Posts Tagged ‘Kingdom living’

Spiritual Warrior vs the average churchgoer

Posted: February 1, 2024 in disciples life, Kingdom Teaching, Remnant, Spiritual warfare
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What is the distinction between a Spiritual Warrior for Christ vs the average Church goer?

The concept of a “Spiritual Warrior of the Lord” is often metaphorical and varies in interpretation across different religious traditions. However, some common themes may help distinguish someone described as a Spiritual Warrior from an average churchgoer:

  1. Dedication to Spiritual Growth: A Spiritual Warrior is typically deeply committed to personal and spiritual growth. This goes beyond attending church services and involves actively seeking to deepen their understanding of their faith through prayer, meditation, study of religious texts, and reflection.
  2. Courage and Resilience: The term “warrior” implies a level of courage and resilience in facing life’s challenges. A Spiritual Warrior is someone who confronts adversity with faith, perseverance, and a strong spiritual foundation.
  3. Active Engagement in Spiritual Practices: While attending church is a part of spiritual life, a Spiritual Warrior often engages in a broader range of spiritual practices. This might include regular prayer, fasting, acts of charity, and a commitment to ethical living.
  4. Service to Others: Spiritual Warriors are often characterized by their dedication to serving others. They embody the principles of love, compassion, and selflessness, actively working to make a positive impact on the lives of those around them.
  5. Discernment and Wisdom: A Spiritual Warrior is expected to possess discernment and wisdom in navigating the complexities of life. This involves a deeper understanding of spiritual truths and the ability to apply them to various situations.
  6. Spiritual Warfare: In some Christian traditions, the term “Spiritual Warrior” is used to describe those engaged in spiritual warfare, battling against evil forces or temptations. This may involve resisting sinful tendencies and actively working to live in accordance with religious principles.

It’s important to note that these traits are idealized characteristics, and individuals may embody them to varying degrees. The distinction between a Spiritual Warrior and an average churchgoer is not meant to be divisive but rather to emphasize a more committed and active approach to one’s faith. Different religious traditions and denominations may have varied interpretations of these concepts.

Wind Walker

www.KingdomLife-Now.org

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 Year of the Open Doors….

Posted: December 12, 2023 in Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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Persevere in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving, praying also together for us that God would open unto us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also in bonds, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. (Colossians 4:2-4)

As we enter into 2024, at Highway to Heaven Church, we have been petitioning the Throne room and thanking the Father for opening the door for a new meeting place for our Kingdom family, where we will be able to host His presence more than just on Sunday morning (Romans 4:17, 8:25).

We as a Kingdom family fully believe in and trust in the Lord’s ability to open new doors, especially understanding the prophetic meaning of the year 5784 on the Jewish Calender, as that of “The Year of Open Doors”.

In a recent conversation with a very dear prophetic friend of mine, he told me that over the past few months, the Lord has been speaking to him about my life, HTHC, and Remnant Warrior ministries. During those discussions, the Lord has been showing him an increase in family members and seeing an expansion of these two ministries overall.

He showed him a door opening, and upon walking through it, he saw the establishment of healing rooms ministry. He said the Lord reminded him of how He had positioned me as co-director of a healing room ministry here in Jacksonville.

Then the Lord showed him that we would be able to hold prayer meetings regularly. (This has been my heart’s cry for a new location. Especially during this hour, for we would be holding such prayer vigils specifically to hold our Jewish brothers and sisters and the nation of Israel up in prayer).

He said that he also saw that with this new location, we will also be able to hold Bible studies and other teaching meetings geared to equip the Body.

One thing he said the Lord was strongly emphasizing was discipleship and the training the be part of the ministry’s focus on raising up the next generation of Church Elders and Shepherds, which includes allowing them to lead meetings and other such leadership functions.

My friend ended with the Lord telling him that is the reason He had brought me into the study of the revelation of what it looks like to be submitted to living under His governing authority.

He did this so that my wife and I would understand the importance and the power of living a life totally surrendered to the Government of the Godhead.

It is also our desire to expand our ministry reach both from Highway To Heaven Church and Remnant Warrior ministries in my wife’s homeland, the nation of the Philippines. My friend said he saw my wife leading multiple missionary teams into that nation, as well as our being able to establish New Creation Ranch there, a discipleship-focused ministry, purposed for the transformation of nations and cultures by training up Mountain Moving Disciples.

It is an exciting time, to say the least, but with that commissioning comes the responsibility to seek the Lord’s guidance in every move we make, to be intentional in all we do with the desire to walk and live as our Lord did to where we say nothing nor take any action until we hear from and view the Father doing such.

With this we are asking all those connected to us to keep us lifted up in prayer, as it is our desire that the Lord alone, get the Glory and that it is His name alone that we represent, taking no glory for ourselves or our ministry efforts, for we completely under the conviction that we could do nothing and would be nothing without our Jesus.

~Russ G. Welch

A.K.A. WindWalker

“A personal testimony of hope relating to the Lord’s rescuing me”

Posted: October 28, 2023 in Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant, Spiritual warfare
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For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide. We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience. (2 Corinthians 10:3-6, TPT)

I have to be honest here, that since October 8, 2023, when the terrorist individuals who are part of the Hamas terrorist organization entered the sovereign nation of Israel, butchering around 1400 innocent Israelis from babies to the elderly, raping women, and dragging over 200 hostages back into Gaza, my emotions have been raw and on edge.

Over the past few weeks watching these hate-filled protests in our streets and on our educational campuses, and the pure evil coming out of their mouths and messages painted on their signs, I have to admit that it has stirred up some fleshly responses from within me, and in hindsight, I realize I should have been glued to the WORD rather than the news.

Last night was the tipping point which ended up with my spending several hours wrestling with this spiritually in what first appeared as a life-and-death battle. You see, over the course of the past 3 weeks, due mainly to watching news reports surrounding the war in Israel which has spilled over into the streets of many nations, I had opened the door allowing the devil to make little invasive entrances into my thought life which was why I now found myself in a major spiritual battle.

Towards the end of this spiritual battle, somewhere around 3:00 a.m. this morning the Lord broke through the battle lines and rescued me. Yet He first corrected me in His loving way, as He once again took me back through my life like He had in 2016. It was a journey that took me back to where I could see all the actions I had done which had at that time grieved His heart and once again He showed me His forgiveness and love.

You might ask – Why did the Lord take you there?

I believe He did this as it is was where the enemy had taken me during the battle, except his (the devil’s) strategy was not to bring me to the place of remembering all the forgiveness and love that the Lord showered over me in that encounter with Him several years prior but rather to get me to take back all the pains of my past in including all the guilt and shame that the Lord had healed and delivered me from. The enemy wanted to sink me back to my past, to where I would respond to all the events and people involved with the war in Israel and the anti-semitism in our nation with as much hatred as I could muster up. And to use all that hatred in response to those who are currently filling our airwaves, social media platforms, streets, and schools with hate.

However, the Lord took me to the same place so as to open my eyes in order to see that it was actually His love that sustained me. In His grace and mercy, even though I did nothing to deserve it for it was during those years of not walking with Him, that the actions of my life were not coming from a heart of love. In fact, I was not a very loving individual at all, I was actually a very selfish, self-centered, hate-filled prideful individual who cared about no one else but myself.

One might ask what led me to be like that?

Well, first let me give praise, honor, and glory to my Lord, who healed me of All the wounds and pain of those years, including washing all the guilt and shame away in 2016 just a few months before I turned 52.

After which over the course of around 7 months, Holy Spirit revealed to me that it was not due to my being born wicked, but rather that it was mostly due in part to the actions of other individuals in my life, who unknowingly through a divorce, allowed a door to be opened in my life, which once opened the enemy took full advantage by filling my life with demonic spiritual leeches such as the spirits of rejection, bitterness, abandonment, jealousy, and unforgiveness.

All of this led to my having a very negative and self-destructive view of myself, especially with regard to how I perceived how others looked at me. You see when the enemy has an opening into one’s soul, especially at a young age, he comes in with everything he has to invade and sets up camp (mental and emotional strongholds) with the intent of never surrendering the place of occupation.

Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. (1 Peter 5:8, AMPC)

Which led to years of drug and other addictions all in an attempt to stop the pain. We must understand that it is the “soul” intention of the enemy to bring chaos, sickness, destruction, and ultimately death to every one of God’s creations.

Thus, the Lord retraced where the enemy had taken me over the past 3 weeks, all in an attempt to ensnare me once again in the prison of my emotions. Which ultimately led me to this major spiritual battle I had last night. It even led me to the place of being physically sick.

By this course of action, the Lord was able to show me how the powerful prayers of my mother and others had all led me to that little room in an inn in Saluda North Carolina in March of 2016.

For in truth, it was that very encounter that radically set me free, as the Lord poured out rivers of His love that that life a very hot intense fire, went back all the way to my infancy and dismantled every stronghold of sin, shame, and guilt that the enemy had established in my life.

Then during my encounter with Him last night, He showed me in all I can describe as 3-D imagery, how those prayers of faith that had been prayed for me, carried the powerful Light of His Glory which supernaturally smashed through the dark prison walls that the enemy had built around my soul, crushing the demonic chains that had held in me captive for all those years.

At the end of this encounter this morning, He took me to 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 and said;

“These are the weapons that I have given you and My Remnant to overcome the evil that is warring against My people and it shall be used against the realms of darkness, not just to protect My people but to also set those who have been taken captive by it free. For you and My Remnant are fully equipped and commissioned by My Father to win the war against these demonic evil forces. But you must not let your guard down, you must not allow the devil to bring you down to his level of fighting. I won the victory over him in the grave and My Father has fully authorized and empowered My Bride to enforce that victory.”

This ended with the Lord saying “Champion the gates”.

As I woke up this morning, Holy Spirit immediately took me to these passages and said “The battle must be won in the Spirit, for it cannot be won in the flesh!!!

We must be persistent in seeking Holy Spirit’s direction regarding Spirit Warfare on a daily basis, unlike the President’s daily briefings, we can count on Holy Spirit giving us actuate intel regarding the spiritual locations of the enemy’s strongholds, the demonic actors we are facing, the plans of the enemy, as well as Heaven’s strategy to stand overcome each of them, standing in the position of victory.

We must stay in the Spirit to prevent the enemy from dragging us into viewing others according to the flesh rather we must walk in the revelation that Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:16;

“Therefore from now on we know no one according to the flesh: and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him no longer”

Thus, we must discern and direct our warfare against the spiritual beings from the realms of darkness that have taken them hostage, and strategically pray according to Holy Spirit’s direction. In doing so I believe that we will witness many being set free.

And rightly so, for the WORD declares that our first ministry is that of reconciling the lost into a loving intimate relationship with the Father (2 Corinthians 5:18).

We must be accustomed to battle from our war rooms (Prayer closets) knowing that we have been authorized to use every Spiritual weapon we have been given access to in Christ our Lord, to overcome the plans of the enemy.

So, with “Great faith” let us direct our prayer to free those who have become intoxicated with demonic doctrines of lies, seeing them set free from the realms of darkness via prayers that are spiritually designed to weaken the spiritual hold that the enemy has on their lives, smashing the spiritual chains that have held them in captivity and opening the door so that they may enter the Kingdom of Light (Colossians 1:13).

~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

God’s Kingdom vs the Kingdoms of Men

Posted: October 23, 2023 in Kingdom Teaching, Remnant
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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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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“

Remnant Rising

Posted: October 4, 2023 in Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant
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“As pockets of the authentic Remnant begin to rise up across America Be watchful for Heaven’s witness via outbreaks of signs, miracles, and wonders being observed”

Such Remnant hubs or Apostolic freedom Centers, shall be as Light Houses radiating the Glory of the Lord, attracting the disenfranchised believers who have tired of the imposter religious organizations that have fraudulently been represented as the Lord’s House.

Don’t get caught up in the whirlwind of hype that the puppeteers of religion use to trap the Saints. It is vital to put Matthew 7:7-8 into action with great faith, ask, expect, and then allow Holy Spirit to grant you access to the Spiritual eyes of the Kingdom that see right through such deceptive religious illusions.

His Word is the key to accessing the authority of the miraculous, and in this season under the governing authority of Holy Spirit, the Remnant will be opening doors that have long been held closed in this nation by the religious spirits illegally ruling where the sons and daughters of the Lord are purposed and destined to reign!!!

These are awesome days, regardless of what the news and media say, these are the days when the Bride of Christ steps into Her destined position of reigning with the dominion authority transferred first to Adam in the Garden, then after being retrieved by the last Adam, Jesus Christ, with His Triumphant Victory on the cross, it has been transferred back to the sons & daughters of the LORD.

The exposure and undoing of man-lead Congregation – Returning the Headship of the Ekklesia Back to Jesus.

Throughout the long history of the church, how many congregations have been like Ephesus? What about today?

Many of the Churches in this nation and throughout the world are led by, what the courts of Heaven deem as illegal leaders, who have strived whether to force, political means or by climbing up the academic ladder to gain the position over the Lord’s Body that only the Godhead is authorized to hold.

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Nico means “to conquer,” and laitan or laity means “the people.” (Revelation 2:6, Jubilee)

In his Book Revelation Unveiled, Russell Stendal writes the following comment with regard to this passage:

“God hates the deeds of those who would subjugate the people of God under a ruling class or clergy interposed between the people and God. True God-ordained leadership would join the people directly to the Lord.”

This is going to be one of the marks of the Remnant gatherings, though they do and will continue to have within these localized and regional faith communities people operating in the gifts of Christ to His Congregations as Apostles, Prophets, Evangelist, and Shepherding teachers. They will all walk in humility in service to the Body, at all times drawing the people’s attention to only true head of the Body, Jesus Christ. You will never find them lording their position over the people and seldom will you find them attaching the title of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, and or Shepherd to their names unless specifically instructed by the Lord, even as we have witnessed in scripture.

In this hour we are witnessing Apostolic Freedom Centers rising up out of the chaotic and corrupted Christian landscape previously ruled by the Religious Institutions under the evil oppressive leadership of religious spirits. But having begun a powerful Heaven and Earth shaken offensive, Holy Spirit is directing the Remnant of LORD through prophetic words, dreams, and visions along with the Angelic Armies of Heaven to reclaim ALL that belongs to the Lord. Firstly this will take place within His Bride and then advance into reclaiming whole regions until the nations are returned to His Kingdom.

~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

Establishing Apostolic Remnant Hubs

Posted: September 28, 2023 in Kingdom Teaching, Prophetic, Remnant, teaching
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For first of all, when ye come together in the congregation, [Gr. ekklesia – called out ones] I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For it is expedient that there also be heresies among you, so that those who are proved may become manifest among you (1 Corinthians 11:18-19, JUB)

The Apostle Paul basically is saying here that there MUST be divisions amongst you.

So go ahead!

Divide with self-proclaiming Christians who are pro-abortion. Divide with self-proclaiming Christians that approve of homosexual marriage. Divide with self-proclaiming Christians who think boys can become girls and girls can become boys. Divide with self-proclaiming Christians that are actually false prophets and false witnesses causing unhealthy divisions by spreading lies, deception, and gossip into the true Body of Christ, His Ellkesa and Remnant.

Divide and keep your peace!

The Lord is Establishing Apostolic Remnant Hubs throughout the nations

One day Jesus will separate the sheep from the goats. However, for the present time, the authentic Congregations of the Lord will be recognized as a faction, smaller gatherings that are operating in Greater Spiritual authority.

And I believe as do others that part of Holy Spirit’s warfare strategies in this hour will be the disbursement of Remnant Warrior Apostolic hubs regionally.

These Hubs will be much like the communities that surrounded the Lord’s leaders in ancient Ireland and Scotland known as the thin places, where the realms of Heaven were accessed with little interference here on earth.

And I believe that in this year, 5784, we will begin to witness these Spiritual doors opening to where His Bride will begin to experience 24/7 habitation of the Lord’s presence operating in and around their lives.

Holy Spirit is not like the modern-day commanders who sit behind locked doors in tiny rooms viewing the battle, He is a hands-on commander of the Angel armies, and the Lord’s Remnant army here on earth.

These Remnant outposts are tasked with routing out the enemy, tearing down their fortified strongholds, and establishing the dominion of authority of the Kingdom

~WindWalker

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