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Wordly practice in the Church

Posted: February 5, 2020 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, teaching, wilderness
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But the natural man does not perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he understand them because they are spiritually discerned. ( 1 Cor 2:14)

Sad that so many Church’s and Christian schools do not recognize the Accreditation of Holy Spirit. I have several degrees including a doctorate of Theology from ministry schools but because they (those schools) choose to invest in the students lives instead of the worldly system they are not recognized as valid.

Yet truth be told, even having attended ministry schools for 12 years, studied hard and graduated from those schools, my times and seasons in the “School of Knee-ology” as taught by Holy Spirit has taught me the deepest things of the Kingdom.

Do that not realize that the standards they have set in place, means they would not recognize & disqualify such men as Evan Roberts, A.W. Tozer or Smith Wigglesworth as valid teachers or preachers. Nor would they based upon their manmade standards, see Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, James and others in The Bible as being considered qualified to teach or preach.

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them (Acts 13:2)

What happened to being led of Holy Spirit as was the first century Church?

I asked the Father about it, and He said it doesn’t matter what they see or believe, for He alone is the One who calls, trains, establishes and ordains those for whom He has called and everyone of His children are qualified by His Son for the works of the Kingdom. So it is clear that God the Father is the One who qualifies, not a board of men based upon a scale derived from human (carnal) intellect.

And no, I am not seeking a position, I am at complete rest as to where the Father has my wife and I at this time. 😉

 

~Russ Welch

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Superficial Spirituality versus Genuine Humility

Posted: May 30, 2019 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, wilderness
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“Then Jesus addressed both the crowds and his disciples and said,  “The religious scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ throne as the authorized interpreters of the Law.  So listen and follow what they teach, but don’t do what they do, for they tell you one thing and do another.  They tie on your backs an oppressive burden of religious obligations and insist that you carry it, but will never lift a finger to help ease your load.  Everything they do is done for show and to be noticed by others. They want to be seen as holy, so they wear oversized prayer boxes on their arms and foreheads with Scriptures inside, and wear extra-long tassels on their outer garments. They crave the seats of highest honor at banquets and in their meeting places.  And how they love to be admired by men with their titles of respect, aspiring to be recognized in public and have others call them ‘Reverend.” (Matthew 23:1-7, TPT)

It’s is very interesting to see that this is even more prevalent in our day. The sin of such is very much like leaven for is we do not allow Holy Spirit access to search our heart, a little morsel of pride un-detected will ultimately cause ones down fall.

Man has a habit of putting those they admire up on a peddle stool, and in such they begin to desire to become like them. In a day when access to these individuals through media and social networking is larger than ever, we see our fair share of “super-star” puffed up religious personalities out there. The question is why are so many attracted to them? Is it due to their popularity or that they have huge crowds and within the philosophy of this world, that translates being accepted, admired and almost (in some case they are) worshipped?

Sorry America, Heaven has one star and His Name is Jesus, and His Father will not tolorate any idols before Him, no mater how popular they are or how much the resemble the American way, or any other nation or culture for that matter.

Let’s continue on with Jesus’ teaching here in Matthew Chapter 23:

“But you are to be different from that. You are not to be called ‘master,’ for you have only one Master, and you are all brothers and sisters.  And you are not to be addressed as ‘father,’ for you have one Father, who is in heaven.  Nor are you to be addressed as ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Anointed One. The greatest among you will be the one who always serves others from the heart.  Remember this: If you have a lofty opinion of yourself and seek to be honored, you will be humbled. But if you have a modest opinion of yourself and choose to humble yourself, you will be honored.” (Matthew 23:8-12, TPT)

So, what’s up with all the titles people?

From Prophet so an so, Apostle so an so to Apostle-Prophet-Teacher so an so. And the list goes on and sadly it’s fueled by a generation that feeds into their ego, puffing them up. What’s really scary is that many who do such are falling into the trap of pride themselves. It’s as though they feel a perverse entitlement in that if they are following such titles, they are:

a) Better than others who don’t have leaders of such “Great Esteem” and or b) If they follow close enough, why the blessing and favor of God on these leaders lives will somehow have splatter on them.

Need I say anymore? I think not, as I believe Holy Spirit has all the power to remove the scales from peoples eyes and the Word speaks with power as well, so let’s see what Jesus has to say next;

Jesus gives us a 7 stern warning’s here….

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—such frauds and pretenders! You do all you can to keep people from experiencing the reality of heaven’s kingdom realm. Not only do you refuse to enter in, you also forbid anyone else from entering in!

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—frauds and pretenders! For you eat up the widow’s household with the ladle of your prayers. Because of this, you will receive a greater judgment.

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—such frauds and pretenders! For you will travel over lake and land to find one disciple, only to make him twice the child of hell as yourselves.

 “You blind guides! Great sorrow awaits you, for you teach that there’s nothing binding when you swear by God’s temple, but if you swear by the gold of the temple, you are bound by your oath.  You are deceived in your blindness!

 Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?  And you say that whoever takes an oath by swearing, ‘By the altar,’ it is nothing. But if you swear, ‘By the gift upon the altar,’ then you are obligated to keep your oath.  What deception! For what is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?  Whoever swears by the altar swears by the altar and everything offered on it.  And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.  And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by God, who sits upon it.

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and pretenders! For you are obsessed with peripheral issues, like insisting on paying meticulous tithes on the smallest herbs that grow in your gardens. These matters are fine, yet you ignore the most important duty of all: to walk in the love of God, to display mercy to others, and to live with integrity. Readjust your values and place first things first.  

What blind guides! Nitpickers! You will spoon out a gnat from your drink, yet at the same time you’ve gulped down a camel without realizing it!

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and imposters! You are like one who will only wipe clean the outside of a cup or bowl, leaving the inside filthy. You are foolish to ignore the greed and self-indulgence that live like germs within you.  You are blind and deaf to your evil. Shouldn’t the one who cleans the outside also be concerned with cleaning the inside? You need to have more than clean dishes; you need clean hearts!

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and imposters! You are nothing more than tombs painted with fresh coats of white paint—tombs that look shining and beautiful on the outside, but within are found decaying corpses full of nothing but corruption.  Outwardly you masquerade as righteous people, but inside your hearts you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

 “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and imposters! You build memorials for the prophets your ancestors killed and decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors murdered.  Then you boast, ‘If we had lived back then, we would never have permitted them to kill the prophets.’  But your words and deeds testify that you are just like them and prove that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.  Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started!  You are nothing but snakes in the grass, the offspring of poisonous vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell if you refuse to turn in repentance?

 “For this reason I will send you more prophets and wise men and teachers of truth. Some you will crucify, and some you will beat mercilessly with whips in your meeting houses, abusing and persecuting them from city to city.  As your penalty, you will be held responsible for the righteous blood spilled and the murders of every godly person throughout your history—from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Jehoiada, whom you killed as he stood in the temple between the brazen altar and the Holy Place.  I tell you the truth: the judgment for all these things will fall upon this generation!” (Matthew 23:13-36, TPT)

This is as stern a message to the Body today as it was in the day it was spoken. Several months ago, Holy Spirit took me make to these passages to remind to stay the course. Several years before, He led me here to show me that I was lifting up men over Jesus Himself. That I had fashioned my eyes and ministry aspirations on an imposter imagine of what a true follower of Jesus looked and acted like.

In both cases I had to repent for Holy Spirit showed me how I had been drawn away by the bling bling of popularity and sought-after false images. I had to turn my eyes and thinking back to the simplicity of the “Gospel of the Kingdom” and especially back on Christ my Lord, King and Messiah.

Let us, who have in one form or other fallen for the leaven like snares of the enemy repent and turn back to the truth, return to the Highway of holiness and pursue Christ Jesus, His Righteousness and His Kingdom alone, for then we shall indeed be sons & daughters of God.

For my brothers & sisters, I believe we are about to enter  a time-period when the Bride is being awoken, that which has been spots and blemishes on her beauty is going to be removed. We are in an hour when we shall begin to see the Fulness of the Kingdom break-forth. Those things which are not part of the Brides adornment will begin to be exposed and removed quickly.

We’ve been teetering for several generations and due to the Great mercy of our Lord, He has held back His hand, but we are about the enter the 3rd 3rd, the fullness of the Kingdom where the spiritual resurrection of the Bride is going to take place. The earth’s groans for the manifestation of the sons & daughters of God have filled the bowls in Heaven and are now being tipped over.

It is an exciting day for the Bride, but it’s going to be a dreadful day for the Harlot.

So let us close this with a prayer,

Holy Spirit lead us in a way which humbles us and prepare our hearts for the purposes for which the Father ordained for our lives before the foundation of the world. Let our hearts be baptized with Your Holy Fire, let our hands be cleansed by Your holiness, may we be washed clean from the muck of religion and worldliness.

Father, have Your ways in our lives to the Glory of Your Name, Amen

~Russ Welch

Russ is currently part of the Leadership team at the RiverHouse in Jacksonville Florida which has been hosting the Presence of the Lord in demonstrations of power and glory since 2015 and also houses the Healing Rooms of North Florida where they have witnessed many healing’s and deliverance’s to the Glory of the Lord.

Watch for the road signs!!!

Posted: May 21, 2019 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, teaching, wilderness
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A highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray. (Isaiah 35:8)
Is this the narrow road, Jesus spoke of?
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I believe so. And be on the watch, for this road does have warning signs, such as we find in 2 Cor chapter 6:
For this reason,
“Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord.
“Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will embrace you. (2 Cor 6:17. TPT)
What was the reason?
Don’t continue to team up with unbelievers in mismatched alliances, for what partnership is there between righteousness and rebellion?
Who could mingle light with darkness?
What harmony can there be between Christ and Satan?
Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
What friendship does God’s temple have with demons?
For indeed, we are the temple of the living God, just as God has said:
I will make my home in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (2 Cor 6:14-16, TPT)
This means to walk in purity, do not associate with those who teach contrary to that which the Word teaches. Jesus and Paul both warn us of of false teachers and flase doctrines that run contrary to that which is truth.
The dangerous delusion of these perverse doctrines is seen in how they appear to be holy & righteous, yet they contain just enough of a twist that is so subtle,  many will be they who are fooled and led astray.
Again, Jesus gave us this warning:
For there will be imposters falsely claiming to be God’s ‘Anointed One,’ and false prophets will arise to perform miracle signs to lead astray, if possible, those God has chosen to be his. (Matt 24:24, TPT)
There are times it may be very difficult in having discerned such false teachings and warning others, yet they chose not to listen.
Because of our love for them, do we throw caution to the wind and stay under such teachings or ministries?
NO.
We can clearly see here in 2 Cor chapter 6, how Paul is laying the foundation as to a Kingdom standard that we must not dismiss! The Word is clear:  “Come-out from amongst them”. In in other words let your separation be so evident, that there will be absolutely no room to suggest your still connected to such.
DO NOT let your ternary of effection cause you to stay…for you and your whole family will be subject to paying a great price in all areas of your life.
Now, look at how the reward of being obediant to this warning blesses us:
FOR THIS REASON…….
“Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord. “Touch nothing that is unclean,
AND I will embrace you. I will be a true Father to you, and you will be my beloved sons and daughters,” says the Lord Yahweh Almighty. (2 Cor 6:17-18, TPT)
Boom, YAY GOD!!!
Holy Spirit, I ask that You keep me on Yahweh’s Highway of Holiness regardless of the cost.

THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTAL LIFE NOW

Posted: May 20, 2019 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, teaching
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I long to be more fully connected into the flow of the glory of life eternal and abundant. Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit of life, consume me now that nothing of me remains and only You fully and securely abide.

Human reason was good enough for a religious season, but now has spent its strength. Immortality must now replace mortality. Mortal life wanes away making place for God’s immortal life to stay: no longer a passing visitor, but now a wellspring of Your life forevermore. (John 7:38).

Hallelujah! The time has come for the sons of glory to come forth. Now is the day for Spirit-natural to replace supernatural.

Now, while yet on earth, living in immortality from the fountain of life flowing living water of eternal life within us and out to a world that has been captured by spirits of death. Setting captives free to walk out of death’s prisons to live life abundantly now and forever.

Truly mortality has put on immortality.

Death must always precede resurrection life. The death experience of our past life is the end of our reasoning season. We are crucified with Christ that we may be recipients of His resurrected life now in these mortal bodies that are the temple of His immortality. (1 Corinthians 6:19).

Even as our natural flesh wanes away, eternal life abides as one with Spirit Christ within us. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20.

The mystery of the ages now revealed is the immortal glorified Christ in you, the hope of glory. The glory of God fills the earth through the resurrected Christ abiding in multitudes of Sons of God, joint heirs with Christ Jesus, ruling and reigning on Planet Earth.

THE BIG QUESTION

The big question is not, “Is there life after death?”. The great question for you and me today is this: Is there life now, real life, eternal life, abundant life? Yes! The true life of Christ, the resurrected life of Jesus alive within our mortal bodies by the Holy Spirit is the immortal, eternal, and abundant life now and forever.

Our time to bring the glory of God on earth is NOW. Only our short time on earth is our given opportunity to bring the ways and glory of heaven to earth. Our time on earth is NOT just preparation for life in heaven someday. This life now is the one that counts in the job assignment that we all have in Christ to bring forth our part of the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to redeem the world. The work of His Son, Christ Jesus, continues today by the Holy Spirit forming Christ in us becoming many sons in the ONE SON, Christ Jesus, as the body of Christ on earth.

MANY TODAY CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND ALIVE IN HIM

Probably all religions contain some truth at some level. However, they are all cunningly devised with divergences of man’s reasoning influenced by demon spirits. Satan and powers of darkness cannot continue their false rule on earth when the whole truth of Christ now on earth arising in His people is realized. The realization of Christ in us is the manifestation of Christ to His rightful place of King of His kingdom on earth. (1: Timothy 4:1) (Matthew 15:9) (Ephesians 4:14) (Revelation 1:6, 5:10).

The enemies of God are powerless against the Son of God in His Body on earth. The devil and all works of darkness were and are defeated at the cross. The victory of the cross is brought forth on earth by the resurrected life of Christ Jesus now abiding in His people alive on earth by the Holy Spirit.

THE GREATEST OUTPOURING OF GOD ON EARTH

The greatest revival ever is the imminent massive surge of awakening to the reality of Christ in His people by the Holy Spirit, establishing the fullness of the kingdom of God in and through His people.

It is the voice of God in Christ in His people that will end the false reign of Satan and the powers of darkness on earth. The powerful WORD of God spoken forth through the demonstration of the LOVE works of Christ in His Body on earth recreates the earth to the Garden of Eden type design of God.

This is not a someday by and by reality. This is now available within the hearts and lives of all who will fully seek first, above all else, the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and love not their lives to the death. Thereby making room for the resurrected life of Christ to fully abide where we once lived. To save our lives now is to lose the life of Christ and His kingdom reality now in this life on earth. To lose our lives now for His sake and His gospel of the kingdom is to find His resurrected life now and forever. (Matthew 6:33) (Revelation 12:11) (Matthew 10:39) (Galatians 2:20).

 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33.

The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:26-27.

In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10.

Arise, my beloved, your time has come; all is prepared and made ready. That which was is no more, and that which is to come is within you. Awaken to the light of glory in the power of love and peace everlasting.

 

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Beware of seducing ministries, ministers and doctrines….

Posted: May 4, 2019 in Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, wilderness
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So Jesus went over it again, “I speak to you eternal truth: I am the Gate for the flock. All those who broke in before me are thieves who came to steal, but the sheep never listened to them. I am the Gateway. To enter through me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep. But the worker who serves only for wages is not a real shepherd. Because he has no heart for the sheep he will run away and abandon them when he sees the wolf coming. And then the wolf mauls the sheep, drags them off, and scatters them. (John 10:7-13, TPT)

Religion likes to hide the truth..So many have heard that “The enemy cometh but to kill, steal and destroy” referencing the Satan, yet Jesus is clearly refers to “False” shepherds here, not the devil but those who are led of the devil.

It is rampant all around us, the Gospel is being sold, wolves have taking over many a pulpit in this nation, the rise of propehts for profits, self appointed apostles rising out of the mud.

Titles are being created out of selfish ambiton to lend credibility, yet the Kingdom teaches about the authentic Kingdom by recognizing fruit not titles. #SELAH

“Peter rebuked him and said, “Your money will go with you to destruction! How could you even think that you could purchase God’s supernatural gift with money? You will never have this gift or take part in this ministry, for your heart is not right with God.”(Act’s 8:20-21, TPT)

Is it no less a crime against the King and His Kingdom to sell the anointing?

We shall soon see Holy Spirit removing the sheeps wool off from these imposters who seek to sell the gifts of God.

I recently read of an event where a self appointed prophet, apostle, evangelist right here in the town that I live, hosting a meeting where he is charging over $100 dollors to come and allow him to impart a gift to you.

I see people and ministries charging people for a word, to be discipled and so on. Now I am fully aware and see the need to have one cover the cost of training material such as needed books and other training material and I believe that one should be willing to invest in such. As well I believe in free-will offerings or love offerings to help support those in ministry in truth and trusting in the Lord.

But to charge for the Gospel, too charge to impart or stir up a gift, to charge to disciple one in following the Lord?

I believe I stand with all of Heaven when I say, that is a crime and such as do these things are the very people our Lord and Savior is referring to when He speaks of these false shepherds.

“I know that after I leave, imposters who have no loyalty to the flock will come among you like savage wolves. Even some from among your very own ranks will rise up, twisting the truth to seduce people into following them instead of Jesus. (Act’s 20:29-30, TPT)

There are those who seduce the people with mysticism, calling it a new word, there are those who take advantage of the wounds of rejection, fear and abandonment in others leading them with false doctrines supposedly given to them by angels and dead leaders of yesterday.

There are those who claim to have rolled on the graves of the men and women of the Lord from days passed who walked in the anointing of the Lord and recieved an impartation or transfer of anointing.

Such are they who say you can speak to the dead for guidance and wisdom. Harlots, false prophets, and false messengers are they, wolves clothed in the false coverings who are filled with death and darkness – evil in the highest degree. From such RUN.

Such are nothing less than frauds, imposters, wolves in the ministry who need to be called out even as did Paul call them out in his day.

~Russ Welch

The sea of Father God’s love

Posted: May 4, 2019 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, wilderness
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To experience the transforming love of the Father is like stepping into a sea without end and with no bottom. One’s whole life is radically turned inside out, religion cannot survive in His love and a death of self takes place, the length of which depends upon ones embracing the love of the Father as in a total surrendered diving in with or slowing stepping in while hanging on to the part of the old nature that seems to be safe although in truth is filled with dangerous traps. In fact these traps are false images of what appears to be truth yet were never their true identity in the first place…..

As for me, I first waded in, allowing the wounds of the past which empowered fear & insecurities to attempt to speak louder than His Love…. and over the past 36 months His love has been erasing each, dis-empowering them and replacing them with truth as to how He views me, what He says about me and even to the heart of the matter as to what His desire and purpose for my life is. (Even though I had been saved at 15 yrs old…I never knew His true love. Only the false picture of His love religion paints of a judge in a court room).

Over these months, I’ve found His Love to be so overwhelmingly intoxicating that I have reached the point to where I feel as though Holy Spirit has led me up to the highest diving board and the time has arrived to dive off from it, going into such a depth that the old man will be completely drowned. In the Spirit I can see the new man, the true man, the Spirit man, the very son of God I have been purposed to be since the foundation of the world, coming up out of the sea of His love with such resurrection power that the very shadow of the past will be broken into so many tiny pieces and sink back to a such a depth that they shall never be found again, a place where even the enemy will never reach them.

It is almost surreal while at the same time heart breaking as I see friends, family and others merely looking at the sea of His love, some have dipped a toe in other may be ankle deep yet either religion, the voice of the past or lack of faith (in some cases all three are intertwined). And I feel at times if only I could push them in they’d be set free, yet I know that they like myself and many before me, they must make the choice to jump themselves. Many say, I know His love, yet I can discern the longing in the spirit for that to be true. I know that yearning for I was lived in it day and night.

But one thing He did tell me was to allow my own life to become such a picture of the Father’s Love that like let the Master, others will be drawn to dive in His sea of love, that they too may find the abundant life, surrendered in the sea of His love.

~Russ Welch

Where is the real war for America?

Posted: August 24, 2018 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, teaching, Uncategorized
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Spiritual-Warefare

The greatest wall that this nation needs has already been paid for.

If we (God’s people) will humble ourselves, repent for seeking after our own desires.

Repent for hiding under the umbrella of selfishness, reject the spirit of religion.

Welcome the fires of holiness, dedicating every part of our lives unto the consecration of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We would see a spiritual dome over this nation in the form of the Presence of the Lord that would be so powerful it would make Israel’s iron dome look like a toy.

Or we can be like ancient Israel, continue believing our protection is by our might, remaining entrenched in the rhetoric of political discussions that the enemy joyfully has engaged us with and watch this nation fail.

For our wrestling match is with persons without bodies, against rulers with various areas and descending orders of authority against the world dominators of this present darkness Spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenlies  (2 Corinthians 10:4, Derek Prince Translation)

Do not be fooled nor deceived into believing this is a mere political battle.

It is a spiritual battle and we must put on the whole armor of the Lord, and hit the prayer rooms, hold all night prayer services.

We as a Body of believers have surrendered so much of our inheritance to the world.

We’ve entrusted our lives into the hands of wicked councils influenced by the spirit of this age.

Over the centuries since the first Church in the book of Act’s we’ve witnessed the Church ever so slowly lose its vision of the healing power of the Lord.

To today where we have for the most part put our faith in science and men of medical means.

We’ve allowed the Gospel message of Christ’s kingdom turn into a watered down self-indulgent message that bears no heavenly good news at all.

We’ve allowed holiness to be replaced with greediness, allowed the standards of Biblical morality to be replaced with the moral less values of this world.

Much of the Church has become a reflection of the society it is in rather than transforming the society to resemble the Kingdom of God.

We have entrusted our children to the government schools where the anti-Christ spirit is having a hay day.

As it slowly replaces truth with the twisted and distorted lies of the enemy calling right that which the Lord calls unholy and abominations.

We’ve allowed our colleges that were once founded upon the Word of God turn into the vilest institutions of demonic influence to a higher degree of wickedness.

We’ve replaced family time, with “me time”.

We’ve turned Sundays into a fast-food mentality organization where Church goers have been taught to simply want to rush in, get the worship of “How great we are” and “pamper my wounded ego” songs over with.

listen to a quick soothing Dr. Phil make me feel good message to at least get us to the parking lot, and then go out to be influenced by the world’s philosophies.

Or rush to the American dreams replacement of the Colosseum games of Rome style sports rather than devoting the day to our own families and the family of God.

And influencing the world by showing them the awesomeness of what it is to be a family dedicated to the Lord.

Wake up Bride!!!!

The Spirit of the Lord is crying out this very hour “Repent and turn back to your first love”.

Renounce your allegiance to the prince of the spiritual realm over this nation.

And turn back into the safety of the loving arms of your Holy Father in Heaven!!!

Russ Welch

Director at Beaches Rescue & Recovery Mission located in Jacksonville Beach Florida

http://www.beachesmission.org

Not moved by the popular trends

Posted: July 2, 2018 in Kingdom Teaching, teaching
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But if you don’t want to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15)
Many will pass judgment on another individual or group today based on their looks, their dress and other situations they may be in. Yet Jesus said to show grace, mercy and love, judge not lest ye be judged. Wisdom would testify that in following the teaching of Jesus here can be a tough decision, one that will find you facing much opposition as it will cause one to walk down a narrow path that few choose to take.
 
Sadly the “many” are not even including those outside the Church but rather those who sit in the Church week after week. Religion has done it job, it has separated the believer from truth and interwoven the philosophies of this world and labeled them wisdom, yet true wisdom comes from the Father and it never contradicts the Son. You see, wisdom never says the message of Jesus has changed, it never says that what was once considered sin by the Father has now become acceptable. But it also has never said that we pass judgment first and then if needed show love, it clearly stands on the teachings of Christ not to judge and to show LOVE above all else.
 But you, beloved brothers and sisters, are not living in the dark, allowing that day to creep up on you like a thief coming to steal. For you are all children of the light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night nor to darkness. This is why we must not fall asleep, as the rest do, but keep wide awake and clearheaded.  For those who are asleep sleep the night away, and drunkards get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, we must stay alert and clearheaded by placing the breastplate of faith and love over our hearts, and a helmet of the hope of salvation over our thoughts (1 Thes 5:4-8).  
 
The ways of this world, the thinking, the philosophies and such have been bombarding the Church from the beginning and much has over taking the Church in that the Church has succumbed to its teachings over that of the Lords. After all these are different times, times have changed and situations people find themselves in have changed thus the Gospel must bend and adhere to these times that we find ourselves in, right?
 
Wrong, a thousand times wrong. You see in the first Church they held to the teachings of Christ even if it caused them their lives, and for many it did. Yet they turned the world upside down. Whereas today the world has turned the Church inside out so that it looks more like the world than the Body of Christ. It has morphed into an entertainment industry for big money.
 
Not the whole Church is this way, for indeed there is a Remnant in our day who still holds the torch of truth and refuses to bend knee to the modern teachings that have striped the power of truth in exchange for feel-good doctrines. That inspires the emotions but does not transform the individual, enlightens ones mind but does not produce Christ-like hearts. This present day message draws in the people and uses them to by the numbers to validate ones ego then spits them out just as fast when they begin to see the cracks in this false Lamb, leaving them often times in more of a state of lost ness than when they first entered, for they were drawn with a hope of a Messiah but were met with a man and his program.
Never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit.  And don’t be one who scorns prophecies, but be faithful to examine them by putting them to the test, and afterward hold tightly to what has proven to be right. Avoid every appearance of evil. (1 Thes 5:19-22)
 
Today, more than ever we must hold to the pure teachings of Christ and His Apostles and never trade them in for a lighter message. Paul said of such that ther would come a double curse upon their lives (Gal 3:10). Grace is powerful when taught in Truth and the Gospel Message found in the Word has not lost one once of its power and ability to impact cultures and peoples. It is time to bring the teaching of fasting & prayer back, the truth of the communion table back, the teachings of obedience and the reward of following Jesus. It is time to cut ties with those who seek to change the Gospel message, to seperate ourselves from those who wish to inject the ways of the world as means of reaching the people. It is time once again to turn and follow Jesus with surrendered hearts and lives. The narrow road is bordered by legalism on one side and compromise on the other.
 
The World is in desperate need of the true sons & daughters of the Lord Most High to manifest in this hour. We need men and women who will follow the teachings of Christ regardless of the cost and having counted it they dive into His ways with everything they have. Those that fully trust the Words of the Master, He said lay hands on the sick and they do it, He said to love the unlovable and they do it, He said to lay down our lives and they do it. For indeed He is a worthy King and just the reward of being called His friend, brother and sister is world far more than anything this world has to offer.
~Dr. Russ Welch, Th.D.

Addiction: Free or not free?

Posted: June 25, 2018 in Kingdom Teaching, teaching
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Now Christ lives his life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, his life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God. Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you! So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life. (Romans 8:10-13, TPT)        

Not to cause a stir…merely my opinion as to the finished work of the cross….          

When I look at the resurrection power of the cross and what it did for me, to say I am a recovering addict is like saying I am a recovering sinner. I can not confess either for the powerful freedom that Jesus accomplished on the cross liberated me from the lifestyles of both..I once was bound yet Praise God, for I am now free..I took one step..one action and laid my burdens down..and He in His Great faithfulness, He took them away.          

I understand the merits of programs and the desire to get people free…Yet to recite time and time again that I am still an addict to whatever is not confessing freedom into the New Creation that Christ won for us on the cross, rather it is programing I am still hostage to the old nature.          

I know people who’ve attended these programs for short periods as well as others who have attended them for many years and some have experiencrd freedom to where they no longer drink, do drugs, watch porn ect. Yet, they are not truly free for they live within the confines of an addiction mentality. I have counseled many of these same people and they are so fearful of slipping up. It is like being free and looking at an open prison door yet never daring to step out of the prison cell to experience the freedom ones been given.

The power of the Blood of the Lamb is fully capable of severing the individual from the nature of addiction.        

I have witnessed the freedom that the true revelation of the cross and what Jesus did there fully set people free including myself. I don’t have to avoid the alcohol aisle in the store because of the fear of being tempted, I can freely stroll down the isle in compete freedom knowing that addiction no longer holds me captive.        

I opened with stating this is my opinion yet the witness of seeing the miracle in others lives as well, transfers it from opinion to truth..For whom the Son sets free is free indeed.            

I welcome any individual who has not found this freedom to come and talk with me and let us together, allow Holy Spirit bring you into the place, through the revelation of the finished work of the cross, where you too can experience the complete freedom that Jesus purchased for you on the cross.          

Dr. Russ Welch, Th.D. Miracle power of Biblical counseling

A Remnant in the Midst

Posted: December 18, 2017 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, teaching, wilderness
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I can see a spiritual reality in the picture above. looking out across the Church horizon one can see three aspects of the Church community in this hour. Two of which are represented in the above photo as being either dead spiritually or greatly malnourished spiritually.
On the right side one can see dead churches stuck in seasons gone by on one side. Some of it being intermingled with the purpose of the Kingdom and that of the purposes of man, which has left them in a strangled stance. These often speak of grace yet teach from a legalistic side of the law.
Then on the left side of the healthy green growth, we see an aspect of the Church in this present day as that of having a strong religious mindset (stronghold). Knowing of Grace yet not fully embracing it or worse, having given way to complete compromise with no Heavenly order whatsoever. Even worse, we see some segments even walking off the path of truth completely, entering into erroneous doctrines to that of even knocking on the door of mysticism.
Then in the very middle is the Remnant in the midst of the other two, who is rising up from the foundational teaching of Jesus and His apostles. They are those who have died, or are dying to self and only want to be that which is the perfect image of the Son. Those who have seen their identity according to the Father’s view and are living their lives out in the identity of son’s and daughter’s. They have begun living lives of co-laboring with Heaven. Some of the Remnant has been assigned by the Father, to remain inside the others two in some form or another. Yet in this hour we are seeing more and more coming out and are gathering together living out the Kingdom life according to the direction of it’s King, Jesus Christ.

“Every person will know by this that you are my disciples, if you shall have love one to the other.” John 13:35

One important thing is to remember that the Father deeply loves those in all three groups yet we must not mistake His love for His Children as a node of confirmation to the structures they are in. In fact I believe it is because of His great love for them that He is raising up modern day “Moses” if you will, to rescue them from the confines of religion. And we must always live our lives out of the motivation of the Father’s love no matter who we are dealing with or find our selves.

Yeshua answered and said to him: “You are the Teacher of Israel and you do not know these things? (John 3:10)

Now, all these groups are able to draw people who are desperate to find hope. Yet the question must be asked, what are they drawing them too? Religion or Spiritual freedom in Christ Jesus.
Many Churches idea of evangelism is built upon the premise of “Building” their fellowships. Yet the are blind to the true evangelism of what Jesus taught. I know because I was of both groups. Praise God that Holy Spirit was able to break through the walls of religion in my own life and bring John 3:10 into that prison cell like a sledge hammer, tearing down the wall that had been built up by wrong teaching.
Now the true Remnant of Christ is beginning to walk in a deeper level of power in the area’s of the prophetic, healing’s and miracles. We are beginning to see what happened in the book of Acts manifesting today. And I believe as we begin to walk in these gift’s of God, reaching the level of “heavens works here on earth” of which our Lord did, then we shall see a shift into the “Greater” works than these happening.
Now, we must also realize that there is still a great hope in Christ that He can in fact bring a major Spiritual reformation into the groups which are off center, having stepped off from the Chief corner stone (Jesus) and His teachings, and held strongly to the misrepresentation of Biblical by men. Having replaced Heaven’s translation of truth for that of men.
Let us pray for the Church as a whole, that a fresh wind of Spiritual truth will blow upon them and release a fresh vision of who we are as a Body according to what the Father desires. Which I believe will not really be so much of a “new” vision as much as it will be a fresh reset to the foundation that Christ Jesus brought and that His apostles of the first Church lived upon and taught from.
While at the same time, may our own spiritual eyes be open to the truth that religion, legalism and compromise have no place in the Kingdom of God. For in all things (actions, words and deeds) may our lives bring Glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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