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Send us a textGOD IS NOT FOR SALE PART 4When it comes to giving there are obviously two separate sets of people in the body of Christ. The cheerful givers who although doesn't always have it to give but nonetheless gives at each and every opportunity and the resentful givers who has it but refuses to give or when they give, they give grudgingly. It is not the will of our Father that His people be put under such constraints through their giving. It is not His will that His people feel so obligated to give that they leave His presence feeling condemned, insecure and broken because they could not give what the prophets, preachers, pastors, teachers and leaders of their churches and meetings demanded. And oftentimes when the people can't give, when they truly don't have it to give, the leaders and prophets literally condemn them and talk down to them for not giving more. The really sad thing about this particular practice is that the money that's being demanded is oftentimes purely for the comfort and personal gain of the individual who is raising this money. Again as Isaiah 3:14-15 reads; The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have ruined my vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses. 15 What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this particular segment click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then click on the title GOD IS NOT FOR SALE PART 4.Support the show

Send us a textThere are events and even seasons that our Father will allow in our lives in order for us to know our own hearts because He already knows.  Every time we give, God knows why we're giving. He knows the intents of our hearts. He knows when it's grudgingly, under forced conditions or even with selfish and hidden agendas. He also knows when it's wholehearted, cheerful giving. God knows the motives of our hearts each and every time we give to Him. In I Chronicles 29:17 it reads; 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. David said that God is pleased with integrity. Giving to our Father must be done willingly as well as with honor and integrity. Of course in every aspect of our lives there should be honor and integrity but those characteristics should also be a part of our giving.  God is pleased with integrity and in this instance, in I Chronicles 29, it's in reference to our giving. During the years in my life when there was a great lack God was building my integrity. I needed to see, just as the enemy needed to see, that I would not give in and utilize the actions of others by using the tricks and manipulations of those who had gone before me, of those who I would watch as I sat in the pews while they lied and deceived the people with their giving. Just like David, we must give willingly and with honest intent. We must learn to give with honor and integrity, cheerfully and with joy. To hear more of what our Father is ministering to our spirits through this message click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE PROPHET. Then look for the title 'God Is Not For Sale' Part 3!Support the show

Send us a textGOD IS NOT FOR SALE PART 2How did the financial abuse of God's people with giving come about? Why have many of the men and women of God resorted to using the tricks and manipulations that they use when raising offerings? Simon wanted to buy the gift of laying on of hands so that others through him would receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. That was his motive. But what are the motivations of the men and women of God who are raising funds, begging, implementing schemes and conspiring to get the money they want from the people of God? Why do they do this? What are the agendas that make them feel that this is what's necessary? Do you really want to know? Well it all started with us, the body of Christ not giving as we should. For someone to live by faith does not mean that they should have to scrape and grovel for food all their lives, that they shouldn't be able to purchase a home or pay their rent or buy a car. It doesn't mean that their children should never be able to wear anything but thrift shop and Goodwill clothing. It does not mean that they are immediately reduced to the bottom of the food chain eating scraps and having to fast four days out of the week because the ministry that God has called them to is not providing their financial needs. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to our spirits this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet, then look for the title GOD IS NOT FOR SALE PART 2!Support the show

Send us a textThroughout the years I have seen over and over again where ministries, evangelist, televangelist, prophets, preachers, and whoever else will use various methods to get people to give by dangling  some suppposedly bright, shiny spiritual thing before them. The people are enticed to 'buy' this blessing, an angel, trinket or trick for all to see with the words, and I quote, “God said…”. It always starts with those words, ‘God said' for every person who gives X number of dollars He will do this or that. Or ‘God said' for every person who gives this much money they will receive this or that. I wouldn't have a problem with that but where do those words for giving, line up with the word of God? As I always say, what are the motives for doing or saying what's being done or said? When these practices are put into action in churches and Christian meetings they are literally trying to sell God, but God is not for sale! To hear more of what our Father is saying in this week's message click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet then look for the title GOD IS NOT FOR SALE!Support the show

Send us a textWe, those of us who will inherit salvation, all have ministering angels assigned to us. But again, we must never take this honor and blessing for granted or think for one instant that these angels are there for our own selfish indulgence, entertainment and satisfaction. We cannot buy or pay for an angel of God. Angels are not under our directions to be sent for or sent to the locations that we desire. I promise you, we cannot call angels from Africa or anywhere else. I have often wondered and asked myself if it is a possibility that when Paula White Cain called for angels from Africa that she got a demon instead in the personification of Elon Musk? Never do I see or have I read where an angel asked a human for directions or took orders from them. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this week's message click on the buzzsprout.com link and then go to This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled Manipulation or Sound Doctrine? Which Are You Getting When It Comes to Giving? Part 4Support the show

Send us a textEvery angel created by God has been created for a purpose and that is to do His bidding. As stated before, sometimes it was to protect, bring messages or even open prison doors. But please be aware that there were also occasions when angels appeared where God was destroying and chastising. Remember when Balaam's donkey spoke? It was because he saw the angel waiting to strike his master so he stopped and wouldn't go forth. When Balaam began to beat his donkey the animal spoke. Also let's remember Revelations and what many of the angels will be doing during the time of the Great Tribulation. Therefore depending on our lifestyles we could easily have an angel that's been assigned to us as ministering spirits sent to benefit us or as one sent to chastise which, although it may not feel like it, that would also be to our benefit. Remember, those whom He loves He chastises and every painful or negative thing that occurs in our lives is not always a demon from the enemy. Believe me, there are many times that people have been rebuking demons but will find out in the judgment that it was actually an angel sent by God to chastise.  You want an angel? Pause and think about what you just read and then listen to the podcast for this week. Support the show

Send us a textI have prayed and will continue praying for those who have given me throughout the years. However, last week God began to minister to my spirit that many of you have done for me what Cornelius in Acts 10 did for the poor and needy. Throughout the years with my sons, grandchildren and even now as I'm in my golden years there are those who continually give to me because God, not me, makes them aware of my needs or just lays it on their hearts to give to me and this ministry. I have never, ever had to beg or ask. For each of you who have poured out into my life, into the lives of my children and even my grandchildren as I raised them, I pray that your prayers and giving to the poor will always be remembered by God. I pray that He will bless you, keep you, watch over you and provide you with divine health, joy, peace and prosperity. For those who have given not only to me but to others who are in need may your prayers and giving be remembered by God as He remembered the prayers and giving of Cornelius. May your prayers be heard and answered, immediately, suddenly and without hesitation. May your prayers always line up with the word and will of our Father so that He may be glorified and that He will unhesitantly bless you and your families all the days of your lives. May the answers to your petitions be met and given according to Ephesians 3:20 in the Amplified Version; Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us, I ask this on your behalf of our Father God in the name of His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen and Amen! To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this week's message click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and look for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title, MANIPULATION OR SOUND DOCTRINE? WHICH ARE YOU GETTING WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING? PART 2Support the show

Send us a textGod does want us to give. He wants us to give to the poor and the needy. But He does not want us to give reluctantly or under compulsion. When someone tells you that if you give $1000 and you don't have it to give or for that matter $20.00 and you don't have it to give then when they tell others that they're going to be blessed and get an angel that's telling those who weren't able to give that God isn't going to bless them. It's saying that if you want this great blessing that God is going to be pouring out you have to give that certain amount of money. That's buying God! It's literally prostituting Him!  When giving to God we must be sure that our motives are pure and that we're giving with a cheerful heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion. When we give it must be with the right motives and the right agendas, not because someone has promised you this new car or new refrigerator or whatever they felt was needed so that someone has to feel compelled to give. Has someone ever been forced to do something for you no matter what it was? Did somebody have to force them to give you or say something to you? Maybe to give you an apology. Maybe someone had to be forced to apologize for something wrong that they did to you. And because they were forced to do it, you knew that it didn't come from their heart, they didn't really mean it and therefore you didn't want it. That's the way it is when we are compelled and pushed and pushed and pushed to give to God. Under those circumstances it's not from our hearts or given cheerfully and therefore God will not honor your giving. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this new episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode, MANIPULATION OR SOUND DOCTRINE? WHICH ARE YOU GETTING WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING? PART 1 Support the show

Send us a textIn spite of the lies, deceits and total distortions of the truth of the word of God, it has always been the enemy's attempt, with the full intent to conceal the fact that we as Black people were and are chosen to glorify the Father in ways that no other nation or race can. Is this a racist or prideful statement? Of course not and I would never want anyone to think that it is. But just as the Jews were chosen by God to achieve a particular purpose, I believe it's the same with each and every nationality. However each nationality must be able to identify spiritually what it has been created by God to accomplish. Every angel was not created to be a warring angel. Some are sent for war but others are sent as messengers. This is why when the angel appeared to Daniel he said; But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Not to be misunderstood, the angel that was sent to Daniel was not weak and obviously could contend with the enemy to a certain extent, but that was not his given assignment. His assignment was as a messenger.There is no other race as spiritual as the Black race and everyone knows it which is another reason that so many other races are afraid of Black people. It's also the reason that the enemy has done everything in his power to destroy the Black race. Yes we were powerful warriors in the motherland but our true power is within our spirits. To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled They Can't Take Our Prayers Part 4!Support the show

Send us a textWell with all that's occurring it seems that Pastor Paula White-Cain, for a lack of a better term, is now selling angels. For a one thousand dollar offering she is saying that God will give the giver, for this Passover season, the blessings of Exodus 23. She's saying that for one thousand dollars God will assign an angel to you along with many other things for this Passover season from April 12th through Friday, April 18th. So does she have more authority and input when it comes to the word of God concerning His angels? According to the Bible that I read it says in Hebrews 1:14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Why should anyone have to give her $1000 for an angel? We already have angels watching over us to guide and protect us. What did the Psalmist say in the 91st division of Psalms? For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; But it seems that there are some angels that only Paula knows about and you can only get them if you send her $1000. You see this is why it's so important that we have a personal prayer life and intimacy with God. This is why we cannot allow anyone or anything, no situation or condition to take our prayers! To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the title They Can't Take Our Prayers Part 3.Support the show

Send us a textOne of the things that my sister and I will talk about from time to time is the memory of that old lady, my mother's grandmother, going into the bathroom and taking us with her every day at 12 o'clock noon, getting on her knees and praying. We couldn't have been older than three and five because we were not in school yet but still at home during the day with her watching over us. The funny thing about those prayers that she prayed was that for most of them, we never understood what she was saying but now we both realize that the reason we didn't understand was because she was praying in tongues. No matter how bad slavery was, no matter how racist and hateful far right conservative whites may be, one thing that they must never be able to do is stop us from praying. They can't take our prayers. That old lady was spirit filled and everyday she would pray in the spirit. In spite of the man who took her brother and also took her hearing, one thing that he couldn't take from her was her prayers. She never stopped praying because he couldn't take her prayers! To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link  or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title They Can't Take Our Prayers Part 2.Support the show

Send us a textTHEY CAN'T TAKE OUR PRAYERS! PART 1One of the reasons that so many people in this generation don't have a problem with this new wave of racism that's coming about is because they don't remember and they cannot relate to the last one. They don't know about the hard times their parents, grandparents and older relatives went through and we're not telling them. Or if we do, are we telling them in the way we're supposed to. We've been so busy with trying to raise them with good thoughts and happy lives until we don't tell them about the terrible, horrendous times many had to go through in order for this younger generations to live the lives they're enjoying right now. They don't know about riding the buses with the signs that read; Colored Only. That meant If you were sitting in a seat and the bus got crowded a white person could pick up one of those signs and place it in the seats behind the Black people and the Blacks in turn had to get up and move behind that sign so that the white people could have a seat. That also meant if the Blacks who had been seated had to stand then that's just the way it was, they stood for the rest of their ride. Maybe the younger generations have seen pictures of water fountains that read WHITE ONLY but they never experienced a white person daring them to drink out of it. I still remember when looking for jobs in the classified ads there would always be the column for  jobs that read WHITE ONLY. It didn't matter how qualified you were, if you weren't white don't even apply. These are some of the reasons why DEI protocals were established. We cannot allow these Jim Crow laws and racist systems to be established again! To hear more of this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast and click on the title 'This Is the Voice of the Prophet.' Then search for the title THEY CAN'T TAKE OUR PRAYERS! Part 1Support the show

Send us a textIt's as though along the way, through the generations the intentions that God had for His Black sons and daughters had been erased. Satan did his best to totally delete the true, God intended purpose of Black people. It was as though those things were forgotten in much the same way family ties and generational connections had been eradicated through slaves being separated from the mother land of Africa and from their families as slaves. But although teaching the Bible to the slaves and free Black people had an ulterior motive which was to keep them docile while still in bondage, we still learned to pray and pray much. We remembered how to cry out to God in a deep, meaningful and sincere way not just from our mouths but out of our spirits. And even though we had forgotten God, He had never forgotten us. He heard our cries and He answered. And God will answer now as He answered then during the Civil Rights era. The men and women of God, the people who met in the churches during the Civil Rights movements prayed. They may not have had the homiletics or dogma's but they prayed and prayed much. Never doubt for one minute that when Black people pray together, in agreement and on one accord, God moves! If we want justice, then pray! Pray and pray much! Cry out to the true and living God, not just from our mouths but from our spirits, not so that we can be like others but so that we can all have justice and be equal to all other races. Yes, I agree that we will not shop at the Walmarts, Sam's, Targets, Aldi's and many other stores but while we boycott and protest we must also pray and pray much. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then click on the episode What Were Those Marches Really About? God Give Us Justice Part 4Support the show

Send us a textIn I Samuel 8:5 reads in the Amplified version; And said to him, (this is Israel speaking to Samuel), Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations. Israel wanted a king so that they could be like the nations around them. As we all know, Israel was a nation that was second to none but still they wanted to be like the others around them. Unfortunately, this is what has happened to many of the nations, the nationalities, races and ethnic groups here in the United States since integration. We've wanted to be not just equal to but also like those around us. That's not what our forefathers marched for. They didn't march so that we could be like this one or like that one, they marched so that we could have the same rights as everyone else, so that we could be treated as equals to everyone around us. Our forefathers marched for justice. They marched, were beaten, put in jail, had water hoses turned on them, had dogs to attack them and some were even killed so that we could be equal to every other race and ethnic group. They didn't suffer these atrocities so that we could be like others but rather so that we would be equal to others. And personally, I don't want to be like anybody but me. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title, "This Is the Voice of the Prophet" then look for the title What Were Those Marches Really About? God Give Us Justice Part 3Support the show

Send us a textWHAT WERE THOSE MARCHES REALLY ABOUT? GOD GIVE US JUSTICE!Our parents, grandparents and even great grandparents of the Civil Rights era would not give up and the time has come that those in this era must join them in saying that they won't either. We will not stop praying, believing or doing what's necessary to get the justice we are due and that includes boycotts which means not shopping at the stores or supporting the businesses that have done away with their DEI programs. The men and women of that time prayed! They met in the churches to plan their strategies and began their marches. And those marches always began with prayer. They knew that they weren't crying out to an unjust god, in fact, just the opposite. They were calling on the true and living God. They were calling on the God of Isaiah 33:22 where Isaiah said the Lord is our judge. They stood on the fact knowing that the Lord is our lawgiver and that the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us so therefore, in this day and age, at this time and slate, we must also be persistent, tenacious and unrelenting in our prayers day and night as those who marched were. The ones who marched and protested during those times knew the difference between those who were wicked, mean and ungodly from the true and living God who they knew would give us the justice that was due in spite of the beatings, arrests, attack dogs, water hoses and all the rest of the cruelties that were being inflicted on them. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to our spirits in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and click on the title, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the episode "What Were Those Marches Really About? God Give Us Justice! Part 2Support the show

Send us a textWHAT WERE THOSE MARCHES REALLY ABOUT? GOD GIVE US JUSTICE! PART 1I know that our Father is hearing the cries of those in this nation who want fairness, impartiality as well as diversity, equity and inclusion. Yes, we want DEI! We want all work places to be diverse, we want equality in the work forces as well as knowing that all races and genders are being included fairly in the policies, opportunities and decisions being made by all corporations, businesses and government in this nation as well as our states. Swiftly and without mercy the enemy is trying to rob all minorities of their rights. But as the Psalmist wrote in the 121st Division of Psalms verses 3-4; He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Let me say here and now that our God does not sleep and He does not slumber. Without a doubt, He sees all of the injustices that are occurring in this nation right now. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then click on the episode entitled WHAT WERE THOSE MARCHES REALLY ABOUT? GOD GIVE US JUSTICE! PART 1Support the show

Send us a text What did Paul say in Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. If we continually walk in the Spirit, pray in the Spirit and live according to how the Holy Spirit leads us, it will not be a matter of us not being tempted, but when the temptations come we will be able to succeed in triumphing over them. David said in 2 Samuel 22:30  For by Thee I have run through a troop; by my God have I leaped over a wall. We can run through the armies and bands that the enemy sends against us and we can leap over whatever he places before us in attempts to impede our progress. No temptations, no fleshly desires or inclinations will stop us from advancing to the highest heights that God has ordained for us to achieve. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to our spirits this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the title, Were You Incited or Tempted? Part 2Support the show

Send us a textBefore the desire to go away that God never ordained can be accomplished, there must be a starting point, a fundamental basis or core to allow the enemy access to us. There must be a weakness within each of us where the enemy can attach an incentive or temptation strong enough to cause us to fall. Would the weakness in you be in reference to pride, lust, money or even hatred and unforgiveness? For each and every one it's different. The enemy knows what will work against one will not always be successful against another. As the kids used to say years back, he knows just what buttons to push in order to pluck your nerves. He knows just what carrot to dangle before you, just what motivation will work against you in your life at that time and moment to bring about the temptation to sin. What may be a temptation or incentive for me would probably never work on you and vice versa. Nonetheless, temptations happen and depending on one's relationship with the Father, depending on how much one will allow his flesh to make the determinations will also determine how successful that inclination and desire to submit to them will be. In other words, the more we submit to the temptations the more we will submit to sin. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then click on the title "Were You Incited or Tempted? Part 1Support the show

Send us a textWAKE UP, GET UP, RISE UP BECAUSE GOD IS ABOUT TO STRIKE PART 3If we don't share our testimonies then we can't give hope to others. And if our lives are not giving hope to others then we're not giving God His glory! Proverbs 11:7 reads;  Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing. If we're only hoping in ourselves then our hope is useless. It will come to nothing. One of the saddest things to be witnessed is to see someone die with their hopes and dreams never being fulfilled. It's a devastating thing for someone to leave this earth with none of their dreams or desires achieved or accomplished and it means that they left this earth in total despair. I don't remember who it was but many years ago I heard a man of God say that the richest place in the world is in the graveyard because that's where all the unfulfilled dreams, potentials and expectations lie. That doesn't have to be and it will not be when our hope is in Christ Jesus. We can give hope to others by sharing what God has done for us. God wants to give hope to others through us and this is why when we pray according to His word and His will, with the only motive and ultimate goal being to give Him His glory, He answers our prayers. To hear more of what our Father is speaking click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite pod cast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled Wake Up, Get Up, Rise Up Because God is About to Strike Part 3.Support the show

Send us a textWAKE UP! GET UP! RISE UP BECAUSE GOD IS ABOUT TO STRIKE!The Amplified version of Romans 15:4 reads; For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises. We can't have confidence in someone who we don't know anything about or someone you've never heard of. Why have confidence and belief in someone who doesn't keep their promises? And so it is with the testimonies that are heard through answered prayers. When we testify of the God we serve concerning the prayers we've prayed, the prayers that He has answered, it gives hope to others and causes them to say, I want to serve the God she serves, I want to serve the God he serves because of what their God has done for them. It causes others to not only believe but to turn to Him and receive Jesus Christ, as their Lord and Savior. As the prophet Elijah said, the God who answers by fire, that's who is the real God. Our God answers our prayers, He answers through actions to give us testimonies that will give Him His glory. The testimonies of the past are to give hope not only to those who prayed but also to those who need the hope and encouragement to pray. The prayers that were answered in the past are to build our hope and our faith for today and encourage us even more in our prayers for tomorrow. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us through this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled Wake Up! Get Up! Rise Up Because God is About to Strike! Part 2. Support the show

Send us a textWAKE UP, GET UP, RISE UP BECAUSE GOD IS ABOUT TO STRIKE!There's an expression that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. People truly believe that and think that once they've been through one chastisement or one bad experience in life that they're okay, at least for a while. They're lulled into a false sense of security thinking that everything is going to be alright. However, let me tell you here and now that the statement that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is just not true. In fact, according to the experts, the Empire State Building is struck at least 25 times per year. Do you really want to get struck by God 25 times a year? Believe me, God will send as many strikes as many times as necessary in order to get us up and out of where we are when we're in sin. He will send strikes against us again and again in order for us to wake up, get up and rise up from the sin that we're committing! God wants to set His people free from the bondage of sin which keeps them in captivity to the enemy. To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title, Wake Up, Get Up, Rise Up Because God Is About to Strike!Support the show

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Send us a textJesus said in Luke 12:47-48 “The servant who knows the master's will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Not knowing will not keep one from receiving punishments. As the saying goes, ignorance of the law is no excuse. One cannot stand in the courtroom and say I didn't know that going 80 miles an hour in a school zone was against the law. It won't matter what you didn't know, you will have to pay that $1000 dollar ticket and more depending on the mood of the judge that day. And do you know why the judge won't accept that excuse? Because he will tell you that there were signs, signals and notices or markers within the school zone telling and warning you not to speed. There were these indicators telling you not to go over a certain speed limit. And our Father will say the same. He will say that He sent you signs and messages from others. He sent sermons, podcasts and more than anything He will say, I sent you my word through my Son, warning you not to eat from the yeast and leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  We can't eat from just anyone! To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this week's episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled "You Really Should't Eat From Just Anybody! Part 3Support the show

Send us a textOne year my mother made oyster gumbo for a lot of out of town guests she was having at her house. She pulled out her fine china, crystal and of course her best pots. For the gumbo she used her largest and cleanest Club pot. It was a huge pot and everyone was truly looking forward to having some of that gumbo. When the time came to eat they opened the pot and it was bubbling. No, it wasn't a fire under the pot but it was the oysters she had put in the gumbo itself and left on top of the hot stove that had gone bad. No one could eat from that pot of gumbo. Obviously it brings to mind the story of Elisha in 2 Kings 4 when he told the prophets to prepare a stew. One of them gathered some wild herbs and put them in the pot but when they tasted it they knew that it would kill them. There's death in the pot they exclaimed! Elisha put some flour in the pot and they were able to eat. Unfortunately, for my mother's gumbo, there was no amount of flour that would have made it edible that day. It's the same way with those who feed the body of Christ with what's supposed to be the pure, unadulterated word of God. There are just some things that are coming across the pulpits today that not only could but are literally bringing death to the spirits of God's sons and daughters.  To hear more of what our Father is speaking to our spirits in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and look for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the episode entitled "You Really Shouldn't Eat From Just Anybody!" Part 2Support the show

Send us a textUnfortunately there are issues with many whom we should be able to trust but nonetheless we know that we can't. Think about it and think hard because it's no less when it comes to the pastors, preachers, teachers, prophets and those who lead others in their spiritual lives because they are being trusted with people's eternal lives. Christians are not just trusting their leaders when it comes to their salvations but in the natural as well. There are too many Christians who willingly drank the proverbial Kool Aid when it came to believing what pastors have told them concerning Donald Trump. They are also trusting that what and all these leaders are saying will bring them into the very presence of God after death. They are trusting that the words that they have trusted in, will have brought them to a place so that when they do come into our Father's presence they will hear Him say, “well done my good and faithful servant”. But what if those are not the words they hear and the reason they don't hear them is because they trusted them. What if what was spoken from a pulpit by a pastor, preacher, prophet or teacher was possibly from the Bible, maybe it was scriptural, but something was added to or taken from it. Yeast and leaven has been added to the word of God simply for increase and ego. What if the words heard in the judgment are “depart from me I never knew you” and it's because someone implicitly trusted what some prophet, preacher or teacher told them? They drank the Kool Aid and swallowed the yeast. Don't think that it won't or can't happen because Jesus warned us about that very thing! We will stand and give an account for allowing ourselves to be taught things that God never said because we didn't take the responsibility to study and seek Him for ourselves.Support the show

Send us a textAlthough Donald Trump holds the title of president at this time it doesn't mean that he's the one that God has chosen to glorify his name. Remember, even as God rejected Saul he still held the title and position of king, so has God rejected Donald Trump in spite of him holding the position and title of President of the United States of America. Donald Trump, just like Saul was the choice of the people so just leave God out of this mess! To hear more of what our Father has spoken to me in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link below and search for the title WHAT NOW Part 2 or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet then search for the episode entitled “WHAT NOW Part 2.Support the show

Send us a textThe spirit of racism, hatred, bigotry, prejudice and all of those other spirits of discrimination and intolerance had been wandering in dry arid places seeking places to rest. They had been cast out of people or at least quelled and lulled into quietness for a while. Then it's as though when Donald Trump rose up so did those spirits of racism, bigotry and all the rest rise up in others that had been quieted for all those years. Attitudes, characters, reactions and stances that people had long forgotten were awakened and stirred up beyond what has not been seen in years and years. Racism is alive and well not only in the south but all over this nation. When he said make America great again for most Black people, especially those of us who are of any real age knew what the word 'again' referred to in that slogan. To  make America great 'again' meant to bring it back to the former ways of racism and hatred that so many of our parents, siblings, friends, neighbors and those that we admired fought against. But here it is again, not just for some but for anyone, Black, white or any other race or ethnicity who doesn't fit into certain categories. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled WHAT NOW?Support the show

Send us a textThe title of this message is Do I Have To? Do you have to what? Do you have to obey God? Do you have to do what everyone else is doing? Do you have to follow your own instincts without knowledge and wisdom? Do you have to be under bondage and be forced to vote for someone you don't want to vote for? The answer to all of those questions is no, you don't have to. However, taking each question individually one must consider the consequences of saying no to each one. Saying no to obeying God is one thing, but using His word to justify saying no is a huge mistake. It could quite possibly be a decision that's bordering on blasphemy. One does not have to do what everyone else is doing just because they claim to be Christians and walk under the broad banner of Christianity. Just because they profess Christianity does not mean that they're in the will of God. Remember it was the teachers in the temple who didn't follow Christ and it was also them who were the initiators of the death of Christ. They hated Jesus and His ways and they went a way that God never ordained. The parents of the blind man in John 9 told the Pharisees to ask their son, the one who had been born blind to answer about Jesus because they didn't want to be thrown out of the temple. They didn't want to be ostracized. They gave in to peer pressure because they wanted to fit in with everyone else which means that they rejected Christ. Don't worry about what others will say, do or think of you because all that matters is what God will say to you in the judgment. But again, you don't have to. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled DO I HAVE TO part 2.Support the show

Send us a textLet me say that no one has been called to force anything upon us as Christians, Disciples or Followers of Christ. We must each remember that we are all free will agents. Because of free will we make decisions good and bad, right and wrong. We can make these decisions without seeking the voice of God for His perfect will. However, when we don't seek Him, we make mistakes, huge ones. Then those decisions won't turn out for our good. Poor decisions bring huge regrets. And yet, still God does not and will not force us to do anything or live a certain way.  God doesn't force us to follow Him, serve Him, love Him or even obey Him. He will not force us to get saved or for that matter not sin. We are free to make those choices for ourselves with the knowledge that if we choose wrong there will be consequences.  Therefore, forcing someone or even a nation to do anything, even in God's name is not the will of our Father! If it were not for the matter of Christians destroying Christianity many more would be willing to follow Christ without the threat of being forced. How can Christians force on someone something that they themselves are not doing? In Luke 11:46 it reads in the Amplified Edition of the Bible; But He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well, because you weigh men down with burdens [man-made rules, unreasonable requirements] which are hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers [to lighten the load]. That word definitely fits many Christians today. They would dare to load others down with burdens and then won't lift a finger to help them and all the while condemning them for not being able to bear those loads alone. God will not force us to do anything! If that were the case He would have started with Adam and Eve, forcing them to do right in the garden.Support the show

Send us a textThere are those that I continually keep covered in prayer, fasting, praying and standing in agreement for and with them every single day of my life. If they're in warfare, I go to war with them on their behalf. If they need or desire counseling, I'm there for them with that need. That's the way covenant works. Whatever their spiritual need is, I'm there to petition the Father to fulfill it in whatever way He chooses whether through me or in some other way or means. There are also those that I continually keep covered in prayer because I believe that our Father has assigned them to me and therefore I will always do so. I've been covering people without realizing exactly what the Father has been using me to accomplish. This is what a true covering does. I keep others spiritually covered. As someone who is not just a prophet but stands in the office of the prophet, this is part of the ministry God has assigned me. Paul, as he said in II Corinthians 11 in the 16th verse it reads; 16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. Sisters and brothers you all know that I am no one's fool to present this to you but I can share just a little of why I believe that God would have me to do this. Again as Paul said, I am a servant of Christ. I am a licensed and ordained minister with the state of Louisiana. I have attended Bible college and have had the honor of ministering in Africa, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad, and all over the United States of America. I have never asked any church, group or ministry for a dime trusting God for whatever offering was given to me and the ministry. And again like Paul, I received from those who would give so that I could minister to those who couldn't. I have labored, toiled, gone without sleep, I have fasted, prayed and believed God on behalf of those who haven't given me or this ministry a second thought. Only God knows the sacrifices that I have willingly made for the sake of others without complaints and will continue to do so. I have walked away from friends, ministries and churches that I knew without a doubt would support me very well financially if that was my motive. But for the sake of the gospel and in obedience to God, I left their presence and never looked back. Again let me say that I stand in the office of the prophet as most of you already know. No, I am not a soothsayer, psychic, or anyone's daily horoscope. For those of you who have heard me minister you know I never take for granted not only my responsibility as a prophet but my accountability as well. I know that I will stand in judgment for every word I speak so therefore all that I do and say with all my heart it's done and spoken to the glory of our Father.  To hear more of what our Father has spoken to my spirit on this very important matter click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled Exactly Who and What is Your Covering?Support the show

Send us a textRemember in Numbers 11 when God told Moses to choose 70 men and He said that he would take of the spirit that was upon Moses and put upon them. In I Kings 22 it reads; But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”  I believe that the question that must be asked by those who are so taken with this man is, what spirit has left Donald Trump and entered into the spirits of the men and women of God? What spirit has left Donald Trump and entered into the pastors and body of Christ to bring about such negative influence, hatred, disruption and division? What spirit has left him or that's still upon him and has now entered those who are sitting in pews as well as standing in pulpits today? And please let me bottom line this question; Not just what spirit but what demon has left Donald Trump and entered into the spirits of the Christians who follow him? To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for 'This Is the Voice of the Prophet' then look for the title "HOW TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE CHURCH AND BODY OF CHRIST! PART 3Support the show

Send us a textIS IT DONALD TRUMP OR GOD?Why are we paying more for groceries, clothing, gas, homes and everything else? Why are mortgage rates the way they are? It's not because of the government but because Christians have turned away from trusting God to trusting in the government to do for them what God wants to do. They are trusting in the government and economy to do for them what God said He would do. Having said that, I must ask, why would we continue to trust in a man, an absolutely ungodly man, to turn things around for the nation which professes Christianity. Are you truly trusting God if you're willing to align yourself with the heathen of an ungodly man that Donald Trump is? He's no better than Ahab who God had ordained would go to his death. I would strongly recommend that those of you who have aligned yourselves with this man would not be with him on the threshing floor when his time of judgment comes. To hear more of what our Father is speaking at this time click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled IS IT DONALD TRUMP OR GOD?Support the show

Send us a textHOW TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE CHURCH AND BODY OF CHRIST! PART 2Most probably we all agree that all politicians lie and I know unless they repent they will all stand in judgment for those lies. I will not make excuses or attempt to justify those actions. However, I will say this; it's one thing for the fisherman to lie about the size of the fish he caught while it's something entirely different for the adulterer to lie to their mates about others that they're sleeping with. It's one thing for the soldier to come home and lie, fudge or even think of things that occurred during his time in the military that quite possibly didn't really happen the way he says it did while it's something entirely different for someone to blatantly lie habitually on and about people just because they don't like them or because they want to besmirch their reputations and cause them to be hated by others. It's a different matter to lie on a people or an ethnic group because of one's own racist attitudes, opinions and in order to accomplish ones own selfish goals and agendas. And as stated previously, unless they repent they will all have their part in the lake of fire. Also let us remember that repentance isn't just saying that we're sorry but it's also not doing it again. For someone to say that they're sorry for lying and then go out every day and lie again and again then they're not truly sorry and that's not repentance. The lake of fire has some peoples names written on it! To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this week's episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled HOW TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE CHURCH AND BODY OF CHRIST PART 2Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!HOW TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE CHURCH AND BODY OF CHRIST! PART 1 One of my earliest spiritual warfare lessons from the Holy Ghost is that one of the oldest tricks in warfare is to divide and conquer. He was speaking this to me for this weeks lesson as my spirit man was being ministered to about the division in the body of Christ. Then He spoke to my spirit letting me know that this is what has happened and continues to happen in the church. There's a warfare that's going on where Satan is using tactics of hatred, racism, prejudices and bigotry to bring chasms of separation to the body of Christ. And unfortunately, as it stands right now, the enemy is winning. He's winning by using those who are outside of the church, who are not even a part of the body of Christ, to use those inside the church to sow seeds of discord among the brethren. In the New International version of the Bible, Paul said in 2 Corinthians 12 verse 20; For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. Brothers and sisters it just takes one little word, one small statement, one lie or fit of rage, one small seed of gossip in order to plant the one small seed of discord to bring the kind of strife and disorder that will totally divide a church and the body of Christ. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us through this new message click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title "THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE PROPHET". Then look for the episode HOW TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE CHURCH AND BODY OF CHRIST! PART 1Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS PART 3I believe that one of the saddest things that can happen in all of eternity is for someone to love God, truly love Him with all their heart and then find that all the things they thought they were doing to please Him meant absolutely nothing to Him and in fact will caused them to be turned away from the kingdom of God. Don't think that that could happen? You think it's not a possibility or that God would never allow that to happen to the sons and daughters who truly love Him? To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the podcast entitled, "This Is the Voice of the Prophet!" Then look for the title "FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS" PART 3Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS PART 2Last week God ministered to us from I Corinthians 11:17-19. In the 17th verse Paul said; In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. Today that scripture is in reference to the fact that many churches, ministries, and meetings that are open in His name are hurting people more than helping them, the church is doing more harm than good. There's more damage being done to the body of Christ than healings, deliverances, salvations or anything else. As I've stated in the past, it's Christians who are destroying Christianity. Then hear what Paul said in the 18th verse of I Corinthians 11. That verse reads; 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. Paul didn't say that when they came together at work, on the jobs, at school, the grocery store or even in their homes. He said when they came together at church there were divisions among them. With all regret I must say that that has not changed and if there has been a change it's only because it's gotten worse. At this time in the body of Christ, I would have to say that the division, separation and disconnect in the church is on a level of being absolutely demonic. And as far as that division is concerned, this is not just in my opinion and it's not just affecting a few but the entire body of Christ across this nation. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the title, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode for this week, FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS! Part 2Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS! PART 1If I could paraphrase the words of Paul from the book of I Corinthians, there are church services, houses of prayer, memberships or whatever else one may want to call these Sunday and midweek meetings that literally do more harm to their members than good. They hurt the spirit man more than they help. I heard Tony Evans say recently in one of his sermons that people come to church to make themselves feel good. To put it in my own words it's as though people go to church for that weekly high or fix and yet leave with the same poor attitudes, bad character and evil hateful spirits that they came with. The unfortunate thing is that when evil spirits get together with like spirits they become more evil and stronger. When racism, hatred and poor character get together on a weekly basis they encourage each other. They find strength in one another. It's as though they're saying, “I'm okay, you're okay.” They can't see and refuse to see the darkness in others because it would mean that they would have to identify it within themselves. It would mean that they would have to take the plank out of their own eyes before they could remove the splinter from someone else's.  To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link and look for the podcast This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the episode entitled FAKE, PHONY, SHAMS AND SELF-DECEPTIONS!Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!The true litmus test in knowing when a dream, or for that matter, any message is of God or not, is to be sure that it lines up with His word. It must be in His language. No matter how great, awesome or for that matter even terrifying a dream may be, if it doesn't line up with the word of God, if it's not in His language then it's not God. And let me say that if you don't know God's language then you will never understand what He's speaking. That means for us to be on one accord with Him we must speak the same language that God does. What is God's language? The Bible.  If we don't know God's word, the Bible, then we will never understand what He's speaking to us. It will always be guesses and assumptions, a bunch of hit and miss.  God's word is the Bible and that's the language He uses to speak to us and it's how His word is confirmed. A sure way of knowing when something or someone is truly of God is when what they are saying lines up with His word. Don't let a prophet, apostle, pastor or anyone else speak something into your life that doesn't line up with God's word. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode on hearing His voice, click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet and then click on the title, GOD IS THAT YOU? PART 3Support the show

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!In 2 Kings 16 it says that when Ahaz was king he went to Damascus and saw an altar. He sent drawings of the altar back to Uriah the priest with instructions to build and place it in the temple next to the altar of God. Then it says in the 15th verse; He commanded Uriah the priest, “Use the large altar to burn the morning burnt offerings, the evening grain offerings, and the drink offerings from all the people of this country. Sprinkle all the blood from the burnt offering and other sacrifices on the large altar. But I will use the bronze altar to get answers from God.” That's exactly how some of us handle our prayer lives. We give our time, offerings, our money, worship and everything else to the idols we serve until we need an answer. Then and only then do we begin to seek the true and living God. Only when we really need something do we truly begin to pray. There are far too many who feel that prayer is a chore and something that they don't want to be bothered with until they really need something. Too many feel that it's useless, futile and a waste of time. Because of these lies, (from flesh as well as the enemy), words and thoughts of discouragement when it comes to prayer, there are those who begin to believe that God doesn't hear them. In actuality it's not that God doesn't hear them, but rather that He's not answering. There are so many, who just like king Ahaz, have two altars; one for the offerings and the other for seeking God when they need an answer. There are those who see prayer as a task to either be avoided until absolutely necessary or for a matter that needs to be dealt with quickly. They deem prayer as a hurry up and get it over with issue. It's something that they can procrastinate with and never actually get to. They aren't willing to take the time necessary to have real communication with the Father. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search  for  the link entitled, 'This Is the Voice of the Prophet.' Then look for the episode, GOD IS THAT YOU? Part 2Support the Show.

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!We all know about the fruit of the spirit; love, joy, peace, gentleness, kindness, goodness, patience, long suffering and self-control. I always say that the first three, love, joy and peace are the easiest to develop. The second three are not as easy but doable. The last three however, patience, long suffering and self control are absolute doozies! No one wants to deal with developing patience because they're not patient. Long suffering is painful and self control as far as many are concerned is totally unnecessary and unheard of in this age and time. However, if one wants to hear the voice of God those are the three fruit that are most needed. Why? Because where all of the fruit of the spirit are needed, it's those three in particular that are necessary to develop the life and discipline of prayer and relationship with the Father that's necessary to hear His voice. Bottom line is that, if you don't have a prayer life then you're not hearing from God. To hear more of what God is speaking to us in this week's episode, click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the podcast, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the title, "GOD IS THAT YOU?"Support the Show.

Let me know if you're listening and if you're receiving anything from the podcast!Without it being said, it's a given fact that the blindfolded woman on the wheel is working for and with the knife thrower. Her work is not pointless or futile. And so it is with each of us. Our work in and with our Father is not fruitless.  Although in the sight and opinion of some it's as though all that we seem to be doing is standing there with our lives going around and around. It seems as though we might be oblivious, totally blind to all that's occurring around us, and to a certain degree we are. And yet, because of our faith, trust and belief in the God we serve we have no doubt, fear or unbelief in knowing that He will cause all things to work together for our good. Why? Because we trust Him, we believe in Him and we have the confidence in Him that He can't miss when it comes to doing what's best for His sons and daughters. We know that in spite of what we see or for that matter what we can't see, we know that as long as we are steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord that our labor in the Lord is not in vain . To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for "This is the Voice of the Prophet!" Then look for the episode entitled "IF YOU'RE IN HIS WILL THEN STAY STILL!"  PART 2Support the Show.

The whole purpose of the woman on the wheel with the blindfolded knife thrower is for entertainment. However, a big part of that entertainment is to bring fear to those who watch! It's like the best horror movie you've ever seen. Sometimes our lives are those horror movies in real time, real life and nothing can be done to turn it off or to walk away from it. Unfortunately, there are far too many in the body of Christ who become so fearful that it hinders our Father from doing for us what needs to be done.  We receive all that God has for us when we wait patiently without fear. We must trust Him for His word, His move and His good decisions to be accomplished. We must be willing to wait and know that He is God in spite of the fear, stress and trepidation that the enemy tries to bring against us. Be still and know that He is God!  In the Contemporary English Version that same 10th verse of Psalms 46 reads; Our God says, “Calm down, and learn that I am God! ” You heard Him, He said Calm down. Calm down and learn that He is God! When we actually come to the realization of just how much God is God we won't keep trying to take control of things. To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this new episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to you favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title, IF YOU'RE IN HIS WILL THEN STAY STILL!Support the Show.

We all know about the knife thrower in the circus or sideshow. There's the beautiful woman, blindfolded, standing and strapped to a spinning wheel while the confident, all knowing man, who's also blindfolded, throws those long, sharp, penetrating knives at her. Every time after each performance she walks away unharmed. Although both participants are applauded, it's the knife thrower who is seen as the hero and star of the show. Everyone stands in awe of his prowess, timing and skills. The woman, on the other hand, realizes that in order for the man to have success she has to have complete trust in his skills as a knife thrower and of course she has to remain perfectly still and in place as he has positioned her. Let me be honest with each of you, as great as the skills of a knife thrower might be, no matter how many years he's been practicing this feat, there is no way I'd say yes to taking the place of the woman on the wheel. But what if someone offered me a tax free $10,000,000 dollars? There is no amount of money that someone could offer me to stand there while he's blindfolded and allow him to throw knives my way. My choice would still be a sound, definite, undeniable no. It would be my option. Would I miss the opportunity of a lifetime? Quite possibly. Would the time come that I would regret it? Most probably. But with it being my option and even with the knowledge of what I might miss I would still say no. And so it is with the choice that our heavenly Father gives us. We have the option to say no when given the choice of whether or not we're willing to trust Him implicitly with our eyes closed, not His. Blind trust is what we need when it comes to saying yes to God. It needs to be a matter of knowing that in spite of what we can or cannot see, we must believe that without a doubt He can't miss when it comes to doing what's best for us. To hear more of what our Father is speaking in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. The look for the episode entitled, "Hard or Easy, It's Your Choice! Part 3"Support the Show.

As I shared last week, at a time when I was whining, murmuring, and complaining God asked me if I wanted to quit. He gave me the choice as to whether or not I would go on or just stop where I was spiritually. The choice was mine but also as said last week, whatever choice we make, there will be a price to pay. We need to make these decisions through prayer and by listening to our Father's voice. Too many don't recognize and utilize prayer for what it is.  In my personal opinion I think that many Christians see prayer as a task and a chore rather than the golden opportunity it is. It's literally a joyous occasion and an absolute divine privilege of spending time with the Father in which we are not only speaking to Him but then giving Him the time to speak back to us. If you're not allowing our Father to speak back to you while you're in prayer then the bottom line is that, you're not really praying. I hate to say this but perhaps this is why so many are experiencing unanswered prayers. If we're not spending true, quality time in prayer and devotion then we will never hear God's voice in reference to the things that He wants to do on our behalf. We will never hear His answer in reference to the prayers we're praying. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this week's episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the episode entitled, Hard or Easy, It's Your Choice Part 2!Support the Show.

There is nothing in life that we have to do except die before we stand in the judgment. And so it is with the God we serve. With Him there is nothing that we have to do because God will not force us to do anything not even serve Him. We are free will agents. In the Easy To Read Version in John 6 at the 67th verse it says that Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”  It was entirely up to them. Jesus gave them the right to choose to do as His other followers had chosen, and that was to leave. As a young single mother raising two sons as I've stated on many occasions it was very hard for me. I would do, as the Isralites did as they wandered through the wilderness, I murmured and complained. During those years I was very afraid. I didn't know how I was going to make it or how any of our needs would be met, but what I did know was that I was saved and I also knew that God had a  plan and calling for my life.  One day as I was deep in thought I heard God speak to my spirit and say; “do you want to quit?” Do you want to stop where you are right now and not go any further?” I knew without having to hear Him say it that He was not referring to me backsliding or going back into a sinful life but rather just not moving forward. God was giving me the option of no more struggles, no more fear or depression. The choice was mine, I had to choose. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this new episode click on the buzzsprout link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for 'This Is the Voice of the Prophet.' Then click on the episode entitled HARD OR EASY, IT'S UP TO YOU! Part 1Support the Show.

There was a young prophet in the book of Kings whose name was never given. All it says about him was that God told him to go and give a message to the king. God was also very explicit in instructing him not to return by the way he came. The prophet delivered the message and then the king invited him to go home with him for food and a gift. It reads in I Kings 13:9-10; So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'” There are simply things, ways and habits that we can not return to no matter what anyone else says. However, there was an old prophet that the Bible says lied to the young prophet and told the young man that God had given him a word for him to come back to eat and drink at his house. The young prophet listened to the old prophet and returned with him. Later a lion killed the young prophet.  Have you ever gotten into trouble with a bunch of friends but they all walked away with no difficulties or issues? You were the only one that got in trouble and they didn't even get reprimanded or fussed at? That's what the donkey represents in this story those that we go back with and nothing happens to them. But as for us, the ones who have been warned, there's something waiting to destroy us. The prophet was killed but the donkey was totally untouched. When we go a way that God has told us not to go back to, it will be us as individuals that will be dealt with. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and look for the podcast "This Is the Voice of the Prophet." Then look for the episode entitled Don't Go Back and Don't Let It Come Back To You Part 2!Support the Show.

DON'T GO BACK AND DON'T LET IT COME BACK TO YOU!We've all heard the expression “a drug is a drug is a drug.” As they would say when I ministered in the inner city of New Orleans, “what's your drug of choice?” What could the enemy or flesh make so tempting to you, to such a degree, that you would return to it? Where does the flesh want you to return to? Or worse yet, what does the enemy want to return to you? In both Matthew 12 and Luke 11 Jesus said; 43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. What has God delivered you from that would just love to make a comeback? And we all know that it's not just crack, coke or alcohol. Obviously at my age there are some things that I just no longer have an interest in. However, as long as there's flesh there will always be something, some sin or former sin in our lives that the enemy would love to bring back to us. Also let me add that it's not just 'sin' as we know sin to be. It could be whatever our Father has told you to walk away from. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the podcast, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the title "Don't Go Back and Don't Let It Come Back to You!" Part 1Support the Show.

ARE YOU REALLY PRAYING OR JUST COMPLAINING? PART 2Jesus said in Luke 12:48 in the New International Version; But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. Again, God is saying to us that  this is not a message of rebuke but one of encouragement. God wants those of us who are waiting to know and understand, even while seeing the sins of others, we are the ones who have been entrusted with much. While others are seemingly still being blessed in spite of their sin and betrayals we must continue to intercede on their behalf. And for those whose prayers are no longer petitions but without realizing it has allowed them to become complaints, accusations and criticisms of others turn your complaints back to prayers.  God is demanding greater from those that He uses for greater things! SELAH! Pause and think about that! God has given into your hands, our hands, our minds, hearts and spirits what He will not and cannot entrust to others. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this week's episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for the podcast title, This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then search for the episode entitled, "Are You Really Praying or Just Complaining? Part 2"Support the Show.

NOT THE RAPTURE BUT HIS WRATHUsually in the mornings when I wake up I start with the words, "good morning Father, good morning my Savior. I love you Holy Spirit." These have been my words or something similar to them every waking morning for many, many years. But my sisters and brothers on Sunday morning of this week, I had the most horrific dream, that was so terrifying that when I woke up for at least the first fifteen minutes if not more it was as though I was mute or voiceless. I just couldn't speak a word! Several times I tried to open my mouth and say something to our Father but just couldn't. It wasn't that I had physically lost my voice but every time I attempted to open my mouth I just couldn't, I was literally speechless, dumbfounded, as though I was in total shock. The dream affected me just that much to that degree. The dream was very prophetic and is a definite word to us all. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this special episode please click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title Not The Rapture But His Wrath!Support the Show.

ARE YOU REALLY PRAYING OR JUST COMPLAINING?Like many Christians, they won't say it out  loud or to others, but in their hearts they know without a doubt that they feel God is being unfair in not judging others as soon as they think He should. Much like children will react and respond to their earthly parents in regards to their younger siblings when they say, “you would never have let me get away with doing that when I was in school.” Or as parents we will say to our older parents concerning their grandchildren as they indulge them in certain things. You know, like jumping in the bed or standing on the sofa. How many of us have said to them; “There is no way you would have let me even think about doing that!”  In the Message Bible the third verse of that 12th chapter Jeremiah says; Meanwhile, you know me inside and out. You don't let me get by with a thing! I personally have said to God, Lord if I even thought about doing that You'd be dealing with me! Here we see where Jeremiah is what some might refer to as petitioning the Lord. However, the question is, is he petitioning, praying to God or is he actually being impatient and complaining to God? Like many of us, without realizing it Jeremiah's prayers had become complaints.  To hear more on what God is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title Are You Really Praying or Just Complaining?Support the Show.

HYPOCRISY PART 4 There are many who believe that there is only one antiChrist. They believe that THE AntiChrist will come as he's spoken of in Revelations. It's believed that all of the things, the terrors, judgments and battles of Revelations will be, must be taking place in order for him to be here. Therefore since all of these things are not occurring many are not realizing and being deceived by the fact that there are other antiChrists. We must remember that there is more than one. I John 2:18 reads in the Amplified Classic Version; Boys (lads), it is the last time (hour, the end of this age). And as you have heard that the antichrist [he who will oppose Christ in the guise of Christ] is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, which confirms our belief that it is the final (the end) time. Yes, John tells us that there are many antichrists and the one thing that we must keep in mind about them is that they are all manipulators, deceivers, hypocrites and liars.  What is a hypocrite? It's a person who has ulterior motives, hidden agendas and self-serving motivations for all that they do. They are never to be trusted. To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us this week in the podcast click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then click on the title "Hypocrisy Part 4".Support the Show.