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THE CHILDREN’S BREAD

– MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL –

1^st. February 2024

SCRIPTURE:

“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. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.

And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore, they speak as the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error”

1 John 4:1-6, NKJV.

A wonderful new month to you, child of God. I believe and pray, that all is well with you. Well, in all things, let us be reminded, that there are more reasons for which we ought to be grateful to God Almighty, than not, and for that, may HE, now and forever, remain enthroned in our high praises, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!

Child of God, in this month’s devotional, I would love to give my opinion to this question:

IS THE BODY OF CHRIST IN CRISIS?

From my spiritual understanding, as well as, from my physical experiences and observations to this subject matter, my humble answer would be,

“I do not believe, that the Body of Christ is in crisis like many are saying, that she is.”

If anything, I would rather say, that this is the healthiest she has been for a very long time. What you are experiencing is God at work, exposing, both the evil things and people in Her, who have gone unnoticed for a very long period of time, much longer than they should have been allowed to stay undercover. What most people consider as crisis, might not be one, or in my opinion, is not even one, but rather, something positive, should you truly have the well-being of the Bride of Christ at heart, as opposed to faking it for your own personal gain, which has nothing to do with the love of Christ or the protection of the integrity of the Church. Therefore, if the situation regarding the mal-practices in the Church and what God is permitting to happen due to it, is handled appropriately as opposed to hating and attacking it, then, it would end up being a very beautiful thing for the Church at large. On one hand, this so-called crisis is a good thing from the perspectives of genuine shepherds, while on the other hand, it is a very unbearable threat to wolves in sheep’s clothing, who are within the Church. It is good, if not for anything, for the babes in Christ to know, that the ungodly practices and their perpetrators, that are being exposed within the church are not old wives’ fables, but rather, that they truly exist and are parading themselves within the church. That notwithstanding, they also observe, that indeed, all hope is not lost because not all, who are within the Church are liars, immoral, perverts, thieves, wolves, and deceivers as they are able to compare and contrast. It is noteworthy, to those who are both without, and also to the babes in Christ within, that all hope is truly not lost as there are still Godly lone voices, both within the Church buildings and also without, who are still “genuinely” crying out for the sake of the children of God, who have been bewitched, in order for them to work against CHRIST. To that regard, and for the salvation of their souls, we are crying out and sparing none, as to help the eyes of their understanding to be opened to their current ungodly states, that they may genuinely repent and separate themselves from Satan, his evil workers, their demonic traditions, cultures, and practices.

Therefore, Christ our “holy Bridegroom” is using every means necessary to expose, and confront the satanic status quo within the church. For the sake of HIS children, The LORD GOD would have to do what HE must, which includes, shaking out the roaches from their holes, in order to cleanse HIS, and not their Church.

DOES THE CHURCH WANT PEACE?

If the Church wants peace, then, let Godly peace reign in Her, and also through Her, even to those outside, who are like a troubled sea, which is not able to find genuine rest, that they too, may find rest in God Almighty, through Christ, amen. The peace, which I am alluding to here, is the very kind of peace that has its source in The Prince of true peace, therefore, if we are able to find such peace in Her, then, why should we cause ungodly trouble for the Church? It is only a very evil person, that would come into a place of genuine peace and begin to speak war, yet, the problem is, that when the “GENUINE PEACE-SEEKERS” speak peace, they, that are on the-other-side, are for war! Child of God, think about this indelible truth; the very moment JESUS walked into the temple courts, had HE not seen the evil which was prevalent in the Temple, which others never saw as such, or even if they did, for earthly gains, they allowed it to fester, I do believe, that He would never have turned into a “Torero,” in oder to chase them out! As a result, if there is genuine peace in the Church, then, let’s be at peace with Her and in Her, as that shouldn’t be a problem, at all – I mean, who doesn’t love peace? On the contrary, if the new Church has adopted a new nature of: See evil, but say nothing, and do nothing. Keep pretending that all is well, when the Church is literally on fire right before your face. Go into covenant with Satan, in order to get a chunky slice of the world from him or share it with him, then, that is no longer the peace which Jesus represents. Hence, it is no longer the Bride HE died for, rather, what these agents of the Anti-Christ in the churches are subtly presenting to people, is “another bride, the alternative-bride,” the kind, which has absolutely nothing to do with The Christ, but rather, the false Christ!” As a result, many people are being deceived by Satan and those he has demonically called, chosen, trained, anointed, commissioned and sent forth into the world, to present to us, their alternative or false bride, and to a great degree, we are being hypnotized or bewitched to accept her as the Bride of Christ, since she is perfectly packaged for public or Churchie-consumption, because most of the church-goers have now been re-programmed to love perfect branding, more than the presence of God Almighty. That notwithstanding, for us who are the LORD GOD’S, and are called according to HIS holy purpose, we publicly decree and declare,

“IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, OUR HOLY GOD – WE REJECT AND FORBID IT, AMEN!!!”

WHAT IS THE CHURCH? Child of God, the church, is not the physical house, but rather, it is the people, who believe in God Almighty through Christ, be they within a house of general assembly or without, that makes up what we know as the church or the Bride of Christ – THE EKKLESIA (MATTHEW 16:18). That notwithstanding, the physical house itself, where the followers of Christ, gather together to worship God Almighty, is also expected to be kept clean for the security of the children of God Almighty within it. Therefore – We, who GENUINELY BELIEVE IN HIM, ARE THE CHURCH!

Like the word of God in the Bible as referenced above exhorts us to do; Child of God, this might sound kind of boring, but nonetheless, very accurate and should by no means be ignored – Test all spirits, to know whether they are of God or not, because Satan has sent out multitudes of his own ministers, who are now in the world, and this very bitter-to-swallow information is not for everyone, but only for those of you, who are able to understand and also accept the truth when you hear it, and one of such truth is this:

These satanic ministers, are standing in many pulpits, preaching, teaching, prophesying to sheep and lambs, and in most cases, they are very difficult to detect because sometimes, their messages may seem very similar to those of genuine ministers, and their predictions may seem equally similar to those of the genuine prophets. No wonder, why Jesus called them, “wolves, in sheep’s clothing!”

Within the Scripture referenced above, it says,

“And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore, they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”

Simply put, these Antichrists who are now in the world, are spirits who have rejected CHRIST, after fully understanding, that He is the Christ! We are not talking about someone, who is ignorant about Christ, or even those, who do not know HIM, as they have, either never heard of Him, or they have never had any genuine encounter with HIM to be able to choose if they should accept or reject HIM. NO! Child of God, not those ones, On the contrary; we are talking about spirits, and in some cases, people, who deliberately turn their backs to JESUS CHRIST, after they have had genuine encounter with HIM, have partaken of His limitless grace, and can truly testify that HE is real! That notwithstanding, they reject HIM, in order to embrace Satan, for the love of the world and the things within it. They embrace Satan, citing what God Almighty, either did not give to them, or failed to give to them fast enough, SPEEDY enough, or big enough. They cite, that why they reject God is because their dog, cat, or rat, died, and God did nothing to stop the death, neither did HE resurrect them like He did, Lazarus! As a result, they revoke their belief in JESUS CHRIST permanently, consequently, such, are the agents, servants, or followers of the principal chief of all demonic rebels – THE ANTI-CHRIST! To be a bit more detailed as to who they are:  

• These are those, who would literally go to any length, pledging their lives to their demonic assignments, just to fight against Christ, HIS WILL, and His genuine followers (of which I, sister Susan, am one of them).

• These are those, who will do whatever it takes to try to snuff out the fire of God Almighty, which they see burning in genuine followers of Christ.

• These are those who would jump on the band wagon of the movement of Christ, for this main purpose; to distract, re-route, slow down, pollute, hijack the message as to divert the attention of the sheep, but only to eventually pull them into darkness, when the children of God have let down their guards, thus, steal, kill and destroy the sheep and their blessings.

• These are those, who hate genuine vessels of God Almighty, whom God uses to deliver HIS sons and daughter from darkness and the bondage to Satan, thus, they would do whatever they must, to pollute, discredit, mute, threaten, oppress, mock, and block the ways of these genuine vessels of God.

• These are those who, for the purpose of being perfect in their deception, would use the name of Jesus Christ, and anything in the Scripture, which would make them come across as though they were sent by God, while the opposite is the case, but in most cases, their evil natures or identities would only be publicly made evident, after too much harm has already been done to the Church.

• These are those who are determined to stop the Bride of Christ from being made ready for the return of Christ, but rather, made ready for the coming of the Antichrist, in whose service they are, as a result, why should we not test all spirits? Besides, child of God, why are you appalled at the fact, that you did not meet these wicked spirits in a celebratory mood, the moment they get the slightest inkling as to why we are testing their spirits?

• As a result of the fact, that these spirits are operating very skillfully in this world, we are to be mindful for our souls, by testing all spirits, first. Where we make mistakes after testing the spirits according to the word of God, which none of us is exempt from, then, the LORD God, Who is forever faithful, and Who honors our obedience to Him, would always intervene on our behalf, should we fall into trouble due to mis-interpreting the spirits.

That being the case, let us permit God Almighty to keep using us, to cleanse HIS Church, but being mindful of how we go about it, as not to throw the baby away with the bath water.

WHY MUST WE CONTINUE TAKING ALL THESE INSULTS AND HARASSMENT FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT APPRECIATE US, OR SIMPLY PUT, WHO HATE US?

It is because of the main reason, for which we are doing all these, and which is the same motivation that literally forces us to even embarked on this journey in the first place – It is not for the approval or appreciation of men because should that have been the case, we would long have lost hope and given up on the good news of God Almighty, being the only One Who truly matters the most. Therefore, we are laboring for the greatest and most valuable approval of all – God Almighty’s! We are doing this for Jesus Christ, Who is the head of HIS Bride (The Church), as HE equally did for HIS Holy Father, when He walked here on earth and was constantly insulted, and mocked by those, who for diverse reasons which were not Godly, felt threatened by HIS presence, and as a result, like Jesus understood, we too, must hold unto the very truth, which the wicked are trying their very best to erase from our memories, that Our holy Father’s house is a house of prayer, and not a den of thieves and robbers, thus, within the church, we get to worship THE KING of kings and the LORD of lords, and no one else, amen!

Finally, as it relates to this devotional, Child of God, the world needs a healthy Church. Having said that, I fully understand, that till the time of the great and the final separation, there will never come that time when the church will be completely rid of evil people within her, yet, it should not be to the degree we now have them, where they are boldly and aggressively threatening to crush the genuine believers of Christ, and where the Church has become so lucrative for them that they tend to advertise it to their fellow deceivers and scammers, for them to apply for positions in the pulpits, since from their understanding and experiences with the Church for many years now, they have what it takes to pass the tests required – DECEPTION!

WE need a healthy church because the children of God within the places of worship, and those of them who are still in the world are heavily harassed, and oppressed by Satan, but without a healthy Church, one, that is not diving and stumbling around for fame, clout, followings, money and recognition, thus, perverting herself, these vulnerable ones would not be easily set free! Consequently, God Almighty, Who is the Supreme Judge of all who are both alive and dead, would require accountability from us as to what happened to them. The church is not a one man’s or a selected group of people’s show, but rather, it is a team work, yes, a team, that is not riddled with greed, self-aggrandizement, jealousy, envy, love for money, and ungodly-rivalry. We are all looking forward to the time, when the Church would once again, take Her rightful position in the world, but for that to happen, She has to be set-apart from the world, and She (The Church) has to be healed first, because she has become a healer, who now needs healing, as well. Consequently, if the Church is healed, Satan and his occult ministers would we wailing louder than they have been celebrating, but till then, let’s keep praying and speaking up where and when we must, and in whichever capacity we are able to do so, as that, is one of the ways to contribute towards healing the church, of her affliction.

ATTENTION: CHILD OF GOD, wherever I mention Jesus or God, while explaining things in the devotionals I write, I want you to understand, that it is referring to JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD ALMIGHTY/ GOD and GOD THE HOLY FATHER, thus, not to be exchanged with the name of any man or woman, and certainly, not mine, this is to help us not to end up with wrong and ungodly assumptions.

PRAYER

• Holy Father God, in the precious name of Your Son and our Savior Jesus Christ, help us to be ever mindful of the fact, that the spirits of the Anti-Christ are in the world, and since they are demonic forces who are very diligent with their evil crafts, and in their assignments against Christ, His Holy kingdom, and followers – The battle is Yours, Holy Father God.

• Our Holy, most faithful and Omni-Potent God, help us who belong to You, to be as wise as we ought to be in You, as to discern the vessels of the Anti-Christ, as well as to prevail over them, and their evil assignments against us, amen.

• Holy Father God, let the weapon they form against us be frustrated and come to nought, by Your word and light in the most faithful name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Child of God, as it relates to MONTHLY DEVOTIONALS, till the first of next month, be happy and stay blessed.

Jesus loves you.

Yours Sister – Susan.