Descending Dove Ministries

'If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.' Isa 7:9 'Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil
comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled
around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of
peace.' Eph 6:13-15
Consider this, IF the Church, acting in the fullness of God's Word (not on man's interpretation thereof) was in obedience to the fullness of
God's Word, would any of the problems facing the Church - the homosexual agenda; abortions on demand nation-wide; the attempted removal
of Christian activities and wordings out of government and it's origin; the powerlessness of the Church in miracles, signs, and wonders; the
'missing ingredient' of the Holy Spirit in the Church, in it's teachings, and in it's functions - be flourishing?

Because these problems seem to be flourishing, rather than being in check, one can only surmise that the preaching/teaching of God's Word
and the interpretation of God's Word is in man's domain, rather than God's. "'Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I
have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if
you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who
have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in
white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the
other! So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired
wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me
gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your
eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If
anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit
with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches." Rev 3:2-6 & 15-22
Only preaching/teaching contrary to the Word of God can allow these inconsistancies to continue to exist in our Churches, but the Word of
God states, 'If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.' Isa 7:9, that indicates to me, that IF the Church would STAND
IT'S GROUND on issues of abortion, homosexuality, teaching on miracles, wonders and signs, and about the Holy Spirit, we as a nation of
believers, would not be having these issues facing us.

God is against abortion, taking the life of the innocent, His Word backs this up! 'They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of
Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire--something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.' Jer 7:31 'This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of
all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children's blood, therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you
found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them,
and they will see all your nakedness.' Exe 16:36-37 We have killed more babies in the United States of America, than Hitler's killing of Jews
during World War II.

God is against homosexuality, 'Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor
slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.' 1 Cor 6:9-10, or how about 'The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual
immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.' Gal
5:19-21 The best answer to this topic is, 'Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the
sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 'So God created man
in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it."' Gen 1:26-28, and 'What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for
him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of
your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all
that swim the paths of the seas.' Ps 8:4-8

God is against 'Political Correctness' and the removal of His presence in our history, "Woe to you experts in the law, because you have
taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering." Luke 11: 52 Our
books of education, our schools of education have all fallen subject to a media's cry to remove God from any existence with any
connection of establishing the United States of America. Bibliographies of the great leaders, the 'Founding Fathers', or other historical
figures have been literally erased of any reference to their Biblical beliefs. As far as to what the Bible says, the Truth has been
water-down, and instead of Bible teaching in His house, speakers speak of nothing, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I
am about to spit you out of my mouth. I have come to believe, that if we are teaching a subject 'that can't be controlled' or that's out of
our control, such as about the Holy Spirit; then we will manipulate the discussion to the point that we can control it.

God is not pleased with our lack of education about Him, His Triune personage and attributes, and the lack of fire in His Church, 'Yet I
hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things
you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.' Rev 2:4-5 'Nevertheless, I have a few
things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by
eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the
Nicolaitans. Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.' Rev 2:14-16
How is it that you'll teach of other gods, but will not instruct of the Holy Spirit, who is our teacher? 'Nevertheless, I have this against
you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality
and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a
bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.' Rev 2:20-22 'Wake
up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore,
what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at
what time I will come to you.' Rev 3:2-3 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So,
because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth
and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.' Rev 3:15-17

You perverse generation, "'Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not
known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"--safe to do all these detestable things?'
Jer 7: 9-10 If so, 'This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy
whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O America! wilt thou not be made clean?' Jer 13:25-27

Generally, my messages are aimed at the leadership of the Church or flock (because as the leaders go, so does the flock), but this message is valid
to all listening or reading. 'Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the
foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in
Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours? You put off the evil day and bring near a reign of terror.
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves. You strum away on your harps like
David and improvise on musical instruments. You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of
Joseph. Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.' Amos 6:1-7

"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but
on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but
on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness." "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs
for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have
taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who
murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!" "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape
being condemned to hell?" Matt 23:27-33

"'Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember,
therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent."