Church Survivors

31/05/2026

31/05/2026

The Wilderness Walk!

31/05/2026

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stop trying to control everything and trust that God's got this. When you're overwhelmed, remember that your peace isn't found in the chaos—it's found in surrendering to His perfect plan.

Let go and let God work His miracles in your life 🙏

31/05/2026

THE ENEMY USES

The enemy does not usually destroy people by showing up obviously.

He does not always come with something that looks evil at first.

Sometimes he comes through confusion.

Sometimes he comes through isolation.

Sometimes he comes through shame.

Sometimes he comes through pride.

Sometimes he comes through fear.

Sometimes he comes through lust.

Sometimes he comes through lies that sound almost true.

That is why Jesus called him the father of lies in John 8:44.

Because deception is one of his oldest weapons.

The enemy uses confusion because a confused person is easier to move away from truth.

If he can make you question what God clearly said, he can slowly talk you into what God already warned you about.

That was the strategy in the garden.

“Did God really say?”

He does not always start by telling you to rebel.

Sometimes he starts by making obedience look unclear.

The enemy uses isolation because isolated people are easier to attack.

When you pull away from wise counsel, prayer, Scripture, community, and people who love you enough to tell you the truth, your thoughts get louder.

Your pain gets louder.

Your temptation gets louder.

Your fear gets louder.

And eventually, you can start believing things in isolation that you would have recognized as lies in the light.

The enemy uses shame because shame makes people hide.

Conviction says, “Come back to God.”

Shame says, “You are too far gone.”

Conviction leads to repentance.

Shame leads to hiding.

Conviction exposes sin so God can heal it.

Shame tells you to cover it, protect it, and carry it alone.

That is not the voice of your Father.

The enemy uses pride because pride makes people impossible to correct.

Pride says, “I am not the problem.”

Pride says, “They need to apologize first.”

Pride says, “I know better.”

Pride says, “I can handle this.”

Pride says, “I do not need help.”

And before a person falls publicly, pride usually convinced them privately that they were the exception.

The enemy uses fear because fear can make you obey the wrong voice.

Fear can make you stay where God told you to leave.

Fear can make you run from what God told you to face.

Fear can make you silence truth.

Fear can make you compromise for approval.

Fear can make you imagine a future where God is absent, powerless, or unwilling to help.

But God has not given us a spirit of fear.

The enemy uses lust because lust always promises satisfaction while slowly training the heart to consume instead of love.

Lust turns people into objects.

It turns desire into a master.

It turns secrecy into a prison.

It convinces people that what they feed in private will never affect who they become in public.

But sin never stays small.

What you keep feeding will eventually start leading.

And the enemy uses lies because lies are the foundation of bo***ge.

“You will never change.”

“God is tired of you.”

“You already ruined everything.”

“Nobody would understand.”

“This one time will not matter.”

“You deserve this.”

“God is holding out on you.”

“You can repent later.”

Those are not harmless thoughts.

Those are traps.

Because if the enemy can get you to believe a lie, he can get you to live under the weight of something Jesus came to break.

This is why discernment matters.

Not every thought is from God.

Not every feeling is truth.

Not every open door is blessing.

Not every desire deserves your agreement.

Not every accusation in your mind is the voice of conviction.

Some of it is warfare.

Some of it is temptation.

Some of it is deception.

Some of it is the enemy trying to pull you away from the truth that would set you free.

So when confusion comes, go back to Scripture.

When isolation comes, step into the light.

When shame comes, run to Jesus.

When pride rises, humble yourself.

When fear speaks, remember who God is.

When lust tempts, flee.

When lies come, answer them with truth.

The enemy may be a liar, but Jesus is still the Truth.

And the truth is this.

You are not powerless.

You are not abandoned.

You are not too far gone.

You are not required to obey every thought that enters your mind.

You belong to Christ, and where Christ is Lord, darkness does not get the final word.

John 8:44

31/05/2026

Trained in the Wilderness!

There is a `New Wineskin' coming. In fact it is upon us. There is a new leadership arising – many of them trained in the `wilderness' for such a time as this. The hour is now here. LET THE NEW LEADERS ARISE! The sad fact is that today's church has sunk so low that it is almost a matter of people needing to be RESCUED OUT OF HER. I never thought I would say something as radical as that, but it is the truth.

Andrew Strom

From Exposing the Institutional Church

31/05/2026

The Spiritual Show?

The Widening of Phylacteries or Big Black Bibles is Done for Show!

From Healing Spiritual Abuse by Ken Blue

Phylactery was a little black box containing a portion of scripture. A Pharisee strapped one to his forehead to publicly demonstrate his devotion to the law of God. They not only strapped the box to their foreheads, but enlarged it to demonstrate their superior piety.

Symbols of devotion rather than devotion itself were (and are) important to Pharisees.

The modern equivalent of enlarged phylacteries depends on the fashion of a particular religious group. All such symbols and practices look silly, of course, to anyone outside the group.

For some fundamentalists the widened phylacteries would be the Big Black Bible of the proper version, dog-eared and marked up. For another group it might be an affected manner of speech or lacing one’s conversation with “Praise the Lord” For some it might be the wearing of a suit and tie; for others, jeans and a T-shirt, Examples are legion.

The widening of Phylacteries is done for show, of course. Most such religious fads are merely comical or irritating and should be laughed at or simply ignored. But they are also danger signs. Making so much of external signs of devotion may indicate that authentic spiritual life on the inside has died or is dying.

Widened Phylacteries also demonstrate that the person wearing them is far too concerned with how he or she looks to others. When such people gain power, they become dangerous and are not to be trusted or followed.