Money & Worship

About 18 years ago The Lord spoke to me about His heart for His worshippers. At the time it confused me a bit due to the fact that everything in Christian land around me said otherwise. But I knew this was His heart. In reading the word, He spoke about money in the church and more specifically that His house will be a house of prayer/worship.

“I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,I will not accept them,Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. Take away from Me the noise of your songs,For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments. But let justice run down like water,And righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Amos 5:21-24

God began to speak to me about not charging any money for the power of God and worship and how we’ve misused it. Like the money changers in the temple so has my church become. Charging money for goods when my house is a house of PRAYER. Now a days we justify the means and the end because it’s a solid way to bring in income for the Christian but what happened to “My house is a house of prayer.”? I’ve been in 100’s of churches and rarely is there a regular prayer meeting going on for more than 10 minutes. I wonder what Paul would say if he was here now…

Matthew 21:13   And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’ but you have made it a den of thieves.”

Interesting how Jesus is saying prayer in the house of God is so important but somehow we only have a handful of saints coming to church prayer meetings, if the church even has a prayer meeting. Leaders are afraid to challenge anyone to come pray possibly because their own prayer life isn’t there. That has been my personal experience.  How do we not see that we are deceived? A den of thieves Jesus called the money changers in His temple. Isn’t that what we do now? We trade money for blessing or money for an “anointed” cd that promised healing. Gods heart is for us to give but the money changers in the churches have had to beg and use guilt to get people to give, to keep up the broken system that has been established in our churches.  Our ceremonies without much prayer keep the Spirit of God out and the evil in. Sorry but it’s true.

 All of Christianity is making good money being paid worship leaders, song writers and celebrity worshippers, authors etc…  It’s making money doing what you love right? God providing? I remembered what God had spoken to me in 2000. Free, my Spirit is free, my love is free. You can not charge money to the body or the one who might believe because I give all things freely including my own blood. What if God charged us money for what He did? The ministry of the Holy Spirit is HIS ministry. Not ours to use His Spirit and then charge $$.

Philippians 4:19  “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”  Where are the believers who believe?

In recent years the Lord has brought me back to this concept of FREE. His love, grace, healing, ministry of the Holy Spirit are all free. When we charge money for everything, cd’s, worship concerts, counseling, ministry you are charging money for His ministry.  We have no power or presence to change anyone or help anyone, only the Spirit of God does. Jesus overturned money tables in the temple.  In fact His only act of righteous anger in scripture was this.

In the early church, His disciples were given the task of bringing in all that their church body had. They sold everything to join this body and they were willing to do anything, including die. They were not living for the house the car and the job and just giving 10% they were giving everything. They were so dead to this world that even money wouldn’t hold them back.  Their entire lives were done TOGETHER, praying, worshipping, and making disciples. They were one in Spirit.  They were DISCIPLES of Jesus. If they were not they were not considered to be a part of “the church”. The church was all encompassing of their lives and Annanias and Saphira paid with their lives when they lied about money to the Holy Spirit. Are we lying to the Spirit? This gospel requires everything not just a little here and there. Does God need our money?

God used the money everyone gave to meet the needs of those in their body. Not for the pastor’s retirement.  In fact, didn’t Paul make tents and live on that?  Yes. He actually says to the Corinthians that he robbed other churches to minister to them.

“Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.”

2 Corinthians 11:7,8

If you are wanting to be used for healing, deliverance, prophecy then it must be free as it was freely given to you. Capitalizing on the Spirit opens the door to greed.

How confusing is it to those who want this Holy God but see His body pimped out and looking exactly like the world..and making money off of those who want God. We are in a new covenant and our commission to preach the gospel does not involve taking/begging for people’s money- ever. If there is a need we need to pray and give what is needed.

The deception here in the church is heavy to look at.   Jesus and the apostles were always saying to believers, “don’t be deceived.”

The church has been infiltrated with witchcraft as spoken of in Galatians. “who has bewitched you?” Satan has been in the “ceremonial” church for a loooong time, deceiving those who don’t follow the word intimately and have itching ears to hear fancy sermons and feel good. Broken people who need the Spirit of God but are offered a church system instead. Throw in there really good relevant worship that sounds so good we feel compelled to pay them good money for the songs the Lord gave them for FREE and put them up on pedestals because of their gift.  We then miss Jesus just like the Pharisees did, they had no need for Him, they had their own righteousness, their own ministry and it brings in good money! Worship turns into a ripe playing field for the enemy, deceiving those who don’t know the difference between Gods glory and the lesser spirit.

Pharisees had their order, their systems in place. They missed their Messiah the first time and put Him on a cross and those who are in the church who are following mans rules, control, and ceremonial worship of money and not the word are missing their Messiah and His return…again. He’s about to come and too much of the body is unaware.

Worship has become a fad, a rock concert and many are led astray to worship the good feeling they have rather than The Holy God of the bible.  Worship groups have popped up all over and provide fun concerts but are they worshipping the God of Israel?

I believe we will see a massive outpouring of The Spirit of God during true, pure worship in this world when we turn back to His true plan and heart for the nations, the broken, the poor-giving the free gift the way it was given to us. After all He looks at our hearts and knows everything, we cannot deceive Him.

Nothing weeds out wolves in sheeps clothing quicker than money. There is no charge, Jesus paid it all with His life.  Worship God. Put Him first over man. Fear Him over the enemy.  Ask God where we as a church have been deceived. He will speak and already has. Start with 2 Timothy 3 &4 etc.

There is always a remnant who hears the word of God and believes and trusts God to fulfill His plan in this earth. Today’s Christian culture is a self centered one where we want to be served. Churches have become a smorgasbord of what serves me. The understanding of Jesus has become the way to “MY best life now.” Instead of, “I have died and my life is hidden in Christ.” Colossians 3. The bible is not about you. The call of Jesus is to DIE to yourself, leave your self life behind, be a disciple of Jesus and fall on your face before the Father who loves you and made a way back to life for you. Worship is a basic organic outpouring of a heart ransomed by HIS FREE GRACE. Making it anything more is sorcery. Prayer and worship that is PURE will move mountains. Satan isn’t going to the world to deceive, He is in the modern church deceiving on a weekly basis. Remember the Pharisees didn’t like how they felt around Jesus?

We must know the word. There are amazing well meaning Christians being deceived and living a powerless Christian existence because they have settled for this man made, MAN CENTERED gospel. The awesome news is that God is raising up teachers and worshippers who will follow the River of Life for the healing of the nations (Ezekiel 47) and not look for fame or money but give ALL glory to God.

We were warned in 2 Timothy that in these last days men would be lovers of SELF having a form of godliness but denying it’s power. When will we do things His way? I am asking myself this! Christianity belongs to JESUS! Who are we to make it a business? And a powerless one at that.

The Lion of The Tribe of Judah means “The Lion of The Tribe of PRAISE.” His people are a people of praise and fear of The Lord. I’ve warned for 12 years that we have a short time to worship and bring in as many souls as will come, before the return of Jesus. The Ekklesia has the calling and opportunity to worship in Spirit and Truth now. Sing unto Him a new song and praise His name. Declare to the darkness the LIGHT that has conquered sin, death and the grave! Bow before The God of Creation and pour out your heart to Him in worship and you will bless Him and be blessed. 🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

❤️Kristin