A Call to Holiness!
Message to the Leaders in The Church Body
God will deal with the hypocrisy that is in The Church!
He is shining His Spotlight on those leaders who are whining right now about how abused they are because of accusations coming against them when they don’t even see what they have done to their own flock in times past.
God is bringing it all to light…..
To those who are crying out, “Poor me, poor me, I am being persecuted,” look within yourself and see if you have not persecuted others in your ministry.
This is why God is stirring up these things in your own life.
Somewhere along the way you were walking right, you were speaking into people, and God began to bless you.
But the blessings became things that you thought you deserved as your right as an heir of God, and pride crept in.
You took advantage of those under you who were working tirelessly, hours without pay — and you even fired those that would not work even more hours without pay while you were reaping in all the donations coming into the ministry for your own pleasure.
I hope this speaks to more than one pastor or leader out there. It should speak to the Evangelist also.
For I myself, have been under some, working volunteer hours and abused by those very ones to whom I gave my life, thinking I had to have an apostle above me, and I had to serve him.
I was then fired for not giving even more hours freely, without any support, encouragement or mentoring.
I have poured thousands of dollars into being “under” an Apostle, only to find out the sham of it all.
God allowed it all, so that I can cry out to all of those still in this bondage and say, “BE FREE!”
There is no Authority over you except God!
Its time to eliminate all other voices, for they have been tainted, and hear only His still small voice.
The reason you are not finding breakthrough, is because there is offence and pride in your life.
You must make things right with those you have harmed in times past.
The LORD is calling you out.
For your own sake and your own piece of mind and for the healing of the hearts of the abused, He wants you to come face down before Him and repent.
No, you don’t OWN Revival! Revival is God reviving your first love for Jesus that you once had.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself, for it is a common spirit that is sweeping across many leaders.
This is a call to holiness in The Body of Christ.
Come to the altar, and God will heal and restore all that you have lost.
You didn’t even realize The Glory had departed from you, because you were riding on emotionalism and out of your own flesh.
But now you have run dry and you are crying out “Poor me, poor me. “
The LORD says, ”Get rid of your I problem. Quit looking at yourself.”
For He is the I AM. He is God.
The hordes of hell have been unleashed, and if we do not have the true spirit of God in us with all of His power and His might, operating out of a clean and holy heart, we are finished.
This is the hour of being between the crux and the crucible.
Dare to look inside and see how God sees your heart.
Have you covered up your sins and ignored those you have harmed?
Yes, God has forgiven, but there are things you must make right.
The Church needs healing! It does not need leaders who say, “WE are the leaders of revival. Look to us!”
God needs humble Leaders who will be at the altar first, face down before the King. Come clean before Him!
This is the move of True Revival.
It won’t be with a bunch of noise and emotionalism.
For out of death-to-self — can new life begin!
It is the beginning of the Resurrection of The Church.
Refiners Fire, my heart’s one desire is to be holy, consecrated, with a pure heart before The LORD God, Almighty, to say “Just as I am without one plea, oh Lamb of God, I come to You.”
May this move of God involve everybody with pure hearts, rising up out of love, speaking healing, and encouragement into each other’s lives, forgiving, and exhorting the name of The LORD Jesus Christ.
For He Alone — is worthy!
Selah!
Blessings,
~ Heidi Bryden
Heidi Bryden is a devout follower of The LORD Jesus Christ, whose desire is to hear and obey the calling on her life to serve Him, through sharing what the Holy Spirit impresses upon her through poems, dreams, and words of knowledge.
All Apostles are not like that. There are true Apostles and false Apostles. You show me one Apostle in the early Church that was like that. Be careful not to judge . I’m ordained as an Apostle of the Church. I dont mistreate people. I dont take advantage of people.
When we are true Apostles. People have a tendency to take advantage of us. It goes both ways. I say to the ones that are not what they are supposed to be. Repent. Whether an Apostle or a Saint.
No not all apostles are like that. God is speaking to specific ones.
I have had my share of abusive ministry leaders. Hypocrisy and abuse combined cannot be cured on the pulpit. They need to step down to be fully cured. But will they? They will never admit to the exact abuses they did from the pulpit. Public fallout is a special type of mercy. Many stay on pulpit, deny they ever did abuse people, attack others to prevent attack and stay hypocritical. To stay in ministry they resort to teaching false gospel and add false teaching to their list of sins.
Amen. There must be cleansing on the church. Abusive leaders should be stripped of their authority.
Yes there is no Authority over you except God. People who tell you otherwise are shams. It takes time for the shams to be found out because they will not allow themselves to be questioned. Questions must be asked. If anyone doesn’t allow healthy questions run.
Amen
So true. So So true. It is about time.
Thank you for your courage to speak Truth. I’m glad you did. When we look back on the life of Jesus, He never ask for anything when He healed and freed many. What the disciples got, was bare minimum.
A Shepherd’s true blessings comes from God without having to drain the pockets of the congregation.
So, the Shaking is here and so is the New Thing. All Glory belongs to You dear Lord.
Blessings peace and love to you dear Heidi.
Amen. In order to speak these hard truths we must be strong. God is shouting it out. May we respond in humility. Blessings!
I have seen this too many times. I have seen good God loving People cruelly used and abused by self-proclaimed giants of faith for MONEY, FAME, and POWER. Used and discarded like flies when there use was done. Oh but it does not stop there. Slander and character assassination to cover up their abuse happened far too often. How about the children of the abusers. They live like kings and queens of their empire. Spitefully using God’s people and their offering for their inheritance.
Unfortunately it’s true. The victim is shunned and blamed. God is trying to cleanse the temple.