25/01/2026
This morning in prayer, I had a vision that deeply upset me. I saw many believers trying to enter the presence of God, but they couldn’t. Not because God wasn’t near—but because their hearts were distracted, divided, and offended at one another.
And behind it all, I saw the enemy sitting back, laughing.
While Christians are turning against each other—arguing, picking sides, exposing, attacking, and tearing one another down—Satan is quietly celebrating. Because division is one of his greatest strategies. If he can’t destroy your faith, he’ll distract your focus. If he can’t stop your calling, he’ll divide your relationships. If he can’t silence your voice, he’ll keep you offended.
We have to remember who is really behind the chaos.
Yes—there are corrupt people that need to be exposed.
Yes—there are things in the church that God Himself is bringing into the light.
Exposure is sometimes necessary. Truth matters.
But you cannot lose your heart in the process.
You cannot become so focused on exposing darkness that you forget to walk in light.
You cannot become so passionate about truth that you lose love.
You cannot become so consumed with what’s wrong that you drift away from what’s right.
There is a spirit of deception moving in this hour, and it is subtle. It doesn’t always look evil—it often looks like passion, discernment, justice, or “truth.” But when it produces pride, hatred, self-righteousness, and the loss of compassion, we need to pause and ask: Is this really the Spirit of God, or is this a distraction from the enemy?
With everything happening in the church right now—controversies, opinions, public conflicts, and people taking sides—I felt an urgency in my spirit to say this: we cannot afford to lose our eyes on what truly matters.
Jesus never said the world would know us by how right we are.
He said they would know us by our love.
Personally, I will speak when I truly sense the Holy Spirit is grieved. I will not stay silent when God calls me to address something. But I refuse to be consumed by controversy, outrage, and exposure all the time. I refuse to let my heart be shaped by constant battles instead of His presence.
I don’t want my eyes on the wrong thing in this hour. I don’t want my heart hardened by information that steals my compassion. I don’t want to be so busy fighting people that I forget we have a real enemy.
My prayer is that the blinders would come off our eyes.
That discernment would be purified by love.
That truth would be spoken without losing compassion.
That the Body of Christ would remember who we are and whose we are.
And I want to say this clearly: I am a safe place.
I don’t care what opinions you have or what theories you believe. I’m not here to judge you or fight you. I’m here to point us back to Jesus.
Because if we lose love, we lose everything.
Let’s not give the enemy what he wants.
Let’s choose unity, humility, and love again.
If this is you—if you’ve felt distant from God, distracted, or struggling to enter His presence—say this prayer with me:
Father God,
I come before You with a humble heart.
I renounce getting caught up in things that are not my assignment and not my business.
I repent for following man more than I follow You.
I repent for taking on other people’s offenses, opinions, and battles that You never called me to carry.
Cleanse my heart, Lord.
Realign my focus.
Remove every veil of deception, distraction, pride, and offense from my eyes.
Teach me to love again the way You love.
Teach me to discern without becoming hard.
Teach me to seek Your voice above every other voice.
I choose Jesus over drama.
I choose truth with love.
I choose unity over division.
Bring me back into Your presence, God.
Let my heart burn for what matters to You again.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
love you all
Sharell Barrera
