Amanda is a voice that speaks with a manifestation gift of prophesying among other treasures, and she makes her home here in South Carolina along with a bevy of others.
I read the following exhortation and was floored. Hence, I would like to share it with you and hope you find at least some pieces that resonate with you.
She writes:
Ecclesia Leaders,
It is imperative that we deal with ANY offenses (big or small) between us.
Personally, I am comfortable with “clearing the air”. I would prefer to confront with love and truth now, than allow something small, or even what seems to be nothing at all, to expand over time to the size of a mountain.
The Lord spoke to me back in August regarding the year of the new wine. Since the new wine is found in the cluster (Isaiah 65:8), the enemy’s greatest strategy this year would be to sow offense, dividing us, the Ecclesia. When the cluster gets divided, there is no new wine.
Leaders, we can’t preach UNITY when we have unsettled issues in our hearts with other leaders. I understand that sometimes you just can’t make the relationship work, especially if it’s one sided. That happens.
However, APOLOGIZE even when you feel you’ve done nothing wrong. Just do it! The first to apologize is the most mature. Your gifts mean nothing if you can’t humble yourself. (Stop, Amanda…that’s a whole other post!😳🥴)
We’ve got to get over ourselves. Seriously.
Please have the conversation even if it’s awkward, painful…or if you’re the only one to apologize. (Sidenote; texting is a horrible way to communicate when there is confusion or hurt. Motives and tones don’t get adequately expressed.)
Do your part. Act first. Don’t wait.
We must discern correctly and check our motives and heart. If you have unresolved wounds, get healing! This is a HUGE area of contention where many become so easily offended, because the enemy has an obvious foot in the door.
Not everybody is against you.
I’ve prayed this prayer for years…
“Papa, may my heart be open, healed, and compassionate, but may my skin be tough, strong, and thick.”
New wine is found not in singular grapes, but in the cluster.
Something deep there, gang. And not even just on the surface of what she is saying, though there is remarkable truth in the plain sense.
Soft hearts, thick skin.
#unoffendable