The Days Are Evil

I thought I was sitting down to write a blog. And a prophetic word has come forth. This message is not a message of rapture, end times, nor what many call the Apocalypse.  This is the Word of The Lord. The time has come for harvest to manifest for those whose sins have found them out.  It is not a doom and gloom message, it is a message of truth and a message of God’s mercy.  This is a message that is going to answer your soon to be, if not already-  prayer and cry to The Lord of “why me Lord?”, “Why is this happening to me?”

And because we serve a faithful God, you will know why – it will be revealed to you. But most already know. You know how you have lived and how you have lied. Anything that does not line up and correspond with the truth of God’s Holy Word, is a lie. And you will have an opportunity to right your wrongs. That is The Lord’s Mercy!

The days forthcoming are evil for some.  For others, your ways have been pleasing to the Father and you are sheltered in His Ark of Safety.

Numbers 32:23 Amplified Bible

23 But if you do not do this, behold, you will have sinned against the Lord; and be sure that your sin will find you out.

Again,

Numbers 32:23 New Century Version

23 “But if you don’t do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Beloved, we are a creation and we have a Creator.  And we have been left with very clear instruction on how we are to live here on the Earth that He created.

Genesis 1 King James Version

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

It is amazing that we have the answer and the instructions (The Bible) on how to live successfully on Earth and yet most don’t. And those that don’t want to love to tell those that do how to go about it, as if they would know.  Go figure that one out?!

Let me explain, the Bible says:

Matthew 7:13-14  New Century Version

The Way to Heaven Is Hard

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. The gate is wide and the road is wide that leads to hell, and many people enter through that gate. 14 But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.

Let us read it again in another translation, because it is important to understand it:

Matthew 7:13 Amplified Bible

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

It is reprehensible that they that are called Christians, The Body of Christ,  have done in secret things that are unspeakable. 

I am speaking specifically to those that “play and pretend” to be holy and Christ-like.  Sinners do what sinners do without pause because they aren’t claiming salvation or being covered by the blood of Jesus.

But the Body of Christ, The church is held to a much higher standard, and judgement is coming, you saying “God Bless you”, and using the religious buzzwords in your conversations, and the few scriptures you quote; aren’t going to save you from such a time as this:

1 Peter 4:17New King James Version

17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

My spirit is stirring as I type this because many are being convicted.  You already know your sin has caught up with you.  You didn’t even have to read this, you live under heavy conviction that you cannot ignore. And yes, those seeds you chose to put out there are about to manifest in a big way! You had many opportunities to get right with The Lord, but your pride continued to stop you. You have wronged many, you violated others, and you have lied so much so in telling your version to others to drum up pity, and allies, and justification that you have come to believe the lie yourself!

I say it again, this message is not a message of rapture, end times, nor what many call the Apocalypse.  This is Word of The Lord proclaiming that the time has come for harvest to manifest for those whose sins have found them out because the days are evil.

It is not the end yet.

Galatians 6:7 King James Version

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

 Luke 8:17 New King James Version

17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.

 Luke 8:17 Amplified Bible

17 For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come out into the open.

 The Church has blended in with the world without any reverence to The Holy One, our Sovereign God.  So many now justify, validate, and accommodate that which The Lord calls evil.

Many live a lie on social media bragging (which is pride) about their lives, bragging about their wealth, and showing off possessions that in reality don’t exist. To that and more, the scriptures are clear:

Proverbs 6:16-19 The Message

Seven Things God Hates

16-19 Here are six things God hates,
    and one more that he loathes with a passion:

        eyes that are arrogant,
        a tongue that lies,
        hands that murder the innocent,
        a heart that hatches evil plots,
        feet that race down a wicked track,
        a mouth that lies under oath,
        a troublemaker in the family.

Lies are being spread about God’s people because the enemy (Satan and the kingdom of darkness) would have all to believe that good is evil and evil is good. And all he needs is a weak link – someone he can operate through to do his evil bidding.

Isaiah 5:20 Amplified Bible

20 Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

 Beloved, please utilize your life to serve The Lord and serve Him with gladness. Turn from your wicked ways – choose to no longer usurp His authority.

Sin doesn’t just only affect the person that is committing the sin.  Think about that.  Has it ever occurred to you, that your sin may have caused another soul to perish and not have eternal life?

How many?…How many are going to die and go to Sheol (Hell) because of you?  They will not experience eternal life due to the anger, hurt, or bitterness they hold in their heart, because of something, you did, something you said, or something you didn’t do or you didn’t say like “I am sorry please forgive me,”  or “I repent of my sins, and I turn completely away from ever doing that again?” If there is a person in your life like that, walk away. Forgive them and walk away. For God has called us to peace.

Romans 12:18-19 New King James Version

 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

We speak of winning souls. Because the scriptures tell us:

Proverbs 11:30 Amplified Bible

The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity]

Most, and I am speaking to the Body of Christ, of those that are called by His Name; continue on in life as if their sins, don’t exist.  If you can live comfortably, in that state of being and frame of mind, you  really don’t understand the scriptures which reveal the nature of The Lord God

Psalm 103:6-8 New Living Translation

 6 The Lord gives righteousness
    and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

 7 He revealed his character to Moses
    and his deeds to the people of Israel.

8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

It is one thing to know of The Lord and what He can do, however, it is an altogether totally different thing to have intimacy with The Lord and understand His very nature. Most know of Him based on the Bible stories they have heard, never taking the time to read, and much less study His Word and establish intimacy with Him.

2 Timothy 2:15 Amplified Bible

15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.

 How is it that you, who do not know The Lord, will attempt to tell others when they have missed the mark and sinned? I will gladly go up against any when it comes to the knowledge and understanding of the scriptures. I know for myself, not what someone said. I have intimacy with The Lord which is why I call Him Father.

Beloved, know this: not everyone preaching and teaching in the pulpit is called of The Lord and may not even know the scriptures. But they have you fooled because you don’t know either!

If you do not know the scriptures, you do not know The Lord.

John 1:1 New International Version

 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

 John 10:30  New International Version

30 I and the Father are one.”

 Jesus is The Word of God put into a body.  And Jesus says in scripture:

John 12:48-50 Amplified Bible

48 Whoever rejects Me and refuses to accept My teachings, has one who judges him; the very word that I spoke will judge and condemn him on the last day. 49 For I have never spoken on My own initiative or authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment regarding what to say and what to speak. 50 I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me.”

Please take this blog post as a warning, which is a good thing.  Yes, the upcoming days for those that have missed the mark, will be evil, but the good news is that this is not the end, and some will have an opportunity to turn it around and get right with God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – The Most High God!

Stop lying and living for the world. And starting right now, at this very moment:

Colossians 3:2-10 New King James Version

 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

  3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

 5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

  6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,

  7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

 8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,

  10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

 Again:

Colossians 3:2-10 Amplified Bible

2 Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].

  3 For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

5 So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].

  6 Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts],

  7 and in these [sinful things] you also once walked, when you were habitually living in them [without the knowledge of Christ].

  8 But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth.

  9 Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,

  10 and have put on the new [spiritual] self who is being continually renewed in true knowledge in the image of Him who created the new self—

 And one more time:

Colossians 3:2-11 The Message

 He Is Your Life

 3 1-2 So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.

 3-4 Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.

 5-8 And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

 9-11 Don’t lie to one another. You’re done with that old life. It’s like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you’ve stripped off and put in the fire. Now you’re dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.

In His Service,

Apostle Prophetess Wendy Connor

©2021 Wendy Connor

Rethink Where and Who You Sit With When it Comes to Your Salvation

I sit down and write to you today.  Not knowing until I start writing where Father is leading me to share.  But in His presence, I now know.

Why do I take my gift and calling so seriously? Because it is clear we are in the days of Isaiah 6:9-10 and that prophecy is being fulfilled:

9 And he said, “Go and tell these people, ‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand.
No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’
10 Make these people close-minded.
Plug their ears.
Shut their eyes.
Otherwise, they may see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
and return and be healed.”

Churches are full these days and full of people calling themselves Christians; that is to be followers of Jesus Christ.  But in actually they are not.  And they are not saved and will not see eternal life after they pass from this earth. They are not filled with the Holy Spirit of the Living God because they are sitting in churches and hearing, but never coming into the full knowledge and understanding of The Word of God because His Truth is not being taught there.

Romans 10:14-15

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent?

Therefore, they leave out pretty much the same way they came in, and nothing about their life ever changes or gets cleaned up.  And trust me, we ALL are in need of The Saviour to clean us up. Isaiah 64:6 - For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf, And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

 Let me tell you something Beloved, I am called to the Office of the Prophet and the Office of the Apostle. And not a man or woman on this Earth gave me this calling and this gifting. And I surely did not call myself. I have breathed the Breath of Life into no one, I am just one who is called and accepted the calling. Therefore, I don’t debate with any who feel women are not called to such positions, because I have read the Bible from beginning to end not once but twice. 

Once, I read it from cover to cover and then I re-read it in chronological order (in case you did not know that the events of the Holy Bible are not catalogued in the order in which they occurred.) I have studied the scriptures, the ancient scrolls, and the lost translations for 30+ years. Those that believe that nonsense of women not being called or whatever other nonsense they believe, clearly have not read the Bible from beginning to end. And have gotten used to reading a chapter or a verse and trying to preach or exhort a message on that alone. 

All the same, I hear God and hear Him clearly as well. 

John 10:27-28  The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand.

This is why you have people that are living in sin that are sitting comfortably in churches and not feeling at all convicted about their sin(s).  First, there is no move of God there, and no presence of the fivefold ministry gifts, and secondly, those in positions of authority are not called to preach, teach, or pastor and those that are, are afraid to teach the truth of the scriptures for fear of offending and people leaving that church.  A congregation full of gay people should not be, because that is an unclean spirit upon them that needs to be cast out. Or a congregation full of unmarried women continually getting pregnant by different men should not be, that too is a sign of an unclean spirit the spirit of whoredom to name one.  And deliverance is necessary. Whatever the spirit is, it needs to be cast out. Understand, I am not judging, I am merely making and emphasizing:

2 Corinthians 3:17 - 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].

Let me tell you yet again.  Sheol (Hell) is real. And more will end up there, than those that will have eternal life with Jesus Christ in the Kingdom of Heaven. Please be offended if you need to be and get your deliverance while you are at it! Because once judgment is set and you end up in Sheol (Hell) you cannot get a do over and you don’t get to come back.  Live your life here on Earth for your eternal life.  Anything else just isn’t worth it.

Matthew 7:14 - 14 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

My gifting is such that I am a didactic prophet.  Meaning I am called to teach through instruction specifically to teach biblical morality and biblical understanding.  I write and publish literature designed to expose, clarify, instruct, teach, train, and equip.  My calling requires me to tear down the lies of the enemy in people’s lives and to build them up with God’s Truth. 

I am not looking to be a church, build a church, nor grow a church therefore, I have no underlying motives in trying to control or keep people “under” my leadership.  I know very well my calling and it is to teach, to train, and to equip the Body of Christ (God’s people) and send them on their way to their gift and calling.

In the of Book Isaiah a prophecy is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand; And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend: (Matthew 13:14)

 You see, this is why there is a remnant.  Because even some in ministry are in it for the wrong reason and they lead God’s people astray.  They themselves are hypocrites because they stand in the pulpits and preach what you shouldn’t do when they themselves are doing it or they don’t preach it because they are doing it!  But rest assured they remind you with a mini sermon, about the importance of tithing and giving good offerings. (Don’t misunderstand me, we are to tithe and give offerings – I am speaking to the fact that there are those that aren’t called, but they feel they can make money and have an extravagant lifestyle being a preacher or a pastor.)

Mainly, because The Truth, as simple as it is, has been complicated by man and not taught.  I have it hard to go to churches because there is no move of God. You see a farce on the altar. Literally a show of flesh and pride, people trying to appear important and special but displaying nothing that is sacred and holy that reverences The One True Living God.

In fact, many will tell you they don’t believe in the prophetic, don’t feel biblical titles have meaning; much less power and authority.  And to that I constantly shake my head in sorrow and contriteness for their sakes that so many have chosen to believe a lie.

Joel 2:28-32

“It will come about after this

That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind;

And your sons and daughters will prophesy,

Your old men will dream dreams,

Your young men will see visions.

“Even on the male and female servants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days. “I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,

Blood, fire and columns of smoke

 Acts 11:15

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.

 Beloved nothing has changed.

Hebrews 13:8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

 The power we read of in the scriptures is still very much a part of our lives today, for those who choose to live it.  It is not being insensitive nor intolerant to disagree with that which is against God and the Holy Scriptures.  Sin is sin, and ignoring it, redefining it, sugar-coating it, and/or not teaching it, does not make it no longer sin.

Romans 3:3  What then? If some did not believe or were unfaithful [to God], their lack of belief will not nullify and make invalid the faithfulness of God and His word, will it?

We are to love the sinner, just hate the sin. 

But the world (Satan) would have us to believe that if we embrace and accept that which the scriptures tell us is not of God, that we are somehow judgmental and not expressing the love of God.  So much I could teach with just that alone, but let me stay on point.  You will just have to join us for our bible study assemblies to get more in-depth prophetic and apostolic teaching.

So there is a remnant.  That is those of us that stand on the truth of God’s Word and do so without fear.  We love with the love of God but we stand ready to share the truth of God’s Word through not only our words but our deeds.  And we stand on the truth because we know the truth.  And we are sharing the truth with those who will listen.

Mark 6:11  11 Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”

Matthew 10:14 Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city, shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].

Anyhow, let me conclude by urging you to become familiar with the word remnant.  The definition of the word remnant according to Oxford Languages

rem·nant /ˈremnənt/-noun

1. a small remaining quantity of something.

rem·nant /ˈremnənt/-adjective

2.  remaining. 

And here is the reason why you want to know that word.  Because you need to be a part of The Remnant.  Interestingly, we see in scriptures, that same word prophetically revealing that out of Jacob there will be a remnant:

Isaiah 10:21-23

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the Mighty God.
22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord God of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.

The word remnant by its very definition is a small amount.  It is what remains.  There is a remnant that remains in the Body of Christ.  Those that are the true worshippers of God.

John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Don’t forget the truth part.  Because if you believe the lie you are being taught in churches and by ministries not called of God, you are surely going to perish. Stop playing church with those playing church.  Your very life and your salvation depend on it.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 - 10 and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them]. 11 Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie,

The other word you want to lock in your heart and load in your brain is the word few. And herein is the reason why:

Matthew 7:14 - 14 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

Not many are going to have eternal life and make it into the Kingdom of Heaven.  That is scriptural.

And

rem·nant /ˈremnənt/-noun

1. a small remaining quantity of something.

rem·nant /ˈremnənt/-adjective

2.  remaining. 

So that remnant (few - small in quantity) that did not sell out or give in to the ways of this world will have their salvation (election and calling sure) and therefore have eternal life.

Isaiah 10:21-23

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the Mighty God.
22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord God of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.

Beloved, I adjure you to get right so that you don’t get left [behind, that is].

In His Service and with His Love, Stay Blessed Beloved.

Apostle and Prophetess Wendy Connor,

© Copyright Wendy Connor

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A True Story: Doubt and Unbelief Kills

In Numbers 14:9, The Children of Israel had been sent out to spy out the land of Canaan that The Lord was giving them.  They had specific instructions to go and spy out the land and come back with a report of what they saw in terms of the people, the land, and the cities.  That was all they had to do.  And yet, they came back with all this extra rigmarole about the people, the cities, and the land and why they could not take and possess the land — even though The Lord had already told them through Moses that He was giving them the land. They had decided they couldn’t take the land, even to the point of lying.  [Numbers 13:32-33 So they began to spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall. 33 We saw Nephilim there. (The descendants of Anak are Nephilim.) We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that’s how we must have looked to them.”]

So we pick up verse 8: “ 8 If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.” Was Joshua and Caleb’s response to their doubts and unbelief.

First of all, I want you to understand something.  The 12 spies that were sent out were leaders.  They were not novice “regular joes”; these were highly appointed officials from each of the twelve tribes:

Numbers 13:3-15

3 So at the Lord’s command, Moses sent these men from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

4 These are their names:

Shammua, son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;

5 Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;

6 Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;

7 Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;

8 Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;

9 Palti, son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;

10 Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;

11 Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Joseph (that is, the tribe of Manasseh);

12 Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;

13 Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;

14 Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;

15 Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.

And yet, they still did not have faith in God.  The God who delivered them from Pharaoh, the God who split the Red Sea so that they could pass through and escape Pharaoh and the Egyptians. 

Did this anger God, of course it did!

Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

In Numbers 14, beginning at verse 9, we see that it is only because Moses pleaded with the Lord to forgive the Children of Israel of their doubt and unbelief did The Lord allow them to live, but they were punished for their rebellion —yes, lack of faith is rebellion against The Lord, and therefore is sin :

9 Don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. We will devour them like bread. They have no protection, and the Lord is with us. So don’t be afraid of them.”

10 But when the whole community of Israel talked about stoning Moses and Aaron to death, they all saw the glory of the Lord shining at the tent of meeting. 11 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to trust me in spite of all the miraculous signs I have done among them? 12 I’ll strike them with a plague, I’ll destroy them, and I’ll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are.”

13 But Moses said to the Lord, “What if the Egyptians hear about it? (You used your power to take these people away from them.) 14 What if the Egyptians tell the people who live in this land? Lord, they have already heard that you are with these people, that they have seen you with their own eyes, that your column of smoke stays over them, and that you go ahead of them in a column of smoke by day and in a column of fire by night. 15 But if you kill all these people at the same time, then the nations who have heard these reports about you will say, 16 ‘The Lord wasn’t able to bring these people into the land he promised them, so he slaughtered them in the desert.’

17 “Lord, let your power be as great as when you said, 18 ‘The Lord … patient, forever loving…. He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience…. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children … for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation….’ 19 By your great love, please forgive these people’s sins, as you have been forgiving them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

20 The Lord said, “I forgive them, as you have asked. 21 But as I live and as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth, I solemnly swear that 22 none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land which I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me. 23 None of those who treat me with contempt will see it! 24 But because my servant Caleb has a different attitude and has wholeheartedly followed me, I’ll bring him to the land he already explored. His descendants will possess it. 25 (The Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys.) Tomorrow you must turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea.”

26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 27 “How long must I put up with this wicked community that keeps complaining about me? I’ve heard the complaints the Israelites are making about me. 28 So tell them, ‘As I live, declares the Lord, I solemnly swear I will do everything to you that you said I would do. 29 Your bodies will drop dead in this desert. All of you who are at least 20 years old, who were registered and listed, and who complained about me will die. 30 I raised my hand and swore an oath to give you this land to live in. But none of you will enter it except Caleb (son of Jephunneh) and Joshua (son of Nun). 31 You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it. 32 However, your bodies will drop dead in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds in the desert for 40 years. They will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies dead in the desert. 34 For 40 days you explored the land. So for 40 years—one year for each day—you will suffer for your sins and know what it means for me to be against you.’ 35 I, the Lord, have spoken. I swear I will do these things to all the people in this whole wicked community who have joined forces against me. They will meet their end in this desert. Here they will die!”

Look at another biblical example of doubt and unbelief in the Scriptures:

Matthew 9:1 9 So He (Jesus) got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. 2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”

The Lord sees our faith.  He knows what’s in our hearts if we believe or we don’t believe. 

Recently, I was sent by the Lord to pray for one that was on hospice because the doctors had done all they could do.  I first received a call about this individual and the person that made the call pretty much had the individual dead and buried, saying they believed the person was not calling for prayer, but was calling to say goodbye.  Thank God for His gifting upon me as His Prophetess and His Apostle, for  I knew that was NOT why the person had asked for me.  You see the person had faith, and cried out to The Lord to heal them, but needed someone who moved in faith, spiritual power, and spiritual authority. How can they fight their good fight of faith when everyone else is looking at what they see and doubting and believing the sickness and disease is greater and more powerful than Almighty and Sovereign God! Talk about blasphemy – denying the power of The Lord by His Holy Spirit.

 As I went to pray over the phone for this individual, I began to “see” doctors, nurses, friends, and some family speaking that this individual is going to die.  But with Apostolic authority and Prophetic utterances, I was instructed to pray for their healing as Father, by His Holy Spirit, wanted to do a miracle and let it be known that He and He alone was still in the Healing and Supernatural miracle business. And with that, I was asked to come and pray in person. I was NOT to pray a prayer of committal and commit them unto The Lord to die off this Earth. He was going to supernaturally heal the person. I knew to perform such a prayer that the room would need to be cleared of those who did not know The Lord on this level and those that could not believe The Lord could heal this person.  Unfortunately, I gave the person that made the call specific instructions to clear the room. Ironically, the Lord had already identified that person as not believing in their heart in His healing power.  Not only were they disobedient and invited everyone to come into the room, but they themselves stayed.  Despite this, Holy Spirit did show up in a mighty way and most everyone in the room including the terminally ill person, experience His supernatural presence and power. The ill person awakened and pulled off the oxygen, sat themselves up without help and asked for food, saying they were hungry!

When it was time to leave, The Lord gave specific instructions to those in the room to not be like Peter walking on the water and lose faith and begin to sink.  As I left, hearing Father say “they will lose faith and that is going to cause my Healing power just performed to dissipate because that same room that is filled with My Glory will return to being filled with fear, doubt, and unbelief because of the words being spoken.

Mark 6:5

5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

Let me show you something in Scripture:

Jesus Walks on the Sea

22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.

27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”

28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”

Let me be emphatically clear according to the scriptures.  You can say all day long with your mouth that you trust and believe God and that you have faith.  But your words and your actions will say otherwise, and it is a sin.  Doubt and unbelief in God is NOT pleasing to God. 

 Peter looked and immediately, his faith began to rapidly disappear. 

How many of you have looked at a situation and the “but” and the “what if” came in? That is what happened to Peter:  he looked at the wind and immediately had a “but” the wind is so strong and boisterous.  That is an automatic faith killer.  So many that call themselves Christians don’t believe God can answer a prayer, so when He does, everyone is surprised because “God did it”.  If that is where your faith is, so be it.  My faith, however, is on the level of “I know my Heavenly Father. I am spiritually mature enough to have an intimate relationship with Him and regular conversation (prayer) with Him, to know His will, and therefore, to know what to pray for and what not to pray for. Thus, I am not surprised when He is true to His nature and His sovereignty”. 

There is so much depth to lack of faith in the scriptures that this blog does not even skim the surface. I can’t count how many times I have been asked to pray for someone because they are desperate and need a move a God quickly.  And I do pray, but remember, you can’t expect me to teach and explain the scriptures in a short period of time because you are desperate.  Don’t wait until you are desperate and in trouble to try and get God to move, because chances are, you lack the faith and the understanding to get a move of God so quickly - not that He won’t because He can and often does, but He instructed us in Matthew:

Matthew 4:4

4 Jesus answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’ ”

Learn to have relationship with Him on a very regular basis and not just Sunday, Mother’s Day, Easter, and Christmas religion.  Pray often.

Stay Blessed My Friends,

Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor

©Copyright 2021 Wendy Connor

Everyone Has One…

A past.  Everyone has a past.  And if we are honest, there are things in our past we wish weren’t there.  We wished we hadn’t done  or we wish we had known better.  To say you have no regrets in your past, is to say you are a bona fide liar.  I mean really, let’s just be real.  You are reading this and no one can hear your thoughts, see your memories, or even imagine what you may be feeling.  So at the very least, be honest with yourself. Surely, the Lord knows, you definitely are not fooling Him.

The Apostle Paul encourages us in 1 Corinthians 13:11:  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

You see my friend, some of our past is our lack of knowledge or our immaturity. However as we age, we should learn somethings, we grow in maturity and we grow in our mentality, and most importantly, we grow spiritually.  The legendary boxer Muhammad Ali once said, “A man that is same at age 50 as he was at age 20, has wasted 30 years of his life.”

Herein lies the point, since we all have a past, and we grow at different rates, who are we to judge the one who has not come into that place of knowledge? Notwithstanding, they have not had the opportunity to grow in God.  If I had known when I was ages 15, 16, 20, 21, etc what I have learned henceforth, my life would be so different. But I didn’t , so I made poor choices, and my way was challenging. 

That is until I was 23 years of age, and The Lord introduced Himself to me.  And just like that, like a switch had been flipped, I did a complete about face in my life and jumped into my salvation and never looked back.  For some, they “get saved” and no one knows it because there is no outward demonstration of change.  But for me, everyone knew Wendy had changed.  It was obvious.  I got out of an ungodly relationship, my language changed; my social circles changed, basically - my everything changed.  And everyone knew I had been changed -  I was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. 

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

But what I did not do, is suddenly look down my nose at those who had not yet accepted Christ.  I was once that same person in need of The Savior and not knowing just how pathetic I was. 

Romans 3:23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Can I tell you something? Better yet, allow me to show you:

In 1 Corinthians 13:11, The Apostle Paul shows us a progression of how we grow away from our past;  when Christ comes into our life and I mean really comes into your heart, when Holy Spirit comes upon you.

Acts 1:8  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

People witness (see/recognize) a noticeable change in you.  Here is how:

1. First your speech will change: (When I was a child, I spoke as a child)

2.  Because your understanding has changed (I understood as a child),

3. And Because your understanding has changed your thoughts will change , ( I thought as a child)

Now hear this, and hear it good. 

You are not going to be able to Grow in God and put away your past and childish (sinful) things without making some tough choices. 

Matthew 5:30 -  And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

You are going to have to get away from that person(s) or thing(s) that cause you to sin.  It can be the person you know that always want to get into mischief, or loves to gossip, or even just pushes your proverbial buttons.  The Bible is clear, cut that off.  It is better to cut it loose than to hang on to them/it and risk your salvation.

It is not worth it.  Some people will show you who they are, but that may not necessarily be a reason to cut them off.  Remember, Father does not give up on people, like people give up on people. It is when they show you they are unwilling to change, that it is time for you to move on.  Bid them well, keep them lifted in prayer, pick up your grace and your salvation and keep it moving.

Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

We are to strive with people until The Lord says enough! And if you walk in discernment, you will hear His voice and know for certain it is Him.

John 10:27 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

And that does not mean you don’t forgive them or are judging them, it just means you have outgrown them spiritually, and your salvation is not a willing pawn for the sake of appeasing people who don’t want to change and walk in the narrow path of righteousness. 

Psalms 1:1-2

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [wicked ]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates [ponders by talking to himself] day and night.

Be watchful, some are deceitful and slick in their trying to keep you tied to their know-it-all, good-for-nothing, lost-in-pride, carnal nature selves; when we know that the way of righteousness is a narrow path and few find it.  So don’t be fooled.   

Matthew 7:13-14

The Narrow Way

13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Let me leave you with this thought:

You’re out and about and you run into someone you know

The two of you greet, and start to talk as you continue on

(Who walks not in the counsel of the [wicked ]ungodly,)

Next thing you know, you both are so caught up in your conversation

That you stop walking, and find a place to step aside and continue talking

(Nor stands in the path of sinners)

Finally, you both say let’s pull up a chair and talk

(Nor sits in the seat of the scornful)

You didn’t even realize you are no longer walking or even moving

You are now sitting down.

We all have a past and we all have the gift of salvation for the taking if we accept it.

Leave your past behind and walk with God, Jesus stepped in and made it possible by His shed Blood!

To God be All the Glory, Honor, Power, and Praise!

Blessed be the name of the Lord! Amen!

Apostle Prophetess Wendy Connor

© 2021 Wendy Connor

The Value In Value

During my time of solemn meditation, I lifted my voice in thanksgiving and worship to The Lord because at that moment I realized the value of value. I could say it this way – the value in value.  I realized more than ever before how much I value my salvation.  I recognized I have something greater than life, that cannot be bought with all the money in the Earth, my salvation.  It’s bought and paid for by the blood of Christ, and I give myself wholly to the Lord – living my life, honoring my calling, fit for the Master’s use. Not living to impress man.

1 Corinthians 6:20 - you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies and in your spirit, which are God’s.

The bible tells us we invest in whatever we love. We will give our time, our effort, our money, and even our heart in whatever we place great value upon.

Matthew 6:21 -  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Take a honest look at where you are investing your time, your greatest effort, your money, and most importantly your heart.  Because rest assured the enemy is. In fact, he is trying real hard to keep your focus on things that pass away and have no Kingdom of Heaven value, things that cause you to throw away such a great thing as your salvation.

Hebrews 2:3-4 -  how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

I can say with honesty, sometimes this call on my life has not been easy, and I have even gotten so worn out from it, the requirements and the sacrifices, that I thought I didn’t want it.  But I never fixed my lips to say I don’t want it, I fear my Heavenly Father too much to do that.   And because I spiritually grow  more and more each day, I LOVE this gift because it is solely why I was put on this Earth. And when my time is up and it is time to return to eternal life, I want to spend eternity in Heaven and not in Hell because I did not do what I was called to do. 

What are you called to do here on earth? Find your value in the value of your salvation, because if you think a life of social media, or striving to be famous or rich is your calling, enjoy this life, because where you spend eternity after you leave this Earth will be the most tragic irreversible wake-up call you will ever regret.

Ponder that.

In His Love,

Apostle Prophetess Wendy Connor

©Wendy Connor 2021

From This Day Forward!

I cannot say it enough, I teach it over and over and over…Prophecy and the prophetic are not dated. Therefore, when it does not happen how or when you assumed or thought that it would, does not make it false prophecy. Believing such, is just a very accurate illustration of your own spiritual immaturity and biblical ignorance (lack of knowledge).

For hundreds of years Noah prophesied the flood, and when it did not happen as the masses believed, they laughed him to scorn, and yet years and years later, it rained…flooded; and all but Noah and his family drowned.

For thousands of years, as far back as the days of Adam and Eve, the coming of The Messiah, Jesus, would come and redeem mankind. Many prophesied about this Messiah, a king if you will, and yet never ever lived to see Him. But He came, and the prophesies were true.

So….from this day forward, learn the scriptures, understand prophecy; and hush your mouth labeling prophetic proclamations from true prophets of God, (not those playing church and calling themselves what God has not called, ordained, nor anointed them) and watch and pray (Matthew 26:41) and then wait and see .

Matthew 26:41 New King James Version

41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Habakkuk 2:2-4 Living Bible

2 And the Lord said to me, “Write my answer on a billboard, large and clear, so that anyone can read it at a glance and rush to tell the others. 3 But these things I plan won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow,do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!

4 “Note this: Wicked men trust themselves alone as these Chaldeans do, and fail; but the righteous man trusts in me and lives!

In Jesus name Amen and Amen

Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor

©Copyright Wendy Connor

Let’s talk about prophecy and the prophetic - Compelling Scripture

Let’s talk about prophecy and the prophetic.  As of late, the enemy has launched a spiritual attack and most don’t realize this is a spiritual war, so they are looking at the natural circumstances and formulating erroneous opinions.

A spiritual battle cannot be won with natural weapons, therefore, don’t warfare (fight) by arguing opinion against opinion, warfare by declarations in which scripture is confessed and declared.  I have said it over and over and over again, with the things of God, opinions don’t matter.  Only truth, the truth of God’s Holy Word is what matters.

So you need to know the Word.  The bible tells us such in 1 Peter 3:15:

1 Peter 3:15

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

 But look at this same scripture in the Message Bible translation which uses more common language to make it understandable.

1 Peter 3:15-18

The Message

13-18 If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God.

 We must be able to not only know and understand scripture but speak it with understanding.  No one should knock on your residential door and try to convert you to their beliefs in their God and you cannot rebuttal them because you don’t know. Or at the very least, you don’t know enough to share it with them.

For example, it is not that Christians are judging homosexuals or discriminating against them, at least they shouldn’t be, the truth is that they must learn how to say it in such a way to win over the lost.  There is a wisdom is winning souls and getting people to turn away from their sin. We must compel souls with love and the truth of God’s Holy Word.

Proverbs 11:30

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise.

 Beating anyone over the head with condemnation is not the way.  That’s just not the way.  If you win a soul to Christ, it is more than getting a person to accept Christ by confession of their mouth, they must live a life of righteousness, that means a way pleasing to God.  And that does not mean a sin-free life.  We ALL have sinned, and will sin, but our heart no longer desires to sin.  And when we do sin, we don’t make excuses for the sin; we genuinely are repentant and want to do better. That is the way of righteousness.

How about if we just point out to them scripture and what it says about homosexuality and a few other sins that make Hell definite.  By the way homosexuality is listed as an abomination because it goes against the original instruction God gave mankind when He created mankind in Genesis:

Genesis 1:28

28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it

 Two men cannot reproduce and multiply and fill the earth nor can two women.  That’s the bottom line, whether you like it or not. And the bible is clear it is an unnatural use of the body:

Romans 1:26-28

26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

 The Lord God loves the sinner (Romans 5:8 - 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  ) He hates the sin, and is very clear in His Word, you have a free will, but will be judged for that which is outside of His will. It’s not debatable.

So, now let’s talk briefly about prophecy.  Briefly, because I go in depth in my books, which by the way are on the way to the marketplace, beginning with Amazon, but it is a great task, for there are six in total and two of those have to get to print production.  These blogs are a means to feed the sheep spiritual food to hold you over until the next teaching.

I will now present a very controversial topic, but it sets the stage for a good example to understanding prophecy and the prophetic.

First of God created the earth, and everything in it.  And as soon as sin entered in, the darkness that covered the earth began operating as evil in mankind.  But Father God allowed it because He gave us a free will, the choice to choose Him and to live for righteousness.  And just because He allows it does not mean it is His will.  And there is no such thing as God having two wills: one being His will and the other being His permissive will.  That is not scriptural, what is scriptural is that He has a will. And either we are in His will or we are not.  Because He allows us to choose does not mean that it is His will by permission.

And do not believe otherwise.  He gave us the scriptures to guide us here on earth as to what is His will and what it is not.

Still talking about prophecy, just giving some background along the way; as the Apostle said many times throughout scripture, “I would not have you to be ignorant (ignorant meaning to lack knowledge.)

The United States of America was founded on Christian principles that the founding fathers of this nation made in covenant (contractual agreement) with The Lord God.  And as long as this nation has held up to its end of the covenant, this nation has been blessed.

Through the years, there have been those that have attempted to come into power and authority in this nation and lead this country outside of the original covenant that it has with the Lord.  For example, the Gaza Strip is land that the Lord gave in covenant to the twelve tribes of Israel in scripture and although in modern day, the Palestinians have laid claim to it, they have been unable to obtain it and anytime anyone, including American presidents, have tried to intervene and strong arm Israel into giving up that land, it did not work. And it will never work.  For a detailed account of each time America has gone against Israel, especially concerning the Gaza Strip, read “As America has Done to Israel” by John McTernan.  One example is President Bill Clinton. When he was in negotiations (more like admonishing Israel as to why they are not being fair to the Palestinians about the Gaza Strip) the Monica Lewinski scandal broke! We cannot go against the will of God!

So when we elect politicians we need to be more concerned with where they stand concerning the covenant this nation has with The Lord God.  Not based on their personality and how they come across.  (I will be the first of many to say, President Trump didn’t have the most eloquent or professional way of speaking. In fact, sometimes it was just downright crass). That is a trick of the enemy. Remember we are fighting a spiritual battle, but Satan is cunning and very wise, he knows to appeal to your emotions and he gets you every time, because you will get offended and react based upon your emotions. So you are losing spiritual battles because you can’t get past you. 

But what you should look towards is where they stand on the things of God.  Because we have to be careful who we choose to lead us as a nation that is founded on Christian principles.  Jeremiah 22 illustrates God’s judgment against evil kings and the nations they governed.  (Biblical examples: from https://salvationcall.com/wicked-kings/)

Hazael, king of Syria

Benhadad, king of Syria, was sick in Damascus. When he heard that Elisha, the prophet, has come to Damascus, he sent Hazael to enquire of the Lord by him whether he would recover or not. When Hazael came to enquire of the Lord, Elisha answered and said to him, “Go, say unto him (Benhadad), Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die”. After answering Benhadad, he, Elisha, burst into tears before Hazael. Then Hazael asked humbly why he is weeping; and Elisha answered him, “Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child”. You can be sure that Hazael committed all those atrocities

to the later because it was God who revealed it to Elisha. All these callous deeds of Hazael foretold by Elisha came to pass through war and conquest – 2 Kings 10:32; 12:17; 13:3,7.

Menahem, king of Israel

King Menahem, son of Gadi, conspired against King Shallum. He went up from Tirzah to kill King Shallum in Samaria and usurped the throne.  Afterward, the Bible says that King Menahem attacked Tiphsah; that is those in the city and its vicinity; because they refused to open the gates of their city to him, neither did they submit to him as a conqueror nor receive him as their king. King Menahem, therefore, attacked the city of Tiphsah; worse yet, he, like Hazael, cut open the bellies of all pregnant women in Tiphzah and its vicinity, killing the mother and the unborn baby. Perhaps, by committing this barbarity he thought to terrify the whole kingdom, that none might dare to rebel against him. Just like Hazael, King Menahem is counted among wicked kings. Bible reference 2 Kings 15:16 

 Saul, king of Israel

It is very sad that, though King Saul started well as a humble man, he degenerated later to become a tyrant and a vicious manhunter who destroyed the lives of many. King Saul was a Benjaminite and the son of Kish. His sense of insecurity and his fit of jealousy and hatred for David drove him to commit serious atrocities against innocent people. King Saul was told by Doeg, the Edomite, that David had been to Nob and the priest Ahimelech had helped him, giving him provisions and the sword of Goliath and inquiring of the Lord for him. On hearing that, King Saul sent for Ahimelech and his entire family, the household of his father Ahitub; and they came to Saul at Gibeah. And King Saul, after interrogating them, commanded Doeg, the Edomite, to kill them. And Doeg fell on Ahimelech and the entire members of his family – the household of Ahitub, killing eighty-five priests on that day. That still did not quench Saul’s thirst for revenge; further, Saul attacked Nob, the city of the priests, and put to the sword both men and women, children and infant, oxen, donkeys, and sheep. Only Abiathar the son of Ahimelech escaped the massacre to inform David. Such a wicked deed makes King Saul a wicked king. Bible reference 1 Samuel 22:6–19.

 Herod the Great, king of Judea

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem to seek him for they have seen his star and they have come to worship him. When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where the Christ would be born. And they said to him that the Christ would be born in Bethlehem of Judaea. Then King Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem and told them that if they find Jesus they should come back to inform him of his whereabouts so that he too would go to worship. Then the wise men left for Bethlehem. Eventually, they found Jesus. However, having been warned in a dream, they did not go back to inform King Herod of the whereabouts of the child but departed to their own country another way. Then King Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under at the time. Even today, King Herod is still remembered as the wicked king who committed the atrocity of ordering the killing of children on a large scale. Hence he is counted among the wicked kings in the Bible. Bible reference Matthew 2:1–18

 Manasseh, king of Judah

King Manasseh was the son and successor of King Hezekiah. He reigned for fifty-five years, making him the longest-serving king of all the kings of the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah. However, the Bible testifies against him to be the worse of all the kings of these two kingdoms. During his reign, Judah relapsed deeply into idolatry, unlike anything seen before. King Manasseh displeased God with his sins of idolatry and violence; in that he murdered many innocent people in Jerusalem to such an extent that the Bible figuratively testifies, saying, “Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; …” (2 Kings 21:16). He was, obviously, a very wicked king.” Bible reference 2 Kings 21:1–18

Sidneote: from now on, how about if you visit congress.gov and actually read and make informed decisions about who you are voting for if you call yourself a Christian, a follower of Christ.  This website, tells you the bills that have been passed and supported by which elected official. It gives a wealth of information on what is happening in Congress. The Bible says:

Hosea 4:6

New King James Version

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also will reject you from being priest for Me;

Because you have forgotten the law of your God,

I also will forget your children.

This last presidential election was controversial.  And the Prophets were speaking and saying President Donald Trump would win the election and return to office for another four more years.  And I say to you emphatically, Donald Trump did win the election and there was corruption concerning this election and the prophecy has not finished playing out.  There has been censorship to cover this up from the start.  The state of Georgia sent out the results of the voter audit that was conducted to prove there was no voter fraud in Georgia.  Guess what? I voted for Donald Trump and the state audit not only indicated that I did not vote in the general election, but also admonished me for not exercising my right to vote! That happened to several people I know.  Say what you want, but aside from the spiritual aspect, I have the natural proof, my vote in the general election was not counted.

Don’t take my word or any prophets word, most think we all missed it anyway.  I strongly urge you to just watch and pray. I cannot speak to when it’s all said and done if Donald Trump will sit in the presidency another four years, but I can say what Father revealed to me as His prophet.  The sin will be exposed.  It was His will for Donald Trump to remain president because, like him or not, he was restoring this nation back to the Christian principles it was founded upon.  And nowhere have I said that Donald Trump is a Christian, nor have I have said he is without flaws and imperfections.  He was just the person Father supernaturally chose to carry out a specific task to set this country back on track.  Vote for whoever you feel lead to vote for, again, my calling is to teach and point you towards scriptures.  You have a choice, Father God gave us all free will.  Choose wisely. I don’t argue about politics or voting so no need to get defensive or on the offense.  Hell is full of people saying “I didn’t know, …if only God would have sent someone to tell me I would have listened…” we know that is not true because God does put people in our path to share with us and many get offended and don’t want to hear it.  But at the very least, when you leave this earth and end up where you will be for eternity, you will be without excuse.  And no, God was not in that attack on the Capital.  That is not His nature.  Know the God you serve, people! Not what you heard about Him but what you have experienced in your personal walk and your personal relationship with Him.

Further,  the enemy made certain that the first week of this new president in office -  a whopping 21 Executive Orders he signed undoing most of what the former president did.   To give you some understanding to the magnitude of that: (excerpt from FEBRUARY, 2021 Dr. James Dobson Calls Out President Biden's Radical Executive Orders https://www.drjamesdobson.org/newsletters/february-newsletter-2021-0?utm_campaign=2021%20February%20NL&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8soDVpOMqfFeKi3gXBlNSYRS8ipOdppbJqsv_T5d52nhYhgQfMHw2ZATFxZ5fkHOIeLEa5oygIbhmRjXktIB-InU3FdA&_hsmi=110349453&utm_content=110349453&utm_source=hs_email&hsCtaTracking=fc50e458-601a-4329-ba48-833cc28e340f%7C2fc0c051-1aa7-4cf8-b2f5-de4b6f42244 9)

Compare that to the record of his predecessors:

• Donald Trump: signed 4 executive orders in the first week

• Barack Obama: signed 5 executive orders in the first week

• George W. Bush: signed 0 executive orders in the first week

• Bill Clinton: signed 2 executive orders in the first week

• George Bush Sr.: signed 1 executive order in the first week

• Ronald Reagan: signed 0 executive orders in the first week

• Jimmy Carter: signed 1 executive order in first the week

 The beat goes on. By the end of January, eleven days into his presidency, Biden had signed 42 executive orders.

We are in a spiritual warfare.  You all better get beyond the whining  “Donald Trump is racist…”, and all the other fleshly complaints and pray in earnest and ask Father God what is His will for this nation.  Because I promise His will is not to have His people fund abortion listed under the guise of “planned parenthood” which sounds so much more palatable then infanticide (killing unborn babies, or giving partial birth to a live infant and then murdering it).

Now, here is why I said let’s’ talk about prophecy and the prophetic.

The mistake many make is once the prophecy has been spoken, they formulate in their mind how and when it will play out.  Do not do that! As soon as the prophecy is spoken, the spiritual warfare begins!

1 Timothy 1:18

Fight the Good Fight

18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

There is a battle that is waged in the spirit realm, the realm we cannot see. And we are not given prophecy in its entirety, we only see what the Lord allows us to see, and seasoned mature prophets know to say ONLY say what God said, and that’s it.  Don’t make up the rest or conjecture as to what it means. And please don’t ask us over and over, we tell you what we can, based upon what the Lord allows or reveals to us. 

By the way, if you are one of those deceived into believing prophets were only during the days the Bible was written, you may as well exit my website and never return, because you can’t handle Biblical Truth and are not ready for the meat of the Word, you are still a baby needing milk. This ministry is not for you.

1 Corinthians 13:9

New King James Version

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

 Also, concerning prophecy, very rarely are we given a specific time and/or date.  Therefore, if it didn’t happen when you thought it should, does not mean it was false prophecy.  Noah prophesied about the flood for well over a hundred years, and the people laughed and scorned him.  But he continued to build the ark because he knew what Father God told him!  We as prophets are the same, we know what The Lord said, and our obligation is to say it.  Not try to prove it or make it happen.  And shame on those who mock or make fun of what they don’t understand.  Those laughing at Noah, drowned!  Can you imagine when the rain began and would not stop?

I imagine we are about to experience the supernatural hand of God in a way many weren’t prepared for, because although Father God warned us through His prophets, the media refuted the prophets and said they missed and were wrong. And then only reported what they wanted the masses to know. Such is the way the anti-christ is going to come. He will come with pleasing words and use them to deceive many.

 Let’s pray, we are not stuck with the leadership the minority chose and as a result are a nation under judgment, but if we are, The Lord will have mercy on those whose hearts are right towards Him. Better yet, let’s just pray God’s will be done.

Matthew 6:9-13

New King James Version

9 In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name.

10 Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts,

As we forgive our debtors.

13 And do not lead us into temptation,

But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Matthew 6:9-13

New Century Version

9 So when you pray, you should pray like this:

‘Our Father in heaven,

may your name always be kept holy.

10 May your kingdom come

and what you want be done,

    here on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us the food we need for each day.

12 Forgive us for our sins,

    just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us.

13 And do not cause us to be tempted,

but save us from the Evil One.’ [The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. Amen.]

Matthew 6:9-13

The Message Bible

7-13 “The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this:

Our Father in heaven,

Reveal who you are.

Set the world right;

Do what’s best—

    as above, so below.

Keep us alive with three square meals.

Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.

Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.

You’re in charge!

You can do anything you want!

You’re ablaze in beauty!

    Yes. Yes. Yes.

Grace and Peace Be Upon You.

In Christ’s Love,

Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor

©Copyright 2021 Wendy Connor

The Experience

I have often struggled to put into words even the smallest (if there is such a thing) experience with God.  I am talking about the One True, Living God.

I still remember that exact moment when I was introduced to Him.  Yes, God.  I still cannot explain it.  I am not sure that I ever will be able to.  It’s an experience.  Just something words don’t adequately explain nor describe, it is an experience, The Experience of life.

And once you experience it, you know you have experienced and you are never the same.  And you want more; you want to know Him more.  Because He is real, He is the living God, and suddenly nothing else matters. 

For me, I got saved

Romans 10:9

9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

And I jumped in with both feet.  There was no more living haphazardly, no more knowingly living in sin, falling short of what God had planned for my life, no more dodging my purpose, I had to have more! And for the next three years that followed, I did get more. I got so much that I abstained from secular television, radio, music, and entertainment.  I absorbed myself in the scriptures and all things Christian.  I read  books, I read the Bible, I listened to television evangelists (I don’t anymore, because I know Him and the scriptures intimately and don’t need to rely on someone else to teach me – my calling is to teach by pointing you the scriptures), went to church every time the doors opened.  That was my path to my calling, it may not be yours.  Pray and seek Him to find out.  Because you don’t want to get caught up in the whole “religious thing”; where you are serving a pastor that does not serve God.   We have all seen it and heard about it, the pastors and leaders that are leading the flock astray.  Jim Jones literally had people drink Kool Aid laced with cyanide or arsenic, whatever it was, it was poisonous.  There were the Mega Pastors in the Atlanta Metro Area (yes, there were several) that were having adulterous (they were married) sexual affairs both homosexual and heterosexual, living the lie of not living the scriptures they teach but condemning you for falling short of the scriptures. 

Jeremiah 23:1

23 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.

Jesus said it so well in the 23rd chapter of Matthew:

Matthew 23

23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments. 6 They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ 8 But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Jesus made it clear without fear of reproach or being disliked.  His purpose for coming to Earth was to seek and save that (who) which is lost.  After all, He said, it is not the well that need a hospital but the sick.  We ALL have sinned and fallen short and need Jesus.  So it is ridiculous and damnable, to think you have “arrived” and don’t need the saving grace of the blood of Jesus, but yet want to sit high and look low upon those you feel need your shepherding because you are so much better off than them.  I shake my head in disgust. And pray to God that He remove you from shepherding His people. I don’t have a church building (to burden you with a building fund – to pay for a structure God didn’t tell me to build), I like Jesus, minister and share where I am, where I am invited, and even as much in home settings.  Isn’t that what Jesus did? The mission field is outside of the four walls of the church building.  All that display of religion is unnecessary when you are facing a real devil and a hard times.  And some of the most needing to be ministered to isn’t coming into a church.  They feel they will be judged.  And often times they will be.  The four walls have greatly lacked compassion. So what else Jesus say regarding this:

13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

These are the churches and pastors that aren’t going to make it into Heaven for eternal life, and sadly those that sat under them aren’t going to make it in either.  We can speak the truth in love, but by all means – speak the truth!  Having homosexuals and unwed mothers COMFORTABLY sitting in the congregation is a clear indication that the Word of God is not being taught, for fear of offending.  But if we don’t say and don’t teach it, who will? Now of course, we don’t beat one over the head with it but we show them in scripture, where it is sin and sure to keep them from eternal life. 

Jesus said it.  They bring you into the church and you become worse than them! “You hypocrites!” is what Jesus called them:

15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

Which is better, to focus on and put emphasis on the church itself or He who sanctifies (sets apart for holiness) the church?  Going to church in your fancy car, with your best Sunday clothes, and sitting in your specific spot, with a title that says you hold some sort of authority, when in reality you know nothing about holiness and living righteously. It is all a façade and a front for you.  Just putting on airs, as they say. 

Your experience with God, The Lord, is personal and holy.  If you are not getting that where you are – leave!  Let me say it again – LEAVE! The 23rd chapter of Matthew in the Holy Bible tells you to do so, you have the permission of the Lord, therefore you don’t need the permission of mankind! Do not allow the pastor of such unholiness tell you otherwise.  If you haven’t had The Experience with God  where you are – leave!  Father wants to have your heart, and that can happen in the privacy of your own home.  You are in a “blind leading the blind” situation. 

23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Verses 31-35 tell us, The Lord God gave us the prophets (I am speaking of TRUE prophets, not the so called self-proclaimed prophets that have no anointing nor any Holiness) to warn us and show us the Truth and how to discern the spirits:

1 John 4:1

4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

And we must know what is of God and what is not of God, because our eternity depends on it.  We are without excuse if we allow ourselves to be misguided by flesh and pride:

Philippians 2:12

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

 I am thankful for my experiences with The Lord God Almighty. And it all started with an experience.  He came into my heart and introduced Himself to me and I have never ever been the same.

And unlike most, I am not amazed and can’t believe when He does something in my life or in the life of others, because that is how I know Him.  I don’t have to wonder or guess if He will do it, if it is His will, because I have an intimate relationship with Him and I know Him.  I know His character, His will, His deity.   He told me, he told us all, that He is not man that would lie and then have to repent.  So I know, since that very first experience 28 years ago and all the experiences since, that He is real and Word is true and I am thankful He introduced Himself to me and changed me from the inside out and made my life for the better!

Get to know Him and ask Him for the experience that opens up the spiritual door to more experiences of Heaven here on Earth!

God bless you richly and abundantly!

Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor

wendy@jitapub.org

©Wendy Connor

The God I Serve

I was in prayer (prayer simply means conversation) giving The Lord thanks for His goodness and I began to remind Him of The God I serve, in other words, who He is.  Matthew 16:13-20 is the verse of scripture where Peter declared that Jesus is the Messiah, because Jesus asked Peter who do people say Jesus is and even more succinctly, who did Peter say that He is.  Therefore, in keeping with Jesus KNOWING already who He is; and yet still asking Peter who others say He is, I often remind The Lord of Who He is, especially who He is in my life.  Let that marinate if you didn’t quite understand that.  Because it is important that YOU have the revelation of the God YOU serve.

So…anyhow, I am in prayer making confessions and declarations about the God I serve.  When He imparted into my spirit, for me to place emphasis on the God I SERVE.  Whew! That hit me deeply! Let me explain:  

You see, we speak of the God we serve with emphasis on Him and who He is and how great He is.  We look to His Deity and His Sovereignty.  But He gave me such a revelation of His Greatness in my life personally, based on MY SERVING Him.

Matthew 25:21

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

1 Corinthians 9:18-19

18 What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.  19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more;

Deuteronomy 11:13-14

13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

Imagine that, how you or I serve the Lord, determines how great He is in our lives!  And as always, I don’t want you to just take my word for it, study the scriptures! See for yourself! Those that walk with the Lord closely and intimately, not succumbing to the evil and the ways of the world, see great and mighty moves of God and have relationship up close and personal with The Creator.  If you are a M.E.C Christian (Mother’s Day, Easter, and Christmas) and say “grace” over your food, and use a few religious buzz words, but don’t have intimate relationship with the God you serve…then it stands to question, are you really serving Him at all? Do you even know Him? 

More often than not, I hear “Maybe the Lord…”, or “It doesn’t take all that, I believe God is a forgiving and loving God, He understands…”, etc.  I cannot warn you enough, the scriptures are clear…It does not work like that, and you cannot humanize The Lord God.  So, what you think or feel, is your finite mind and your finite thinking convincing you that it is ok, when it is not.  You are making excuses that The Lord will excuse your sin.

Isaiah 55:8-9

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor 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.

Perhaps you desire a closer walk with the Lord?  Maybe you have reached the point where you want to live a better life? Stop now and pray the prayer of salvation.  Get your life in order.  When you leave this life (die), Heaven is not an automatic.  What you do/did on here on Earth, determines your eternity.  Eternity is a long time, especially to be wrong. 

Now is the best time ever to start your life anew and right some wrongs.  Jesus shed His blood for each and every one of us while we were yet sinners. 

Turn your life over to Him and start by praying this prayer:

It is a prayer of salvation (it is erroneously called the sinner’s prayer). But once you pray and become saved, you are still a sinner; it’s just that now you are a sinner saved by grace. That is why it is called the prayer of salvation.

Father God, I am a sinner, I know I have sinned against you.

I know that I need to be covered by the Blood of Jesus Christ and I need to accept Him as my Lord and Savior. Lord I ask you right now to hear and answer my prayer.

I ask you to forgive me of my sins.

I want to repent and walk in a new way.

I want to receive my inheritance as a joint-heir in the Kingdom

of God and in the Kingdom of Heaven.

I want to be born-again Father God.

I love you and your son Jesus Christ, and I want to have a personal,

intimate relationship with you.  I thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.

In Jesus name I pray.  Amen

Welcome to the Kingdom! Find a good teaching ministry and Spirit-filled Pastor or friend that is willing to disciple you and walk with you while you are babe in Christ. And if you don’t have anyone that fits that description in your life, I invite you personally to contact us here at JITA Publishing and Ministries, and we will connect you with one of us, or find you someone near you. You are not, nor will you ever, be alone in your walk with Christ.

In Christ Service and His Love,

Apostle Wendy Connor

©Wendy Connor 2021

For Your Sakes, Say and Do What is Profitable

There is so much to share, so very much to share, and so many are sharing.  Seems as of late, so many have so much to say.  And if it is the Word of The Lord, and His will that is being spoken, by all means share. Say it, share it; enlarge His Kingdom, by enlarging your territory.  If you have the attention of many, say and do what is profitable. Our time on this Earth and in this lifetime is short.

The problem is that what is being shared is not His Word, nor His Will, in fact, just the opposite – things being said and done to enlarge and promote the kingdom of darkness.

Last year, (2020) I made a long overdue decision to end my relationship with social media.  It was an easy decision and one I have not regretted and not looked back.  The reason was simple, there was a lot being said and yet nothing being said that mattered as it relates to our salvation.  Example, one day I was wasting time perusing Facebook and I was vexed by the amount of nothingness that was being said in posts.  I saw one lady post a picture of her firearm with a caption of how lovely it was. I mean really, whose life is the better because we all see a picture of your firearm? Then there was another poking at fun at the President of the United States and how much he is disliked.  I shook my head and thought “once upon a time, people had respect for the offices or the positions of authority, even if you disliked or feared the person holding the position, you did not show such blatant disrespect for the position of authority”.  You see, in the Bible, we are taught to respect authority:

Hebrews 13:17

17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

1 Peter 2:13

13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

Mark 12:17

17 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

1 Timothy 2:1-3

2 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Those of us that are called, and let me say – MANY are called – are forced to work over and beyond our giftings and callings because so many that should be doing the work of the ministry are not, and then you have those that are, but have succumbed to the ways of this world and are seeking to please man instead of pleasing God, so in essence they are not doing the will of God and souls are not being won.  So they are not doing that which is fruitful nor profitable. And of course you have those that are fakes, false voices in their so-called ministry and deceiving the people. They have a GREAT price to pay. (Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord) .

How much do you have to endure before you will live according the Word of God, to the will of your Creator?  To get on social media daily and post a life you really do not live, to make others believe you are who you are not - it’s all vanity and vexation.  It serves no purpose.  But because of  vanity, you feel your calling is to “post” yourself in pics and try to matter-of-factly posts backgrounds so that others can see what you have, what you drive, what you are wearing etc.  And His work goes undone.

Haggai 1:5-7

5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

6 “You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

More than ever, looking at the state of our nation, the affairs of this world, and the actions of mankind that show the true heart of mankind, I am all the more the committed to my gifting and my calling having done the will of God so that all are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

I have never been afraid to say what The Lord said, nor am I afraid to speak correction or admonish for the sake of salvation, someone must say it so that the world may know.  And we that are called must be willing even unto the point of death to do the will of God. We must speak the truth and we must speak the truth in love. Love meaning unconditionally, not love as in a touchy-feely feeling.

I have said it before and I will say it again…Hell is real.  And the scriptures are clear and say it more than once, that FEW will have eternal life and go to Heaven.  You can convince yourself that you are a “good” person and that you and your loved ones aren’t so bad, but truth of the matter is:

Matthew 7:13-14

13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

The non-canonize scrolls tell us: “The Most High has made this world for many, but the world to come for few.”  Eternal life with the Lord, is not a given, not an automatic, and definitely not a sure thing.  You have to work at your salvation constantly, and being a “good” person is not a criteria for salvation. If you studied the scriptures, sat under the teaching of a true man or woman of God, and set your heart to live righteously (right-standing with The Lord) you would know and understand the depth and the seriousness of how we live our lives on this Earth is directly tied to our eternity. We are not angels that gain wings upon death, no matter how comforting that may sound, the blatant truth is MANY have gone and are going to Hell. I speak this truth from the scriptures. It is there and you can read it for yourself. As much as this country is trying really hard to invoke censorship, the Word of God cannot be censored and if you have a Bible, you have all you need to come into the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ and learn what is required to have eternal life with The Lord after this life. We have to die once - that is the death of leaving this earth, but the other death (Hell) is a choice. We have a choice. (Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment). What does it take? Let’s look to the scriptures to answer that:

2 Peter 1:1-11

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Fruitful Growth in the Faith

5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control , perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I move in a prophetic gifting with apostolic authority, simply stated; Father God has gifted me with the ability to see the unseen, and authority over darkness and evil spirits.  I have been called weird, crazy, spooky, spiritual, different, etc. But I say to you, call me a lover of your soul, because I love God’s people and  I am preaching, teaching, and sharing to you so that you can save your soul from eternal death (Hell). And I am not looking for likes, or affirmation (which is also why I utilize my website – my blogs and soon my podcasts and my books to reach the masses,  there is no room for comment nor rebuttal, if you came to my website, purchased my books, or listened to my podcasts, you did so intentionally, not because it was in your news feed.  Therefore, unlike social or news media, opinions don’t matter, you came for teaching, understanding, knowledge, and wisdom.  Not a debatable topic. The Word of God is not debatable.

I love you with the Love of God! Thank Him for His unspeakable goodness! God bless you richly and abundantly!

Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor

©Wendy Connor January 27, 2021

Never Have I Ever…

There are many ways to complete the title with a sentence.  For me personally, Never Have I Ever:

…wanted so many to know the Truth of God’s Word.

…wanted to see so many saved based on the scripture Romans 10:8.

…wanted so many, if not everyone to KNOW and UNDERSTAND the power of prayer.

…wished for Jesus return, because nothing compares to His Glorious appearing and return.

The power and truth of God’s Holy Word is hidden in plain sight.  However, it is spiritually locked, only to be accessed by those who hold the Keys to the Kingdom.  And so few know about those Keys to the Kingdom, and even fewer hold those Keys.  (Matthew 16:19)

An example being, many turn to God in their time of need or their time of desperation.  And will ask “pray for me” or they will say “I am praying for you” and yet they either don’t pray or pray without the expectation that their prayers are being heard and therefore will be answered.  I know this because over and over you hear one say or you see on social media people are in shock and even awe when God answers a prayer they prayed!  It is surprising and yet sad.  It speaks to the fact that most don’t have relationship with the Father.  And although prayer is simply conversation; most don’t have that conversation with God the Father on a regular basis and therefore aren’t familiar with Him and don’t know Him.  And if you don’t know Him, you don’t know His Word.  Thus, the question always begs “does God hear me” and “will God answer my prayer?”.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 10:30 -I and My Father are one.

The Word of God is among us and yet so few partake of it.  Because if they did, they would not only get saved, but they would strive to stay saved.  Once saved, always saved is not an automatic, nor an absolute; we must maintain our salvation. 

2 Peter 1:10-11 - 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

This world has become even more self-absorbed than ever before.  Social media is full of selfies, too much information about self; from money, possessions, and emotions about one’s self and less about Father and Father’s business.  I too, once bought into it, in the name of sharing information, but then I realized that a great deal of what I shared was not about my Father’s business and that is what I am called to do. So I have all but abolished my social media presence.

You  see, we are all called to do something on this earth as it relates to the Kingdom.  We have been gifted with supernatural gifts to do Kingdom work and supernatural gifts to do spiritual warfare.  And yet, this world has become so encumbered with self and pride, the work of the Kingdom has been neglected by many.  Which is  why:

Matthew 22:14 -For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 7:13-14 -  13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it.

So many assume, that they are saved and going to make it into Heaven and reign eternally with Jesus Christ, and yet the scriptures tell us, only a few actually will.  And, it tells us over and over that Hell continues to enlarge itself for all those that continue coming.  (Isaiah 5:14-16) Let me make it clear, even those of the cloth (Clergy) are not making it in (Eternal Life) , because they did not do what they were called to do and/or they skewed the teachings of the Word of God because they fear the people and don’t want to offend the people after all, they want those tithes and offerings for their self-absorbed lifestyle.   Beloved, let me offend you if that leads you to salvation. Let me shame you out of your sin and into your salvation.  If you are in adultery, fornication, homosexuality, sexual sin, jealousy, of an evil heart that conjures and devises wickedness, have a lying spirit, live as that of a coward, or any of that listed in Revelation 21:8, you will be uncomfortable, but delivered, if you listen to the teachings of JITA Ministries ministers, read any of my books, or sit under my teachings.  You will not be condemned but you will be convicted; at least you should be.

Whether I minister to one, one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand, it does not matter to me, I am not striving to be famous.  I am striving to teach, train, and equip God’s people, because that is what I am called to do.  Anything more or anything less does not make my calling and my election sure, unless of course, it is HIS will!  And since everything created belongs to God, I am not allowed to decide how I want to serve God’s people in the ministry.  For they are His people, not mine and I must do what He has called me to do the way He has called me to do it.

Never have I ever, so badly wished people knew The Lord, accepted Jesus Christ, and understood the Word of God and Kingdom matters.

Lovingly in Christ Jesus,

Apostle and Prophetess Wendy Connor

Copyright ©Wendy Connor 2020

Now You Know

You have heard people refer to one another as being Christians. And they may even go so far as to say, they are “good” Christian people.  I have challenged that phrase and will continue to challenge it based on scripture. 

 Not to be ugly or difficult and certainly not to be judgemental, but to help clarify the lie that Satan would love for us to believe - which is that a little bit of effort put into salvation is enough. 

 Well, Beloved, it is not.  Just because you pray over your food and “bless” it before you eat it, does not make you a Christian.  And  just because you attend church regularly or sporadically, does not save your soul and insure you a spot in Heaven or that you will have eternal life.  And as with anything I share, I prove it scripturally far beyond one isolated scripture.

 So here we go:

 First, be clear and certain, there are NONE good.  Even our best efforts of being a “good” person fall short of Holy expectations. 

 Matthew 19:17

17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?  No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

 Luke 18:19

19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

 So you and I cannot, in our BEST efforts, be considered good by The Lord’s standards.  And that is simply because without Jesus’ shed Blood, we would have never ever be able to be with The Lord.  We are sinful beings born in sin and shaped in iniquity. (Wicked acts and sinful nature)

 The Bible is clear in that, our ONLY way to Life (eternal) and relationship with The Lord is through Jesus Christ.  So, we must first accept Jesus Christ:

 Romans 10:9

9 …that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

 The verses that precede Romans 10:9 tell us that most lack the knowledge of God’s righteousness and have not submitted to the way of righteousness of God. 

 Romans 10:3

3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

 That is the key.  Mankind seeks to establish their own way of righteousness and then not only thinking but believing, as long as they pray and perhaps attend church, that they are right with God.   That is so wrong and so far from the truth. 

 It’s a heart thing.  Where is your heart - not the organ pumping in your chest, but your soul. The part where your mind and your thoughts and your intellect, devise either wicked schemes or hold the Word of God.  Because, if the Word of God is not constantly in your thoughts, you WILL sin against God.

 Psalm 119:11

 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

 God holds us accountable and responsible.  And we cannot say we did not know, because He put it in His Word (the Bible) and HE has sent His Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers to tell us.  Understanding that it is those (them) that HE sent.  Everyone preaching, teaching, calling themselves Apostles, and Prophets are not sent, nor anointed  by the Most High God. You better joyfully sit among those that are sent by Him, and listen to truth. Beware of the false anythings or anybodies contrary to the Word of God..

 Because the scriptures are clear and we are all without excuse!  Revelation 21:8 is clear:

 Revelation 21:8

8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

 And you are lying to yourself if you try to humanize God and make Him human at your level to satisfy your soul into thinking your lying spirit, your homosexuality, your cowardly spirit, your sex outside of marriage (fornication) or whatever your shortcoming is – that you are comfortable in – will still allow you to go to Heaven, or as social media likes to say, you ‘gain your wings’ and ‘rest in Heaven’. 

 Not many make it into Heaven. Don’t take my word for it, read the scriptures:

 Matthew 7:13-14

The Narrow Way

13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

 Meanwhile, Hell continues to enlarge to receive the MANY that continue coming because of their pride and pleasure living to please themselves:

 Isaiah 5:14

14 Therefore Sheol (Hell) has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.

 You may have thought you could work your way into Heaven.  You can’t.  You can hide His Word in your heart, keep His commandments, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and sin not. 

So if you thought that your prayer over your meal,  your church attendance, and a few good deeds were going to get you into Heaven, now you know The Truth.

 Blessings to You and Yours,

Apostle and Prophetess Wendy Connor

Copyright ©2020 Wendy Connor

What I Learned from the Peanuts® Character Pigpen

Remember, when Charlie Brown and the Peanuts® children’s animations were something special? Like literally, they were aired on television stations as a prime time special; as a child I remember looking forward to the night when it would air on prime time television. 

Now days, the enemy of our soul has infiltrated the air waves with animations that promote witchcraft, sorcery, and demons! Yes, those fairies and genies doing magic, is just a form of witchcraft.  Sorcery with the dragons and goblins and wizards colorfully animated to entice and draw children in. And “monsters” are just demons.  Really, you must be sober and vigilant to these things. 

1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Definitely teach your children the truth of the scriptures so that they will know and recognize these images for what they are.  Because the reality is, in this day and time, you almost can’t shield and protect your children from seeing these images at some point and even watching them.  Therefore, know the spiritual rules of engagement which include putting on the whole armor of God:  Ephesians 6:11-12 - Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle 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. ...because we aren’t fighting an enemy we can see with our natural eye. 

So, here is  what I learned from Pigpen.  Remember Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Patti, Snoopy the dog, and Pigpen just to name a few of the Peanuts®  gang?  And Pigpen was the little fella that was shrouded in a cloud of something.  We all just kind of assume he is not the cleanest dish in the kitchen, in fact, he may have a little hygiene problem going on. And by the dirt on him and the cloud surrounding him, perhaps we can deduce that it is odor that is surrounding him and following him. It never fails, when you see Pigpen, you see his dirt and that odor cloud of his.  So that there is no mistaking that is Pigpen!

Well, how about if we allow the anointing, the presence of Holy Spirit, to surround us and enshroud us so that there is no mistaking, when others have been in and around us, they will KNOW that they have been in the presence of The Most High God – Elohim?  I want people to want my God!

When I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior some almost 30 years ago, I almost instantly began praying and declaring “Father, let it be so, that when people have been in my presence, they will know that they have been in the presence of God – not because of me, but because of who YOU are! So that the world may know, just by virtue of whom I was before salvation, that you are the living God! Only YOU could change Wendy from that to this!” And He has been faithful to honor that prayer as long as I honor living in such a way that brings glory to Him.

Let me tell you something.  The Apostle Paul admonishes us to follow him as he follows Christ. I say the same, feel free to follow this ministry or my Apostolic and my Prophetic gifting as long as I follow Christ.  And to take it a step further, the same holds true for whatever ministry or minister you choose to follow. If they are not following Christ, you don’t follow them! Matthew 7:16 tells us that we will know them by their fruit. 

If you are following a minister or a ministry and you don’t see Godly and Holy fruit…leave! Let me say that again, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING A MINISTER OR A MINISTRY THAT DOES NOT EXUDE HOLINESS AND THE TRUTH OF THE SCRIPTURES LEAVE NOW!  Because your very life depends on it.  Your eternal life is at stake.  And it is a gamble you will lose.  Because righteous cannot and should not fellowship with unrighteousness.  The scriptures tell us such.

2 Corinthians 6:14 - 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

Understand, ministry is to seek and save that which is lost.  So, you will have the lost come into the fold to be saved.  I am not speaking of them.  I am speaking of those that sit in the church regularly and comfortably as a congregant or a minister and their life is as raggedy and dark as Hell itself. Those that sit in church, leave church and have a cigarette, (know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost );

1 Corinthians 3:16-16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

have unmarried (fornication) sex, or sex with someone married but that you are not married to (adultery)?  You drink strong drink (liquor, this does not include wine – wine is biblical in moderation),  live a life of lying and gossiping (talebearing spirit Proverbs 11:13) , etc.  That’s when you want to get away and need to get away!  That’s like that cloud surrounding Pigpen, something on you and following you that you don’t want on you or following you! And most certainly, you don’t want to follow that.

Seek that which is bearing the fruit of the Spirit. That is Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23-22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Trust me when I tell you to stay away from:

Revelation 21:8-But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

I learned from Pigpen and his cloud, it is not so bad to have a cloud enshrouding me if it’s the anointing of the Holy Spirit. That my life may be pleasing to the Lord and be a to witness others and draw them to Jesus Christ.  Let that be what you learn from Pigpen as well.

In His Service, His Blessings be upon you,  Apostle Prophetess Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

Watch Your Words and the Will of God

In the book of Numbers, chapter 22, is the story of, what you probably know well as the donkey speaks.  God uses a donkey to speak to His prophet.  And you are correct, it is that story indeed.  However, I want to come at it from a different angle. 

Just to recap the story: Balak the king of the Moabites, had heard of the Children of Israel, and knew they were coming.  He knew, as did everyone in that time, that the Lord was with them, and they were a force not to be reckoned with.  They were coming to possess the land.  Okay, quick biblical history lesson, The Lord gave the Children of Israel land.  The twelve tribes were all assigned land, in a nutshell this is where the genealogies spread out and established their roots so to speak.  Understand, the land The Lord gave them was occupied.  Yes, I said occupied.  But all they had to do was go and fight to possess the land, as they were guaranteed to win their battles.  And they did.  On occasion, they lost a battle, but that was due to sin and disobedience. (Joshua 7)

Now, you might be thinking “that’s not fair, there were already people on that land and it was theirs.” To which I would answer your thoughts, with the truth of the scriptures:

Psalm 24:1 -The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (NKJV) or in a more modern vernacular; the earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it—
    the world and all its people. (NCV) 

In other words, The Lord created the Earth and everything in the Earth; it’s all His.  So the fact that it’s yours or that you worked hard for it, or that it was a gift to you, none of that matters, it’s all His and He can do with it what He pleases.  And He can make you be a blessing and acquire, or make you to be judged and therefore cursed and to lose.  That is why it is better to have a giving heart and not be selfish, haughty, arrogant, or prideful.  We are blessed to be a blessing to others, not to acquire and consume it for ourselves.  Yes…there is even a scripture for that concept: James 4:2-3 - 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures

Sidenote: This is why this ongoing dispute in Israel over the Gaza strip is futile.  The Palestinians will never possess it because the Lord gave it to the Children of Israel (Genesis 15:18-21)

And if, just if you are dumb enough to think you are going to bully your way into something you desire, that The Lord has marked for His use, you are treading a slippery slope you are sure to fall from and fall hard! You cannot, nor will you ever, go against the will of the Lord and win.  In fact, you won’t even place in the match.

In Numbers 22, Balak being King, and knowing his kingdom stood not a chance against the Children of Isreal, thought he could and would outsmart the Lord.  Dumb thinking on his part.  There is stupid and then there is Balak stupid!

Numbers 22:1-6 Then the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.

2 Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel. 4 So Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this company will lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, person has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me! 6 Therefore please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

He was smart of enough to know his kingdom did not stand a chance, but he was dumb enough to think he could curse God’s people. He felt, because the Children of Israel were moving into the neighborhood, and would eventually take over; he had to get rid of them.  Doesn’t this sound vaguely familiar to systemic racism?  Of course it does! But that is another teaching, in fact in my prophetic book “Again, Simple Truth: The Exceptional Year 2020: What Needed to be Understood” that is addressed more in-depth, and you definitely want to read it, ignorance is not bliss.

Balak, actually believed he could get a prophet of God to curse God’s people! That is where you just shake your head and say “is this guy serious?! “ Well, now that your appetite is whet, why not pick up a bible and read what happens next.  I promise not only is the interesting part about the donkey speaking in the reading, but also what happens to the knucklehead King that tried to curse-for-hire the prophet to curse God’s people.

Point of this story being, it does not matter what your will is, who you like or dislike, who/ what you believe or don’t believe, and what you want or don’t want, trust me when I tell you the truth and depth of God’s will be done here on Earth, is real and you don’t want to find yourself on the other side of His will. 

Speaking or going against the will of the Lord is dangerous and may even be blasphemy.  After all blasphemy is defined as speaking against God, speaking or acting against holy things of God, to the degree of it being profane towards the things of God.  And if one blasphemes against Holy Spirit, you have committed the sin that is unforgivable and therefore unpardonable. 

As a servant of the Lord, His Prophet, I have had the very unnerving and very frightening experiences of watching those that spoke against me when I spoke the Word of the Lord, literally wither away and some even to the point of death.  Not because of me, but because I am doing His work.  I am sent by Him. Therefore, the beef you thought you had with me or any of God’s people doing the will of God, you don’t, you have beef with God.  You just don’t realize that fact.  

And I don’t say that lightly, I say it to warn you as we see in scripture:  Hebrews 10:31 (The Message Bible) 26-31 If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me. Or in the New King James Version -Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.I don’t speak of those matters as it is nothing I take lightly, nor should you.  So please do not ever ask me about it, as I will not speak on such unless I am instructed by my Heavenly Father, The Lord God Almighty. If it is for you to know and to witness, you will. Otherwise, just take concern about your matters and your mouth.

You see Beloveds; here in the United States for example, we have the U.S. Constitutional right by law to the freedom of speech.  However, as a child of God, as a Believer in The Kingdom of God, we must be careful how and what we speak. We don’t have the right to use our words loosely and carelessly.  For it is written in the scriptures, Proverbs 18:21 Death and Life are in the power of the tongue.”  The words we speak have the ability to bring life or to bring death.  Sticks and stones may break our bones, but trust that words will hurt us, to the point of death. Don’t believe that nursery rhyme that says “sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. That is a lie that the enemy (Satan and his kingdom) want us to believe. Do not believe that hype. Words can hurt and do great damage.  Words can destruct.

We all do well to remember what God has blessed no man can curse, and what God has cursed no man can bless.

Numbers 23:8 “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Blessings to You, In His Service,

Apostle and Prophetess Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

Dull Knives

As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. (Proverbs 27:17)  The Body of Christ has a responsibility to share the Love of God, the Glory of God, and the Word of God as part of our everyday lives.

In fact, we are emboldened in Ephesians 5:19 to encourage and lift one another up in Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual songs.  We are supposed to regularly by speaking, sharing, and singing the Word of God:

19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Just those three verses of scripture hold very deep and very specific instructions to us as believers.  Those outside the Body of Christ (The Church) are not expected to live other than the sinful life that they have chosen.  In the book of Ephesians, Apostle Paul, the author of the book of Ephesians, is speaking to the Church at Ephesus, and he is giving instruction to them as how to live by reminding them and encouraging them of the simple truth of God’s instruction and ordinances to the church.

He says in verse 19

“…speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord”:  we must turn our focus to the Father, and allow our communication through our heart, our thoughts, and our words be sweet and pure.  Having good things to say to Him about others.

Because if we keep our conversation and focus unto the Lord, we learn, as children to mimic our parents, and thus what we learn is what we speak and what we do. 

It is not Christ-like to gossip, speak ill, complain, and slander others.  Not as believers.  No matter how we feel about another person, we must learn to remain spiritual concerning them.  The bible tells us in Romans 12:18:

18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.

 And for those who feel they cannot live peaceably among or with others, because sometimes that is the case, then we are to separate and have no part of them:

Romans 16:17-18

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

There are some that will cause YOU to sin if you are not wise and vigilant.   Pick up your grace and run far from them.  Have no parts of them.  Instead of you being the light and you have become like them and one of them.

Matthew 5:30

30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

What it did not tell us to do is run our mouths with complaining and slandering, but instead “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord…” because we too must give an account of our actions and our words.

See here is the thing; until Jesus returns we are going to live among the ungodly, but that does not mean we become like them.  Because the time will come, where they will reap the harvest of their evil deeds

Matthew 13:24-30

The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

Quite the contrary, we are peculiar people, chosen and set apart by God.  We should thing and act noticeably different.  And it should cause people to notice and want to serve the God we serve.

1 Peter 2:9

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

  So let us not be dull knives, let us sharpen one another as iron sharpens iron, by lifting up and exalting the name of Christ Jesus by our words, our deeds, and our responses.

Stay in the Grip of His Grace,

Apostle and Prophetess, Wendy Connor

Copyright © Wendy Connor

Note To The Church: The Body of Christ

(1 Peter 4:17) For the time has come for judgement to begin.

From the beginning, the Lord has had a strict and very definitive plan for His people. Although mankind continues to fall short, Jesus bridged the gap and therefore, reconciled man to God. Sadly, many of the shortcomings have derived within the Church, meaning the Body of Christ. The Church has become complacent, lethargic, self-centered, haughty and full of pride. Summed up: sloppy, just plain sloppy.

Know for certain, Christ is coming soon [no man knows the day nor the hour – so if there are any predicting a date, pick up your grace and RUN!], and judgment will begin AT the church, according to scripture.

Notice, the scripture says AT the church and not IN the church? Because the Church is NOT four walls, [a building where people meet] but a Body of people who are called by His Name and follow Christ. It has nothing to do with a church building, and as much as many would like to make it about church attendance, it spans far deeper and much further than that. Side note: if you are still having hang-ups about the importance of church attendance, please read my books beginning with Simple Truth , Simple Truth Too , More Simple Truth , and Thy Kingdom Come . It is the Truth of God’s Word, which makes us free. Those books teach truth! (Available on Amazon.com) just those four books teach you the Bible in simplistic ways, give you the opportunity to pray the prayer of salvation and accept Christ into your heart and into your life, and learn the joy of being a part of the Kingdom of God without all the religious traditions, inaccurate rituals, and unnecessary formalities. Back up with scriptural references as proof.

Please remember because of Christ’s sacrifice we are “Now therefore, you are no longer stranger and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” [Ephesians 2:19] And because of this we are held to a standard set by the Lord. A standard that “ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. [Ephesians 2:20]

With that said, let’s clarify a few things, because much of what the modern day Christian Church is teaching, living, and believing, simply is not scriptural;

1.       First, the Kingdom of Heaven is a real place for those of us to dwell in eternity after we leave this Earth. Revelation chapter 4 speaks of the Throne Room of Heaven. In the first, second, and third chapters of Revelation, we learn that of the Seven Churches, only the Church of Philadelphia Christ did commend as faithful and for THAT reason, those of that church (meaning those people that made up Church Body in Philadelphia) He spoke of, saying, “I know your works. See I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept MY Word, and have not denied My name.” [Revelation 3:8] The other six churches, though, He found fault and shortcomings with. To see the Kingdom of Heaven, we as the Body of Christ, must return to being faithful to the what the scriptures have commanded and instructed us.

2.       Romans 8:30: Moreover whom He predestined, these he also called; whom He called, these He also justifies; and whom he justified, these He also glorified. The fourth chapter of Ephesians speaks of the spiritual gifts that to each of us was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. [Ephesians 4:7] Biblical titles are important because they carry with them the supernatural abilities required to achieve Kingdom of God work and also, engage in spiritual warfare. Therefore, the unscriptural titles the church has grown accustomed to must cease. For example, First Lady. If you are the wife of a pastor, unless you are called by the Lord, to a spiritual gift or a spiritual office [Ephesians 4:11], you’re the pastor’s wife. First lady is not scriptural nor is it a scriptural title. And a very dangerous title that is rampant in the church is Reverend. Again, unscriptural. In fact, the scriptures are clear in Psalm 111:9: He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever; Holy and reverend is His name. Now…unless you have sent redemption to God’s people, and commanded a covenant for Your people, that’s an unscriptural title for man, reserved only for God.

3.       I happened upon a discussion on Twitter Social Media, not long ago [just another reason why I limit my presence on social media] and the pure ignorance [lack of knowledge] about reading the Bible had me frustrated to my very core. A renowned Jewish Christian Scholar was speaking to the subject of reading the Bible from cover to cover and why as the Body of Christ we all need to do so. And I was appalled at how many people responded that it is not necessary, and that Holy Spirit leads us to the scriptures we need to know at the moment. I knew there was no way possible to take that to task on such a platform, so my response was limited – adding nothing could be further from the truth and that you don’t know that you don’t know. The reality is, the scriptures tell a story, and most of the scriptures that people isolate and quote, have a much deeper and greater meaning tied to a precept somewhere else in the scriptures. I have read the entire Bible cover to cover twice. Once in the order in which it is written and then a second time in chronological order. Then I read the scrolls that were not Canonized (published in the King James Bible). It cannot be emphasized enough, the understanding and importance to read the totality of God’s Word from beginning to end, as well as because Isaiah 28:9-10 “whom will he teach knowledge? And who will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.” Heaven is non-denominational, the only criteria is that listed in the scriptures. It is time for the Church to “get the memo” as we metaphorically say, and get right according to scripture so that we don’t get left, when Christ returns for His Church.

Blessings, Apostle Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

Partners

For some time now, Father has laid heavy on my spirit that the Body of Christ WILL move in partnership. I saw in a vision, ministries co-laboring. This ministry helping that ministry, each one working in the other's vineyard. This is where, and why the Church is being judged (measured).

Those called and truly hearing The Lord are not competing against one other, they are completing one another! The Pastors are truly shepherding and discipling; the Prophets are coming out with fresh bread (The Word), the Apostles are on the front lines bringing to order and discipline in the Church, the Teachers are teaching, training, equipping the Body of Christ, and the Evangelists are ‘crying loud and sparing not’!

If this is not your agenda and you say that you are called, or indeed you have been called, you will be judged and brought down! No more pimping the ministry and God's people for selfish gain!

No more, controlling and laying ownership to the flock! The Lord says "NO MORE!" For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:9

Blessings, Apostle Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

It’s All Vanity and Vexation

You know those times when it seems the clock is barely moving? Yet, present circumstances cause you to incessantly watch that clock and wish whatever agony you are enduring would end. Kind of like during the COVID-19 pandemic, you wanted it to end and be over so that you could get back to normal? And don’t even think about extending this agony beyond which you are obligated; it has been torture enough, enduring the time that you did. Another moment more and you just might do something very irrational if you have to continue in this present state of discontent. And yet, here in the United States the numbers are rising, and we may experience a second wave. You get the picture.

There is something to be said about the lack of patience and the inability to endure hardness or anything unpleasant. If this pandemic has got you going out of your head, it does not take much to rattle your cage and that’s not good. Thankfully, everything has an end…everything.

But what if there was no end to that agony? What if it became eternal, a place of eternity? The Bible tells us King Solomon was the wisest man to ever live: 1 Kings 4 :29-34 (NKJV) And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.

Not to mention he was one of, if not, the most wealthiest . And yet, in all his wisdom and wealth, at the end of his days, just before the grave, he came to the conclusion and very realization, that all of his wisdom, wealth, and earthly possessions were: Ecclesiastes 1:10-17 (KJV ) Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Know this: The back of the airplane arrives at the same time as the front of the airplane The Jalopy will get you from point A to point B just as the luxury vehicle will as well The belly is still full on porridge and bread as it is on the finer delicacies Burial in a cedar wood box or a fine elegant casket, the body is still dead and will not know of either, which it is laid to rest in…Nor will it matter.

When it is all said and done, material things are just that - material, and when we retire to the grave, it all becomes immaterial to us because we surely cannot take it with us. If our ancestors from the grave could come back, they would surely tell us all, "live your purpose in Christ while on Earth, because I am where I am now, because I did/did not. " Do not get caught up in having and acquiring material things and status; instead, get caught up in eternity and being about Our Father’s business.

Stay Blessed Beloved, Apostle Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

It Is Not YOUR Problem!

When you are attempting to fulfill your God-ordained purpose, you will encounter many on the “outside looking in” (so to speak) at your gifts and callings and your abilities and achievements with a jealous eye.

This clearly is the work of the enemy working through the person that is weak enough to be driven by their own flesh, in which the enemy uses to gain a footing inside. Shame on the one that allows themselves to be used as an instrument of evil, for Satan’s devices.

However, this is nothing new, according to scripture. In the book of Nehemiah we learn, Nehemiah accepted the assignment task of building the wall for God’s people, and of course there was jealousy.

 You know, the Bible tells us clearly, that there is nothing new under the sun.(Ecclesiastes 1:9) Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NCV ) All things continue the way they have been since the beginning . What has happened will happen again; there is nothing new here on earth.

When this happens, the jealous one will attempt to distract you from carrying out what you are called to do. Let us look in the scriptures at the story of Nehemiah, God’s prophet who was determined to carry out his assignment of what he had been called to do-- (which was to rebuild the wall) despite the opposition (Sanballat and Tobias) that came forcefully at him: Nehemiah 4 (NCV) Those Against the Rebuilding (Those against the Work of God) When Sanballat heard we were rebuilding the wall, he was very angry, even furious . He made fun of the Jewish people. He said to his friends and those with power in Samaria, “What are these weak Jews doing? Will they rebuild the wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in one day? Can they bring stones back to life from piles of trash and ash? ” Tobiah the Ammonite, who was next to Sanballat, said, “If a fox climbed up on the stone wall they are building, it would break it down.” I prayed, “Hear us, our God. We are hated. Turn the insult s of Sanballat and Tobiah back on their own heads. Let them be captured and stolen like valuables. Do not hide their guilt or take away their sins so that you can’t see them, because they have insulted the builders.” So we rebuilt the wall to half its height, because the people were willing to work.

I don’t know about you, but I have certainly had my share of Sandballats and Tobiahs in my life, and still continue to encounter them. But like Nehemiah, I continue to maintain my focus and press forward; you too must do the same: Nehemiah 6 (NCV) More Problems for Nehemiah: Then Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there was not one gap in it. But I had not yet set the doors in the gates. So Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, Nehemiah, let’s meet together in Kephirim on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me. So I sent messenger stothem with this answer:

“I am doing a great work, and I can’t come down. I don’t want the work to stop while I l eave to meet you.” Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times , and each time I sent back the same answer. The fifth time Sanballat sent his helper to me with the message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter.  This is what was written: A report is going around to all the nations, and Geshem says it is true, that you and the Jewish people are planning to turn against the king and that you are rebuilding  the wall. They say you are going to be their king and that you have appointed prophets to announce in Jerusalem: “There is a king of Judah!” The king will hear about this. So come, let’s discuss this together. So I sent him back this answer: “Nothing you are saying is really happening. You are just making it up in your own mind.” Our enemies were trying to scare us, thinking, “They will get too weak to work. Then the wall will not be finished.” But I prayed, “God, make me strong.” One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. Shemaiah had to stay at home. He said, “Nehemiah, let’s meet in the Temple of God. Let’s go inside the Temple and close the doors, because men are coming at night to kill you.” But I said, “Should a man like me run a way? Should I run for my life into the Temple? I will not go.” I knew that God had not sent him but that Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to prophesy against me. They paid him to frighten me so I would do this and sin. Then they could give me a bad name to shame me. I prayed, “My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat and what they have done. Also remember the prophetess Noadiah and the other prophets who have been trying to frighten me.”

Beloved, if you are reading this message, your take away should be this: If you are doing a work for the LORD and you are met with opposition, even to the point of someone speaking ill concerning you or lying on you, their issue is not with you, it is with GOD. Let me say it again: their issue is not with you it is with God, it is a spiritual battle and the spirit of darkness is at enmity with you because of the Spirit of God upon you!

And like Nehemiah, you must PRAY TO GOD to make you strong and ALLOW HIM to deal with those who have tried to make the matter between you and them, when in reality whether they realize it or not, it is between THEM and GOD.

Why you ask, because they have a problem with jealousy and need God’s power, grace, and mercy to deliver them from that evil. The fact they have directed it at you, is NOT your problem as long as you continue to focus on your gift and calling. Your goal and focus is to complete the work you have been called/assigned to.

The Wall Is Finished: The wall of Jerusaem was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul . It took fifty-two days to rebuild. When all our enemies heard about it and all the nations around us saw it, they were shamed. They then understood that the work had been done with the help of our God.

My family and I are concluding a great work we have been called to accomplish. And rest assured, many had opinions, gossipped, and spoke sarcasm towards our assignment as we stood in faith and waited upon God for our reward. Like Nehemiah, we have completed this particular work. We understood it was never between us and them proving what God had spoken to us.

As a result, like those during the days of Nehemiah, “they” will be shamed and also they will know we made it with the help of our God.

Many are coming out of a season that required supernatural endurance, and it was made even more of a challenge to endure because of the “enemies” and their opposition with words spoken, gossip, false accusations, etc. But know this Beloved, the wall is built, and God is pleased. And as for the Sanballats and Tobiahs, well here is how the story ends in the scriptures: Nehemiah 7 (NCV ): After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers , singers , and Levites were chosen. I put my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the commander of the palace, in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah was honest and feared God more than most people.  I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut and bolt the doors. Appoint people who live in Jerusalem as guards, and put some at guard posts and some near their own houses.” ” The city was large and roomy, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.  Then my God caused me to gather the important people, the leaders, and the common people so I could register them by families. I found the family history of those who had returned first. This is what I found written there:

These are the people of the area who returned from captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each going back to his own town.  These people returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah…

 It was time to celebrate, for the work had been completed! And those that were captive were made free to return to Israel, inside the walls (which represented safety) that had been built. Then there was worship and great celebration: Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching said to all the people, “This is a holy day to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad or cry.” All the people had been crying as they listened to the words of the Teachings.

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.”

The Levites helped calm the people, saying, “Be quiet, because this is a holy day. Don’t be sad.”

Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send some of their food to others, and to celebrate with great joy. They finally understood what they had been taught.

Nehemiah’s fearlessness and trust in the Lord allowed many captives to be set free! Understand this: the captives being set free, hinge on our ability to do what we are called to, be not moved by the spirit of jealousy or any other work of the flesh that the enemy uses to distract you. Focus on what God has called you to, and God will take care of the rest including your enemies and in doing so, your reward shall be great!

God Bless you richly! Apostle Wendy Connor

Copyright © 2020 Wendy Connor

Nuggets

The Church needs to BE the example, and as the True Worshippers come forth. It is vital to be mindful of the following: To those in Leadership capacity in the Church: NEVER…EVER… minister out of necessity. Do not manipulate God's people for your own personal agenda, not for financial gain, and definitely not to control HI S people. We are given these ministry gifts to lead God's people to Him! It is not to pay your bills, get rich, or control their lives for your own personal gain. GOD (not you) created the Heavens and the Earth. And made man in HIS image and in His likeness (not yours). It is a heavy price to pay to fall into the hands of an angry God. (Hebrews 10:31)

"If God wants to speak to me, He can talk to me personally, I don't need a prophet, nor anyone else." We have heard it has been said. And to an extent, there is some truth to that statement, but say it in humility because God is a God of purpose and He created the ministry gifts for a purpose. He will speak to whom to whom He will speak to; He will speak through whom he will speak through. Remember: He spoke through a donkey; opened the donkey's mouth and the donkey spoke. (Numbers 22:21-30)

Be very careful speaking against the men and women of God who walk in His anointing. The Church has become comfortable in speaking against true men and women serving God. Miriam (a Prophetess) spoke against her brother Moses in the Bible (Numbers 12:1-16) and the Lord heard her and struck with her sickness, it is ONLY because Moses pleaded for her life, was she not killed; but after 7 days she was healed.

Discernment will always answer: yes/no; good/bad; negative/positive. Discernment is a protectional gift of Holy Spirit. Listen to your spirit because Holy Spirit is constantly speaking you [your] spirit man.

And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love! [1 Thessalonians 5:12 - The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson] Respect the anointing of those called to ministry and labor for your sake.

Get along among yourselves, each of you doing your part. Our counsel is that you warn the freeloaders to get a move on. Gently encourage the stragglers, and reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs. And be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves you don’t snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out. [1 Thessalonians 5:13-15 The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson]

Holy Spirit is a person. He is not an it. He is not a thing [2 Corinthians 3:17]

The Lord does not work in proverbial "mysterious ways"…He works in ways so the YOU WILL KNOW HE IS THE LORD!!! [Psalm 46:10]

There is great danger in adding or taking away from the Holy Scriptures. Many have done it in the past to justify their own agendas. The scripture warns:

Deuteronomy 4:2 - Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 12:32 - What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Proverbs 30:5-6 - Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Matthew 5:18 - For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

2 Timothy 3:16 - All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

The common phrase lately when someone has passed on from life on this Earth is “Rest in Heaven” or the deceased “gained their wings”. Both are erroneous in nature. For whatever reason they have become so common, perhaps designed to make the grief process more palatable? Understand, if you have eternal life (Heaven) you will not be resting. You will be continually praising and worship Elohim, the Most High God. Further, nowhere in scripture can we deduce that we are striving to gain wings. We were not and will not ever be angels, the body of mankind was created from the dust of the Earth and as spirit beings we will reign with Christ in Glorified bodies. In John 17, Jesus Christ was very specific in His prayers for us. All that He prayed be granted to us, was spoken in that prayer, and it did not speak to the physical design of us, it spoke of our spiritual authority and our spiritual power. We we know better, we speak better as it pertains to our knowledge of the holy scriptures and the will of God.

The Body of Christ has yet to learn that we are all on the same team, or should be anyway, and the competition among believers must stop. We must labor in one another’s vineyard to complete the task and be in the will of Father. Surely, if we cannot work together on Earth, we will not be together in Heaven or have eternal life. That same jealousy you exude and have in your heart here on Earth, is the same jealousy that will lead you to eternal death. There is no place in Heaven for the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21: 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

An illustration: You have two people. We’ll call them Paul and Mark. Simultaneously, they both have lost their home, their job, and have taken ill. And when it seems it cannot get worse, both lose a loved one (child and/or spouse) to death. But Paul has served the Lord and walked in righteousness while Mark has lived in unrighteousness and with an evil heart. Mark is experiencing his circumstances all to the glory of God. You see, his faith is being tried in the fire, and he will come out as pure gold. Ecclesiasticus 2:5 (Apocrypha) “For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.” 1 Peter 1:7: 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, But Paul is paying the price for his works of sin. Romans 6:23: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Sin causes death in our lives. Something, not necessarily human life, but something will die! Point being, never look at the circumstances of one’s life and assume or conjecture as to why it is that way. It takes discernment and wisdom to fully know and understand why one’s life is as it is. And except Father reveal it to you, consider it none of your business, other than to pray. Don’t judge.

Stay Blessed, Apostle Wendy Connor

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