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The Last Age of Laodicea and the Self-Centeredness of Churchanity: by Pam Sheppard

02 Friday Jun 2017

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Within the charismatic churches that I have attended, our whole lives revolved around going to services to get “more anointing,” “sowing seed,” seeking more & more euphoric experiences, always trying to get God to heal our “past wounds.”

Why didn’t we spend all that time & energy helping others, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, things outside ourselves? What was the point of soaking up all that so-called anointing if we weren’t gonna do anything with it besides stumbling around drunk on it?

We are the church age at Laodicea.  We are more than self centered.  We are self consumed. Its all about me, me, me. Gimme, gimme, gimme!!! More, more, more. Pay attention to me or I will lose my mind and have a hissy fit!!!

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The Last Age of Laodicea And the Self Centeredness of Churchanity: Pam Sheppard

04 Wednesday Nov 2015

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Within the charismatic churches that I have attended, our whole lives revolved around going to services to get “more anointing,” “sowing seed,” seeking more & more euphoric experiences, always trying to get God to heal our “past wounds.”

Why didn’t we spend all that time & energy helping others, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, things outside ourselves? What was the point of soaking up all that so-called anointing if we weren’t gonna do anything with it besides stumbling around drunk on it?

We are the church age at Laodicea.  We are more than self centered.  We are self consumed. Its all about me, me, me. Gimme, gimme, gimme!!! More, more, more. Pay attention to me or I will lose my mind and have a hissy fit!!!

I’ve got a question.  When you stop and listen to to your mind, what or who are you thinking about???

If you have been caught up in this sort of worship, you need help. You need to DETOX.  Contact us at rescueonfb@icloud.com Also visit www.aboutrescue.com

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The Dilemma of Change

28 Thursday Nov 2013

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Consider the Institutional Church.  In  this  very  hour,  Her  problems are so deeply entrenched within the overall religious system that it would need a total renovation from inside out.  I tried to do so myself, but it didn’t work.

  I started a  small, non-denominational church in 1996 , while  I was  still under the authority of the Denomination called AMEZ. I preached an excellent word and I was a faithful and true pastor.  My problem was that I WAS STILL IN THE SYSTEM, TRYING TO POUR NEW WINE INTO OLD SKINS. I looked around at the phonies in my congregation and I said to myself “what up wit DIS?”
I tried new things but they could not escape the system and neither could I.  The Laodicean lukewarmness could not be changed.    For example, I stopped  a passive  Wednesday night bible study where I did  all the work and the people just sat lethargically in front of me.  I taught four bible studies a week, two in the morning and two at  night.   Even  those  who  faithfully  attended  each bible study did so  merely  out of ritual and  I started requiring each member  to  do an independent study based upon the message that they heard the previous  Sunday morning.  I asked them to  prepare what they had learned and  “tell  ME  about  it”.   Congregants  were  assigned to prepare questions based upon what they did not understand in the teaching. To say the least, the response of the members was  sickeningly lukewarm. After trial and much error,  it  finally became clear to me  that no one really wanted to actually study the word of God for themselves.  Their intention was simply to be found in church. No one prepared  anything.  In  fact,  they  appeared  confused and annoyed  and  by  their  utter  passivity,  simply  did  not even try the assignment because they were too used to being spoon-fed. Undoubtedly,  they would have bible study no other way.
This is the reality of trying to change the religious system from inside Her.  You will end up with even more apostasy like the Emergent Church. Change without the Holy Ghost is utter chaos.  Church leaders will not change their traditional practices.  The sinner’s prayer, the invitation to Christian discipleship, the Holy Communion and all the craziness around it will continue.  Let us not forget the witchcraft  practices of charismatics.  Even when church  appears to be working, a close examination will find the same endemic problems from church to church, pastor to pastor, member to member.  The foundation is basically the same and that foundation is not the true Son of God. The foundation is actually the organization itself.
The church system will not change because it cannot change.  As the wine skins are old,  God is not pouring in new wine.
The wineskins example reminds me of the worldly premise.  How can you expect real change when you keep repeating old behaviors. Yesterday, a woman told me in a phone session that she prayed for 30 years that her two sons would be saved and it did not happen.  Hmmmmm.  Perhaps her son’s are not chosen for salvation or could it be that praying for someone’s salvation is USELESS?  I prayed for 25 years that I would receive an interpretation of my tongues or sent an interpreter.  It never happened, needless to say. Hmmmmm. It finally dawned on me once I became undeceived.  My tongues are not from God and that is why my prayer was not answered.
Think about this.  What are you doing over and over again in your spiritual walk,  while  you continue to expect  different results? Who remains in your life, doing the same things, yet you still have expectations that “a change is gonna come, by and by?”
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Who Is Undeceiving You? God or Satan?

31 Saturday Aug 2013

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Lately, the subject has been touched upon regarding the process of becoming undeceived. It has become evident over time that BOTH the Holy Spirit and the devil have been undeceiving folk. Yet there is a difference.

God’s motives are pure and they are simple. In spite of being saved, I was deceived for 25 years, believing that what was of the enemy emanated from God. What is my fruit? Well, I rarely hear from the religious demon who is assigned to me when I used to hear from him at least once a day.It is like he said “oops! I got caught and Pam is wise to me now!!! I better chill!”

Also, for about five years, I was in a whirlwind of revelation, writing one book after the other. Everything important became clear. I finally found myself satisfied, peaceful and content. Just chillin.

Those like Kellie, Wendy, Tee, Danielle, who had false conversions, God saved without much fanfare. I bet they can look at their lives and see the fruit, without a doubt.

I got a revelation this week that I really did not think about before. Here it is.

If God is undeceiving you, you will see the fruit. He only undeceives the unsaved for one reason. TO CAUSE THEM TO BE BORN AGAIN.

If the enemy has undeceived you, then you have been TOSSED about to and fro, filled with confusion still.

So I ask, WHO HAS BEEN UNDECEIVING YOU? The Lord or the devil?

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HOW WE SET CAPTIVES FREE AT SHEPPARD'S COUNSELING CENTER

08 Tuesday Nov 2011

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How We Set Captives FREE at SCC

The main objective of Christian counseling is to set captives free.

At Sheppard’ Counseling Center, the most important tool in the process is actually  the captive.  For example, if during the assessment process, the captive reveals that his or her faith is weak, or that there are major issues of doubt and un-belief, then a major objective of the assessment phase would be to build up the client’s faith.  The treatment plan  lists the problems, hindrances in the situation, the goals, objectives and the strategies toward building the captive’s faith.  We also consider whether or not the captive has a strong network system of Christian elders who can support the captive. Therefore, we employ a cadre of mentors or “ministers” for support and encouragement.

The Christian client today is one who has been duped by the organize church into easy believism. They have repeated a sinner’s prayer, acknowledged that they have accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts, and declared to be saved or born again.  What has happened is that the fake Jesus answered their invitation. They have worshipped Him through prayer meetings, bible studies, song and dance, yet they are not saved.  They don’t know it but the enemy DOES. Therefore, the weapons of spiritual warfare do not work for them.

Without the weapons that redemption affords: the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the girdles of truth, the feet shod with the gospel of peace and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, the captive has to rely on a Christian counselor or minister who is truly saved—one who can successfully work the spiritual weapons against principalities and powers.

Even so, we have found that the captives’ free will is their best weapon.  So in deliverance counseling and mentoring, we encourage the captive to fight in cold blood.  From a Christian perspective, our role is akin to a trainer who prepares  a prizefighter for a boxing match.  As spiritual trainers, we are in the captive’s corner, giving specific instructions as to how to win the fight. The captive takes our instructions, does all that he or she can do, and when the time is right, we step in and finish the fight by casting out demons and commanding fallen angels to go about somebody elses business.

It has been our experience, that until captives use their own free will to revoke the invitation that they made to the fake Jesus, their psychic doorways or chakras will remain open, and demons will have unhindered access to their souls and spirits.  So we focus on closing those gateways by truth.  If the captive does not fight the process, victory is assured.

Since December 2002, we have discovered an astounding statistic.  At least 95% of the churchgoing captives  of Sheppard’s Counseling Center–about 300 professing Christians— did not understand either sin, repentance or the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.  They do not know that they received the fake Jesus. 

Consequently, they worship whom they do not know.

This is an extremely appalling, pervasive condition, of epidemic proportions within the worldwide church.  Since we have counseled people in Australia, South Africa, England, Japan, Canada, the Caribbean and from at least 1/3 of the United States, the problem is the same.  An imposter god is being worshipped as if he is the Lord Almighty.  No wonder Jesus warned that in there would be people who would call Him “Lord,” and He will say “I NEVER knew you.”

If you would like to arrange an appointment for deliverance counseling or deliverance mentoring, call 518-477-5759 or send an email to pamsheppard911@yahoo.com

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As you read “Faces of the Religious Demon, you will find that each face or profile offers new insights and challenges.  You the reader will learn how any ground obtained by spirit entities , no matter how small or seemingly insignificant is “GROUND POSSESSED,” even though a captive himself may have no obvious manifestation of total possession.  Your eyes will also be opened to realize that even the slightest of ground claimed by the enemy can be so debilitating and even toxic to spiritual growth and empowerment, what is the point of quibbling over terms and inches?!” For if a demon has only one inch of territory, it will seem like a mile to a tormented captives.

The Deliverance Mentoring Component of the SEW Program

06 Sunday Nov 2011

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The SEW Program stands for Spiritual Empowerment Workshop. Our online workshop includes Facebook and other social networks.

Consider that our spiritual life is like a journey.  You are on the broad road, and SEW Deliverance Mentoring   will lead you to the narrow way.  As you journey through the valleys to find your mountaintops, our trained ministers  are with you as a “travel guide” so to speak.  You have become accustomed to travelling alone, and perhaps with out even a map.  You have been walking for a long time and your bondage may have  brought you to a crossroad.

The first stage of  basic Christian mentoring is geared toward helping you make your own decisions about how much truth you are willing to receive to obtain freedom. The more you resist truth, the longer you will journey on the broad way, that leads to destruction.

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 THE OBJECTIVES  OF DELIVERANCE MENTORING

We have found that most Christians who need deliverance mentoring are blinded by spiritual ignorance.  Our goal at SEW is to help you attain clear spiritual vision as we coach and train you to distinguish between good and evil. 

The goal of basic Christian mentoring  is to help you to be engaged, encouraged and enlightened  in your mind. As such, our objective at is to strengthen your spirit so that you will be able to recognize God’s will and choose it above your own.

However, the goal of deliverance mentoring  is to arm you to recognize and effectively deal with  the activity of the enemy in your life.  Deliverance mentoring is broken down into 4 components:

A SEARCH FOR COSMIC EVIL DOORWAYS: These are areas  in a person’s life which are giving or have given cosmic entities the right to enter or remain in the person. Asking Jesus to “come into your heart, a counterfeit birth, a background in the occult, unconfessed sins, ungodly soul ties, unforgiveness, holding cursed possessions (occult rings, etc.) and so forth can give demons a right to inhabit and torment a person. These legal grounds can be  removed by facing the truth,  repentance, renunciation, extending forgiveness, etc.

THE EXAMINATION OF STRONGHOLDS: These are basically incorrect thinking patterns in your mind. For example, if  you think God is angry with you because you have committed the unpardonable sin, then you will feel like He is. This stronghold may open you to panic attacks, paranoia  or obsessive compulsive behavior. Strongholds are torn down in each mentoring session  as a trained minister and mentee work together to reprogram your mind to think differently. You might say that the SEW approach to a stronghold is to enhance critical thinking capabilities and simple commonsense. Together the mentor and the mentee destroy the strength of the debilitating thought.

RESTORATION OF YOUR SOUL: Renewal is often required when counseling a person who has been abused, raped or has been exposed to a traumatic experience. Becoming whole  is a work of the Holy Spirit and is received as a captive is  delivered from  the inner hurt and pain from past experiences. Then   the Holy Spirit  comes in and heal those wounds. Forgiveness often plays a part in this releasing process. Oftentimes, self-forgiveness needs to be received as the captive may be   holding things against him or herself which must be released. Once truth is known and accepted, freedom is obtained.

EXPULSION OF THE ENEMY Confronting  cosmic entities directly  is where either devils or demons are  driven out of the client by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and the power of the Holy Ghost. After success in the first three stages,  expulsion is often un-necessary. However, in various cases, direct confrontation of the powers of darkness cannot be avoided.  At this stage, the client MUST sign and notarize an informed consent form called the DDF, the Deliverance Disclaimer Form. There are no exceptions. 

Dedicated Ministers who themselves were captives  have been trained to conduct mentoring sessions. Visit our page called SEW Ministers to read a brief bio of 7 of them. I recommend that you give SEW mentor a one month trial and you will not be sorry. To register call 518-477-5759 or send an email to pamsheppard911@yahoo.com. Facebook friends can send a message to www.facebook.com/pamela.sheppard911

LET THE GOOD SPEAK EVIL

06 Sunday Nov 2011

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Let the Good Speak Evil 

In 1988, Geraldo Rivera televised a program that focused on Christian Cults, with the subtitle “Zombies for Christ.” Interviews are held with people who underwent deprogramming from the influence of charismatic, fundamentalist leaders and churches. The major problem that I had with this process, is that those who are doing the “deprogramming” are not born again Christians themselves, and may be deprogramming people completely away from Jesus, which of course is the subtle, underhanded strategy of the devil, using professing Christians against themselves. Worst yet is that they are programming people toward the fake Jesus by telling them to “ask Jesus to come into your hearts.”

People are watching Christian television and reading Christian books, who themselves need to be deprogrammed from error that is causing them to be vulnerable to demonic oppression of a very serious nature. In fact, when I have tried to counsel those who have come to me to seek deliverance from the torment of demons, the mixture and error in their spiritual foundation is extremely deep.  Therefore,  deliverance is severely hindered by the amount of error that these captives have anchored their faith to by watching Christian television or reading the books of various mega preachers.

The problem of today is similar to what Rivera explored in 1988.  Evil spirits know it is fruitless to urge the righteous toward sins of the flesh, so demons use another tactic called DECEPTION. The Satanic strategy is planned in the form of teachings and doctrines that appear “good”. The biggest deception is to receive counsel solely based upon the godly life and character of the counselor or teacher. Most false prophets are clean living, righteous, upstanding folk.  So to receive their teachings based on their “good character” is what the enemy is after.

Therefore, it is important for you to know that every thing that the enemy does is not always evil as he works under the cover of light. So the strategy of deception is to get the righteous or good person to accept a wrong idea and then to pass it off to others “as truth.”

Certainly, the bible   should be the foundation of every Christian. However, it is important to point out that scripture is also  used as the basis of false teaching.  The enemy  has  very skillfully woven into a web certain scriptures  that will ultimately entrap a child of God like the prosperity gospel, praying in the spirit, tongues, slain in the spirit—I could go on and on!. With each false doctrine and practice, the method is to pull single texts out of their original context. In my work with  professing Christians in torment or bondage, the following scripture from the book of James rings true:

WE ARE DECEIVED BY SEEMING TO BE RELIGIOUS, WHEN AN UNBRIDLED TONGUE REVEALS OUR TRUE CONDITION.(James1:26)

I train ministers in our deliverance mentoring program to   listen to the unbridled tongue so as to expose the nature of the deception. Also, Paul wrote to Christians that we are deceived when we think ourselves to be wise with the wisdom of this world.(I Corinthians 3:15) Deliverance Mentoring  is certainly  a humbling process, for very often, Christians in torment must resist the devil by admitting that they have been deceived not only by well-meaning Christian teachers, family and friends, but also by their own heart. (Jer 17:9, Isaiah 64:20)

Trained ministers serve as mentors to those who have left the organized church.

At Sheppard’s Counseling Center, we de-program the deceived through our deliverance mentoring program. Trained online ministers are available.  Call 518-477-5759

Any questions or comments you may have, you are welcome to do so in this post.  Or contact me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pamela.sheppard911