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A Prophetic Word to Be Judged

In my prayer time this morning the Lord dictated this message for me to post and for you to judge:


 


“What I am about to do in this nation, this great nation of America which I love, will cause heads to spin and there will be no denying it was My hand, the very hand of God. Continue to pray and seek Me as you have and I will show you your part as you put one foot in front of the other. I am calling forth many women in this hour and these women, who have been the strength of faith for their families will cause the men to become jealous and take their rightful place as the leaders and protectors of their families.


 


Warrior spirits are rising up in My men even now. As they see the destruction of the enemy on all the mountains of society, they are growing in righteous anger knowing the hard work of men and women for decades is being destroyed. This impacts their God-given purpose to provide for and protect their families. Many men have been seduced by the enemy of God to take a back seat—to abdicate their roles, but no longer.



Even now with all that is occurring and the enemy’s effort to cause division according to the color of skin, men are stepping into their rightful place of dignity, honor and purpose to provide for and protect their families. Where there has been the greatest disparity in this position and purpose of men, you will see the greatest come back. The aspects of culture that have suffered fatherlessness, is being powerfully restored as I cause people to see the evil that has been perpetrated against them.


 


The destruction and division attempted by the enemy under the banner of Black Lives Matter, is actually serving to ignite a passion in My black men who can no longer deny My calling them to step up and out of the oppression that has been upon them, even seducing some to victim mentality.


 


I say NO! My Son has done everything to free all men from all manner of oppression and I command My people to stand tall in their position in Christ. This is not a battle against flesh and blood! This is, and always has been, a battle against good and evil. There are men and women on both sides of this battle. Choose this day who you will serve.”



My heart breaks knowing the enemy is pitting God’s people against one another. He always has but in our current culture it’s increased and tremendously violent. We have the ability to withstand the enemy and turn this situation around, with God’s help. True disciples of Jesus will be known by the love we show one another–to every human being made in God’s image.

I want to know how this word resonates with you. I’d like to know your thoughts and ask you to post your comments below or on the social media posts that lead you here.

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The Hope of Restoration is Certain

Finding hope when everything comes against hope can only be accomplished if we focus on truth. Jesus’ words, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” have never been more significant than they are today amidst the tremendous chaos and anarchy we’ve experienced.

Many are having difficulty getting their heads around recent events. Many are suffering great losses, while others are given over to fear and panic. What are the solutions we need? I offer a few with my heart’s desire to help us all heal and become whole, operating in the full authority and power of Christ, He wants us to.

I believe we’re at a unique point on God’s timeline intended by Him to reset the entire world. The worldwide event of the pandemic was generated by the enemy of God to bring sickness, death and destruction. However, nothing the enemy ever does will overcome God’s people. That’s not to say God’s people are exempt from harm or the work of the enemy. Quite the contrary–God’s people are targets of the enemy. While we may not be utterly overcome, we can be adversely impacted, even devastated at times. At such times it is imperative we search for and intentionally remain focused on truth.

Many of us are familiar with John 8:32. However, it’s important to understand the passage in context. In verse 31, responding to the Jews who believed Him Jesus said, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” The condition required for us to know the truth that sets us free is to continue in God’s word as Christ’s disciples. When we are satisfying this condition, we cannot be overwhelmed by any effort of the enemy. Hope of restoration is certain for those who are wholly engaged as Christ’s disciples.

When the COVID-19 outbreak was first announced I was annoyed. I know all sickness comes from the enemy and I knew as a child of God I can stand firm on His promises. By submitting myself to God and resisting the devil I can avoid the enemy’s tactics. (James 4:7). Like John 8:32 incorrectly being cited without 8:31, James 4:7 is often quoted without the initial step of submitting ourselves to God. Simply resisting the devil in our own ability, does not work. Being an engaged disciple of Jesus allows us to discern the times and events to know how to best respond.

I firmly believe the enemy of God is in a panic, which is why we’ve seen such destruction and anarchy in our nation. This is why we’ve received conflicting reports from media about the spread, danger and duration of the coronavirus. The enemy is panicked and wants to wreck havoc and bring chaos to our land. As much as it may appear the causes of the upheaval is Democrat vs. Republican over the election, or Black against White racial bias, the truth is it’s a matter of good vs. evil. Evil has been increasing in our nation for decades, while the restraining power of the Church has timidly been reduced. The Church, meaning all who believe in Christ, has been influenced by the world of evil, instead of the Church pushing back evil in the world. It’s come to a point for God, just as we repeatedly seen in the Old Testament, where the remnant of God has called out consistent with 2 Chronicles 7:14, with repentant hearts asking God to intervene. The enemy senses God is about to answer these prayers and he’s pulled out all stops to destroy the hope and faith of everyone, even God’s people, if that were possible.

When health experts began instructing our leadership regarding how the public must respond, I was annoyed. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand the potential for the coronavirus, but I knew the realities of other viruses and the statistics of illness and deaths we experience annually in this country with them. When the mandate came for us to shelter in place and the government decided what were essential and non-essential businesses and services, I became angry. Clearly loss of income and jobs would follow and this over a virus that was an unknown, with models and projections changing almost daily. Seeing the power and control the governments are having over the people of their nations worldwide, seems to be a “dress rehearsal” for the ultimate end-time oppressive control of the anti-Christ. People who otherwise use sound logic and reason, became fearful and highly intimidated, responding in subjection without even questioning the validity of the control. Herd mentality took over as people hoarded food and supplies without any consideration of their neighbor. The unspoken mantra was “every man for himself.”

Then, just as the country was beginning to open up, the enemy interfered again and brought about the unfortunate death of George Floyd, igniting a wild fire of protests decrying racism and disproportionate response of police against men of the black community. For a second time, and like the first just before the presidential elections, the Black Lives Matter campaign swept the nation. Power mongering opportunists, took advantage of the peaceful protests and quickly turned peaceful protests into anarchy, destruction, looting, injuries and deaths. Watching these events take place it was clear Antifa and Antifi-like groups were being instructed to bring about destruction and greater division. I saw several videos where peaceful black citizens called out those who were bringing destruction making it clear they did not represent the values of the black community. Another video with showed a black police officer being assaulted by a group of people with the caption “Black lives matter unless you are a cop.” Again actual historical records reveal if police are disproportionate in their arrest of blacks. As Candace Owns expressed, the percent of people who commit crimes according to race must be taken into consideration.

Does any of this actually represent the values and morals the majority of people you know have? No. By comparison it is a very small group that through violence and threat seek control over the masses. Sadly, we’ve seen and will be seeing more and more revealed about the corruption in high places. Gratefully, one of the prophetic words spoken over 2020 was that this would be a year of justice. To make sense out of all we’ve experienced, we need to understand the enemy is conducting a “Death Blossom” maneuver which is to indiscriminately spray fire in all directions to cause as much deflective damage as possible. Clearly the enemy fears what is about to occur at the mere word of God.

When we see all manner of evil increasing, we must remain focused on who God is and what He has promised. The evidence of overwhelming chaos and destruction is our clue that the Lord is about to do a powerful work among us. We must focus on the power and promises of God which is far greater than anything the enemy can muster. We must put on the full armor of God (Ephesians  6:10-18) and having done all we can we are then to stand, firm, strong, defiant and confident of who we are in Christ, and who God is for us. The hope of restoration is certain, for God has already done all necessary to redeem the whole world. His final redemption and ultimate judgement of the world is going to happen. Until that day, we must focus on the many truths God has revealed so we can discern events, withstand the onslaughts of the enemy, and find peace that passes understanding in the midst of it all.

I sincerely hope these words of truth bring comfort to your soul and peace to your mind. And by hope I mean biblical hope which is a confident expectation as opposed to wishful thinking. I not only welcome your comments, I eagerly look for them. If you think this post would be helpful for anyone you know, please send them the link to the URL so they can be comforted and fortified. Also, consider sharing using the social media share buttons to your social media pages.

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A Prophetic Word to Be Judged

A Prophetic Word to be Judged

I’ve had several unusual dreams as of late that seem prophetic in nature. The dream I had this morning most definitely is prophetic based on the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Note the date is 5/10/2020. The number 5 represents God’s grace. Today’s date consists entirely of multiples of the number 5.

The dream emphasized three points:

Freedom from Bondage and Oppression of Every Kind
The personal question “Who do you want to work with?”
Revelation that God is hand picking teams

I heard God declare in a loud voice, “FREEDOM!” This declaration is being deposited into the hearts of many of God’s people now, who are strategically located around the earth. These are a new type of little Moses who are declaring for God, “Let My people go!” The banner of Truth and Freedom is over them. These Moses men and women have been prepared to lead, though at this time they are mostly unknown. “They will emerge from places all over the world with My anointing on them, to lead My people to freedom.”

The bondage and oppression caused by the coronavirus, and the mandate from governing officials to shelter in place is being used by God to convict and stir His people. As more lies and deception are revealed and truth is coming to light, righteous anger is being stirred. However, this comes with a caution. Righteous anger is pure and from God. It is not targeted at any person or individuals. We battle not against flesh and blood,

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.” (Eph 6:12-13 ESV).

Righteous anger takes its instructions from God the Father, imitating Jesus who never spoke or acted except according to what the Father revealed. (John 5:19. John 12:49). Those to whom God entrusts power and authority must be fully submitted to the Father’s will to carry out His Kingdom plans on earth.

“The world has touted its celebrities and political leaders who have lead people astray, including many of My people in My Church. They have elevated themselves and made idols out of men. The focus and elevation have not been properly placed upon My Son. I will tolerate this no more.”

“The cry of ‘Let My people go!’ is directed at the evil powers and authorities that have oppressed and deceived My people for decades. I declare Enough! The blind eyes and the deaf ears shall be no more. I am about to reveal Myself as I never have before, through people I’ve hand selected, whom you’ve not known before. My Church, has been divided in her allegiances seeking the ways of the world making her easy prey for the enemy. I will not chase after My Bride. Rather, I have watched her eat her pleasure and experience the outcomes of her own choices.”

“This coronavirus has caused My people to be sequestered and secluded where the nakedness of My Bride is revealed in the hearts of My people. My instructions to occupy (Luke 19:13) and to go and make disciples (Matt. 28:18-20) have never been rescinded. Yet clearly the evidence speaks for itself. My people have been tending their own desires over Mine. The world has many more people enslaved to the deceptive allures of the evil one than with pure hearts for Me. I am a jealous God. It is time, to let My people go and to rebuild My house.”

In my dream the Lord asked me “Who do you want to work with?” This question is double edged and two-fold. We must decide if we want to work with God or the enemy. We must realize anything we do that is not of God is of the enemy. Then, who we want to work with in the natural is our next response. Those who want to continue to work with the people asserting their limited power and personal agenda will be separated from those who want to work with God’s revealed leaders to bring His will on earth.

I said, “Lord, I want to work with Your people. I have longed for this day and have replied to You many times over the years, “Here I am Lord, send me” (Isaiah 6:8). I have waited in obscurity, being as faithful as I could with the gifts and talents You’ve given me. Yet, being as a race horse behind the gate stomping and snorting wanting very much for the gate to open. Yet, I know to start before Your perfect timing would not go well. So I’ve calmed myself down regularly waiting on Your perfect time. In this long season You have revealed to me that there are many others like me—waiting in an extended time of preparation to emerge on the scene at the precise moment You declare.”

Other prophets have spoken of us who are hidden in plain sight. And I believe God is on the verge of revealing His hand selected people who will suddenly emerge on the scene with His power and authority who will take the world by a surprise storm. I believe this will be manifest as we near Pentecost and increase mightily in the days that follow.

At the beginning of this year of 5780/2020 God revealed it is a year of exposing the corruption and bringing justice. We are already seeing that with the reversal of false charges against General Flynn, but there is much more to come. Much more.

The revelation of justice and separation of sheep and goats will continue until the day of Jesus’ return.

“And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (Luke 18:7-8, ESV)

We are in a moment of time where we must choose and align ourselves properly. God’s timeline waits for no one.

I suggest we use this time to conduct a personal heart audit. I also suggest church leadership use this time to conduct an internal church culture audit. And for those who have not been aligned with Jesus and His church, I pray those who belong to God will have their blind eyes opened and their deaf ears to hear. If we are not for God we are against Him.

Pray with me:

“Father, we acknowledge You in all Your righteous glory. We thank You for your long-suffering love and Your tender mercies. We repent for failing to keep our focus properly on You and our tendencies to seek our own pleasures. We clearly see the fruit of our own doing and how we have failed to occupy until You return.

Lord, consistent with 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 we understand You have used the evil of the enemy’s pestilence to bring us to right understanding. We repent and ask You to prepare our hearts and minds for us to emerge on the scene ready to reveal Your good and perfect will, and to influence the culture for Christ.

We long to rebuild Your house, working with those You’ve hand selected for us to partner with. We need resources, abilities, gifts and talents of many people to accomplish Your will. So we ask You for them, that we may boldly declare truth and demonstrate the freedom it brings for all who will walk in it. Amen.

Pamela Christian

Ordained Apostle by the Holy Spirit International Fellowship of Ministries, prophetic teacher, speaker and author.

Bio:

For over twenty-five years Pamela Christian has compassionately helped people discover and live in, life-giving truth. She holds an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from HSBN International Fellowship of Ministries, a certificate in Christian Apologetics from Biola University, is a Bible teacher, keynote speaker, radio and television host and a multiple award-winning author with her Faith to Live By series. In person presentations are what she enjoys most, inquire about booking Pam at www.pamelachristianministries.com

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Coronavirus – Resignation or Transformation it’s Your Choice

 

The mood around the world is somber as many people grieve the loss of loved ones–victims of the coronavirus. It’s incomprehensible to realize a virus has spread worldwide causing people around the glob to shelter in place–at least those who can. We are suddenly caused to consider others in ways we may have never before. Those who are homeless, without sustainable resources, or whose health was poor at the onset of the pandemic suffer the most. Realization of our own mortality looms before us. Overwhelming numbers of people under and unemployed, sever economic impact in countries all around the world. In my mind I hear the deafening wailing cries of people suffering in nation after nation, all around the world.

We’re hearing conflicting reports from the media we’ve come to completely distrust at a time when reliable sources are needed more than ever. Conspiracy theories abound. News reporters present information they are provided, intensifying the already rampant fear in the hearts of people. Truly this is a somber time. And a time we must ask ourselves some serious questions. Will we allow this pandemic to bring us to a place of resignation or transformation? Could it be that this worldwide virus has been permitted by God to bring us to intentionally consider ourselves? Could this be a form of Divine discipline prompting us to seriously consider truth–about God, about ourselves? I think so.

History reveals the inclinations of humanity and the digression into sinfulness and evil of every kind. God permits us to experience the extent of our own depravity unto a point. Unto the point we realize our wicked ways and that we need help and hope from beyond ourselves–we need God. In all humble gratitude, with my head bowed low, I thank God for His unrelenting love for us and for His perfecting intervention when we seek Him. God’s promise in 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 must be our focus: “ When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Yes, Lord hear our prayers to You and heal us. We confess and acknowledge the healing we need first in within our hearts, Amen.

In these weeks and months of being isolated and separated from loved ones, unable to enjoy community, we have the opportunity to reflect. I see the importance of considering the following:

What is the genuine condition of my heart?
What have I valued?
What is truly important?
What do I believe about God?
What do I believe about me?
In what have I been placing my faith–my trust?
What do I want to be remembered for?
What changes can I make in my life to accomplish my best heart’s goals?
What new direction will I take to make certain my life was not lived in vain?

When this pandemic is behind us, and it soon will be, will we seek to resume the life we’ve known, or will we embrace the transforming work God is wanting to do in us? This is an opportunity for us to embrace a Divine reset.

The truth may be exceedingly difficult to find in the world today. However, for those who genuinely want to discover truth, it can be found. If you have never settled on the truth of Jesus Christ and all He offers, I invite you to reconsider what you believe. If you have unanswered questions that you need help processing in your journey to find truth, I ask you to seek the wisdom of someone who is not succumbing to fear and resignation. Those who display peace and hope in dreadful times, possess truth, namely Jesus Christ. You can too, if you truly desire.

I pray you find the truth we all want and desperately need. You are the reason I wrote the first book in my Faith to Live By series, Examine Your Faith! Finding Truth in World of Lies.

I welcome your comments and will answer any questions you post below. It’s my desire to be a source of help and hope for you.

 

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Passion Week and Passover 2020

All our lives have been severely impacted. All around the globe people of every tongue, tribe, and nation have been profoundly impacted. The coronavirus, with all its mystery, has ascended on humanity at a time when the holiest of days are commemorated by Christians and Jews. Beginning Palm Sunday (April 5, 2020) through Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020) Christians celebrate the first coming of Jesus, recognized as the Jewish Messiah, the Deliverer. Jewish faithful celebrate Passover which began April 8th and continues through April 16, 2020, commemorating the Deliverer, Moses, who was a foreshadow of the Messiah.

Many have lost loved ones. More have lost income and jobs. Fear and sickness characterize the realities of people all over the world, all at the same time. I’m am grateful most of us have come to a point of not trusting the mainstream media, because now we are in position to seek truth with all our hearts.

With belief that God is sovereign and intricately involved in the lives of humanity, we must recognize this somber time and earnestly seek to know what God is conveying in all we are experiencing worldwide.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. What then, can we learn about our present reality from history and what can we recognize as our best course of action?

History tells us when God is worshiped and recognized as the Divine, the people thrive. When He is not, people suffer. The response of humanity toward God determines if we experience the goodness of His ever available blessings, or experience life without His beneficial presence. History recorded in the Old Testament is clear, when God’s people properly revere Him, they and people of other nations flourish. However, when God’s people turn away from Him, they bring suffering upon themselves and others. The Old Testament reveals when God’s people reject Him, He gives them over to their own choices, and allows them to suffer the consequences of their own depravity. However, motivated by His endless love, through His prophets, He offers the way back to Him and His many blessings, through repentance and faith in Him.

For the past several decades Christianity in America has been seriously declining. Many who call themselves Christians have not been living their lives consistent with the righteous standards Christ taught. The relatively few who do live righteously have been marginalized and their influence has been rejected. It seems apparent, we are experiencing the fruit of our own doing.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 are highly significant scripture passages for this time. In speaking with King Solomon, God explained, “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn fro their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (ESV)

To properly understand this passage, we must know God does not send harmful conditions upon His people arbitrarily. People bring adversity upon themselves by their choices. Another way to understand this passage is to restate it: When My people reject Me they will experience the consequences of their choice. Out of My love for them, I will permit the suffering to bring them to their right minds, so they will repent and return to Me. When they pray to me with repentant hearts, I will heal them and their land, without delay and without measure.

Consider events that led to the Hebrews becoming enslaved by the Egyptians. Because of the drought of the day, Hebrews living in Canaan migrated to Egypt where there was greater food supply, thanks to Joseph. Joseph was one of the many sons of Jacob (later named Israel) from which the twelve tribes of Israel descended. Instead of protecting their Hebrew culture as God’s covenant people, set apart  living in the land of Goshen, as Jacob requested of his sons, they migrated further into Egypt. Eventually, the Hebrews assimilated into the Egyptian culture, even intermarrying and worshiping Egypt’s gods.1 Exodus chapters 1-14 provide the back story. Thus, again God’s people turned away from Him and He gave them over to the consequences of their choice, which resulted in them being cruelly enslaved to the Egyptians. However, under the leadership of Moses, God is faithful to His covenant people and instructs them concerning the night of their escape from slavery.

The very first Passover required each family to be sequestered in their own home. In display of obedience and hearts turned back to God, they followed Gods instructions. The specific preparation of a lamb for slaughter, placing the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of their home, roasting the lamb for their mail, being dressed ready for sudden departure, are all rich in meaning. With focus on God, worshiping Him inside the safety of their homes, they could hear the cries of the Egyptians. As God revealed through Moses, the last of the ten plagues to cause Pharaoh to release the Hebrews, was the death angel taking the life of the first born son from all houses where the blood of the lamb was not on the doorposts. That very night the Hebrews were released and God led them out of Egypt–no longer slaves and with an abundance of riches from the Egyptians.

Consider also the events leading up to the first Easter. Jesus, the second Person of the Triune Godhead, who had willingly taken upon Himself human form, referred to as the Lamb of God, was slain. He was sacrificed for our sin, which is rejecting God, which all humanity has done from birth. As descendants of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, who rejected God and brought sin into the human existence, we are all naturally born sinners–at enmity with God. However, those of us who respond to God’s cry to come back to Him, who repent of our disobedience and choose to place our faith in Jesus, the ultimate Prophet,  eternal death passes over us. Because of the blood of Jesus, by faith we are released from being slaves to sin and positioned in God’s covenant family.

This week as we make plans to celebrate Passover and Easter sequestered in our own homes, many of us being separated from our loved ones, may we respond with a somber heart, consistent with the worldwide reality. God is continually crying out to His people, wanting us to be released from the sin and suffering we endure. God has done everything necessary for His people to be released from the bondage of this world. I pray we all as humans made in God’s image, resolutely choose to place our faith in Jesus who is our only hope.

Tomb Empty With Shroud And Crucifixion At Sunrise – Resurrection Of Jesus

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all  your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore you fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you declares the Lord . . . ” (ESV)

Isaacs, Jacob “Israel’s Enslavement, https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1551/jewish/Israels-Enslavement.htm and Shimon, Rav Avi, “The Exile in Egypt – Process or Punishment, https://www.etzion.org.il/en/exile-egypt-process-or-punishment

 

I welcome your comments. I also invite you to read more of my work with the 5th book in my multi award-winning series, Faith to Live By. Prepare for the Harvest! God’s Challenge to the Church Today, releases April 15th. Advance orders are being given 50% discount when purchased from my web store using the promo code: HARVEST

Also, for deeper consideration of the Easter holiday, please see my archived articles last year beginning with the first day of Lent through Easter Sunday. And as always, if ever there is a topic you want me to cover, please let me know.

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New Book by Lauren Crews: Strength of a Woman

The new book Strength of a Woman: Why You Are Proverbs 31, by author Lauren Crews, releases April 16th. This is not another typical Proverbs 31 book. Instead, it is a unique look at the passage as an acrostic poem. Lauren uses the imagery of Hebrew letters and relates them the redemption stories of some very unlikely Proverbs 31 women. Here is what we discussed during my interview with the author.

 

Pamela Christian – What do you think of the Proverbs 31 woman?

Lauren Crews – She is often taught as the perfect example of biblical womanhood. Although we have much to learn from her, so many women see her as an unobtainable standard. The passage often left me with the question of how is a single woman, a widow or a divorced woman expected to measure up?

PC – How is this book different from other Proverbs 31 books?

LC – Would it surprise you to know the Proverbs 31 passage holds a military theme? The passage has multiple references to warfare and the duties of the tabernacle priests. The passage is an acrostic poem of the Hebrew alphabet. Through imagery of the Hebrew alphabet, word studies, and several raw stories of forgiveness and spiritual growth, we learn how this woman is so much more than a standard. She is a watchman on the wall and a mighty warrior, and through Christ, she is a force.

PC – Can you give an example of something most readers would be surprised about?

LC – For example, most Bibles translate Proverbs 31:10 as “Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is far above rubies.” The word virtuous sometimes reads as excellent or valor but in Hebrew, the word is strong, and it always refers to the strength of a soldier or army.

Verse 10 begins with the Hebrew letter alef which holds the imagery of an ox. Oxen are yoked animals who work together. The passage is advice to a man and one of the first pieces of advice is to be yoked to a woman of strength with whom he can work well. But, even more, as Christians we are yoked to Christ and it is through Him, we find our strength.

PC – The book sounds rather academic. How have you made it interesting for the everyday reader?

LC – I’ve included the stories of twenty very unlikely Proverbs 31 women. If you meet them today you would see thriving Christian women, but each traveled through a dark and difficult time in their lives. Their stories reveal how they lived out the characteristic of each letter and its relation to the verse. They have truly become Proverbs 31 women.

For those who are as academic, I offer an accompanying devotional. In it you are provided condensed information about the Hebrew letter, a snippet of each woman’s story and questions to reflect on. There is so much more to the Proverbs 31 passage.

PC – What do you want readers to take away from this book?

LC – I want them to redefine the predefined consequences and stigmas society, and sometimes even the church, puts on women who face hard things in life. Christ alone is the author of our stories and He is the true strength of a woman.

PC – How can we find your books?

Both books are available through my website and release on Amazon April 16th. Use this link to access Amazon.

 

Book Title: Strength of a Woman: Why You Are a Proverbs 31 Woman and Strength of a Woman: 31 Day to Celebrating Your Place in Proverbs 31

Book Publisher and Date: Ascender Publishing April 16, 2020

ISBN-10: 1563093375

ISBN-13: 978-1563093371

 

Back Cover: The Proverbs 31 Woman seems perfect and is help up as a role model for Christian women everywhere. Would you believe she is a portrait of how God already sees you? You are that amazing woman God sings a song of blessing over.

Based on a word study of the Hebrew alphabet, Strength of a Woman will inspire you to celebrate as you understand the blessings already available to you. Dive deep into the Proverbs 31 Scripture passage and begin to understand the Jewish teachings and the true meaning of the passage. Through the study of the passage, you will:

Discover the beauty in the imagery of the Hebrew alphabet through word study.
Understand the challenges you face now in comparison to those in biblical times.
Embrace God’s purposes versus society’s expectations
Enjoy insights into a strong woman’s day-to-day life.

 

Endorsements:

“In Strength of a Woman, Lauren Crews dives into the secrets revealed in the Hebrew language and contemplates the famous virtuous woman’s passage in Proverbs 31. Lauren explains the passage was not designed to make women feel overwhelmed by an impossible to-do list but rather serves to promote the warrior woman you can emulate as you love, work, build, and overcome your own life’s challenges. A great read!” —Linda Evans Shepherd, author of When You Need to Move a Mountain, publisher of Leading Hearts magazine and Arise Daily Devotionals, founder of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association

“Lauren Crews delivers a powerful message in Strength of a Woman. She has an amazing ability to balance teaching through the Hebrew acrostic and sharing relevant and vulnerable stories that tug at the heart. I’ve read Proverbs 31 too many times to count, but Lauren brought it alive in a brand-new, thought-provoking way. This is not a book to be missed!” —Bethany Jett, award-winning author of Platinum Faith and They Call Me Mom

“Author Lauren Crews has given us a great gift by writing Strength of a Woman, allowing s the opportunity to reconnect with the Proverbs 31 Woman – not as an unrealistic goal or proof of failure – but as an attainable model for a strong woman of God.” -Edie Melson, award-winning author and director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

 

Bio:

Lauren is an award-winning author and holds an MDiv from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. With twenty years’ experience in women’s ministry, she dives deep into God’s word and is eager to share the many layers with women in all roles of life. She resides in Jacksonville, FL with her husband and two brown labs who have their humans well trained.

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American’s Mentality is Inciting Destruction

In my nearly 30 years in Christian ministry, I have seen nothing like the mental condition of American minds I see today. Deception is rampant and the sad reality is people who are deceived are unaware of their desperate condition. You could be among those severely deceived, without a clue about your reality making you easy prey for the enemy’s planned destruction.

To prove my point, let me ask you, “Do both good and evil co-exist in this world?” Even with our impaired minds we are clear both good and evil co-exist on earth. Further, people everywhere agree “evil is bad and leads to destruction” whereas “good is virtuous and leads to the benefit of all people.” No one in their right mind would say, “I want to participate with evil.” Therefore, based on the overwhelming increase of evil in the American culture today, I must conclude America suffers from severe mental disorder—as a culture we are not in our right minds.

One of the questions I ask audiences everywhere is, “Who in this room wants to live your life on the basis of lies?” No one ever raises their hand to that question, which gratefully reveals hope for mental recovery is not dead. Since no one ever raises their hand to this question, we learn universally we all prefer truth over deception because we see truth as “good” and deception as “bad.” Our common ability to identify good and evil means we universally have an innate moral compass. This too gives reason for hope we can recover from our present-day destruction.

When people think about destruction, we often consider its final outcome. However, what we must realize is the destruction we are currently suffering is slow and steady to such an extent it’s hardly been noticeable. We have all been subjected to it making us very much like zombies depicted in modern popular movies—we physically function as though we are alive but are entirely spiritually dead, so much so that the stench of decay and rotting flesh are evident. However, since the vast majority of us suffer this condition, it’s considered normal and therefore nothing to be alarmed about. Is this reality the reason so many people are entertained and welcoming of “zombie movies”?

To say people are like sheep, is to say we mindlessly follow the herd, or what it popular and trending without any consideration of the outcome. Because of the rampant reality of people failing to engage rational thinking and instead going with the flow of culture, the new term is sheeple. Yes, sheeple is a coined word found in our modern dictionaries. Sheeple is the word used by the blogging masses who want to discredit an undefined group of people or insult people for following a person or ideology without giving sufficient thought through to the logical conclusion.

Deception often relies on sheeple mentality to propogate, while appealing to human greed to initiate. No one would willingly sign up to be deceived especially knowing it results in destruction. For this reason, deception, and those who promote it, seek to tempt human lusts such as the desire for power, fame, fortune, and more. Consider the rampant immorality among many of those who pursue worldly ambitions: Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, and Peter Nygard are three contemporary headline names of men who had quite a following of both willing and unwilling participants. Whereas Linda Taylor “The Welfare Queen,” Helen Schucman author of “A Course in Miracles, and Madalyn Murray O’Hair come to my mind when thinking of power-seeking American women who deceived many.

Even though no one ever raises their hand to the question of willingly basing their life on lies, every one of us is prone to deception especially when it comes to the threat of self-preservation, perceived or real. Power, fame, fortune, reputation, reputation and more are tremendous motivators that cause people to intentionally deceive others or become unwitting followers of deception.

As I’ve said many times, “Unless we examine what we believe and why we believe as we do, we can easily be deceived and not realize our condition.” The very nature of deception is the victim is unaware. Without an intentional examination of what we believe and consideration of the motives behind our beliefs, we can operate our lives on the basis of otherwise vehemently unwanted deception. It could easily be true you are basing your life on lies.

If truth is virtuous leading to the benefit of all people, then truth is not self-serving, whereas deception is. Another famous quote of mine is “The opposite of love is not hate—it’s selfishness.” It is selfish not to share truth with others. It is selfish to allow people to remain deceived without loving encouraging them to examine what they believe and why. It is deceptive to perpetrate lies, yet many people perpetrate lies simply for not rationally considering the logical conclusion of their so-called “truth-claims.”

The catalyst for writing this blog was my recent attendance at the Orange County Women’s Conference—an utterly amazing event seeking to advance and embolden women of the Christian faith to express their faith in ways to positively impact others. As part of their two-day event they had break-out sessions.

What struck me was the sessions that were full to capacity in contrast to those which attracted pitiful few attendees. If I were to categorize sessions the women immediately populated it would be those that offered personal benefit. The classes that offered to impart inspiration and methods to evangelize and make disciples of others had embarrassingly few sign up to attend. I recognized this as a sad reality among the Christian community, evidenced by the starved and depraved condition of society. If we as Christians were truly impacting our culture for Christ, we would see progress in the embrace of truth and the rejection of deception.

In my opinion, as supported by respected research, the Church in America is irrelevant in our culture, and has been increasingly so for decades. This is why I have been drawn to write my Faith to Live By book series, which appreciably has won multiple awards. As gratifying as it is to win awards from my Christian contemporaries, the real reward I seek is the embrace of truth in our American culture—to see our society move from being sheeple to being true leaders.

The problem is when people are deceived, they don’t realize they are, rather they think they live their life based on truth. For anyone to suggest they are deceived is rejected as ludicrous. Yet, I ask you to think about this with me. While people still prefer good over evil, the belief in personification of good as in God, or evil as in the Devil, are both rejected. How people can believe in either good or evil without a source is beyond me. So, I conclude, if the Devil can get people to reject the idea of his own literal existence, then he can influence people to reject the literal existence of God. Then the Devil is free to deceive these people without any question or hindrance. He is also therefore free to destroy unwitting sheep whom he leads to the slaughter. Deception always leads to destruction.

How can we reach those who are lost to lies and deception and bring them to discover and live in life-giving truth they genuinely desire? As I seek to present in my books, my speaking ministry and the upcoming “Come Back to God Campaign” I am developing with the help of supporters, we must:

Approach all people with utmost love and respect.
Inquire of them about their level of life satisfaction, purpose and future.
Acknowledge their genuine human felt-needs offering rational responses available to them.
Provide concrete hope that answers their genuine unrest and discontentment.
Engage in compassionate dialogue and relationship embracing them as the individual people Christ died to redeem.

If my blog and suggested solutions interest you, I’d like to hear from you. If you are dissatisfied with life to the point of wanting to explore some other ideas, let’s connect. If you have a heart and calling to help others connect with truth, let me know. Together we can accomplish more.

As both an apologist and charismatic Christian, Pamela Christian is recognized as one who “Balances rational thought with spiritual reality.” She is an ordained international evangelist and apostle whose entire focus is to help people discover and live in life-giving truth. As a Bible student, her years of study have produced her as an effective Bible teacher, powerfully impacting conference speaker, and life-influencing award-winning author with her Faith to Live By series. Additionally, her Blog has received two distinguished awards. She’s a radio and television host who brings difficult cultural topics to bear in effort to equip the Church to be prepared to receive and minister to the billions of souls predicted to come to Christ in these last days. For more information visit: https://PamelaChristianMinistries.com

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2-20-2020 Discerning God’s Prophetic Revelations

Today is February 20, 2020 or 2-20-20. I became aware of the importance of each day when 2-2-2020 occurred. I’d never thought about the fact that a single date in time only occurs once in all time and history. There will never be another 2-2-2020, nor a 2-20-2020, or any other day. How important it is then, for us to extract all the prophetic significance God intends us to discover for each and every day. Each day is a gift from God. Most of us now this, and recite it, but do we believe it?

On February 2, 2020, in my early morning prayer time I wrote a prayer similar to the following, and I offer the prayer below as an example of what we ought to pray daily so I update it for today:

I ask for people everywhere to pray into this day 2/20/20. The number 2 means “union, division or the verification of facts by witnesses.” Lord, given the current circumstances with the Congress of the Unites States I pray they will be unable to resist Your influence and the truth and verification of the facts concerning You and Your hand on this nation. I ask for the union of these United States to be restored, and the division between good and evil, those who are for You and those who are against You, to be evident. This is the day of the dividing of truth from lies so Your purposes for this nation based on truth and righteousness will prevail. I believe You have shown us the meaning of this day in an exceedingly timely manner given the upcoming Presidential Primary Election. Because of who You are, we can be confident that Your plans from the very beginning will be fulfilled. We pray You influence the voters with Your plans and promises, that we hear Your purposes for this great nation.

Lord I ask for those who are pushing their personal agenda to suddenly realize they are opposing You. I ask the fear of God—the fear of You—to overcome them and for them to repent and surrender their lives and destiny to You. I thank You for exposing corruption everywhere in these Last Days so it is clear who is for You and who is not. Lord, thank You for Your advance warning about the great and terrible end times so that we would not be taken off guard. Thank You for sharing Your plans with Your friends so we can co-labor with You that Your plans on earth are done as they are in heaven. Lord, let us understand deep in our soul that while evil increases more and more, so does Your righteousness! Righteousness will always out-pace evil. I come against the fear the enemy has imposed on many people, including Your own about the days in which we live and those that lie ahead. The enemy seeks to deceive even the elect, if that were possible, in these days (Matthew 24:4). So let us hold onto You and Your promises. Not one of us who belong to You will be snatched out of Your hand—we have Your promise of eternal life. (John 10:28).

Lord, rise up Your people to the new roar for this new era. Embolden us with truth and righteousness and who we are in Christ. Let us each one be fortified as never before, able to take our stand in our rightful place in unwavering defense of the gospel. We have entered into a new end-time redemption strategy which You planned from the beginning. The victory over evil and the redemption of Your people was assured the moment You envisioned it. We who are alive today are here by Your design. We have a specific place in Your Kingdom plan for such a time as this. Let us “see” this truth and be emboldened by it that we fully walk in Your plan and purposes, to experience Your will on earth as it is in heaven. Emblazon upon our hearts that we operate as victors not victims. Give us the Joshua and Caleb spirit and mantel that we move forward knowing You are for us and therefore nothing can come against us.

Let us extend the love of Christ as the Lamb of God, and the justice of Christ as the Lion of God, Amen. Let Your people function in the ROAR in victory, Amen.

I pray You enter each day from today forward with a fresh expectation and eager spirit to discover what God has for you, and for us collectively. As we all seek Him with greater intentionality, will will not only find Him, but learn of His intentions according to His promise to those who seek Him.

I welcome your comments and truly want to hear from you. Please use the comment section below that we can have dialogue and fortify one another.

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Do Not Look Back, Look Only Ahead Else You Will be Overcome

With this new Hebrew year 5780 which started September/October last year and this new Gregorian year of 2020 we have stepped over a tremendously significant point in God’s timeline. I see it as a step from the past and into the future. It is not a progression of a change as with a seasonal change, but an abrupt and definitive moment of stepping from one time zone/era into another. We have entered an entirely new era such as the world has never seen. Think of it as stepping not only into a different time zone as we can on earth, but through a time warp into a whole new world filled with sights and sounds that seem familiar but are yet very different from anything we have experienced. To successfully navigate in this new world, we acquire new abilities to see, hear, discern and respond.

Spending time with the Lord early this morning I found myself praying the words below, which I share with you to hopefully adopt in prayer for yourself.

Thank You Lord for indwelling me and guiding me. I ask You to quicken my receptors. I ask You to quicken my processing time. I ask You to quicken my discernment. I ask You to quicken my response to You—my response to Your instructions, and Your empathetic voice concerning others, Amen. I ask You to make clear what I am to know and pray about, and what I am to speak and act on. I thank You that I have been a vessel in progress. I will not look back to what I have done or been because You have been fashioning me—You have been in the process of fashioning me since the day I cried out to You in total surrender. I have been in process and will continue to be in process all the days of my life. Therefore, to look back is to look at an incomplete moment in my life—a preview of what I am yet to become. As You work on me, more and more of the imperfect is removed and more of Your transforming perfection is worked in. Oh, Lord let me always cooperate with You and not resist Your perfecting work, even when it is unbearably painful, Amen. I will not look back, I will look at the present moment with eager anticipation for the future with all the advancements and Kingdom impact You have planned in and through me, Amen.

As we see all manner of evil and wickedness increase and clearly overtake people, we must realize it is the power of darkness seeking to cover the whole earth, as Scriptures foretell. However, we must pray against the evil forces and for the people to realize their plight if they continue to work against God and His ways. Do not fear! Fear is of the enemy. Stand firm on the knowledge that righteousness will ALWAYS out pace evil because the victory of Christ Jesus is finished–it is complete.

Consider the following Scriptures: Phil. 4:13-34, Gen. 19:17, Luke 9:62, 1 Cor. 9:24, Heb. 6:1, Gen. 19:26, Heb. 10:38-39. And John 1:5, John 8:12, John 12:46, Eph. 5:8.

Since the early 90s, God has called, equipped, and positioned me to be a voice it the wilderness, helping people prepare for and participate in God’s End-Time plans. I’d love to hear from you to know your thoughts and how my prayerful words impact you. Please leave your comments below.

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Come Away My Beloved

Are you among the marginalized? Do you feel as though you are a person, or part of a group, or that you hold to a concept that has resulted in you being treated as insignificant or peripheral? Certainly in our culture today, Christians have been woefully marginalized and unfortunately many have hidden themselves in subculture groups like King David and his band hid in caves. If we, as King David did, cooperate with God and use this time of hiding as preparation, we will emerge victorious. God says to you, Come Away My Beloved! He has been drawing those who are entirely surrendered to Him, to a secluded place where He can uniquely minister to each one of us.

Marginalization for Christ followers has been the case since Jesus walked this earth. Jesus addressed His own in the Beatitudes, offering eight blessings for those who are marginalized in His Sermon on the Mount, (Matthew 5:1-12). With what I heard from the Lord today, I remind you to take heart, for Jesus has already overcome the world. Read Matthew 5:1-12 along with John 16:25-33 and fortify yourself for you have been born for such as time as this. 

Today God says to us, Come Away My Beloved! Let Me reveal to you My heart and My plans that You may share in My desires for you.

Judge the prophetic word below and if you deem it accurate, please share. I welcome your comments.

I am, and perhaps you are, among the obscure, virtually unknown people of God who have been secluded in a time of deep and lasting preparation for this new era. I am among those God has kept back, restrained and taught not to act on impulse but only His instruction. I am among those who have had to fight the accusations of the enemy by the power of the prophetic promises spoken over me. Surely the prophetic promises of God—the Word of God—has been the very bread, the sustenance allowing me to survive to this day. I am among those who experientially know man does not live by bread alone. Our scrappy fight to survive at this point in God’s plan is evidence of our calling. We will not be detoured. We will not give up. We will take our rightful place in God’s plan to allow Him to do His good and pleasing will in and through us.

We have been enduring years and years of preparation, wrought with tremendous sorrow, great loss, and near spiritual death. But we’ve believed. We’ve been given a measure of faith that we’ve nurtured and developed with the help of the Holy Spirit until what the enemy used to defeat us became a powerful force of God’s to be reckoned with. As God has spoken through many proven prophets, our time is now to emerge on the scene simultaneously across this nation to take the world of darkness by surprise. Understanding this and seeking the Lord about this I heard Him say:

This is the time for many of My people to emerge upon the scene—to influence culture on all seven mountains of society for My Son. I have been setting the stage for centuries for this new era. The whole earth is responding to this point in My plans. Mighty mountains are cracking open and boulders are breaking off and tumbling down with great force. Platelets beneath the earth are shifting. The waters of the ocean are gathering to display mighty force. Even the molten lava within the earth is seething, ready to erupt. I am gathering the winds and the rains who stand at ready for My word to be released. Yes, there will be destruction but not of My people. What the whole world will observe is My mighty power to destroy to save.

The enemy destroys for the sake of killing. I destroy for the sake of giving life. My people must understand this. Much of the work I have done has been attributed to the enemy and this has got to stop! Unless My people discern My work from the enemy’s they will not experience My salvation. The enemy has confused My people—confusion is of the enemy. Where there is no confident clarity the enemy has made impact. My people need to become utterly dissatisfied with confusion, and questions that are unanswered or questions without satisfactory answer. Would I confound My own? No!

Today, I am calling forth those who belong to Me to come away to a quiet place and seek Me with their whole heart. Only those who seek Me with their whole heart will find Me and discover the way in these tumultuous times. Have I not revealed the end times would be both great and terrible? Great for My people who hear My voice, and heed My instruction. Terrible for those who do not. I always reveal My plans to My prophets and My friends in advance so they will not be taken by surprise. I want My people to partner with Me in My plans to redeem the world and receive all the people who will come to Me. Every opportunity is given to every individual to choose life or death, good or evil, Me or Satan.

Those who dismiss My work because it is different from what they expect or what I have done in the past are not properly connected with Me. Their understanding has been hindered by the whispers of the enemy instead of the loud roar of My Son. Look about you! President Trump is accomplishing My will in unprecedented ways. Look at the fruit of his doings. The method may not be what has been expected. But, were I to do what man expects, would I be worthy of worship? No, I am God and My ways are higher than man’s ways. Man cannot imagine what I will do and how I will do it. I reveal My plans to man. Man does not predict how, what or when I will act. The only thing man can expect of Me is what I have revealed. All else is a mystery and My pleasure to reveal as I please.

Without faith it is impossible to please Me. Will I find men and women of faith when I return? Many challenges face My people in these days and only those with the spirit of Joshua and Caleb or those willing to follow them will experience My goodness in the land of the living. This is indeed a new era where unprecedented moves of My hand will take place. Only those with eyes to see and ears to hear will properly experience My intervention. Have not intercessors been pleading for years for Me to intervene? The time has come and will continue in this decade where I visibly answer their prayers.

This decade is yet another stage setter for what is to follow. The increments of My plan—the phases of My plan are becoming shorter and shorter. Don’t look too far into the future. Remain with Me and I will remain with You. Trust Me that I have all of the future under control. As You abide with Me, you will see and hear My plans and I then can send you out not as sheep among wolves in this era, but as mighty warriors and My ambassadors carrying both my power and authority to accomplish what I have determined. Yes, the enemy is pulling out all the stops, but he is nothing of any sort of a match for Me, as proven by My Son who has already defeated him.

Take heart! Take Your rightful place in My plan. Stand at ready for your destiny to be fulfilled and watch and see what wondrous things I do through My people in the midst of the vilest opposition this nation has seen in a long time. Remember I am the God of revival who brings revival when things are at their worst for My people. Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the times in which you live—not only for America but for the nations of the world.

Truly we have been born for such a time as this.

 

Pamela Christian, as both an apologist and charismatic Christian is recognized as one who “Balances rational thought with spiritual reality.” She is an ordained international evangelist and apostle whose entire focus is to help people discover and live in life-giving truth. As a Bible student, her years of study have produced her as an effective Bible teacher, powerfully impacting conference speaker, and life-influencing  award-winning author with her Faith to Live By series, and her Blog has received two distinguished awards. She’s a radio and television host who brings difficult cultural topics to bear in effort to equip the Church to be prepared to receive and minister to the billions of souls predicted to come to Christ in these last days.

News:

Pamela’s newest book Prepare for the Harvest! God’s Challenge to the Church Today, is scheduled for release April 15, 2020. Endorsers include, Phil Cooke, PhD, filmmaker, media consultant and author; Steve Shultz, founder the Elijah List and Elijah Streams TV; Joe Battaglia, president Renaissance Communications, broadcaster and author; and Dr. Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, media host and author. Learn more about this newest book in the award-winning series at her  web site.

 

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