ANY HOW...

A Christian woman's mother passes away and they'd been believing for her healing...
... any how...

A young man is hired for a blessing of a job and at the last minute they rescind the offer...
...any how...

A woman is believing God for a house, but every circumstance says, "no, not ever."
...any how...

A man is prophesied the success of his career over and over, but all to no avail...
...any how...

A woman knows her purpose and calling in the Lord, but just cannot manifest the dream...
...any how...

Does it seem hurtful, thoughtless and cavalier for me to say, "any how?"  Does it seem as if I am disregarding and even belittling the struggles and pains, trials and tribulations we all so frequently go through by saying, "any how?"  Does it seem dismissive or even condescending?

What if I were to tell you that "any how" is EMPOWERING?!

From this perspective, you might think I mean "encouraging" such as:

• "Yes, it hurts that your loved one is gone, but trust in the Lord any how."
• "Yes, I know that was the perfect job for you, but trust in the Lord any how."
• "Yes, I know you really want a house of your own, but trust in the Lord any how."
• "Yes, it may not seem you are on the right career path, but trust the Lord any how."
• "Yes, I know what the desires of your heart are, but trust in the Lord any how."

But no... I am not trying to be encouraging.  I am not trying to lift your spirits, make you feel better or give you hope.  I am not even trying to "build your faith."

Yes, Hebrews 11:1 says, "NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

• And I know you are hoping for healing,
• hoping for a job,
• hoping for a home,
• hoping for success,
• hoping for your purpose,
• hoping for prosperity,
• hoping for your marriage,
• hoping for your children,
• hoping for deliverance,
• hoping for salvation,
• and hoping against hope for the promises of God to be made manifest in your life.

BUT HOPE HAS NO POWER.
HOPE-FILLED PRAYERS HAVE NO POWER
HOPE CANNOT MANIFEST WHAT YOU ARE HOPING FOR

But "any how" can.

"Any how," like the word "NOW" has a sense of finality to it.  It is definitive and cuts off all further discussion.  "Now" is the last word in the beginning of a sentence.  "Any how" is the beginning of faith at the end of a sentence.

"Any how" and "Now" are statements that announce faith.  And it is faith that makes things happen.

Sure, sure - you may say.  That's so easy to say AFTER the loved one is gone; AFTER the job has been pulled out from under you; AFTER the broker says your credit sucks; After yet another rejection; and AFTER yet another embarrassment of effort you've stepped into.

What good was FAITH after what you were hoping for did not manifest?  What good is Hebrews 11:1 AFTER the FACT that what you were hoping for remained UNSEEN and UNSUBSTANTIATED???

Any how...

God created the heavens and the earth and everything on it, above it and below it with His words.

• Genesis 1:26 says, "God created man in His image, after his own likeness..."  Words.
• Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." Words.
• Job 28:22 says, "You shall decree a thing and it shall be established..." Words.

A "decree" is a declaration made in absolute faith.  What we decree with the words of our mouth has the same power of God, since we were created in His image and in His likeness.

But John 10:10 says, "The devil comes NOT but for to steal, kill and destroy, but I (Jesus) have come that you might have LIFE and have it more abundantly!"

So, while we can give some encouragement after the fact with "any how;" those two words can also empower LIFE into a hopeless situation when we declare them with definitive faith!

When the devil steals your loved one's life; when the devil destroys your chance at a life-changing job; when the devil kills your hopes over ever getting a house; when the devil steals every opportunity for your success and when the devil destroys your ability to walk in God's purpose for your life, you MUST open your MOUTH and manifest the power you've been given by the Jesus who lives in you, to DESTROY the works of the devil!

DECLARE AND DECREE...

• I WILL walk in healing ANY HOW!
• I WILL land the job God has for me ANY HOW!
• I WILL own a home of my own ANY HOW!
• I WILL be a success in my career ANY HOW!
• I WILL walk in God's purpose for my life ANY HOW!
• I WILL have a great marriage; kids delivered from bondage; salvation for me and my house, prosperity, good health and a prosperous soul ANY HOW!! 

Now matter what the devil steals, kills or destroys or throws at you, you can OVERCOME him by exercising your God-given POWER for LIFE by telling that devil, "ANY HOW!"

(Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the WORD of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.")

No matter what, "any how" your way into the manifestation of God's BEST for you.

Power, Love & Peace, ya'll -
~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones

Choose for you; Choose for them

I've just recently had a clarification of a thought that I've probably even written about in blogs below.

Joshua 24:15 "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

We really are living in the days of choice, once again.

As believers, we need to make that choice once and for all, and then raise our children unto that choice.  It even says so in the scripture above.

Let me back up a bit...  Here's what I was thinking before I found the full scripture:

I was thinking about believers today, and children my 7 yr old son's age.  We can't straddle the fence any more in our Christian walk, and we can't raise our kids without teaching them how to walk that walk for themselves.  See, we all know the world is in an upheaval.  And we as believers know we cannot truly manage it without the help of the Lord.  But it goes much deeper than praying, "Lord, help me."

In the Garden of Eden there was not simply a display of deception and disobedience - but instead it was the dawn of a war of the worlds.  God created this world.  He established everything in it, formed man and woman as stewards of this world and gave them everything they would ever need to not only manage it, but replenish it, rule it and succeed in it.  Then God have them explicit instructions how.

But before they could get to it, satan came in through the back door and made a bid to Eve, knowing if she bit the bait, he would be given free reign (and I mean that literally), to establish the systems of his own world and sit as a prince on its throne.

In essence he was telling Eve - you can't be a proper steward of God's world if you aren't really sure of his instructions or his intentions.  Trust me, believe me and you will be the stewards of the world I will establish through your seed and the generations of your ignorance and disobedience.

You know the rest of the story...  and now 6000 years later all of mankind is largely clueless to the treason and the bargain unwittingly struck in that Garden at the dawn of time.

2000 years ago, however - Jesus came to set up new terms and resubmit our original choice to us.  The new terms are this: believe that He is the Son of God, crucified and risen on the third day, and you will be saved from the consequences of Adam and Eve's actions, and restored back to their original dominion.

Oh, wait... those new terms ARE the New Testament - or in other words, the New Covenant - that, through faith in God and belief in Jesus, is written upon our hearts and placed in our minds. (Hebrews 8:10)

Here's the problem...

In 2000 years, we as Believers have gone through cycles of restoration and what it actually means to walk in our original dominion.

True restoration hits a down cycle when we hear and believe things like: healing and prophecy were for the early church; we believe in the Holy Spirit, but not the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues; ministers and preachers must be ordained through a process of so many years of bible college or seminary and chosen by the church hierarchy; and prosperity teachers are not biblical.

Oh, there is so much more that we hear in church, see on Christian TV and read in Christian literature that clearly says we as Believers are largely still "working out our salvation" instead of walking in our dominion!

But as the Lord's return gets closer and closer, the circumstances of this world and our lives become more dire, prevalent and imminent: we must truly choose this day - today - who we are going to serve.  And I mean REALLY serve!

In case you hadn't noticed, the days are gone when we can be a Christian and operate in a worldly financial system.  Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and believe in abortion and support Gay marriage.*  Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and pick and choose whether we believe in tithing, healing, prophecy or prosperity.  Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and get away with just going to church on Sundays, or holidays.  Gone are the days when we can send our kids to Sunday school and think they'll be ok finding Jesus on their own when they're grown.  Gone are the days when Christians can be content with the knowledge that their place in heaven is secured, while still living their lives as if confessing Christ as Lord and Savior was all that was required.

To whom much is given, much is required.  But we live like we want to get so much more from God without giving Him any more than we already have been.

Gone are the days of the lukewarm Christian.  God is saying choose if you will be hot or cold; all or nothing; life or death - before He spits you out of His mouth for good.

More is required of you.

More belief.  More hope.  More love.  More compassion.  More truth.  More wisdom.  More Grace.  More Power.  More Glory.  More Faith...

And when I say more faith, I mean use more faith.  You've already been given all the faith you need.  But we Christians only use it for the big things: lost a job; lost a loved one; loosing a house; filing bankruptcy; car broke down; kids are in jail - you know the drill.  And if we use it and we don't get the job, or the loved one doesn't get healed, or the prayer doesn't seem to get answered, then we give up on faith all together.

But here's a truth for ya': we only exercise enough faith for God's permissive will and sometimes not even that. We as believers don't even know how to muster up enough faith to walk in God's divine will.  That is walking blind for sure! That is walking by faith and not by sight for EVERYTHING: groceries, gas, a pleasant marriage, a good job, a mortgage free house; saved and Holy Ghost filled kids; healing the cashier at Big Lots 'cause her back hurts; casting out demons from the panhandler with the sign at the end of the freeway; praying in love for that backstabbing, lying boss who is persecuting you at work, and telling the banker, the doctor, your parents, your spouse and even the preacher, "That's not what the word of God says!"

Living a life of faith is not easy, but that's because we don't know how.  But it's still your choice.

Living in the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of this world is scary, but that's because it goes against the grain and leaves us with doubt.  But it's still your choice.

Living a sold out, supernatural life of Dominion is crazy; but that's because living in this dog-eat-dog world is all we know.  But it is still your choice.

It is time to choose.  Life or death.  The world you know or the Kingdom you're supposed to reign.

Choose ye this day whom you will serve, and then teach your kids.  They are the ones who will need it the most.

Power, Love & Peace - ya'll
~Min. Dez

(*) 3.5.2014:  Gay Rights and Gay Marriage are not the same thing.  Everyone deserves the right to be respected, loved and not discriminated against.  Standing against Gay Marriage as a Christian is not a form of discrimination.  There is a very fine line between loving and respecting anyone who is homosexual and not supporting the homosexual lifestyle.  We have to take our example from Jesus and the adulterous woman.  Jesus loved her and did not condemn her, but he did not support her "right" to commit adultery any longer.  He said "go and sin no more."  As Christians it is not our job to change a homosexual's lifestyle.  But it is our job to show the love of Jesus - we do that by not discriminating.  As for the changing - let's leave that up to God, without accidentally (or purposefully) sanctioning the lifestyle in the process.

Canaan Redeemed - Part II

My littlest, newest cousin - now just 6 months old - is named "Cainen".  But his father calls him Cain.  When I first heart it I asked him to spell it.  Immediately I said, well, I'm calling him "Cainen!"  And that was before I'd met him.

Oh, then when I saw the little precious guy I knew right away.  His big baby eyes were already "new-life-bright," but when he looked at me and our eyes locked, his grew even bigger - as if in recognition.  Yep, if it hadn't have happened every time he looked at me I wouldn't have even said it was so.  But indeed, his eyes and face would light up and he would grin with recognition. 

I know baby Cainen recognized the light of the Lord and the Glory of God in me.

And when I saw him the first time, I recognized something in him also and I inadvertently pronounced a prophecy (that I didn't know was a prophecy), over his life and future.

As I grabbed his chunky little baby body into my arms and stared into his beautiful, bright eyes of recognition, I suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, look at you!  You will be the one to bring redemption to Canaan!"

That was 3 weeks ago.  And to be perfectly honest, I had forgotten all about the words of the Lord that I wrote down below until only just today.  And most certainly if I had remembered the word of the Lord regarding President Barak Obama, I definitely did not remember that I'd entitled the blog "The redemption of Canaan!"

But upon reading it today - I write this new post as a part II that is entirely unrelated to the words in the first part.

In the book of Genesis, when Noah's son Ham sees his drunken nakedness and tells his brothers, Noah awakes and curses, not Ham, but his son Canaan.  Noah's grandson's name was Canaan.  And Noah was saying that the people - the descendants born from Canaan would serve his brother's people all their days.  From Canaan came the Amalekites, and Hitites and all the other "ites" that the Hebrews had to purge from Canaan - the promised land - before they became Israelites.

Cainen is of mixed decent - African American and White/Spanish.  And as we all thoroughly know, President Obama is African and White.  While I believe that God's word to me about President Obama is that he will be instrumental in the redemption of Canaan in the nation, land and political/prophetic importance that it has in it's current existence today; little Cainen will grow to be a mighty man of valor, who will lead a generation of spiritual warriors who will bring redemption to the hearts, minds and souls of the people of Canaan as they currently exist today.

Before the Lord returns all peoples and all nations of every tongue under the heavens will have individual and collective opportunities for redemption.

Eve shall be redeemed.  Canaan shall be redeemed.  Egypt shall be redeemed.
Who else will be redeemed? 

Will you?

Power, Love & Peace, ya'll -
~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones

The Redemption of Canaan

I've said it before and God said it to me again, "Do not worry for the things of the world," He said to me this morning.

"Do not worry for what you will see and for what you will hear," says the Lord in regard to the future of America, Israel, and the other nations connected to us.  "Do not worry over what you will hear the media saying; what the politicians and leaders are saying, and even what the prophets and preachers are saying.  For they see in part and prophecy in part."   And I, as the maidservant of the Lord, only see in parts that seem to fill in the blanks of the parts of others.

The Lord God spoke to me this morning and told me yes, it's going to look bad - really bad.  President Barak Obama must needs be - and the things of this world and the decisions he will seem to make must need be.  The Lord God has said He will redeem Canaan through President Barak Obama.  But it will look very bad before this is evident.

The preachers and prophets that see President Barak Obama signing against Israel in the guise of Peace are right in as much as they can see.  The connections his critics try to make between the President and the Muslim nations must need be.  "How can a people be moved if they feel have no connection to the one whom I (sayeth the Lord God Almighty), have chosen to move them?  I will redeem Canaan and bring reconciliation to my lost and dispatched, dispised and rejected sons and daughters through President Barak Obama.  Not because he is a Muslim bent on destroying America (which he is not), nor because he is working on behalf of the plans of the devil to destroy Israel (which he - Obama - is not)."

The devil has no plans - he is part of a plan that he has already lost.  And the role President Barak Obama will play are on the side of good and not evil, blessings and not cursings - life and not death. But it will not seem so.  Up until the very last it will not seem so.  The media will report that President Barak Obama "has signed it" - and it will seem the worst fears of Christian and Jewish leaders for America and Israel have come to pass in favor of what Islam and Muslim leaders are fighting for.

"But the Holy Spirit will not be mocked and I, the Lord your God am not a man, that I should lie. What I have spoken, shall accomplish what I set it out to do, and I shall see My precious son Barak come into the fullness of My Spirit and My purpose for him, for America, for Israel and for Canaan.  For I know the thoughts I have of you, thoughts of good and not evil to give you an expected end."

What the prophets, preachers, teachers, political leaders and media spin-doctors expect - and what they shall see, and what they shall report are not of Me, sayeth the Lord our God.  "For my ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts. Lean NOT unto your own understanding!" commands the Lord our God.

When it comes to the seeming end, you will think the Lord God has forsaken America and Israel.  "You will think My Word as void. Jesus, My Word and My Glory, will prevail and has prevailed.  Canaan has been redeemed just as Israel has been blessed.  The temple plans have been laid for its rebuilding. Isreal and all the seed of Abraham have been promised to receive vineyards they did not plant and houses they did not build. Do not suppose your partial vision and partial understanding is all of Me - if any man think He is a prophet I, the Lord your God will reveal myself to him in dreams and in visions, but I show in part and reveal in part, that you may see in part and prophecy in part.  But I will not move upon the Earth without first revealing my secrets unto the hearts of man."

America has a prominent prophetic role in the history of this world's future.  But many cannot see this nation written in the pages of God's word.  But just as Israel is scattered and fractured, yet spoken of as a whole, so is America one, but you will find her spoken of in the pages of God's word as scattered and fractured - parts of separate wholes.

Israel is blessed and has been from the dawn of the age.  America is blessed, for the prayers of her citizens were heard before the formation of the heavens and the earth.  "And make no mistake," sayeth the Lord our God, "President Barak Hussein Obama is a child of God - a most precious child of God - chosen, ordained, consecrated and highly anointed for such a time as this and for this purpose and unto the utmost Glory of the Most High God!  Do not mess with Mine anointed! For My Kingdom is come.  My will is done, on Earth, just as it is in Heaven."

Let all who have an ear to hear, let them hear.  Amen.

Power, Love & Peace - ya'll
~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones

The Redemption of Eve

For a while now - perhaps about 10 months - I've been hearing about "women".

I have heard messages about women.
I have heard prophecies about women.
I have received prophecies specific to my "womanhood".

Then yesterday morning God spoke to my Spirit and mentioned in His message to me that, "...it must need be unto me, as a woman, as a lioness whom He has raised up, to do that which He has purposed me to do."

And then last night, while teaching, a student asked me a question regarding scripture that I almost couldn't answer because of a partial revelation about women!

Genesis 3:15 "And I [God] will put enmity between thee [the serpent] and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."  This is the scripture the student asked me about.  Generally he just wanted the basic meaning.  But I got stuck on the first part of the scripture - that God would put enmity between the woman and the serpent... yes between her seed and his seed, but specifically the "woman." 

God didn't say He'd put enmity between the serpent and man (meaning mankind), He said "woman".  And since the consequences of sin in the Garden pertain to all mankind, male and female, for all time, until Jesus returns, so does this comment to the serpent.

Any consequence to Adam pertains to all men.
Any consequence to Eve (who at that time was only referred to as "the woman" or Adam's "wife") pertains to all women.  Therefore, God's comment to the serpent regarding enmity between him and "the woman" pertains to enmity between all women.

It just seemed highly significant to me, that women would be singled out.  Because, once God said, "and between your seed and her seed," He then covers all mankind who are Believers - both male and female.

I was in the process of teaching to the class that through the remission of our sins, (Matthew 26:28) the shed blood of Jesus remitted us from sin of the Garden and all its consequences.  Not only are we redeemed from the law, but we are also redeemed from all consequences of sin - if we know and acknowledge and repent.

Therefore, I told the student that I believe women will be redeemed before men, in the End-Times from the "curse" of their consequence in the garden.  I told him this was my belief without proof...  yet. He did then show me a blurb from his study bible which said generally the same thing.

Wow. Ok - I just accepted that as confirmation.  Not only to my opinion, but also to all the prophecies and messages I'd heard about women and had received specifically as a woman.

THEN: Here's what God showed me and revealed to me in a vision last night while going to sleep.  Women will most definitely be instrumental in the End-Times and the ushering in of the New Millennium.  Think of it as God restoring "balance to the force" to coin an old Star Wars phrase.

Let me refer to these goings on in terms of "Old Eve" and "New Esthers," just as there was "First Adam" and the "Last Adam" - Jesus.

Old Eve brought about the "demise" of this first Earth. 
New Esthers will bring about the rise of the New Earth - meaning: circumstances in the End Times that will facilitate and give rise to the prophetic necessities just prior to the coming of Christ.

The first man was given the task to replenish and subdue the earth.
Men in the End Times will contribute to the demise and destruction of the earth.  Now, I'm not saying that there's going to be some cataclysmic Armageddon and earth will cease to exist and all mankind will die.  No, but through the persecution and destruction, systems crumbling, wars and rumors of wars, devastation and trials, it may feel like it.  And many may even wish for it.  Men will be the principle driving force in these circumstances.

Women are attributed with introducing death into mankind through Old Eve.
Men will be attributed with the death of mankind and New Esthers will usher in new life - everlasting life; Kingdom living and the Tree of Life.  Where Old Eve was deemed as "the mother of all living", the New Esthers will be resurrected and redeemed as the "mothers of all living - eternally."

Not only will women be instrumental in the End Times, but New Esthers will be ushering in the Glory of God to mankind, where Old Eve had initiated mankind's separation from the Glory of God.

In case you didn't know we ARE in the end of the End Times.  Look around: New Esthers are being raised up all over the world for such a time as this.  Not sure if you can see an Esther or if you will be an Esther?
Here's how to recognize US:

• Esthers are orphans - either by faith, economic status, education, politics or denomination.
• Esthers are the least considered, unknown, hidden, masked and undercover.
• Esthers are chosen ONLY by the King of Kings - a woman promoted by mankind is no Esther
• Esthers have a supernatural consecration, devotion, spiritual discipline and uncommon lifestyles
• Esthers stand out as unique, different, odd - though smart, educated, beautiful, and/or talented
• Esthers will step out in bleak, dark, horrific and hopeless times as a voice and an example
• Esthers will be rags to riches stories and will quickly rise from least to most, poor to rich
• Esthers may be isolated, with perhaps only one person/man as her covering or support
• Esthers may seem to be overnight successes, with circumstances seemingly against them before
• Esthers will (almost) single-handedly facilitate the deliverance of an entire people, nation or city
• Esthers will be fierce spiritual warriors, with great enmity, against the powers of the enemy
• Esthers will walk in the supernatural Glory of God as purposed from the First Dominion

Oh, Daughters of Jerusalem! Daughters of Zion! Arise and be counted!  Be chosen amongst the chosen! And like the women present on the day of Pentecost - be baptized in the Spirit of the living God, and be who He has purposed you to be, with boldness, power, love and truth!

Power, love and peace, ya'll!
~Min. Dez