Benchmark!

Companies such as Mercedes Benz, Land Rover, Rolex, Tiffany's, Gucci, and the like all have a certain standard related to the quality of their products, goods, and services.

In reality, even though these companies manufacture and produce different goods and services. It will always be the quality of their goods and services that will reflect their name and, more importantly, set the standard in their particular industry.

Standards in any company or organization are set by its leaders. These leaders, whomever they may be, establish a point of reference to test the quality of whatever they offer to their consumers. This is known in business and manufacturing as "benchmarks."

A benchmark is any standard or reference by which others can be measured or judged and a criterion by which to measure something. It can also be considered a point of reference to test (something) to develop or establish a standard. Folks, I want you to allow the definition of this word benchmark to soak into your mind. Reason being where we are about to venture into with this article most religious folks turn a blind eye to.

We are clearly in the swing of things for this year. Most of you would agree that the previous years seem to be a walk in the park compared to this year. Let us review some things prophesied by the many Pastors, Bishops, Prophets, etc., at the beginning of this year because the decrees and declarations they made have now become the benchmark to the reality of what is actually taking place. Meaning the prophetic words, slogans, rhymes, clichés, and the like that have been rehearsed into our hearing. Prophetic words such as, "This is the year the saints' rule," "Kingdom rule," "There is a shift," "The year of restoration," "The year of release," "Ending strong," "Millionaire and billionaire anointing" and finally the illustrious "This is your year of Restoration."

Here comes reality, where most of you would probably be challenged. How much, if any, has been declared over you actually materialized? Did any of it become tangible for you? For example, did your finances turn around? Was your marriage restored? Was the foreclosure canceled on your home? I am sure if Gucci sold you a watch claiming it was waterproof. However, the minute some water splashed on it, the watch stopped working. You would be front and center at the Gucci store to not only complain about what is clearly a false claim, but you would probably consider not purchasing from them again.

Well, this is where the confusion sets in for me. How is it that year after year, conference after conference, prophetic word after prophetic word, and you are still at the same place and position as you were the year before, and more than likely, you're in a worse state? Even more perplexing is that after every prophetic word, it is conveniently accompanied by the Lord saying to the "Prophet" to His people. "Whatever situation you're faced with right now, the Lord said if you step out in faith and sow a seed of $2022, $222, or $22, of course, the latter being rarely asked for, the lord is going to turn it around for you". Can I be real here for a moment? Why does it seem like I have to pay God to turn my situation around? Whatever happened to the biblical principles that say whatever I sow, I will reap? Suggesting that if it were monies I was seeking God for, then I agree I should sow money to reap money, but why should I have to sow $2022, $222, or $22 as a symbol of the year 2022 if I have Cancer, AIDS, or Diabetes, etc. if I desire to be healed of these diseases?

Why not INSTRUCT US TO SOW GOD'S WORD? Such as "because of his stripes I am healed" Isaiah 53:5 or "he has sent his WORD to heal us" Psalm 107:20. Why, for the love of God, do we always have to financially satisfy the Prophet, for God to turn our situations around? What if we don't have what they claim God is asking for? Does this mean God won't provide for his people because we don't have the money to pay them? Did God go broke? Is he running short on funds? Okay! So you've been pressured to the point of guilt and handed over your money. Did you get the healing, money, deliverance, etc., that they claim would happen?

Where are the benchmarks? Did you go back to the "Prophet" with a record of what they said and demand answers like you did with the Gucci folks? Or did you again pretend that he did not say what he said, and you're back in line for another round of false misguiding promises and prophecies? The bottom line, folks, is gone are the days when we volunteered to be fooled and succumbed to the pomp, pageantry, theatrics, and the annoying begging for money after every so-called "prophetic word" that yields zero results. These people need to be held accountable for the many disasters they have caused to so many lives.

Let this be the year you finally awake out of your deep comatose sleep and realize how these folks have held you back, hindered you, delayed you, and misled you. The origin of these false non-God-inspired words amounted to nothing more than curses placed on you the minute they spoke them over your life. The evidence of these curses you agreed to (by receiving it) displayed itself throughout the year via disappointments, delays, denials, setbacks, failures, etc. In reality, THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WAS SPOKEN TO YOU CAME TO PASS. Let this year be where you set benchmarks, meaning record everything declared, especially when it was declared to pass, and make the comparison and demand an explanation from the one that made the declaration if it did not manifest. Do not let this be a year where you become so desperate that you allow anyone to prophesy anything to you and not give an account for it.

These folks will continue to do what they do as long as "we," their manipulated audience, accept it and set no benchmark for them. Due to their false prophecies, we have been delayed, hindered, and misrouted regarding our seasons, times, and blessings. They have single-handedly hijacked our destiny and left us in a tailspin, directionless and lost as it relates to the genuine things of God. So many marriages and homes are destroyed because of these people's false words and un-anointed hands. They are controllers, telling you who you should marry, where you should live, and how much money you should give. You must consult them if you desire to travel, give them your itinerary, tell them when you'll be back, etc. You can only visit another church if they say so. You are not allowed to minister to another church on a Sunday or a bible study night because it's either their tradition or a display of their illegal control. Did not Jesus command us to go out into the WORLD and preach the gospel? So why is the "servant" of Jesus hindering the sheep from performing Jesus' command? Who do these people think they are?

Nevertheless, at the end of the day, we have caused this by not setting benchmarks again. The first benchmark is that our leaders, such as Prophets, Pastors, evangelists, etc., are our "SERVANTS." Jesus Christ established this benchmark by saying, "But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant" Matthew 23:11. The question is, are we holding them to this benchmark? The second benchmark is why these people dominate you as if you don't have a mind of your own or you're some kind of animal. It was never God's intent for human beings to dominate one another. In fact, this was a result of the fall of man. Here is the proof, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" Genesis 1:26. Correct me if I am wrong here, but did you read anywhere in there where we were commanded to dominate one another?

Servants of God, I am begging you to discontinue being a puppet to these puppet masters and use the word of God as your benchmark and as your standard concerning these Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, and the like. Stop pretending, sugar coating, or ignoring the empirical evidence that they said did not come to pass. The Lord himself said the following concerning these folks, "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the (false) prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord" Jeremiah 23:16.

Scripture goes on to say, "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follows not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him" Deuteronomy 18:22. Again, these are all benchmarks for you, the Believer of Jesus Christ, to hold these folks too.

Anyone who anoints you with oil prays for you, prophecy over you, and you're not sure if they're authentic or not. Say out loud or to yourself, "LORD IF THIS IS OF YOU, I COME IN AGREEMENT WITH YOUR WORD, HOWEVER, LORD IF THIS IS NOT OF YOU, I COMMAND IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST THAT THESE WORDS AND ALL CURSES ATTACHED TO IT BE DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!

Friends, I don't want to sound harsh here, but the reality is we're talking about your life, which has produced little to no fruit up to this point. Another benchmark Jesus stated in his word when he said that any branch that does not bear fruit, his Father cut's it off, John 15:2. If that leader is not producing fruit related to the declarations made by them, you need to cut them off! The reality is they are holding you back; take a good look around you and be honest with yourself. How many have died listening to these folks waiting on the promises and prophecies, and absolutely nothing materialized?

So, whatever church, conference, revival, or prayer meeting you attend this year. Say to the Lord, Lord, if this is of you, let the change take place in my life, and if it is not of you, let it have no effect on me nor that which concerns me and lose me from this spiritual cage and place me where you desire for me to be at this point in my life........

Let this be the year the Lord opens our spiritual eyes so you can truly SEE! 2 Kings 6:17.

Written by: Kevin LA Ewing

ewinglakevin@icloud.com

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False Prophets!

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves" Matthew 7:15

I cancel every false prophecy that has been spoken over your life from the beginning of 2012 and in times past. 

Every one that has placed their hands on you and anointed you that was not of God I command their words and the curses that accompanied them to be destroyed by spiritual fire in the name of Jesus Christ.

Friends, please here me this morning as I speak to your spirit. Do not allow what happen to you this year and in years past happen to you next year. The source of who or what has delayed you this year has its beginnings in the one who has spoken false prophesies over your life............... If it was from God then it should have come to pass like it was prophesied to come to pass in 2012.

The moment you submitted to a word spoken over your life or the laying on of hands, that was not of God then that was the very moment you submitted to a curse. The evidence of this curse you agreed to displayed itself throughout this year in your life via disappointments, delays, denials, set backs etc. In reality THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WAS SPOKEN TO YOU CAME TO PASS.

Woe to whom you are receiving a so called prophetic word from because you could be receiving a curse......... If you don't believe me, then realistically review and compare the time of the prophecy and analyze how your life has changed up to this point, was it for the better or did it get worse?

"Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the (false)prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord" Jeremiah 23:16

"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied" Jeremiah 16:21

"Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord" Jeremiah 16:32.

You see my friend, every word or prophecy from God is vital because it speaks specifically to your destiny, in fact it is the D.P.S (Destiny Positioning System) to your destiny.

FALSE PROPHETS ARE DESTINY HIJACKERS! THE END RESULT OF THEM BEING IN YOUR LIFE WILL ALWAYS CONCLUDE IN A STATE OF CONFUSION FOR YOU.

"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him" Deuteronomy 18:22.

Anyone who anoints you with oil, prays for you, prophecy over you and you are not sure what the deal is with them, say out loud or to yourself, "LORD IF THIS IS OF YOU I COME IN AGREEMENT WITH YOUR WORD, HOWEVER LORD IF THIS IS NOT OF YOU I COMMAND IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST THAT THESE WORDS AND ALL CURSES ATTACHED TO IT TO DIE!

Friends I don't want to sound harsh here but the reality is we're talking about your life. So, whatever church, conference, revival, prayer meeting you decide to attend, say to the lord, lord if this is of you let the change take place in my life and if it is not of you let it have no affect on me........

God said to tell someone this morning, "BEWARE OF WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHING"


Written by: Minister Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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Life Challenges Is Demanding Change

Every challenge in your life has a purpose. Nothing happens by chance or accident. What is happening to you is not happening to harm you but to help you.

Life's challenges are meant to challenge your thinking and prepare you for your future. If you continue with your current mindset, you risk becoming irrelevant to your future. To keep growing and evolving, you must embrace new ways of thinking with each level of life. So, discontinue seeing life challenges as an inconvenience. Instead, see it as life demanding you to change your thinking to accommodate what's coming.

As per human and religious beliefs, this process is called the renewal of the mind. Trust me, as someone who has gone through this, let the changes from your unpleasant experiences take place. It may feel uncomfortable and lengthy because you don't like the changes it's bringing, but these changes are necessary if you desire a better life. Keep doing what's right, even when faced with evil and injustice. This will help you become a better version of yourself and prepare you for the better future that's waiting for you.

Do not let the negative opinions of others discourage you or make you feel foolish for tolerating unfair treatment. Remember that everyone has their own journey and experiences; someday, they will understand. Instead of getting angry, try to see their role in your life as temporary, assigned by a higher power to help you grow and develop. Trust in the process and stay strong.

Scripture encourages us that "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy most certainly will come in the morning" Psalm 30:5.

I'm not sure who this message of encouragement is intended for, but I want to reassure you that your patience is about to pay off in a big way. You will experience a remarkable turnaround that will exceed even your highest expectations. What's about to happen can only be described as supernatural.

Your human spirit will be empowered by the Holy Spirit, and He will assist you with breaking the hold of depression, defeat, and the suffocating feeling of inadequacy that has cloaked you for months or even years.

As a bonus, God will reveal the reasons behind your difficult experiences, the moments of hopelessness, and the feeling that even God was against you. He wants you to know that your decision to trust him will lead to a detailed understanding of these events.

THERE WILL INDEED  BE GLORY AFTER THIS MY FRIEND!

Kevin L A Ewing

ewinglakevin@icloud.com

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Prosperity Is Indeed A Location!

Many of you reading this note this morning have prayed over and repeatedly for financial help, prosperity, increase, overflow, etc. Some of you have even had folks prophesy over you concerning future wealth, monies, finances, etc. However, at this point, more than likely, nothing has happened. In reality, you are now in a worse position since that prophetic word.

Even though I have shared this insight before. I strongly felt I should reiterate it with even greater clarity to cement into your understanding the importance of knowing the mystery behind your prosperity.

My friend, anything that is a mystery requires the keys of revelation to be revealed or understood. Likewise, it is no different when it comes to the secret of prosperity. You might be questioning yourself right now, saying, "How is prosperity a mystery?" Well, you tell me? How is it that you spent 4-5 years in college for a better quality of life, but the person who only has a high school is in a better financial position than you? How is it that you're the president of a company; however, John Doe up the road who's working for someone is in a better position than you? How is it that you have such a brilliant mind when it comes to budgeting, balancing, and finances overall? But somehow, you're better at instructing others what to do financially, but you're a disaster when it comes to your own finances? What is wrong with this picture?

Well, I'll tell you what's wrong, and what is wrong is your CONNECTIONS AND LOCATIONS! Yes, you read correctly, Just like Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 9:11. " You will not win the race because you are swift. You will not win the battle because you are strong. You will not eat bread because you are wise. Neither will you have riches because you have understood, neither will you receive favor because you have skills. Instead, he said, that Time and opportunity are exposed to all of us.

The reality of what's being said here is quite simple, and that is. During your life, God has sprinkled it with prosperity. However, real wealth will almost always be connected to an assigned person/s and or places. Once those pre-ordained connections have been made, it will reveal or expose what was always prepared for you. The truth is, only God knows where these specific locations are and whom we need to connect with to manifest their purpose. For clarity, these prepared locations are also known as your destiny.

In most cases, our location or destiny has been hijacked, and here is what I mean by that. We've allowed someone or something to intercept our journey to what was supposed to advance, promote, or prosper us. They have succeeded in their efforts to delay us, mislead us, distract us, or hindered us in some way from meeting up with those assigned divine connections. This may have subtly been achieved by marrying the wrong person or just dismissing God's will for your life. Why are you still at that place that you know you should have left a long time ago? Why have you allowed fear and doubt to disable you from journeying to your assigned place? Why have you let that person waste your time and opportunities that were specifically designed to advance you to your location of relief, comfort, and enjoyment? Consider your situation and connection, my friend!

Trust me, as you continue to read this article, a specific location presently retains your prosperity. Let's do a historical review to prove my point. The Garden of Eden was the location of success for Adam and Eve. Only when they were expelled from their assigned place of wealth did life become complicated and frustrating. Not being at your designated location is equivalent to a fish being out of water. A fish will continuously operate at its peak as long as it remains in its designated environment, water. When a fish is removed from its God-designated place. It works harder and eventually dies if it does not find its way back to its intended position. It is no different with humans beings. When we find ourselves in places we were not meant to be and insist on remaining there. WE END UP WORKING HARDER WITH LITTLE RESULTS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE DEATH! Abraham, God said to Abraham, "Come from among your people to a land that I will show thee," again, a specific place where prosperity awaits him. In this same chapter, 12 of Genesis, a famine showed up right after Abraham left his home of comfort. Now, doesn't this seem ordinary with God? He says something to you, and all hell breaks loose immediately after?

Well, as you are about to see in this story, "famine" was the connection to Abraham’s prosperity. The famine caused Abraham to do what he never would have done under normal circumstances. It caused him to relocate to Egypt. Unknowing to him, Egypt was (the assigned location) where he would be furnished with resources and wealth. Note, he did not ask or beg for it either. It was freely given to him. This is what the correct location or position would automatically do for you. In the following chapter 13:2, it says, "And Abraham was VERY RICH in cattle, in silver, and in Gold.

Let us look at the life of Elijah. Elijah prophesied to King Ahab and Isreal that there would be a drought for three years. Interestingly enough, Elijah would be a part of this drought also. Nonetheless, God gave Elijah specific instructions concerning a particular place that would cause him to prosper amid the drought. Let's read what God's instructions were to Elijah after the drought was commanded. "Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that thou shall drink of the brook; and I shall command the ravens to feed thee there" 1 Kings 17:1-4. Again my friend, location accompanied with instructions are crucial to prosperity. Upon further reading this same chapter, you will discover that eventually, the brook Cherith dried up. God then instructed Elijah to another location, only this time he must connect with someone in a worse position than him. However, once the connection at that assigned place (Zarephath) was made. It, produced in that same once desolate place, the prosperity that God had appointed before the foundation of the world. As in the case of Elijah. Do not be discouraged by the packaging of the connection. It is what that God's divine connection has been designed to produce for you that is important.

Scripture reminds us that God has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. Meaning everything was already in place before we were placed on planet earth, Ephesians 1:4.

So far, I have shown you what happens once you're in the right place, having been connected with the right people, prosperity becomes inevitable. On the other hand, if you’re in the wrong place or have overstayed your time in a particular situation, you should have left a long time ago. The results are, you work harder but produce very little, even though you're a college graduate with several degrees, even though you are the president, CEO, supervisor, boss, etc. The reality is your employee lives better than you. The help has a better life than you. All because someone is in the right location and someone isn’t.

Jacob, the son of Isaac, worked for his uncle, Laban. Laban became a wealthy man because of his nephew, Jacob. However, Jacob received very little of that wealth. This is usually the result of being in the wrong location or connected to the wrong folks. Attached to you is what is called a "TOILING SPIRIT," meaning you work hard but bring in little. Laban, who eventually became Jacob's father-in-law, used Jacob's talents and gifts for his own selfish gain while Jacob toiled. It was only when Jacob had enough and decided to go the separate way to enjoy life. Take a moment and consider your connection and location, my friend; this just could be the source of your toiling.

Another example is Isaac, who was the son of Abraham; scripture says in Genesis 26 that a famine broke out in the land, and at that time, Isaac lived in Gerar. However, just like his father, he wanted to go to Egypt. Egypt, from all accounts, seems to be the place of comfort during the famine. Please read carefully what scripture says in verse 2, "And the Lord appeared unto Isaac, and said, "Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the LAND WHICH I SHALL TELL THEE OF." Again, a specific place where obviously, Isaac’s prosperity was already prepared. If you continue reading the story, you will discover that Isaac, who listened and obeyed God's instructions, prospered. In fact, he thrived in a land during a famine, where the people of that same land were not flourishing.

My friend, make no mistake the right connections and locations are the keys to prosperity. I pray that you will trust and rely on God to lead you to the right places that currently hold your wealth. Just like in Abraham's case, I must warn you that not all connections and locations from the surface will appear suitable. In fact, it will probably give every reason not to be a part of it. However, scripture gives the antidote for this when it says, "In all thy ways acknowledge him (God), and he will direct thy path" Proverbs 3:5.

Scripture further tells us that the profit of the earth is for all, Ecclesiastes 5:9. The question you should ask is, “Where is yours?”  Bottom line prosperity is a place connected to something or someone, prepared in advance awaiting your arrival.

GOD, I DECREE THAT YOU REVEAL THE MYSTERY TO YOUR PEOPLE'S PROSPERITY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
kevinlaewing.blogspot.com