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Boys, men & gentlemen... how many Good, Supernaturally Endowed, Godly, Upright, Armor-Bearing women have you let fall through your fingers ... because they did not look a certain way? Like your “type” ..?

Does this mindset actually give off a distasteful fragrance? Can Prophetic women sense this mindset? You bet!

Are you seeking a prophetic woman..? One who loves the Lord, Hears Him & responds to Him?

Men of God ... get it together so you can reap Good God stuff, not the stuff you’ve been putting out there, because, surely in all things, as you are sowing, so will you reap.

Same for you, ladies!

Prophetic people have extreme senses in all things. Discernment levels are multilayered & stimulated by movement in the spirit realm.

Picky, fleshly expectations are indeed a fragrance released into the air. And prophetics get turned off, allowing you to have only a small space in their lives as a brother or sister and completely write you off as they move on to someone with a fragrance that adores them because of who they are, for their place in the Kingdom. Not the sensual realm.

You will see the ones you think are your type shut you out, and soon, even the not-your-type men/women will start shutting you down too. Because your flesh can always be seen.

Reaping what you sow .. today’s news flash.

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Drained, pulled from?

Are these types of relationships toxic? 

You have to closely examine this.. and carefully. Toxins are bad for you. They change your chemistry, how you feel, how you function and eventually can place you in a really bad way, physically. 

What about spiritually speaking? Pouring into a person year after year. Praying for them, nurturing them, supporting them, standing with them in prayer needs, helping them in every way possible, correcting them to see things rightly in order to abandon religious outlooks, seeing them through to breakthrough. 

And finally after they change their mindsets to come into agreement with the Lord and suddenly their prayers are answered! 

But wait. These are not the people that come in once or twice, maybe a few times... and you are able to pray with them and see an immediate answered prayer...  these are the ones that are on the edge, those in the most bound up place, crying out. Literally crying out in despair and you are able to lead them quickly to the altar, pray according to His Will and see them set free and prayers answered. And they move on as quickly as the came in because you had what they needed at just that right moment. 

I’m looking at the ones you have seriously poured into for years, perhaps half a decade at the very least. Day and night. Calling emergency prayer meetings, standing through thick & thin, teaching everyone else to raise their Sword with you in defense of that one that struggles through a nightmare in life. 

You find yourself exhausted in silence, perhaps, sorting your own struggles out, wondering if anyone is praying for you, scheduling yourself time off, even taking sabbatical to get into the Secret Place with Him to get refilled. Perhaps you come back into service feeling a bit better, hoping its enough. Enough to start pouring into them again. Enough to stand in Faith as needed. Enough to step into the anointing He gave you as a Seer into the Supernatural. Enough. 

Eventually, perhaps you feel used & worn out. Have you examined your boundaries? Please do because we do not need more leaders that burn out.

Unfortunately, there are some people out there that will seriously drain you, pull energy from you, suck you dry. Peers in leadership will warn you of the “vampires” in the church community. Is it intentional? For some, yes. Its an assignment from the enemy and a part of the plan to kill, steal & destroy. Shake it off. Boundaries.

But then for some it is not intentional. Those are the ones you are given to continue to feed, raise up, teach, support, carry and follow through with. Will they stay? 

Ah... theres a question. Integrity, loyalty and ethics are perhaps characteristics that you can set an example of, try to teach, speak directly about and hope for in your flock. Some will topically perform. Some will take it to heart and sincerely try to learn, mimic and claim or own. Others will be born with it. 

The ones born with it will always be there with you. Thats few and far between. You can count on that. 

So, to address the toxic levels of those around you that are draining you. 

Perhaps you are uncertain as to their character. Thats ok because God knows mens hearts. He knows them inside & out, where they came from, what they’ve been through, how they were raised and He values every one of them. As He does you. So, keeping this in mind, listen to their words, comments, responses, conversations & opinions (that is, if you are the type of leader that sits in among them) and you may hear them touting their loyalty, how they will never leave this church or ministry, how they can only hope to repay you for all your time spent, countless hours, intercession day & night and on & on. Perhaps you’re the kind of leader that doesn’t pass the plate, rather has an open basket (as in a house church) or a lock box near the door & you count on Holy Spirit to move their hearts on donations, so you might look into their giving to the house that feeds them to try to determine if they really are one that will stay and stand with you. 

You might find they are methodical in their giving, or that they never give a dime, rather give their time, or bring in items when you collect for the needy or give when a speaker comes to minister. Is this the place to judge their longevity? I would say not really, because some with a severe religious mentality will give regularly and others in the same mindset will not give a thing. And neither will stay. Perhaps one will leave completely, finding another fellowship and one will not, yet only wants to continue to warm the bench for you. Maybe another one will be at every service or meeting you have and as long as the doors are open, they will be in attendance. But will they pray for you? Will they wake in the middle of the night with you on their heart and whisper on your behalf for strength, courage, boldness and truth? Or will they drain you? 

Boundaries, my friend. You have to be able to know when to say “no.” 

Judge them by their fruits. Fruits in their personal lives, their decisions, choices, relationships, partnerships, integrity, loyalty and ethics in business and friendships, as well as their response when you inquire as to the status of their relationship with the Lord. You can see them every weekend and think they are doing well, but you have to actually ask them. Their answers may really surprise you, so delve into this topic with them a little bit when they respond positively. These are some their fruits. 

Look for the good fruits, not the toxic fruits. You may wonder -- where do the toxic fruits even show up? When they say they havent heard anything from the Lord this week, or they begin to express to you that they “arent in the place they should be” with the Lord, or that they “need to spend more time with the Lord,” and they will usually start out with ... “thats the thing...” These will usually be the ones that will continue to drain you. Simply put, they dont want to do the spiritual warfare work with you on the behalf of others or even themselves, but they will continue to ask you to do the work. “Pray for me...” request after request. Now, remember, there are some that want to put the boots on, stand uprightly and fight the good and faithful fight, however, they need your guidance. Only the Lord knows mens hearts, so judge their fruits and set boundaries based on that. 

#faithful #glorians #christian #outlooks #mindsets #leadership #fellowship #blessings #toxins #edify #encourage 

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Interestingly clusters of symptoms of witchcraft in the bloodline will look like this:

1) poverty

2) perversion

3) weird diseases that can't be diagnosed

4) mental illnesses, usually bipolar or schizophrenia

So, so many have come in for prayer, citing one or some of these issues, and as you get to know them, you learn siblings demonstrate symptoms as well. More than likely a common factor in these families are a long line of ministers & church people. It makes you wonder... were those ministers witchy in their prayers or in their ways? Were the church people? Or were there witches & satanists scattered through the bloodline?

But how could that be if the Word states He will surely save all your household? Unless those church people/ministers were not Upright.. and that their witchiness created the impurity in the generations... where then does that leave those that truly seek the Lord? Do they suffer any of these symptoms? Does their church leadership make them aware? Or does leadership even know?

Surely not to say that the symptoms reign over the person but they identify a wrinkle in one’s past that can be addressed & brought forward for the breaking of curses going forward.

And yet there those that will ignore the symptoms & run to the doctor pleading for curing and receiving surgery (that doesn’t fully resolve) or meds (that only cover up symptoms) and they learn to live with the evidence of a curse. But wonder why the struggle to stay straight, upright, undistracted, holy & advance in their relationship with the Lord.

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Today’s wonderings... after 5 years of fellowship that identifies brokenness & promotes healing thru Calvary, how is it people remain in one dysfunctional cycle or another?

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So often, I ask why. Why, God? Why do people wander from You, citing reasons that don’t involve You? Why can they not See themselves? Do they really not care? Are they really so deceived by their own thoughts & desires? How is it that so many abuse their “leadership” by claiming ‘..so says the Lord..’ and influencing, controlling & manipulating people into a way that differs from You? And I’m brought to His Grace. So much that it covers a multitude. And yet, there’s a line cited that surely no man should dare cross.