COVENANT # 5
THE COVENANT OF COURAGE

***  FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY   ***

WTMW
As I have always written,
God does provide all that we need to finish our Calling
every step of the way
Today, a CD of surfing music was delivered to me
I think it is God's sense of humor alight again
but I will listen to it as I move into this word
Some of it you will not like
that is why it is for "MATURE" audiences only
Come on, BE BRAVE -- join me . . .
at the land last night
where God showed me a vision of the children to come,
lined up once more
As each one approached me in turn,
I took from my arm a vein
and placed it into theirs
Now, I'm not "into" symbolism like this,
but only God knows how to portray His true meaning
He spoke:

ONLY A MOTHER WOULD GIVE OF HER OWN LIFE-BLOOD
TO HER CHILDREN
MEN, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE PROVIDERS AND ENCOURAGERS
THEY ARE TO BE ROCK-STEADY AND SUPPORT
THE FAMILY WITH FINANCES, LOVE AND DEVOTION
BUT A MOTHER NURTURES THE CHILD,
GIVING UP ALL ELSE SO THAT THE CHILD
MAY PROSPER
A MOTHER BRINGS FORTH THE TOTALITY
OF HER LIFE FOR HER CHILDREN
IT IS MORE SACRIFICE THAN PERFORMANCE
OF A ROLE AS THE FATHER PLAYS
IT IS THE ACT OF MOTHERHOOD
THAT MUST BE PRESENT IN THE PRESENTATION
OF THE ANOINTINGS FOR ONLY A MOTHER
WOULD STAND BY AND NURTURE
THE ANOINTING TO ITS FULLEST DEGREE
MANY FATHERS STAND NEARBY AS A COACH
AND SAY THE WORDS
BUT WILL HARDLY EVER STEP IN TO BIND UP
THE HEART AND BRING FORTH
THE PASSION TO ENDURE
AND SO YOU HAVE IT, A "MOTHER" IT WILL BE
AND DIDN'T YOU PROVIDE ALL THAT YOUR CHILDREN NEEDED?
AND WEREN'T YOU THERE AT ALL TIMES FOR THEM UNTIL I STEPPED IN?
AND DID THEY NOT FIND THAT YOU COULD BIND THE WOUNDS
WHICH WEIGHED HEAVY UPON THEM?
YOU WERE WITH THEM WHEN THEY WENT TO SLEEP
AND WHEN THEY ROSE UP
YOU WERE THERE TO SCHOOL THEM
AND TO TEACH THEM TO HONOR ME
YOU WERE THERE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH
EVEN WHEN IT WOULD CAUSE THEM
TO WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM YOU
YOU GIVE FROM YOUR OWN BLOOD
YOU GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE FOR THE CHILDREN

NEVER, HAVE YOU WALKED AWAY
AND THUS AND SO
YOU ARE THE ONE
TO COMMISSION AND LEAD THE CHILDREN

I think that God's stereotype of mothers and fathers
is a bit outdated, but maybe that is how
He designed it to be
Men have had to take over in recent years
the nurturing and care of the children
because of many women's insecurity of their image
for just raising children
I tell you the Truth, it takes the strong
and the mighty to raise children
and what they have missed out on
they will never be able to get back
Many have given their children away as soon
as they walked out the door for the 1st job
because from that moment on, the job came first
I used to work before I had children and I would work
through the night and the entire weekend
because I loved it
I was a computer programmer analyst
and nothing was more fun than solving the puzzles
but when I had children - I dropped the job even though it paid very well
Either we raise our own children or the world will
Anyway, God must have an ideal in His mind for the roles
which mothers and fathers play
We are not alike just like men and women are not alike
And I have never been a women's rights advocate
because I truly think in many ways
they have "missed the boat"
for in trying to find satisfaction in a man's world
they have given up their identity
and the richness of their God-given gifts
to raise and nurture children
Many women would hate what I am writing,
but there is also another side to this issue
and that is the one of how the church
of this day and time perceives women
Now, the men will not like this part:

Since I am still sick (hint, God!) I lay around sleeping a lot
This afternoon God provided an AWESOME dream
which was very different than the type of dreams
which I normally have of playing sports or doing laundry
(not at the same time)
In the dream, I was a young man because
as God explained to me
THE CHURCH WOULD NEVER AGREE
TO A WOMAN IN THIS POSITION
I was walking alone toward a field of high grass
and many men were present
They quickly grabbed me and flung me to the ground
They poured gasoline on me and set me ablaze
I immediately stood up and only my legs were on fire,
but they weren't being consumed
It must have been like the way that Moses' bush burned
completely on fire but not being destroyed
I thought as I watched intently that the young man
should roll on the grass to get rid of the fire
but instead - he (I) ran with great might toward the enemy
As he ran the fire traveled all through his body
and then he began to roll on top of the men
and each one of the enemies were consumed / destroyed
by the fire for which they had tried to destroy him with

THE FIRE COMES FROM THE ENEMY
IT IS SET DELIBERATELY TO RID THEIR PRESENCE OF YOU
BUT DO YOU NOT SEE
CAN YOU NOT HEAR MY VOICE SPEAKING TO YOU NOW?
DESTROY THEM ALL WITH THE FIRE WHICH THEY PUT UPON YOU
THEY PLACED THEIR HATRED AND THEIR HYPOCRISY
THEIR APOSTASY AND THEIR LOATHING UPON YOU
BUT YOU ROSE UP WITH THIS FIRE STILL UPON YOU
BUT NOT HARMING YOU AND DID THEM IN
IT IS RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT, MY FRIEND
AND IT WILL HAPPEN JUST LIKE THAT
FOR THAT FOR WHICH SEEKS TO DESTROY YOU
WILL BE DESTROYED IN EVEN ONE DAY'S TIME
I PROMISE YOU

And so,
He picks someone in the role of a "mother" and yet,
puts a warrior spirit within
Think now of how the church partitions women into their roles
and realize that God is not limited as the church is
He can and will put any Anointing on any person at any time
for His purposes

God showed me
a vision the other day about a man that I know
I had asked God to reveal to me why this man
will not acknowledge women as useful to God's work
He showed me a scene from the man's childhood
where his mother was very strong and domineering
and the father was weak
The little boy made a vow at that moment
that he would always be strong
so that a woman would never humiliate him or control him
He has held to this vow all his life
The men that I have known in my life
who were raised by very controlling women
suffer this same malady
Instead of receiving nurturing and love,
there was strict discipline or a home filled with the father
being belittled in front of the son
God has always told me to look for men
that have good relationships with their mothers
for they will honor women
They understand the woman's role
and experienced it completely in their lives
so that they know that a woman holds much honor
before God as she lives out her role
not just in her home, but in a church setting, too
For those men, who have not had the nurturing
and the experience of a mother
as God desires, they truly must release the past
and the vows which they have made
against all women
God is going to use women in these last days
He does not truly judge by man or woman, child or old person
They are all the same to Him
We all need to be MATURE and allow God to raise up
who He chooses for each task
Until we do, we are not ready to bring in the Harvest
Many of the Harvest leaders will not be the pastors and evangelists of the past
no matter how nice they look in a suit or how peculiar they talk
It will be simple people
some even mentally handicapped
just playing their part in the Kingdom

Come on guys, release the women
As each person is released we will all be ONE anyway

It's kind of interesting that God gave me the name of "Terah"
for I have had to write prophetic words to people all over the world
and most believe that I am a man because of the name
(same as Abraham's father)
and the word goes through just fine
but when some (the religious) find out that I am a woman
they believe that I must be evil to have this much Power
for surely God would not give this much Power to a woman
But that is the FUN in the whole thing
I don't want this position and yet, I am stuck with it
and the sooner I realize it - the sooner I'll get well
and quit having these bizarre dreams . . .

We're all the same, friends,
men, women, boys, girls
We were all created to be filled to capacity with the Almighty God
Does He fill a woman or a child with less of Himself?
Is there truly a "God-lite" or does everyone
receive according to how much they empty themselves?
Peace, men?
I pray so for we have a lot of work to do together

This leads into the first scripture on Courage:

# 49 BRICK
"HE SAID, ' IT IS DONE.  I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA,
THE BEGINNING AND THE END.  TO HIM WHO IS THIRSTY I WILL GIVE DRINK
WITHOUT COST FROM THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE.  HE WHO
OVERCOMES WILL INHERIT ALL THIS, AND I WILL BE HIS GOD
AND HE WILL BE MY SON.
BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING,
THE VILE, THE MURDERERS, THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, THOSE WHO PRACTICE
MAGIC ARTS, THE IDOLATERS AND ALL LIARS --- THEIR PLACE WILL BE
IN THE FIERY LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR.  THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.'"
Revelation 21: 6 - 8

Truly, God must be just in a bad mood
I have had so many people tell me what they think this verse means
and it is always, always contrary to what God says to me, to the Truth
He means it - every word of it!
How can we then become people
that will not go to hell if His criteria is so strict?
Doesn't everyone tell lies?
No, they don't
For you see, if the ROCK is within you
then you will operate out of His indwelling Spirit
If there is not enough of Him present within your life
then perhaps you are not really His
That is an awful thought, isn't it?
But why would He judge someone just because they don't have courage?
Isn't courage a gift that is kind of extra?
I'll let Him finish . . .

AND WHAT IS COURAGE, MY FRIENDS
BUT A PART OF ME AND MY CHARACTER?
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ME, THE LIVING CHRIST,
LIVING WITHIN YOU IN POWER
THEN YOU ARE NOT OF ME
THERE ARE THOSE WHO MAKE PROFESSIONS OF FAITH
TO GUARANTEE A PLACE ON THAT TRAIN BOUND FOR HEAVEN
BUT IS THAT THE TRUTH?
LOOK AT THE VERSE AGAIN AND AGAIN
WHO WILL BE GOING TO THE LAKE OF FIRE?
EVEN LIARS
HOW CAN THAT BE?
IF I AM NOT LORD WITHIN YOU
THEN YOU HAVE NO PLACE IN ME
IF YOU HAVE NO PLACE IN ME
HOW CAN YOU JOIN ME WHERE I AM?
WHEN YOU HAVE ME RESIDENT WITHIN YOUR VERY BEING
YOU WILL LACK NO COURAGE
IT WON'T EVEN BE AN ISSUE
AS I GAVE MY SERVANT A DREAM
I SHOWED HER HOW IT WILL BE
THE TAKEOVER
AND AS THIS PERSON WAS ON FIRE
THERE WAS NO FEAR
THERE WAS THE ANOINTING AND THAT WAS ALL
THE MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT FEAR
IF YOU ARE LACKING COURAGE
COME TO ME AND CHECK WITH MY SPIRIT
ARE YOU A TRUE CHRISTIAN?
DO YOU STILL LIE OR DECEIVE?
DO YOU STILL WEAR THE "OLD MAN"
SO AS NOT TO BE PERCEIVED AS FANATICAL
GET OFF THE FENCE!
DECIDE THIS MINUTE IF YOU WILL HAVE ME TO INDWELL YOU
TO SEIZE YOU COMPLETELY FOR MY MISSION
OR WILL YOU SHRINK BACK AND LET THE EVIL
CONTINUE TO SWALLOW YOU UP
IT IS ALWAYS YOUR DECISION
BUT IT'S ALWAYS MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU KNOW THE FACTS

AND YES, MY SERVANT SPOKE OF THE WAYS OF MEN AND WOMEN
AND I HAVE TO LAUGH
FOR THIS WORLD FOR WHICH YOU LIVE IN HAS CHANGED THE ROLES
UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE CLEAR DESIGNS AVAILABLE
FOR WHAT IS PROPER AND WHAT IS RIGHT
THEY THINK THEY ARE OPERATING IN SUCH FREEDOM
BUT THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNDER SATAN'S CONTROL
WOMEN MARRY WOMEN AND MEN MARRY MEN
AND THEN THEY ADOPT CHILDREN TO BE RAISED AS WHAT?

I BROUGHT EVE TO ADAM TO COMPLETE HIM
TO COMPLETE HER
TO BRING FORTH A UNION THAT IS SOLID AND SURE
LOVING AND KIND
BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH OF THEM
ONLY AFTER THE CURSE FROM THE FALL
DID I PLACE MAN ABOVE WOMAN
AS PUNISHMENT FOR EVE'S LACK OF DISCERNMENT
AND DECEPTION OF ADAM
BUT WHEN WERE THE CURSES BROKEN FOR ALL MANKIND?
WITH THE CROSS
I DIED UPON THE CROSS TO NULLIFY THE CURSES
AND I DO SEE WOMEN AND MEN AS EQUAL
THEY ARE BOTH EQUAL TO THE TASK THAT I HAVE TO GIVE THEM
MEN HAVE BECOME WEAK AND LAZY IN THESE LAST FEW GENERATIONS
AND ALLOWED WOMEN TO BRING FORTH A STRONG HAND
BUT DON'T YOU SEE
THAT IS NOT HOW I PLANNED IT?
THERE IS NO LOVE IN THAT
ONLY POWER STRUGGLES

I SEND MY SERVANT
OUT ALONE TO PERFORM BOTH DUTIES FOR NOW
FOR THERE IS NOT A MAN SECURE ENOUGH TO STAND WITH HER
SHE STANDS AND SHE STANDS IN MY MIGHT
NOT HERS
SHE STANDS RELUCTANTLY
FOR SHE WAS NOT DESIGNED TO STAND IN THIS PLACE ALONE
SHE NURTURED AND PROTECTED HER CHILDREN AND THEN MY WORD
AND HAS PROVEN HERSELF WORTHY TO STAND
IS THIS HER PLACE?
IT IS, BUT ONE DAY I WILL SEND ANOTHER TO STAND WITH HER
FOR NO ONE CHOOSES TO STAND ALONE
NO ONE

THINK BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD, YOUNG MEN
AND THAT IS WHERE YOUR CONCEPT
OF YOURSELF AND WOMEN WAS FORMED
ASK ME TO GIVE YOU A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN
AND TO REALIZE YOUR ROLE AS PROTECTOR AND WARRIOR
AND THEN PERHAPS,
WOMEN WILL NOT HAVE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE

WTMW
Hey, God, I think that all Your words
of grandeur and power have gone to my head
I woke up this morning to a vision of being
in a boat and yelling at everyone else in the boat to
"GET OUT OF MY BOAT!"
Look what You have created
If the people did not leave the boat when I yelled at them
I rocked the boat until they fell over
They would all climb back in with their determined stern faces
and look at me like I was crazy
but all I could do was smile
As soon as they were all seated and comfortable again
I would start yelling, "GET OUT OF MY BOAT"
and it would happen all over again
Have I been at sea too long?

AND WERE NOT THE OTHERS ALL ADULTS?
AND WERE NOT THEY PEOPLE
THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN IN THE PAST?
AND WERE THEY NOT BEING TESTED?
IF THEY ARE TO REMAIN TO DO MY WORK
THEY MUST KNOW IN THEIR SPIRIT
THAT THEY BELONG IN THE BOAT
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS

OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS OR SO
HOW MANY TIMES WERE YOU SENT OVERBOARD
FROM THE CHURCH?
AND WHAT DID YOU DO BUT CLIMB BACK IN
BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT IT WAS
YOUR DESTINY
THESE PEOPLE, THESE ADULTS MUST PROVE TO ME
THAT THEY HAVE THE STAYING POWER
TO SEE THIS MISSION THROUGH OR THEY ARE NOT WORTHY
NOW, YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THE ONE
TO ROCK THE BOAT AND SEND THEM OVER THE SIDE
BUT MY WORDS WILL MAKE THEM WANT TO BAIL OUT
ONLY THE ONES THAT KEEP CLIMBING BACK IN
FOR THE LONG RUN WILL MAKE IT
TO BE A PART OF THIS SHIP

Finally, I stopped when some of them
became smart and would hold a child
on their laps when they climbed back aboard
I guess I realized that they could be useful and I no longer sent them out
I'm sorry, but I really did enjoy the whole thing
Is that wrong?

WERE YOU DELIGHTED IN THE FACT
THAT YOU KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE BOAT
OR THAT THEY CLIMBED BACK IN?

I was surprised and delighted that they climbed back in
I felt a little guilty when I was yelling at them
but when I saw them climb back in time after time
I gained respect for them

YOU CANNOT WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU DO NOT RESPECT
AND THOSE WHO YOU HAVE KNOWN IN THE PAST
WILL SURELY HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES SEA-WORTHY
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
TO TRAVEL THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU
YOU HAVE PROVEN YOUR STAYING POWER AT THE CHURCH
NOW, THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVE THEIR STAYING POWER
TO FOLLOW MY WORD
UNDERSTAND?

Can I push them over just one more time?

BETTER YET, LET'S TALK OF THE VERSE TODAY
FOR IT DOES TIE IN WITH YOUR WILD BOATMAN VISION


# 50 BRICK
"BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS, BECAUSE YOU WILL LEAD THESE PEOPLE
TO INHERIT THE LAND I SWORE TO THEIR FOREFATHERS TO GIVE THEM.
BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS.  BE CAREFUL TO OBEY ALL THE LAW
MY SERVANT MOSES GAVE YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT OR
TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL WHEREVER YOU GO.  DO NOT LET
THIS BOOK OF THE LAW DEPART FROM YOUR MOUTH; MEDITATE ON IT DAY
AND NIGHT, SO THAT YOU MAY BE CAREFUL TO DO EVERYTHING IN IT.
THEN YOU WILL BE PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL.  HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU?
BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.  DO NOT BE TERRIFIED; DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED,
FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL BE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO."
Joshua 1: 6 - 9

WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
AS THEY CLIMBED BACK INTO THE BOAT?

I noticed that they were very strong to be able to
lift themselves over the side of the boat

DID YOU HELP THEM BACK IN?

No, I just sat there and smiled a lot

AND SURELY YOU WILL NOT HELP THEM
TO RETURN TO THE SHIP
FOR IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION
WITHIN THEM
TO RETURN FOR THE ADVENTURE
THEN THEY ARE NOT READY FOR IT
ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE MY STRENGTH, MY COURAGE AND DETERMINATION
WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE BOAT

SOMETIMES THE WORDS THAT WE WRITE
WILL SEND THEM RIGHT OVER THE SIDE
FOR THEY WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL RANGE
OF THE SPIRIT'S ACTIVITIES
OR THEY WILL BALK AT THE HARSHNESS
OF MY RULE AND DISCIPLINE
BUT IF IT IS THEIR DESTINY TO BE PART OF THE SHIP
THEN THEY WILL FIND THEIR WAY BACK BY READING THE WORDS
THE FOUNDATION
UNTIL THEY CAN CLIMB BACK ABOARD
I TELL YOU THE TRUTH
THE ONES WHO ARE DESTINED TO BE PART OF THIS SHIP
WILL NO LONGER FIND JOY IN ANY PART OF THEIR LIFE
I WILL RUN THEM AGROUND IN EVERY AREA
TO FORCE THEM TO COME ABOARD
THAT MAY SEEM HARSH,
BUT IS IT NOT THE SAME WITH A SMALL CHILD
THAT REQUESTS TO EAT ONLY SWEETS
AND THE PARENT MUST REMOVE
ALL SWEETS TO CHANGE THE CHILD'S TASTE
FOR NOURISHING FOOD
I WILL RETURN THE "SWEETNESS" AND PLEASURE OF LIFE
WHEN THEY ARE SOLIDLY
ABOARD AND ABLE TO STAY WITHOUT HESITATION
I DID THE SAME FOR YOU
AND IT TRULY WORKS FOR ALL MY PEOPLE
FOR HOW CAN YOU ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE
UNLESS YOU ARE WELL-GROUNDED IN YOUR LIFE-LONG WORK
AND ABLE TO KNOW WHEN TO WORK AND WHEN TO PLAY?
YOU, MY LITTLE FRIEND,
WOULD STAY IN HAWAII THE REST OF YOUR DAYS
IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN DISCIPLINED TO RETURN TO THE ACTION
YOU WOULD REST ON THE BEACH AND PLAY IN FREEDOM
AND NEVER THINK AGAIN OF THE SHIP THAT I WAS BUILDING
BUT ALAS, I LET YOU ENJOY AND THEN
I PULL YOU BACK TO WORK
AND ALL IS WELL
DISCIPLINE IS IMPORTANT TO RUN A "TIGHT- SHIP"
DISCIPLINE IS IMPORTANT TO GET ALL THE WORK DONE ON TIME
DISCIPLINE IS HOW I WILL RUN MY SHIP
I CALL FOR MY PEOPLE TO HAVE COURAGE AND STRENGTH
BUT I AM THERE IN SPIRIT TO GIVE IT TO THEM
IT IS AN ANOINTING WHICH THEY MUST SUCCUMB TO
IT IS SIMPLY MY PRESENCE IN POWER WITHIN THEM
THAT IS ALL
THAT IS ALL ANOINTING EVER IS
JUST ME WITHIN TO COMPLETE A MISSION
SIMPLE

I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED
YOUR LITTLE BOAT VISION THIS MORNING
YOU WILL SURELY ROCK THE BOAT MANY TIMES
AND IN THE SPIRIT YOU WILL KNOW WHEN
THE PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN OVER THE SIDE
FOR I TELL YOU
YOU WILL EXHORT THEM TO COME BACK ABOARD
BUT AGAIN, YOU WILL DUMP THEM
UNTIL THEY PROVE THAT THEY CAN TRULY
BE USEFUL UPON THE SHIP
YOU DO ENJOY THIS, CHILD, DON'T YOU?

I'm sorry, but I do!
I remember at the hotel in Hawaii
they had many waterfalls and little ponds of Koi fish
and often I would see very well-dressed tourists
standing close to the edge looking at the fish
and I longed to push them in
You can fill a person with Power from on High
but You can't always remove the "BRAT" within
Sorry, God

THIS WILL NOT BE A BORING JOURNEY
THAT'S FOR SURE

Amen!

___________________

WTMW
Hey, God, what if I went to Hawaii every time
the people fell into the water?
It would give me time to rest and play
without the pressure of waiting for their return

THEY WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB BACK ABOARD QUICKER AND QUICKER
TOWARD THE END AND YOU WON'T HAVE TIME TO EVEN TURN AROUND
AND THEY WILL BE IN YOUR FACE WANTING A WORD

Today, I feel like I am writing for no one

AND DID YOU NOT PRAY OVER
YOUR CHILDREN NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AS THEY SLEPT
AND KNEW NOT A RESPONSE UNTIL THEY GREW OLDER?
SPIRITUAL PROGRESS TAKES TIME
AND YOU MUST BE PATIENT AND WAIT

But when I should be waiting, I become bored and bratty

I'LL KEEP YOU BUSY

uh oh

HANG TIGHT TO THE SIDE OF THE SHIP THIS WEEK
FOR I WILL ROCK IT FOR YOUR SAKE TO KEEP YOU INTERESTED
YOU WILL ENJOY IT AND IT WILL KEEP YOU
FROM CAUSING UNNECESSARY TROUBLE

You would do that for me?

MY PLEASURE
I LIKE TO HAVE FUN, TOO!

Cool ~ Rock me!!!

# 51 BRICK
"WHEN A SAMARITAN WOMAN CAME TO DRAW WATER, JESUS SAID TO HER,
'WILL YOU GIVE ME A DRINK?'"
John 4: 7

HOW MUCH COURAGE DOES IT TAKE
TO ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY
RUIN YOUR REPUTATION?
JESUS HAD NO PROBLEM SEEING THROUGH
THE SOCIAL STATUS HIERARCHY
AND SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN AS HE WOULD
ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES

IN THAT DAY AND TIME, HE WAS SURELY OUT OF ORDER
BUT WHAT ORDER IS THERE THAT PREVENTS YOU
FROM ASSOCIATING WITH OTHERS?
YOU HAD BETTER EXAMINE "THE RULES" THAT YOU FOLLOW
FOR MANY OF THOSE WHICH I WILL BRING TO YOUR SHIP
ARE NOT "LIKE YOU"
THEY HAVE A PAST OF SIN AND TROUBLE
AND SOME EVEN WITCHCRAFT
WILL YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO TREAT THEM
AS I SEE THEM AND LOVE THEM?
YOU MUST
ASK FOR THIS COURAGE TODAY

FOR IN SENDING PEOPLE AWAY
FROM YOUR CONGREGATION YOU HAVE SET A PRECEDENT
OF EXCLUSIVENESS NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM A CULT
DO YOU KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY VIEWS YOU?
IT IS NOT AS YOU WOULD HOPE
FOR EACH ONE WHO LEAVES TALKS
AND THOSE FOR WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN SPOKEN TO
OF YOUR ERROR IN SENDING THEM AWAY
HARBOR HURT AND BITTERNESS
THEY CAN FORGIVE, BUT I KEEP IT ALIVE WITHIN THEM FOR MY PURPOSES
DO YOU SEEK TO BE A REFUGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR A PLACE
WHERE ONLY THE RELIGIOUS THEY DO LIE?
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOUR CHOICE
BUT IT IS NO LONGER
FOR I HAVE LAID CLAIM TO THE BUILDING AND THE LAND
AND I WILL SEND OUT NOW THOSE WHO SENT OUT MY OWN
IS THAT NOT JUSTICE?
THE ONES WHO WILL BE LEFT WILL BE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
NOT EXCLUDE

OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT YOU MAY GO
BUT YOU WILL RETURN
FOR I AM THE ONLY "SHOW" IN TOWN
AND YOU KNOW IT

SWIM AROUND A LITTLE IF YOU CHOOSE
BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE "SHARKS" IN THE SPIRIT
FOR THEY WILL BE THERE TO DEVOUR YOU

A SIMPLE APOLOGY
TO THE CONGREGATION AND WORDS THAT YOU WISH THE PEOPLE
HAD NOT LEFT IS NOT ENOUGH
THERE HAS TO BE MORE REPENTANCE
THERE HAS TO BE A CRYING OUT UNTO MY THRONE
FOR THESE PEOPLE TO RETURN
THERE HAS TO BE A LAYING DOWN OF YOUR REPUTATION
TO RESTORE - TO COMPLETELY RESTORE
YOU REPRESENTED ME WHEN YOU SENT THE PEOPLE OUT
AND YOU ALLOWED THEM TO THINK
THAT THEY WERE NOT WORTHY BEFORE ME
THE FACT IS THAT MANY WERE SENT FROM YOUR PRESENCE
BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT ABIDE BY YOUR RULES
OR THEY DISCOVERED WHAT YOU DO IN SECRET
THESE ARE ALL FACTS AND YOU KNOW IT
YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN BE SAFE FROM MY WORDS
YOU WILL SEE ME FACE TO FACE
AND ENTIRELY CONFESS YOUR ATROCITIES
BEFORE ME
THIS IS NOT A GAME
BUT IT DOES REPRESENT YOUR LIFE
AND UNTIL YOU ARE PERFECTLY RIGHT BEFORE ME
YOU WILL SUFFER IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE
MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT ACCORDING TO MY WORDS TO YOU
OR . . .

# 52 BRICK
"IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH,
WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL THE FLAMING ARROWS
OF THE EVIL ONE."
Ephesians 6:16

I TELL YOU THE TRUTH
IF YOU DO NOT DO AS I SAY
YOU WILL SURELY BE DEVOURED BY SATAN
FOR YOU WILL HAVE NO SHIELD TO BLOCK SATAN'S ATTACKS
YOUR SHIELD IS TO BE RIGHTEOUSNESS
BUT YOU MUST CONFESS YOUR SINS IN ORDER
YOU MUST LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN TO BRING FORTH THE NEW MOVEMENT
ALL THE SINS OF THE PAST MUST BE CONFESSED AND BROUGHT
TO THE LIGHT
IN DOING THIS, YOU WILL HAVE A BRAND NEW START
AND A SHIELD TO COVER YOU
ASK ME FOR THE COURAGE TO DO AS I SAY
I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU IN ABUNDANCE
AND WITH EACH CONFESSION YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE FEAR WHICH IS UPON YOU NOW
YOUR CALLING IS ONLY IN OPERATION AS YOU DO AS I SAY
IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FULFILL YOUR CALLING
THEN THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO BE PROTECTED FROM SATAN
IT IS YOUR CHOICE
BUT JUST AS WITH JONAH
I HAVE WAYS TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE

START A CLEAN SLATE
PICK UP A NEW SHIELD
SHUT DOWN THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE AGAINST YOU
PROCLAIM YOUR FREEDOM IN ME
ASK ME TO GIVE YOU NO VIABLE OPTION
BUT TO COMPLETE YOUR CALLING

AND HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THAT PRAYER:

A RIDDLE . . .
A STORY . . .
THE FACTS . . .

A MAN HANGS ALONE UPON A CROSS
BUT WAIT, HE PRESSES HIS FACE SIDEWAYS
AND THERE IS A MAN ON A CROSS NEXT TO HIM
IS THIS ANCIENT ROME OR MODERN DAY CHRISTIANITY?

THE FATHER WALKS PAST THE TWO MEN
THEIR EYES WILL NOT LOOK AT HIS FACE
HE IS TOO HOLY FOR THEIR SINFUL SELVES
IN A MOMENT
WITH THE GLANCE FROM THE FATHER
THEY ARE GIVEN ONE MORE CHANCE TO REPENT
BUT THEY BOTH REMAIN SILENT
FOR SURELY THEIR SINS WEREN'T AGAINST HIM

THEY HANG FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE HOURS
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE DELIVERED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
THE SKY TURNS BLACK AS NIGHT
AND FEAR RISES IN THEIR HEARTS
IS THIS TO BE THE END?
LIGHTNING FROM ON HIGH STRIKES BOTH THE MEN
AT THE SAME TIME
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES FLASH BEFORE THEM
BUT SURELY THIS IS A MISTAKE
FOR THEM TO HANG FOR SUCH MINOR CRIMES
SURELY "JUSTICE" WILL RIGHT ITSELF
FOR EACH OF THEM HAD MANY FOLLOWERS
EACH HAD PEOPLE WHO RESPECTED THEM
AND LISTENED TO THEIR WORDS
SOON "JUSTICE" WILL COME
SOON AND RIGHT THIS WRONG
THEY THOUGHT

ONCE AGAIN THEY HUNG FOR HOURS
BUT NOW THEY EXPERIENCED GREAT PAIN
FROM THE LIGHTNING STRIKE TO THEIR BODIES
THEIR SPIRITS ENCOURAGED EACH OTHER TO HANG ON
ONCE AGAIN THE SKY GREW DARK AND LIGHTNING STRUCK
THIS TIME IT DID NOT BRING PHYSICAL PAIN BUT SHAME
PEOPLE WOULD WALK BY AND SPIT UPON THEM AND CURSE THEM OPENLY
THE PEOPLE SEEMED TO KNOW EVERY ONE OF THEIR SECRET SINS
BUT HOW?
ONCE MORE THE FATHER WALKED PAST
AND THIS TIME HE SAID TO THEM,

"I TOLD THE PEOPLE
YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE INNOCENT AND YET,
I WILL ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO JUDGE YOU
I PLACED YOU UPON THE CROSS
FOR YOU DID NOT BELIEVE MY WORDS TO YOU
WHEN I SPOKE OF YOUR SINS
MAYBE YOU WILL BELIEVE THE PEOPLE"

THE SHAME BROUGHT FORTH
AN AGONY BEYOND THE PHYSICAL PAIN
BUT STILL THEY HUNG WITHOUT REMISSION OF THEIR SINS
THEY HUNG AND HUNG
TIRED AND HUNGRY, THIRSTY AND FORLORN
BUT NOT ONCE DID THEY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BELIEVE
THAT THEY HAD BEEN WRONG
LIGHTNING STRUCK A THIRD TIME WITHOUT WARNING
WITHOUT DARKNESS
THE MAN ON THE RIGHT HUNG LIMP
HIS BODY DESTROYED WITH THE LAST STRIKE
THE MAN ON THE LEFT WAS STRUCK HARD
BUT HUNG ON FOR ONE MORE BREATH AND A CRY,

"FATHER, FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE PEOPLE
AND AGAINST YOU"

HE HUNG LIMP
BUT WAS STILL BREATHING . . .
THE FATHER WALKED PAST
HE ORDERED THE MAN ON THE RIGHT TO BE REMOVED
HE FACED THE MAN WHO WAS JUST BARELY BREATHING AND ASKED,

"WHY DID IT TAKE THIS MUCH AGONY FOR YOU TO CONFESS THE SINS
WHICH I HAVE REVEALED TO YOU SO MANY TIMES?"

THERE WAS NO ANSWER FROM THE MAN
THE FATHER SAID,

"YOU WILL HANG HERE UNTIL YOU MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT
YOU CAN DO IT FROM THE CROSS
I WILL SHOW YOU HOW"

"WILL THE LIGHTNING STRIKE AGAIN?"
THE MAN FEARFULLY ASKED

"ONLY IF YOU DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
THE ONE WHO HUNG NEXT TO YOU ALREADY LIES
WITH THOSE WHO WILL NOT COME CLEAN
WHO WILL NOT MAKE THINGS RIGHT
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY THIS MOMENT
FOR THE LIGHTNING OF TRUTH COMES
AND STRIKES WITHOUT MERCY
IT STRIKES THOSE WHO WILL NOT LISTEN TO MERE WORDS
IT STRIKES TO DESTROY THOSE WHO WILL NOT BE REDEEMED
DO NOT COMPLAIN OF YOUR FATE UPON THE CROSS
AND THE LENGTH OF DAYS YOU MUST HANG
FOR ONLY I KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE MADE ALL THINGS RIGHT
ONLY I KNOW
PEOPLE MAY PRAY FOR YOUR RELEASE
BUT I WILL NOT MOVE A FINGER TO TAKE YOU DOWN
UNTIL I AM PERFECTLY SATISFIED
THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW ME ALL OF YOUR DAYS
THAT YOU WILL HONOR ME AND WHOEVER I SEND TO YOU
THAT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR HEART FREE OF JUDGMENT AND ERROR
THAT YOU WILL ADMONISH THOSE WHO ARE AS STUBBORN
AS YOU TO LISTEN TO MY EVERY WORD AND OBEY
WE COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS
I OFFERED YOU MY FRIENDSHIP
BUT YOU WERE TOO BUSY
NOW YOU WILL SIMPLY SERVE ME
WITH NO TRUE REWARDS IN THIS LIFE
UNLESS YOU CAN ONE DAY PROVE
THAT YOU SERVE ME WITH A HEART OF PURE LOVE
HANG ON THE CROSS
BUT HANG IN FREEDOM
FOR I AM MAKING YOUR HEART FREE TO OBEY ME
THROUGH THE SUFFERING

"DURING THE DAYS OF JESUS' LIFE ON EARTH,
HE OFFERED UP PRAYERS AND PETITIONS
WITH LOUD CRIES AND TEARS
TO THE ONE WHO COULD SAVE HIM FROM DEATH,
AND HE WAS HEARD BECAUSE OF HIS REVERENT SUBMISSION.
 ALTHOUGH HE WAS A SON,
HE LEARNED OBEDIENCE FROM WHAT HE SUFFERED."
HEBREWS 5: 7 - 8

YOUR FATHER

# 53 BRICK
"PRAISE THE LORD.
PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY;
PRAISE HIM IN HIS MIGHTY HEAVENS.
PRAISE HIM FOR HIS ACTS OF POWER;
PRAISE HIM FOR HIS SURPASSING GREATNESS . . .
LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH
PRAISE THE LORD."
PSALM 150


AS LONG AS YOU STILL HAVE BREATH
PRAISE ME
HAVE THE COURAGE TO PRAISE ME AS I MOLD YOU INTO PEOPLE
OF GREATNESS FOR MY KINGDOM
DO NOT HANG YOUR HEAD LOW
LOOK TO ME
TO THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS
AND PRAISE ME LOUDLY AND SINCERELY
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE YOU PERFECTLY MY OWN
PRAISE ME!
I AM WORTHY OF ALL YOUR PRAISE
PRAISE ME!


WTMW
I feel like I am to remain silent for a few days, but sometimes
I have nowhere else to write down these feelings
Now, I know why I want You to rock the boat, God
Doing Your work is becoming like the NBA Finals
BORING
It's the same thing over and over and over
Shaq at the line throwing free throws
and that is what my mission has become
because I am constantly fouled and You, God decide
that I should get a free shot
It's boring!!!
I want some competition
I want to work as a team
I want to do more than just decree
It's too easy and it is so very boring
Got any ideas?

I PROMISED YOU
THAT I WOULD ROCK THE BOAT
AND I WILL
YOU WILL SOMEDAY HAVE TEAMMATES
BUT ONLY THE ONES THAT WILL WORK AS A TEAM
I WILL BENCH ALL THOSE WHO FOUL THEIR OWN TEAMMATES
I WILL BENCH THOSE WHO HAVE NO ZEST FOR THE GAME
AND I WILL EVEN BENCH THOSE WHO OPPOSE MY GAME PLAYS
I HAVE THAT RIGHT
I AM THE COACH

YOU WORK HARD, SERVANT, TO OBEY ME
AND KEEP ON SCHEDULE

Yeah, and then I have to wait forever for people to get back in the boat
There has got to be a better way to get the job done

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

Use someone besides me to lead
A man with credentials and dresses in an appropriate suit
A man that can recite Bible verses, make friends quickly
and still support the mission
A man that the people would honor and follow

WOULD THEY THEN BE FOLLOWING THE MAN AND HIS CREDENTIALS
OR MY SPIRIT?

Probably the man

I REST MY CASE AND NO, YOU CANNOT GO TO HAWAII
I KNOW YOUR PLANS
AND IF SOMEONE WOULD TAKE YOUR PLACE
YOU WOULD FLY OFF TO SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL

It beats being here and "shooting free throws" night and day

THOSE FREE THROWS WILL ADD UP TO TRUE POINTS ON OUR SIDE
AND IT IS NOT EXCITING, BUT THAT'S ALL THE GAME WE HAVE FOR NOW
UNTIL THE OTHERS COME ALONG
THAT IS ALL
HANG ON
I STILL PROMISED TO ROCK THE BOAT THIS WEEK
AND I WILL TO YOUR DELIGHT

# 54 BRICK
"DAVID ASKED THE MEN STANDING NEAR HIM,
'WHAT WILL BE DONE FOR THE MAN WHO KILLS THIS PHILISTINE
AND REMOVES THIS DISGRACE FROM ISRAEL?  WHO IS THIS
UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE THAT HE SHOULD DEFY THE ARMIES
OF THE LIVING GOD?’“
I Samuel 17: 26

GOOD QUESTION!
LET ME REPHRASE IT FOR YOU:

"WHAT WILL BE DONE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DESTROY THE HARLOTS
AND REMOVE THIS DISGRACE FROM MODERN-DAY CHRISTIANITY?
WHO IS THIS UNCLEAN BEAST THAT SHOULD DEFY THE ARMY
OF THE LIVING GOD?"

AND SO YOU HAVE IT
BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
DAVID, ONLY A YOUTH, SOUGHT OUT THE ENEMY AND DESTROYED HIM
THE CHURCH ENTERTAINS THE ENEMY AND SENDS OUT THE ONES
WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH
BUT I AM RAISING UP SOME "DAVIDS"
WILL YOU BE ONE?
I WILL STAND WITH YOU AS I STOOD WITH DAVID
WE WILL CONQUER THE ENEMY ONE HARLOT AT A TIME
THE "GOLIATH" OF MODERN-DAY CHRISTIANITY IS MADE UP OF MANY
AND EACH ONE MUST HAVE THEIR DAY BEFORE THE JURY
EACH ONE
THE HARLOTS ARE ON THE WAY OUT
MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THEM



COVENANT # 5 continued