Unity Within the Church: Black Church/White Church Who Cares we are the CHURCH

Unity Within the Church

The last few days have been a little rough for me. One night Bishop Brian Keith Williams, a man of God that highly respect hosted a facebook live, and he spoke about several things.

He called it transparency and tagged ministers and others such as Paula White, Lance Wallnau, Jamal Bryant, Roland Martin, Bishop TD Jakes, Franklin Graham and a few more. Again I want to point out that Brian Keith Williams is a man of God. He flows in the prophetic and he knows God. This man has been serving God for a long time and has been used of God greatly. The ministers he tagged he even to some extent defended them before going into his speech... which it really wasn't a speech but sounded like he was preaching.

Long story short he was talking about our President, and these ministers who have been defending him and standing with him. I can tell he is was trying to somewhat stay in the middle but it was obvious that he doesn't care for Trump, which is fine, because its his right not to care for someone. In fairness he did say something about Obama, and how he sympathized with the Muslims and also said he didn't know if Obama was a Christian or not.

Anyways, he got swarmed with support from other ministers and people as he was speaking the other night and I just sat back and watched. Now some racial things came up while he was talking about the President and I cannot quote him; but he just made a few remarks about something the President said. I am not saying Bishop Williams is racist at all, please don't think I mean that because I do not believe that one bit. (Felt like I needed to add that disclaimer)

Quick opinion then the heart of why I am writing about this. I don't believe our President is a racist bigot, he has fought and stood with people of all colors for years. Bishop Williams also mentioned that some said Trump is a Christian. Would I say that our President has a revelation of who Jesus is and salvation? I can't say that for sure because I don't know him. People want to talk about the Trump from years ago and some comments he made about women and so forth. Look, I before I gave my heart to Christ was not a good person. I did a lot of things I wouldn't want anyone to know about.

Last thing on this: The mainstream media doesn't like Trump at all. They don't like him because he is bold enough to tell them things to their face that they don't want to hear. He has stood up to the mainstream media and they have attacked him in every way they can.

My main point here. I am not on the Republican side and I am not on the Democratic side. I am on the side with Christ. I have always voted Republican because of abortion, gay marriage, and policy. Do I find fault with this party? oh yes! I hate the corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle. But let's be clear, I am for Christ, not a party.

Last night we were in prayer and I prayed over this situation because of the man of God that I respect. God gave me a scripture, or a story if you will. He gave me Joshua 6, which is very familiar to all, because this is the story of the Jericho walls falling down. In this story God had the children of Israel march around the walls of Jericho for 7 days.... and on the 7th day they ha to march 7 times. Is this ridiculous or was there a method to God's madness? First of all God was trying to get the children of Israel to gain faith... they had to see that wall come down.

Let's be real how many walls have you yelled at and they came down? Never has happened to me but Go had a plan. They marched together... unified... as one... for 7 days and when the time came they yelled and the walls fell! This wasn't 2x4 framed walls with 1/2 drywall, this was concrete walls in which they ran chariot races on top of the walls so these walls were thick.

My point is this! We will never get anywhere in America if the church doesn't come together as one. The devil has tried to keep us apart for as long as I know but there was a time when the church came together and that was when Azusa happened. Yes African Americans, white ,Hispanic all races and ethnicities came together because the Pentecostal movement came into America. William Seymore and Charles Parham got this thing to come together. You see, it wasn't a black thing or a white thing it was a God thing! This is where we are at again folks..... we, the church must make it a God thing! Yes racism goes on but this is a stronghold of the enemy!We got to see past it! We got to look at it for what it is, a tool of the enemy for hate! Will the KKK always exist? Yes probably... Will the black lives matter group always exist? Yea but the church can stomp the power behind those voices because those voices breed hatred.

We, the church must take a stand against this hatred stronghold. The black church, the white church, the hispanic church, whatever color doesn't matter we must come together as THE CHURCH!!!! Look this has to grieve the Lord! All this hatred, all this bitterness.. this ain't God!

So church, we must pray like never before and not only that, go out of your way to break barriers. Come with the love of God to our brothers and sisters, no matter what color their skin is.

Blessings!        

( something I want noted here because this is open to the public. I dont know if Bishop Williams will ever read this or not, or if it will ever get to him but I want to make this clear. I am not against him, but I just dont agree with all that he said. Now, some things he said I do very much agree with. I respect not only him, but the office for which God called him)                                                                

Habitation over Visitation

Psalm 26: 8 
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells

I don't know about you, but there is nothing quite like the presence of the Lord. There is nothing like the anointing and glory of God. This morning my subject is, habitation over visitation.

There are some churches out there today that say we seek God. We pray good prayers like Lord we need you, Lord we want you but is it true? Some will say well yes that's what I mean because He is God! Why wouldn't I want Him? I will tell you why you really don't want Him. You don't want Him because if you do, He will wreck you in ways you never dreamed of.

If you really want God this means you want His ways, His will, His everything. This also means that you have to toss your will to the side. Galatians 2:20 says, I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live ,but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. 

This is one of my favorite scriptures because when you embrace Christ, His presence, His glory, this means your will and your flesh have to take a back seat to His will. This isn't easy to do. I have read many books by Smith Wigglesworth, John G Lake, Kenneth Hagin Sr, as well as countless others, and do you know what is the key for the most powerful men and women of God? They had to lay down their will in order to get the habitation God.

Would you like to know what is a major factor between visitation and habitation is simply the will and laying it all down. All does not mean some, it means everything. I don't know about you but nothing good ever came out of me doing it, my way. There is a reason God wants things done His way but God cannot trump our will. Isn't that crazy that God, the Creator of all things can't trump our will? This is why the will is so powerful and instrumental in determining rather you want a habitation or a visitation of God. This isn't the only factor but it's a major factor.

I see God doing a lot of things in the church. I see God raising up voices who will not cower down to the enemy. I see voices being raised up that will not cater to the crowd but will speak what God says. Some preachers today live in a state of fear when it comes to saying things that will offend people. Here is my thoughts on this if you say things out of genuine love and not out of hate you will be fine, regardless if the person likes or receives it, but we cannot live in fear for what God gives us to speak.

I see God raising up people who truly seek Him and when we see it in the pulpit, we will see it in the congregation. Pastors have a vital role in the 5 fold ministry. I am not saying they are ore important because they aren't, but Pastors are the ones who shepherd, counsel, meet with more consistent. Habitation starts with the Pastor because he is the one implementing the vision and that vision must include God's presence and seeking after God.

God is doing so much in this hour, seek habitation, not visitation. If you seek Him, you will find Him. It is my prayer that you seek Him and also pray that He guides you, helps you, and reveals to yo your kingdom assignment.

Be blessed!!!!!!

Demonic Strongholds

2 Cor10:4&5

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 


My subject today is demonic strongholds. This is not an argument to prove the devil exists, because I am way past that argument, in fact if you do not believe that satan is real, you might as well stop reading because you will miss all that the Lord wants you to see through this. You have to know there is an enemy.

For many of us, we have heard this verse preached, or even read this several times. I feel like sometimes we can get so numb to scripture because we are not studying the Bible we are just reading it like you would read a fictional book. You can't do that with the Bible because it is a book that must be digested into your spirit. You can't eat a steak in 2 bites, you want to cut it into many little pieces and eat it slowly, taking every bite it, it's the same with the Word. My goal here today is to break these few verses down to you so you can really understand the weight of what this scripture and how you can apply this to your life.

The fact is God wants you to be free because free people, free people. If you are bound and are dealing with something you tend to feel embarrassed or the enemy wants to isolate you so that he can add more weight to you.. meaning the weight of sin.

Weapons 
So what are the weapons that Paul was talking about? You have to go to Ephesians 6: 10-18. This is where it talks about the armor of God, which covers both defensive weaons and offensive weapons.

Warfare
If you think you can escape warfare being a Christian you are living in a dream world. Many times your warfare is even more as a Christian but there is good news, God is on our side. The Greek word for warfare is stratos in which we get the word strategy. Sun Tzu wrote one of the greatest books called "The Art of War." Many in the military have read and studied this book cover to cover several times because Sun Tzu was a war strategist. Sun Tzu was great at strategy, but God is the Creator of all things and is a better resource. God will give you a strategy for the warfare you go through when it comes to battles and strongholds. So many times we want to figure it out on our own but we need a strategy, so pray and ask for it!

Destroying Strongholds
This is where I would like to spend the majority of my time because if we think that simple little prayer will get us the victory over a stronghold you are wrong. I am not knocking new Christians that simply don't know how to pray and intercede. The last thing I want to do is to discourage someone or mock people, but we have a problem with Pastors who do not teach and preach the whole counsel of the Word and preach things to just make you dance and shout because that will make your giving better.
We got to preach and teach the shouting message with the growing message.

So what is a stronghold?

A stronghold is an incorrect thinking pattern that has molded itself into our way of thinking ( Ref: ministeringdeliverance.com)

Another definition is a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended and upheld.

Many of us are dealing with demonic strongholds in our lives in some area of our life. Some it's fear, worry, anxiety, addiction, insecurity, gambling, pride, witchcraft, the list goes on and on! My question is, don't you want to be free from the chains? free from the stronghold? 

The enemy cannot, I repeat cannot defeat you unless you lay down and allow him. A stronghold on someone's life is no joke... it's difficult to break but it can be broken. Demons do not like to give up territory, but you have to be just as determined not to allow the devil to have any room in your life.

Look at the picture above, I mean really look... is that you? Are you chained today? Do you feel like your a puppet and the enemy is pulling the strings? Don't you want to be free?


If this is you and you want to be free you must be determined. I remember several years ago I was gripped and bound with pornography. I felt so ashamed as a Christian to be have this big secret. I was going to Bible school and was learning all about the Word and about God, but I had this thing that had me bound. Did I throw my computer away? Did I smash it? No because the addiction wouldn't have gone away, just the means for me to look at it was gone... but it was still there.

So what did I do? Honestly one night I was like I am sick of asking for forgiveness with this. I am bound and I need to be free. One night I got on my knees and I said Lord, I am not going to stop praying, worshipping, praising, and crying out to you until this thing is gone. I want to be free. That night I got free from that addiction. The stronghold in my life was broken!

Take Every Thought Captive

The rest of this scripture talks about taking every thought captive. Have there been times that I have been tempted? Oh yea! Without a shadow of a doubt if you think that once you are free of something that the enemy just stops you are wrong. The enemy keeps up and keeps up and doesn't stop. So what do you do? In my life I have to say in the name of Jesus I command you to go... I take my thoughts captive. I pray that I have the mind of Christ! Go in Jesus name!

Listen the devil needs to know that you mean business. It has to come out of your mouth. You have to take authority over the enemy. Jesus said in Luke 10:19 that He has given us authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all of the power of the enemy. Stop running to a Pastor or minister to do your work. If you are a child of God you have the same authority as any Pastor, preacher etc... you just have to use it.

So as I close I want you to know that it's not easy to dethrone a stronghold but if your sick and tired of it, you can defeat it! God has given you the tools but if you feel like you need more help and deliverance, maybe you need to go to a deliverance minister who can help you get rid of that thing. There may be situations in which you need true deliverance and freedom because you can't do it on your own. Again, don't feel embarrassed or shamed because you are seeking help. Deliverance and healing is the childrens bread.

God doesn't want you all bound up, He wants you free! I hope this blesses many of you today and that you seek that freedom that you desperately need! God is on your side and is here to help you in every situation.

Be blessed!