the skin or veil was ripped
apart. He showed me the scripture of the veil of the temple that was rent at
Jesus' crucifixion and He said,
"You are the temple."
1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
I was
almost home before I realized that He didn't close the veil back up. He didn't
repair it. Do you know
what this means?
I can
only tell you now that God is coming to you and He is revealing Himself to you.
He has chosen you
because you are not fainthearted. He will reveal many things to you and as you
grow in Him you will be blessed
with health, wisdom, understanding, and prosperity and you will be teaching
others through the talents He has
given you.
Matthew 25:14-21
{14} For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called
his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
{15} And unto one he gave five
talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway
took his journey.
{16} Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them
other five talents.
{17} And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
{18} But he that
had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
{19} After a long time the lord
of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
{20} And so he that had received five talents came and
brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them
five talents more.
{21} His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
He has
given each of us talents for use in His kingdom and as you use your talents for
His glory, He will add
others to you.
Romans 8:28-31
{28} And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to his purpose.
{29} For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brethren.
{30} Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
{31} What shall we then say to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against us?
This is
not a time for going backward. You can see the finish line and you see the
obstacles and you must run
the race for you are called for a special time and you will fill a special need.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out
of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Many of
You were called from your mother's womb for this time and it is now. You are a
special person
because there is a secret identity inside of you and this secret identity is
most precious. Allow God to lead you
and become your life. There is so much more to gain than there is to lose.
A Call to Perfection
I find
myself this month wanting to call you to perfection not that I have attained it
but that God is calling
a special people to walk in this perfection. He would not ask this of you if you
could not achieve this goal.
You see God sees in you a the finished product and He alone knows what it takes
to perfect us
individually and as a whole. Think it not strange that He teaches you in the way
that you should walk so that you
always walk naked before him. That is to say, without things hidden from Him.
You should have no thoughts
that you are afraid to think on. You remember things that you have done or said
that cause conviction to come
over you, you need to repent of those things immediately so you can continue
your close relationship with
Jesus.
He has
called all things behind you as though they never were but still the past won't
leave you alone.
Why?
Satan calls these things into your mind to try and convince you that you are
nothing special and to the world
you are not, so your main battle is in your mind and your worst enemy is
yourself. Therefore the battle must be
resolved in your mind. I'm sure you have come up with all kinds of reasons why
you just can't walk in
perfection before God. He sent His Son as an example as to how we are to walk so
you have beaten your own self
with the rod of condemnation.
God
would not call you to do his bidding without clearing all obstacles out of your
pathway so why aren't
you moving ahead?
Moses
was given a position of authority over Egypt and he felt so unworthy of this
job. He was moving to do
this job and an angel came to kill him. This angel was sent by God to take his
life before he took another step.
Why? If God sent him why would he in turn send an angel to kill him? Because he
was not holy before God. He
was not circumcised in the flesh or his sons as he was commanded to be.
Exodus 4:24-25
{24} And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill
him.
{25} Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and
said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
This is
the forerunner of the circumcision we have of the heart now.
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
The Cherubims kept the way to the Garden
of Eden, not to keep man out, but to keep it open. The way to the tree of Life
was to be kept open and it still
is.
Jesus
said He was the way and we must strive to walk in this way.
God told
Abraham that he must walk in the way of the Lord so that God could bless him
with all the things
he had promised him.
Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
In this
case Abraham and his descendants after him must walk in the way ordained by God
in order to obtain
all the blessings lovingly bestowed upon him. Abraham was no different than we
are. We have each been
shown a vision or a prophecy for us that we are to strive for. This goal should
be before us as a banner over our
future, but it also depends on our walk before the Lord. I don't mean in the
sense of sinning before the Lord, I
mean that every step we walk must stay in the way of the plans God has for our
future. Abraham was shown
his inheritance and He went to Egypt because of a famine and ended up telling
lies to preserve his life.
We know
he had to learn to walk by faith before he could receive the promise but it's
more than consulting God on
everything you do and everything you say.
You can
try trial and error and he grants you that right. If you don't want to receive
your promise until your
ninety years old that doesn't make you wrong its just that there is a way to
make sure you don't make a wrong
move.
We are
not baby Christians. If you were, you would not be reading this. There is a
perfecting in the spirit that
takes place when you are in the will of God.
When you
have been called by God to do something and you move out in it, have you noticed
the peace that
descends on you when you know you are in his perfect will? Even if God is not
talking to you directly you learn to
expect that state of knowing when you are in his will and when you are not. With
this there comes a time
when we can know that we are always in his will as JOSHUA did.
As we
rely more and more on his guidance, that knowledge of being in His will and
attuned to His
heartbeat is more evident in our lives. If we stay in this when we have found it
we will be in the position to receive
the promises that God has for our lives.
Abraham
found this prefect place in God as did his son and his son's son and so forth.
Only after this walking
in God, which is what your are doing when you are in His prefect will, do we put
down the barriers so that He
can come forth in the greater anointing that is prepared for us. We are entering
the rest of God, which means
relying on Him to fight our battles before we meet them and to clean out our
pathways as only He can do.
Have I
made it? No! But I can see the pathway to walk in it. We read that we are to
raise up our children
in the way and they will never depart. We must first learn to walk in the way
and to stay in the
guidelines before we can really lead other children as we were meant too. The
Holy Spirit is staying very close to us
now and it is because of the greater anointing and we really need to go forward
and not keep trying things to see
if it works. We need to be still and wait for instruction and when you feel the
unction of the Holy Spirit be up
and about the Father's business.
When you
move out in God in this Greater Anointing no power on earth can stop you. The
gates of hell will not
prevail. We are the Elisha generation and we have received the double anointing
that he received but we need
to stay in the way, which is Jesus.
Lord as
I come before you, I ask for a greater releasing on my brothers and sisters and
I ask for the attuning
in the spirit to be increased to a measure never before felt by the body. I can
see this greater anointing as a
cloud over them and I ask for the guidance of angelic forces to guide them into
your perfect will now so their
lives and their children's lives will be in you. Let their children begin to
receive the anointing of their parents
and let the circle of faith encompass the whole household so your mighty works
can be performed. We plead
the healing, life giving blood over every household that this message enters
into and we ask for a complete
return to health both financial and physical over every person in this
household. As the death angel passes
over let the blood be applied in the name of Jesus. Amen.
There is
an urgency in the spirit this month and I don't know what this entails but I
commend you into His care.
Your Strength is in Your Weakness
Did you
ever feel sorry for Judas Iscariet? Have you ever been glad it wasn't you? Well,
for some of us, it was
only the grace of God that kept us from doing the same thing.
Judas
was there because of his weakness for money. If it had not been him, it would
have been John or Peter or
Mark. You see God used his weakness to achieve His goal. He allowed Satan to
enter his heart through
this weakness and the most dastardly deed in history was done. Judas was healed
of this weakness when he
brought the money back. This proved he had victory over his weakness but it was
forever and always too
late.
David
had a weakness for women and much as he loved God he was still dealing with this
weakness.
Because
of Bathsheba, a murder was committed and David had to look upon his sin and deal
with it. David was healed
of this weakness in that there is no record of anymore wives after Bathsheba.
Moses
was a very humble man before God, yet he still had a weakness, anger. His anger
caused him to murder
an Egyptian and he still kept it. This anger then cost him the Promised Land.
Moses repented for his rash
words but the deed was done.
I have
heard references made to these people as to how bad they were but how different
are they from us? They
were under the law and we are under grace. This grace is all that preserves us.
God used
their weakness in a way that they had to look, really look at what they had done
and why it had
happened. When he lets us do something that makes us feel lower than low, then
we have to acknowledge that we
are not perfect and God's still working on us.
If you
never knew there was a problem in your heart, would you change? Let's face it,
we can excuse things
within ourselves that we wouldn't tolerate in others. We have less tolerance for
our brothers and sisters in
Christ than we do for people out in the world. I, myself, have felt that as
children of God, they know better.
I have a
tendency to want to shake them a little.
We can't
change the way people are and we can't allow their way of being Christians to
hold us back.
We need
to go before God and say, "
Show me my heart and help me deal with it."
We need
to ask Him to nullify
everything that would hold us back from walking in total victory. Did you know
that as long as you have a
weakness that Satan has access to you? Anytime you step out from under the blood
you are a walking target.
This
call to perfection that we're walking in is a life-changing walk. You thought
you had come a long way, but
I tell you this day you will walk as Jesus walked and you will be free from all
earthly desires of the flesh
that would come between you and God.
Things
in the spirit are speeding up. As you think it, so it is. Sometimes I feel like
saying, "
Wait a minute
God, let me understand this."
Then in the next minute, I want to know all, but I
know that with the Wisdom
of the Lord comes perfection and I wouldn't trade places with anybody.
When you
come to understand that God has a calling just for you and a talent just for you
or a song that needs to
be sung just the way you do for just the person who's climbing that mountain
right behind you, than you come
to understand that we all need each other. Sometimes I'm pulling on you in the
spirit to come on and some
times I feel you pushing me to go faster because you feel the pull of the
anointing too.
You know
in heaven we're going to compare notes on how fast and how far we came and how
much we helped
each other.
Last
month during our closing prayer, I saw the Death Angel passing over and I know
four people that have
died and in my own family one who almost did, so it is getting serious.
I feel
to tell you that you are a lot closer to God than you know of and you are seeing
your pathway clearer
than you ever have and the way you thought it was going to be isn't the way it
is. You're beginning to
understand you're going to do it God's way and I feel a joy pouring out upon all
of you as if a mighty flood is coming
and I claim it for you in the name of Jesus.
When
Satan tries to discourage you, and you feel like crying, laugh and laugh and
laugh because God is on the
scene and you have the victory before you ask. As you think it, God will grant
it in Jesus' Name.
I can
feel a love flowing from soul to soul to soul and I can see what looks like
water and it is washing your souls
with love and it is beautiful. This is the crystal river that flows from the
throne, from the heart of God to the
innermost part of your being and you need to just open up and let God minister
unto you. This will flow not once but
several times as you allow it. Please don't block what God is doing in your
life. Please let it flow and overflow
through you to others and feed His children. They are starving for lack of a
word from the Lord.
The Tomato Plant
Do you
remember when Isaac was meditating in the fields when his new wife, Rebekah,
arrived?
Genesis 24:62-67
{62} And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
{63} And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up
his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
{64} And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the
camel.
{65} For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to
meet us? And the servant
had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.
{66} And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
{67} And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she
became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's
death.
Did you
ever wonder what
great mysteries were revealed to him at that time? I've wanted to know, but I've
never asked. Am I going to
reveal a great mystery to you? No, but I'm going to reveal to you what the LORD
revealed to me.
I was
plowing in my garden and looking at my new tomato plants and hoping to beat the
rain to get new seeds in
the ground. As I passed by the tomato plants, God began my lesson:
Do you know why the tomato plant needs water, then sun, and then nutrients? Do
you know why the weather in the spring is cool, why summers are hot why autumn
is harvest?
" No, LORD, I don't," I answered. "You designed it that way.
Water on the seed softens the coat and the sun coaxes it out of its shell, then,
after it gets its true leaves,
a little nutrient help it to grow faster. As dry weather arrives, the roots go
deeper after moisture and nutrients
and every rain make the leaves rise up and it grows a little more. After a time,
it bears fruit and then comes the harvest.
My children are watered by the word and the anointing or my love for them coaxes
them out of their
self-imposed isolation. Then, they discover the talents I've given them to serve
me with, their true leaves. Then,
they're ready for the meat of the word, the fertilizer to make them grow right.
If the seed is dropped and the word is not there to water it, it will die. If
the sun, or my love, isn't
brought to them they won't come out of their life to discover my life and if
they have an overzealous preacher or
teacher, it can destroy all my work as if you put too much fertilizer and burned
up those little plants. All things
come together in the right amounts to grow this plant just like it did to make
you what you are.
The fruit is producing when you manifest my Spirit and the harvest is gathered
in when you produce
seed after your kind and it's your responsibility to oversee all these tomato
plants and all the souls I have put
into your care and all the ministers who are called by my name have this same
responsibility.
Don't kill my babies through careless words and be careful what you sow, for so
shall you reap.
I needed
this because I often wondered why I had such a thirst for the anointing and I
questioned God as to why I
couldn't stay in it all the time and now I know, my roots would not grow deep if
I could easily get all the
water or anointing I wanted. The seeking after God is what makes us strong in
Him. I asked God for a message
for this month's newsletter and he kept showing me my little tomato plants, so
you must need this too.
When the
seed is sown in our hearts, there is no peace except when we are around God's
people and then, a
thirst is born for more and more and more of Him. In our thirst our roots become
grounded on a firm
foundation that is Jesus Christ, the Anointed One. When the storms of life come
and the winds of change blow He
allows just enough to make us stronger. What would defeat others, only makes us
dig in deeper.
He is
the Master Gardener and we are workers in His vineyard with a vested interest in
the harvest. As such, we all have
a common goal and a common spirit dwelling within. If I sow the seed, another
waters and another
fertilizes and vice versa, but, God controls the amount if we stay in his will.
If we
teach what we think or believe, we are in a sense watering with bad water and we
can kill or stunt the
growth of the babies we are entrusted with. Therefore, we must stay holy before
the LORD and we need to
encourage the ones who watered us and take extra care with our plants and to God
give the increase.
I
sincerely hope this helps you as much as it has me. I know I, by myself, can
grow nothing; but all of us
together, with God, can bring the harvest in. Come on brothers and sisters; I'm
pulling on you now. Stand up and be
counted!
I praise
God for you and my prayers are with you. Many loved ones are out there and give
God the glory
when you see the changes that he is bringing in their lives. Rejoice in their
growing without
reservation because he will bless you too and is blessing you in ways you know
not of.
Flowers
I sensed
something that I have now come to know as truth. I have come to realize that God
is using these
newsletters as a tool to make you and I think. Bear with me on this, please.
He
showed me flowers on steps in single little pots. There was a light similar a
too small flashlight shining
on each one. God
asked me, "Which one is the better one?"
I answered, "They are all the same."
He answered, "Yes, they are, and so is every one of my people."
He began
to show me that I had a tendency to judge a person by how much they knew about
Him, how much
control they allowed Him to have, and I wasn't judging from His point of view.
He showed me pictures of His
people rejecting Him because He didn't fit into what they believed He was.
As a
general rule a person classifies himself as being Catholic, Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and so on, but
if this means that this person refuses to accept God in a belief, then this
belief system then becomes a
tradition of men and is stifling your growth in God. Is any one religion more
important to God then another. Well, I
can only tell you this: I asked him, "
What do I call myself? "
And He answered, "Mine."
I have been in services throughout the land and heard ministered, how much better then
the church down the road, they were. People, it's time this "I'm better then you"
attitude is flushed out of our system. It has no place in your spiritual walk with
God and is hindering the blessings He would release in your life.
I have been asked by people trying to label me, "Do you believe in tongues? Well I
don't speak in tongues
because God hasn't given them to me. Ah, oh, I already hear your answers! If he
gives me this gift I will
honor it as I do the others. Any gift he gives me I will honor as not being one
better than the other but as all precious
because he chose me to give it too.
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
{8} For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit;
{9} To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
{10} To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
People,
tongues are a gift just as healing, prophesying, seeing in the spirit and
casting out spirits is.
There is
no one better than another is. If God hasn't given you any of these gifts are
you any better or worse than any
one else. Can you sing or preach or cook better than another? Can you say you
are better because you can do
this? He
showed me again the flowers on the steps and said, "What else do you see?"
I saw
very few leaves on the flowers and the light was shining just on the top of the
flower.
He said
that His people would not allow Him to cover their lives with His love. He said
that He was allowed
just so far and no farther and He was boxed in regarding what He could do in our
lives by our traditions and
beliefs.
People,
in order to grow you must step out of the pot on to the ground. The pot
symbolizes your roots being
cramped and so your growth is being stifled.
Are you
afraid of what God wants you to do? I can only tell you He will make you
miserable if you let your
beliefs stop you from seeing truth or walking in it. When the Apostle Paul said
that when he was a child he spoke
as a child but when he became an adult that he put away childish things he was
saying that as an adult he would
do as God had instructed him to do and not let the former things become a
stumbling block to him.
1 Corinthians 13:9-12
{9} For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
{10} But when that which is
perfect is
come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
{11} When I was a child, I
spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish
things.
{12} For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then
shall I know even as also I am known.
When you
are a child, then the belief system is good for you to grow in just as a family
unit is there to teach
you the way in which you are to go, but we grow up and have a need to become an
adult and the family unit has
done its work. It is the same in the spirit. When you needed this belief system
it was there, now grow up and
step out and trust God to teach you. Open your Bible and your soul and let God
be God. If you read
something you don’t understand then ask for enlightenment and be assured He
won't leave you stranded.
God
teaches us by stages and whether you just came to God or have served Him all
your life the love of God is
meted out in equal proportion. There is no merit system in God.
He is
ushering in a new anointing that supersedes everything we've taught and been
taught. Many people will
miss this new anointing because it's never been this way before. If you won't
accept this new anointing then you'll
miss the boat and this will be entirely your misjudgment.
There is
a sound in the spirit that resembles the rustling sound that you hear in a
cornfield when the wind blows
and this blowing causes confusion in your walk with God. This is the wind of
change and you must listen closely
to God or you'll lose time playing catch up.
I ask
you to examine the reason for your growing pains and to acknowledge that you
have done nothing wrong
and if He didn't love you He would not desire to carry you higher in the spirit.
I can see some of you in rags and
mismatched clothes lying around you and you are surveying these clothes and
saying, "
They just don't appeal
to me anymore. What is wrong with me?"
These
are the things you have been taught and you need to tell God "
Okay, take out
everything I've learned
that you didn't teach me and teach me by the spirit."
If you can do this with an
open mind He will reveal many
things to you that you would not accept any other way.
He is
calling a people together that desire Him above all else and will not let
anything stop them from serving
Him. My prayers are with you as you begin your journey and I wish you Godspeed
in the Name of Jesus.
Amen and Amen!
Cliffs
God
began to show me two cliffs with a deep ravine between them and he asked me how
do you get across
to the other side? There was about 20 feet between the cliffs and I replied,
"Back up and run; and jump across."
He made
me stop and think with his next question, "Would you?" I would have tried this on a less deep ravine
when I was younger, because we did things like that when we were kids; but with
age comes wisdom and I
wouldn't now under any circumstances. This seemed like good advise for someone
else if they wanted to get across.
Have you ever noticed how we can tell someone else how to do things we wouldn't
do?
He
showed me that one cliff side was the Old Testament and the other was the New
Testament and He said, "Do you know
that there is a deep gulf between the two?" No, I didn't know that.
I had not even thought about
it. “What is the gulf?"
I replied.
"The Old Testament is the history of a nation and the new is the birth
announcement of a new nation," He said. "Okay, I can comprehend that
concept. Now, what's the gulf?"
The Old Testament is the lesson of a people that I dealt with physically and the
New Testament is a promise of a people that I will deal with in the spirit.
Okay, I can see that, now what's the gulf?
"The Old Testament tells of a Savior of mankind and the New tells of the life
and death and life again of this Savior. Now what connects the two together?"
I didn't know what connected the two. I just wanted to know, "What's the Gulf?"
"The Gulf is the gap between carnal self and spiritual self, between spiritual
life and physical death, between Jews and Gentiles, and it's the uniting force
to combine the physical walk and the spiritual walk in Christ. It is the CROSS."
"How can the cross be the gulf, Lord? I don't understand."
"Many are called but few are chosen because they must all come the way of the
cross and that is one exclusion that my people would rather put on the shelf.
It will prevent them from complete freedom in the spirit, from a total victory
in the flesh and will keep them bound all the days of their lives."
Matthew 26:36-39
{36} Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the
disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
{37} And he took with him
Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
{38} Then saith he unto them, My soul
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
{39} And he went a little farther,
and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matthew 26:42
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup
may not pass
away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Matthew 26:44
And he left them, and went away again, and
prayed the third time, saying the same words.
When
Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane He was warring with his physical self. He
knew what He was
ordained to do but He also knew that we would come after Him and this was told
with love because we would
all come this way if we desired to go in His footsteps. He was the example that
we are to emulate and He showed
us how to do this and be victorious in our ministry.
To walk
the way of the cross means to give your life totally unto God to use as He sees
fit with no
reservation. Jesus walked with the disciples and while He was with them they did
miracles but that was only the
shadow of the ministry that was to come. After His death they comprehended the
life they were to lead in order to
walk in the ministry that they were chosen to walk in. They were each crucified
a different way and they
knew the dangers they would face. There was fear after the crucifixion until the
day of Pentecost and then the Holy
Spirit came within them and fear had no place because the decision had been made
in each one before that day
came.
God is
CALLING a people out that desire a deeper walk. A PEOPLE THAT IS not desiring
just to be saved
and safe but a people who want all that God will give them and any anointing
that any other person doesn't
want too. This is a strong people because God is with them and in them and the
way of the CROSS is the way
they wish to walk. This walk will not be dull and lifeless, but will be filled
with more life than you thought
possible on this earth at this time.
There is
an anointing over many of you now that will cause creative miracles and the dead
brought back to life.
Am I dreaming? No, and if you think I am, you might miss it. This is before you.
Will you drink from the
fountain that I drink from? I break the ties that would hold you back and
disannul the words spoken over you and
declare you free in the Name Of Jesus.
If you
desire this then just ask God to remove your doubts and fears and to remove the
veil and then you can
receive this double anointing. I am just the same as you and I want you to walk
with me as my brother or sister.
For this to happen to the extent that God wants, there must be a breaking down
of walls, so I speak to the walls of
beliefs that would separate us in the spirit and declare that no longer will
God's people be separated by
ignorance and lack of knowledge. We shall be as one, one body, one mind, and one
spirit in Christ. I love you and my
prayers are with you and for you as I walk this way.
Support for Your Ministry
Recently
God showed me a basket that resembled a farmer's bushel basket that was turned
upside down and I
saw money pouring out in a never ending flow coming from this basket. I began to
question the looked and saw
many small ministries receiving this. He said, "This is the releasing of the
funds to the ministries that are working under my name, My Spirit is in them
and I have called them for this time. I have been preparing them in a quiet
place and I have taught them to walk by faith."
Revelation 7:14
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,
and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
"These small ones I have brought through tribulation and trial and the last
obstacle to their ministry is
removed. No longer will they be burdened by lack of anything. Many have had no
help to go forth, now I will
send workers who want to be close to the anointed one as Elisha was to Elijah,
yeh and I will cause them to
share in the anointing and to learn under my protection. Young people will come
and help while their parents
walk away. I am weeding out the unteachable and will reach a thirsty people that
want me and me only."
Revelation 21:6
It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto
him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
"There has been a lack of anointing but no longer will this be. I have made them
to thirst and only I can
fill this thirst and now they will be filled. The spirit I place on them will
cause creative miracles and lives to be
changed with their presence. My people have only to walk in my spirit and
miracles will flow around. I will
renew their mind and they will think a healing and it will be, as you think it
so it is because it will be my mind
that inhabits these bodies and their heart is pure before me. I have called them
from the foundations of the earth
for this time and I call them blessed to be in this time."
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who
are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:30
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them
he
also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
"There has been a burden for finances and this bondage keeps them from turning
loose to move for me.
I will loosen the purse strings of many and there shall nevermore be a lack of
funds. I have ways that are not
your ways and your thoughts can't encompass all I have in place for my people. I
have called a people that will
walk in the visions I have given them and I have been preparing them in the
nighttime and I have taught them
and I won't allow pollution in this temple that I have created. This temple is
made by my hands and is
measured by my spirit and is a holy temple that I inhabit."
Revelation 7:15
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his
temple:
and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
God also
showed me a force that would rise up against this flow of the spirit and attempt
to stop it and I saw Him put
this force on the floor and He said that the gates of hell would not prevail
against His anointed.
Luke 10:19
Behold , I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the power of the
enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I have
known that there is a changing in spirit but I never dreamed that all this would
happen in my lifetime
and in yours. We are truly blessed to live at the present time. God is bringing
order to our lives and He's
changing our walks to conform to Him. If He is showing you that you are
preaching, or singing, or laying on
hands, or standing on stage somewhere than rest assured this will happen and it
is not your imagination. You have
felt this in the spirit and you need to say YES LORD and AGAIN YES IN JESUS
NAME.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but
it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.
There
has been such distaste for the religions of the world but there is coming a
change to the ministries, a
cleansing process that will open the door for God's babies to be fed with the
pure word of God. Judgment is and will
be on all ministries and only the ones who have a true love for God will remain.
Peter 4:17
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it
first begin at us,
what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
The
Woman that is in Revelation is revealed as Babylon that is religious
prostitution and our walk has been
crippled by traditions and beliefs. Doctrines do not make us free as Jesus
taught us we would be.
Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked
with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great
whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Revelation 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit
upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns.
Revelation 17:5
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
This is
not one religion but many religions all over the world that binds God's people.
It is the religious system.
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency,
shall be as
when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 47:1-3
{1} Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground:
there is no
throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and
delicate.
{2} Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the
thigh, pass over the rivers.
{3} Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
This
designates this as being in the spirit not in the flesh.
Jeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and
conceal
not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her
idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
There
have been child molestation, rapes, beatings, murders, harassment and the list
goes on under the name of
religion and it is a hiding place for evil people so that religion has become a
name walked on and laughed
at, but this will change.
Serving
God is a joy not a chore and if there is unhappiness in your walk with God
examine your beliefs and
compare them to the word of God. Don't worry about if it's all right with your
religious beliefs just learn of God and
be free in the spirit.
Jeremiah 51:45
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from
the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:53-54
{53} Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the
height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
{54} A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two
ways, to
use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked
in the liver.
We have
people that are prophesying that destruction will take place on a certain day
and when it doesn't
take place it then discredits God's people more. It used to be that if a prophet
did not prophesy truth he was
killed and God soon is going to throw them in the lake of fire for everlasting
destruction. We have
heretofore lived by Grace now our salvation will be by Grace.
Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the
sorcerers, and
the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before
the king.
It is a
shame to have all of these in our churches but we do and God is revealing the
shame so there will be many
more churches with their dirty laundry revealed so that it can be cleaned up and
its sin destroyed as a cancer.
Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen,
is fallen,
and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a
cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
It was
once a light to the world and a place where Jesus dwelt but then it turned on
His prophets that would
rebuke it and its light went out.
Revelation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of
the
bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy
merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
This
identifies this as a religious system because Jesus was once in
it and there is no longer a mystery as to whom, or what the woman represents in
the spirit.
Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were
slain
upon the earth.
As the
Woman's skirts were lifted and her sins exposed so will be the doctrines that
have wandered from the pure
teachings or doctrine of Christ. After the disciples taught what Jesus had
taught them there came to be
different doctrines taught. This was in the birth of this spiritual nation and
down through the centuries these
teachings have been perfected to now separate brothers and sisters who truly
love God. There is confusion when you
put all the religions together and confusion is not of God. So what is it of?
John 7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of
God, or whether I
speak of myself.
Romans 16:17-18
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary
to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. {18} For they that are
such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the
hearts of the simple.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their
own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Am I
teaching doctrine? No, I'm trying to free you to go to God and let him teach you.
Am I
asking you to leave your church? No, I'm asking you to take the mental veil off
that is on your mind and
learn directly at the Master's feet. God will release you so can you work in the
ministry, your
ministry, in a much greater anointing than ever before so just let go and let
God.
I know
this is strong and if you don't like reading it, then know I didn't enjoy
writing it but I wouldn't enjoy
your blood on my hands either. Your deliverance is nigh, even at your door and
the robes are in place around
some of you. You know in the spirit where you place in this newsletter and
you've been chosen for this time so
the decision is yours. Where will you stand in judgment? I feel a weeping in the
spirit for God's people and I
can feel the change coming. God is on the move, Satan's power is stayed, arise
and go to the Father's House.
God is
asking for a personal relationship with each one of you and He holds your life
in the palm of His hand. In
this coming tribulation, He will be your constant companion so keep your eyes on
the prize of the mark of
higher calling and I ask for peace in your households and blessings in your
finances from this day forth in the
name of Jesus.
Amen and Amen!
Our Old Man is Crucified With Him
God
Bless Your Day with Understanding! How many times have you prayed for your loved
ones to come to
God and not seen results? How many times have others come to you who have loved
ones that have broken
their hearts because of their sins and hard hearts? This is a cry we are
familiar with and we can know how they
feel but what's the answer? Do I have a quick fix or certain words to say to
make it better? No, what I have
to offer you is death. Let me show you a window to my life before you jump in
over your head or walk away
giving up.
My cry
before the Lord has been for my family and I know I wearied Him with my pleas. I
was
prophesied over that He would add my kids to me and all my family, but closer to
my heart were my kids.
In
January of this year He told me that my children would come to Him through my
death so I accepted this thinking
that it was sometime a long time down the road. I knew I had some work to do for
Him, so there was no
worry. He has urged me in the spirit to move on faster but I had many times let
problems and people
interfere with the work that He had called me to do.
He began
about two months ago to tell me He was taking me out because I was not moving
forth as I should
and that it was time for my children to come forth. I asked Him if He meant that
it was time to come to Him and He said, "Yes!"
I told
Him that right now my family would fall apart and He replied that He would be
with them. It may sound strange, but I was actually looking forward to it.
He has
shown me my ministry and I was a bit intimidated by what He had shown me, but if
that was what He
wanted, then He would have to move on it, otherwise I couldn't do it. When this
came up I questioned Him
about what He had shown me and He said, "Your kids will work in this ministry
through your death. Now are you willing to die for their ministry?"
I didn't
know what to say to this. I wanted to find places in the Bible where this had
happened to other people,
but I couldn't think of a single instance where this had happened.
I went
to a prophet’s meeting and she prophesied that my daughter Shannon would come
forth as an end-time
prophet and God had shown me beforehand that she would do this after my death. I
went the following Tuesday
night and she prophesied that if my family would not let me go forth as God had
instructed me to do, that He
would move them out or me out and I questioned God again. Lord, are you moving
me out or taking me out
and He replied, "Taking you out."
I didn't realize until later that they both
meant the same thing. She had no
way of knowing because I had not discussed this with anyone.
I began
to feel that I was only half here and I was cheerful about that. He told me to
get a Donor Card and I
was fine with that. Just think, I could step out of this body into the arms of
Jesus and someone or many
someone's might be blessed with my usable parts. Do I sound cold? I don't mean
to be, it was just so
appealing. No! I'm not suicidal. I'm just telling you that when your time is up
that God is so close and so
comforting.
He asked
me to examine my reasons for still being reluctant and I replied that I wanted
to see my grandson
that Christy is carrying and then I'll be ready. Was I stalling? I don't know,
but I knew that his birth would be
a sad time if I died and no way did I want to be the cause of any cloud on such
a wonderful day.
My
daughter had turned her life around and I could hear God in her singing. My
daughter Christy is
experiencing a new birth in her spirit and I can see God working in my husband
and my sons Jeff and Joey.
Donna is
coming forth almost in my footsteps, so I can see God is lining them up for
their ministry and I'm in the way.
After He showed me that He was working, He asked me again, "Are you ready?"
I saw down my children's future and my husband's also and said, "Yes, anytime
you're ready."
He said, "Since you're willing to die for me, would you live for me?"
I was stunned, wait a minute, and let me understand. I'm willing to die and now you say live?
He gave me the verses, Romans 6:1-14
{1} What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
{2} God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
{3} Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
{4} Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
{5} For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
{6} Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
{7} For he that is dead is freed from sin.
{8} Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
{9} Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
{10} For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
{11} Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
{12} Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
{13} Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive
from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
{14} For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
After reading I now understand something I had not really thought about.
This dying to the world's influence is more than I had thought. I thought
when you repented and accepted Jesus that you were then born again,
but this gives you the right to become a Son of God, you still must die to sin.
Romans 8:12-14 If you then will follow Christ then you must be a new creation ...
... So there
must need to be a teaching and a dying process. The
disciples walked with Jesus but when He was crucified, fear held them in its
grip, but with the
acceptance of their ministry they came to the releasing of the anointing and
they then became new creatures and we must
do the same.
Paul was
blinded in order for his teaching and rebirth to take place. This was an ongoing
process. Paul said
that he died daily for us so all of us have come through salvation and for many
that will be the battle they will
fight for the rest of their days. Trying to maintain their salvation. This means
they will continue to be in Satan's
dominion but if you will continue towards God then the dying of self will happen
and Satan will no longer
have a hold on you therefore you will walk in the spirit. Do you think
impossible? Oh ye of little faith. Know ye not that ye are to press toward
the mark for the prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus? When two or three are gathered in my name anything
they shall ask, that shall I do!
You have
the promises of God to walk on and what's behind you is not worth going back to.
Offer Him your
whole body, your whole life, your whole soul and stand and see God deliver you
from evil and use you for His
glory. I don't mean to overwhelm anyone and I realize that it does and I asked
God should I soft-soap this and He
said, "That has been done enough." So
please stay with me as long as you can and I will stay with you until
God leads another way.
This
collection of newsletters has been a blessing for many years to a lot of people.
I offer it to you the reader
that wants a closer walk with God. May these moments in the heart of God be a
blessing to you as it has for many
many people. God showed me a multitude of people that I would minister too and
it scared me because it was a
huge crowd. I thought He meant that I would stand in front of all those people
and the thought of doing
that was petrifying for me. I began to back step in this walk and He said you
will meet them in the spirit
one at a time as they are ready. I could deal with that. OK At
another time I asked him to show me what was coming down the road and He asked
me “Why do you want
to know? Where you can run and hide? I doubt my own capabilities but I do not
doubt God. I know that in
this book there is truth for every man and in today’s world that is an
accomplishment.
May you
use this as a step in the right direction to further your ministry?
Love as Your Sister in Christ,
Dottie McElreath