This scripture has always been taught in the tone of separation. Only a certain group of people can be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. The rest of you are greeters, workers in the sound booth, janitors, worship leaders, teachers for children church, pew sitters, musicians, parking attendants, office workers, deacons, choir members, pastor’s body guard, armorbearers, the person that brings the pastor or guest speaker some water, and the list goes on and on. Now if you are not one of these special ones whom God has called, you are required to submit yourself to these ones and don’t talk back or you will be sat down or cursed. Does this sound familiar? Well let me free you today by giving you some truth.

This scripture does not mean that there are only certain people called to the fivefold ministry. No! What Paul was saying here that everyone in the Kingdom of God has a place and must seek the Lord concerning their place or position. The word “some”, does not imply separation but that God has called some to walk as apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists. The fivefold ministry is made up of rankings in the Kingdom, not titles. Religion has reduced these rankings down to titles. This is the reason why we see people in the church fighting, scheming, and politicking for positions. Religion has made these rankings as something to compete for. American Idol did not start in the world, it started in the church. There are many that have been made to perform before the judges (these special or elite ones) and if they have past their test, then by the laying on of hands by the special or exclusive ones, these persons that perform is now a pastor or prophet. However, that’s not it! You see once you have achieved this milestone, you must sign a contract but they call it covenant. This contract states that you must be under their authority (their thumb), you must wait till THEY hear from God about you leaving their ministry (their club or clique), and when THEY hear that it’s time for you to leave, then you are release to go and be a carbon copy or clone of them and their ministry.

You may be serving in certain areas of the ministry you attend but let me say to you very clearly that you are more than that. God has a position in the Kingdom with your name on it. Jeremiah 1:5-7 Amplified Bible – Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

When God told him that I have separated and set you apart, He wasn’t talking about putting him in some elite group or clique. God had separated him from man’s calling, defining, and purpose for his life. God said something very powerful to Jeremiah that we need to pay close attention to. He said before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you. Right there God was saying that there is no need for anyone to define you because you have already been defined. No one has the right to say that you are just a greeter, janitor, worship leader, sound person, etc… You are called to be more than that. Find your place in the Kingdom and begin to walk in it. You see, religion hates this type of teaching because once you find out your place in the Kingdom, you will MOVE forward. I capitalized the word “move” because the spirit of religion hates movement. Religion’s philosophy is, “Continue to do the same thing over and over and over”. Just because you are doing things repeatedly doesn’t mean you are making any movement or progress. Let’s stop fighting each other! Remember, we all have a place or rank in the Kingdom. There’s no need to fight. My prayer is that you will listen to the Father and find out what you were destined to be from the beginning.

Genesis 1:26-28 Amplified Bible
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.

We see here that God created man in His image (resemblance) and likeness (manner,fashion, figure, form, like as, pattern). Man was made spirit first because God is spirit. The bible goes on to say that in the image and likeness of God He created him;male and female He created them. In this sentence we see clearly why God hates the spirit of homosexuality. Not the person! Let me make that very clear. God hates the spirit of homosexuality but he loves the person. Right in the sentence we see that God gave man (spirit) his assignment. Some were to males, the others female. God hates homosexuality because it robs an individual of their assignment.

Jeremiah 1:5 Amplified Bible
Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Before God formed (frame, fashion, make, potter) you in your mother’s womb, he knew (declare, distinguish) you. I speak to you who are living this lifestyle. Before God made you, he declared you to be a male or female and after he declared it, He formed or made you a body to confirm what He spoke. God uses the doctors to testify in the delivery room of what He made. The homosexual spirit convinced you that even though you have male parts, you are a woman and this spirit has convinced you that even though you have female parts, you are a man. I must say to you that this spirit has come to deceive you and talk you out of your assignment or purpose. You were made to be a man. You were made to be a woman. There is a blessing given by God that is attached to your assignment and it’s in verse 28 of Genesis 1, “And God blessed ( praise, salute, congratulate, pronounce blessing) them”. There is a fulfillment in walking in your assignment.

I know that things have happened in your life that gave this spirit an entry way or open door to your life and God knows it too. He is a loving father who is after you not in a condemning or judgmental way. He is like a parent who sees his or her child in danger and runs to rescue them. You wondered if you were born this way but I pray today that after reading this that this would finally convince you that God never made you to be something other than what He’d created you to be. I release this word to you not in a tone of hate but love.

Now I speak to the church. Stop calling these precious ones fags and dikes. Stop speaking these cruel and hateful words across the pulpit. You are not speaking on behalf of God when you use this type of language. It’s time for the church to get a clear revelation from the Father and stop walking around in Pride saying we know what to say or how to address an issue. Let’s stop making one sin bigger than the other or putting the spot light on one sin and not addressing sin for what it is, sin. Stop trying to scare the Hell out of people but release the love message of God that show them how to avoid Hell! A place that was never made for them in the first place. Let’s present the salvation message in a way that they can choose for themselves what they want to do.

We must remember that the bible says in Ephesians 6:12 that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. It will never be about the flesh but always about a spirit. Let us walk with understand and war with understand, not praying and preaching amiss. Let not our goal be to just sound good but release and prove that what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God (Romans 12:2).

In reading this verse, we all know that this is not speaking to just one gender but this morning I was prompted in my spirit to release this to every father, husband, grandfather, uncle, and single man. Although this truth is for everybody, my assignment is to focus on the men. There were times I interpreted this scripture to mean that when God begins to order someone’s steps, He was doing it because he was obligated to do it. However, the Lord opened my eyes to see what he was really saying in this verse. Before I release what He showed me, let’s first look at what a good man is not and then what a good man is.

What A Good Man Is Not

1. A man who has a job.
2. A man who provides.
3. A man who loves his wife.
4. A man who is successful.
5. A man who takes care of his kids.
6. A man who is full of knowledge.
7. A man who has money.
8. A man who has lots of money.
9. A man who has influence.
10. A man who loves God.
11. A man who lives in the best area.
12. A man who puts his family in the best or most comfortable place possible.
13. A man who puts his family first.

I could go on, but these things listed above have been made the standard or code for every man to live by and strive for. When the Lord told me that I was a good man, I received His word to me and then I asked Him,”What exactly qualifies a man to be a good man according to the word”? He said the following:

What A Good Man Is

1. A man who does not fret because of evildoers.
2. A man who is not envious of the workers of iniquity.
3. A man who trust in the Lord and do good.
4. A man who dwells (unmovable) in the land.
5. A man who delights (flexible and bendable) himself in the Lord.
6. A man who feeds on God’s faithfulness.
7. A man who commits his way to the Lord.
8. A man who chooses to rest in the Lord.
9. A man who waits patiently for the Lord.
10. A man who cease from anger and forsake wrath.

Now let’s compare the the two and break this down. You can love God and not trust in Him. You can make the money, be successful, provide for the kids, love the wife, put your family first, live in the best area, have the best job, have a job, have major influence and not feed on God’s faithfulness or delight in Him. The word delight in the Hebrew doesn’t mean to just love God and enjoy His presence but to be bendable and flexible. Flexible enough to let go of your way and follow His way. There have been many opinions and judgments made based upon the first list above against men who God has qualified to be a good man. Psalm 37:32-33 – The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him we he is judge. These wicked ones can be believers who are praying for God to condemn (declare one one wrong) them while they are judging them. In other words they want God to back up their judgments but the Lord says here that He will not.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Then he asked them, “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. Now I say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you lock on earth will be locked in heaven, and whatever you open on earth will be opened in heaven.”

For those of you who are offended by the title of this article, may I suggest to you that you have been bewitched into thinking that hell was a curse word or a word that is used frequently by unbelievers. Let me help you understand that hell is not some vocabulary word but an actual place prepared for satan, the angels that followed him, and those who choose not to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives.

Now that I have given my 2 minute disclaimer (smile lol), let’s get into this. Jesus asked a question which I believe is relevant for today, “Who do you say that I am”. Many of you could not answer His question because there would be a automatic to spewing out what you heard about Him from everybody else and not from what you know from the inner depths of your spirit. Peter rises up and answers this question not from what he’d received from flesh but what he had received by a divine revelation from God.

God help us to stop preaching and teaching from what we heard from flesh and start receiving and releasing the divine revelation of God. Souls will not come to the Lord, people will not get healed, and miracles will not happen by fleshly preaching and messages. Ok that was just a side note. “You are the Messiah (Christ), the Son of the Living God”! Another translation says the Son of the God who is alive. You see, the responses to Jesus first question reduced him down to only flesh but Peter’s response revealed that He was not flesh but the word in flesh. Now you may be saying what in the world does this have to do with the title? Just stay with me because everything I’m saying is important and are pieces to the puzzle.

Jesus goes on to say that upon this rock (the revelation given by God the Father),I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not prevail or overpower it. Ok! He is another side note. This scripture gives a clear distinction between the house that Jesus built and the house that man built. You will know the difference by the foundation. The true church is built upon the revelation by God where as the religious church is built upon a foundation called flesh and works.

Let me give you some comparisons between the true church and the religious church. The true church not only believes in healing, miracles, signs and wonders, they operator in healing, miracles, signs and wonders. They don’t just talk about it, they move in it. The religious church on the other had is only interested in talking a good game, following a agenda rather than the Holy Spirit, doing programs, having conferences to scream at each other and pass out their ministry cards so they can be the next top preacher, doing only 15 minutes of worship so they can get to the skit they do every year, and being out by 12:00, 12:30, or 1:00 so the people won’t be mad and leave the church for being held in service too long.

The true church understands that they are the church where as the religious church believes that the building is the church, they refuse leave it, and will fight to the death if someone or something try to take it away from them. The true church embraces change but the religious church fights it.

Jesus said my church will not be overpowered by hell. Please understand that when you are facing demonic opposition, you have the keys or authority to tell that spirit to go to hell and the gates from where it came to be shut up in the name of Jesus. When you tell these spirits to go to hell, you are not only tell them to go back from where they came but you are reminding them of their future. Come on now! If the devil uses his little freaks to torment you about you past, then you have the right as a kingdom ambassador to remind him of his future.

When your mom or dad wanted you to stop talking or stop making noise, what would they say? Shut Up! They were commanding what was coming out of your mouth to cease by telling you to close up the gates of your face, lol. You have the same authority to command the gates of hell to be shut up now, so that there is no access to your marriage, finances, relationships, children, family, mind, body, and spirit. You see religion is teaching people how not to walk in authority but how to walk and live as a beggar. Jesus said that my church shall not be overpower or controlled the gates of hell. Can I keep it real? Jesus said that my church shall not be punked by whats coming from hell and here is how. I will give you keys of the kingdom of heaven so that whatever you disallow on earth, it will be disallowed in heaven and whatever you allow on earth, will be allowed in heaven. Jesus is saying that because I am in you and you are in me and you have my heart, I will back you up. If we really understood this, there would be no need to come out to a building five days a week praying or begging over things. Lord let our intercession change from begging to commanding in the name of Jesus.

The keys of the kingdom will never be given to a ministry that is built upon a religious foundation. My prayer today for you, is that you will build upon the right foundation so that you can receive the keys to shut the gates hell up that has access in your life in Jesus Name, Amen.

Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my laws and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’ “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not shrivel before they are ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD Almighty.

There have been many teachings on this scripture and we have heard verses 8-10 with a strong emphasis on verse 8, as we’d prepared to give our tithes and offerings. We were also informed that if we failed to fulfill our giving obligations, then we were under a curse. Well, I was listening to a word I gave on 6-14-09 on the healing stream media network’s broadcast “Winds of Worship” and towards the end, the Lord said, “I am exposing even the lies about tithing. I am bringing truth so that my people can be free. For even as the words have been spoken by these false ones, they have force my people and manipulated my people to give into their kingdoms and said that it was of me. I will expose it! My people shall be free financially. Every cent! Every cent! Every dollar and every cent, that was put into these little kingdoms. There is divine retribution coming to my people. For every cent, every dollar, that was placed into these little kingdoms, it shall be giving back to you says God. I am causing them to repay it this night. I am requiring them to give it back! For many! Many on this earth have houses, have lands, and cars dishonestly. It is not the blessing of the Lord and I am exposing it and I am requiring them to give every cent and every dollar back.  Now Angels! Here the word of the Lord. Go Forth Now! Go Forth! Go Forth and make sure every thieving spirit, every robbing spirit, give back every cent and every dollar to the people of God.”

It was while I was cooking that God revealed the truth as He promised. You are not under a curse when you don’t give your tithes and offerings! I can hear many of you saying right now “WHAT”! That’s right! You are not under a curse for not giving your tithes and offerings. I hear many saying as well, “But the bible says very clearly that you have cheated or robbed me and because of that you are under a curse!” I hear what you saying but that’s what we have been taught to believe and the bible does not say that. The focus has been placed on verses 8-9 for so long that nobody really took the time to read verse 7.

If we would have stopped our religious rhetoric for a minute and looked at verse 7, we would have clearly seen the cause for being under a curse. God said, “Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned (to turn aside, depart) my laws and failed to obey them.” God makes it very clear that what put His people under a curse was their continual departing of His laws or commands and continual disobedience to his commands. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 says, “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live! Choose to love the LORD your God and to obey him and commit yourself to him, for he is your life. Then you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” You see, what causes them to be under a curse was their decision to continually violate this scripture.

So if you were every told that you were under a curse, I just free you right in the name of Jesus. I pray that you just simply follow His voice and be obedient to whatever He is tell you to do. The bible says that when we give, it should not be under compulsion ( necessity, imposed either by the circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one’s advantage, custom, argument, calamity, distress, straits) but of your own free will (Philemon 1:14). In other words, you have the freedom to be lead by the Spirit of God and not man. So, expect a return of what was unlawfully taken from you. I decree and declare that the manipulation in this area of your life is over and that you are free to listen to your Father and be lead by His Spirit of Truth in Jesus name, Amen! Glory!

Prophetess Shanika Pruitt

What is this now season about?

Isaiah 43: 18-21

18 “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches,
Because I give waters in the wilderness  and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people,        My chosen.
21 This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

We see here in verse 19, what this season is all about. It is a season for every beginning seed that God has spoken in your life to spring forth now. Even that seed you have sown, God says it is the time for it to spring forth now. No not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, but RIGHT NOW!

What does it look like?

It is a season that while you are harvesting one area, another area is growing up at the same time.

Amos 3:19 NLT

“The time will come,” says the Lord, when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!

Message Bible

“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree”. Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once-and everywhere you look, Blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.

This season shall produce a hundred fold harvest.  I declare that this season shall be the greatest return the Body of Christ has ever seen. In this season there shall be a massive transfer of wealth. During the spring season of 2008, the Lord spoke that word to me about a massive transfer. In a vision I saw who people who owned buildings and lands and  they were placing what looked like deeds or contracts in the hands of the people of God saying these words “Take it, I don’t want it anymore”!

Genesis 26:12

When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. ¹³He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.

Joel 2:25-27

The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.²⁶Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the Lord your God, who does these miracles for you.

Never again will my people be disgraced.²⁷Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other. Never again will my people be disgraced.

What do I need to do?

1 Chronicles 12:32

of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

It is important that we not only understand that this is a now season but also know what we should be doing. God gave me 7 keys or truths that we must apply to our lives in this season. Let’s take a look.

Because I am in a now season:

1. My thinking must change – Isaiah 55:8-9/Ephesians 3:20/Proverbs 23:6-7

Isaiah 55:8-9

⁸“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, so are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. ⁹“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.

We must understand and accept that fact that God doesn’t think that same way we do. The bible makes it very clear that His thoughts are not our thoughts. Ephesians 3:20 says that He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly; above all we can ask or think.

Another translation says He is able to do far over and above what we can ask or think. What is this saying to us? We need to start thinking the way God thinks. We cannot come into this now season thinking the same way. God is challenging us to think higher. Proverbs 23:6-7 says that as a man thinks in his heart or within himself, so is he. You are what you think.

2. My attitude (Feelings, Position, Actions) must change

Matthew 5:3-12

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

⁵Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
¹¹“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. ¹²Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Now I know you may be saying to yourself “What in the world does this scripture have to do with my attitude”? Well, the Lord gave me a powerful revelation on these verses that I believe we must pay attention to, but first let’s look at the definition of the word attitude.

Attitude -manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, esp. of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes

A state of mind or a feeling; disposition

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue

Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one’s mental attitude in respect to religion.

There are three words that I would like to pull out of the definition of the word attitude. They are Feelings, Position, and Actions. God says that our attitude (feelings, position, and actions) must change. Now let’s apply this to Matthew 5:3-12. Here Jesus is teaching about the way of life in the Kingdom. Look at the first thing he says here; Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The word poor in the Greek means- to be destitute of wealth, lowly, needy, helpless, powerless, lacking in anything in the spiritual sense. Now to connect this to our definition of the word attitude t, God is saying that in this now season we must change our feelings, position, and actions towards those who are poor naturally and spiritually.

We must also change our attitude about being poor spiritually pertaining to ourselves. In other words, we don’t know it all or have it all. Remember, Jesus said that the Kingdom belongs to those who are poor. The reason why we have obtained all that we have so far is because we have kept ourselves in a lowly state which is the same word for being humble. Only those who have a negative attitude will not receive the Kingdom.

Let’s look at another example: Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Now we have always heard this scripture quoted after someone dies but this verse was not just for that. If you look throughout the scriptures, there were times when God told His people to stop laughing and start mourning because of the pending judgment that was to come. Those who obeyed the word of the Lord were soon comforted. There were also those like David who was in a mourning type state because of his sins and received the comfort of the Lord. Once again, if we have the right attitude to what God is saying then we will receive the “For theirs is” and the “For They Shall”, that Jesus was talking about. We will have all what the Kingdom is releasing in this now season.

3. My relationships must change

Genesis 13

¹ Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. ²Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. ³And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
⁵Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. ⁷And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
⁸So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. ⁹Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
¹⁰And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. ¹¹Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. ¹³But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
¹⁴And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are–northward, southward, eastward, and westward; ¹⁵for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants ^F22 forever. ¹⁶And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. ¹⁷Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
¹⁸Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, ^F23 which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.

If you have suffered a recent separation in some relationships, it is because God is removing the Lots out of your lives. If you read Genesis 12:1, God gave Abram clear instructions about his leaving which did not include his nephew Lot. The bible said that a dispute erupted between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot which caused Abram to see only where he was. This is important because God told him that based upon his obedience to the word of the Lord that he would receive the whole land, not just part of it. Lot’s name means in the Hebrew veil or covering. There was a veil in front of Abram that prevented him from seeing the whole promise or vision of the Lord. It cause him to just see where he was. God had to remove us from churches, ministries, states, family, and individuals because they were a veil that was blocking us from seeing all that God had for us and caused us to settle where we were. God had to remove us from some Pastors who said that they were our covering and encouraged us to have covering. Well, let me stop right there and expose that lie because #1 God is our covering and #2 the covering that man said we needed was only a plot of the enemy to stop us from seeing and moving. It was also mans way to manipulate and control us. After Lot left, God told Abram to left up his eyes and look northward, southward, eastward, and westward. All of this God said I’m giving to you. My prayer is that we let the change happen so that we can see and move freely in Jesus name!

4. My perspectives, beliefs, talk/conversations, declarations must change –  Exodus 14:13-14/Numbers 13,14/Psalm 30:62/ Kings 6:8-18/ Job 22:28

Numbers 13/14

God is dealing with how we see, what we believe, how we talk, and how we speak. Below is a perfect example of this.

¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a    man, everyone a leader among them.” ³So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel. ²³Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. ²⁴The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, ^F15 because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there.

²⁵And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.
²⁶Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. ²⁷Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. ²⁸Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. ²⁹The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” ³⁰Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
³¹But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” ³²And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. ³³There we saw the giants ^F16 (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

Here God instructs Moses to gather together the leaders of Israel and to send them to spy out the land that He was giving them. Please keep that in mind, that’s very important. Moses also tells them to grab some fruit and bring it back with them. That’s another point to keep in mind. So they go and grab these clusters of grapes, see the land, and bring back a report. Now, here is what I want to point out to you about what they said. Let’s look at it again shall we.

²⁶Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. ²⁷Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

²⁸Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. ²⁹The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.

The first thing they said in verse 27 was confirmation of what God had spoken concerning the land. They needed to hear that.  In verse 28 they stated a fact, which needed to be heard, however there’s a problem in this verse. The leaders used the word “Nevertheless” which is another way of saying besides. By using this word, they told the people to cancel out the confirmation and focus on the fact. Focus on the fact that there are people occupying the land. Focus on the fact that they are strong. Focus on the fact that the cities are fortified (make inaccessible) and very large. Forget about that God just said this land was ours; it flows with milk and honey, and the fruit we just showed you. This is why Caleb rose up reminded the people that they were well able! Despite the facts, through God, there was guaranteed victory. Unfortunly, as you read on in chapter 14, the people believed the bad report and refused to listen to Caleb and Joshua. That generation forfeited their opportunity to see and live in the promise land. Only Caleb, his descendents, and Joshua were granted access to the promise land. It was said by God of Caleb that he had a different spirit. The reason why we miss our blessing from God is because we make our final decisions based upon the facts. We totally forget about what the Lord said to us and the confirmations we received, to focus on the facts. God wants us to focus on Him and by doing that, we will have the right perspectives, the right beliefs, the right conversations, and will make the right declarations. Some things we were taught growing up was said to be truth from God and we were challenged to believe that, however, that also must change. Even our conversations must change. Yes, our conversations are important because it involves others. We don’t want our conversations to be negative, doubtful, and full of fear. These words can become stumbling blocks for the listener. Ultimately, our Father is listening to every word. What we declare is important. Job 22:28 says you shall decree or declare a thing and it shall be established and the light of God’s favor will shine on your way. Whatever you speak is a done deal. That generation in Numbers 13 and 14 were in their now season and they missed it because of their perspective, beliefs, conversation, and declaration.

5. My walk must change – Psalm 1:1, Romans 13:13, Galatians 5:16

Psalm 1:1 Amplified

BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.

I can remember growing up quoting this scripture and always thinking that the word walk had to do with just physically walking. Now that I’m older and more seasoned in God, I realize that there is a greater revelation in this scripture. Let’s look at the meaning of the word walk.

Hebrew meaning of walk – to carry, pursue, stand

To carry, pursue, and stand in the advice, plan, and purpose of the ungodly will jeopardizes your “Blessed” state. Your walk is your life. Our lives must be pleasing to the Lord. We don’t want to carry anything that is against His will. When I look at the word carry, it is like a postal carrier delivering the mail. One becomes a carry of words. Think about what people put in letters. There is information, opinions, advice, threats, warnings, blessings, curses, etc… All of this stuff is in one bag that a person carries every day.

God says in this season we cannot be a carrier of their letters of hate, gossip, curses, offense, and perversity. We can’t even stand with them on issues that are contrary to the word of God. Look at the meaning of the word ungodly.

Hebrew meaning of ungodly – morally wrong, perverse, guilty of sin, wicked (hostile to God), offender

Looking at this meaning right off, we think of those who are not saved but let me tell you my friend, there are people in the Body of Christ who are morally wrong, perverse, hostile toward God, offended, and because they are so offended towards God, they are out for blood. Wow, that really sounds familiar doesn’t it? Cain is in the body and because he is so offended at God, he has and is taking his frustration and anger out on Able. Those who stand or side with Cain cannot and will not receive any blessing from the Lord in this now season. When you side with Cain, you have just become a carrier of his offense. We must side with the Holy Spirit (The Spirit of Truth), become his companion, and walk or live by the spirit so we won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 New American Standard

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Like we use to say growing up, keep in step with the spirit so you won’t get caught up.

6. My appearance must change – Psalm 30:11, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 61:3

Isaiah 61:3

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

When you see the word appearance, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For me I think about what people are seeing. Appearance is defined as the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public, the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect.

The bible says in Psalm 30:11 that God has put off our sackcloth. That is very important. The word sackcloth in the Hebrew means mourning. It was a garment worn in times of mourning. God says I am taking you out of your time of mourning into a season of praise. Some of us have been grieving over our past season. We’ve been grieving over issues, situations, bills, relationships, hurts, pains and have carried that over into this now season. God says that the issues, situations, relationships, and bills may look the same but the results are not the same.

Yes the hurts and pains of the past may feel the same but the ending results are not the same. If you notice, the word of the Lord was not “it will” not be the same but they are right now, in this present moment, not the same. You are in a now season! It is not what will be but what is! God has to change your clothes because the season has change. You don’t ware summer clothing in the winter nor do you ware winter clothing in the summer. You and I must dress according to the season that we are in. God says I’m clothing you with my garment of praise because I’m making you my instrument of praise. I’m clothing you with my garment of salvation (deliverance) because I’m making you my instrument of deliverance. I’m clothing you with my righteousness (justice, rightness, righteousness, as vindicated, deliverance, victory, prosperity) because I’m making you my instrument of righteousness. This is not just for you but for your family and friends as well. When they see you, yes, those who know your story, those who know your pain, they will rejoice. Not just for you but they shall rejoice because as you appear or stand before them, deliverance just appeared for them, prosperity just appear for them, vindication just appeared for them, and a spirit of praise has just appeared to set them free to release an undignified praise.

7. My meals must change – Deuteronomy 8:3/Hebrews 5:12-14

Deuteronomy 8:3

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

The essence of this scripture is not about the bread but the children of Israel understanding that they could not live (Hebrew – to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health) on anything on this earth alone ( Hebrew – alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone). I believe God is saying the same thing to us, that we can’t live on just bread, our job, money, relationships, gifts, popularity, etc… alone ( besides, or separated from) God. We must feast off the proceeding word of God.

Hebrew meaning of proceeds – act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring, water springs

Hebrews 5:12-14

¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. ¹³For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. ¹⁴But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

If we are going walk in this now season, we must put away the bottles of milk and prepare to eat solid food. In this season, we have to move away from depending on people feeding us and towards feeding ourselves. What I’m saying is that we have to move from expecting someone to give us a word for our present moment and start seeking the face of God for ourselves and stop expecting someone to do it for us. You see babies need that because they are as Hebrews 5:13 puts it, unskilled in the word of righteousness. Babies question a command from the Lord, while the mature just do it. Babies say I don’t feel like it today God, while the mature says whatever you want Lord. Babies like to argue, walk in strife, refuse to forgive, gossip, judge, hate, refuse to worship, and refuse to pray, while the mature walks in the fruit of the Spirit, walks in forgiveness, and lives to worship, and pray.

In closing, let us once again be like the sons of Issachar who not only understood the times but knew what to do.

Blessings

Prophet Brian Pruitt

BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach, through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized), who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.

The information Paul was giving to Timothy in this chapter is so relevant for today. The body of Christ is suffering from teachings that are from the pits of hell. The question is, “How is this happening?” Religion! You see the church has allowed the religious spirit to crawl its way in like a snake and setup shop. With this spirit in control, it begins to pump its messages from hell into leaders, convincing them that it is the bible truth when it’s not. Paul told Timothy that in the last days, doctrines or teachings of demons would be released. What are these teachings? Fear, Infirmity, Doubt, Unbelief, Agendas, Man’s Order, Manipulation, and etc… These teachings have attached itself to the church to rob its destiny. The church is walking in fear because of fear based teaching. The church is walking in doubt and unbelief because of teachings on this mess. Sickness is so prevalent because of the teachings out of Infirmity chapter 1 verse 6. It’s time for every pastor and leader to open their eyes to see that there is a spirit at work trying to squeeze the life out of the people of God. These teachings are nothing more than little snakes being passed out, wrapped up, and disguised with wrapping that has scriptures all over it.

The religious spirit has caused the church to become deaf and dumb. Jesus cast this spirit out plenty of times. In Mark 8:13-21, Jesus rebuked the disciples because of the lack of discernment and I believe also because their doubt. He says to them, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” The disciples thought that Jesus was talking about them having no bread. Jesus said something very powerful. “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? Having ears, do you not hear?” Jesus was trying to get to understand that I’m not talking about the fact that we don’t have enough bread! Do you remember the miracle of the five loaves? What Jesus was talking about was the corruption of the Pharisees and Herod.

The same thing is happening to the church. Jesus is saying beware of the religious spirit that is on the rise and spreading but we the church, are talking about bread. The church is to busy having conferences and meetings, asking this same question the disciples, “Is it because we forgot to do this, bring that, say this, or say that?” NO! The church has eyes but can’t see and ears but can’t hear. The religious spirit has caused the church to harden their hearts to the point that the words of warning don’t even affect her anymore. Just like the disciples, the church is missing the revelation Jesus is dropping. This is so true! We go around having conferences to sit around one another to confer. Look at verse 16, “And they reasoned among themselves”. That’s all these conferences have resulted in, the church coming together to ask each other question. Not one person in this passage stopped to ask Jesus, “Master, what are you saying to us?” No, instead of asking Jesus what He meant, they tried to figure everything out on their own. Sounds like pride.

This is what’s happening in the pulpits across America. Instead of us stepping out in faith to see and hear something we’ve never seen or heard before, we allowed that python called religion to seduce and lie to us that we got the answers. The sad thing about that leaders, is that the people, the sheep of His pasture is paying for it. They are suffering from the teachings of demons they are receiving from you by way of the python (religious spirit).

I speaking to leaders so much because the bible says that judgment shall begin at the house of God (1Peter 4:17). We have even allowed the python to twist this scripture to bring fear upon the sheep. However, by the authority I have in Jesus name, let me tell you that this judgment is not going to start with the sheep! NO! This judgment will start with the leaders because God has given the leaders the simply responsibility to just follow Him. If we do that in everything, the people, the sheep of His pasture will follow. It’s just like when our parents told us to look after our baby sister or brother until they return. If something gets broken and you were not there to stop it, the first question is not address to the younger one. That question is coming to you because you were left in charge. This what is happening to the church right now. God is see a lot of mess going on and He is saying where are my leaders? Where are the ones I left in charge? Why are my leaders not listening to me? What is that meal (teaching) my leaders are serving? Who in Hell did they get that from? Wait a minute! I know you are thinking to yourself, God couldn’t be saying who in Hell right? That’s a curse word right? Wrong! God is asking this question, WHO IN HELL DID THEY GET THAT FROM? It is not that God doesn’t know where it came from, He wants you to be honest and expose that demon. Remember, hell is a place that was prepared for the devil and the angels he convinced to reject God (Isaiah 14: 12-21, Revelation 12:9, Jude 1:6, and 2 Peter 2:4) and also Paul said that these teachings were from demons. Religion is also a microphone with speakers that gives fear, doubt, unbelief, infirmity, worry, depression, hatred, anger, and unforgiveness a voice. It wants the church to pay attention to what it is saying. Why is religion attaching itself to leaders? Leaders have influence. If it can get to the leaders, then it can get to the sheep. If it gets to the sheep, the whole church is destroyed.

Religion has the same agenda as its master the devil. To kill, steal, and to destroy (John 10:10). So in my closing, the revelation I have received from the Lord I now give to you. Since we now understand from scripture that the devils’ address now, is, and forever shall be hell and that his little demons are his roommates, I release this command from heaven now! Get up and tell the devil, GO TO HELL!

Doubt, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Fear, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Depression, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Divorce, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Anger, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Rebellion, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Mans’ Agenda, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Racism, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Infirmity, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Witchcraft, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Worry, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Adultery, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Manipulation, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

Jezebel, GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!

As you begin to name these things that have been tormenting your church, family, and friends, the Lord says that deliverance shall come!

• Plans made contrary to the will of God
• A web of plans woven today not from His Spirit
• The church has gone to find help from those in Egypt, without consulting God
• Putting their trust in Pharaoh’s protection
• A refusal to hear the law of the Lord (The law here speaks of the prophet’s instruction, which is from the Lord)
• The church tells the seers not to see and the prophets to prophesy the right things to them.