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Building authentic relationships that support and encourage rest

Posted: January 24, 2024 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Remnant, teaching
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Here is an excerpt from my Book “God’s Rest; Unveiling the Finished Works of Christ on the Cross”, due to be released on March 1, 2024.

In this section, I share something very unique that I personally experienced from co-founding a ministry where we set out to build an authentic Kingdom family from 2015 to 2019.

“Building authentic relationships that support and encourage rest”

In our fast-paced and demanding world, finding true rest can often feel like an elusive goal.

As devoted followers of Jesus Christ, we strive to live out the principles of our faith, including the pursuit of spiritual rest as described in Hebrews 4:10. However, this journey towards rest is not meant to be walked alone. Building authentic relationships that support and encourage rest is vital to our spiritual well-being.

Authentic relationships are characterized by transparency, vulnerability, and a genuine desire to support one another. These relationships go beyond surface-level interactions and create a safe space where we can be our true selves.

In the context of rest, authentic relationships provide a nurturing environment where we can be honest about our struggles, fears, and anxieties. When we share our burdens with trusted friends, they can offer comfort, encouragement, and prayer, lightening our load and reminding us of God’s faithfulness.

To build authentic relationships that support and encourage rest, we must be intentional in our interactions. This involves actively seeking out individuals who share our desire for spiritual rest and are committed to journeying alongside us. It means investing time and energy into cultivating these relationships and prioritizing quality conversations and meaningful connections. In a world saturated with superficial social interactions, authentic relationships require effort, but the rewards are immeasurable.

In these relationships, we can find accountability and encouragement to prioritize rest. Often, in our pursuit of success and productivity, rest takes a backseat. We neglect the importance of Sabbath rest and push ourselves beyond our limits. However, when we have authentic relationships that understand the significance of rest, they can remind us of its necessity and hold us accountable to prioritize it. They can gently challenge our workaholic tendencies and encourage us to find a healthy balance between work and rest.

Furthermore, building authentic relationships that support and encourage rest fosters a sense of belonging and community. It reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles and that others are walking a similar journey toward spiritual rest. These relationships provide opportunities for mutual growth, where we can learn from one another’s experiences, share our insights, and support each other’s spiritual development.

In conclusion, building authentic relationships that support and encourage rest is essential for devoted followers of Jesus Christ. As we navigate the challenges of our modern world and seek to unveil the spiritual rest described in Hebrews 4:10, we need the support and encouragement of trusted friends. These relationships provide a safe space for vulnerability, accountability, and growth. By investing in authentic relationships, we can find the support and encouragement we need on our journey towards spiritual rest.

~Dr. Russell G. Welch

The transformative power of knowing the Father’s love

Posted: December 27, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, teaching
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The transformative power of the “Beloved Identity” in John’s Gospel. In reading the Gospel of John, we find ourselves, witnessing this disciple encounter Jesus’ love in a way that not only shapes their own journey but also offers us a powerful lens through which to experience that love ourselves.

Transformation Within the Beloved Disciple:

Reclining at the Last Supper: This intimate gesture speaks volumes about Jesus’ acceptance and affection. It likely transformed the disciple’s perception of himself, granting him confidence and fostering a deeper sense of belonging within Jesus’ inner circle.

Entrusted with Mary at the Crucifixion: This act not only highlighted the deep trust Jesus placed in the disciple but also entrusted him with a profound responsibility – caring for his mother in a moment of immense grief. This experience would undoubtedly have deepened the disciple’s understanding of Jesus’ compassion and sacrifice.

Receiving revelations after the resurrection: Witnessing Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances and receiving special revelations likely solidified the disciple’s faith and ignited a burning desire to share the Gospel with the world.

Impact on Readers:

Witnessing the Beloved’s transformation: By observing the impact of Jesus’ love on the beloved disciple, we can imagine and hope for a similar transformation in our own lives. Their journey becomes a model for how Jesus’ love can heal, empower, and inspire us to live out his teachings.

Experiencing God’s love through the Beloved: The disciple’s close relationship with Jesus creates a bridge for us to connect with God’s love ourselves. Witnessing their intimacy can open our hearts to receiving and reflecting that same love in our own lives and relationships.

Embracing the Beloved Identity: Recognizing the symbolic potential of the disciple allows us to see ourselves reflected in their story. We can all aspire to become “beloved disciples” – individuals who actively seek a deeper understanding of Jesus, embody his love, and strive for closer intimacy with him.

Challenges and Considerations:

Avoiding an idealized image: It’s important to remember that the “beloved disciple” is presented in a highly idealized way in the Gospel. While we can strive for similar traits, it’s crucial to avoid comparing ourselves too harshly or feeling inadequate.

Focusing on our own journey: Ultimately, the transformative power of the “Beloved Identity” lies in its ability to inspire our own unique relationship with Jesus. Instead of solely focusing on the disciple, we should use their story as a springboard to explore our own paths of growth and deepen our personal connection with God.

Remember, the transformative power of the “Beloved Identity” lies not in achieving a perfect image but in embracing the ongoing journey of growth in Jesus’ love. As we open our hearts to his love, just like the disciple in John’s Gospel, we can experience healing, empowerment, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

In my own life over the past 8years of swimming in the revelation of the “Beloved Identity”, neatly wrapped in John’s Gospel my own life has been radically changed due to this revelation. And probably the most defining change has been that of the depth of intimacy that I now have with the Lord.

I believe that one of the core impacts of knowing our identity is the rest it brings to the individual who no longer questions how the God of the Universe looks and feels about them. Just knowing that the Father’s love for each one us is bigger than the largest ocean, and runs deeper than the depths of the deepest sea, will totally dismiss the voice of rejection, guilt, and condemnation.

Friend, if you do not know how much God loves you, Holy Spirit is inviting you to take a journey with Him that will bring you into the fullness of revelation as to how much the Father loves you. And once you settle into that revelation and it settles in you, your life will never be the same!!!!

And the Journey Continues………

~WindWalker

An urgent call to re-establish Biblical Discipleship

Posted: November 9, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)

I have contended for several years now that the discipleship model Jesus gave us has been lost in the mainstream Church and we are witnessing the harvest of that today from our teens all the way up to those in the 20 – 40 year old range.

My son and I traveled to Paris Kentucky at the end of summer in 2020, to visit the historic site of Cane Ridge Revival. Within 30 minutes of leaving that location, Holy Spirit took me into a vision and told me when I returned home, I was to begin discipling individuals in the discipleship methods of the Lord.

At first, I said Lord I will do just that, but then I asked Him “What does that look like?” After He explained this, I mulled it over for a few hours, and then at our next gas stop I penned the following down:

“A Discipleship Ministry Dedicated to Training up Mountain Moving Disciples”

Transactional, Transformational, Reformational, Discipleship.

Reviving the relationally centered discipleship methods of Christ our Lord. Transactional in that we invest our lives (not religious programs) in others as the Lord invested His life into ours which births a transforming nature of the new birth (New Creation) which starts in the heart of Christ in us and begins the supernatural growth of the inward to that of the outward.

From there we see that when we allow Holy Spirit to use His Spiritual authority over the way we act and think, will birth a reforming (Reshaping) of who we have been purposefully reborn into, to that of a matured son or daughter with a destiny of becoming just like our Messiah and King, Christ our LORD.

Thus, we have been reborn of the Spirit into the original image, created in the very image of Father, Son, and Spirit.

So to sum up the process of Christ-like discipleship ministry: The whole purpose and foundation are that of training up disciples in the same Spiritual pattern that Jesus used in discipling His disciples; pouring everything (transactional) the Father poured into Him into the disciples, which caused an inward “transformation” which then sparks the new birth (New Creation) in the individual, which then manifests an outward Re-formation to where having gone through a Spiritual metamorphosis process, they end up looking and acting just like Jesus.

For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.  (Jeremiah 4:3)

Now, when you throw Jeremiah 4:3 into the mix, you get a deeper meaning of what Jesus meant when He gave the parable of seeds in Matthew 13:1-23 to understand that true Biblical discipleship is a patient process, yet when done in the manner for which our Lord discipled His disciples the harvest can be world-changing.

“We are coworkers with God and you are God’s cultivated garden, the house he is building” (1 Corinthians 3:9)

Bill Johnson said “I am not concerned with building big Churches, I am invested in building Big disciples”

This is the heart of the Lord, to disciple Mountain Moving Disciples, and it should be that same desire of every Congregation. Instead, the majority of the modern American Church focuses on building bigger, and bigger, and bigger churches with multiple campuses, while at the same grossly missing the mark of discipleship.

Critics who are fans of these religious enterprises defensively claim that isn’t true. Yet the harvest we are witnessing in our nation amongst the 18 to 40-year-olds begs to differ with that assumption, if it were not true, we would see beautiful Kingdom fruit being manifested in the lives of radically transformed individuals, possessing the likeness of our Lord.

Many incorrectly view the huge church model as a validation of the founder’s calling and ministry, which is steeped in world philosophy, which in turn would view the ministry of our Lord, going from several thousand to just 12, as a complete and utter failure. The truth is Jesus never tasked us with building Churches, whether big or small, He clearly stated He would build the Ekklesia (Matthew 16:18), and we are to make disciples (Matthew 28:19).

Last Sunday Night while relaxing I decided to get a brief update on the war in Israel. In the clip that I watched a military strategist was explaining that in the weeks leading up to the siege into Gaza, the IDF had strategically staged its military forces in a staging area. As soon as I heard the word staging area Holy Spirit began speaking to me.

He said that is exactly what the Father has purposed Me to do with the Ekklesia. For the Lord’s ekklesia was never purposed to be a warehouse of saints. It was purposed to be a staging area of the Lord’s army, where they are gathered, given assignments, and sent out to expand the Kingdom via Spiritual warfare. The day of warehousing the saints is coming to a close.

He went on the say “I AM” directing My oils of anointing onto those families who are purposed to serve the King, His Kingdom, hungering for His Righteousness, not their own.

I am not speaking out against mega Churches although they do eat up most of the Lord’s resources in order to keep the religious machine’s ability to stay afloat. Whereas, using military terms, smaller groups of spiritually trained elite forces respond more quickly and covertly get into areas and accomplish some very big.

Then last night He began speaking to me about the parable of the seed in light of Jeremiah 4:3, and 1 Corinthians 3:9 and the need to disciple individuals in the method Jesus used, to cultivate the hard soil they come into the Body with, losing it up to become good soil.

And when we look at the verse in Jeremiah, we are the soil as well as though whom we are called to disciple, even as He had patience with us so much, we have patience with them. I don’t know if any of you have made a garden, but it can be labor, to say the least. But with work, you can prepare the ground. However, the reason you do not want to plant in an area with thorn bushes is that it can be very difficult to rid the soil of their seed.

Even rocky soil or dry soil can be difficult and time-consuming, however, if Holy Spirit directs you to take on hard cases, those who are difficult to disciple, you can trust that He will give you the grace to do so. Remember, we would not need a comforter if we weren’t going to be called into some uncomfortable situations.

This is the reason that patience is needed, but we must understand the spiritual principles of cultivating the soil of the culture. For whatever reason, the Church to a large degree has done a very bad job of that and in some cases, they have failed, whereas the culture of the world has greatly influenced them.

I live in a city filled with mega Churches, and their whole system is based on a worldly business model, from the marketing to the worship (performance-based). I know their members, or should I say fans of these religious institutions don’t like to hear that, but I see very little fruit of the Kingdom in this city. High crime, high divorce, child sex trafficking.

There are some that are somewhat new, but others that have been here for over 20 years. It took approximately 30 years for the first-century Church to turn one of the most paganistic idol-worshipping cities of that time, Ephesus, into a city burning with the flames of awakening and reformation. There is no indication of that happening in this city, and it grows worse by the year.

If we are to be honest, we must admit that the Church has done a terrible job at making good, healthy, tilled soil for seeds to fall on and have an actual chance to grow here. It has been way more concerned about its appearance and ability to fill its seat in order to receive the money to keep the engines of its religious machines running. And they’ve done this at a very high cost, to our families, cities, and nation.

They say they want a true Biblical revival to come to the Church, but they deceive themselves and remain selfish. A true Biblical revival would tear down the religious doctrines, and dismantle their man-centered leadership and such a revival would move the people into a righteous hunger to desire the authentic Kingdom more than the performance-based dead religious institutions led by the American idolized celebrity preachers that scatter this nation.

I hear Holy Spirit saying that Heaven is seeking a generation that comes to know Jesus like those in the first century, who will willing to face death just to be in an intimate relationship with their Lord. To see a burning people whose lives spark a revival within the mainstream Church, that comes out of their spiritual complacency and religious dogmas to carry those flames into every mountain of influence in our nation sparking a nationwide awakening that birth a nationwide Spiritual re-formation. And then carries those flames throughout the nations.

What I keep hearing as I tune into the frequencies of Heaven is that we are in a very critical urgent hour. The enemy has made great advances in spewing his evil doctrines throughout our cultures, strongmen are currently guarding the gates of influence in every nation. The call to the Remnant is to begin to strike with precision Spiritual prayer missiles so as to demolish these strongholds, to bind up these strongmen and retake the gates and occupy them to the Glory of the Lord.

The Father is so emphatic about this that He has sent His Angel Armies to assist His Ekklesia in this hour with the commands released from the courts of Heaven:

 “Now is the time to launch a global offensive military strike to begin bringing the nation of the world under the dominion authority of King Jesus.”

First, we must remember that judgment does start in the house of the lord, we need to make room for His Apostles to establish the judgments of the courts of Heaven that the Father is releasing through His prophets in this hour. And we will know (rightly discern) that they are the judgment of the Father for even though they will be painful for a season they shall be wrapped in His love.

As well we must be totally surrendered to the governing authority of Holy Spirit, even as He judges our hearts as to what is of the Father and what is not. I can tell you from personal experience, that this will cause a place where if the flesh is still ruling within us, to be humbled and ultimately bow to the Lordship of Holy Spirit.

 Yet we must surrender to this process if we want to be used by God in this hour, for we, like Jesus, must not have any place in our lives where the enemy can have influence, we must allow Holy Spirit to seek those places out so that we can lay them at the altar of the Lord and give Him permission to occupy those places. And I can’t emphasize this enough, we must allow the process of being consecrated under to the Lord have its course. As this opens wide the door of His sanctification.

Now, while the urgent message of returning to the methods of discipleship as taught by our Lord is clear, one of the main issues that He has shown me is the need to realize that in discipleship the invitation of intimacy must first be opened by the discipler. We must be willing to make ourselves completely vulnerable to those we are discipling. Just the thought of this can be very scary. Yet, if we look closely at how Jesus made Himself emotionally vulnerable to His disciples, we will see a potent spiritual weapon.

We know the enemy is aware of this as he has tried to corrupt this to turn people away from it. He was done so through to perversion of many who have taken advantage of those entrusted to them either emotionally or sexually or both. I can hear the Lord calling us to be the generation who unseats these spirits of perversion and walks in holiness with purity of hearts and motives. That is why it is so vital that we must ask Holy Spirit to baptize us in His FIRE.

Are we willing to pay the cost of being the generation who returns to discipling this generation according to the methods used by our Lord and His disciples? Are we ready to be hated and ostracized and made fun of by the world and the Institutional; man-centered Church?

I am more than confident, having spent time with Holy Spirit in the scriptures that when we start to make disciples Biblically, we will tear down societal structure and ultimately make the Remnant look like some sort of fanatical crazy Jesus-loving cult.

To actually be a Spiritual family of radical lovers of Jesus that lives together, who creates and runs businesses together, who adopts hundreds of children and even opens homes for them and establishes whole communities of faith-filled believers who hunger but for the King, His Kingdom, and His Righteousness.

After all, that is exactly what happened to the first-century believers who turned the known world upside down with the Gospel message of Christ and His Kingdom.

~Russ G. Welch

A.K.A. WindWalker

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Holy Spirit led Spiritual dive into the revelation of being the LORD’s beloved.

Posted: October 25, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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But the love of God will be perfected within the one who obeys God’s Word. We can be sure that we’ve truly come to live in intimacy with God, not just by saying, “I am intimate with God,” but by walking in the footsteps of Jesus. (1 John 2:5-6, TPT)

What does one who walks in the revelation of being the Lord’s beloved look like?

He is faithful, courageous, and loving. He is also a witness to the truth of Jesus’ identity and mission.

The Beloved identity is important because it speaks to the nature of Jesus’ love. Jesus’ love is not partial or conditional. It is a love that is given freely and unconditionally, even to those who are considered to be unworthy.

After my encounter with the Lord on March 29, 2016, Holy Spirit has taken me on an 8-year journey in seeking out the Revelation of the Lord’s beloved, hidden but to those born of the Spirit (John 3:3), in the writings of John the Beloved.

On day one of that Journey, I was introduced to the teachings of Damon Thompson, who had been on the same journey since 2009. His teachings have provoked me to leave the religious-minded studies of the WORD and dive into a deep-seated intimate journey with Holy Spirit, exploring the oceans of God’s love.

Holy Spirit has used Damon’s teachings to seek out the rooms that had been housing the spirit of religion in my inner man for most of my life. With comments such as:

“Is my identity found in production or my proximity to Jesus”?

I have to admit that this journey has not always been comfortable, it has challenged much of what I perceived regarding the nature of God, causing me to allow Holy Spirit to totally rewrite my Theological beliefs.

I have come to the place in my life where I have fully embraced a quote from Bill Johnson:

“Jesus is perfect Theology”

With that, I have found a place of rest in Jesus, where my identity is safely hidden in His hands, where the voices of condemnation and guilt have no access to my life. I do not consider myself an expert on the topic of being a beloved disciple. However, I dare say I am a daring and hungry student to continue searching out these life-transforming scriptural truths.

In this journey I believe it is safe to say that to testify as to being His “Beloved” is found not so much in words, but rather in character and actions which display the dominion power of the Lord flowing up from a well of His love dwelling deep within His sons and daughters.

The Beloved identity also speaks to the transforming nature of Christian discipleship. For in the Lord’s teachings, we find that He called His disciples to be faithful, courageous, and loving.

They are also called to be living witnesses to the truth of Jesus Christ and the power of His love actively releasing life into each other’s lives.

Holy Spirit is renewing the revelation of the “Beloved Disciple” as an example of what a “New Creation” son or daughter in Christ looks like, for such a person, is one whose life is a living demonstration of the Lord’s love in action toward others, as they love others as Christ has loved them.

One last but important note regarding the actions of one walking in the revelation of being the LORD’s beloved. let us not be led astray by our emotions but let us remember that Jesus loves us enough to bring correction into our lives.

Thus, to passively tolerate another person’s bad un-Christ behavior without bringing correction in love is actually NOT loving them as the Lord loves us.

~Russ G. Welch

A.K.A. WindWalker

***Warning – Toxic Teacher Alert**

Posted: October 12, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Remnant, Spiritual warfare
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As I stated earlier in a previous post, we must be willing to stand on truth, sound the alarm, and expose Satan’s teachings!

Exposed … A deceptive teacher spreading the lies of Satan….

Cindye Coates: https://www.facebook.com/cindyecoates

Her page is filled with anti-Israel snake poison. Below are a number of her postings on her facebook page:

“The creation of the Zionist state Israel was massively unjust right from the start. Something conceived in iniquity breeds conflict down the road. It is no exaggeration to say that the founding of Israel itself may be the precursor to WWIII. Zionist Israel controls the governments of the US, Britain, Canada, France, and more – and the Rothschilds control Israel.”

The creation of the nation of Israel was unjust?

“Christians are the true Israel. Not the political state of Israel… People are dying… and we need to stop being a shill for the actual oppressors. They divide us to conquer us… “

Israel is the actual oppressor? Just what Satan wants the world to believe!!!

If Cindye Coates is on your friends list you need to unfriend her, she is a lying deceptive teacher, anti-Israel pro-terrorist. These posts are from her facebook page:

“The creation of the Zionist state Israel was massively unjust right from the start. Something conceived in iniquity breeds conflict down the road”.

Here she claims that the Jewish people reclaiming the land which is promised by the Lord God as being “unjust” Israel.

“It’s time the Church has this conversation….

In light of these established facts, I take great comfort in knowing that Jesus said, “My Kingdom is not of this world (system).” This is why we should never feel victimized by these would-be Zionists oppressors because we have been seated together within Christ far above all that the Rothchilds seemingly “control.”

She literally calls Israel the oppressor here!

“My phone was blowing up with people asking me to weigh in on this Middle East conflict – That is what I did…. It’s good to know who is actually causing this horror and evil… It’s not divisive – It’s enlightening – it gives greater clarity on how to pray… Clearly, “I stand with Israel” is not what Jesus would say”.

What, Israel is causing the horror? Jesus doesn’t stand with Israel????

“The Church is the new Israel Not the political state of Israel… People are dying… and we need to stop being a shill for the actual oppressors. They divide us to conquer us…”

Yet, once again she chooses the side of the radical terrorist in calling Israel the oppressors!!!

“The Holy Spirit calls God’s people into a new humanity – God’s spiritual Israel. Therefore – The modern-day political state of “Israel” is not the true Israel of God – we are – in Christ!”

What?

A Palestinian Bashir Abueid wrote this in one of her posts:

Bashir Abueid: What a vile piece of vile propaganda that your media is repeating. Chopping off babies heads? I dare you to present any proof. You can’t coz it’s just an outright Jewish-owned Media fabrication.

(I know a number of very trusted individuals who have seen these travesties and they are REAL)

This conversation continues on:

Cindye Coates: Bashir Abueid Our media is owned by Zionists – that is for sure… and we are being played… I believe that… Many do not want to believe that – but it’s a fact they own the narrative.

Bashir Abueid: Cindye Coates we continue to be brave and to spread the truth. 12 Apostles enlightened the world with the gospel in spite of the Jews and pagans

(Nice try to put the Jewish people outside of the Gospel of our Jewish Messiah, labeling them as pagans)

Cindye Coates: Bashir Abueid That is very encouraging to think about! ❤ Thank you!

But here she agrees with him and praises him for it.

A sick and diluted woman who is going to see the hand of the Lord God of Israel come down upon her and her family. She has profited off the Gospel for too long, the Lord is going to rapidly shut the door on her voice, her calendar is going to be emptied of pre-scheduled ministry events as the Lord will shut the mouth of this snake poison-spitting enemy of Israel, and the Jewish people.

What this evil lady is propagating kind of sounds like what is coming out of the Muslim squad in Washington, doesn’t it? Basically saying Hamas is justified for their brutality against the Israeli citizens. And she is a popular Christian professor, ministry leader, and personality?

Since being exposed as the fraudulent puppet of Satan that she is, she has posted the following:

“Replacement Theology” is when the True Israel – Jesus is Replaced by a Political State in the Middle East….. Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world.”

People are confused about “Replacement Theology”…. Zionist teaching is usually the polar opposite of the Truth. It’s amazing how simple it is when you simply read what the New Testament Scripture teaches… ❤

Replacement Theology is anti-Christ to the core!!!

Here is a great read exposing this demonic doctrine that this false teacher promotes as being of the Lord from Christians united for Israel.

The Dangerous Doctrine of Replacement Theology

Her last post reads:

I Get Accurate News from My Arab Christian Friends in Israel like Bashir Abueid! Here she praises this guy again, If you were to view his Facebook page you would clearly see that he is indeed a terrorist sympathizer.

How far does the American Church have to fall? Where is the discernment in the Body these days?

When will the Church, especially the Remnant start calling out these toxic snake oil preachers as did the Apostle Paul on several occasions, one example being in 1 Timothy 1:20:

Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Are we not students of history, or does history have to repeat itself? For it was such arrogant religious voices in the Church in Germany that paved the way for the Nazis party to murder millions of Jewish people!!!!

I for one, as a born-from-above, governed by Holy Spirit disciple of Jesus, refuse to be on the wrong side of history!!!

My friends, Satan has got to be the most frustrated character in all the universe. And just as he was frustrated in murdering God’s Son, He will be frustrated in murdering God’s Chosen People.

For a great remnant of the Jewish people is going to live to the end of the Tribulation. They will be brought to the end of themselves.

The Bible declares Israel’s Salvation

And when Jesus returns placing His feet upon the Mountain in “the nation He owns, Israel” (For the world is His inheritance although currently many nations are being held by illegal land owners – They still legally belong to Him – Psalm 2:8), and we His Remnant have been commissioned to take them back under His dominion authority, returning them to their proper own, Christ our King (Acts 3:21).

Upon His return, the whole nation of Israel will cry out in repentance:

“…they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn” (Zechariah 12:10)

Praise the Lord, for one day soon, the nation of Israel will receive Yeshua as their Messiah, and they will cry out “Baruch Haba B’Shem Adonai.” (Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!) What a glorious day that will be. What glory it will bring to the name of God.

Meanwhile, as we await that day, let us meet each new day with the cry of “Maranatha! Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!”

Friends, We must stand up against this Satan-conspired propaganda. We must separate ourselves from such perversion. We must sound the alarm and expose these false teachers for exactly who they are. Help spread the news of this vile woman and other such puppets of Satan like her. We have a list of Church that she has previously spoken at and we are currently exposing her demonic doctrines to them.

Do not be deceived by their claims to love the Lord, remember, Judas betrayed our Lord with a kiss.

Anyone who stands against Israel stands against the Lord. and anyone who curses Israel (which she has done many times) shall be cursed by the Lord (Genesis 12:3).

The Word tells us not to be in fellowship with such individuals:

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And Paul goes on to tell us in this same chapter:

Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” (2 Corinthians 6:17)

The Word is clear in telling us what actions we must take when encountering such individuals. SEPARATE from them!!!

~Truth Seeker

Honoring those who have influenced our lives and ministries

Posted: October 9, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, teaching, wilderness
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I was recently reading a book written by one who fathered me spiritually early on at the beginning of my ministry days, Dr. Don Lynch. The Lord used this mighty man of God to pour into my life, important and strategic strategies pertaining to authentic Kingdom ministry.

In his book “Fathering -Transforming Individuals and Nations”, he writes the following:

“What is riotous living to a spiritual prodigal? It is wasting inheritance and spending money on substitutes instead of building a proper family: prodigals can’t produce heirs with a prostitute. The prodigal lost it all and respect for himself.

Abandoning their covenant with father, fleeing real intimacy, and joining themselves to strangers, prodigal children cut off spiritual generations. Starving and living with pigs, fighting for the last rotten husks, he lost his identity as a son and inheritor.”

As I read this, Holy Spirit began to show me how important spiritual fathers are, and how Dr.Don had really laid important Kingdom foundational stones in my life.

To be honest, I had walked away from his leadership for a couple of years, not necessarily in rebellion as much as taking a journey on a road that angled me into a wilderness season. Which we both saw in this spirit and talked about several years ago.

In fact, in 2021 the Lord began reconnecting us as I was a director at a local homeless discipleship ministry, which challenged me in many ways.

Due to those challenges, the Lord opened the door for me to seek counsel from Dr. Don (I needed a strong Apostolic voice to speak direction as well as correction into my life) and we were looking at opportunities that would allow me to bring some of these disciples to attend prayer meetings, and one of the ministries with Ministry Matrix, that really impacted my life, David’s Mighty Army.

We had planned on meeting after he went through and recovered from heart surgery, however, due to unforeseen complications, he graduated to be with the Lord.

One of the things we had been discussing was the importance of Integrity and Honor and the need for the Body in this region to become unified in advancing the Kingdom. As many of the ministries in this city and region were started not out of calling but rather out of rebellion, rejection, bitterness, and offense.

One of the last conversations we had was about whether I should accept the role of senior pastor at Highway to Heaven Church. I can remember the sound of his voice when he said;

“Son, I believe this is of the Lord, all these years have prepared you for this opportunity, and I know that you are ready”. And he followed up with “You know I am here rooting for you and you can depend on my helping you in any way I can”.

We also discussed the need for our ministries to be united in advancing the Kingdom in the city and region rather than one being “Greater” than the other, even though different in certain aspects of our assignments, that we were united in Spirit.

Although he is with the Lord now, he is still helping me through the collection of messages I have gathered over the years, including the recording of a number of prophetic words he spoke over my wife, my life, and our marriage. The one I truly value is the recording of our ordination under Ministry Matrix in 2007.

I will always honor Dr. Don, his wife Ruthanne, and Freedom House and the role that they have played in my life. With that honor, I stand with that House of the Lord and will continue to pray that everyone there is blessed with revelation, Holy Spirit strategies, and continued growth.

It was because of Dr. Don that I became acquainted with the Ministry of Dutch Sheets, which ultimately led me to the ministry of Damon Thompson and the Kingdom families connected to his ministry, as well as Chuck Peirce, whose ministry I was commissioned under as an Apostolic teacher, and Apostle Tim Sheets.

These powerful men are the current apostolic voice that Holy Spirit has me listening to in this current hour. Several years ago, under the urgent directives of the Father, I surrendered to the governing authority of Holy Spirit with regard to choosing the voices that I listen to.

The list is short but I will share it here: Dutch and Tim Sheets, Chuck Peirce, Ken Malone, and Damon Thompson. These along with a few others that I have found through Dutch Sheets to be authentic Kingdom voices which are Greg Hood and Gina Gholston.

Let me be totally honest here friends, there is only one FreedomHouse here in Jacksonville and although some may try and mimic it in ministry style and assignment, like those who adhere to the replacement theology regarding the Church and Israel, I see them as being outside the authentic Kingdom.

As to trying to mimic Freedhouse or any other ministry for that matter, well that is a line I will never cross. In fact, I believe it is of utmost importance that if we want to be pleasing to the Father, we MUST each seek our own assignment and calling and stay focused on advancing the Kingdom as Holy Spirit leads.

I give Glory to the Father for allowing such a mighty man of God, as Dr. Don Lynch, to have been a vital part of my ministry training and life in general.

I am under Holy Spirit conviction, that had it not been for men such as Dr. Don Lynch I would still be wandering about as a drifter in the Kingdom trying to imitate someone elses ministry and calling rather than having found who I am in Christ and what His calling for my life’s destiny truly is.

Many of his books if not all are on Amazon, including “Fathering”, and I recommend them all.

Dr. Don Lynch Books on Amazon

Russ G. Welch
A.K.A “WindWalker“

Be on guard for there is an increasing rise of Ishmael ministries and Churches….

Posted: September 29, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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And now, dear brothers and sisters, I’d like to give one final word of caution: Watch out for those who cause divisions and offenses among you. When they antagonize you by speaking of things that are contrary to the teachings that you’ve received, don’t be caught in their snare! For people like this are not truly serving the Lord, our Messiah, but are being driven by their own desires for a following. Utilizing their smooth words and well-rehearsed blessings, they seek to deceive the hearts of innocent ones. (Romans 16:17-18)

Two of the most devastating and destiny-destroying spirits of the dark realm are the spirit of bitterness and the spirit of rejection.

They will cripple an individual’s ability to discern things spiritually and they will use them to attack authentic miniseries. They are known to lead people into causing division, chaos, and destruction, oftentimes by attacking the leadership of the ministry that they feel betrayed them.

They will secretly go to those who are still part of that ministry and plant subtle lying words to cause a seed of deception and rebellion to fester in those individuals’ minds.

There is currently such a ministry getting ready to launch in Jacksonville, Holy Spirit has been clear, this is an Ishmael ministry birthed out of rejection and bitterness. The hand of the Lord will not be with it, in fact, His hand will be against it.

For some reason, Jacksonville is a prime city for such illegitimate ministries to be established. I remember asking Holy Spirit about this a few years ago and He said it is because the enemy sees the destiny of this city and he is launching an all-out war to prevent its destiny from being fulfilled.

There is a revival destiny in this region, which has been the purpose of the Lord since before the systems of this world were put in place by the devil. Jacksonville, Mayport, and St. Augustine all have the blood of the first martyrs crying out. All of which dedicated this land to the Kingdom of God.

The enemy has been allowed to plant a crop of disunity in this region. The spirit if envy has been left unchecked and it’s poisonous fruit is becoming ripe and ready for harvest in this hour.

If you were to step back and look at this city’s faith community it has pretty much been a demonic playground of jealousy, division, and spiritual discontentment for several decades. It is in truth, a fertile field for religion to take root and for the enemy to build an empire of illegitimate ministries and churches.

The spirit of pride says I can build a bigger house, better designed, more appealing to those who have tired of the old ways. Then they set their eyes on the already established congregation and see how many they can suck into their organization, once obtained they toil in performance to keep them content. Better and bigger sound system, more worldly appealing interiors, coffee shops, lounges, and the best celebrity preaches they can afford.

They overemphasize the anointing on their own lives as well as that of their personally chosen leadership, and they will sell their souls to gather the largest crowds. Many times, they will imitate the leaders that they felt had rejected them, and follow in their steps in hopes of gaining the fame they have or had.

Don’t get me wrong, Jacksonville is not the only city to be spiritually held hostage, it is happening in towns and cities throughout this nation. I am merely speaking of the region where the Lord has planted my wife and me at this time, it is also the birthplace of our son.

Over the past two years the Lord has been speaking to me personally on what truly pleases Him. and the type of individuals that He is willing to mantle up to war for this region’s destiny. He has shown me that it is very important to walk in humility and honor those who have been contending for the faith here already.

With that, He has also told me that I must be willing to call out the corruption, sound the alarm on the deception, and that I must fully die to self by surrendering completely to the governing authority and Lordship of Holy Spirit.

He has been clear that pride has no place in His Kingdom and the desire to be great is the door that makes way for the enemy to come in with pride and envy. To be satisfied with what I have regardless of what others may have. To seek to make His name known, even at the cost of my own dreams and desires. He has often said that when I fully give my dreams and desires over to Him, I will begin to experience the incomprehensible dreams He has had for me since before I was born.

So brothers and sisters, it is extremely important that we all ask Holy Spirit to increase our gift of discernment and that we walk with our spiritual eyes open. We must walk cautiously, taking nothing at face value but rather let us walk in patience, allowing Holy Spirit to verify for us if a gathering, ministry, or the leadership is ordained of the Lord or if it is a trap of the enemy.

It has never been more important that we realize we each must learn to commit and submit to living under the governance of Holy Spirit, being led by Him at all times. This region is, as is where the Lord currently has you assigned, crying out for a move of the Lord, and we must be able to discern that the enemy is throwing everything he has against it.

However, let us hold to the promised truths of scripture, knowing that we have superior spiritual weapons that he cannot stand against, and we know that his weapons cannot prevail against us (Isaiah 54:17). As well let none of us forget that the greatest weapon we have against the forces of evil is love.

So let love be our measuring tool as we deal with others, and may His Holy Word be the sword for which we use to slice through every illusion the enemy puts before us (Hebrews 4:12).

~WindWalker

Those seated under the Government of Holy Spirit shall indeed reign!!!

Posted: September 18, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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As we begin walking in the fulness of the Kingdom Age, we are going to witness a ramping up of attacks from the spirit of religion and the spirit of the anti-Christ.

Speaking of the latter, many do not even understand what this spirit’s main objective is. It is not to destroy Jesus, for He has already defeated it. The reality of the spirit’s demonic assignment is to attack the sons & daughters of the Lord, seeking to conceal, limit, imprison, and deny them from walking in the Christ anointing.

Remember, Christ is not the Lord’s last name, Christ literally means “The anointed one”, which with regards to the house of the Father, each one of His children, His sons & daughters have been, as was Jesus, sanctified, consecrated, and set apart by the LORD.

The whole Spiritual transforming process is done through Holy Spirit’s assigned governing authority over our lives. We can discuss this later pertaining to the immature (anórimos) Babes in the Lord, and the matured (teleios) sons & daughters of the Lord.

From reading many testimonies and reports from around the Globe, I can honestly say that the sons and daughters of the Lord, who have been releasing the true Goepel of the Kingdom have been witnessing more and more are those who are enslaved by either one of these spirits.

But in all honesty, I’ve personally found that most have been enslaved by both of these demonic entities, as they work hand in hand in their attempts to limit the ability of the Lord’s Bride. Especially those who have been walking in the fullness of their sonship, have been washed and now walking in the revelation of their identity regarding their Belovedness, and Righteousness in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The whole revelation of the beloved identity has been kept hidden for decades by the enemy’s use of religious institutions from the vast majority of the Bride. Although as scripture reveals we know the Father has maintained His Ekklesia, especially His Remnant Warriors who have been Spiritually clothed in these truths, preserving them (These Kingdom Truths) for such a time as this.

Through Holy Spirit connections, I have read of and personally know of whole Kingdom families (Assembled ones or Congregations) that have already or are coming into these powerful revelations, the enemy is ramping up His campaign to put these Spiritual fires out before they begin to spread like fast-moving wildfires throughout the nations.

Over the past year, Holy Spirit has been showing me personally as well through the testimonies of others, how the enemy is amassing armies of his demons to attack these families. However, let us let us rest in the knowledge that our Father in our Protector, our High Tower of refuge, He has our backs covered.

Through Holy Spirit revelations via dreams, visions, and prophetic words, we have been shown that the Father has directed His commander of the Angel armies, Holy Spirit, to increase the levels of His Battle-hardened Angelic Warriors, by assigning legions to guard His sons and daughters. Which has been being carried out in this current season.

Remembering our warfare is not directed toward human adversaries

With regard to these individuals whom the enemy has been and continues to use in his relentless attacks on the Bride, the key is not to take it personally. For, when those who are enslaved to these spirits lash out at you, we can not become defensive and launch a counter-attack against them personally.

With that, we must also be aware that there are even times that it may appear they are merely joking, however with a little spiritual discernment one can clearly see that these attacks are still spiritually toxic, being fueled by the enemy’s desire to crush the TRUTH from being spread.

Now, these human victims, even though they often unknowingly are operating in the characteristics of the devil himself as they attempt to run smear campaigns. And they are doing such with the hope of gathering support from others. In the end, they have deceptively been but puppets of the enemy advancing his desire to belittle the sons & daughters of the Lord from freeing others by discrediting their testimonies using lying accusations purposed to ultimately put an ed to the truth going forth, wit the final result being to that of shutting down the Ekklesia/Remnant gatherings altogether.

However, brothers and sisters, let us not forget that we have been equipped with the very Armor for Triumphant Victory after Victory, having each been issued the impenetrable Armor of our LORD, along with every Spiritual weapon designed to bring about the most punishing destruction against the forces of Hell.

“Learning Spiritual Warfare tactics found in scripture“

As we enter this new year, we are going to witness the Ekklesia, especially its military branch, the Remnant army of the LORD, having full access coupled with their being trained to listen to only Holy Spirit and His directives to war, regarding warfare strategies of when to attack the enemy, as He fully knows the precise time (Kairos) when they are most vulnerable.

When you encounter such individuals, unless directed by Holy Spirit, it is best not to engage (Titus 3:9), remember you are not the victim here and these people are often very comfortable with the religious suit they are wearing, just like the religious ones the Lord Himself encountered. Ignore their insults, decree their poisonous insults and toxic lies have NO POWER against you (Isiah 54:17).

As well let us remember that included with this promise in Isaiah 54:17, we have received the authority to cast down every lie and demonic word (curse) released against us.

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the slaves of the LORD, and their justice from me, said the LORD.” (Jubilee) 

When they attack you on Facebook or any other social media platform, and I must be truthful in admitting that this has been a tough lesson for me to learn, you simply need to ignore them. Delete their comments and if necessary block them.

However, we must be aware that the religious-spirited ones are very cunning, and they will try to convince you that if you are really a Believer, you should have no problem debating these topics.

It’s a dirty trap of the devil as he desires to make the Bride look weak and pathetic to the world, by always having arguments within. He was there when the Lord taught, and he knows, even if he hates the truth, there is truth in what Jesus said when he stated a house divided shall not stand (Matthew 12:25).

We need to ask ourselves, what would be the response of the Lord?

In my studies of the scriptures, I’ve found that when challenged by the religious ones in His day, Jesus very seldom actually sat at the table of debate, in that He hardly ever even answered their questions. He generally asked them a question on the basis that if they answered His questions, He would answer theirs (Ref Mark 11:29).

Friends, let the record show darkness has no effective response to the Light, the LIGHT wins every time it encounters darkness!!

These are powerful victorious breakthrough days for the Saints of which we have NOW entered into. Yet let us not let our guard down, now more than ever it is vital that we live surrendered lives to the governing authority of Holy Spirit.

~WindWalker

Learning to live, governed by Holy Spirit….

Posted: September 14, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant, teaching
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Dear children, the end of this age is near! You have heard that Antichrist is arising, and in fact, many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and this is how we know that we are living in the closing hour of this age. For even though they were once a part of us, they withdrew from us because they were never really of our number. For if they had truly belonged to us they would have continued with us. By leaving our community of believers they made it obvious that they never really belonged to us. But the Holy One has anointed you and you all know the truth.  (1 John 2:18-20, TPT)

I don’t know about anyone else but over the past couple of years, I have seen numereous people I was aligned with as far as the Kingdom goes, break apart.

A little over 3 years ago Holy Spirit began speaking to me about this and He always brought me to the passages of scripture above. It doesn’t;t mean, and I am not saying, that these were bad people. Nor that any of us were wrong.

I believe that Holy Spirit is connecting us to those we are purposed to walk this Kingdom journey with. We have to be alert and discerning in this hour. I have witnessed and heard from others as to how the Spiritual radar is on high alert pinging constantly as the spirit of Babylon is increasing throughout the world and in much of the culture in America, including in many Churches that have been lured into their ideologies.

It is important that we “War” with those who share our belief, even if the calling may not be the same on the surface, a matter of prayer and heart-to-heart conversation will allow Holy Spirit to show us that we do share the same Spiritual assignment, which the Father is drawing each us to focus on.

Much like that of each family member, one may be a doctor, one may be a teacher, and mom may stay at home while Dad goes to work every day, but no member in the family is looked at as less important than the other.

I know that I have no desire to go for a long hike with someone who hates to hike. I can however go on a hike with someone who has never hiked before but has a deep desire to learn how to hike, if you get my drift here. I have been in prayer meetings with individuals who kept looking at their watch and were unable to hide their anxiousness for the meeting to end, as well as some Church services. I can tell you right now, that is NOT someone I want to join me in praying out a Kingdom assignment.

There are definitely exceptions to every case, as I fully understand when the meeting and or service is lacking in Holy Spirit presence, I have had to sit through a number of those over the years.

In hindsight, I see where I totally missed asking Holy Spirit if He was going to be there Himself. So again, Holy Spirit will give you His perspective you need but ask.

So if you have had connections breaking recently, or even in the past, don’t immediately try and find the reason why so you can blame them or yourself.

In each instance, it is vital to go to our first line of defense, prayer, and ask Holy Spirit for discernment over the situation. You just may be surprised when you find that He is actually looking out for you and doesn’t want you to step on some spiritual IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that the enemy has laid to wound you or to take you out of the battle, or even worse, premature death.

There are way too many casualties of war right as there is now in the Body. Mainly because many of them did not allow or were not taught to allow Holy Spirit to cleanse them of any spiritual leeches such as the spirit of bitterness, the spirit of unforgiveness, the spirit of rejection, and the most common one, the Orhan spirit.

Sadly one of the biggest reasons for this is due to the fact that the Church to a large degree has abandoned the discipleship model that Jesus gave us in the way that He disciples the twelve, face-to-face up close and personal relationships.

Also, they generally find themselves sitting under a leader who may well have academic degrees galore, but they have not been baptized in the Spirit, which Jesus was clear about, that we dare not even step into ministry until we have received Holy Spirit.

In this hour, I hear Holy Spirit calling each of us to check our hearts and to surrender any preconceived ideas that we have come up with as to where we are to fellowship and with whom we are to fellowship. He knows our past, even before we were born, He knows our “now” and He knows our future. Who better to trust our lives with.

As good soldiers and as obedient disciples of the LORD, we must allow Him to direct us to those the Father has purposed us to be connected to as a Kingdom family, both locally as well as internationally. The degree of victory and victorious battles we win literally depends on our willingness to allow Holy Spirit to govern us in every area of our lives.

To God be the Glory!!!!

~WindWalker

The Governing authority of Holy Spirit is about to shake the nations!!!

Posted: August 30, 2023 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant, teaching, wilderness
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And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, a small rock and upon the large rock I will build my congregation, [Gr. ekklesia – called out ones] and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever thou shalt bind on the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever thou shalt loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heaven. (Matthew 16:17-19, Jubilee)

The Ekklesia was never meant to be a spectator platform where the religious elite show off their talents and people live out their Kingdom assignments through the stories of what others are doing.

The Ekklesia was established to be a living, moving active assembly of Heaven’s governmental authorities here on Earth, governing the cultures, business, educational institutes, medical field, and even the governments of this world.

The spirit of religion since the beginning of the New Testament Ekklesia has sought to limit if not completely deny access to any aspect of the culture. It did so in the beginning through Jewish Religious sects which sought to infiltrate and implement the legalistic doctrines that man had instituted in their own religion of Judaism.

Now, history shows that all these attempts failed to slow down the Kingdom’s growth, especially after having their main Temple of worship in Jearsulam destroyed around 70 A.D. which sent these bands of Jewish legalists scattering around the known world.

For a number of years, the Ekklesia of the LORD began to flourish as the Gospel was taken to the ends of the known world. That is until in and around 325 A.D. when under the governing authority of the Roman Emperor Constantine the creation of the paganistic Roman Catholic church was established. For again, history records that over a series of years through oftentimes employing brutal force, this paganistic religious cult sent the Ekklesia of the LORD, which had been known up to that point as “People of The Way” underground.

The Ekklessia remained underground through the centuries, however, we have historical writings that prove the Father has kept His remnant alive throughout the generations since the time they we sent into hiding. We also have historical accounts where they would begin to move in the supernatural realms of the miraculous, with conforms signs, miracles, and wonders. It really the LIGHT of His Gospel was never created to remain hidden behind veils of darkness.

In the 1500’s we saw the rise of a religious organization which has been known as the Protestant Church break away from and separate itself from the majority of the Catholic teaching and traditions.

However even as Luther himself never wanted to not be Catholic, the spiritual residue of the Catholic Church has never fully been eradicated from the Protestant Church. Thus to door to allow the “spirit of religion’s” influence has remained open and it has many times squashed the movement of the Ekklesia from fully liberating itself from the grips of religion.

But again, the Father has kept His Holy Remnant in every generation, waiting for that Kiaros moment on the eternal calendar to raise them up to reclaim their rightful place as His government officials here on Earth and begin to enforce the victory of His Son on the cross and reclaim His Kingdoms reign on Earth even as it is in Heaven.

And Heaven has declared, Remant Warriors of the LORD, it is time to come out from the wilderness and take your ordained positions as Kings and Priests of the Kingdom of God here on Earth (Revelations 1:6).

Saints, we are now in that very hour and as the prophets have been decreeing, the Father is about to shake Heaven and Earth with a mighty Spiritual Reset!!!

~WindWalker

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