"The Event of Deception and Its Uncovering"

by Mary Lindow

In this time of re-positioning and adjustment in the Body of Christ on earth, the Lord is shaking everything He can and chooses to expose anything that we might be hiding or trying to avoid correction over.

It doesn't matter if you are educated, polished, intelligent or stunning in delivery or in appearance.

The Lord is saying to His People;

“In order to trust you with a Kingdom Harvest,

I must bring into my Holy light all that is hidden in any dark place of your life!”

For many of us, friends near and dear to us as well as colleagues have chosen to become idle, apathetic, sexually deviant, filled with self-pity, and some, nauseatingly self-promoting.

As these behaviors come to the surface, God allows many hearts to be broken, and stripped of immature ranting, and above all,

a tremendous amount of sobriety is now awakened in our lives.

The following story is very familiar to us but there are a few key points the Lord brought to my attention.

CITIZEN - CAIN AND ABLE - ABEL

Genesis chapter 4

Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.

She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man."

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.

Now, Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.

So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

Then the LORD said to Cain,

"Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?

But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;

it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field."

And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"

"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

The LORD said, "What have you done?

Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground,

which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.

You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.

Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,

and whoever finds me will kill me."

But the LORD said to him, "Not so if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over."

Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,

east of Eden.

THE FIRST OBSERVATION

CAIN didn't bring the very best of His goods, his talents, or his labor as a sacrifice. Just some of the fruits.

He grabbed just anything, certainly not his best. Not the very first fruits, not thinking God was watching.

Hmmmmm.... Sounds like his parents Adam and Eve. The same iniquity being passed down and re-enacted.

Abel however, brought the very best cuts with fat, to the Lord.

The very best cuts from the 1st born sheep of His flocks.

Both of these brothers knew what pleased God!

This wasn't the first time they had offered sacrifice to the Lord!

This offering was done every year!

They knew what was expected of them!

When God doesn't look with favor on Cain's' offering and instead blesses Abel …Cain is really ticked off! WHY?!

He wanted God to bless his PRESENT mediocrity! AFTER ALL…in the past years he had brought great tokens of devotion.

Cain begins to POUT! "God Just isn't fair!"

(Sounds like the same voice that influenced Adam and EVE!)

Now poor Cain looks sad and misunderstood!

THE SECOND OBSERVATION

Here is a key ingredient to the situation.

Verse 6 & 7

Then the LORD said to Cain,

"Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?

But if you do not do what is right,

sin is crouching at your door;

it desires to have you, but you must master it."

God came to check the Character of Cain-to judge Him fairly, to see what was accumulating in His heart's storehouse.

You see, Cain had become very lazy in His approach to thanking God and honoring Him. Cain was much more impressed with himself. He loved himself!

In the heat of anger and rage...

(just a side note here- this often manifests when God exposes the hidden agendas in our lives…)

… In the heat of anger and rage, Cain disregards God's voice and takes things into his own hands.

Verse 8 to 15

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field."

And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"

"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

The LORD said, "What have you done?

Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

But the LORD said to him, "Not so if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over."

Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

So Cain went out from the LORD'S presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

When a just punishment is handed down from God,

Cain still tries to manipulate and whine his way

out of the consequences.

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.

YOU are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;

I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

He is sent to a land called Nod, which means "Wandering.”

Away…from the presence of the Lord.

WE CANNOT STORM THE GATES OF HEAVEN...

...And expect great and powerful results when the sin crouching at the door of our own hearts is yet to be mastered.

The Lord wants to perfect His people through the power of His Holy Spirit flowing through them out into the Harvest field.

But it must come thru holy people who have mastered the sin crouching at the door.

The character and attitudes of our hearts must be examined, dealt with, and Mastered. (Capital M intended!)

SERVANT LEADERS - NOT LEADERS WITH SERVANTS!

The Lord wants us to know that in order to rule as people of authority, we must also be fair and honest with the Lord so we can truly serve His people. He wants Servant Leaders.........NOT LEADERS WITH SERVANTS!

What is it like Cain that you have half heartedly offered to God this last year? Do you Rage at correction from Him or act wounded and downcast to avoid changing? Do you think that your past good deeds and good behavior are enough to obtain a present day blessing? Does Lucifer have a place to invade your heart or home or church?

Is it judging others? Exaggeration of circumstances? Racial distrust? Pride in your title or position? Is it Love of things more than God? Mismanaging Funds? Envy of others talents or Gifts? Self Pity?

The list could go on forever. We all know where the Lord has turned up the heat to smoke out any thing that is hidden

Hearts humbled through worshiping and bowing down before the Lord will bring the very Presence of the Lord into our lives, our families our circumstances. Psalm 101 is what he desires for His people to observe with great sobriety as He again will come and shake the church for another season before the ingathering of souls begins.

When we have mastered the doors of our own hearts, truly then we can approach the Gates of Heaven and Storm them with nothing being held back from the Father.

THE WAR CRY OF THE FAITHFUL SERVANT

I will sing of your love and justice, Lord.

I will praise you with songs.

I will be careful to live a blameless life

When will you come to give support to me?

I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.

I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar.

I hate all who deal crookedly;

I will have nothing to do with them.

I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.

I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.

I will not endure conceit and pride.

I will search for faithful people to be my companions.

Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve with me.

I will not allow deceivers to serve in the house,

And liars will not stay in my presence.

My daily task will be to force out out the wicked

and release the city of the Lord from their grip.

Psalm 101

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“DO YOU LONG FOR THE REST OF GOD?”

By Mary Lindow

“ All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.”
Psalm 38:9

I HAVE A DEEP STIRRING IN MY SPIRIT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT AS I WRITE THIS MESSAGE.
The Lord is revealing a sound in the earth coming from the hearts and deep cries of so many of His people right now.
Perhaps it might even be your as you read. There is a cry of hunger for His sure, safe, presence in difficult times and in
changing times.


A NEED FOR DEEP REST
The world and it's voices of influence, humanistic subtleties, and constant technology and it's sounds, bring about an
overload of weariness to all people, and there is a greater need for a place of rest for the warriors of truth who are very
aware of the pressures that have not stopped mounting for many years now.


DO YOU CRAVE THE SECRET REST OF GOD?
That intimate “you and Him” time? Not just the basic devotional readings or corporate worship and prayer gatherings. I
mean that “place” or room or location to go where you can wrestle, cry, wait, and listen. To rest in the arms of Peace.


IT IS A GOOD THING TO CRAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD!
Look at what the word craving means!

CRAVING

1: to ask for earnestly
2 a: to want greatly
2b: to yearn
3: an intense, urgent, or peculiar desire or longing


THESAURUS DEFINITIONS


Passion
Yearning
Desire
Appetite
Hunger
Hankering
Thirst
Longing


THERE IS MUCH TREACHERY OCCURRING IN THE EVIL PLANS OF DARKNESS
AND THE PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE BY IT THESE DAYS.
It can bring a real sense of despair, broken heartedness and shock when you encounter this type of thing and when it
attempts to destroy your hope and confidence in what the Lord Jesus has set you apart for to express in His Power and in
His name.


DELAYS DELAYS DELAYS!
I don't know fully why it seems as if good people who are sincere and pure hearted seem to go through so much
persecution and repeated difficulty.

"My soul faints with longing for your rescue,
but I have put my hope in your word."
Psalm 119:81


COURAGE FROM THE ONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT YOUR LONGING
"LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them."
Psalm 10:17

What is this verse saying to you and I right now?
It is saying that the Lord HIMSELF will encourage us!
That is why we must continue to fight for that place of Divine “sanctuary!”

That “get away from it all” place of craving and longing for His comfort. He knows our hurt, our loneliness, our scorched
and heart torn issues! He understands how agonizing and bled out we can get when it seems as if battle after battle we
begin to wonder if something might be wrong with us!

“Hope delayed makes the heart sick,
but when dreams come true,
there is life and joy.”
Proverbs 13:12 (NAT)


NOTHING CAN SATISFY DRY LIPS LIKE WATER!
We are in a time where no persons opinions, no one’s books no one’s podcasts are going to satisfy that craving, that need
for a thirst quenching drink of companionship with God.

We long to hear words from someone that tell us everything is going to be all right! That our children will be safe, our
homes protected, our basic needs provided! And yet! Nothing “out there” satisfies us fully!


You see Dear Beloved one…


THIS IS THE SEASON OF GREAT HUNGER FOR A SIMPLE WALK WITH YOUR SAVIOR.
Only time spent with him like a dear dear friend will fill the gaping ache you have.
He will speak, He will comfort, and He will show you what is true and what is false in the days ahead if you will return to
that Place of companionship with Him. Away from the opinions of men and the noise of this life.

“Every word you give me is a miracle word-
how could I help but obey?

Break open your words, let the light shine out,
let ordinary people see the meaning.

Mouth open and panting,
I wanted your commands more than anything.

Turn my way, look kindly on me,
as you always do to those who personally love you.”
Psalm 119:129-131 (The Message)


"A WORD OF PROPHECY"
“ Order you days first in My Presence, and watch the desires of your heart be fulfilled. Man and his council will always fall
short of the full truth of My Wisdom. I have blueprints and a Master plan for so many things yet to build upon in your life.

Come. Let us walk again together.

You are the temple, the house of my Holy Spirit. I desire to build you up in spiritual strength as you walk in prayer and
conversations WITH Me, not TO Me!

I will fulfill your longing for peace and direction as you step up again into a heavenly trust and rest.

People will change, man will fail you, friends will turn hard and cold if they are not seeking My Voice above the clamor of
the day. And you My child will fail others, if you listen to your own voice of reason and intelligence. As you turn to Me, you
will see My compassion poured out upon you and you will then have My power of pure godly compassion and grace to
pour out on others. You will see the anguish that they are enduring through my eyes, not through your own perceptions or
lack of merciful compassion.

Shake yourself! Waken you soul with the truth! Shake off presumption and the reasonings from your soul that justify your
lack of empathy and hardened heart. If you show mercy, I will see, and in your time if need for surley it will come to all,
Mercy will be shown to you.

I too, long for you as well! Seek Me - with all of your heart, your longings, your heartaches, your dreams, and I will be
there with arms of strength to rescue you from despair.”

“You will seek me and find me
when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13


“The LORD is good to those, whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him.”
Lamentations 3:25


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"THIS LONG SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING"

by Mary Lindow

Are you in a place where you risk laying down what might cost you your
past history and which will create a new and fresh beginning in the walk of
the saint on earth?

ARE YOU YEARNING FOR REFRESHING FROM THE HEART OF GOD THE
FATHER?

Sadly, many choose to return to the safe place of familiarity and control
to gain perspective, and lose the joy set before them.

THE FATHER IS WATCHING THOSE WHO ARE NOT CREATING AGENDAS
AND PROGRAMS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE AN "EDGE" DURING THIS LONG
SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING.

He is allowing the breaking and "coming to the end of ones' self" to
continue. Few have stepped over the line into the abandonment He desires
from those who claim that their lives are for His use.

IN THIS CRUCIAL HOUR
Yes… Right now even as you read and contemplate, the Lord is not
requiring acts of greatness and profound gatherings to bring glory to His
plans. The Lord Jesus says these words to those who will choose hear:

"THE SACRIFICE I WANT IS A BROKEN SPIRIT.
A BROKEN AND REPENTANT HEART,
THIS MY BRIDE, I WILL NOT DESPISE.
(PSALM 51:17)

WHAT IS IT THAT JESUS REALLY WANTS FROM US? REALLY?
The obedience to do the simple, and often at times, mundane acts of
“silencing our fleshly need for action and comfort."

JESUS REQUIRES THOSE WHO WOULD BE HIS FOLLOWERS TO A RADICAL
DEVOTION AND AN EVEN MORE RADICAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD.

His followers must be meek,(this does not mean weak)
Must not retaliate,
Must go beyond the Word of God’s “rules and regulations”
And instead, understand its spirit.
They must do what is right when only God is looking,
Must depend on God for their needs,
And pursue His interests rather than their own.

HIS DEVOTED FOLLOWERS MUST LEAVE SPIRITUAL MEASUREMENTS
OF OTHERS' HEARTS AND ACTIONS, “SEEMINGLY GOOD OR BAD”
- TO GOD.

In short, true people of The Kingdom live for God, not for themselves.

"ARE YOU IN AN “UNCOMFORTABLE” SEASON BECAUSE
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO WALK THE NARROW PATH?

"But small is the gate
and narrow the path that leads to life,
And only a few find it."
Matthew 7:14

THIS IS THE AGONY THAT TURNS INTO A GODLY CONTENTMENT!
When we fully realize that only God the Father can be the full and well
trusted Redeemer and Rescuer in all of our life situations right now, at this
moment, in this time of pruning and trimming away of the things we cling
to that bring a temporary band-aid to a deeper issue! Learning to trust and
know that God is truly, truly FOR us.

So Fear not!
He is dealing with the hearts of those who still cling to hidden control over
their brothers and sisters.

HE IS PROBING EACH HEART WHO CALLS HIM LORD!
He is allowing a spiritual discontentment and a holy frustration to stir up
all unsatisfied and unfulfilled hearts until they begin to wail out loud,
”How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?”
Psalm 13:1

THE LORD IS TRAINING US!
And if you wonder why there is such a limited level of joy and rest in your
heart, it is because until you have a heart that is broken and repentant for
assuming you are allowed to call the shots in your decision making in this
life, He will not expose you to His full measure of Glory!

Psalm 19:13 (CEV)
”Don't let me do wrong on purpose, Lord,
Or let sin have control over my life.
Then I will be innocent, and not guilty of some terrible fault.”

IT IS TRUE THAT THE KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE TO US ONLY
BY GRACE THROUGH TRUST.

But! Genuine faith (trust) means genuinely embracing and yielding to God's
supremacy, not simply acknowledging it and then passing it by as if it did
not exist.

The Kingdom is a supreme treasure, not just a nice “prize”, and those who
really believe this, will sacrifice everything else in their lives for its agenda.

Professed Christians who crave worldly wealth and position but are not
nearly as excited and consumed with the advancing of God's kingdom,
really need to take a brutal and laser piercing look at the true state of their
souls.

If you hear more talk of someone’s ministry title, mission statement
or the things that God has let them acquire, rather than the
stories of God’s redemption, salvation, and mercy, you will have
witnessed the “kingdom of selfish ambition” in the name of the Lord,
but most certainly not the Kingdom of God.
After all the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink
[one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a
person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 (Amplified Bible)

When we preach that people who simply “pray a prayer” will automatically
be saved from hell regardless of whether they truly commit their lives to
Christ and commit to trust that He is saving them from sin (from
selfishness, from going their way instead of his), we preach a message
other than the one our Lord has taught us.

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this
inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who
confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

Romans 10:9 (CEV
So you will be saved, if you honestly say,
"Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart
that God raised him from death.

ONCE WE OBEY…HE WILL RETURN WITH HIS FRESH AND SWEET JOY!

Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—
Now let me rejoice.
Psalm 51:8

IT IS AN INTENSE STRUGGLE TO CHOOSE TO BE EXPOSED BEFORE GOD!
But the delight of allowing nothing of the soul to influence your decisions
when the Lord speaks and gives command far outweighs this present
suffering between spirit and flesh!

If you put yourself above others, you will be put down.
But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.
Matthew 23:12 (CEV)

MANY WHO ARE NOW HIDDEN AND YES, BEAT DOWN, TESTED, RIDICULED
AND SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN, WILL SHORTLY PASS THROUGH THE OPEN
DOORS OF FRESH OPPORTUNITIES…

…AND PATHWAYS OF TRUTH WILL LEAD THEM.
<br>He makes me strong again.
He leads me in the way of living right with Himself
Which brings honor to His name.
Psalm 23:3 (NLV)

THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SLOWLY ARISING FROM A HIDDEN PLACE
WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GROW IN WISDOM,
UNDERSTANDING, AND DYING TO SELF-LOVE…
…STAY THE COURSE!

”We are pressed on every side by troubles,
But we are not crushed and broken.
We are perplexed,
But we don't give up and quit.”
(2 Corinthians) 4:8

HE HIMSELF WILL BIND UP EVERYTHING BROKEN IN YOUR HEART,
YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR REPUTATION, WITH HIS OWN HAND,
AND HE WILL RESTORE YOUR JOY!

He heals the brokenhearted,
Binding up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3

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