About 2 years ago the Lord began speaking to us that the church was going to go through a great change, He was going to shake everything that can be shaken and the phrase being used was “Everything Is Changing”. He spoke that He was going to tear down the structures of the church and the man made structures that contain worship in them.  Little did we know that the church we were astoring was one of them. In our tiny minds, comared to God, we thought surely our little emire would stand the test and would be found faithful and a great place of truth and worship.

The Lord spoke to us in June that we were to shut down the ministry as a church in the mall and begin being a church. We didn’t have the full understanding or revelation but we obeyed and began to walk out a new season in our lives.

We began to go thorugh a season of acceleration of understanding the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and we began to see why the word of the Lord was to remove the “processed” from the church and return the church to the Super Natural Organic place it was designed to walk in.

Human nature wants to take every instruction and make it a law or instruction to live by for eternity, when God may want something different from the instruction He gave. For instance, when God gives you an idea, our humanness wants to make it a routine. Last year about this time, God spoke to us and told us to do a internet broadcast about relationships, our humanness took over and we created a whole internet show about relationships with a great name, and we decided to do this show weekly. In other words we felt like if God says do a show then it must be a good idea and we should run with it and do everything we can to make Him proud and help people.

That all sounds good, but God only wanted a show or two, and not give it a name and create a little kingdom of ours to run. We then ran into problems meeting deadlines, we were not able to perform all the things we needed to accomplish and other areas of our lives suffered. We had to cease doing the broadcast. We felt guilty, a sense of failure, and made it hard to, when it was time, to even do another show.

We began to see that sometimes we add ingredients to the things God speaks to us that are meant to be great and are meant well, but they are processed ingredients that didn’t belong.

When we no longer had a place to go weekly for worship we began trying to find a place to worhsip weekly, whether it was in our home, or ministering somewhere else, and any ideas that came our first instinct was to make it a ritual, a weekly or monthly event. God consistantly would re-arrange our thoguhts and correct us to show us His Kingdom. His Kingdom was to live by the Spirit of Life, not by rituals and religion. For instance, He would say “Hold a teaching in your home this Saturday night”, and we would do that and we would then make a plan to do it again next week., He would say, “No, I never said that.”

Slowly and eventually we accepted this way of life and wow, the freedom and power that came was well worth the obedience. Living by the Spirit of Life, Holy Spirit, has revolutionized our way of thinking and has changed us forever. We no longer long to oworship in a building or do a ritual weekly or monthly, etc.

As we have met other saints along the way, we found we were not the only ones god has been leading through on this adventure. (sometimes we like to see ourselves as th eonly one in the cave, we are so wrong ). Church structures and facilities, ministers have been crumbling and being shut down by the instruction of God.

We began seeking the Lord, as to what was happening and why. (Another human charachter trait) He began showing us that even though the church structures served a great prupose in advancing the Kingdom, it is no longer working the way it was designed to during this season. Man was going to have to let go of the processed programs, structures and formulas to walk in the season that is ahead. The old is passing away and I am raising up the new. I am dissolving the way of the last season to bring forth the fruit of the harvest in this new era.

2 Cor 6:16 And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”  

2Co 6:17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you  

2Co 6:18 and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

I would try to rationalize and try to believe that the church structure is not unclean and that it was not an idol to His people, but He began to open our eyes and show us that what man has created was little kingdoms to build upon when God said, 

Heb 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.? 

Heb 8:11 And they shall not each man teach his neighbor, and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest.? 

Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.”

Heb 8:13 In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first one old. Now that which decays and becomes old is ready to vanish away

We are to be led by Holy Spirit to the very moment of what He says and not make a law out of every instruction. This is the new that He spoke of, to walk with Him in you, dwelling with you, speaking to you, leading you and teaching you. Not for a ceremony but to walk in the power of His love in the world seated at the right hand of the Father in Christ Jesus.

There comes a time in maturity that we need to enter into His rest and be seated to rule in heavenly places with Him right here and now is the time. 

He began showing us that we are not on different levels, as there isn’t one greater then the other, but we are only in different places with Him. The one man show, or team show is not the true church, one man thinking he is greater then His congregation or thinks he deserves the respect, is being exposed. This is a time of judgment for the obedient and judgement for the disobedient.

This is a season that the deceptions in the church are being exposed:

1. Clergy/Laity order is being exposed as an ungodly order.
2. Business style church organization as ungodly.
3. Religious order of the institutionalized organizations of denominations is ungodly.
4. and of course sin mixed in with Godliness is being exposed. (processed ingredients).

During this time, many things being revealed will be the true heirchy of the Kingdom of God of the saints are on one level but in different places with God. The true division of the Godly and the wordly order will be revealed, and the church in it’s new structure will be revealed.

What will it look like? What will it consist of?

I only see and know in part but what I do know I have shared in past messages and teachings. You can watch one of the teachings on Apostles and Prophets by cicking here.

I beleive it will look like a people that will be in community, sharing everything common, living in the presence of our Lord, leaning on one another, learning from one another, loving one another as He has prescribed.

Just renaming the sytem and calling it spiritual will not work any longer. Saying we are going to start a home church and meet one time a week at our home is renaming the structure and saying it is spiritual is not going to work, it will be a truly revived structure of going house to house daily, eating and breaking bread together praising our Lord Jesus.

All the fillers and ingredients made by man will be removed and cleansed from the structure so that it can be built on the correct foundation.

Eph 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Eph 2:19 Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Eph 2:20 and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

Eph 2:21 in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord;

Eph 2:22 in whom you also are built together for a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.  

Now is the time to listen and obey to what the instruction is right now, and tomorrow to listen to the instruction is then. Listen to His voice and go where He leads you. He will lead you to green pastures and by the still waters. he will lead you into rightousness and make you whole. He will be your God and you will know Him as a man knows a woman. Enter into Him and receive Him into you and take your seat the right hand of the Father in heaven.

Know that the Lord will hook you up with the right people and create a spiritual network that is from Holy Spirit. Not a natural network of meeting people to go speak or to minister to but a spiitual network that is orchestrated to fulfill the call of the Kingdom on your life. We need to hear His voice in this hour so we are not asking in vain.

Begin doing what you see the Lord doing and speaking what you hear Him speaking. Its time for the army to arise with the host of angels to do Kingdom work in His pure power of His Spirit.

There is a apostolic mirgration happening and it doesnt consist of living off of the ministry, but consists of living off of the ways of God, the manna from heaven. Blessings to you in this new season and may this new year be prosperous for you.

If you are coming please let us know as it is limited space and bring a covered dish with something in it .

It is located in Newark, but Google Maps as it as Heath.

I created my very first abstract fractal image this morning which you will see posted here. With fractals you may not always have an intended image in mind. The end result is astonishing to me.

I was led to give it the title of “The Birth”. It is a fresh infusion of life. “I came to give life and life more abundantly” { the Holy One : Jesus }. An infrastructure built upon the higher realms of manifestation ; you almost taste the salt upon the tip of your tongue. It is an open-portal where all who are parched may be quenched. There is not one thing left unhinged.

Rest your mind upon what you want to bring forth into your life as that intention brought forth will be AMPLIFIED. Hours pass by in moments. As there is an emerging from one area , revolutionized … awakened to glory-realms.

Copyright 2009 – Anna Carawan

What a great season the body of Christ is now in. We can see the words that God spoke through us manifest sometimes right before our eyes! Healings, signs and wonders becoming more and more prevalent by each passing week. Financial breakthroughs, visions and dreams, seeming to be accelerated at kingdom speed. Seeds being sown are returning quicker and quicker, reminding me of the scripture that the reaper will overtake the sower. Very exciting times we are living in!

There were many other words that were released along those lines telling us that we needed to listen and watch for what the Father is saying and doing and begin saying and doing what we hear and see.

As the Lord began speaking to me today I could see Him walk up to a magnifying glass and look down toward the people in the land and He was searching and seeking, looking among all of those walking and running about, and then I heard, it’s as if everything that is being done is being magnified. Everything that is being spoken is being magnified, everything that is being released in the earth is being magnified and multiplied. It was as if this was again a warning. When I say warning I don’t mean judgment as a bad thing but a good thing if you are serving the Lord. Judgment as a believer that is seeking His righteousness is only deliverance from darkness into the light. It just means He brings us closer to Him. His love overpowers us in these times.

The warning is, if we spew out evil, strife, contentions it will be magnified. If we call forth righteousness, life, healing and God’s rhema voice it will be magnified. It is a time a magnification, multiplication and acceleration. This season we will see some of the greatest outpourings of God’s glory and goodness magnified throughout the earth, but we will also see some of the darkest moments of this generation. This isn’t something new, it’s just magnified, easier to see, easier to discern between good and evil, as it will be magnified.

I can see the faith rising up to the clouds bearing pregnancies of resurrections, mass healings and miracles of proportions only heard about.

Get ready for your new season, not of evil but of good.

Can you just leave the church where you were abused and be done with it? No. It’s not enough to just leave the place where you were abused. We have to use our spiritual weapons to pull up the foundations and pull down the structure. This same structure can also be in a family life or in a marriage. If we don’t break it spiritually, it’s going to continue to happen over and over again.

If it’s not dealt with and destroyed, it will eventually produce bad fruit. Some examples of bad fruit are false teaching, false doctrine, false prophet, false apostle, false covering, false miracles, false authority, false mantle, false circumcision, false Sheppard, false submission, false anointing, false power, false rod, and a hireling.

There are several areas we must work through to be free from the system of abuse.

• Fear of the church- The mentality that it is not safe
• Fear of authority
• Fear of relationship
• Fear of trusting
• Violation of trust
• Injustice
• Isolation
• Resistance to submit to the Holy Spirit because of wrong submission
• Elitism
• Private Revelations
• Intimidation
• Dress Codes
• Diet Codes
• Harsh Discipline and verbal Abuse
• Perceived persecution
• Manipulation by distortion of the Gospel
• Shame Messages that wound the spirit
• Using and abusing God’s word
• Raping of ones spiritual life
• Our denomination has greater revelation
• Over balance on commitment
• Brain washing and indoctrination
• Division
• Money abuse
• Time abuse
• Abuse on gifting
• Emotional abuse

We must choose to trust. We must choose relationship and come into God’s approval. We must renounce the abuse of ungodly or religious authority and all of it’s guilt and shame.

As we pull down the strongman of abuse, we will see the full release of the structure of God, which is the Spirit.

So now lets take a closer look at Godly authority:

• Has a servants heart
• Meekness
• Humility
• Called By God
• Death to Self
• Submitting Ourselves one to another in the fear of the Lord
• Godly Standards
• Godly discipline
• Taking accountability before God

When Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of a particular portion of the body of Christ, the foundation will have the approval of God, Love and acceptance, Godly Apostle and Prophet. (Eph 2:20) He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone.

You will feel secure about who you are in Christ and you will be built on the rock.

Traps:

Jer 5:26 For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jer 5:27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.

Jer 5:28 They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Jer 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jer 5:30 An astounding and horrible thing has happened in the land.

Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do at the end of it?

Traps are easy to get into but very difficult to get out of. Mouse trap, raccoon trap. The leader uses power, scare tactics and threats, demands obedience and gets loyalty. When you leave the system, people are told they are leaving God and His protection or covering. Paranoia quickly sets in making people afraid to leave because they ae afraid of what is outside.

Trap Baits

Flattery is often the bait, backed with status or position within the church. This bait is used against us in our place of vulnerability. Which is being emotionally hungry, especially for a father figure and acceptance.

Poisons

The bait is poison.

Mat 12:34 Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Jesus calls religious abusers a brood of vipers. Vipers are highly poisonous snakes. They cause death by a slow and very painful method which is to latch on and not let go. They gather in cool caves where a person would imagine they could get rest and refreshment. The venom is perform, perform, perform.

If you have been bit by a viper in the past you need to break the power of that poison that has gone into your system through words. We must be healed from past bites and throw off the vipers.

Abuse from a Sheppard

The primary function of a Sheppard is to protect, guard and keep the flock safe and be a Sheppard of love. If the Sheppard abuses the victim is left thinking I am not protected so I need to protect myself.

It is so easy to subtly move from a position of dependence to independence. If you find you are in a position where you must protect yourself, instead of allowing your Sheppard to protect you we need to renounce a false Sheppard, fear of the Sheppard, anger of the Sheppard, despising of the Sheppard and the hireling.

We must renounce each of these if we are going to be healed and restored to the Sheppard called by God. Without a Sheppard we can be devoured an totally destroyed. Now meditate on Psalm 23 until you get a new revelation on it.

Psa 23:1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

Psa 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.

Psa 23:3 He restores my soul; He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psa 23:5 You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.

Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.

What is a hireling

A false Sheppard. Has no heart for the people. Is hash, cruel, forceful, drives the sheep, ambitious for position, dominates and labors for money. Wounds the sheep instead of healing the sheep.

Tit 1:9 holding fast the faithful Word according to the doctrine, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict the gainsayers.

Tit 1:10 For there are indeed many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

Tit 1:11 whose mouth you must stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things not right for the sake of ill gain.

God is dealing with everything that is false. He is shaking everything that can be shaken, including ungodly structures. He is bringing His fire to all ungodly motivations, attitudes, and emotions.

The new structure will create a safe environment for the harvest of the church. It will be a safe place for new lambs to be born. God is birthing a leadership of integrity, character and humility.

Victims of spiritual abuse often struggle with a distorted image of God, they feel that God is never satisfied with their performance. They also feel God is powerless to help because he didn’t rescue them. Victims has a negative self identity, problems relating to spiritual authority, they have a difficulty receiving grace, they struggle with shame for getting into spiritual abuse, they struggle with having a teachable spirit and a openness to receive.

6 Reasons Why Some People Stay In Spiritual Abuse

1. They did not recognize that there has always been a cycle of abuse in their life.

2. They are addicted to abuse and addicted to dependency.

3. They are in a form of denial of the abuse.

4. The next stage after denial is delusion. When the delusion sets in, the truth can not easily penetrate.

5. The emotional hunger is being satisfied so abuse is a worthy price to pay.

6. The victim has been manipulated most of their life and it is normal for them.

Sitting in the prayer I heard the Lord coming my way, I could feel His heart after me. I began having thoughts rush through me of, what should I do? Should I grab my Bible? What should I do and I the Lord began to settle in on me and I could feel the warmth of His love rushing through me like standing on the beach and the water is up to my chest, taking control of me in waves.

I began to weep before Him and asked what am I to do? He said be still, be still. I kept fighting it, with Do you want me to lay down? He replied, “be still”. I sat there with eyes full of tears, and flooded with emotions that made me feel like I was undone.

Go ahead and go get caught in His glory.