ALL

ALL IS HUSTLE
ALL IS HUSTLE FOR MONEY
AND MORE MONEY
AND MORE MONEY . . .


HEY TERAH
CAN I HAVE A DOLLAR?

Sure, God
but it seems strange
that You would need one

EXACTLY
BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT
THE CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES
WORLDWIDE ARE DOING?
THEY ARE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR ME
I DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF MONEY
WHEN I SEND SOMEONE OUT ON A MISSION
I, ALONE
AM WHO THEY ARE TO GO TO
FOR MONEY
I, ALONE
COMMISSION THEM
AND PROVIDE FOR THEM
I USE PEOPLE
OF COURSE
BUT I HAVE NEVER TOLD PEOPLE
TO BEG FOR MONEY
AS THE "CHRISTIANS" DO

DID
THE DISCIPLES DO THAT?
NO
I TOLD THEM THAT IF SOMEONE
ASKS FOR THEIR SHIRT
TO GIVE THEM
THEIR COAT, TOO
THE SEEKING OF MONEY
IS NOT
OF ME

THERE IS
A FAITH MESSAGE
OUT THERE TODAY
THAT TELLS THE PEOPLE
THAT THEY CAN
DEMAND MONEY FROM ME
IF THEY TITHE

AND WHAT
DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT WILL DO
TO OUR RELATIONSHIP?
THE FAITH MESSAGE
IS FOR THOSE
WHO THINK OF ME
AS A FORMULA
FOR HAPPINESS
IT IS NOT
THE
WAY TO MY HEART

AND SO, CHILD
THIS CHURCH PASSES
THE OFFERING PLATE 3 TIMES
WITHIN 2 SONGS
WHO
IS GETTING
THE GLORY HERE?
IT IS NOT ME
YOU TRY TO RAISE
YOUR HANDS AND WORSHIP
AND THE PLATE IS PASSED AGAIN
ESPRESSO MACHINES
VENDING MACHINES
BOOKS
TAPES
LINE THE FOYER
AND YET
THIS IS SO FAR FROM
WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS
THIS IS
A MONEY-MAKING
MONEY-SEEKING BUSINESS
AND I WILL
CLOSE IT DOWN
AS I SPOKE WITH YOU EARLIER
IN YEARS PAST
THOSE WHO HAVE PREACHED
THE FAITH MESSAGE TO GAIN MONEY
WILL BE PENNILESS
IN THESE END-TIMES
AND EVEN TODAY, CHILD
I SENT YOU TO A SECRET PLACE
AND YOU RECOVERED THE DOLLAR
FOR WHICH I HAD YOU FIND
4 YEARS AGO
YOU PROMISED ME
THAT ALL THE MONEY
THAT CAME YOUR WAY
WOULD BE MINE
TO DO WITH IT AS I CHOSE
AND DURING THESE 4 YEARS
I STRETCHED YOU AND STRETCHED YOUR FAITH
I CAUSED YOU TO GO INTO GREAT DEBT
CLOSE TO 100,000 DOLLARS AT TIMES
TO PROVE YOUR LOVE
TO PROVE YOUR FAITH
BUT AS OF
THIS SEASON
ALL YOUR DEBTS
WILL BE PAID
EVERY SINGLE ONE
WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH
LEFT OVER
AND WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
YOU ARE RELIEVED
BUT YOU KNEW
I WOULD COME THROUGH
AS I SPOKE
YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED
AND THE MONEY WILL CONTINUE
TO COME AND COME AND COME
FOR YOU ASK NOT
YOU
JUST BELIEVE

IF I MAY
I WILL GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION
I KNOW A MAN NAMED BILL GATES
HE IS A BRILLIANT MAN
WITH A MIND OF EXCELLENCE
HE HAS WORKED HARD
AND BROUGHT FORTH A FORTUNE
NOW
WOULD THIS MAN SEND OUT
HIS OWN PEOPLE
HIS OWN EMPLOYEES
TO ASK PEOPLE FOR MONEY
TO "HELP BILL OUT"?
NO
IT WOULD
RUIN HIS REPUTATION
AND BE A COMPLETE MOCKERY
OF BILL'S SUCCESS
AM I NOT
AS WISE AS BILL GATES?
I HAVE A FORTUNE
I HAVE ALL THAT MY PEOPLE
WHO I SEND OUT NEED
I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH
AND I AM A GOOD BOSS
JUST AS BILL IS
THEN WHY DO PEOPLE
WHO REPRESENT ME
RUIN MY NAME
BY ASKING FOR MONEY?
THEY ARE SAYING
BY THEIR ASKING
THAT I DO NOT PROVIDE
FOR THEM
THEY ARE SAYING
THAT I AM ABSENT
FROM MY RESPONSIBILITY
THEY ARE SAYING
THAT I AM NOT
THEIR PROVIDER
AND THEY MUST GO TO ANOTHER
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CALLED
BY MY NAME
IN THESE LAST DAYS
WILL NOT GO BEGGING FOR MONEY
FOR THOSE WHO DO
I WILL REMOVE FROM THEM
ALL
THAT THEY RECEIVE
AND TEN FOLD MORE
UNDERSTAND?

Do you still want a dollar?

IT'S ALL MINE ANYWAY, CHILD
ITS ALL MINE

SAY
"GOODBYE"
TO THE CHURCHES
THAT STEAL FROM THE PEOPLE
I WILL CLOSE THEM DOWN
IN THESE DAYS
I WILL CLOSE THEM DOWN
TO PROVE
THAT THEY ARE NOT OF ME
THEY STEAL
FROM THE RICH AND FROM THE POOR
TO FURTHER
THEIR NAME AND THEIR GLORY
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH ME
AND I WANT THAT KNOWN

God
I was a little surprised
by the church tonight
It was very crowded
and many appeared to be worshiping

AND WHAT
DID I SAY TO YOU?

You said
that these were not the people
that would change the world
They praise and worship
mainly to acquire from You
all that their long prayer claimed
I felt like I was at a Tupperware Convention
They made everything sound
so exciting and wonderful

DID YOU
FEEL MY PRESENCE?

Not at all

IT
WAS ALL HYPE
THEY SELL ME
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT
FROM THE PEOPLE

I've never
seen so many people
taking out their checkbooks
especially on a Wednesday night

WHAT
ARE THEY BUYING?
THEY THINK THEY ARE BUYING WEALTH
AND HAPPINESS FROM ME
BUT WHEN I DON'T ANSWER
WITH WHAT IS ON THEIR LIST
THEY WILL CURSE ME

WHAT
DID YOU THINK, CHILD
WHEN I REMOVED ALL YOUR MONEY
BUT A BOWL OF PENNIES?

I thought I had done
something really, really wrong

BUT HAD YOU?

No
You were teaching me
to surrender the idol of money
by taking it all from me

AND WHAT
DO YOU SUPPOSE
THE FAITH MESSAGE DOES TO THEIR IDOL
AND THEIR CRAVING OF MONEY?
IT INCREASES IT
INSTEAD OF DECREASES IT
AS THE IDOL BECOMES
LARGER AND LARGER
MORE OF
THEIR HEART
BELONGS TO THE IDOL
OR THE SEEKING OF THE IDOL
INSTEAD OF ME
THEY ARE STEALING
THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE FROM ME
I HAD YOU WRITE ON YOUR CARD
BEFORE PLACING IT IN THE BUCKET
"YOU HAVE ROBBED GOD!"
YOU KNEW NOT
EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT
BUT NOW YOU KNOW
THEY HAVE ROBBED ME
OF THE HEART OF THESE PEOPLE
BY HOLDING UP THE GOD
OF WEALTH AND MONEY BEFORE THEM
TO WORSHIP

BUT DIDN'T
I TELL YOU ON THE WAY THERE
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FUN
AMIDST THE WORK?
AND DIDN'T I DELIVER?

Yes
You did
and I thank You
with my whole child-like heart

I PUT
BEFORE YOU A YOUNG MAN
ONLY 6 HE WAS
BUT HE COULD NOT BE PERSUADED
TO LOOK ANY OTHER PLACE
BUT AT YOU
TURNED AROUND
HE WAS IN HIS SEAT
AT THE CHAGRIN OF HIS PARENTS
HE STARED AT YOU
HIS SPIRIT EMBRACED YOURS
AND THE CALL CAME FROM YOUR SPIRIT
"A PROPHET YOU WILL BE, YOUNG MAN - A MIGHTY PROPHET"
THE PARENTS EVEN COVERED HIS EYES
THINKING THAT HE WOULD STOP
AND TURN AROUND
SURELY
HE WAS "BOTHERING"
THIS LADY BEHIND THEM
SURELY
BUT THEY KNEW YOU NOT
THEY KNEW NOT
THE CHILD-LIKE HEART
WHICH YOU HAVE
THEY KNEW NOT
BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER
FOR THE LITTLE MAN KNEW
HE STARED
UNTIL
HIS SPIRIT ABSORBED
ALL IT COULD
SWEET, HE WAS
HONEST AND SURE
HE WAS NOT TO BE UNDONE
HE STUCK HIS TONGUE OUT IN FUN
YOU RETURNED
THE "HONOR"
AND HE KNEW HE HAD A FRIEND
NICE JOB, MY FRIEND
ANOTHER COMMISSIONING
AND ALL IS WELL
YOU LEFT PROMPTLY
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED
BUT A WORK WE DID DO
I PROMISED
TO BRING THE ONES TO YOU
FOR YOU TO COMMISSION
GLUED
HE WAS TO YOU
AND SO IT WILL BE
THEY WILL COME AND THEY WILL STAY
UNTIL
THEY ABSORB
ALL THAT THEY CAN HANDLE
FUN WE HAD

It was GREAT FUN!
May ALL that I Commission
be that easy and that young

GOOD TRY
BUT
NO
HE WAS JUST A BREAK
FROM THE MEN
JUST A LITTLE BREAK
AND A LOT OF
SWEET INNOCENCE AND FUN

LOVE TO YOU
CHILD
FOR IN YOU
IS THE CHILD
THAT WILL NOT SIT STILL
JUST LIKE THIS LITTLE BOY
HE SEARCHED THE AUDITORIUM
FOR SOMETHING TO HOLD HIS INTEREST
JUST AS YOU SEARCHED THE BUILDING
THIS NIGHT FOR THE SAME
YOU FOUND EACH OTHER
BUT MORE THAN THAT
YOU FOUND
ME
WITHIN EACH OTHER
EXCITEMENT  PLUS!


I always
look for You wherever I go, God
I look for You in people
I look for love - for kindness - for Your Smile
It felt good to be accepted tonight
It was good to see Your Smile on a little guy
It was fun to know Your Humor through one so small
Thank You, my Friend
for this rare treat

As the Anniversary
of Your Touch upon me approaches
I think back to that day and the time that it took
between the end of the worship service
and the evening service
I did everything I could to make the time
go by quickly
but my watch I did watch
The time approached and I knew without any doubt
that this service would be the answer
to all my problems
I came with nothing to give You, God
and You gave me everything in return
Thank You
Five years later and I am just now
able to remove
the shame of the Calling
It is truly a magnificent Calling
one for which I do not deserve
but it is mine nonetheless
And I thank You
May I go forth from this day
with no shame
with no regrets
with no remembrances of the past
with Your Strength
with Your Love
with You as Lord and King!

Happy Anniversary, God!
I do love You
I do
May my love for You
cause You to quake within
May my devotion to the Calling
cause Your Soul to delight
May my worship of You
cause You to know that it was all worth it
May You
be all that You desire to be within me
I surrender again
but this time it is different
I am surrendering my own accusations
against myself
I am surrendering every area
that is passive and not full of passion toward You
and Your Voice to and through me
I will renounce openly
and with GREAT POWER
any words spoken
against my Calling
Please strengthen me to believe fully
in Your Presence in me
Take me "out"
as You did that first night
Take me "out"
fully and completely
so that this world and its evil becomes just a blur
and Your Kingdom in my midst
becomes all that I truly see
No regrets, God ~ I have no regrets
Finish me off . . .

***

And I do believe
that You did just that
The visions came and they were many
and they were mighty
Strength
I received for the days and years ahead
Healing came
as You continued to speak to me the words

"YOU DID NOT DO
ANYTHING WRONG
IT WAS ME
WHO THEY HATED
WITHIN YOU."

You held me
as You did that very first time
but this time
You held me tightly and securely
The last vision;
however
was the most important one to me
You showed me holding the stillborn "child"
which I failed to bring forth these 5 years
I held the "child" in my arms
but I was no longer weeping
The tears had all been cried
You took the "child"
from my arms
and breathed one long breath
into him
and he came to life
I guess I did have
one regret of these 5 years
that I couldn't love this "child" enough
to bring him forth
I gave everything that I had
but it wasn't enough
but God
You took over this night
with a promise so fine
That it is not over
It was not all in vain

YOU
will breathe Your Breath
into him
at the right time
and he will surely live
and bring forth the Calling
which he was destined for
Thank You
that is the ultimate present
for when you carry
a "child" for so long
they are surely part of you
and as long as this "child" fails
to breathe
a part of me will also be dead
Thank You
for the
Vision and the Promise

IT WAS MORE
THAN A PROMISE, CHILD
FOR IT IS REALITY THIS DAY
THIS VERY DAY
I WILL BREATHE MY BREATH
INTO THIS "CHILD"
ALREADY A MAN
AND HE WILL COME TO LIFE
MY LIFE
YOU LABORED AND LABORED
YOU LOVED AND LOVED
BUT NOT IN VAIN
NEVER WAS IT IN VAIN
NOT ONE LETTER
WRITTEN WAS IN VAIN
NOT ONE PRAYER
PRAYED WAS IN VAIN
NOT ONE THOUGHT
OF LOVE AND LIFE
WAS IN VAIN
IT ALL SERVED A PURPOSE
BUT ONLY I
CAN BREATHE
MY BREATH INTO HIM
AS I BREATHED INTO YOU
THAT FIRST DAY 5 YEARS AGO
AND I CHANGED YOUR NAME
TO "TERAH"
FOR I HAD BREATHED UPON YOU
ACROSS YOU
INTO YOU
AND I WILL DO THE SAME
WITH HIM
I PROMISE YOU
YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS SOON
AND YOU WILL KNOW
THAT ALL IS WELL IN THE KINGDOM
THERE IS AN APPOINTED TIME
FOR ALL THINGS
THERE IS A TIME FOR DEATH AND
A TIME FOR LIFE

COME BACK DOWN FOR MORE
I HAVE MUCH MORE FOR YOU
MY FRIEND
MUCH
MUCH MORE . . .



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