CAPTURE-00013.1 Very thought provoking letter from Dutch Sheets.  What do you think?

Here it is:

A Statement and Appeal Regarding Lakeland

August 21, 2008

It has now been a couple of weeks since I heard about Todd Bentley’s
plans for separation and divorce. Like everyone, I have had a variety of emotions
including anger, sadness, and grief. Every time I see this scenario repeated, I
grieve: for the husband and wife involved; for the family that will be scarred in so
many ways; because of the incredible reproach it brings to Christ; and the
distortion it gives concerning God’s heart and ways. I am praying for Todd and
his family.

I was asked numerous times to write my position on Lakeland while it was
happening, but always felt checked by the Lord—the waters were too muddy and
emotions too high. I now feel strongly that the Lord wants me to do so. It will be
arguably one of the greatest risks of my ministry to date, but one I feel must be
taken. Fathers, when given the voice to do so, bear the responsibility of giving
correction and wisdom. I hope mine qualifies for the latter. I assure you I have
spent many hours praying and thinking through the situation.

The risks are broad: with some of my dearest friends and co-laborers, I
risk harming those relationships; with many in the charismatic body of Christ, I
risk appearing to be an arrogant, “self-appointed” spokesperson for them; to the
“I told you so” crowd, I risk the accusation of “spinning” the situation. (As far as
the heresy hunters and revival police—not those who raised legitimate questions
about Lakeland, but the attack dogs who make their living and build their
ministries criticizing everyone else—I lost respect for them long ago and couldn’t
care less what they think.) My purpose and sincere prayer in writing this
statement, however, is three-fold: to see healing begin for the body of Christ; to
initiate a process that can remove the reproach brought to Christ and the Church;
and to do these things while preserving and honoring my current relationships. I
pray that these desires, along with my heart, come through loudly. And I hope
I’m writing this with true humility—who among us clearly sees all hidden in our
own hearts?

Let me also preface this statement by saying that what needs to be said
cannot be done quickly or carelessly. I do not want my heart to be missed and
am not willing to run that risk for the sake of brevity, so please bear with the
length. (Incidentally, I think it will be obvious no one involved in the Lakeland
situation has asked me to write this; and for the sake of integrity on my part, none
have been consulted concerning what I’m stating.)

Mistakes at Lakeland

Did leaders handling the Lakeland situation make mistakes? Yes—huge
mistakes. Beyond the obvious fruit of salvations and healings, can good come
from Lakeland, as some have suggested, even with the recent revelations
concerning Todd Bentley? Yes, but only if there is complete honesty and
transparency, the removal of all attempts at self-preservation, and absolute
humility from all sides.

Did I endorse the Lakeland meetings? No, I did not, nor did I condemn
them. I acknowledged that healings were occurring and some were being saved,
which I still believe and rejoice over. I realized and stated that the thousands of
people attending were hungry and sincere, as were those involved in leading the
2 meetings. The worship was regularly good. But looking past some of the
immediate and positive results, I, like many, also looked ahead to the possible
fruit from questionable doctrine and experiences, exaggeration and hype,
youthful pride, character issues and the frightening potential of a 32 year “young”
man leading a movement that could shape the future of the Church. These
things were frightening, very frightening, to others and me.

When something has the potential of setting precedent, birthing a
movement and being reproduced as a prototype, we are no longer simply
endorsing good brothers, good intentions and miracles. Doctrine and
foundations will be built on these events. Teachings and paradigms for future
ministries will be formed—in short, the next generation of the church and the
move of God in the earth could be greatly impacted. This is why I stopped short
of endorsing everything at Lakeland. Just as importantly, I could not ignore the
“check”, the uneasiness, the sickening feeling deep in my spirit telling me
something else was wrong—terribly wrong—in this situation. Like other leaders I
tried to push past my uneasiness with the showmanship, the “bams,” the head
butts and kneeing, along with certain experiences and doctrines, all in order to
embrace the good. Like many of my friends I tried to be—and believe I was—
gracious, accepting, ready to think “out of the box”, etc. But try as I may, the
uneasiness in my spirit just wouldn’t leave.

Did I voice my concerns to the appropriate people? Yes, including stating
my concerns for Todd’s marriage to the Lakeland Outpouring Apostolic Team.
Did they listen? Some did, some didn’t. But I want to state emphatically, this is
not an “I told you so” statement. In fact, much of what I want to address goes
back several years into our charismatic Christian history. And I assure you that
concerning our present weaknesses in the charismatic church, there is plenty of
blame to go around. Personally, I’ve been right at times with my discernment
and decisions, wrong at others. It would be worse than hypocritical for me to
point the finger of accusation—I have no stones of judgment to throw.
Nonetheless, mistakes were made and must be acknowledged and learned from
in order for us to heal, grow and move forward.

Some of my closest friends endorsed and participated in the Lakeland
meetings. For them I have both criticism—all of us lose credibility at this point if
we’re not completely honest—and affirmation. Should they have been more
discerning and have listened to the warnings they received? Obviously. Should
those who “aligned” Todd with spiritual fathers (which was a good thing and
positioned him to receive help if he chooses to accept it) have realized to do so
publicly was a mistake and could be interpreted by those watching in no other
way than as a complete endorsement? Yes, they should have, especially when
the event became a commissioning ceremony, complete with decrees and
prophecies of going to higher levels, predictions of Todd’s increasing world-wide
influence and leading a world-wide revival, emphatic and prolific endorsements of
his character, etc.

How could those watching believe the evening was anything but an
aligning, endorsing and commissioning ceremony? It was. It really doesn’t
matter who laid their hands on Todd—all share responsibility. This was unwise
at best, naïve at least and at its worst, foolish. And should the leaders involved
have realized that those of us connected to them relationally, ministerially, and as
movements—some even in alignment with them apostolically and as sons and
daughters—would feel minimalized, if not betrayed, by the fact that they were in
essence taking us onto the stage with them? Yes. These feelings were
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inevitable, especially when we had such uneasiness and asked them not to.
Should there be an acknowledgment of these mistakes to the body of Christ for
the sake of accountability and in order to rebuild trust? I believe so, and remain
hopeful this will happen.

With such strong statements of disagreement, what is the affirmation
toward my friends who led, participated in or endorsed this ceremony (and the
meetings in general)? Simply stated, I know their hearts. It is not a contradiction
of my criticisms toward some of their actions to, at the same time, defend and
endorse their hearts and character. It is completely appropriate—when true—to
defend a person’s heart and integrity while disagreeing with their actions. I think
the blunder of that night was huge and very damaging to the body of Christ, but I
also realize that in their hearts, those involved honestly felt they were doing the
right things.

Again, while not defending the action taken, I would defend the character
and integrity of Peter and Doris Wagner as vigorously as anyone I know, and do
so with absolute confidence. There are no two people, and I mean that literally,
who embody the qualities of humility, integrity, holiness (no compromise!),
sacrifice, unselfish kingdom-thinking, the tireless giving of themselves to Christ’s
cause and the body of Christ—and do I need to add risk-taking?—as much as
Peter and Doris Wagner. It remains my great honor to be associated with them
and call them a spiritual father and mother. And again, while not minimizing or
“sweeping under the rug” any wrong decisions, I remain steadfast in my belief
that similar affirmations could be made of others involved—either directly or
indirectly—in the ceremony. And some of them still see their endorsing of
Lakeland as an endorsement of revival generally, not of Todd personally.

The Bigger Picture

It may come as a surprise, however, that my real purpose in writing this is
not to only state the above, as important as I believe saying it is. My primary
purpose, and I believe my assignment from the Lord, is to identificationally repent
on behalf of the leadership of the charismatic body of Christ (see Nehemiah 1:4-
7; Daniel 9:1-19). In doing so, I do not have a pompous, “no one else will, so I’ll
do it” attitude, nor am I arrogant enough to think I have become the
spokesperson for the charismatic church. But in the same way that I can identify
with the racism of white predecessors and repent to blacks, Native Americans
and other races, I can represent the leadership of the charismatic body of Christ
and identificationally repent for our sins and weaknesses. I encourage leaders
who find my statements true and appropriate to join me. Beyond the simple fact
of it being appropriate, I firmly believe it is the only way to begin the process of
rebuilding trust with those asked to follow us and to remove the cynicism of the
world we ask to listen to us. As you know, regaining credibility is much more
difficult than attaining credibility.

Concerning what I’m about to say, I don’t believe I have a critical spirit, nor
do I want to diminish the sacrifices, faithfulness, and hard work done by so many
in ministry. The fact remains, however, that we have failed the Lord and His
people in many ways—not just with Lakeland but in countless other situations—
and must repent if we are to be trusted in the future. And as you also know, no
repentance is effective if watered down and couched in excuses, therefore, I
intend to be brutally honest:

1) We, the leaders of the charismatic community, have operated in an
extremely low level of discernment. Frankly, we often don’t even try to
discern. We assume a person’s credibility based on gifts, charisma,
the size of their ministry or church, whether they can prophesy or
work a miracle, etc. (Miracles and signs are intended to validate God
and His message, not the messenger; sometimes they validate the
assignment of an individual, but never the person’s character, lifestyle
or spiritual maturity.) We leaders in the Church have become no
different than the world around us in our standards for measuring
success and greatness. This has contributed to the body of Christ
giving millions of dollars to undeserving individuals; it has allowed
people living in sin to become influential leaders—even to lead
movement, allowing them influence all the way to the White House.
Through our lack of discernment we built their stages and gave them
their platforms. We have been gullible beyond words—gullible
leaders producing gullible sheep.

When a spiritual leader we’re connected with violates trust, is
exposed for immorality or falls below other accepted standards of
behavior, it does not exonerate us simply to say we don’t condone
such behavior. Those we lead trust us to let them know whom to
trust. We have failed them miserably in this regard.
For this lack of discernment, and for employing and passing on
inappropriate standards of judgment, I repent to the Lord and ask
forgiveness of the body of Christ.

2) We, the leaders of the charismatic church, spin our involvement and
fail to acknowledge our responsibility when other leaders fall—all of
which stems from our self-preservation and pride. Enough of the
spin—we’re no different than Washington, DC. Every time another
embarrassing and disgraceful situation is exposed, the dancing
begins. It seems that no one bears any real responsibility except the
man or woman who actually commits sin. Incredibly, we even blame
“revival” itself—the pressures, attacks, weariness, the “revival is
messy” argument, etc., saying it is responsible for the failures. This is
disgusting. Those of us on boards of fallen leaders, those who helped
give them a voice, put them on TV, published and endorsed their
books (yes, I have), etc., are not exonerated simply by saying we
don’t condone the wrong behavior or that we didn’t know. We’re
supposed to know.

I don’t believe anyone is expecting perfection from us—I
know I’m not. We’re far too human for that. But we are expected to
have enough humility to look the world and those who follow us in the
eye when we miss it and say, “we were wrong and we are sorry.”
Our careless accountability has caused the body of Christ to
be spiritually raped and abused. It has produced disillusionment and
brought immeasurable reproach to our God and cynicism to His
message. Concerning Lakeland, what was called the “greatest
revival since Azusa Street” has become possibly one of the greatest
reproaches. We, the leaders of the charismatic church, are
responsible.

For not accepting and acknowledging our responsibility, for
caring more about our own reputation than Christ’s, I repent to God
and ask forgiveness of the body of Christ.

3) Our procedures and standards of accountability are incredibly
inadequate. We have provided camaraderie, not biblical
accountability. For those on Todd Bentley’s board who had previous
knowledge of his marriage problems and said nothing, it was more
than a mistake—it was reckless, foolish, and irresponsible. For those
on the stage the night of his aligning and commissioning who knew
and said nothing—ditto. For those there who didn’t know, my
question is, “why didn’t you?” You were trusted to know. That is one
of the purposes of public commissioning and the purpose behind the
concept of endorsement. I’m not trying to point the finger; I’m
endeavoring to get us to be honest about our failures—we have
serious credibility issues. Have I ever laid hands on, commissioned or
endorsed anyone without adequately checking them out? Yes, but
you better believe I’ll be more careful next time!

And we must not single out Lakeland. We’re all guilty.
What about the leader in my city who ran with some of the leading
spiritual fathers in our nation—sincere and good men, I might add,
and not all “charismatic” leaders—who sang his praises and helped
build his stage—all while he was doing drugs and having sex with
other men? But we shouldn’t blame only the high profile cases—what
about those of us who unknowingly have had adulterers on our staffs
or appointed elders that turned out to have compromise in their life?
Sounding familiar yet?

This is so epidemic that every member of the body of Christ
stands guilty—what pastor or leader did you follow that turned out to
have sin issues? What ministry did you support that was unworthy?
There is plenty of blame to go around. The big question becomes not
“who do we blame” but “how do we fix this mess?”

Leaders can live in sin—adultery, homosexuality, financial
wrongdoing, drugs, etc.—for years without it being realized. They can
offer completely unacceptable lifestyles for the body of Christ to
follow and still keep their TV programs and lavish lifestyles. In the
name of grace, compassion and forgiveness we have lowered the
standard so much that often there isn’t one. We have bought into the
lie that true discipline is “shooting our wounded.” We have made a
mockery of biblical restoration, making “ministry”—not healthy
individuals, marriages and families—its ultimate goal. The fact is,
integrity matters. No, we don’t need legalistic, pharisaical standards,
but we must have standards.

For this lack of biblical accountability, I repent to God and I ask
forgiveness of the body of Christ.

4) We, the leaders of the charismatic church, have built on hype,
sensation, innovation, programs, personality and charisma. This has
produced: shallowness; false movements; novice leaders—gifted but
immature and untested; a deficient understanding of God’s word; the
building of man-centered rather than kingdom-centered churches and
ministries; competition rather than cooperation; humanistic, selfcentered
Christians who don’t understand sacrifice and commitment;
Christians without discernment; superstar leaders; a perverted and
powerless gospel; prayerless and anemic Christians; a replacement
of the fear of the Lord with the fear of man; and a young generation
that is cynical of it all. We are responsible, not the devil; he takes
what we give him.

For this compromise in the way we build, for giving the
Church watered down wine, commercial Christianity, a flashy but
weak Church and hype disguised as anointing, I repent to God
and ask forgiveness of the body of Christ.

Galatians 6:1-5 is an appropriate reference with which to end this
statement: “Brethren, even if a man caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual,
restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, lest you
too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have reason for
boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. For each one
shall bear his own load.” NAS

My passionate prayer is that God honors this repentance—I believe He
led me to do it and therefore, will—and uses it to begin a process of cleansing
and healing for all of us. In order for the coming great awakening to bear
maximum fruit we must have both, as well as a course correction that sets us on
a path of wisdom leading to life. There is no doubt that past moves of God have
been aborted, ended prematurely and contained error or heresy that have
wounded, if not destroyed, many. The healing revival of the 40’s and 50’s, the
charismatic movement, discipleship movement and Jesus movement are all
examples. My heart is to help shape a movement, the fruit of which will last for
decades—better yet, forever. And I have great expectations for us—I am not a
cynic.

My passionate prayer is also that Todd Bentley’s marriage survives and
thrives…that he turns his heart fully toward Christ and toward those with whom
he is aligned, and allows them, as God leads, to put him on a path of complete
restoration. I thank God for those who were touched by the Holy Spirit at
Lakeland and while watching it on God TV and the web.
May we all move forward into all God has planned for us in this awesome
season of endless possibility.

With great hope—Dutch Sheets

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This entry was posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 9:10 pm.
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    Well, speaking as someone who had legitimate concerns about Lakeland, but tried to silence the thing in me that didn't feel right (much like Dutch did), I find this to be a very thoughtful and sincere piece that is full of a lot of truth. While Lakeland was going full steam, one thing that kept pushing me towards it were some of the harsh critics that had such a bad spirit. Their hollow criticism made me want to defend Lakeland even though I had some legitimate concerns. What we desperately needed was humble, fatherly wisdom and correction like what Dutch has displayed here. I so hope those of us that love revival can come to a place of humility where we can honestly and humbly discuss the things of the Lord and our concerns with one another all the while knowing that we have no desire to tear down one another or silence what God is doing. I pray that our discernment AND our passion to see God move will grow to new levels. I pray any disappointment we may have in men right now may only drive us deeper in our pursuit of the only One who will never fail or disappoint.
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    I hope this new heart will be installed in me too !
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    Prophecy by Dr. Sharon Stone One Day Before Revival Alliance Blesses Todd Bentley
    Posted on August 30, 2008 by realmsofglory
    God always knows what is coming ;). He is not shocked! He decided to use Todd anyway, you and I anyway, King David anyway. People who thought God was dead saw He was alive and well! Thank the Lord He uses us flaws, warts and all. To God be all the Glory.

    Rory and Wendy, I salute you! You have blessed us beyond measure by taking a chance! Bless you brother and sister!! You GO!!!



    June 22, 2008
    Dr. Sharon Stone
    Belfast, Northern Ireland



    As I left my hotel this morning, My spirit was pulled to the building across the street. And I began to prophesy. The building turned out to be the BBC.

    Media Revivals have just begun. You have not seen anything yet. Major cities and obscure villages will be a part of My demonstrations in the earth. This is an updating across nations, living rooms and those on the internet. The experiential truths will be the topic of conversations in government buildings, business offices and university campuses. The sick being healed, those in bondage being delivered and the dead raised will infuse believers with faith to do the works of believers. Hope will arise in those needing My miraculous power.

    Rory and Wendy Alex have gone through this gate in 2008, now many will follow. Rory and Wendy the Lord says you did not make a mistake, regardless of the criticisms that will come at by the end of the summer.

    God says to His church, I have used the most offensive means to break religious taboos. I will allow men to fail that the nations will look to me not man alone. Do not be a part of vultures that eat upon something once it is dead. If your feet get dirty I will wash them, but you will have seen me.

    This September 2008 let my cleansing winds blows over My global church. Encourage yourselves, I am bringing My Revival of Spirit and Truth.


    Dr. Sharon Stone
    Christian International Europe
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    It's to easy to write this after the fact. No decernment needed Dutch. I agree with alot of what your said but what does God say.
    Why does God anoint men he knows are going to make big mistakes in there lives. Like King David. Moses. Peter the apostle?
    I was so encouarged personaly from the outpouring. I praise God that Todd's situation has come to the light and is being dealt with but it does not make his ministry void.
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    David Henderson said, "Why does God anoint men he knows are going to make big mistakes in there lives. Like King David. Moses. Peter the apostle?"

    My response: "Did those men continue in sin, or come to repentance?"
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    I love to read about true values "made in USA".
    Dutch's letter is a lesson in courage and identification repentance.
    Specially points 1) ...4) of the letter.
    I also love the account of his personal experience about Lakeland.
    No shadow of turning there.

    Would that all my friends were that faithful and watchful.
    His courage is a contagious inspiration !
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    I am an Indonesian. For us in Indonesia, things that happenend in the Lakeland Revival is something that we experienced in our Sunday Services. People get healed, the blind sees, the tumor & cancer removed, financial sickness healed, etc. We've been experience all kinds of signs and wonders every Sunday.

    When I read that Todd Bentley separated from his wife, my husband and I instantly prayed for them. God has a tremendous plans for them but Todd has some characters that need to be fixed (as what Dutch mention in his letter above). God can use anybody. In Asia, God start using 4 year old boy on His ministry, even I recently I hear that He start using a 6 months old baby to revive a village. God can use Todd even though God knows he still has character problems. Why? This is the mystery of His abundant love. Nobody can fully understand why God use Todd because all of us is still learning how to understand the width and length and depth and height of the love of God (Eph 3:18-19) .

    For us to fullfill God's plan in our live, we need to have vision (this is what the Prophets and Apostles commissioned to Todd) and a biblical character to complete the vision. Todd has had a vision, a great one, but he does not have a biblical character to complete it. This is the part where his spiritual fathers should take part (as what Dutch said in the above letter). Teach him about the truth, guide him to repent and start building the biblical character.

    I asked the Lord why do You let many people led by Todd to experience your presence and kindness? The Lord says that His heart is moved by the hunger and thirst of thousands of people that come and worship Him. He does not look at Todd alone, He looks at thousands of men and women who hunger to be satisfied, hunger to be healed, hunger to be hugged, hunger for Him. He is Love.

    The Lakeland Revival is a manifestation of the love of God.
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    Very well said, thank you for your obedience.
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    Thank you Dutch for the love, balance and truth of this letter.

    I saw the Lakeland Revival on telly and eight days later I was there in Florida.

    This is solely because of the anointing I saw on Todd Bentley.

    This doesn't mean I accepted everything without question. Discernment is a moment to moment reality. The blessing and strength I received from my week at Lakeland is immeasurable, but even within that reality, there was and still is a constant discerning, balancing and weighing going on.

    My overwhelming response to the news of Todd's separation is one of righteous anger. Given the size of the move of God initiated through Todd and his becoming such an incredibly visible target for the world and the devil and vulnerability to his own flesh, where are the intercessors ensuring his spiritual safety? The physical is only a reflection of the spiritual.

    I have never seen anyone, who has modelled so powerfully, the contending for God's Kingdom. This has been Todd's gift to the Christian community. This also makes him an exceptional target, because when individual Christians realise that they too can truly contend in the power of God -not because of Todd Bentley - the devil is on the run.

    Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill the holes shot in Todd, through his inability to recognise/for ignoring his own needs and also that the Holy Spirit would remove all guilt from his wife for having natural, human needs.

    intercessors, please say a prayer for Todd and his wife, even if it only a small one. He needs this support.
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    Adam in himsellf is doomed to failure. Man has never been able to bring men to perfection and never will.
    Those in ministritry seem to elevate themselves and those around them as greater than though. And this feeling is generally reciprocated.
    Until we understand the Kingdom God is building is not of this earthly realm, but of a realm high above. All this futility to bring the natural man to perfection will mearly result in more "Hay and Stubble" fires as we have seen with this revival and many other failures from the "Kansas City" movement.
    When we as Christians finally get the Character of Christ and cast out the money changers from Gods' temple. Then true Restoration will begin.

    "PRAISE BE TO GOD"
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    In response to the comment:

    All this futility to bring the natural man to perfection will mearly result in more "Hay and Stubble" fires as we have seen with this revival and many other failures from the "Kansas City" movement.

    WOW.... Nice broad brush strokes here...So, my question is two fold.
    1. When did the PRAYER movement become the Kansas City Movement
    2. How many is "many other" failures.


    And then the other statement that was made:

    Those in ministritry seem to elevate themselves and those around them as greater than though.
    I think the the proper spelling is THOU...
    Who are you speaking of ? "The Kansas City Movement" or " The Todd Bently Movement" ?
    Well I cant speak to everyone that is in the "Those in ministry" and "those around them"
    But I will tell you this. The leadership in KC has a saying that goes like this.
    GO LOW... which means get humble and serve, and if your going low they say:
    GO LOWER....
    Not much of a greater than thou saying....But maybe you know them personally and you can speak to thier personalities.
    As a leader in a small prayer house I can tell you this, the Holy Spirit keeps PRIDE to a minimum. And ..... "this is a trustworthy saying" if we as leaders dont respond to the Holy Spirit our wives set us straight when we need it.

    PEACE
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    i watched " Lakeland " from a distance , time allowing for revelation and ripening of the fruit. I am saddened for Todd ,but moreover the burden is for the Church as a whole .I bear witness to the lack of personal sanctification and " pure hands and clean hearts." Our God is looking for a people who in seeking Him ,will see Him and thus be like Him. It is time to rent our hearts , repent and truly be the people set aside for His great work.
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    ... and no one has said anything about Todd's wife,,, is Todd alone the one who will not walk,, Can two walk together if there is NO agreement??????
    It takes two to have and keep a relationship,,, does Todd's wife have what it takes to walk with an Apostle/Prophet/Evangelist,,,???? It costs EVERYTHING. If her "character" is not with Todd's, they are not one. There must be agrrement,,,
    And let's not forget that when the Kingdom comes.. the demons get angry and must be cast out.
    It is not unusual that a demon would not rise up in the one closest to the deliverer to cause trouble and hinderance,, I praise God for Todd and pray he walk on.. if his wife won't be delivered from her agreement with demons, then Todd should go from her...
    She has to choose this day whom she will serve,,,
    I have seen this and lived this in my own life..
    The demons must be cast out ,,, they cannot go on into KINGDOM.... and those who love their demons and not the kingdom will be outside with the dogs..
    That's just the way it is.
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    It's very true that spouses do have a critically important role to play. It's important to run well together. However, since we have zero data on Todd's wife's position, we really can't comment. Not sure it would be appropriate to comment publicly even if we did have the data.
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    I saw a letter from Fresh Fire's Board of Directors that explained the situation which I think is a good thing to do considering that Todd was being supported financially by the public and therefore owed an explanation. He had an unhealthy relationship to another female on his staff and the board has asked him to no longer minister publically but that he is being counseled by seasoned leaders.