What foundation was laid in your life?

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

                                       I may not be perfect, but Jesus thinks I’m to die for.

Dear Saints,

WHAT FOUNDATION WAS LAID IN YOUR LIFE?

I WISH EVERY MOTHER A VERY BLESSED MOTHER’S DAY FOR YESTERDAY.

The Lord has been talking to me about foundations, and I thought I would share this as it is quite significant to your Christian walk.

Here are a few scriptures that the bible says about foundations.

Matthew 7:24-27 ESV

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

1 Corinthians 3:11 ESV

For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Luke 6:47-49 ESV

Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

As you can see the Word stresses the importance of having a good foundation. I wondered about why the Lord was highlighting these scriptures and talking to me about foundations. Then I realized that during the past 30 years I have dealt with many Christians that have had problems in there walk with the Lord. Also I have met many people whose lives have never worked out the way they should have.

I counsel some people with problems with family members and this made me study my own life and that of my brother and other family members. I realized that my life was permeated by a loving family and a father who always encouraged us to attend Sunday School, I developed a passion for going to church and felt guilty if a skipped a Sunday. After talking to people whose lives are in a mess I realized that my foundation was one where I was soaked in the Word and I had a good foundation that led me eventually to pursue salvation with a passion, I wanted to be saved at all cost, later it led me to ask God if I could serve Him radically.  My brother on the other hand, missed the boat as he was very attached to my mother who died when we were young and this derailed him and led him to become an alcoholic and his life ended in a mess, I however I did lead him to the Lord before He died. But this was so strange that we both grew up in the same house yet with two different outcomes, our foundation was laid by our parents but the choices we make can derail the building process.

I have heard horror stories of how parents had treated their children, and then I understood why their lives turned out so devastating, they did not have a solid foundation to build on. Eventually the storms came and washed away their lives and they were lost and needed rescue.

There is another word that stood out to me Berean Standard Bible
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

I can just say thank you to my earthly father for putting down a solid foundation in my life and for my heavenly Father for guiding me through my life and building on me so that I could stand strong against the onslaught of the enemy.

The words that God has spoken over my life means so much to me, and I often wish I could take some people back to the past and rebuild their foundation, it is tricky trying to build on their foundation that is either missing or built on hatred and chaos. The building process is so much harder, because they keep falling down and you have to try and build them up again and again.

My mother was a nurse and was much loved by her patients and she was the matriarch of her family as her mother also died and she had to take care of her siblings. When I look at her life and how she worked with broken people I know that she passed on her compassion and love for people to me, I am forever grateful that she passed on those traits to me.

But no matter what your foundation was there is always hope, God promises that He will never forsake us or leave us, which should assure us that no matter what our foundation is if we allow Him to build us up we will have a strong finish. He will make a mansion out of us that will be the envy of others. He will fill our lives with His love and glory that will not make people envy us but will pull them towards us so they can have what we have, the anointing and joy of the Lord.

If your foundation was faulty and not solid, just ask the Lord to wipe it out and rebuild on the solid rock which is Jesus, you will see that God can restore all that was lost, rebuild your life so that you won’t even recognize the new you. And He will use you to build on others to help them to overcome and be victorious.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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STOP EATING CHEESE AND CRACKERS

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

God Has Set A Banquet In Front of You

Jesus paid for your ticket. Get aboard the ship and enjoy the voyage.

Pastor Joel Osteen told a story about a poor man who lived in England and his dream was to one day leave his homeland and come to America and start over with hope and a better quality of life.

The man decided he would make his dream come true and he started to save money to buy a ticket so he could sail on a ship that would be bound for America.

He toiled daily, month after month, for a very long time, and finally, he had saved enough to buy his ticket to sail aboard a passenger ship to the destination he had dreamed of.

He also, in his mind, said to himself, “I only have enough money for the ticket but no food”, so he put several boxes of crackers and plenty of cheese in his luggage to ensure he would have enough to eat and last during the trip.

One day he finally boarded the ship and it headed to America. During most of the trip when it was time for the passengers to eat, he saw them going into the dining room and he was present too, but would always go into a corner and start eating his cheese and crackers thinking he could not afford the dining expense.

This went on for most of the trip, day after day, until finally after most of the trip had been completed, a man who had noticed him always eating cheese and crackers in the corner asked him “Sir why do always go into a corner and eat cheese and crackers every time a meal is served in the dining room.”

The man replied, “Sir, I only had enough money to buy the ticket to America. I didn’t have enough money to buy food so I made sure I would not go hungry and just brought cheese and crackers to eat.”

The other passenger, said to him, “Sir, the ticket you purchased for the trip also included the meals. You’ve been missing out on all of the food, drinks, and other privileges that your ticket provides to you.”

The man had been eating cheese and crackers when all he had to do was join in the dining room and sit at the table with everyone else who had purchased a ticket and he would have been waited on and had access to the banquet and buffet of food, drinks, and other perks that the paid ticket included.

The Moral of the Story

When I heard this story it immediately struck me how Christians miss out on so much because they continue to eat the cheese and crackers of life when they are entitled to a fabulous scrumptious banquet that God has set before everyone that accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

You see, Jesus came and gave his life a ransom for many. Any and all who accepts him receives salvation. John 3:16 (NIV); Romans 10:9.

When He shed his blood on the cross and died for the sins of mankind, he paid the price. He paid every Christian’s ticket for their voyage to Heaven.

The Ship of Zion

Continuing with the analogy of the man eating cheese and crackers during his voyage to America, there is an old Baptist hymn whose lyrics are appropriate.

The name of the hymn is “The Old Ship of Zion.” Zion has many meanings in today’s lexicon but in this sense, it refers metaphorically to heaven, the heavenly city or kingdom of heaven, and the ultimate place where Christians, those who have accepted Christ as their savior, are headed.

It’s their ultimate destination the same as America was the ultimate destination for the man referenced in this article.

The song’s lyrics encourage people to get on board this ship because it is headed to heaven and picking up passengers. The passengers who want to travel to this ultimate and most desirable location must purchase a ticket.

The cost of the ticket is simply to confess the Lord Jesus as savior and then get on board because He has already paid the price of the ticket when He shed His blood and died on the cross for the sins of mankind.

That paid ticket means you are entitled to every feast that God has planned for you during your trip (living on earth) until you get to your final destination, which is heaven.

The Banquet God Sets Before Every Christian

While on the Ship of Zion, God has made sure that those who follow Him are adequately taken care of. They don’t go hungry and should never feel like they are less than anyone else. The Lord makes promises to those who get on board this ship and those promises are guaranteed. He cannot lie.

The scriptures tell us what’s served at the banquet. It’s a feast, which means just about anything you can think of that’s good to eat is made available to you.

King David, in penning Psalms 23:5(NLT) makes it clear what the banquet is and points out that even enemies cannot keep you from feasting.

“You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.”

Indeed Jesus also adds to what the voyager on the Ship of Zion can expect. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 ESV

Stop Eating Cheese and Crackers

God has set it up that none of his followers should ever be eating only cheese and crackers on the journey of life, just the opposite. They should be rejoicing and eating the buffets of banquets that are set before us on a daily basis.

We are sons and daughters of God and we are heirs and Jesus makes us entitled to the inheritance that He left when He ascended back to heaven. Romans 8:16–17 (NKJV)

Unfortunately, so many Christians fall overboard during the voyage to heaven and sometimes get overwhelmed and lost at sea. However, this does not mean they are lost and cannot be rescued. God has a lifeline and He is ready to throw it out to anyone who has fallen overboard and cries out for rescue.

In his Word, He gives two examples, among many, of how to get back on board the Ship of Zion.

One is the story of the prodigal son who demanded his inheritance from his father. His father reluctantly gave it to him and the son went on a voyage of travel and frivolity. He spent all of his money on the so-called good life and ultimately he became so poor and hungry that he went to eat with hogs.

He then came to his senses and remembered his father. With great humility, he went back home determined to accept even the lowest position his father might offer him, even as a servant. He knew that at least he would be taken care of.

His father saw him coming from afar and welcomed him back with open arms and prepared a feast for him and restored him.

He had fallen overboard but his father, like God, accepted him back when he asked for a lifeline. This is what God does for Christians when they stray but come to their senses and come back to the Lord.

The other example is outlined in 1 John 1:9; “For if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

When a Christian confesses his or her sins and asks God for forgiveness it is freely given and history is wiped out. It is no longer a means of judgment against that person.

God restores as if it never happened. He only wants the best for us. Eating cheese and crackers does not measure up to God’s standards for those who love and follow Him.

Conclusion

Christians have a special place in God’s heart and they are treated in a special way that is totally different than those who don’t profess faith in Him. Yes, he loves all mankind, but those who accept Christ are given privileges and access to his love and salvation, which include banquets, business success, fulfilled lives, and love for others.

All it takes is purchasing a ticket which is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as personal savior. Then, one can board the ship headed to Zion and feast on all the promises of God, who never lies.

Christians don’t just eat the cheese and crackers of life, they feast on the best God has to offer.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                                                              WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT

The Holy Spirit is sure busy, this week He highlighted the covenants made with people in the Bible, let us look at some of them.

Noah – Gen 8 and 9 and the sign was a rainbow

Abraham – Gen 12,18,17 the sign was circumcision

Moses – Deut 28 He promised blessings

David – 2 Sam Ps 22 the sign was an everlasting throne

Jesus – brought in a New Covenant that was for all of us.

I wondered why He was highlighting covenants then He reminded me of something that happened a few years ago. I was attending a ladies meeting. We arrived at the ladies house and I was looking forward to her next lesson about the Proverbs 31 woman.

She told us that the Lord had told her that we had to have communion. We were all surprised when she brought out the tray and there was bread and water on the tray. My friend told her that if she did not have grape juice she could have told her and she would have bought some on the way, but she told her that the Lord had instructed her to use water.

We were intrigued and took communion with the bread and water. Then she took the tray and came to me and offered me communion again, saying that the Lord had instructed her to do that. I was puzzled as we had just all had communion together. She gave me the bread and then the water and then opened her bible to

Exodus

23:25  You shall serve the Lord your God; He shall bless your bread and water, and I will take sickness from your midst.

23:26  None shall lose her young by miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

I did not understand, she again said “The Lord is making a covenant with you” I was undone, why me, why not with the ladies in the room, after all they had been born again long before me, and were serving the Lord, it did not make sense.

When I got home I again read and reread those words. I realized that there was a condition attached – ‘serve the Lord your God’. Well I had asked the Lord if I could serve Him, and He took me at my word, but to make a covenant with me, this was serious business.

I looked again at the covenants that God had made with the men in the Old Testament, and there were conditions and consequences in keeping the covenants.

Many preachers had successful ministries until they broke covenant and then suddenly they had problems and seem to lose their anointing. Abraham and Sarah was told they would have a son, but Sarah did not have the faith to believe it and broke covenant and made a plan that was not God’s plan and it turned out a bad thing for the Israel that is still causing them problems. 

David lost out on building the temple because he had blood on his hands. Preachers lose their ministries because they do not adhere to their calling. So you see when God calls you and gives you an anointing and mantles and you break that covenant you will lose out on what God has for you.

The other day I told God I am getting old now am I finished with my tasks, maybe I can retire? Well I could hear God laugh, and say remember the covenant, ‘I will fulfill your days’ I guess that means I am not finished yet.  Maybe you should go and ask God what covenant He has made with you.

God bless and have a blessed week.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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How to have a personal relationship with God

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                              HOW TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD

That is the name of the book that I just read last week, I was so excited to read this book, I looked forward to having a deeper walk with the Lord, hear more clearly His voice, and I was hoping to be so encouraged.

Well I read and read, and the book was very well written, had plenty of scriptures to refer to, and of course the do’s and don’ts. But as I neared the end of the book I must admit I started to get a bit worried. I really thought that this book will show me the way to walk with God in a new way, to understand Him better, to have a personal relationship with Him on a new level. But as I ended the book I felt empty, I was so disappointed. There did not seem to be an anointing, a fire, an excitement. Don’t get me wrong there was nothing wrong with the teaching, but that is all it was – a teaching. I just felt that the author did not achieve to bring me into that personal relationship that he was writing about.

Then I found another book, which promised to provide you with a picture that would prove that God exists. I was excited, if you have ever seen that  video called ‘indescribable’ wow! After seeing that I could really believe in the God that made it all. So here was an author claiming that he had pictures that would reveal God to even Atheists.

Once again I was excited, I started to read and the sentences were short and then the first picture, of the northern lights came up, sure that was exciting, who can explain the beauty of those colors in the sky, and the many shapes. But scientists explained that it had something to do with the magnetic pull on the earth.

I paged on and continued to read and there was a picture of the Grand Canyon, well that did not really inspire me, so I hoped for more and the next picture was of a dormant volcano.  Ok I was disappointed but hoped for more, only to discover the next chapter was – wait for it – recipes of food that was good for your body. What a let down. Here I was hoping for a great reveal of our Magnificent God and all I got was recipe’s! really! Now I do not know about you, but since the night when I felt a hand in my hand, while I was crying into my pillow and I felt the peace of God flow over me; I wanted to get to know this God. I heard His audible voice and it scared the living daylights out of me, but I still wanted to pursue Him. I just did not know how to get there. When He gave me miracle healing I was just more determined to get to know God for myself. Not just sit and listen to others having encounters, no! I wanted to experience His presence for myself.

I just did not know how I was going to achieve that. People give you advice, find a quiet place and read the word and meditate and sit in His presence, well most people get nothing out of that experience. Maybe they feel a touch, for a moment, but imagine having a friend but you can never sit down with them and enjoy a cup of coffee, they are always at the other end of the line on a telephone. Like having a penpal and they send you one black and white photo. You don’t know what color their hair is, or their eyes. You cannot give them a hug, or receive a hug in return.  I felt that way about Jesus, I wanted to fall down by His feet and thank Him for dying on the cross for me, and give Him a hug. Oh no, you say we cannot do that. BUT I was not satisfied; I had to find a way. I discovered Jacob’s ladder and my imagination went into overdrive. I thought those angels could go up and down. Then I found a scripture that said ‘come up here and I will show you things you cannot imagine.’

I decided that I was going to accept that invitation. I suggested it to my friend Marie and she agreed and we drew a picture of stairs (I felt I was a little too old to climb up a ladder) and then I said ‘how will we know we have reached heaven? So we drew two pillars, then the floor and a podium where the three thrones would be.

We closed our eyes and imagined we were walking up those stairs until we saw the pillars – I was so excited I was going to knock on heaven’s door – I stepped out onto the floor and saw Jesus sitting on the throne. I knew this was not real – right, it was just my imagination – I fell onto my knees and started to worship Him and then something unreal happened, He came forward and said ‘Welcome my daughter’

Well I got such a fright that I came out of it, that was not what I expected, meeting Jesus face to face.

I thought well that was a nice way to use your imagination, but it felt so real. I looked at Marie and she was sitting there with a smile on her face and tears of joy running down her cheeks, she had, had an encounter too. Later I decided to go back and see what would happen and the same thing happened, Jesus got up and came to me. I was still not sure if I was imagining this and in the next few days kept going back, and I found that it was true, I was having a face to face encounter with Jesus. One day I came back from church and they had sung that song ‘dance with me’ and very boldly I asked Him to dance with me, and He did. After that He used the visits to give me direction for the assignments but other times He gave me things. A ruby, a bunch of flowers, a crown, and often He gave a sword. I realized that everything He gave me had a reason and I found a dream dictionary and looked up what the things He gave me meant. It was a journey of discovery and I was so happy. No longer was Jesus that man that died on the cross for salvation, He became my mentor, my friend, my Savior, and so much more, later He took me to meet the Father, that was awesome, as He is so BIG you cannot imagine. He called me by my name and I was undone, I said to my friend, ‘He knows my name, He knows my name’ she just laughed at me. But I did not stop there, I invited the Holy Spirit to come and sit next to me, and He shared the heart of God with me. Now I had achieved what I had set out to do – to meet God.

I even started to use the throne room visits as a counseling tool, and taught others to go there and they all had awesome encounters. I share some of these in my book called ‘The throne room’ and I still go there to spend time with the Lord. It beats trying to get my mind to get quiet in the rush of this world we live in and I was never successful in meditating I just would get distracted. So going to His door and knocking was the next best thing and He obliged to let me in.

This blog was inspired by the Holy Spirit I hope you will now go and knock on heaven’s door.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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HOW TO CROWN THE YEAR WITH HIS BOUNTY

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

Mandy Woodhouse: “How to Crown the Year with His Bounty”

This is a very encouraging word read it and let it resonate in your spirit

Every 12 months that we cross into the new calendar year, there is always excitement in having a word for the upcoming year.

This year, the word that seems to be on many people’s lips for 2024 is the word “ascend,” which comes from Psalm 24. I love this word, and I absolutely adore Psalm 24!

The two words that I heard the Lord speak for 2024 are the words 1) “STAND” and 2) “BOUNTY.” Although these clearly mean something to me personally, I also believe that they are what He is saying over the Body of Christ. I see that both of these words tie into the true meaning of “ascend” in Psalm 24, and I felt the Lord wanting to take me on an adventure with Him to find more of the fullness of what He is speaking over this next year, especially in the context of standing and bounty.

I googled the definitions of both words and gained more understanding of what the Lord was trying to say for 2024.

Stand

The definition of stand is to “have or maintain an upright position, supported by one’s feet”; but it also means to “be situated in a particular place or position.” Another apt definition is “a rack, base, or piece of furniture for holding, supporting, or displaying something.”

The word “stand” in Psalm 24:3 (“Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in His holy place?”) is the Hebrew word “qûm” (Strong’s h6965), which actually means “to arise,” “to raise oneself,” “endure,” and “to be established.”

Here’s what I feel the Lord is saying regarding this word “stand”: The Lord is teaching us, through His presence (ascension), to maintain an upright position in order to endure and be firmly established in Him. In this place, we get to display His glory and honor!

Ephesians 6:13 says, “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”

Side note: I do not believe that 2024 will be an easy year. The Lord has shown me (and others) some very specific things that will occur in the coming years that will not be easy to swallow. HOWEVER, praise be to Jesus alone, it can still be a GOOD year, even if it is a challenging year. He is teaching us to STAND and to display His goodness, no matter what. He is calling us to find the reality of high places with Him. (Ephesians 2:6 says that we are seated WITH HIM in these high places.) He is asking us to ARISE AND TO ENDURE in an upright position, our gaze fixed firmly upon His, so that when the evil days approach the 2024 calendar year, we will not be moved. (Photo via Pixexid)

If we learn now to stand and position ourselves in that place in Him, nothing will cause us to fall in 2024 or beyond.

Bounty

The Father spoke the word “bounty” to me from Psalm 65.

The word “bounty,” when googled, means “something that occurs in plenty or is given in generous amounts.”

Oddly, though there are many modern-day definitions of this word that do not seem to fit what I felt the Lord was speaking to my spirit regarding this word “bounty,” I was thrilled to look at the origin of the word. Bounty, in the context of generosity, comes from the Latin word “bonus,” which means GOOD. It then morphed into the old French word “bonté,” which means GOODNESS. Then in the 18th century, it became an English word used to describe GENEROSITY DUE TO SOMEONE’S GOODNESS. This screams the nature of the Father!

I have felt for weeks now the Lord’s invitation into a Psalm 65:11-13 reality.

Psalm 65:11-13 (AMP): “You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow. The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], and the hills are encircled with joy. The meadows are clothed with flocks and the valleys are covered with grain; they shout for joy and they sing.”

In Psalm 65, that word “bounty” in the Hebrew is the word “tôb” (Strong’s h2896), which means a number of lovely words, including “beautiful,” “best,” “good,” “pleasant,” “agreeable,” “excellent,” “precious,” “wealth,” “favor,” “glad,” “happy,” and “prosperous.”

This makes my heart leap because of the GOODNESS of my KING! I believe the Lord’s desire is to CROWN 2024 WITH HIS BOUNTY, in every area of our lives!

How These Words Fit Together, and His Heart for 2024

I have had dreams for several years now of this concept of standing and learning to stand, and I have even taught courses to equip people to stand. I know that this is not a new word. Just as I believe that the word “ascend” is an ongoing word for the Body of Christ, I also believe the same for the word “stand.” Likewise, the word “bounty” is a word that describes the nature of the heart of the Father, and brings encouragement, not necessarily a clear direction for the coming year. In light of these things, I have been asking the Lord for an increase of clarity on what He is wanting His people to know for 2024. 

Here’s what I believe the Lord is saying, and how these words fit together:

2024, much like 2020 (though not the same exact circumstances), will be a year of challenges once again. HOWEVER, it does not have to affect us the way that 2020 affected us. 2020 caught the world off guard, but 2024 will not. The Lord is calling us yet again to go higher in every area. He is calling us to STAND on His holy hill and to position our hearts there as immovable and established to be able to display His glory. I believe that once we grab a hold of this invitation to go higher and to STAND, we will begin to see the year crowned with BOUNTY and goodness. We will overflow in all areas, even when challenges arise. I also believe that there is a calling to truly know the reality of our being seated with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6).

What an invitation into positioning ourselves rightly for 2024.

Even as I typed this, I had a flash vision of people climbing hills, standing with their gaze towards Heaven; and I saw that their feet began to grow roots which went deep into the soil and made them immovable. And as the winds began to rage around them, they were not uprooted or ripped apart; their faces glowed with the glory and beauty of the King, much like Stephen when being stoned (Acts 7). And just as Psalm 65:13 says, the hills and valleys around them began to “shout and sing for joy” (even in the midst of the storm)!

Final Thoughts

He is calling us to not only stand, but to be established as we stand. To establish ourselves also in an Ephesians 2:6 truth. It is in that place, where Jesus is firmly established within us and we in Him, that we will experience the bounty that the Lord promises to crown us with in 2024. We cannot learn to stand by striving or religious obligations or doing anything in our own strength. Likewise, where we stand is important, and this is where the ascension part comes into play. I believe that when we stand in 2024, we will display the glory and abundant goodness of God, come what may…

Blessings, peace and joy upon you and yours this new year!

Shalom.

Catharina.

If these letters have touched your heart, please pass them on to others. Consider putting them on my email list. If you need salvation, contact me so that I can give you the necessary information.  Thank you to those who are sowing into this work. May God bless you abundantly!! At the moment I am having a problem with paypal but if you want to sow into the ministry let me know and I will send you the information you need to sow. Thank you

SPIRITUAL NAMES

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                                                             Spiritual Names

Have you noticed that God sometimes changes people’s names?

 Many people in the Bible like Abram and Sarai had their names changed by God. What happened here was God was placing a mantle on them about their destiny.  Not only did He add part of His name to theirs, but they then had a destiny to complete. Abram became Abraham the father of nations, and Sarai became Sarah mother of nations. You see immediately they could see their destiny, every time Sarah called her husband she was saying ‘father of many nations’.

While studying Nehemiah I came across many names in that book, and wondered why everyone who worked on the walls and gates were names. God was making sure that they would be remembered. When you do something for God He makes a note of it.

 In the same way God kept on changing my name as I went on each assignment for Him to churches as a messenger.  The first name I was given was ‘Elizabeth’ I wondered why He was giving me that spiritual name. Eventually I figured it out, she was the mother of John the Baptist, the messenger that foretold of the coming Messiah. God gave me that name to point out my destiny as a messenger. Then He changed it to Sarah, and I wondered what that was all about, until I realized that I was getting a whole lot of spiritual children, you see once again He was pointing out my destiny. As a Rahab I learnt to walk by faith, As an Esther I learnt all about God’s favor on my life. As Anna I learnt to prophesy and be a teacher. You see each time there was a destiny attached to it. Then for a while I was not given a name, and suddenly the name of Nehemiah came up, I was baffled, what was that all about until I He said “go up the hills and fetch lumber and build my church”

I knew that I was not a going to build an actual church, because I am not a Pastor. It took months of study and searching the scriptures before I felt that it had something to do with building but what was it. Then God spoke – Go and build up My church’ wow! Ok, so from messenger to builder. A new assignment and destiny.

Once again I tried to tell God I am not a builder, until I looked at what I was doing, and yes I am building. By praying for people, by counseling, by teaching them! Yes, I am building up the church, you must realize that the church of God is not a building of bricks, but people. You and I are the church.  God uses people to build up His church. Every time you share a scripture with a friend, or send them a You tube video of a sermon, you are building up the church. It is not only the 5 fold ministry that do the work, but everyone of us is called to do this building, sometimes you get broken down people and you have to build them up so that they are strong in the Lord. Then sometimes you have to clean them out, even correct them. Show them the right way. Help them with forgiveness, pick them up when they fall. Everyone of us is a builder in God’s Kingdom.

Now that I am done with Nehemiah  I wonder what my next name will be? It is so exciting to serve the Lord, He always comes up with something new and exciting, in the meantime I will continue to build up the church.

How do you build, by praying, studying the bible, getting to know the Holy Spirit who is your guide, and who gives you the building material, getting intimate with Jesus and worshipping the Father. Getting yourself equipped is vital, you cannot build a building without learning how to do it, what tools you need, and how to follow a building plan. All this is supplied by God to help us complete the work that we are called to do.

I have met many Christians who have no clue how to build up others, they do not study their bibles, it is easier to go and sit in the pew on Sunday and let the Pastor teach them, but they do not even realize that if they do not test that sermon, how do they know what he preaches is even the truth. The Bereans used to study the word and encouraged everyone else to do the same. It is time for the body of Christ to stop being lazy and get the tools they need, Jesus wants to come and fetch His bride but they are not ready, do you even realize that you will be rewarded for the work you do in His Kingdom.

Or are you ok with just the crown of salvation, there are many crowns that await us at the Bema judgment seat and Jesus waits to welcome us with those words ‘Good and faithful servant’ we are all called to be servants.

Have a blessed week.  

Shalom.

Catharina.

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REKINDLE THE FIRE

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                                                   REKINDLE THE FIRE

Sometimes we feel empty, depressed, out of sorts, nothing seems to go right, this emptiness just makes you feel like giving up, even your body feels tired.

It Is just the enemy trying to get you away from your destiny. You do know that before God put you in the womb, you had a destiny, and even in the womb, the enemy will try to kill you, to prevent you from living out that destiny. I remember hearing a man of God, telling how he could remember when he was in the womb, now that is something fantastic, imagine that, BUT he remembers that he saw something coming into the womb, and then a hand took him and moved him out of the way. Only years after he was born, he found out that his mother had tried to have him aborted. BUT he had a destiny. He became a great preacher.

Now most of you have received prophetic words that show you your destiny, but the enemy attacks you and you just want to be left alone, not have the pressure to fulfill this destiny. Or you want to be on fire for the Lord, but everything comes against it.

This morning I want to give you a Prophetic Word that should encourage you and put you on fire, uplift you and give you joy, give you courage to move forward. To say to satan, ‘enough, I am a child of God and I will go forward and be on fire for the Lord.

: “You will go beyond where you have been in the past. You had fire in one season, but now you will go beyond and BE fire for the next season. You will draw back the bow and shoot beyond where you have gone in the past. You will ford and eddy and you will go into that water, and yet you will not back up when the water deepens around you. You will go beyond!”

“The fire is coming in you and melting away what is trying to cause you to slumber in this season. You have lost your ‘soul press’. I am rekindling your soul, for there is an identity in you that is going to be fiery and will burn your way through this season. Momentum is coming through the fire gate. Catch the moment and you will create the event you’ve been watching for. You have said, ‘The event is escaping me.’ Catch the moment when I blow up through your soul and awaken the past deposits of My glory that have fallen asleep.

“Your soul has been dry and your soul has cried, but today there is a sound of rushing waters in your soul that is causing your soul not only to be healed, but to see. By seeing deep into your soul, your identity will be displayed. Allow the rivers flowing from My throne to flow in your soul so that your soul comes alive in Me with new energy to press forward. Your soul will now see! You have not seen your identity reflect the desires deep within you. I am causing a river to cause a reflection to come through you that you have not seen. The identities of My people in the earth are now changing and they will have a different identity as they cross into their future. Remove that which is not reflecting Me. Words have been spoken that stopped you from digesting My word in the past and stopped you with fear from branching out into places that I am calling you to branch out into. Those words are now being pushed out by the River and the Fire in you so that you will have a boldness to say, ‘This is who I am in this season’.

“There is a smell of sacrifice that I am calling to arise from My people because the fire that was once burning has been rekindled. You have smelled the burning from the past but have not seen the fire. Smell the burning and watch, for the fire will come alive. I am blowing on the fire. The smell of burning is on you, but now the fire will blaze in you. There must be a release of new fire through My people. Ask Me to open that fire gate and cause the smell of burning that has been purifying you in the last several months to turn to a new, blazing fire. The fat is going in the fire! You have been trying to lose weight on your own, in the flesh. You have been trying to get rid of weight – not just physically, but spiritual weights – and the fat is going in the fire. The fire gate of heaven is opening and the fat is in the fire! You will move toward the river and go beyond the river and the depth you have been in the past season.

If you feel that you have lost your fire then this word is for you. Dig deep and find that fire gate and allow the Lord to rekindle your fire.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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THE MESSAGE OF JOEL AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TODAY

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

THE MESSAGE OF JOEL AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TODAY

It is a message that reveals what Joel prophesied is going to come to pass in our lifetime. What happened on the day of Pentecost was only a down payment for something that God had promised to release in fullness in the generation in which the Lord returns. What began that day with 3,000 believers was to increase dramatically with global dimensions—touching all flesh. Flowing with this revival is a great crisis on all Gentile nations in Joel 3. I am still busy with the overview but throughout history, God’s prophets have spoken of an hour of calamity coming to the planet, which Jesus called the Great Tribulation. Dan 12:1, Jer 30:7 and Mt 24:21.

In the news lately, the upheaval in Egypt, Lebanon, and surrounding countries, puts enemies on all fronts of Israel, exactly as the Prophets have predicted about the end times. Joel’s message is basically to prepare the people for the crises and world wide outpouring of the Spirit, calamities and blessing will walk side by side at these times. Take note of this year – 586BC the invasion of Israel by Babylon is a foreshadowing of what will happen under the antichrist’s empire in the end times. God will once again rescue His people, and He will once again use an evil leader as He used Nebuchadnezzar.

The complete fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy will include the Joel 1 locust plague (agricultural and economic crisis, Rev. 8), the Joel 2 military invasion (Zech. 12-14), and the Joel 2 worldwide outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all flesh.

In the end times, God’s people will experience the greatest heights of victory in the midst of the greatest hour of pressure and persecution. It will be our finest hour.

God raised up other prophets in Joel’s generation. I believe that Habakkuk and Zephaniah were contemporaries of Joel. Joel, Habakkuk, Zephaniah are similar in their language and message of God’s judgment on rebellious Israel by Babylon. They each cried, “Trouble is coming to those who refuse mercy. Cry for mercy and return to God in repentance with fasting and prayer!”

I assume these three were friends, each participating in this difficult assignment of warning a prosperous and religious nation that great trouble was coming soon. Few listened to them.

The message of the Old Testament prophets was unpopular with the majority. Their message was opposed as being wrong and irrelevant. End-time forerunners will face similar opposition.

When God’s judgments increase in the land, a theological crisis emerges in the earth. Many questions will arise. I identify three questions that leaders in the Body of Christ must answer. These questions are not new; God’s shepherds have always had to answer them.

Question #1: If God is a God of love, why will He allow this?

The most common question that God’s people grapple with is: how can a God of love allow and even raise up evil nations to be the rod of discipline? It was this tension that Habakkuk wrestled through when he cried to God about the Babylon invasion of Israel.

Answer #1: The God of love has no contradiction in His heart when He judges a rebellious nation to stop them from oppressing people and to wake them up spiritually so that they may also be saved. His goal is to remove everything that hinders love. God’s judgments result in people learning righteousness (Isa. 26:9).

Question #2: What can the righteous do to stop or minimize God’s judgment in a nation?

Answer #2: God calls intercessors to stand in the gap before Him (Joel 2:12-17) and the sinful nation to ask Him to remove, or at least minimize, His judgments (Joel 2:13-14).

Question #3: What do the righteous say and do before and after God’s judgments? 

What specifically are God’s prophetic messengers to call the people to do?

Answer #3: A careful study of the book of Joel gives us some of these answers.

God desires to strengthen His people with understanding about His heart and ways. Isaiah said that revelation of God will be our wisdom and stability in times of crisis (Isa. 33:6).

When trouble comes, God is accused—even by His people. These accusations must be answered with the truth about God’s heart. He is perfect in love and wisdom and is just in all His ways (Rev. 15:3-4). We can be filled with confidence in God’s love when we understand His heart.

 “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! …for Your judgments have been manifested.” (Rev. 15:3-4)

Satan desires to plant lies about God in the hearts of God’s people. One of God’s answers is to raise up forerunners who will prepare the people so they do not accuse God in the coming crisis.

Forerunners help people have confidence in God’s love and wisdom in times of crisis.

In doing this they become a “voice” rather than an “echo” in the coming hour of crisis. In that day, forerunners will be voices preparing the Lord’s people for His return and the unique dynamics related to it.

Are you willing to be a forerunner for God, then start preparing the people, not to scare them into the Kingdom, but to convict people to Holiness, righteousness and prepare the way for God to bring in the last harvest.

Shalom.

Catharina.

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SPEAK LIFE INTO YOUR SITUATION PART 2

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                                 “Speak Life Into Your Situation” Part 2

Even in the midst of what looks like catastrophe, keep speaking the blessing, keep the ship of your life on a steady course, and before you know it the storm clouds will clear and you will have broken through your difficulty and left it far behind you.

Tell Your Troubles Where to Go = Your every decree is pregnant with the power and potential to revolutionize your life. Psalm 2:7-8 indicates that God utilizes this prerogative, and grants the same to His earthly ambassadors:

I will declare the decree: “The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You…'”

David used his right to decree and declare to turn the tides of Israel’s unfavorable fate and to defeat their enemy Goliath. In the book of 1 Samuel 17:46-51, David addresses his enemy with conviction and authority:

“This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him…David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword…out of its sheath…and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Since the spirit realm is the causal realm, Goliath was dead long before he was struck by the stone and beheaded by the sword.

Remember, according to Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Choose to use your tongue to bring life and not death, to bless and not to curse—even when it comes to your “enemies.” Learn the art of blessing, for in blessing a thing or a person, that thing or person must bless you. “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse” (Romans 12:14). When you bless, blessings will be drawn to you, or as Deuteronomy 28:2 says, “blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.” Conversely, in cursing a thing or a person, you draw curses upon yourself. Remenber the word says “ what you sow you will reap”.

Again, as James said: “A double-minded man (is) unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8). What did he mean? A double-minded person is a person with conflicting thoughts—someone who holds two different opinions at the same time. That person is the pilot who steers his ship towards one port for a while, then reverses to steer it towards another in the opposite direction. “He…is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind” (James 1:6). At one point your life is headed towards blessings because that is what you have spoken, and the next it is headed towards cursing because that is now what your mouth is proclaiming. James again describes this pilot’s plight later in his letter:

With it (the tongue) we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.—James 3:9-10

I am convinced that Believers tend to live beneath the standard God has ordained for His children because of ignorance. We do not know that our daily declarations and decrees have the power to alter our destiny and change the quality of our lives. Proverbs 13:3 states that “He who guards his mouth (watches what he says) preserves his life.” Or again as James said, “If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect (mature) man, able also to bridle the whole body” (James 3:2). If guarding your words causes you to keep your life and grow in maturity, imagine what happens when you do not guard your words?

Speak Out Your Blessings: Hosea 8:7 (NIV) states, “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.” This demonstrates the powerful nature of words. Whatever you sow will come back to you multiplied. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.—Galatians 6:7-8 I decree and declare that you dwell in the secret place of the Most High God and dwell under the shadow of the Almighty, and everything that is misaligned I command to come into divine alignment.

• That you have the mind of Christ and therefore seek things above and not beneath.

• That you ascend into new realms of power and authority and access new dimensions of divine revelation.

• That you wear the helmet of salvation to protect your mind from negative thoughts that would derail God’s purposes and plans for you.

• That truth protects your integrity, righteousness protects your reputation, the Gospel of peace guides your every step, the shield of faith secures your future and destiny, and the sword of the Spirit grants you dominion and authority.

• That new cycles of victory, success, and prosperity will replace old cycles of failure, poverty, and death in your life.

• Today is the dawning of a new day. Your season of frustration and failure is over, and you walk in a season of success and prosperity. Old things have passed away; all things have become new.

• That Psalm 25:21 ministers to you, “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on Thee.”

• That your thoughts are governed only by things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse (Philippians 4:8-9 The Message).

Be Blessed. Speak life into your situation!

Shalom.

Catharina.

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FAVOR, INTIMACY AND AUTHORITY

                                             HADASSAH MINISTRY

Dear Saints,

                                                              FAVOR, INTIMACY, AND AUTHORITY.

These three things is what I learnt a while back when I was in a wilderness time. I went to visit a friend and we prayed and on Monday morning I packed to go to the station to catch the train home, when the Holy Spirit told me to stay.

I was puzzled but my friend was jumping up and down for joy, she had wanted me to stay longer. We spent some time in praise in worship and she got up and fetched a cd and put it on. I was blown away. If you ever want to learn about favor, intimacy and authority I recommend that you get the teachings of Graham Cooke. This man of God really has some out of the box teachings that will empower you, encourage you, and teach you. And he is very funny too.

When we finished listening to two tapes, I wanted more but she only had those two tapes, we went to her cell leader who allowed us to take some more tapes and have them copied. I went home and spent hours and hours listening to those tapes.

In these teachings he stretches you to believe God for things you never thought you would ask of God. He challenges you to see yourself as God sees you, and to go into the future and see your prophetic word fulfilled then come back and live it as if it has already happened.

One of the teachings he teaches about is favor. I had read about it in the bible often but did not know how to get it operating in my life. At the same time as we were getting into his teachings, my friend said that the Lord had told her to crown me queen and to tell me that my name was now Esther. God often gave me a biblical name whenever I went into a new season. But Esther was special, because her theme is one of favor. I studied it up and decided to ask God to put favor on my life. Suddenly favor showed up, it was awesome. I went to visit a friend up country and the night before I left I asked God to preserve the front seat for me as there was more leg room. My friend was giving my luggage in while I stood in line and procured the front seat, I came back and she was standing in the driveway, she said the luggage was too heavy and I had to go and weigh it, but I took it and went to the guy busy loading and gave him the two suitcases then he took it and said ‘Bellville’ I had not told him where I was going, so that was strange, he placed the suitcases in the hold and I told him I had one more package, I handed it to him and he smiled and loaded it. I went back to my friend who was standing in the road with her mouth open, she said “some people do have favor”  that is when I knew that favor had manifested in my life.

The next thing I learnt from Graham was intimacy. He tells the story of a dream where he was sitting on the lap of Father God. Angels came in with a block of marble. God asked him if he liked it. He said it was amazing. Then two hands appeared and started chipping away at the block. He stood up on the lap of God and put his hand on His head and looked at what was happening. When it was finished God asked him if he liked it. He said “Yes but what is it”. God said “it is you”.

I was amazed at the story, firstly because of the intimacy he had with Father God, and then at what God showed him, it was how God saw him and how that He was working on Graham to chip away what was not needed to produce the person that God saw him as. Then Graham asks you to see yourself as God sees you. You take your prophetic words or dreams and visions that God has spoken over you or shown you, and you see how God sees you. Moses said “I stutter” Gideon said “I am too young” and David was only a shepherd boy when he was anointed to be a king. God told Moses he would be as a God to Pharaoh. God told Gideon “you are a warrior”

It would be interesting to get feedback as to what God told you about yourself.  We struggle to see ourselves as God sees us. Because we do not believe that we can be that person.

Through these teachings I decided that it would benefit me to get to know God intimately, then He could lead me in the way He wanted me to go and I could learn more about Him.

I also learnt about my authority and how we should use it when we needed to do something for God, or other people. How to use our authority when dealing with demonic attacks!!! Many people come to you and ask you to pray for them about a certain situation. One day I asked a lady why she did not pray to God herself; after all she has the same authority that I have. But she said, “When you pray God listens” that made me realize that most people had no relationship with God and they did not really understand about the authority that Jesus gave us before He left this world.

One morning I got a frantic call from a friend about a fire that was about to burn down her house, I did not know how to pray, but the Holy Spirit whispered “tell the fire to turn back on itself” so I did just  that and the wind changed and the fire turned and burnt out. Just yesterday a friend told me how she asked me to pray for a man that had gall stones that were stuck and the doctor’s could not operate to remove them, I took my staff and struck the floor and commanded those stones to move in Jesus Name, and she told me that after I prayed the stones moved and came down, and the doctors did not know how that had happened. Well God did it but I had taken authority over it. You see we must learn that almost everything that happens on earth, we can take authority over because Jesus gave us His authority. I know of a preacher that cured many people in a plague because he took authority over the plague and it died. We just do not realize that we have that authority, and we do not know how to use it. I really benefitted from listening to the Graham Cooke teachings and it really helped me to grow as a Christian. I recommend his teachings if you need to grow as A Christian.

Take your prophetic word and see How God sees you and then go and walk in it. Have a blessed week.

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Shalom.

Catharina.

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