16 signs of being in a spiritually abusive ministry/church.

1. Leadership teaches that God must speak to them first before He speaks to you.

2. Leadership curses those who leave their church & speak death over them saying they are setting themselves up to die since they are out of their covering.

3. Leadership makes you feel guilty to stay connected to or are in relationship with those who leave the church or are part of another ministry.

4. Leadership overemphasizes teaching on submission to leadership.

5. Leaders publicly humiliate those they are threatened by or are jealous of. They will be passive aggressive in their sermons & their social media.

6. Leadership surrounds themselves with "yes men" & have no accountability. Their inner circles usually do a lot of their dirty work.

7. Leadership makes it known that personal life decisions have to be first approved by the leadership such as where you should invest, work, move or who you should date or marry.

8. Leadership discourages you to read or listen to any other ministries that they don't approve of.

9. Leadership bullies through manipulation and intimidation.

10. Leadership blames everyone else for the churches problems. Leadership is never transparent.

11. Leadership blocks or defriends those on social media who have left their church & encourages others to as well by calling the people who have left rebellious & dishonorable.

12. Leadership promises promotion to others but never promotes others into their ministries. They constantly dangle the carrot over their head but never give them an opportunity.

13. Leadership manipulates people to give offerings.

14. Leadership talks about loyalty, commitment and honor in excess and demand to be called by titles.

15. Leadership help breakup marriages

16. Leadership is suspicious of all ministries that are in their area or region & don't fellowship with them.

In this podcast Scott breaks down the utterance gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they manifest.

The gift of tongues, Interpretation of tongues and the gift of prophecy.

Tongues are for our edification whereas prophecy is for the church.

Prophecy operates through foretelling and forth telling.

I Corinthians 12 & 14 are chapter references.

In this episode Scott talks about being an enthusiastic citizen of heaven. We are on our way to heaven so we might as well enjoy the trip.

Philippians 3:20 states that our citizenship is of heaven and 2 Corinthians 5:20 says we are Ambassadors of Christ.

Scott talks about hard times happen but when our mindset is from above our perception will cause us to get happy when trials come because an upgrade is hidden in them.

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."James‬ ‭1:2-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Dread Champions see things different.

"while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭4:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In this podcast Scott interviews Crystal Anderson a woman if God who has gone through tremendous adversity and come out of it on the other side.

Crystal became a young widow at 27 years old with two young girls to raise and a situation that looked bleak.

Listen to her story and be inspired how God changed her to become a Dread Champion and bring beauty from her ashes.

"But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint." Isaiah‬ ‭40:31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

It's easy to inspire people about God's purpose for their lives. People truly love and laud God's promises but not His process.

When God breaks through to our life in power we must follow through in process.

Process is what separates the person who has been touched by God versus changed by Him. The church is full of people who have been touched but not changed. The key component to being changed is the process of having our minds renewed.

God's process isn't a quick fix or a hocus pocus your in focus...God's process will take you through waiting, long suffering and wilderness seasons that will help mold you into a Dread Champion because of the process of changing.

When God breaks through in power...we follow through in process.

Don't despise the process.

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In this episode Scott will break down how a Dread Champion thinks different and how to recognize what voice you are hearing.

In this episode Scott will break down what a Dread Champion is and what one isn't as well as including 10 traits of a Dread Champion.