Traumatized or Sanitized ?
October 10, 2007
Scribe: Priscilla van Sutphin
www.upstreamca.org
tearsofthefather@ca.rr.com

Gal 6:1-3 NKJV              Bear and Share the Burdens
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness , considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Gentleness  NT:4239  praus (prah-ooce'); apparently a primary word; mild, i.e. (by implication) humble:  KJV - meek. See also NT:4235.
NT:4235  praios (prah'-os); a form of NT:4239, used in certain parts; gentle, i.e. humble:
KJV - meek.

To BEAR re burdens  NT:941  bastazo (bas-tad'-zo); perhaps remotely derived from the base of NT:939 (through the idea of removal); to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.): KJV - bear, carry, take up.

“ I’ve admonished you beloveds, to cleanse yourselves from all that contaminates your thinking, and your actions, and I know there are many who have tried best they knew how to get the healing and deliverance needed.  So many in the church  have not known HOW to help many of My children.
The church is so full of wounded or prideful people, that they are unable in some circumstances to get the healing they need, because those doing the healing are walking in woundedness and lack of deliverance themselves.

Insecurity leads to traumatizing My beloveds further, and instead of cleansing they get more defiled by religious spirits, lust, greed, and all manner of ungodliness.  Jezebel rules in many churches so that they get traumatized instead of sanitized !  They get bludgeoned and pierced through with arrows instead of helped, or they get ineffective prayer, for two minutes at the altar, because no one wants to really take TIME to help them pray through anything.

Beloveds, My church is to be a hospital for hurting souls.
My church is to deliver the wounded from all evil that encompasses them about and to teach them how to overcome.
I am interested not just in gathering fish, but cleaning the fish ! My children need to know they are loved and cared for by Me.  But if you are walking in envy and self seeking, then every other evil thing is there.  If you want to walk in humility, then you need to spend time with others who are humble, and not proud and arrogant in their ways.  I’ve said, do not go near a bitter man, lest you learn his ways.  This applies not only to bitterness, but to anger, and rage, to lying and deception, to complaining and gossiping.

I no longer want my sheep to be driven out of the church !
I will change the order of things !

I will cleanse and heal My sheep, and I will feed them Myself, and give to them true shepherds who are not hirelings, so that they can be cared for and loved as I love them.  Do not underestimate those around you beloveds !
Honor the weaker brother and do not exclude them.  Bear one anothers burdens and help them carry their cross in this way, just as Simon helped me carry My cross and just as I washed the feet of the disciples.  Wash one another’s feet.  Have you thought on this ? Have you seen that when you help carry the burdens for each other the load for all becomes lighter ?  Have you seen that when you do it, you get to know each other better ?  You begin to walk in love and understanding.

When I tell you to judge with righteous judgment, it means to discern right from wrong in others, and not to allow yourself to be led astray. But when
I tell you NOT to “ judge” in a negative way, it means you are not to think you are above that person you just discerned something in.  Because apart from ME, you can DO NOTHING RIGHT !  I alone know what is in the HEART of a man, so I AM TO JUDGE, not you !  I tell you the truth, that if you think you are spiritual, then love one another as I HAVE LOVED YOU !
Have you yet died for another ? Are you greater than your Master and Lord?
Do you have knowledge ?  Do you have wisdom ?  Are you the source of these things or am I ?  All wisdom that is from above, comes down from the Father of Lights, in whom there is no turning.  Wisdom from this earth is useless in being applied to spiritual things.

James 3:13-16 NIV
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom . 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such "wisdom " does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
I tell you the truth, that if you want to walk in ability to heal and deliver others, you must rely on MY WISDOM for each person comes with their own set of circumstances and experiences, and I alone know every secret of their heart.  As you pray for them, and worship Me, in the secret place, I will give you the wisdom you need to help them.  I will show you how to pray, how to counsel them, what to speak to them in wisdom.  I will give you understanding that will help them walk into the light in all the areas of their lives.  My Word is also LIFE to your spirit and LIFE to your bones ! Pray My WORD !  Speak My WORD in faith and watch me perform it in the lives of those around you.

There are many coming in on the crest of this new wave of My Spirit, and your vats will need to be full of NEW WINE.  You need to RELY and DEPEND ON ME, and not on the old ways.  If you ASK, then you will receive all you need in wisdom, understanding and knowledge.  For I am POURING OUT WINE and OIL, and blessing you with all manner of gifting  that you will be able to do the work of the Kingdom.

But I want you to do it MY WAY, not your way.  I don’t want hirelings.  I want true shepherds, who will love My sheep and lambs, and care for them as if they were their very own.  Just as I TREAT YOU as My very own, and give you mercy, that is how you are to give mercy to others, and have patience with them !  Have I not been patient with you ?  Have I not given you much time to grow and to repent, and to learn of My love ? I want you to move in GENTLENESS !  For many will come who are so bruised and wounded, that they need a tender touch.  Not all , but many will respond only from this approach.  There are many types of people who respond differently to different personalities. So be open to listen to what I have to say, so you know what each person needs !

Trust in ME beloveds to speak to you, and for all the wisdom you need.
ASK FOR RAIN NOW !  ASK FOR THE FORMER AND LATTER TO COME. ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED OUT. I AM THE ONLY ANSWER FOR ALL THE ILLS OF THIS WORLD.  I AM THE ONLY ANSWER FOR YOUR OWN NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.  I AM A BIG, BIG GOD !  HEAVEN IS MY THRONE AND EARTH MY FOOTSTOOL.
BELIEVE FOR GREATER GRACE, AND GREATER MEASURES OF ALL THAT I’VE GIVEN YOU.  I LOVE YOU IMMEASURABLY !  REMEMBER HOW  MUCH I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, AND DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS !”

Phil 4:5 NKJV   Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

Eph 4:1-6 NKJV       Walk in Unity - I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness , with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

1 Cor 4:19-21 NKJV   But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness ?

2 Cor 10:1-2 NKJV         The Spiritual War
Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

1 Tim 6:11 NKJV       The Good Confession  -  But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness