The Jesus Message

Reservoirs and Rivers Message 2 | Fully Persuaded

23/09/14 at 2.54pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

September 17, 2023

God wants a deep relationship with us. He wants more than creeds that dull the cross. He desires more than stagnant ponds of commentary. He seeks more than to be historically observed or recognized. He wants to truly have an intimate bond with us. He wants to fellowship with us. And so, we have to push against the barred gates of human limitations and reach for that which of the Heavenlies. We must be fully persuaded that what God has given is better than any substitute joy the world can engineer. Listen now…

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Reservoirs and Rivers

23/09/06 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

September 10, 2023

Religion is like a reservoir. Often man-made. And man decides what flows, how much flows, when it is shut off and how much volume is determined. But a River is God-made. God decides the flow marks, the banks of possibility, the flow and speed. Don’t settle for mere religion, when God wants you to have deep relationship with Him. Don’t just settle for creeds and human opinions. Let the powers of God move in your life at an unlimited rate. Listen now…

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How God Works in our Distress

23/08/30 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

September 3, 2023

There are distresses all around us. On our jobs. In our homes. Throughout our nation. People feel the crushing walls of disappointment and fear. But, when we turn our attention to God in prayer, God listens. God moves. God demonstrates His love for us. And He gives us an abundance of help. He is our shield that protects us from fiery accusations. He is our Rock that keeps us in a hiding place from the storms of evil. He is our deliverer from the most dangerous places of life and temptation. God offers an abundance of habitations in that He is our cleft in the Rock, He is our fortress when the fight is too strong for us; He is our High Tower, when we need to rise above the feelings of helplessness and futility. Listen now…

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Confessions of a Revelation

23/08/23 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

August 27, 2023

When Elijah first looked at it, the broken altar, it lay in a heap of scraps. Disjointed wood. Scattered rocks. Blood-soaked splinters. Sweat washed remains. It was chaos and madness, where the hyped-up heathen failed in desperation to get Baal’s visible answer. They were left with blank stares, empty enchantments, and a noisy human display with nothing divine in it. It had been a concert of futility. Some of them were so weary they looked like statues poured into a mold of shock. Faces gaunt. Sleepy eyes. Lifeless expressions. Their show was over. The clouds drew a momentary curtain over the sun. The stage was now empty, and one contestant of truth remained. The eclipse of Baal was removed, and true light was ready to shine, ready to burn.

Sometimes God lets the noisy deceivers have their say and stand on their stage. He lets them wiggle and waste away in their showmanship and powerless prayers. He lets the fake fall. He lets the imaginary play out. When all the tricks and treachery are done, then truth steps forward; there are some Elijah’s that are going to step forward in this hour.

He fit the pieces of the altar together, like a puzzle of prophecy, fitly formed, tightly mounded; order restored. Destiny reshaped. Revival ready. Prayer empowered. He rolled this stone that way and pulled the wood this way; he wiped away the futile blood of heathens that cut themselves. He blew away the dust of their frenzied dance. After he rolled in and accurately placed the last stone, Elijah stabbed the air with a prophetic finger and counted the twelve stones, Israel’s God-given number. He smiled in satisfaction. He glimpsed toward a heaven that would soon descend. He narrowed his gaze upon the surroundings and commanded barrels of water be poured. He wanted the altar to be soaked, baptized in water. The promise of fire seems to be connected to a baptism of water…there would be no sensual manufacturing, no magic trick or sleight of hand; he didn’t need illusion, he had Divine inspiration. Listen now…

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Something Immovable in a Sea of Trouble

23/08/16 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

August 20, 2023

Hope is an expectation. Something that seems out of reach but could yet be attained. Many are reaching for things in this world that can’t sustain them. It won’t satisfy the spiritual thirst. But Jesus is an anchor that holds. His love for us can keep us from drifting in hatred and self-loathing. His truth can give us surety in an insecure world. Hope means something better is coming. So, no matter what you are facing or what the world may offer you in substitute for your faith, something better is coming. Hold to the truth. Grasp grace. Don’t let go of Biblical principles. Listen now…

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The Lingering Pain of a Missed Promise

23/08/09 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

August 14, 2023

Heb 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, (this is a powerful summation the outpouring, the “rain the cometh oft”; the moves of God, the rain of His Spirit; those spiritual microbursts that drenched you in His glory; you, like the earth, used to drink in the rain of the Spirit; it nourished your soul; it opened your wells of understanding; it unloosed you from the sin-banks and carried you in the flow of overflowing faith; it helped you reap things you never thought possible in the realm of spiritual success; it instilled in you a desire to go deeper, to climb higher, to overflow the banks of your limitations and believe God for anything; it soaked you in truth and heaped up crops of goodness and established new boundaries of supernatural possibilities and often drenched you in the powers of God’s presence during prayer…) and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

It used to be a blessing to go to church; it used to be blessing to break bread with your spiritual family; it used to be a blessing to be involved in ministries and soul winning; but the fruit is no more; and the soul’s desire is cold; and the heart is hardened for lack of rain, a dry parched ground, a hard indifference to what God is doing now; it used to be a prolific field of thanksgiving in your heart for the things He had done for you, but now it’s empty and cold and barren and bitter.

The word received in this text means to participate not just receive. That means one took ownership of the blessing, but now it seems it’s in the garage sale of religions, no longer needed, no longer fitting the aberrant lifestyle stubbornly chosen. The participation has become critical observation. The input of truth has now become the output of lies and self-deception. The blessings are now blamed for your heartaches and religious miseries. The blessings are now subject to new interpretations based on lawless judgments now perceived. It’s like certain Israelites in the book of Numbers who errantly identified their past days in Egypt. They said that Moses had brought them from a land that flowed with milk and honey…Numbers 16:13. Really? The old territory of torture was flowing with milk and honey? The days of whips and harsh words from slave drivers was better? Egyptian bondage was better than Canaan’s promises? But this is the sad refrain of those who live in the lingering pain of a missed Promise. It’s God’s fault, not their flesh. It’s God’s lack of answers, not their blind attempts to fix things themselves; it’s God’s cruelty, not their own stubborn headstrong collision with dead ends in life. Listen now…

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The Rain is not always on the Radar

23/08/02 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

08-07-23

Recently, we were driving a short trip from New Orleans to Buloxi, MS. It’s about 100 miles. It’s all interstate, so that was nice. As we casually enjoyed our beignets from Café Dumon in New Orleans, I was in no rush because I had looked at the Weather App Radar and it was all clear. Several other storms were moving off to the Northwest, but that was in the opposite direction. So, we strolled back to the parked car, made our way through slow traffic for about 10-15 minutes and then we were off. Then there was thunder, and I was like, oh that must be headed the other way; but then raindrops followed by Noah’s downpour and for 70 of the 100 miles, it rained, heavy and heavier, not light and lighter. I was fussing. I was complaining about my Premium weather app. I felt like I had gone back to weather balloons of the past and needing to rely on old grandpa on his front porch with the weather predicting knee ache. Because anything was better than my state of the art, modernized, satellite backed so called accurate weather app.

And so, the spiritual lesson began. The rain doesn’t always show up on the radar. The sudden formation of thunderstorms is normal for that part of the country, and I was caught off guard. But here’s what I gained in spiritual insight. First of all, the rain was pouring but the road was still there. The direction hadn’t changed. The destination still computed correctly on the GPS. Listen now…

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Failures you should Never Embrace

23/07/27 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

July 30, 2023

Every day mistakes can be made. What will you do with them? Will you let them haunt you until you are too hesitant to make a move? Will you transform them into faith-steps leading to your destiny? Failures will happen, but there a some you should never embrace. When you allow built in failures the chance to tell you what’s going to happen before you even try is quite discouraging. So, refuse their entrance. Lock the door of faith and don’t let them in. Resist the temptation to make excuses before the battle even begins…listen now.

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One Blood One Battle One Bride

23/07/20 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

July 23, 2023

By this one leper cleansing Physician of heaven; by this one virtue sharing hemorrhage healing savior; by this one lover of lepers, friend of the flawed, hope of the hurting, light to the listless and staggering generations of despair; this one man brought fertile soil to the grieving lands of withered dreams, and the seed of His word grew miracles where death, doubt, and Roman dominion oppressed. He was a lone root out of the dry ground. Isaiah 53:2 He was the single lamb staining the foundations of the world with his blood. He was the lone survivor in temptation’s obstacle course of lust, pride, and selfish ambition. By himself he purged our sins and sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high.[1] He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.[2] He was the only High Priest in all time and eternity that could be touched with the feeling of our infirmities and walk that road of compassion without compromise. Hebrews 4:16

He gave the world one cross to crossover the chasm of hell; a bridge of Divine origin roughly hewn by worth millions of diamonds; and we march on that rugged wood-bridge of sacrifice and hope over the fiery canyons of everlasting hell. One man did that; one mediator between God and man. I Timothy 2:5

Adam of the Garden of Eden brought death with one bite.

Adam of the Garden of Gethsemane brought deliverance with one cross.

Adam of Eden brought iniquity and sin to every generation to be born.

Adam of Gethsemane brought inspiration to live beyond the grave to every generation born again…

Can one man really make that kind of difference? Can the rock slung out of David’s posterity bring down the Goliathan rulership of rebellion and darkness? Can the Samson like power of His Words spoken from the jawbone of God manifested in flesh bring down more than a thousand Philistine powers of evil? With one cross he paved a blood stained trail from sin bound earth to grace endowed Heaven; and with one crown he will rule all the nations with a rod of iron…listen now.

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The Troops of Tema

23/07/13 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

July 16, 2023

Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Job 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

Job 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Job 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

Job 6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

Job 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

“Travelers in caravans from Tema, in northern Arabia, and merchants from Sheba, in southwestern Arabia, both known for their trading, had gotten lost looking for water in the riverbeds. So they were distressed. Similarly Job was disappointed, expecting help from his three fellows (you is pl.) but getting none.” Bible Knowledge Commentary

You are a traveler hindered by lack of water. Thirst unquenched. Desires unmet. Hopes that seem unquenched on your way to completing a mission, to acting out the will of God. You are among the troops of Tema. Tema simply means desert. You are a desert traveler. I speak to your dry days and frigid nights. The sands are endless to the sight. The course is draining, and weariness cooks the soul. God won’t leave you thirsty in the troops of Tema if you seek Him. Drink from His wells and experience unparalleled joy. Listen now…

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When God Looks at Himself in the Mirror

23/07/06 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

July 9, 2023

Brightness is the Greek word, apaugasma, which means radiance, effulgence, or reflection. The quality of sending out rays of light. Jesus came as the light into the world; not a separate light from another face, or from another person, or from a demigod figure on a different throne; he came as the one true light of the character of God.
You must understand that Jesus is not a resemblance of the Father, he is a reflection of the father. If God could look in a mirror and see Himself the image would be the man Christ Jesus. Think about that; God is not looking through a lens of eternity upon a separate image that has his appearance or likeness; He is not glancing upon an imitating substance derived from his omnipotent nature; He is not looking at a stump carved out His everlasting glory, planted in our human world and witnessing a distinctive growth or plant or god-form. God didn’t Xerox himself and send that into world. He created a human house and came himself to dwell in it. Jesus was not a close version of God; He was not an imitation; he was the incarnation. Jesus didn’t stop by the fueling station of the heavens and get a filling of the Divine nature; he was the fuel, the gas station, the everlasting power of God.
Remember, He is the brightness of his glory. Think, rays of sunshine; a beam from a flashlight; an illumination from a torch; you can’t separate the one from the other and they both distinctly exist. Also, glory is significant as the God said he would not give his glory to another. Isaiah 42:8
This is why the Trinity doctrine corrupts the image of God. It diminishes the authority of one and makes it reliant upon three different forms, or on unanimous counsel to get something done. Listen now…

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An Ocean of Anointing

23/06/28 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

July 2, 2023

What is the difference between a reservoir and a river? One is man-made. The other is God-made. A reservoir is measured in feet and depth. Man determines the volume of water. But a river is determined by rain levels and banks and flow. Spiritual things from God are immeasurable. You can’t control its current, you just have to move with it. Spiritual movements are powerful as long as we don’t put up humanistic barricades and try to control it. And in the world of the Spirit, God has given us depths of anointing. We don’t have to settle for little ponds of religion. We need to use powers of truth at our altars to touch a hurting and hopeless world. Go deeper. Pray a little more. See the impossible become a fulfillment. Listen now…

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Three Frogs and a Sword

23/06/21 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

June 25. 2023

What comes out of the mouth of this trio of darkness is dubious to the mind, dangerous to the soul, and destructive to the body. If you listen long enough to their speeches you will feel yourself begin to question things that were concretely driven deep in your heart. If you taste the temptation of their offerings you will begin to believe that holiness tastes nasty and rivers of living water are too bitter to drink.

So, you have to challenge these ancient spirits with a newborn experience. “out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger.” To still the enemy is to silence his hateful, demeaning rhetoric. The Spiritual application here is that when someone opens their mouth as a newborn babe in Christ, the New Birth Experience; it mutes hell. It’s like every auditory nerve in the Universe suddenly goes deaf, and as if some ethereal sound producer is at the controls the evil words fade out. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy singing. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy quoting the Word. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy praying in the Spirit. Your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exaggerations that try to intimidate you. They will boast weapons of shame. They will target your vulnerable areas. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic excavations. These are the things they dig up from your past. Bones of bitterness. Rotted flesh of failures. Decomposed bodies of sin and regrets. Skulls of old thoughts in the dirt of shame. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exploitations. These are the disadvantages the enemy thinks you have; your weaknesses he can key in on; your failures of the past that he can try and capitalize on when you try to do something for God, say something for God.

Goliath threatened Israel in I Samuel 17 and the Israelites were weakened by what they saw in Goliath. But then came David. And David was strengthened by what God saw in him. God’s view of us is more powerful than our fearful view of the enemy. Listen now…

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Pharaoh or Follower

23/06/14 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

June 18, 2023

Then Pharaoh looked out his window and saw Aaron standing in a nearby field. Something was in his hand. Dirt? No, ashes. And just then Aaron and Moses required an audience and as they stood before the ever-defiant Pharaoh Moses lifted his hand and slowly allowed the ashes to sprinkle on the wind. From the ashes of the furnace boils were born. The boils got so bad on all the people that the magicians canceled their next performance; they were too embarrassed by the ravaging sores all over their bodies.

But the boils only boiled Pharaoh’s resolve, and he stubbornly went back to his room, slammed the door and would not let the slave labor be free. It’s funny how Pharaoh became more imprisoned by pride and became a slave to his own will and wore heavier chains of bondage to destiny.

You see, you can’t do it your way and have prosperity with God. And men often think God is just suppressing their skills or intelligence; that by making God a non-existent entity they can erase limitations or human guilt. But God isn’t going anywhere? And no matter who says He doesn’t exist simply doesn’t change His existence.

The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. But God is a rewarder of those who believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. There is no reward in rejection. There is no comfort in ignoring God’s existence, or in refusing God’s instructions, or in reforming God to be something man-made and man controlled. Listen now…

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The Cancellation Policy of Heaven

23/06/07 at 3.49pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

June 11, 2023

Luk 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Luk 5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Luk 5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

Luk 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

Luk 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

Luk 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

The frustrated fisherman glanced at the barren nets. He rubbed his hands over his eyes and wished he could wipe away the futility of the night. His back ached. His bank account suffered. He stared at a disappearing moon that hung like a curved blade over the waters, and part of him wanted to just cut up these empty nets and make new ones. The morning water lapped at his feet. The boats creaked in the gentle waves. A cool breeze brought no comfort to his tired face. His sleepy eyes dreamed of a big catch. But as the sun arose his spirit did not…

Nevertheless. It just cancelled everything negative before this word. It stopped looking at the past and it started seeing the potential of the moment. Let down the net, don’t give anymore excuses. Let down the net, stop talking about what didn’t happen. Let down the net…
And when they had this done…it’s not what Peter said; it’s what He did. It could have ended with something he said. We can’t. I won’t. I will never happen. Mind your own business. You don’t work in his line of work. Stick to what you know. I’ve toiled all night and I’m going home. The nets didn’t break until Peter first had a break…He broke from the past to empower the moment. You can’t empower the moment if your expectation is always looking over your shoulder; always anticipating the worst outcome. Listen now…

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Iron Mixed with Clay

23/05/31 at 5.57pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

June 4, 2023

In the Last Days there will be confidence and confusion, democracy and imperialism. We will see men rise up with great authority and yet have limited abilities. There will be great deception in man’s ability to rely on himself, on humanism. Educational strength will be compromised by avarice desires. Hopes will be mixed with lying signs and wonders. Strong militancy will be mixed with hatred toward any kind of authority. And so, the weaknesses of mankind will be the ultimate undoing of the Antichrist Empire of the End; it will be pulverized by the Kingdom of Christ. Listen now…

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Your Adversity has an Expiration Date

23/05/25 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

May 28, 2023

1Pe 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

1Pe 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

The word strange is foreigner, so first of all the apostle is telling us that the fiery trial is your friend, not a stranger. To be foreign is to not know the territory; but this is no stranger of danger, but a friend of faith and revelation. Jesus called Judas friend. He knew what Judas would do. Anything that helps shape your destiny is your friend and though it becomes your enemy, the result reveals it was as if a friend had done you a favor.
Happened. Not happening. Past tense, not presently occurring. So, this means whatever was taking place has already happened. It’s over. Your past it. You’re through it. You’re at the end of the chapter. You’re over the mountain of conflict. You’re beyond the valley of strain and stress. You’re out of the wilderness of confusion. Your victory has developed out of the darkness. Your treasure has come out of the fire. Your faith has come out of the furnace of anxiety. It has processed into a promise. It has formed from broken to something priceless. Also, happened is a word that speaks of an event. An event has a time stamp on it. It is based on something transpiring at a particular time. If you buy tickets to some type of entertainment, it has a date and time on it. You can’t show up a day later and use the same ticket. Hey, devil you can’t show up in my tomorrow promise with yesterday’s pain…listen now.

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It Takes a Mother Part 2

23/05/18 at 5.07pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

May 21, 2023

It takes a mother in a world that’s shifting,

A culture that is sifting,

The fledgling minds and youthful hearts of the land,

Under a dark and sinister demonic hand…

It take a mother who fills up the prayer wagon

And slays the fiery, sharp toothed dragon

To battle the chaos of confusion

The ongoing endless classroom delusion

The intolerance of Biblical inclusion

The loneliness of the Christian institution;

In the book of Judges we read of the oppressive Canaanites who

Rule the idolatrous Jews, who once again have fallen, they are crawling and bawling like beggars again before a heathen King;

Jabin has chariots of iron and well trained warriors who march with harmony

Of clanking armor and thundering footfall and faces of steal,

They have a fierce and woeful will; they come to kill;

As they march over the sun baked sands and naked desert floors

There is an intimidating power that cannot be ignored; they are matchless

In their militancy; their manner is one of belligerency; there is no present army with equivalency; they are strong and stubborn and demon powered;

The chariot wheels whine and the muscular horses stretch and the eerie shadows

Of this racing strength extend in elongated, twisted ink up the hillsides and along the dusty roads; there is trembling fear in all the country and every village And every abode. To hear the rest listen now…

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It Takes a Mother

23/05/11 at 12.17pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

May 14, 2023

We live in a world of demonic confusion, of unrighteous cultural conformity, and of deceptive religious corruption. Who’s going to stand against these end time foes? Who is going to make a difference in a world with so many choices? Who is going to pray when others remain silent? Who is going to stand and say something when others feel muted by intimidation? It takes a mother. Nobody loves you like a mother loves you. In the Kingdom of God, the mother is the origin of our faith that began in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. That same mother still connects us to the Saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. That same mother still fights for us against the onslaught of sin and perversion. Listen now…

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Preserving the Promise

23/05/04 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

May 7, 2023

Noah built an ark for the salvation of his family. Then, after the flood, Noah built an altar for sacrifice. Salvation and sacrifice go together. And in the Christian life we need to maintain our altars. We learn to be selfless when we sacrifice. We learn to be continually thankful to God when we show in our relentless devotion. The Promises of God are not just about saving us from danger; but they are equally about showing us our future, our fruitfulness. So, don’t be hampered by hurt or bound by bitterness; build an altar and see yourself grow through prayer, preserving every promise of God spoken over your life. Listen now…

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Extended Stay Mercy

23/04/26 at 10.04am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

April 30, 2023

She wasn’t used to running. Her lungs revolted in her chest and threatened to shut down. Her heart thumped so fast she felt like horses were galloping in her rib cage. She panted heavily and ran even harder. But then her right foot hit an unseen root sticking out of the ground. She stumbled and before she could regain her balance her embrace of the toddler weakened. He fell. Something snapped. And the boy yelped in pain.

The nurse panicked. She cried out in disbelief. She was trying to protect the boy from harm, not be the cause of it. But she had no time for guilt. She could hear the enemy horses thundering over the hills. She could envision the sharp swords drawn, lifted high, and maliciously brought down on the helpless. And she would not let that happen to this boy.

While the young Mephibosheth whimpered in pain, the nurse scooped him up and ran. She whispered tearful apologies in his ear and pledged to carry him for the rest of her life if necessary. And oh how escape mentalities leave lasting injuries. You are just trying to get away; get some peace of mind; get away from the haunting memories, the hurtful words, and the hateful feelings. But in your dash from death you stumble. You hastily make decisions about things that needed a little more time; you tripped over trust and put your faith in someone who wasn’t really experienced to handle your situation. Now, that you have escaped the pain of the past you live with the pain of hurried decisions. But there is hope, my friend. God knows how to build a bridge of hope from the mangled fragments left behind by a rush to judgment. God can repair what was broken in fear. He can elicit inspiration from an injury. You may feel lame in certain areas of your faith, but the King has plans for you. Just trust him…Listen now.

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The Chaos of Conviction

23/04/20 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

April 23, 2023

The word “pricked” is very emphatic word; it is not silently passive. It means be pierced, stabbed, of the feeling of sharp pain. (Superficial doctrines that appease the flesh won’t do this to you; it won’t pierce you; it will pacify you.) It is connected to anxiety, remorse, and to be deeply moved. According to Greek Lexicon based on Semantic Domains it also means to be greatly troubled, to be acutely distressed. Interestingly, they said it also means, “to experience acute emotional distress.” My friend, this is what true repentance looks like; being confronted with the Gospel is not just a casual, pillow talk format; it is not an exchange of ideas in a debate with God; on the contrary, it cuts to the depth of the soul; it pierces through hypocrisies and carnal tendencies. It’s not the sugarcoated, mixed messaging tactics of hirelings. It’s not the discounted, cheapened grace interpretations of liberal theologians who move closer to sin-friendly assumptions. It is not the dull edged incapable philosophies of modern pulpits that seek humanist acceptance; which, is like taking a butter knife to a Redwood tree, the lack of sharp edged, cutting ability just ain’t gonna get very far.

Monotonous agreement with majority opinion. Flat-tire mobility of perverse ideas that thumps, thumps, thumps down the road to nowhere. Twisted theologies that change with chameleon frequency to fit whatever lusts of the masses dictate…

2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Not endure can also be translated tolerate. They will not tolerate sound doctrine. Listen now…

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A Bipolar World needs One God

23/04/13 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

April 16, 2023

We are living in a world of extreme opposites. Many are increasingly confused by differences between light and darkness; truth and evil; right and wrong. Blended theologies are challenging our minds. Persuasive speeches of clever humanists are clouding vision. Confused theologies are filling more and more pulpits. We need a certain sound. We need the knowledge of God. Jesus will not fit into a pantheon of human opinions. He will be obeyed and believed, or simply rejected and scorned. There is no middle ground of mixed worldliness and the Word. We have to chose one or the other. We can no longer be halted, crippled between human opinion and Divine revelation. His truth is the final truth…Listen now.

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The Keeper of the Garden

23/04/06 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

April 9, 2023

He is alone. Oh, there are others with him, but he is deeply and hauntingly alone. The mystical fingers of olive branches stretch. A full moon stares through a ragged window of limbs and curtains of greenery. The broken man is stricken with grief. His sobs are intense. His body is weakened. Crimson tears weep from his skin. He strains against the gates. He pushes against the will to walk away. A legion of angels lean in, armored for the moment, ready for a word, just one word that calls them to action; hands gripping a thousand hilts of swords. They will come to the rescue. They will slay a million demons swarming around the lamb. But they cannot just yet…the man rocks on his knees.

The moans are earthquakes from the soul. Tremors ran down his arms. His body shakes, his hands trembling, seismic waves of death are uncontrollable. His beard is matted with dust and blood and mucus, his face now coated with sweat and tears; he is drenched, he is drained. There is exhaustion from a thousand memories of bulls and goats, their blood seeping through the soil of the past; the shuddering thought as a lamb, he envisions the sharp blade of the knife, destiny must cut him, must draw salvation from his veins; the high priest of justice demands blood. And like Isaac on Mount Moriah he must be willing to lay down on this altar of wood, he can already feel the splinters of the cross in his imagination. He shudders and shakes and the tremors ripple through him again; he’s not sure he can do this; at this moment of terror and dream and nightmare and hope and horror, he doesn’t want to…

The sobs seem inhuman, like a wounded beast caught in the sharp teeth of a snare. His face is too red. His body is too stressed. The filthy goblet sits before him. It oozes with poison. It bleeds…listen now.

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Peter got a Light Sentence

23/03/30 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

April 2, 2023

Peter slept between two soldiers. Chained in the cold. Guarded by evil. A dirty dungeon floor. Dim lit hallways. Lightless souls wandering about. Shadowy figures leaning here and there. Think about it. The church was praying, interceding; Peter was out, sleeping like the dead. While the intercessors were warring, Peter was snoring. Some were restless, but Peter rested. Arrested, then rested…not bad when you have faith in God.

How can he sleep like that in a prison? Cramped quarters. Surroundings are terrible. His body aches. His eyes are heavy. His freedom is gone and he can barely move. Muddy walls. A stench of sweat and urine permeating every inch of the atmosphere. Grouchy guards. Unfavorable future. Uncertain hours ahead. James, his good friend of many years has already been eliminated, martyred for the Kingdom. But Peter is sleeping in the cell. Why? Simple. He was tired. Sometimes you don’t need a reason, just a place to lie down. You ever been so tired you could sleep on concrete in the middle of rush hour? That was Peter.

Now, it mentioned he was given over to a quaternion of soldiers. Four different soldiers watched the prisoner every six hours, making a team of sixteen soldiers over a twenty-four-hour period. Two would be chained to the prisoner. Two would stand outside the prison door. That’s sixteen guards. But One God….

I know some of you are outnumbered by the guards of hell; they want to lock you up in shame, keep you a prisoner of the past, make you live out your last days in the dungeon of depression. But in your case it ain’t how many guards are on location, it’s how many gods…and in your case you only need One!! Listen now…

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Don’t Look at Me That Way

23/03/23 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

March 26, 2023

Washed. He cleaned me. The filth you once knew is gone. The dirt of mistakes is gone. The mud of sin and the grime of self-destruction is gone. There is no trace of the terror I used to be, just the truth of what HE has made me. The stains of blame are scrubbed away. The stains of rebellion seemingly irremovable, making me an object that was irredeemable, they are simply gone. Vanished beneath the blood. Disappeared in the deliverance detergent of grace. Erased by the mercies of the Lord that are new every morning. The evidence that was once against me, is now the testimony of a God who is for me. The marks of malice, the stains of stubbornness.

My soul is rinsed from regret. My heart is spotless because the blood of the lamb is the best spot remover. My hands are clean. My vision is clear. My attitude is adjusted from hate to love. My first step is not toward the darkness to do what I want in the world, but toward the light to let the world see what the Lord has done.

Sanctified. He gave a cause.

Justified. He delivered me from condemnation.

Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Listen now…

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