Many times people prophesy against people who they don't like or something they saw and decided that God is using them to bring correction and judgment.  The devil is a liar, regardless of how gifted you are none but the Father decides whom he uses, when He uses them and how he uses them.

     All throughout biblical history God always used prophets that had a heart for the people, which were standing the gap for mercy for the people.  And then when they did speak, because their heart was pure, the message was received as from God.

     Now some people accepted, some did not, but all reverenced it as being from God.

     There is one occasion when God reprimanded and rebuked one of his prophets, because they lost their affection for the people, and that is Moses.  When Moses disobeyed God, he stroke the rock and did not speak, as God commanded.  Why?  Because his anger and his frustration he had toward the people.  His patience ran out.  And unfortunately for him, he was withheld from going into the promise land.

     Today, God is tired of people getting a feeling and saying its God, or seeing a dream and saying God showed me, being upset because the Pastor isn't moving like you expect and believing that God sent you to correct His shepherds.  Not so!  Stop lying on God!

     Then this message came to me: "Son of man, prophesy against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own visions and claiming to have messages from when I have never told them anything at all.  Woe upon them!

     O, ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Israel, these 'prophets' of yours are as useless as foxes for rebuilding your walls!  O evil prophets, what have you ever done to strengthen the walls of Israel against her enemies- by strengthening Israel in the Lord? 

     Instead you have lied when you said, "My message is from God!" God did not send you.  And yet you expect him to fulfill your prophecies.  Can you deny that you have claimed to see 'visions' you never saw, and that you have said, "This message is from God,' when I never spoke to you at all?

     One day the woman's child went out to visit his father, who was working with the reapers.  He complained about a headache, and soon was moaning in pain.  His father said to one of the servants, "Carry him home to his mother."

     So he took him home, and his mother held him on her lap; but around noontime he died.  She carried him up to the bed of the

prophet and shut the door, then she sent a message to her husband:

"Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the prophet and come right back."

     As she approached Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance and said to Gehazi, "Look, that woman from Shunem is coming.   Run and meet her and ask her what the trouble is.  See is her husband is all right and if the child is well."

She told the servant "all is well".

     Elisha was the great prophet at that time; he was able to predict rain, and the birth of the child.  He hears from God.  He was used heal people from diseases and heard from God to deliver messages to the king.  However, this is noted in scripture that God does not reveal everything to us, not even His prophets.  When people say God reveals everything to me, they are lying.  Even Jesus says no one knows the day or the hour for his return, none but the Father.  So who are we?  Are we closer to God than Jesus His only begotten Son?

     Here we find that Miriam and Aaron were doing big talk about how they hear from God and how they are prophets of God also. 

Miriam was the main one who was questioning Moses being the one who hears from God.  So many times this happens in the church.

     The Pastor may ask the church to go on a fast, and then there is someone in the church who says, like Miriam, "I didn't hear that from God, the Pastor needs to hear from me, because I am a prophet and God speaks to me to give direction to the Pastor".

     No, God is not the author of confusion.  God set the church up to follow the leader, which is the Pastor and the Pastor must ultimately follow the voice of God and God only.  Yes, I believe in prophets but even the scripture says "the spirit of a prophet is subject to a prophet".  If you feel that you have a word from God, pray and ask God to reveal it to the leader.  After all, the Pastor (shepherd) has the responsibility of feeding and nurturing the sheep, not the prophet.

     There was a prophet on a mission.  God gave him strict orders to not to eat anything or drink any water while he was in that city, and

not to return to Judah by the road he came in.

     First, the king was so grateful of the prophet healing his arm he begged him to stay and eat, rest awhile and he promised him a reward.

     The prophet boldly replied, even if you gave me half of your palace, I wouldn't go into it, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; for so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

     There was an old prophet in Beth-el; his sons came home and told him what the prophet from Judah had done and what he had said to the king.

     Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. Then he answered, "No, I can't; for I am not allowed to eat anything or drink any water at Bethel.  The Lord strictly warned me against it; and he also told me not to return home by the same road I came on."

     But the old man said, "I am a prophet too, just as you are; gave me a message from the Lord.  I am to take you home with me and give you food and water."  But the old man was lying to him. So they went back together, and the prophet ate some food and drank some water at the old man's home.

     Then, suddenly, while they were sitting at the table, a message from the Lord came to the old man, and he shouted at the prophet from Judah, "The Lord says that because you have been disobedient

to his clear command, and have come here, and have eaten and drunk water in the place he told you not to, therefore your body shall not be buried in the grave of your fathers."

     The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion.

He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie.

     Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The judgments of God are beyond our power to fathom; and there is a judgment to come.

     Nothing can excuse any act of willful disobedience. This shows what they must expect who hearkens to the great deceiver. They that yield to him as a tempter will be terrified by him as a tormentor. Those whom he now fawns upon, he will afterwards fly upon; and whom he draws into sin, he will try to drive to despair.

     The scripture says in I Corinthians 14:40 – "Let all things be done decently and in order."

     All throughout biblical history God always used prophets that had a heart for the people, which were standing the gap for mercy for the people.  And then when they did speak, because their heart was pure, the message was received as from God.

     Now some people accepted, some did not, but all reverenced it as being from God.

     There is one occasion when God reprimanded and rebuked one of his prophets, because they lost their affection for the people, and that is Moses.  When Moses disobeyed God, he stroke the rock and did not speak, as God commanded.  Why?  Because his anger and his frustration he had toward the people.  His patience ran out.  And unfortunately for him, he was withheld from going into the promise land.

    The patience of Moses was tried in his own family, as well as by the people. The pretence was, that he had married a foreign wife; but probably their pride was hurt, and their envy stirred up, by his superior authority.

Opposition from our near relations, and from religious friends, is most painful. But this is to be looked for, and it will be well if in such circumstances we can preserve the gentleness and meekness of Moses. Moses was thus fitted to the work he was called to. God not only cleared Moses, but praised him. Moses had the spirit of prophecy in a way which set him far above all other prophets; yet he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he; and our Lord Jesus infinitely excels him, (Heb. 3).

     First He let Miriam and Aaron consider whom it was they insulted. We have reason to be afraid of saying or doing any thing against the servants of God. And those are presumptuous indeed who are not afraid to speak evil of dignities, (2 Pet. 2: 10). The removal of God's presence is the surest and saddest token of God's displeasure. Woe to us, if he departs! He never departs, until by sin and folly we drive him away from us.

     God's anointed glory departed, and Miriam became leprous. When God leaves evil will come: expect no good when God departs. Aaron, as priest, was judge of the leprosy. He could not hardly speak of her leprous without trembling, knowing himself to be equally guilty.

     Now if she was punished for speaking against Moses, what will become of those who sin against Christ?

     Aaron, who joined his sister in speaking against Moses, is forced for himself and his sister, to beg him, and to speak highly of him whom he had blamed.

"Those who trample upon the saints and servants of God will one day be glad to make court to them."

The same can be said for all the **** pastors around. They got called in July and take them they four and no more and start a church in August. Or they can’t take real correction and rebuke and say that they have a new revelation and launch themselves into the Pastoral with out being taught or train or even gaining a Pastor’s heart. And hurt leaders hurt sheep. We won’t even get on the renegade Evangelist who barely know the word let alone have stayed in the presence of God and under their leader long enough to be trained but want to run from city to city echoing a word and not being a voice.

Well to the asses I say it’s time to return to the father. And it’s time for the sons of God to manifest. And the only way to manifest is to go after the father’s asses. Stop **** footing around and not exposing them for what and who they are. Romans 8:19-21 says “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”  

The world can not be delivered from the bondage of corruption until the sons of God take there rightful position. It’s time out for us being spiritual punks and time for us to walk in the authority that God has given us and take back the church! So after reading this ask yourself are you a son or and ****. If you are a son, know that God is shifting you into position and greater dimensions like never before. If you are an ****, well, return to the father. Your time for running a mock is up!!!!!

Blessings & Butterflies

There is a time and place in our walk with God in which He sets us in a place of waiting. It is a place in which all past experiences are of no value. It is a time of such stillness that it can disturb the most faithful if we do not understand that He is the one who has brought us to this place for only a season. It is as if God has placed a wall around us. No new opportunities--simply inactivity. Don’t be discouraged for those who are here. What appears to be confusion and chaos in and around your life is merely completion and creation happening at the same time.

During these times, God is calling us aside to up root some old things in us and fashion something new in us. It is an isolation chamber designed to call us to deeper roots of prayer and faith. It is not a comfortable place, especially for a focused believer. Our nature cries out, "You must do something," while God is saying, "Be still and know that I am God." Or the worst thing in this place is to assume that it is the enemy and we begin to rebuke and pray down strong holds and are not wise enough to see that when those prayers are not answered God is not mad at us. You know the signs that you have been brought into this chamber when He has removed many people and things from your life and you can't seem to change anything. Perhaps you are unemployed. Perhaps you are laid up with an illness. You may have even experienced a lot of death esp. people who have been a rock in your life.

Most religious people live a very planned and orchestrated life where they know almost everything that will happen. But for people in whom God is performing a deeper work, He brings them into a time of quietness that seems almost eerie. They cannot say what God is doing. They have no revelation to what he is doing. No one is speaking to them and they can’t hear anything but a pin drop in the spirit. All they know is that He is doing a work that cannot be explained to themselves or to others.

Has God brought you to a place of being still? Be still and know that He really is God. When this happens, the chamber will open soon after. When you find yourself in a place of peace in the chamber, realizing God has you right where he wants you to be. That there is nothing broken and nothing missing and that God is the one who has you here, when you come forth, God’s glory will be revealed for all flesh to see it.

I bless God because I’m in the chamber right now and it’s a good thing because he is preparing me for greatness and truthfully everyone that was around can’t go to the next level with me. There were some things that needed to be dealt with in me in order to mature. New revelation and wisdom had to come for me to be the woman of God he is calling for in this hour! And not matter what or who I had to let go of, in the words of Bishop Trotter, “WHAT’S TO COME, IS BETTER THAN WHAT’S BEEN!!!

Blessings & Butterflies

Lady T’Mil

IF ANYONE SHOULD ASK YOU WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME, PLEASE INFORM THEM THAT THE FATHER AND ME SAID, " WE ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING ". AND YOU WILL KNOW WHEN WE ARE DONE!

THE WORD OF GOD IS MY FOCUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY GUIDE.

Webster dictionary defines knowledge as the following;

Facts, information and skills acquired by a person through experience or education. The theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. What is known in a particular field or in total. Awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation.

Knowledge involves complex processes of learning, communication and reasoning.

Do you find you have difficulty with any or all of these steps?______________________

If yes, how or why?_________________________________________

The term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for specific purpose.

What one subject do you have confidence in sharing with others and why?

_____________________________________________

1. One of the attributes of God (Isaiah 16:9-10)
2. Knowledge of divine & spiritual things is absolutely essential for one’s salvation.
3. Knowledge is not obtained all at once, even in the area of revelation it comes by line upon line, precept upon precept. (Isaiah 28:9-10)
4. Knowledge is on of the endowments of the Holy Ghost. (John 14:26)
5. Knowledge is one of the gifts of the spirit

Peter list knowledge along with faith, patience, kindness and virtue as necessary assests to one who seeks for a divine or spiritual nature. (II Peter 1:3-9)

Do you still suffer from issues of the flesh? ___________________________

If yes, which of the necessities are you lacking and what can you do to improve upon them? ______________________________________________

Read Hosea 4:6

We can not be effective leaders if we don’t know, and understand the fullness of God’s word. Hear it clearly states that if we reject knowledge, God will not only reject us, but we will not be considered His priest. How horrible would it be for a leader to be flowing in their gifts and pursuing kingdom, and be rejected by God because they do not know the fullness of their assignment. Or they only reach a certain point in their ministry and can go no further because they have not learned the statues of God.

Do you have a hard time studying?____________________________________________

Do you have a hard time retaining what you have studied or heard? _________________

Do you struggle with understanding what you have read or what someone speaks? _____

If you do not stop and take the time to commit yourself to knowing what is in God’s word and following it, you will fail to know and experience God in his fullness. God’s word is life to our souls.

Read III John 1:2

We can not have and enjoy a fulfilled life in our everyday walk, if we are not feeding our spirits for it to take residence in our soul.

Are you experiencing lack in your life? ___________________ If so, in what area(s)______________________________________

Do you know any scriptures off the top of your head to encourage you in the area(s) you have listed?___________________________________________

God gave us his Word that has specific laws and principles that must be followed if we expect His blessings. Let’s examine a story in the bible where a lack of knowledge actually cost a man his life.

Read I Chronicles 13: 7-10

Now in bringing the ark of the covenant back into it’s rightful place, king David did not abide by the law that was given concerning the ark.(Numbers 4:15). When they were transporting the ark Uzza innocently reached to steady the ark when the oxen started stumbling. Instantly God’s anger was kindled, and Uzza fell dead when he’s hands touched the ark.

So this leaves room for a few questions to be discussed.

1. Did David know this law or did it slip he’s mind at the time?
2. Uzza was a priest so he should have known the law. Did he not believe it?
3. Did Uzza fill that because he’s intentions where in the right place, God would overlook he’s law?

Many times we take God’s word lightly. We willingly violate the principles that we already know from he’s word thinking that because God knows my heart he will let me slide without playing consequences. There are even times that we move and do under the leading of the Spirit, but because we have a lack of knowledge it winds up doing more harm than good.

Have you willingly sinned since you have been baptized with the Holy Ghost? _____

Did you know what the biblical consequences were for the sin ahead of time? ______

Do you take the word of God seriously? Do you know enough of he’s word to truly live? The word of God can bring either life or death to us. Life because we know and understand our purpose and the principles we are to live by to fulfill destiny. Death because we are not equipped enough to sustain ourselves against the attacks of the enemy. Even to the point that we don’t know enough of God’s word to know how to live day to day. We are to feed upon he’s word DAILY so that we might know Him and even learn about ourselves.

Review Questions

1. Knowledge involves what? __________________________________________
2. Name 3 biblical truths behind knowledge. ___________________________________________
3. What makes us effective leaders? ___________________________________________
4. What did you learn from the story of Uzza? ___________________________________________
5. Name 3 steps you are going to put into action to retain the knowledge of God’s word. ____________________________________________

Study Scriptures on knowledge: Proverbs 1:20-23; 3:13-16; 4:1-13; John 17:3 Philippians 3:8