BEWARE OF HELPING THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE Most Christians are taught that we need to help other people. While that is true, sometimes helping others will cause you to feel drained, exhausted, unappreciated, and even taken advantage of. The Bible teaches us the importance of discernment when offering assistance. Proverbs 19:19 says “A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.” ‭‭ This reminds us that sometimes, our help can unintentionally enable harmful behaviors or keep people stuck in a cycle of dependency. By setting healthy boundaries and understanding when your help is being exploited, you can protect your peace and focus on helping those who are truly ready for change. The 7 types of people that we should not help are: 1. The Perpetual Victim (they crave attention and always blame others and their stories are filled with exaggerated problems, they continue to wallow in their problems and expect others to fix their issues for them) 2. The Know It All (they think they have all the answers and dismiss others, they dominate conversations, ignore the opinions of others and believe their way is the only way) 3.…

WHY ANOINTED PEOPLE ARE OFTEN BORN INTO TOXIC FAMILIES Being born into a toxic family can be extremely challenging to endure.  When a father or mother emotionally abuses their children or worse it usually causes the abused child to have significant issues as they grow older and many never recover as they are angry or sad and feel broken.  But for those who will become anointed to do great things for the Lord it allows that person ultimately to develop powerful  perseverance in overcoming extreme obstacles in life. As they learn how to forgive everyone who hurt them they begin to have their eyes opened spiritually of why their family was so toxic due to their family & relative’s own hurts and wounds when they were growing up and how they never got healed so they developed unforgiveness and bitterness which gave demons legal rights to torment their minds.  By enduring the toxic behaviors and overcoming through forgiveness they became a very strong anointed instrument of the Lord when completing their healing and deliverance. They are able to minister to thousands of people because they know what it’s like to be hurt and yet forge through the pain and overcome.…

IF YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS YOU COULD BE THE FAMILY SCAPEGOAT / BLACKSHEEP In a family situation the scapegoat carries the sins of their own family (which typically have many members in the family who are unhealthy, toxic and/or dysfunctional). For instance, Dad is an alcoholic, sex addict, aggressor, prideful while Mom is his enabler. Or Mom is angry, controlling, belittling, prideful, demanding and Dad is her enabler. The family is expected to deny the truth of their parent’s dysfunction and hide it from the public (keep their dirty laundry buried in the backyard). So what the toxic family members will do is to label one of their children the “problem child” and blame everything that is wrong with their family on that child. This scapegoated child can do no right in their eyes. The scapegoated child typically has a moral compass and is a truth teller that won’t look the other way and ignore sin, but have a very good heart. The parent who is most demanding will usually make another child the “golden child” or the hero of the family who can do no wrong who will look the other way with their toxic parents lives. Since…

IT’S BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN TO HAVE MANY UNGODLY FRIENDS & FAMILY Written by Mindy Schuman There are many times in life when we find ourselves surrounded by friends, family and others who don’t have our best interest at heart. There are often individuals we allow to be part of our lives who have not aligned themselves with the kingdom of God and His commandments and have become a negative influence in our thoughts and actions. In many cases we allow these individuals to speak into us and be an active part of our lives causing much damage to ourselves and even our spouse and children. These types of relationships can be harmful and cause us to lose our peace that God desires us to have. We have a responsibility to our spouses, if married, and children to guard ourselves from those with evil intentions and who habitually practice sin and walk out their fleshly desires. Many mistakenly believe that being connected to those who have repeatedly and habitually been critical, judgmental and harsh is somehow better than being alone. But it is far better to pull away and be separate than be negatively influenced, controlled, manipulated and mistreated…

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ARE HATED BY WOMEN & LUSTED AFTER BY MEN Women who are physically attractive are hated  by other women who are jealous of them and lusted after by men until the men’s advances are rejected and then are also hated on by men. Sadly there is a very real curse that most women endure when they are beautiful.  Many women get dirty looks by other jealous insecure women in public, at the workplace, church, the gym, grocery store and can feel the hatred for them for no reason. They feel ostracized, lied & gossiped about. These beautiful women are especially hated if they have a godly heart as the demons in others can’t stand them and want them to be destroyed. Lucifer used to be beautiful as the leader of worship in heaven but was jealous of God so was kicked out of heaven and is evil and leads other demons to come against those who desire to be godly so those influenced by demons especially hate beautiful women who love God.  In 2 Samuel 13 - David’s son Amnon lusted after his beautiful half sister Tamar and ultimately raped her. Then he hated her and sent her…

YOUR ACTIONS TODAY AFFECT YOUR CHILDREN & FUTURE GENERATIONS TOMORROW Written by Mindy Schuman As I was reflecting on some circumstances recently, the Lord reminded me how much each of our actions will affect and influence our children, grandchildren and future generations. We know that our actions can most importantly affect our fellowship with God, but how much do we consider that our actions can greatly affect those around us, specifically our children. Our children can be greatly influenced by how we live day to day, the level of humility we walk in before God and others, and how submitted and surrendered we are to God and his word. Scripture tells us to honor our parents so that it will go well with us (Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1) and as parents we are also instructed not to provoke our children (Ephesians 6:4). I would contend also that, as parents, it will also go well for us if we are honorable towards our children, young and old in age. We honor our children by being submitted to God, by living a life where all the fruits of the spirit are in operation within our homes and by treating them with love…

THE JOY OF THE LORD WILL BE YOUR STRENGTH Written by Mindy Schuman When walking through circumstances and seasons that are are difficult, sometimes we will have to choose to walk in the joy of the Lord. Walking in the joy of the Lord will need to be an intentional choice within us, a choice to walk by faith and not by sight. We will have to choose this sometimes because scripture tells us that the joy of the Lord will be our strength (Nehemiah 8:10) and our feelings and thoughts might not always line up with this truth. Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:9-10 In Nehemiah Chapter 8 above, we see…

ARE YOU ALLOWING THE APPEARANCE OF OTHERS DECEIVE YOU? Written by Mindy Schuman Many times in scripture, Jesus emphasized that holiness and righteousness extends far beyond someone’s outward appearance, beyond their background, beyond even their nationality and gender. So many times Christians assume that those who appear to look and act outwardly holy are in fact living a sanctified and holy life before God and teaching in truth. Unfortunately, many times Christians whose outward appearance seems to convey this outward holiness are in fact unrighteousness and self indulgent (Matthew 23:27) on the inside according to scripture. This is why it’s so important to discern for yourself, with the help of Holy Spirit, to guard your heart with these types of Christians. While it’s true that our inward state of being should reflect on the outside, we can be easily fooled by those with intentions that are not pure and who do not have God’s heart even though they would like others to believe they do. Let’s look at the following scripture: Matthew 21:28-32 A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not,’…

ARE WE KNOWINGLY OPERATING OUT OF GOD’S WILL HOPING TO ESCAPE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ACTIONS?  Written by Mindy Schuman For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.  1 John 2:16-17 NKJV   As Christians there are times when, whether it be in obedience to God’s written word or distinct direction from the Holy Spirit, we have clear instructions from God about His will concerning a situation we are facing. Knowing and doing the will of God should be something we are continually conscious of in our daily walk with Jesus. Essentially, scripture teaches us that knowing the will of God is of utmost importance to the true believer and doing His will is the evidence of believing.   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NKJV…

THE CHURCH HAS LOST IT’S HEALTHY FEAR OF THE LORD “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you…