You will walk in unprecedented authority. Demons will flee with a word and with a touch to the afflicted one. My Kingdom is one of sowing and reaping, that which you have sown you will reap. It is a universal law just as gravity is a natural law upon the earth, but My Beloveds will walk above these natural laws, just as the miracle of multiplication is against natural known laws; My people will walk in the supernatural, just as My risen Son did. They will appear where they are needed in a blink of an eye; they will preach or pray powerfully and then be returned to where they were. They will walk through walls, they will walk on water, they will rebuke the storms and even the waves. They will command creative miracles to the Glory of My name. The unbelievers will watch in awe and many will give Glory to My name.
My Beloveds will soon be walking in My resurrection power. They will reclaim lands and peoples, they will begin to put all things under the feet of My son. They will begin the process of restoring the earth but it will be completed when My Son returns. These works and more shall My Beloveds soon do. They have been refined by My hand; they have submitted to the refining fires and not fainted nor denied My name. These are My dread champions, these make up My mighty army who will march shoulder to shoulder and not break rank.
They are my army to bring redemption and healing to my creation, it is through these that I choose to work and to show forth the glory of the creator which fallen man has forgotten. Oh yes beloveds, a time is coming that the world has not seen, a time when my mighty army rises up as with one voice and one heart, my heart, and they will do great exploits.
Do not grow faint or weary now beloveds it is almost at the door. Wait for it, do not run ahead of me, wait for it and it shall surely come.
The Father
Manifestations Of A Wounded Spirit
Dee Hoetmer
We are entering dire times of tribulation and testing and yet there are many in the Body of Christ that are yet unhealed. We know this because we know them by their fruit. A wounded spirit will not stand very well in the coming days of persecution and great trial.
There are myriads of yet unhealed people even though they are born again, spirit filled believers. They may be regular churchgoers, but does the world recognize them as a set apart people, a holy people, by their fruit.
Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
The fact is that much of what is seen in the Body of Christ is not the fruit of the Spirit, for the fruits of the Spirit are
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
The leaders of the church in the Western world have, for the most part, taught doctrine and theology and many are made “fat” with spiritual knowledge but are as yet still unhealed; as yet they manifest the fruits of the un-regenerated heart, mind and soul.
1Corinthians 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
For many the church has been a place of further wounding. The church, in many instances, has failed to be a place where the healing Balm Of Gilead is poured out and have healed the daughter of His people slightly.
Jeremiah 8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Manifestations Of A Wounded Spirit
Pride
Fear of being wounded or controlled, fear of being manipulated or nullified and made powerless, fear of any perpetuation of any abuse they have experienced as a child or as an adult, causes them to put on pride as a defense mechanism. However this self-defensive pride becomes a spiritual stronghold and leads to spiritual blindness and deafness. Nearly all the manifestations listed below come out of the root of pride.
Domineering
Will command their own children as slaves unto them. Will domineer even their spouses. Domineer in conversations, making sure they are seen as great, super spiritual and achievers (whether in the world or in spiritual matters). Will seek dominance and attention wherever they can. They have to be seen and noticed.
Talkativeness
Take over conversations and discount anyone else’s opinion or even a word from the heart of the Father. In case their position is threatened or they are exposed, will make sure you don’t get a word in at all.
Delusions of Self importance
Will talk of a relatively small achievement as a great thing. The proud as easily taken in by such big talk and those that have the same spirit are equally impressed. Have to puff up their image constantly and begin to believe their own delusions of superiority and self importance.
Self Justification
When convicted will justify themselves and go to great lengths explaining why they did such and such, instead of confessing, repenting and thanking the Lord Jesus for forgiving them and moving on. It is nearly always someone else fault and he or she cannot bear the thought of his or her culpability in the matter.
Self Absorption
There is no one and nothing on earth that is more important than what they are doing, what they are experiencing or their own lives. They speak of themselves for hours.
Vicious Tongue
Verbally rip and tear at another who threatens them in any way. Retaliate with viciousness and vengeance.
Gossiping and slanderous speech
Gossiping, muttering and murmuring against a Pastor, spiritual leader or others to draw a people after themselves and to puff themselves up in the eyes of others. It binds the person they are judging and by their actions can open a door for evil spirits to oppress the one/s they are speaking against. It is in effect spiritual murder and soul slander.
Unteachable
Have to be seen as knowing it all, whether in spiritual or earthly matters. Will not easily receive correction or input from anyone else. Their sense of self is too weak to take any thought that they may have missed it or are in error.
Manipulative
Manipulation and control are methods used by the weak to get what they want. Whether it is emotional blackmail or passive or aggressive control, it is evidence of weakness and wounding, for in their hearts they think “I will control before I am controlled, I will manipulate before I can be manipulated again” etc. The Lord gently leads and satan pushes. Who do you want to be a co-laborer of?
Critical and Judgmental
In order to make themselves more in their own eyes they judge and criticize others. Someone once wrote that healed people heal people and wounded people wound people. In the same sense, if one is overly judgmental and critical of themselves and suffer from low self-esteem, the “easiest” way to make themselves feel better about themselves is to judge and criticize others.
One Upmanship
They have always done more marvelous things, spiritually or in earthly matters, have done more for the Lord, suffered more for the Lord. Have better material things, greater revelation than anyone else in their presence.
Disassociation
Live in a cocoon where reality is kept at bay. Live in an unreal world where truth of circumstances or their spiritual state is closed off. The wounding is too deep to face reality.
Vain Imaginations
This goes with delusions of self-importance. Vain imaginations of what the Lord has called them to, vain imaginations of what the Word is truly saying. Vanity and vain imaginations go hand in hand.
Persecution Complex
Spiritual correction and reproof, even if given from the heart of the Father in love and in their best interest, is seen as a personal attack. Can take a word for them as for someone else for it cannot possibly be for them.
Feigned Humility and Love
Because the fruit of the Spirit is not evident will put on spiritual pious masks of love and humility. They strive to move in the opposite spirit of the world but it is a labor of the flesh and not a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Emotional Highs and Lows
Because the spirit is wounded there is lack of stability in emotions. Weep easily but are just as quickly “over the moon”. They ride an emotional “see saw”
Spirit Of False Burden
Due to a misplaced sense of self-importance carry burdens that are not theirs to carry. See themselves as saviour and deliverer instead of the Lord.
Do Things Hastily and “Out Of Order”
So much of their emotion and energy is dissipated on their issues and others that when it comes to doing the things they ought to do, it is done last minute and not thoroughly. People are made to know how rushed and busy they are but nothing is really done well and in proper order.
Rebelliousness
Wounded people rebel against any authority figure. They are also unwittingly in rebellion to the Lord for too much of the Self is still on the throne of their heart, instead of Jesus. A yet unhealed person will find it very hard to die to self. Self-preservation, self-protection and self-defensive pride are hindrances.
From this long list it can be seen that THE MANIFESTATIONS OF A WOUNDED SPIRIT ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
How then can we stand in the days of persecution and great trial and tribulation? The Word says CHRIST IN US IS THE HOPE OF GLORY, and if we are wounded we cannot die to self so that He is our all in all. The Lord resists the proud and gives grace to the humble and a broken and contrite heart He will not despise. If we are wounded we “put on” pride as a self defense mechanism. If we continue on in pride we will remain as spiritual babes. If we continue on, and do not seek healing, what will the outcome be?
Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Jam 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Striving and strife, gossip and slander, envying and covetousness, divisions and infighting, lust and greed, control and manipulation and on and on the list goes. IS THIS THE GLORIOUS CHURCH THAT JESUS DIED A HORRENDOUS, SHAMEFUL DEATH ON THE CROSS FOR? IS THIS THE CHURCH HE IS COMING BACK FOR?
LET US EARNESTLY SEEK HIS HEALING THAT WE MAY GLORIFY HIM
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Inner Healing
Luk 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luk 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Jesus came to heal the broken hearted. First He heals so that there are no more wounds for the manifestations to latch onto. Note that in both of the above scriptures healing and binding up of the broken hearted is mentioned before liberty and deliverance to the captives.
It is my personal experience that the Lord healed me before He could deliver me. Once healed the demons had no longer any legal right and no place in which to dig their hooks and claws or wrap their tentacles around.
First you have to acknowledge these fruits and manifestations in your life, for what you don’t acknowledge can’t be dealt with.
Confess them to the lord and ask him to heal you.
Submit to his dealings with you.
Be honest with him.
Spend quiet time and listen to the holy spirit.
Love Jesus more than your self defenses. Love Jesus more than your reputation. Love Jesus more than your pride.
There is a balm in Gilead and his name is Jesus.
Sent in His Love
Dee