The Key to Economic Development | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 33 –

Posted on October 11, 2011 by SoSpression

The Key to Economic Development in Detroit

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9

wisdom: chokmah

wisdom

  1. skill (in war)
  2. wisdom (in administration)
  3. shrewdness, wisdom
  4. wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)
  5. wisdom (ethical and religious)

12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate . Proverbs 8

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Hating evil gives you wisdom.

Wisdom is skill and creativity in problem solving.

Wisdom with prudence finds out knowledge of witty inventions, and new creativity.

The key to Detroit’s economic development is the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. We need to have people who are afraid of God’s judgements so that they will do what’s right instead of do what’s wrong. We need people who don’t want to hurt people or harm God’s earth, because those people will get wisdom to create products that will benefit the community, not harm it.

Anything less is just a scam. Most of the foolish recent economic developments are not based in the fear of the Lord, or wisdom, so they end up causing destruction. We don’t need an economy based on alcohol, bars, pharmakeia, drugs, and witchcraft. We don’t need an economy based on casinos and lotteries, and scamming the poor. We don’t need an economy based on wicked music that worships idols. We don’t need cut-throat babylon businessmen and lawyers who make their money by stealing, lying, and conniving – whether it be legal or illegal. We don’t need businessmen that are psychopaths, justifying their desires, externalizing the consequences, and not caring who they hurt on the way. We don’t need economic developments in slavery, usury, fraud, ponzi schemes, or deceit.

We need real inventors with real wisdom. But as long as we don’t fear the Lord, we will lack wisdom, and there will be a continued downward spiral in the economy. Yeah some wicked men might get rich, but they will find out soon that they lost their soul because they abused the poor. But those that fear the Lord will always increase in wisdom, and they will come out on top in the end. They will solve problems with prudence and get new witty inventions based on creativity from the Creator.

Let’s pray for the FEAR OF THE LORD to spread like wildfire across our City. Let’s pray that men would begin to fear God’s judgements, and adjust their lives immediately, every day. Let’s pray for a conviction on the preaching of the Word that would make people tremble because they realize that the Word of God is not just a collection of practical suggestions, but the very sword of God that will hurt them if they are on the wrong side of it. If we fear and respect and reverence God, He will come closer to us, and we will find His mercy and love. Then we will see lasting economic development.

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

 

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Apostasy is Divorce | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 34 –

Posted on October 10, 2011 by SoSpression

Apostasy – The Roots of Divorce in the Church

God said let no man separate what God put together. God is witness with us and our wives, because of the covenant promises we make before Him. God hates divorce.

14 Yet ye say , Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously : yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away : for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously Malachi 2 

So why is divorce so common in the church? I learned something yesterday that blew my mind. Just as we learned about Jezebel, and how adultery and fornication is spiritual, as well as natural. “First the Natural, then the Spiritual. (1 Corinthians 15)” Well look at the definitionof apostasy.

Apostasia: a falling away, defection, apostasy.

“The Greek word Apostosia comes from the root word
Apostasion meaning “divorce.”  Those who
fall into apostasy are divorced from God.”

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed , the son of perdition; 2 Thessalonians 2

So “falling away” from God (apostasy) and “putting away” (divorce) are closely related.  So now we have an insight into why there is so much divorce in the Church. Because some of us have fallen away from God. The natural reflects the spiritual.

The mercy of the Lord endures forever, so believe me I’m not trying to condemn anyone who has ever had a divorce. I’m just trying to hear what God is saying and make a spiritual connection that will give us wisdom on the decisions we make. Could the root of divorce in the Church be false doctrine in the Church, and a falling away from God? If I’m contemplating divorce, is there false doctrine in my life that has caused me to fall away from God first? Is the rate of divorce in the Church evidence that we are in the middle of the great falling away already? If my spiritual leader is divorcing his wife, has he divorced God already too? Should I follow someone who has divorced God? Hmm… lets turn our wheels and keep our eyes open. Let’s keep our hearts married to God, then our marriages will be better and stronger for it.

Shot out to my wife Shereena! I love you – divorce was never and will never be an option:-) Because we love Jesus first!

Let’s turn our hearts back to God!

We will be seeking to achieve the great repentance that is necessary to turn our city and nation around at DaHOP on Friday nights. Join us. Daniel turned a nation repenting and praying all by himself! So if 3 of you come and join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE…. What could happen in our nation?

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

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Whiskey River? | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11 Day 35 :

Posted on October 10, 2011 by SoSpression

Whiskey River?

God is amazing… So I’m meditating on the witchcraft thing that God showed me yesterday. Then all of the sudden I’m reading the newspaper (on my cellphone) in the morning and I come across an article about Detroit formerly being known the Paris of the Midwest. It was called that because it was founded by the French, it had great architecture, and it has a lot of trees lining the streets. But one of the most interesting bits of info things in it was the fact that during the prohibition the Detroit River was known as “Whiskey River,” because 85% of the illegal alcohol in America was smuggled in through the Detroit River. Wow. There’s the root of the power of pharmakeia in our city for you right there. But that’s coming down in the authority of Jesus. Another tidbit in the article was that Detroit used to be known as the City of Churches.

Its so interesting, here we are praying through the history of Detroit, and the next morning here is this article bringing out more info on the history of Detroit. Then a few minutes later I got an email forward me another article about Detroit that had been published a few days earlier. It’s called “Confronting Metro Detroit’s Race Issues key to Moving Past Them”. Which is exactly what we’ve been praying about. The Spirit speaks expressly!

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

 

 

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All My Pleasure is In You | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 36 –

Posted on October 10, 2011 by SoSpression

All My Pleasure Is In You

It was really kind of weird. We have been praying in the same spot for almost a week, and all of the sudden I hear the word “witchcraft,” and I notice  cigarettes on the ground, people smoking cigarettes. Even though we have been praying in front of two new huge brand new medical marijuana shops, I’m just now getting it.

Witchcraft is powerful in our city. “Pharmakeia” is a big stronghold, it even entangles some in the Church. Drugs, pills, getting drunk with alcohol, blunts cigarettes… even the legal drug game is rampant. We won’t even start on how crack and weed and illegal drugs have ruined familes, communities, and destroyed entire urban areas with violence and gangs.

So I start praying, “Lord I turn from getting pleasure from chemicals to getting pleasure from You. All my pleasure is in you, all my fountains are in you. Flow through me. Help me to only get the physical pleasure that you allow. Then overflow my heart with the your spiritual pleasures through your Holy Spirit.”

We need to bring down the power of witchcraft and pharmakeia, even if its legal. Not all medicines qualify as pharmakeia. But be careful if you are getting addicted to drugs that just mask symptoms and don’t really do anything. We’ve got to use our authority over this. It’s got to stop in the Church! Let’s show the world that our God gives us true pleasure that doesn’t kill us in the long run.

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalms 16 

 

 

 

 

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

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Join us on 8 Mile | Countdown to the Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 37 –

Posted on October 7, 2011 by SoSpression

         Join Us on 8 Mile   | Join Us All Night Long

We are praying down the dividing walls of this region every day at 2pm, on 8 Mile & Lahser… Every day leading up to The Call. 8 Mile represents division, in the past it was a dividing line of racism and classism.

One of the keys to restoration and revival is repentance. On of the main areas of repentance is for racism in the Church. We are praying for the desegregation of Sunday morning. We are praying for racial desegregation, denominational desegregation, the ending of schisms and factions in the Church… and that walls of hostility would be torn down. The Unity of the Church is Jesus Christ’s most effective Evangelism strategy (John 17). Join us on 8 Mile daily until 11-11-11.

There is a time for praying in secret, and there is a time to shout from the mountain tops the things that God has whispered in your ear in secret (Luke 12). Saints its time to arise and cry with a loud voice. We can’t be like the frog that boiled because his atmosphere was heating up slowly. We need to discern the signs of the times and respond with spiritual violence to take the kingdom! God may be about to do something unprecedented.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12

All Night Prayer @ DaHOP. Jesus prayed All Night Long unto God. If you want to press in with us join us on Friday Nights, 6pm- 6am. Let us acheive the great repentance and turning of our hearts to God that is necessary. Join us. Daniel turned a nation repenting and praying all by himself! So if 3 of you come and join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE…. What could happen in our nation?

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

 

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Jezebel Exposed (in the Church) | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 38 –

Posted on October 6, 2011 by SoSpression

Jezebel Exposed

Jesus Christ is marching and he’s Chopping Off Heads. Every thing that exalts itself above the knowledge of Christ is about to be dethroned (2 Cor 10).  Just like Jehu, he’s about to get rid of Jezebel. He’s already been doing it, we just need to have an ear to hear and eyes to see what He’s doing. The Old Covenant version of Jezebel is the one that kills true messengers of God, and corrupts leaders. The New Covenant version (after she killed John the Baptist) version of Jezebel – her strategy is a little different.

I have blogged about Jezebel in the past, (3 Main Doctrines That Jesus Hates) as well as about this exact passage in Revelations 2 (How To Rule Nations and Governments).  But in the past couple of years I have gotten a lot more understanding on Revelations 2. I explain a lot more of this through dream interpretations, testimonies, and scriptural revalations in my upcoming book, (Killing Idols For REVIVAL) but let’s take a quick look at Jesus explaining Jezebel’s new covenant strategies. Then we’ll look at how it relates to Detroit and Detroit’s influence on the nations of the earth.

Revelations 2

18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write ; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

Jesus’ eyes are like fire. They consume and penetrate and burn through us. They see right through our hearts.

His feet are like brass. He’s steady, solid, and He’s the King, and He’s not going anywhere.

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

Jesus is pleased with the Church, they work hard, they have love, service, faith… and their works keep growing. Jesus is pleased with everything except for a few things thing. It tolerates Jezebel.

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication , and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

In the New Covenant Jezebel calls herself a prophetess. She is tolerated by the Church, they let her teach God’s servants how to commit fornication and eat food sacrificed to idols. What’s the best way to teach? By example.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold , I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

This is very serious. He gave her time to repent. But if she doesn’t, she will get sick, those that commit adultery with her will go into great tribulation unless they repent. Her children (so called spiritual fruit) will be killed with death. All the Churches will know the Jesus is not playing and His eyes are like fire, and they can’t hide.

24 But unto you I say , and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak ; I will put upon you none other burden.

Jezebel’s doctrine is satanic, and very serious.

25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come *. 26 And he that overcometh , and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers : even as I received of my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

If you overcome Jezebel, you will have a lot of authority over nations.

So let’s talk briefly about how the Church in Detroit has tolerated Jezebel, and how the Church can turn its heart back to God.

She teaches fornication. Naturally, fornication is having sex with someone other than your wife. Spiritually, its worshipping idols other than the Creator. These idols could be represented by power and influence or money and productivity (which is related to Baal, the OT Jezebel’s idol).

She teaches God’s servants how to eat food that has been sacrificed to idols. Naturally, this could be a piece of chicken that has been branded by Lucifer’s Chicken Shack. Spiritually, it could be a piece of music (an inanimate creation of God) that has been married to lyrics that worship false Gods.

Jezebel teaches God’s servants by example how to mix with the world, fornicate, and eat food (music) that has been sacrificed to idols. She does this as a minister from inside the church because they tolerate her.

Do you see the adultery in the church? Is there anyone who can see this happening? Yesterdays countdown was about Judgement beginning in the house of God because We Have All the Authority and We are Already on Top, even when we don’t realize it. People are dying, people are being exposed as adulterers, there is divorce all over the church. And we don’t know that its because Jesus is judging Jezebel.

Are you tired of seeing all the “top” gospel artists and big time preachers divorcing, committing adultery, partnering with unbelievers spiritually, copying and following secular artists,  and copying unGodly business principles? The natural adultery and fornication only represents the spiritual adultery and fornication. They teach Jezebels doctrine by example… they say they do it to reach more people but Jesus sees through that lie. It may be thru ignorance, but its inspired by Jezebel for money and power. We need to repent and stop tolerating it. It more serious than we think, and its spiritually satanic, and its all our fault.

If that’s not enough for you to believe, wait until I share more info on this blog and in the dreams and testimony… When you bear fruit, God’s Word prunes you so that you can bear even more fruit! Even as a gospel dj, there are songs (even scriptural songs) that I played 3 months ago – that I won’t play now, because I fear God and I have a clearer view of Jezebels doctrine.

One morning a few weeks ago my wife had an open vision of some old, wooden doors opening and closing. We knew that God was opening and closing doors, but we didn’t really know the full interpretation. However, that same day, we ended up at the Motown Museum. I’ve lived in Detroit over 20 years and I’ve never been there, but all the sudden I was there that day because family came in from out of town and wanted to visit it!

Soon we understood that the doors God was closing was the door of God’s Levites being stolen from the Church. All the young musicians from God’s Church were seduced into singing for Money and Adultery. Motown’s first hit was “Money” That’s What I want. Their second hit was “Shop Around.” The Beatles first hit was a remix of “Money” That’s What I Want, written by Motown. The international, multiracial, and multi-genre influence of Motown is unfathomable. But it all came from God’s Levites being stolen from His Church.

God is closing those doors, and He’s opening the doors to the House of Prayer where God will be worshipped by His Levites, by God’s House becoming a house of prayer for all nations. A pure song that isn’t inspired by idolatry is soon to come. We won’t tolerate the secular remixes, or the regurgitations of idolatry in the church. Originality and Creativity is coming into God’s House of Prayer for All Nations, for we will worship and focus on the Creative God Who is Beautiful and Set Apart to Himself as His Own Purpose (Holy).

In the past few weeks, I’ve been there 3 times with different prayer groups from DaHOP, Burn, The Call, etc… More revelations, worship, and declarations come every time. We are excited that Jesus Christ is marching back into His temple, whipping out the money changers, turning over the tables, and taking God’s Levites back to sing a song that is Holy to the Lord and building Detroit into a House of Prayer, a City of Praise and Public Worship.

I will be sharing more of the research and scriptures on repenting from Toleration of Jezebel this Friday. We will be seeking to achieve the great repentance that is necessary to turn our city and nation around at DaHOP on Friday nights. Join us. Daniel turned a nation repenting and praying all by himself! So if 3 of you come and join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE…. What could happen in our nation?

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

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We Already Have the Authority | Countdown to The Call Detroit 11-11-11: Day 39 –

Posted on October 4, 2011 by SoSpression

WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THE AUTHORITY

The Authority of the Believer.

We really have it! We are already on top. In Matthew 16 Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. He said

18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

When I teach on binding and loosing I don’t mean yelling at demons. I mean what we allow and disallow with our mouths, but especially with our ACTIONS.

From what Jesus Christ has said: we are not trying to get authority, we already have authority.

In Matthew 28:19, Jesus said that All power is given unto me… therefore YOU go… Why would He tell US to do something with the power that HE has. Because we are in Him, of course. The Body of Christ collectively. This makes total sense, especially combined with Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19.

Luke 10:19 – power to tread on power of enemy (I GIVE YOU)

Matthew 16:19 – keys to the Kingdom of heaven (I GIVE YOU)

I am NOT saying that as individuals we have all power over heaven and earth. I am saying that Jesus Christ has given us authority in Him.

The question becomes: What are we doing with our authority? Are we obeying Christ, or are we disobeying Christ? What has the church been allowing (loosing) on earth, that has now been loosed in heaven (the atmosphere over the earth)? What has the church refused to tolerate (binding) that subsequently been bound in heaven (the atmosphere over the earth)?

What we say goes… even if we don’t quite understand it. What we tolerate gets spiritual power. What we don’t tolerate loses spiritual power. If we as the Church want to change our cities and regions, it all starts with us. So many times we look up to government, media, entertainment, etc… When we should be looking down. Not looking down out of pride or becaue we are better than anyone else. But simply because Jesus put us on top. We need to lift these areas up.

So many times, we point the finger of blame at unbelievers, when its all our fault. Our frustration should not be with ubelievers, but our frustration should be with ourselves for giving unbelievers power to do what they do. My wife says all the time “If Christians didn’t support wickedness, wickedness would fail.” If everyone who claimed to be a Christian stopped supporting wicked entertainment, then wicked entertainment would not be successful. I don’t have the time to get into that on this blog, but that’s just the natural side. I was guilty of this myself as a teenager.

On the spiritual side, its undebatable! Why does abortion thrive? Because we allowed family planning to become acceptable. We gave the devil an inch in the church and he took a mile in the culture eeeeeasy. Why do half of marriages end in divorce? Because we do it in the church. Why is adultery and fornication rampant in our culture? Because of the spiritual adultery and spiritual fornication in the church. Then we point the finger at the government and at unbelievers when we haven’t cleaned up the Church.

Don’t get me wrong, I”m not saying that we can’t correct people that are unbelievers… But our main focus should be purifying the Church. I pray for our President and think he’s a cool person. But my main frustration with Obama is NOT with Obama, its with people in the Church that agree with him rather than searching for biblical principles of government. My frustration with Republican candidates is not against them personally… Its with Christians who think that Republican = Christian and don’t even search or second-guess the standard Republican ideas, which are not all necessarily correct according to scripture. I was guilty of this myself until i started finding out a more balanced and biblical view from a liberty perspective.

My main frustration with with wicked artists, wicked movies, etc… is not them (they don’t know any better). My frustration is with the Christians who support them and follow them and prop them up helping them poison our culture and make Harvesting Souls more difficult. We need PURITY in the Church because we have way more power than we think. We actually have ALL authority in heaven and earth, but we are just using it wrong. We are actually On Top Already. If we REPENT, its game over… the devil has no more of a chance. We need to protest ourselves.

Case in point: I know a lot of people that moved to Atlanta from Detroit. One of the things that I always heard about when I talk to them is the gay population that is really flourished and aggressive. I used to wonder, since when is Atlanta know for gay black men? There are other cities with lots of black people that are not necessarily “gay capitals.” Then when I heard about the famous Atlanta preacher sexually abusing boys… I got the connection – OHHH, the Church loosed that in Atlanta. You know what else… 30 days before, there was a solemn assembly of fasting, repentance and preaching that even prepared the way for that sin to be revealed. The Church bound it, and it was bound. Will the Church in Atlanta continue to purify?

What if the solution to our city gang problems was Unity in the Church instead of the wars of words?

What if the solution to abortion was us accepting all the Children the Lord gave us instead of buying the lie that children are a loss instead of a profit? I was guilty of this myself in the first few months of my marriage.

What if the solution to protecting marriage was the Church protecting our marriages, and stopping the spiritual adultery that looses the physical adultery?

What if the solution to cultural pollution was purifying the worship in our own Churches, building a house of prayer and keeping God’s Levites employed in that work day and night?

What if the solution to racism was desegregating the Body of Christ?

Judgement begins in the house of God (1 Peter 5)… We ALREADY have the authority, we have just been using it all wrong. We need to REPENT and turn our hearts to God. What we bind is bound, and what we loose is loosed. We need to Purify the Bride of Christ so that she can bind the wrong things and loose the right things in the Body of Christ, on earth. THEN it will be bound and loosed in the atmospheres over our cities.

This is just a short spur of the moment blog, so be gentle when poking holes in my arguments :-).  I will be sharing more of the research and scriptures on this topic in the near future. We will be seeking to achieve the great repentance that is necessary to turn our city and nation around at DaHOP on Friday nights. Join us. Daniel turned a nation repenting and praying by himself! So if 3 of you come and join us on Fridays leading up to The Call and join us at The Call in TRUE REPENTANCE…. What could happen in our nation?

Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

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Prisoners of Hope Get Double | Countdown to The Call 11-11-11: Day 40 –

Posted on October 3, 2011 by SoSpression

12 Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto you. Zechariah 9

 The name of the Lord is your strong hold and strong tower. You have been a prisoner of hope, trapped by your faith in God, a slave to true love. You have chosen to believe God for more than just money and cars and houses. You believe God to save a generation. You believe God to turn a city upside down. You believe God for a move of His Spirit, you believe God for a revival and 3rd Great Awakening in America, the promised last days harvest labor movement, and the pouring out of His Spirit on all flesh. You believe for Jesus to come back quickly.

That prison can be lonely at times, many people don’t understand it. Your Accuser says: “Just be normal. Be practical. Compromise makes more money and helps you influence people. Just be like everyone else. Don’t desire God too much, it makes you look bad.” 

But God says to you today – “I will render double to you!” Everything the devil stole, everything you sowed for God, everything that was lost. You get double, because its for the Glory of God, not man! So keep praying, keep fasting, keep speaking what you believe. I believe that Jesus Christ has decided to come and turn the tables in our city. He will, so get ready!

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Make your way to Detroit on 11-11-11 for The Call. Pray with us. Join people all over Detroit that are fasting and praying in preparation for God to do something BIG in our city, nation, and world… NOW. Yes, NOW.

The Call

I will attempt to blog a countdown of messages that will help us prepare the way of the Lord. Stay tuned right here and make sure to join DaHOP prayer meetings on Friday Nights for iRepent – a series of unified prayer meetings that God has given us to help us achieve the necessary repentance that it will take for our city to be used by God in the greatest way in this time. http://dahopfire.org/dahop-detroit-area-house-of-prayer/

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Are Children Unwanted Gifts…?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by ShereenaMonique

Children ARE a blessing!

Would you tell God not to give you a financial blessing of 10 million dollars? Would you say, “Oh, Lord, I don’t want that 10 million, I have enough”.

So why is that our response to the Lord in bearing children? Do we believe God’s word that explicitly says Children are a blessing? Or do we adhere to the world’s rhetoric telling us children are a financial burden, take up too much time and energy, they are too expensive? Who wants to get up at night with a crying newborn?

Don’t take MY word for it, let’s go straight to scripture.

We are COMMANDED to be fruitful (reproduce)

Genesis 9

7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Malachi 2

This scripture is speaking about husbands and wives and how God desires Godly offspring (children) from Godly marriages…

15 But did He not make them one,

Having a remnant of the Spirit?

And why one?

He seeks godly offspring.

Psalms 127:3-5

3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth.

5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;

They shall not be ashamed,

But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

So scripturally you can see that GOD has given the COMMAND, not a suggestion, to be fruitful and fill the earth with children. God made husband and wife one to reflect the image of God AND because GOD SEEKS Godly offspring, Godly Children. The fruit of the womb is a reward, NOT A CURSE! So why would we not desire what we clearly see God desires?

Our minds MUST be renewed by scripture in order to see things the way God sees them. When we were in sin we did not see things the way God saw them, but now that we are in the light of Christ we have to see ALL things the way God sees them. So we believe sex outside of marriage is wrong because the bible says so, we believe murder is wrong because the bible says so, so can we believe that we are called to give God Godly seed, to be fruitful and multiply, can we believe children are a blessing? The bible says so… And if you truly believe something is a blessing, would you turn it away? Would you try to stop the blessing from coming to you like we do with children?

Question & Answer

Who says children are too expensive?

a) BIBLE

b) CULTURE

Who says too many children are a burden?

a) BIBLE

b) CULTURE

Who says married Christian couples should have fun for the first two years before even considering having children?

a) BIBLE

b) CULTURE

To be honest,  my husband and I fell into the same lies of the world. Before we got married we talked about how much we both wanted to have lots of children, and that having children was a part of God’s design for marriage. But after we got married, we used contraception for over a year to prevent pregnancy until we were “ready”. But a friend of mine gave me a sermon series on CD about God’s plan for family. After listening to the teaching we were convicted by the Holy Spirit. God showed us that we were allowing Him to have control in every area of our lives EXCEPT allowing Him to decide when we had children and how many. So we stopped using any form of contraception, including “charting” in which we avoided intercourse when I was ovulating. Seven months later, I was pregnant with our first child. So, Champion is here because a friend loved me enough to challenge me with bible truth!

I am not trying to offend ANYONE but we have a very telling scripture on birth control…

Genesis 38:8-10

New King James Version (NKJV)

8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD; therefore He killed him also.

So in this passage of scripture Onan “pulled out” before he ejaculated and spilled his semen on the ground so he would not get his new wife pregnant. He had his own reason why he did not want to have a child, but as we see, Onan’s view did not match God’s view, and he was slain by God.

Is having children cheap and easy? NO! Pregnancy is hard, labor is hard, looking after a newborn 24/7 is hard!!! But we are to submit our will to God’s, and our desire must be to please God (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

If you do not use birth control will you have 12 children? NO! In scripture Sarah had 1, Rachel had 2. I met someone who told me their mother NEVER used any form of birth control and only had 3. God knows EXACTLY how many children you need and when you need them. If you are willing to trust Him (Psalm 34:8).

So, I strongly encourage Godly couples to seek God by searching the scriptures about what God has to say concerning  marriage and children. And if you find that God’s view is different from yours, you must change your view to fit His. God’s view NEVER changes to fit ours.

In peace and love…

-Shereena Monique

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BET’s The Game

Posted on September 8, 2011 by ShereenaMonique

Romans 1:28-32

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

I have only seen one full episode of The Game, but that was enough for me. I have since learned that a main theme and element of this show is to make God and the bible a joke and a mockery. In the episode that I saw, one of the football players pretended to be a born again Christian in order to impress a coach in the NFL. He went as far as hosting a bible study in his home, inviting the man he wanted to impress and actually reading from Psalms 119. It was all a big joke, he had no reverence for God or the bible, and he was only using it as a device to get what he wanted.

Recently I found out that three of the NFL characters on the show have nick named themselves the father, son and holy ghost. This is blasphemy, irreverence in word or deed toward God, and the name of God(http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T971).

God takes blasphemy and using His name in vain very seriously

Taking God’s name in vain:

Exodus 20:7 (King James Version) 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Deuteronomy 5:11 (King James Version)11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Blasphemy:

2 Timothy 3:1-5  (King James Version)

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

James 2:6-7 (King James Version)

6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

The Holiness and power of the name of God and Jesus Christ:

Luke 1:49-50 (King James Version) 49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy (reserved from profane or common use) is his name. 50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

Philippians 2:9-11 (King James Version)

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The world hates God. The systems and kingdoms of the world are set against God. And friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God (James 4:4). Since there were so many blasphemous references to God and the Holy Spirit throughout this show I decided to do some research. It seemed that this was very intentional and purposeful. What did I find from a simple internet search? The creator and producer of The Game is a devout Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Brock_Akil).

Muslims do not believe that Jesus was the son of God, so they would have no problem disrespecting Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost or the God of Christians.

Entertainment as a Vaccine against True Faith (sospression)

When I saw a few minutes of “The Game” at a friends house… INSTANTLY the Holy Spirit showed me what it was doing. It was like a spiritual “vaccine.” A vaccine is a weakened version of something that is powerful and infectious. You get injected with a vaccine in order to strengthen your immune system against the real thing. Most entertainment in today’s time contains several “vaccines” against true Christianity. They mock Christians, display hypocrisy, and make everything related to God into a joke.

Just take an inventory in your mind of all the books you read in high school, the most popular tv shows, and movies. What percentage of them displays Christianity as all about hypocrisy, or just a silly joke? Satan does this with the intent of making the hearts of men immune to the true fire of God. This show, “The Game” is no different , but it’s really going overboard. However, God’s power is so great, that when His true fire comes, there is no stopping Him from capturing your soul, no matter how many vaccines you have taken by television, radio, movies, etc… In the same way, once your soul has been truly captured by God, you will have no tolerance for the blasphemies and disrespect of this world for God. It’s impossible to be a friend of the world and a friend of God at the same time. So examine yourselves, and see if you are really in the faith.

Turn the Tables?

How would muslims respond if allah and the quran were being mocked on television? How have we responded as Christians? God is being mocked and blasphemed on television and mainstream culture more and more. And it will get worse as the times we live in become increasingly evil and the hearts of men grow cold (Matt. 24:12). But we as Christians should not willingly participate or be entertained by it.

I officially call for a boycott of “The Game” and against BET. BET sends a double message, they have the BET gospel music awards, and a blasphemous show like “The Game”? They have Sunday morning Christian programming and air a show where a player is allowed to call himself the holy ghost? TURN OFF THE GAME, TURN OFF BET.

Don’t get me wrong, The Game is NOT the first television show to mock God. The Simpson’s continually mocked God, Conan O’Brian, South Park, the movie Friday, and Tyler Perry, yes I said it, Tyler Perry. These are only a few .

And for those reading who may watch The Game you may say, “That’s them, I only watch the show”, but God will not hold anyone guiltless who take pleasure in and are entertained by unrighteousness (Romans 1:32). Please understand, I myself have had to repent for being entertained by unrighteousness, I laughed at movies and television shows that negatively or jokingly referenced God, the bible or God’s people. Therefore we have to repent, and TURN AWAY from the sinful, blasphemous ways and entertainment of the world.

Do you realize that we are called to forsake ALL to follow Christ? If you are not ready to fight and die for the cause of Christ, you are not worthy of Him. If you are not willing to forsake family members for the cause of Christ you are not worthy of Him. If you are not willing to give all that you have to follow Him, you are not worthy of Him. If you are not willing to stop watching a television show that mocks Him, you are not worthy of Him (Matthew 10:36-38, 1 John 2:15-16).

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND WATCH THE GAME, REPENT AND STOP

IF YOU KNOW A CHRISTIAN WHO WATCHES THE GAME, SEND THEM THIS ARTICLE AND ASK THEM TO STOP

Mail a letter to BET requesting that The Game be taken off the air, or that BET issue a formal letter of apology for the mocking themes and comments against God in The Game, and that it will no longer be allowed.

Mail Letter to:

BET Interactive

General Inquiries

1235 W Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20018-1211

Or call

202-608-2000 or 212-258-1000

– Read the book that equips you to confront 9 different principalities in today’s culture that delay revival and the 2nd coming of Christ – Killing Idols For REVIVAL.

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