Nicole (5 Dec 2011)
"Churches are Dead and Asleep:  Be Careful"

 
In the USA, I am not sure about everywhere else in the world, but there was a phenomenon called DIRECT MAIL donations.   And from what I have heard it may have originated by a man who was trying to help Oral Roberts back in the 1940's.   It seems to me that as Israel was re-birthed, the devil had to sneak in the prosperity gospel in the church as an "apple" for people to bite into.   Biting into this prosperity apple kept a lot of people away from the supernatural and from the right ways of God.   Instead of watching right teaching like Katherine Kulhman, people were more interested in success and getting that latest gadget for their home.    They began to think smoking cigarettes was OK and an occasional drink was OK.   You know my family from the 1950's-1980's, you go into any of their homes and they had a well stocked bar.   It became all about the perfect housewife and keeping the perfect home and being seen at church instead of growing up since this was the Fig Tree generation.    Talk about the church being sidetracked!   

Anyways DIRECT MAIL it is a way to ask for money for their organization by mailing you a letter and asking for money.   The have a form and then you check what box you would like the money to be donated to such as administrative costs, evangelizing, missions, etc.   And then they send you a tax form at the end of the year so that you can deduct it as a charitable cash donation.  

Now I gave to one organization when I had a job, but since then they sold their donation list and it has gone out to everyone and then some.   I gave a cash donation once to one person at his speaking engagement and now I get several letters a month.  

The thing is that now there are churches coming door to door all the time, waking me up early in the morning asking me to come to their church.   And if I do not answer the door, they bang on the door and my dogs go ballistic and I am still in my pajamas.   I don't like opening the door for strangers and in this day and age with the thefts and rapes, I don't like opening the door when there are men there unless it is FedEx or UPS.    And the thing is I don't appreciate it, it is almost a harassment.   When the Lord wants me to go to a church, then I pray about, research it online, ask around, etc.   And I am not talking about once in a while, I am talking that this happens to me all the time.   I get several letters in the mail a day and I get people knocking on my door every other day.   I am fed up!

What I have noticed is that all of these churches and organizations that I have come in contact with are still thinking in the past....I mean going door to door evangelizing and also direct mailing, well they are totally asleep.    And I will tell you why.

Every single mailer and flier I have received has the QR code on it.   And these people are so asleep that they don't even know what it is!   It is the precursor to the mark of the beast.  These people are BLINDLY putting these codes on their fliers, they won't realize that they just put it on their hand.   They will tell themselves, well if I take it off, then I am not condemned because it is a removable RFID tag.    Next, you ask them about the end times and the rapture and they are clueless.   They just want to talk about getting saved and then having the best life ever.    They just talk about their huge Christmas celebration and still are talking about Jesus birth.   Hello!   Let's talk about the lateness of the hour and how we are like the wisemen waiting for Jesus to return!    

Now another thing I am seeing is the latest bandwagon to get you rich is jumping on the prosperity gospel of Israel.   If you donate to my organization and give to Israel, then God will bless you with riches.   Beware about this, the Lord never promised us riches.   He promised He would provide for us.   We give out of love, not because a promise we get something for giving something.   Give out of love and because Jesus asked you to give to someone.   Even if you take in a homeless person even a family member in your home and feed them and give them money, that is tithing.  

Don't feel guilty anymore if you don't give a donation or don't attend a church that is dead.   These are the lukewarm who are asleep to the times we are living in.  

Get to a church and donate to a worthy cause that is proclaiming the return of the Messiah, holiness and repentance, salvation, law and grace and preaching that penetrates the soul.   Pray about the donations you make and the church you attend.   No time for silliness anymore.