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The Haters: Exposing the Haters in the Pews By Minister Marlene

26 Oct

The haters in your life may come and go. Sometimes they remain, and you become the object of their eternally seething hatred. Pam Sheppard, wrote an eye opening article about high ranking haters she battled with, when she had her church. Her surprising revelations inspired me to pen this article. The hater in church is just as lethal as any hater anywhere. Haters were around since the Garden of Eden Who was Cain, but a hater who killed his own brother out of jealousy. Who was Saul, but a hater who spent his time trying to kill David who would be King.

Who were Joseph’s brothers, but a family of haters, who didn’t want to see Joseph do better than them. Who was the prodigal son’s brother, but a hater who got angry because his long-lost brother was favored with a feast.  And look at our precious Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth and how a mob of Jewish haters roared ” crucify him “.

Church is often a hotbed of opportunity for ” the hater “. A hater in church can deftly hide behind a bible and a prayer. It’s easy for the hater in church, haters in the pews, usually have a long shelf life. Haters thrive in church because too many believers, have a unscriptural view of what it means to be a peace maker. Therefore ” the hater ” has a field day in church, and their covert camouflaged combativeness, and undercover hateful behaviors go unchecked.

When you were a newbie in church, it took you a while to recognize ” the haters “. You thought your mind was playing tricks on you. You wondered how it could be possible that Sister Shirley or Brother Mark could have spread the rumor about you having a crush on the choir directors husband. You wondered who told the prayer minister, that they thought they saw you coming out of a bar. Could it really have been  smiling church Sister Sarah, who was always calling you to talk about the Lord.

Is Brother Mark the one whispering to the pastor behind your husband’s back , spreading all those lies about his so-called failing health? You heard rumors, but it took you a while to realize that ” the haters ” in church were just as treacherous as ” “the haters ” in the world.

What’s wrong with the church hater? The church hater is unwashed and not saved. The church hater, who should be pleased as punch because you’ve been delivered, is not pleased. The church hater hates hearing your testimony. The church hater thinks you taking up too much of the service with it. The church hater doesn’t want you on the church board. The church hater doesn’t want you to excel in ministry. The church hater doesn’t celebrate when your children are in youth pastor training. The church hater doesn’t even want to see you get a crust of bread.

As it was in the evil days of Noah so it is now in the organized church.

If you need deliverance from demonic affliction, church abuse or any other burdens, call Sheppard’s Counseling now at (518)477-5759. Pam Sheppard and her team of supervised deliverance minister’s are waiting to serve you. Pam has been ministry for 30 years and her deliverance counseling expertise is second to none. As I shared in my introduction, an article written by Pam posted here at Pam Sheppard’s Publishing was the inspiration for this post. Please use the link below, to read about Pam’s ministry experience dealing with haters in high ranks. Haters hating, are a reality in church, no matter your station. Go here to read about Pam’s battles with a regional director when she was the pastor of her own church.

http://www.pamsheppardpublishing.com/2011/10/25/profile-of-a-control-freak-part-2/

10/25/11 Thirty years a Minister and 38 years experience in deliverance ministry. Call Pam Sheppard now at (518)477-5759

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ARE YOU STUCK ON STUPID ABOUT PRINCE CHARMING?

26 Oct

I believe I was stuck on stupid from 1974-2005 about this soul mate thing. 

 Count girls.  That is a total of 31 years.  Some of you are not even 31 years old yet. 

 So take it from an old gal who travelled the  romantic yellow brick road for a long time, who realized on the day that she had her final divorce papers in her hand  from her third marriage, that the search was over.  I had an “ah ha” moment of ” Oh well, I guess there was no soul mate, no Prince Charming for me after all!!!!. 

 In 2005, I was a ripe young age of 62, about to receive my social security! 

 But that’s nothin when I share my mother’s story.  My mother will be 90 in a few months.  At the age of 87, she had me searching the web for HER prince charming, a man by the name of Charles Collins, the lost love that got away and married somebody else!.  I searched diligently with no results .  He is either dead or in a nursing home.  That is not all,  My mother’s sister  Olga was married for more than 50 years, yet while a widow, she hit 80 and met a fabulous, good-looking man about her own age and it looked like life begins at 80. Unfortunately, he died of a massive heart attack  on Thanksgiving and she was so grieved, she succumbed to cancer and died a month later.

Now when I was a young, unsaved woman in my early 20’s , I was quite cynical and so I protected my heart by having affairs with married men.  My rationale was this.  Men are gonna cheat and knowing my temper, I’d probably kill a cheater in a momentary rage.  Back in the day, I was not a sistah to mess with.   A married man was safe back then  because I reasoned to myself  “he is not cheating on me.”  He is cheating on his wife so I don’t have to kill him and I can keep myself out of jail.  I was successful.  Then just before I became a Christian, I was set up on the Prince Charming thing by a psychic astrologer whose name was Norvelle.  Norvelle sold me a bill of goods and I bought into it, hook line and sinker for the next 31 years. Now that, Dear Heart, is being STUCK ON STUPID BY a demon who used Norvelle to send me that lying prophecy.   Norvelle even described the man in some detail.  He told me that we would be “working together” in a grand career. 

While a state government ambitious striver, I looked for Prince Charming among the lawyers and the professional men.  Once I entered into ministry, well there were scores of ministers to consider, many who set their eyes upon me.  However, a fallen angel took the baton from Norvelle and revealed to me in a dream  that since I was entering into addiction, recovery and prison ministry, my soul mate was a felon in recovery, who had become a born again Christian.  So I married not one, but TWO drug addict felons. 

While holding on to my last husband and trying to have a child in my late 50’s, the Lord spoke and said, “both of your husbands were sent to you by the devil to destroy you.”

So while I stood there in 2005 with the divorce papers in my hand, I got “un-stuck” from being stupid, quite happy that I did not have a child at the age of 58!!!.

Here is a tidbit of info that could help you from “gettin stuck.” 

67 when this picture was taken. Will be 68 "soon."

Just because you are attractive and you have sexual desire, and you believe that anything you ask God for He will provide simply because YOU want it, remember me.  The bible says that it is not good for a man to be alone and that he should have a wife.  The bible does not say the same for a woman.  You, Sistah and Sister can be alone. 

 When I was young and dumb, I could not even think of being without a man.  It was too heavy a thought for me back then.  But now that I have 40 years to look back over,I was always alone anyway, with the Lord I have survived, became wise, and I am filled with peace and joy WITHOUT a man!!!  LOL.  I do my own thing, Gurl!!! lol. Cook and clean when I feel like it.  In fact, I have a housekeeper who cleans for ME!  

I don’t unpack no man’s baggage today. I don’t knock YOU if you have a good man, My Sister.  I say, right on to you!  I am not speaking to you.  I am speaking to the one who has been putting her life on hold in God, waiting for Mr. Right.  Honey, the devil plans to send you “Mr. Wrong!”

If you have something to do for the Lord, don’t let the devil suggest to you that you can’t serve Jesus Christ of Nazareth without a partner. It is a lie from hell.

We assign ministers to serve as mentors and we also train those who have a call on their lives to be ministers.  Give us a call at 518-477-5759.

 

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ARE YOU STUCK ON STUPID ABOUT PRINCE CHARMING?

26 Oct

I believe I was stuck on stupid from 1974-2005 about this soul mate thing. 

 Count girls.  That is a total of 31 years.  Some of you are not even 31 years old yet. 

 So take it from an old gal who travelled the  romantic yellow brick road for a long time, who realized on the day that she had her final divorce papers in her hand  from her third marriage, that the search was over.  I had an “ah ha” moment of ” Oh well, I guess there was no soul mate, no Prince Charming for me after all!!!!. 

 In 2005, I was a ripe young age of 62, about to receive my social security! 

 But that’s nothin when I share my mother’s story.  My mother will be 90 in a few months.  At the age of 87, she had me searching the web for HER prince charming, a man by the name of Charles Collins, the lost love that got away and married somebody else!.  I searched diligently with no results .  He is either dead or in a nursing home.  That is not all,  My mother’s sister  Olga was married for more than 50 years, yet while a widow, she hit 80 and met a fabulous, good-looking man about her own age and it looked like life begins at 80. Unfortunately, he died of a massive heart attack  on Thanksgiving and she was so grieved, she succumbed to cancer and died a month later.

Now when I was a young, unsaved woman in my early 20’s , I was quite cynical and so I protected my heart by having affairs with married men.  My rationale was this.  Men are gonna cheat and knowing my temper, I’d probably kill a cheater in a momentary rage.  Back in the day, I was not a sistah to mess with.   A married man was safe back then  because I reasoned to myself  “he is not cheating on me.”  He is cheating on his wife so I don’t have to kill him and I can keep myself out of jail.  I was successful.  Then just before I became a Christian, I was set up on the Prince Charming thing by a psychic astrologer whose name was Norvelle.  Norvelle sold me a bill of goods and I bought into it, hook line and sinker for the next 31 years. Now that, Dear Heart, is being STUCK ON STUPID BY a demon who used Norvelle to send me that lying prophecy.   Norvelle even described the man in some detail.  He told me that we would be “working together” in a grand career. 

While a state government ambitious striver, I looked for Prince Charming among the lawyers and the professional men.  Once I entered into ministry, well there were scores of ministers to consider, many who set their eyes upon me.  However, a fallen angel took the baton from Norvelle and revealed to me in a dream  that since I was entering into addiction, recovery and prison ministry, my soul mate was a felon in recovery, who had become a born again Christian.  So I married not one, but TWO drug addict felons. 

While holding on to my last husband and trying to have a child in my late 50’s, the Lord spoke and said, “both of your husbands were sent to you by the devil to destroy you.”

So while I stood there in 2005 with the divorce papers in my hand, I got “un-stuck” from being stupid, quite happy that I did not have a child at the age of 58!!!.

Here is a tidbit of info that could help you from “gettin stuck.” 

67 when this picture was taken. Will be 68 "soon."

Just because you are attractive and you have sexual desire, and you believe that anything you ask God for He will provide simply because YOU want it, remember me.  The bible says that it is not good for a man to be alone and that he should have a wife.  The bible does not say the same for a woman.  You, Sistah and Sister can be alone. 

 When I was young and dumb, I could not even think of being without a man.  It was too heavy a thought for me back then.  But now that I have 40 years to look back over,I was always alone anyway, with the Lord I have survived, became wise, and I am filled with peace and joy WITHOUT a man!!!  LOL.  I do my own thing, Gurl!!! lol. Cook and clean when I feel like it.  In fact, I have a housekeeper who cleans for ME!  

I don’t unpack no man’s baggage today. I don’t knock YOU if you have a good man, My Sister.  I say, right on to you!  I am not speaking to you.  I am speaking to the one who has been putting her life on hold in God, waiting for Mr. Right.  Honey, the devil plans to send you “Mr. Wrong!”

If you have something to do for the Lord, don’t let the devil suggest to you that you can’t serve Jesus Christ of Nazareth without a partner. It is a lie from hell.

We assign ministers to serve as mentors and we also train those who have a call on their lives to be ministers.  Give us a call at 518-477-5759.

 

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HERE IS YOUR GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD

26 Oct

Here are some practical ways to start the process of ridding yourself of demonic captivity by casting down imaginations and every high thing that would exalt itself above the knowledge of Christ and bringing every thought into obedience to Him:

    • Your Attitude Toward the Past: You should have no regrets or brooding over things done and undone.  To avoid an evil kind of thinking that leads to brooding, you must learn to discern for yourself if you are simply “thinking” or if you are being drawn into a state of regretting or brooding by the demon that is assigned to YOU. If you are to overcome, you need to know that success at   being set free requires victory over the past, in spite of all your failures that the enemy helps you to list and record in your mind.  Your failures should be dealt with on the basis of I John 1:9.
    • Your Attitude Toward the Future:  You must concentrate on the Lord’s own words by “taking no thought for tomorrow.”  Not that you should not think about or even make future plans, but you should be careful not to fall victim to trying to make up in the future for sins of the past that already have been forgiven by God.  Once a sin has been repented of, cleansing will occur when you can forget what is behind and press toward the future that is God’s plan for the rest of your life.
    • Your Attitude Toward Devils and Demons: You should be trained to discern your own thoughts from those implanted into your mind by spirit entities.  You should realize that only the Lord knows your heart and that demons cannot read your mind.  Demons know only the thoughts that THEY have successfully planted into your mind–thoughts that you have received as your own because of the nature of your deception.  Remember this.  “He that doeth the truth, cometh to the light.”  (John 3:21)
    • Your Attitude Toward the Present Moment:  Doubt can be a good thing, particularly when those fictitious foundations upon which you have built up your pride system become shaky.  Doubt of this kind can lead to sincere humility.  God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.  Against the enemy, your best weapon is God’s grace.  Your worst mistake in judgment is your assumption that because you profess to be a Christian, that God will protect you from being deceived.  Not so.  It is God Himself who has released strong delusion in our times.  So deception is a matter of course.  God has given us the weapons and the tools to be un-deceived.  Your best weapon is to look around you, and allow your doubt to assist you to question EVERYTHING!
Sheppard’s Counseling Center sets captives free!

Prison bars and walls in the spirit are a lot stronger and several times more sophisticated than they were in the days of Paul and Silas.  In this present complicated age of the 21st century, what we do at Sheppard Counseling Center is investigate, observe and interpret our findings.  The purpose of investigation is to unravel confusion and to unfold the mystery by searching for repetitive themes.  Through concentrated and intelligent inquiry, we gather the clues as to the hidden reason behind your captivity. Demons do their damage by invitation.  We need to find out how you made the invitation to them, and what you must do to rescind it. We also use our knowledge of personality disorders to ascertain the various strategies that your particular personality type will employ to resist your own freedom. We do not waste time on people who use all of their energies to hide crucial things from us or those who become hostile because they are threatened by any real discovery.

We offered you in this post some sound advice on how to begin the process of self deliverance.  If you need our help, call us at 518-477-5759. The lines are open.

 

 

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HERE IS YOUR GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD

26 Oct

Here are some practical ways to start the process of ridding yourself of demonic captivity by casting down imaginations and every high thing that would exalt itself above the knowledge of Christ and bringing every thought into obedience to Him:

    • Your Attitude Toward the Past: You should have no regrets or brooding over things done and undone.  To avoid an evil kind of thinking that leads to brooding, you must learn to discern for yourself if you are simply “thinking” or if you are being drawn into a state of regretting or brooding by the demon that is assigned to YOU. If you are to overcome, you need to know that success at   being set free requires victory over the past, in spite of all your failures that the enemy helps you to list and record in your mind.  Your failures should be dealt with on the basis of I John 1:9.
    • Your Attitude Toward the Future:  You must concentrate on the Lord’s own words by “taking no thought for tomorrow.”  Not that you should not think about or even make future plans, but you should be careful not to fall victim to trying to make up in the future for sins of the past that already have been forgiven by God.  Once a sin has been repented of, cleansing will occur when you can forget what is behind and press toward the future that is God’s plan for the rest of your life.
    • Your Attitude Toward Devils and Demons: You should be trained to discern your own thoughts from those implanted into your mind by spirit entities.  You should realize that only the Lord knows your heart and that demons cannot read your mind.  Demons know only the thoughts that THEY have successfully planted into your mind–thoughts that you have received as your own because of the nature of your deception.  Remember this.  “He that doeth the truth, cometh to the light.”  (John 3:21)
    • Your Attitude Toward the Present Moment:  Doubt can be a good thing, particularly when those fictitious foundations upon which you have built up your pride system become shaky.  Doubt of this kind can lead to sincere humility.  God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.  Against the enemy, your best weapon is God’s grace.  Your worst mistake in judgment is your assumption that because you profess to be a Christian, that God will protect you from being deceived.  Not so.  It is God Himself who has released strong delusion in our times.  So deception is a matter of course.  God has given us the weapons and the tools to be un-deceived.  Your best weapon is to look around you, and allow your doubt to assist you to question EVERYTHING!
Sheppard’s Counseling Center sets captives free!

Prison bars and walls in the spirit are a lot stronger and several times more sophisticated than they were in the days of Paul and Silas.  In this present complicated age of the 21st century, what we do at Sheppard Counseling Center is investigate, observe and interpret our findings.  The purpose of investigation is to unravel confusion and to unfold the mystery by searching for repetitive themes.  Through concentrated and intelligent inquiry, we gather the clues as to the hidden reason behind your captivity. Demons do their damage by invitation.  We need to find out how you made the invitation to them, and what you must do to rescind it. We also use our knowledge of personality disorders to ascertain the various strategies that your particular personality type will employ to resist your own freedom. We do not waste time on people who use all of their energies to hide crucial things from us or those who become hostile because they are threatened by any real discovery.

We offered you in this post some sound advice on how to begin the process of self deliverance.  If you need our help, call us at 518-477-5759. The lines are open.

 

 

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