Prophecy

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Spiritual Winter
Shared by Patricia Backora, author of the book
Tough Love in Christ's Millennium
Which you can order online from: http://www.publishamerica.com

When my people are most in need of tender compassion, ofttimes they receive only cutting criticism from brothers and sisters in Christ who are obsessed with “fruitfulness” . Most always they mean success in ministry to reach lost souls, rather than the quiet workings of my Spirit in a person’s life.

Instead of a vital, soul-seeking, go-getter for Christ, critics see only a shrinking violet slacker who refuses to do his share to advance the Kingdom of God. When such a saint is assailed by troubles and forced to concentrate more on his own needs, he is rebuked for being a unfruitful tree without even leaves to serve as promissory notes of future fruitfulness.

Every healthy tree has its seasons. A deciduous tree reaches its peak of green leafiness in summer. In autumn, it is a riot of blazing colors, and a delight to the eye. It seems to be in its prime. To all appearances, those branches are teeming with lots of glorious living leaves.

Not so. Those beautiful leaves are actually dead. Undiscerning saints are always impressed by flashy display.

Then comes winter, and even the appearance of life is gone. Stark bare branches speak of a stripping away of earthly glory, a time of humbling. The life is still within the tree, but all its resources are now spent on mere survival until spring comes once again to renew it with fresh buds of life.

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