Exposing the Counterfeit Bride: Intro: Removing the Cover:

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Music.

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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast with your host,

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Connie Morris, where healing has a voice and truth is no longer silent.

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Father God, like Jabez, we cry out that thou would bless us indeed.

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Bless every woman listening beyond trauma, beyond limits, beyond what she thought

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was possible. Enlarge her territory.

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Expand her purpose. Let your hand be upon this moment.

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Saturate every word with oil and truth. break cycles, cancel every curse sent

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to silence her. This isn't just a podcast.

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This is holy ground. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Family, this is Connie Morris, the host of the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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We're going to begin a new series titled Under the Church Chronicles.

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And when I bring it Under the Church Chronicles, you know we're going to talk about the church.

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And so I I want to personally invite you on this journey, a journey that may

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shake you, challenge you, and ultimately draw you closer to the heart of God.

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I want to let you know I will be taking a pause from the Heart Reset series

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just because of what the Lord whispered into my ears the other day.

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He whispered to me two words. He just said, counterfeit church,

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counterfeit church. And from that whisper came this series, Removing the Cover,

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Exposing the Counterfeit Bride.

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God wants me to focus on things that are currently happening in the church.

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You know, first, he always corrects his bride before he corrects the nations.

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And so this series is going to be a serious journey on how God wants to bring you closer.

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So over the next 12 episodes, and plus I created a powerful bonus message,

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we will uncover how the bride of Christ has been deceived, corrupted, and exploited.

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We will take the body of Christ and we will speak to it regarding this different

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body parts, how the head of the church has been replaced by man,

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how the eyes of the church has been blinded.

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The ears are itching for lies, the mouth preaching another gospel.

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The hands enslaved and the feet wandering and the heart growing cold and the

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false fire of worship without the Holy Spirit, the exploitation of the body,

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the counterfeit adornment and the urgent call for discernment.

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I know that was a mouthful, but we're going to break each one of these body

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parts down through each episode.

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So that you will understand what God is saying to his church.

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And through every episode, the bridegroom voice thunders with the question, where is my bride?

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It is so, as I was writing this, that God is still calling out for his bride.

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And in the Song of Solomon, if you ever get a chance to read that, it's a love story.

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And it's similar to the bride as Solomon was finding out, chasing after her

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bride, after his bride, and the bride chasing after Solomon. It's such a love story.

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And so there's a section in the episode where it says, where is my bride?

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God wants his bride to stand up and be noticed.

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So this isn't just another teaching. It's a heart-to-heart cry.

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You will hear the grief of God over the counterfeit, but also the hope of his

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call, a call for a bride who is pure, faithful, and ready.

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And in our bonus episode, we will close with a parable of the wise and the foolish

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virgins, alongside with Psalms 23 and 24.

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The oil that overflows, the clean hand and pure heart that prepares us for the midnight cry.

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God is going to prepare his church through these episodes to prepare for the Jesus return. We know he.

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Sadie's going to return. We need to get ready. So if you ever ask what has happened

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to the church or how can we be ready for the bridegroom, this series is for you.

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So subscribe, share, and prepare your heart because the spirit and the bride say, come.

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This is a Diary of a Black Woman podcast, Church Chronicles, removing the cover.

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Don't miss it. So as we prepare for our first episode.

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It's going to be an introduction, and it's going to just take you on a journey

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because there's some things happening in the news.

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I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and so if you haven't heard any of this information,

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pull it up for yourself and do your own research because this is God really hitting the hard reset.

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I had the series started, but now we're seeing God in action,

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how he is cleaning out his church.

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But here, when I bring out the title Church Chronicles, this is what we usually discuss.

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We discuss church trauma, church drama, and yes, we do it with a touch of class.

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So I don't make it gossipy.

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Keep it focused on the Lord because that's what it's all about.

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But today's episode carries a heavy weight because the Spirit of the Lord is pulling back the cover.

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Just last week, we watched the FBI raid churches that claim to be houses of

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God, but behind the walls, people were trafficked, manipulated, and enslaved.

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Millions of dollars flowing, leaders living in luxury.

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While the vulnerable was exploited in the name of ministry. This is not just news.

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This is prophecy unfolding. The Bible tells us in Nahum 3.5 that God will lift

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the skirts and expose the shame of those who masquerade as holy.

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And that's what he's doing right now, removing the cover, showing us what's counterfeit.

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So as I prayed about this episode, one question kept burning in my spirit.

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The same question Jesus is asking his church today, where is my bride?

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Can you hear him calling that out? Where is my bride?

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Not the polluted, not the faithless, not the sleeping, but the pure,

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the faithful, and the ready.

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So let's walk through this together because the church cannot continue to play

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games with God while lives are on the line.

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This is not exposure for shame's sake. This is exposure for healing,

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for cleansing, and for repentance.

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God is uncovering what the world has ignored because he's preparing his true

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bride for the return of the bridegroom.

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Now, let's just talk about what just happened. On August 27th,

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the FBI launched coordinated raids across multiple states, including Houston.

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Tampa, Michigan, and Missouri, all tied to what's called the Kingdom of God

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Global Church, also known as Joshua Media Ministries.

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Its leaders, David Taylor and Michelle Brannan, were arrested on charges of

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forced labor, human trafficking, and money laundering.

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Seventeen people were rescued from a Houston property that had been converted into a call center.

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Millions of dollars were funneled into luxury lifestyles, while church members,

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who thought they were serving God, were working like slaves,

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isolated from their families, and even subjected to abuse.

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And this isn't an isolated case.

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Just last month in July, federal agents raided a California home connected to Pastor Robert Shin,

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the man behind the Shekinah Church and 7 million TikTok cult exposed in a Netflix docusary.

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That investigation is still unfolding.

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With allegation of sex trafficking, coercive control, and financial abuse.

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So when I say God is pulling back the cover, I'm not speaking in metaphor.

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I'm telling you what we're watching playing out in real time.

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These raids are more than law enforcement actions.

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They're a mirror being held up to the church. And the question still rings in

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my spirit, where is my bride?

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My bride is pure and not polluted. God is calling, where is my bride?

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If you think about a real life bride and the husbandman or the bridegroom calling

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her out, that's a heart of love. Where is my bride?

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That's the cry of the bridegroom. And it cuts through all of this church drama and deception.

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God is not looking for organizations that wear his name, but dishonor his covenant.

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He is not impressed by million-dollar buildings or ministries that exploit the vulnerable.

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The true bride of Christ is meant to be pure, not polluted.

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2 Corinthians 6.17 says, Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.

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Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.

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Purity isn't about appearances. It's about separation. It's about being set

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apart, holy, and untangled with corruption.

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But what did we see? People are trafficked in the name of ministry.

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Followers bound by manipulation.

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Convinced that endless labor was somehow godly honor.

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Leaders live in mansions while their members went without basic needs.

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Family, this is not purity. That's pollution wrapped in church clothes.

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And God says, I'm not married.

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I will not marry a counterfeit. I will not cover what is dishonorable.

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This is why he's exposing it, because he loves his bride too much to leave her compromise.

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So let me ask you, church, are you living a pure life or are we polluted by

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greed, pride, and compromise?

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The bridegroom is coming and he's coming for a bride watch. Watch.

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Watched, sanctified, and ready, not one hiding corruption behind a cross. Where is my bride?

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The bride of Christ is called to be faithful, not flirtation.

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Faithful to her bridegroom, faithful to his word, faithful to his covenant.

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However, many churches today are compromising with the world.

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They wear the name of Jesus, but their loyalty is divided.

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They bow to money. They chase power. They court politicians.

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They build kingdoms for themselves while claiming to build the kingdom of God.

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James 4 tells us, You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with

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the world means enmity against God?

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Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God?

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That's strong language, but it's the truth. When churches exploit the vulnerable

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for profit, that's spiritual adultery.

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When pastors demand loyalty to themselves instead of to Christ,

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that's betrayal of the bridegroom.

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When we mix the holy with the unholy, we become a counterfeit bride.

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And as a family, the FBI raids we just witnessed are evidence of this.

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Leaders use the language of faith while building empires on the back of their

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members. They pretended devotion to Christ while being devoted to wealth.

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That's not faithfulness. That's flirtation with the world.

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But Christ's calling his true bride back, back to loyalty, back to the covenant,

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back to faithfulness that says, though no one go with me, still I will follow.

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So the question is, where is the bride who will be faithful?

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Who will love him with all her heart?

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Oh, mind and body, with no divided loyalty.

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The question again is, where is my bride? My bride is ready, not sleeping.

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The bridegroom is coming back for a bride who is ready, not sleeping.

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Luke chapter 12, verse 37 says, blessed are those whose servants whom the master

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finds awake when he comes.

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That's the heart of readiness. It's about being alert, watchful,

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filled with oil and not just carrying a lamp with no substance.

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But too many churches today are asleep at the wheel, distracted by entertainment.

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Seduced by personalities, numb by comfort.

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And while they slumber, wolves slipped in unnoticed and corruption grow unchecked.

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Family, that's exactly what we saw.

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Followers gave blinded loyalty to leaders, never testing the spirit,

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never asking the hard questions, never watching for fruit.

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They slept while manipulation stole their freedom, while abuse paraded as honor,

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while exportation was called ministry.

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And God is saying, wake up church, open your eyes. Don't let the counterfeit rock you to sleep.

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Don't let smooth words, big stages, empty promises keep you from discernment.

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The true bride stays ready. Her lamp is trimmed. Her oil is full.

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Her ears are tuned to the cry.

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The bridegroom is coming. She lives alert knowing that Jesus could return at any minute.

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So I say unto you, are you awake or are you drifting? Will the bridegroom find

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you ready, or will you still be hitting the snooze button when the midnight

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cry rings out? The voice of the victims.

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We can't talk about these raids without talking about the people,

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because the headlines are real lives, real soul, and real pain.

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17 people were removed from that Houston property.

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People who thought they were serving God. They were called armor bearers, but

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That, what they really meant was endless labor with no pay.

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They worked the phones in church call centers, pushed to raise millions of dollars

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while leaders lived in mansions and drove luxury cars.

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Some were cut off from their families. Others were forced into silence through fear and manipulation.

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Still others endured humiliation and abuse, all under the banner of honor and

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service. And if they resisted, they were shamed, cast aside,

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or threatened with spiritual curses.

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This is not ministry. This is slavery dressed in church clothes.

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And I need to pause here because these are not faceless headlines.

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These are men and women with names, stories, and broken trust.

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They are searching for God, but instead were handed chains. Psalms 34,

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18 says, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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That's the God I know, the one who bends low to rescue the exploited,

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the one who heals the abuse and the batter, the one who says, where is my bride?

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We can't ignore their voices. We can't sweep their cries under the rug just

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because they were deceived inside of a church building. Their pain demands our

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prayers, our compassion, and our vigilance.

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But if it happens there, it can happen anywhere.

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And the Bride of Christ must be the place

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where they're hurting, fine healings, not where they are broken even further.

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A charge to the church. Family, here's the hard truth.

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Trafficking, exportation don't survive in silence.

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They survive because too many people look the other way. So this is my charge to the church.

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Stop elevating men and women to the throne of Christ.

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No pastor, no prophet, no apostle deserves a seat that belongs to Jesus alone.

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When we worship personalities instead of the Savior, we open the door to deception.

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Stop funding deception. If the gospel being preached is more about seed money

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than about salvation, more about

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the man in the pulpit than the man on the cross, it's time to walk away.

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God never called us to bankroll manipulation.

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Stop calling slavery honor. True service flows out of love, not out of fear, guilt, or exhaustion.

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Jesus says, freely you have received, freely give. Anything else is exportation, plain and simple.

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And to leaders who have tolerated, excused, or ignored this kind of corruption, repent.

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Repent before God strips away your platform and exposes your nakedness before

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the world. because he loves his bride too much to let her remain compromised.

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This is the hour to return to sound doctrine, to compassion,

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to holiness, and to the centrality of Christ.

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Not lights, not stages, not manipulation, but the cross.

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God is still asking, where is my bride?

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Will he find her pure? Will he find her faithful?

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Will he find her ready? Let's pray. Father, we come before you today grieving.

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What has been exposed. We lift up every

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man, woman, and child who has been exploited in the name of ministry.

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Lord, heal their hearts. Restore their dignity.

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Remind them that you never abandoned them. You are close to the brokenhearted,

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and you saved those crushed in spirit.

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We pray for justice to be done in the course of this nation,

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in the course of heaven. Expose every lie.

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Tear down every stronghold and silence every voice that manipulates your people.

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Purify your church, Lord.

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Make us a bride without spot, rink, or blemish, ready for your return.

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And now I speak this decree. I decree I will not be deceived by counterfeit.

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I deceive we will not be polluted, defrauded, or asleep.

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I decree we belong to Christ alone, pure, faithful, and ready.

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And we decree the true bride will rise even as the counterfeit falls in the mighty name of Jesus.

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Family, this has been a sobering episode, but it's one that we couldn't ignore.

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God is removing the cover and he's asking, where is my bride?

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This is, as you go about this week, I challenge you, stay watchful,

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stay discerning and stay anchored in Christ.

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Don't be dazzled by titles, buildings, or stages.

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Test the fruit, hold fast to the word, and above all, keep your lamp full of

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oil, because the bridegroom is coming.

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Thank you for joining me today on the Diary of a Black Woman podcast, our church chronicles.

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So if this episode resonates with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear the truth.

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You can always connect with me at Diary of a website, diaryofblackwomenllc.com,

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or by email, diaryofablackwomenpodcast at gmail.com. And let me tell you what

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to expect in this series.

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Each episode, we're walking through what God showed me.

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About counterfeit churches. Step by step, from the head to the heart,

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from false fire to exploited hands, we're asking the same piercing questions.

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Where is my bride? Not the polluted, not the unfaithful, not the sleeping,

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but the pure, the faithful, and the ready.

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Why is this important? Because we're watching it unfold.

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Church FBI raids, church scandals, exploitation in the name of God It is a proof

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that counterfeit will not stand.

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God is exposing to heal. He is uncovering to cleanse.

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And he is preparing his true bride for the return of the bridegroom.

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So stay with me in this series.

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We're going deeper and God is calling us higher.

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Until next time, remember, healing, truth, and faith are found in Christ alone.

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This is your host, Connie Morris, signing off with love, strength, and a touch of class.

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I'll see you on the next episode.

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Thank you for listening to this episode. And before we close out,

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I want to speak a word of promise over you from Jeremiah 29, 11 through 14.

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Father God, you declared, I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper

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you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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So today we received that truth.

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You said when we call on you, you will listen. So we pray.

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You said that when we seek you with our hearts, you will be found. So we pursue.

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You said you will restore us from captivity. So we declare freedom over every

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place where our listeners feel stuck, silenced, or small.

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Thank you for always drawing near when we show up in faith. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Music.