Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Don Lynch’


Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matthew 26:41)

“If we maintain apostolic systems without apostolic order, we soon discover that our problem remains one of leadership. Do we who participate in the apostolic arrangement with spiritual consumerism as an organizational factor, and the burnout bubble that comes with it, settling for apostolic recognition as a goal more than apostolic order as a kingdom cultural norm? Do we become spiritual clearinghouses, serving the whole from outside the system like merchant banks of mammon, as the processors of ministry transactions despite our knowledge that these dynamics actually are the bigger parts of the problem?” ~Dr. Don Lynch

These are questions regarding Kingdom expansions as to whether they are of men or the Son of man, Jesus Christ. There was a season in my life when I desired to be on top of the leadership chain, aspiring to have a huge title and mega list of devoted followers. That is until Holy Spirit placed those desires under the microscope of the Light and on the scales of Kingdom Truths.

When Holy Spirit began revealing to me how the roots of such a desire came from the father of lies, I began to see where I had strayed from my spirit man being seated with Christ in the position of dominion over my soulish man, allowing myself to chase after the tempting carrot of fame. I had failed to bring these desires under the obedience of Christ. He then proceeded to show me that in order to obtain such a level of leadership to satisfy that prideful hunger of my soulish man, it would ultimately cost me my own soul.

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. (Matthew 23:11-12)

As I was led by the Lord into spending several months in the posture of repentance, He began to seat me in scriptures such as this one in Matthew for days at a time, taking me deeper and deeper into the Kingdom truths Jesus was teaching His disciples. And the deeper I went, the clearer and uglier I found the images my self-centered desires had become.

Ultimately it ended up being a time of great freedom for me as this spiritual journey hadn’t just exposed the roots of disappointment, rejection, and bitterness that had secretly grown from the dark seeds of unforgiveness, that had been planted early in my life, it literally brought me to the pace where I could renounce those places and surrender them to the governing authority found in the Lordship of Holy Spirit, submitting my inner man to the government of the Kingdom.

I came to understand that soil of such deception had been cultivated by the “orphan spirit”, through a spiritual door that had been opened granting the enemy access to my emotions during the early impressionable stages of my life ( I was 3 years old) that had been rocked by the divorce of my parents which sent me along with two of my siblings into several years of going from one family to another pretty much as inconvenient orphans.

Now, before my marriage, I had attended the cleansing stream ministry, and then after being married for a couple of years, I went through that same ministry only this time it was cleansing stream 2.0. This occurred through the teachings of Dr. Don, who had spiritually modified the cleansing stream model and birthed the powerful ministry called “Freedom Ministry”.

However, as Holy Spirit began to take me back, I saw that I was not completely honest regarding certain secret closets that contained my emotions.  Whether intentionally or unintentionally I am not sure, but I do know that this was revealed to me and I became more aware of the enemy’s schemes when iI started counseling others who suffered emotional trauma. It was during this time that Holy Spirit began to show in me greater detail that there is a tendency to bury our emotions, hiding them as though the situations which caused them never happened, in an attempt to not feel the pain.

He then showed in vivid examples that this is merely an evil scheme of the devil to hold his victims prisoner to their emotions. However, the Good News is that when we turn them over to the Lord, He does not remove those memories, but what He does is what I have learned to explain as “changing the decorations or surroundings” of those mental rooms that house those memories like changing the paint, and furniture in a house. In doing so He removes the pain and replaces it with supernatural healing bombs of comfort and peace.

For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:5)

Once we have been liberated from those spiritual prisons we are seated in positions that allow us to rescue others who are trapped in their past, showing them how powerful the key of forgiveness truly is. In this healing process regarding my own life, Holy Spirit was able to bring me to see the revelation of Christ in Psalm 30:5, for He (The Lord) was angered at what the spirit of divorce did to our family, especially the children.

Yet in His wisdom, He knows that the only way for us to battle these spirits is by shining the Light of the Father’s love on them, for in the Father’s love for all of us, is hidden what I call, Spiritual Bunker bombs that with Holy Spirit lazer percission, go to the depths of the where these emotions roots start, anchoring in place the emotional strongholds of the enemy and completely destroys them. These are followed by more supernatural weapons that rather than cause destruction, are designed to bring forth the establishing of Kingdom fortifications of Joy, Peace, and Love. All of which the enemy has no power to overcome.

These interactions of Holy Spirit have radically changed my life and ministry. No longer do I desire to build anything out of my own will, for I am fully satisfied in the building of all that the Father directs me to build.

One other thing to note is that I can tell you in all honesty ever since my encounter with the Lord in 2016, as well as a follow-up encounter in 2022, it has been clear that ever since He created man in the garden, the Father’s desire has always been to build a family in which He can fellowship with and love on.

Now to the next point, many do not perceive that many of the Churches in our day, are not what the Lord intended at the birth of His New Covenant Ekklesia. I am not talking necessarily about the physical brick and mortar structures, although many do worship the “Building” over the Lord. Nor am I necessarily talking about how the dynamics of an Ekklesia family gathering should be, while at the same time, I am under heavy conviction that every Kingdom-ordained family gathering must be one that is totally surrendered to the Lordship and governing authority of Holy Spirit.

As well, the idea that there is to be “no” leadership is as crazy as building a house with no doors or windows to enter into it. The dynamics of a family are structured around Heaven’s leadership design, which is why the devil is so intent on destroying the family by removing the dad or mother or even worse both.

In this hour I am seeing and hearing about true Kingdom family appearing around this nation and in the nations. I am hearing the prophets of the Lord speaking specifically about this. Holy Spirit is restoring the foundation of family within the Ekklesia. I know that due to bad theology, men as well as women have grossly taken advantage of the “fathering and mothering” aspect within the Lord’s Ekklesia. Thus, people have had the tendency to look at it through the lens of negativity, yet it is clearly described in the scriptures, even if it may not directly say “Spiritual fathers and Spiritual mothers”.

I can tell you in my own conversation with the Lord as well as what I have been hearing the prophets of the Lord saying, that the oil of His presence due to His radical love for His Bride, has up to this point, maintained many of these man-built enterprises is now coming to an end (Matthew 25:1-13). No longer will Heaven’s Spiritual oil keep the flames of His presence burning in these illegitimate dens led by concubines (False Bride). Many such models have merely been built to lift up individual names (names of their founders) as being great, all the while being maintained via the fleecing of the Lord’s sheep.

These religious machines are built to play on the emotions of the people, hyped up with big sound and Vegas-styled performances, giving the illusion of the Kingdom atmosphere but in reality, they are modeled after a demonic contrived industry that seeks to replace Kingdom exploits with worldly entertainment, or one could say a “spiritual Disney world” that replaces the authentic adventures and beauty found in the Lord’s nature with memories built around fantasies.

I know we have entered a season of intense shaken that the Father has purposed and I truly believe part of that is going to full back the sheets of deception that the spirit of religion has held so many covered by. It is part of the separation of the sheep and goats referenced in scripture.

Everything that is authentic Kingdom shall be held in place, however, those things which are not authentic Kingdom shall be shaken, with some foundations completely being destroyed and some under the restraints of mercy, some walls will be torn down as well as having their foundations being cracked, exposing them for what they truly are.

The chains are being removed, His Remnant is rising and His Ekklesia is being spiritually reset to operate according to the Father’s design and plan. The season of the advancement of the realms of darkness is about to be turned around to where we are going to witness an explosion of Kingdom advancements that are designed to spread the Knowledge of the Glory of the Lord to the ends of the Earth. The Gospel shall be proclaimed to every nation, throughout every tribe, and in every language!!!

~WindWalker

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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