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Yes, for sure I understand that there are instances when you can’t get away from the person and that’s where boundaries come into play. When you establish boundaries they don’t have access to you like they used to. This can be physical access, mental or emotional. This is going to look different for each of us. Blessings

Your only recourse is repentance. Then He will remove your sins from you as far as the East is from the West (Psalm 103:12). Why sit and be worried when you can just repent and be free of it?

I can tell you one thing for certainty, if you were given over you wouldn’t be asking these questions because you wouldn’t care. The fact that you asked means you’re not that far gone. So, get off the fence and fully repent so God can use you to reach others who are trapped in the same place that you are right now.

Hi James, yes Jezebel is a counterfeit spirit. If you read 1 Kings 21, you will see that when they couldn’t get Naboth’s vineyard by just asking for it, she sent a letter in her husband’s name and put his seal on it. So she was pretending to be her husband to the people who were in charge. Then she pretended that this was some kind of religious/spiritual good by calling a fast meanwhile the intention was to murder an innocent man. Then she gave a command to set up Naboth in front of the people. So when the people thought that Naboth was a bad guy they stoned him. Bottom line is, she wanted a vineyard and so she counterfeited, controlled and manipulated her way into getting it….at any cost, even to the death of another human being. When those people stoned Naboth, they had no idea this man had done nothing wrong because she pulled others into her counterfeiting plan and they fell for it. The leaders thought her husband commanded it, but he didn’t.

They show up more when we are in a transition so you have to be on guard when you know you are in that season. As you said, their goal is to derail the will of God and get you off His purpose and destiny for your life. It’s a learning experience and all of us have to encounter it at least once to learn from it. Today the murder will look like false accusation. Fantastical made up stories about someone and none of it is true. We have to just forgive them and move on. Blessings

Perfect! Absolutely perfect for this post! Thank you for sharing. I’ve not heard this one before.

Yes!! I saw too that he prune the ones that were initially growing downwards, or outwards. They need to go UP, first, vertical and focused on the Lord. Then HE sends you out – horizontal towards others. Outwards at the bottom, on the middle, or the top, to the left or to the right. We all have a different audience, different sphere of influence, different groups that we are called to minister to. The One who decides where is the Gardener. It is according to His masterplan where He needs you to be. Up first, then He shows you where you go out. So beautiful. Then we need to be anchored (zip ties) so that as we grow we are growing according to the plan. This means we need to be anchored to His word. That’s what keeps us in line. We don’t decide what gets prune, neither does others. This is His job. We yield to His Spirit, His pruning and then beauty emerges. In the end it all makes sense because we can’t be everywhere, neither can we all be in the same place – some are in churches, some do conferences, some are in marketplace, some write books and blogs, others are on Youtube, some do podcasts, some do street ministry, others are on social media, some are in government, others are in media, some are missionaries to the nations. We are going in different places and the Gardener is the One who decides where. But we will never know where, until we first go UP. Blessings

Hi Valerie, what you don’t want to do is leave and not have that pruned from your life. Otherwise, you’ll go to another church and the same thing will happen to you again. Make sure to let the Lord deal with your heart on this first. Then, ask Him if you should leave. Don’t leave because you are uncomfortable. It is the pruning that is causing you to feel this way so sit with the Lord and ask Him to remove that from you. He will do it. Blessings

Beautiful song! I know this one. Thanks for sharing Julia.

Yes and Amen! Couldn’t say it better…This >>>>> And all the pruning happened at one time. It was painful but it was only for a season to prepare for the next season that’s designed for my enjoyment.

Wendy, God gives us power to do the things He has called us to do. Perhaps you are taking on things you shouldn’t be doing? Go back in prayer and ask the Lord what you may be carrying that you need to put down. I think this may be a good place for you to start. Blessings