Lady Tiina Wilder of Chaol Ghleann

08/09/2026

After about 10 years of pastoral work, I shut myself up in my church and prayed and fasted for days. I said, "Lord, why am I so dissatisfied? The church is growing. We've got all the money we need. We have the best parsonage we've ever lived in.
We've got the best of everything.
"People are getting saved, filled with the Holy Spirit, and healed in our services. From the natural standpoint, we have every reason in the world to be satisfied—but I'm not satisfied.

Something is not right."
I kept seeking God. One day as I was praying around the altar, God said, "The reason is, I never did call you to pastor to begin with. That's not your calling. That's not your office."
Did you know there are a lot of people in the wrong office? And it's dangerous—really dangerous—to intrude into another office.

Ministering in the Wrong Office

In Old Testament days, if you intruded into another office, you fell dead instantly. Two fellows intruded into the Holy Place and fell dead instantly, for example.
In these days of grace—thank God for grace—you can get by with it longer, but you can't get by with it forever. Sooner or later, as the Bible says, if you don't judge yourself, you'll have to
be judged so you won't be condemned with the world:1 CORINTHIANS 11:31,32
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Through my 50 years in the ministry, I've known mighty men of God—and I mean mighty men—who were anointed by the Holy Spirit to function in such offices as prophet and
evangelist, with the working of miracles, gifts of healings, and the gift of special faith manifested through them. Some of them
ought to be alive still today, but they're dead because they tried to function—and had no anointing to function—over in another office.

If they had stayed in their own office, they wouldn't have died prematurely. You can add to or diminish the anointing. The anointing they had diminished. preached my farewell sermon at my last pastorate the first
Sunday of February 1949.
When the Lord appeared to me in that first vision in 1950 in the Rockwall, Texas, tent meeting, He said, among other things,
"When you left your last church, at that time you entered into the first phase of your ministry."
At that time I had already been in the ministry 15 years (from 1934 to 1949). Twelve years of it had been in pastoral work. The rest had been in evangelistic work. And I'm not an evangelist either—that's not my calling. (That's the reason the anointing to preach won't come on me very often.)
So when the Lord said I had entered into the first phase of my ministry when I left my last church, I argued with Him about it. (Ananias argued with Him, too, over going to pray for Saul of Tarsus.)
I said, "Lord, that can't be so. You mean I preached 15 years in the ministry and never even got into the first phase of the ministry You have for me?"
He said, "That's exactly right."
Then He said something we all need to think about. He said, "Many ministers live and die and never even get into the first phase o f the ministry I have for them. Not always, but many
times that's the reason they die young or in middle life and don't live their full length o f time out."

If you're not in God's best, you can't claim God's best. If you're not in God's perfect will, you can't claim His perfect provision. We need to know that and find our place.
Often God will let you serve nearly anywhere during a period of training. But the time will come that you need to get on your knees and find your place.
Here's where we miss it: Instead of doing this, we think, Well, I'm in the ministry—I'm working for God—and we find our own place. But you can die working for God!
You must ask yourself, "What did He call me to do? What does He want me to do?"
Oh, I never want to do something just because I want to do it. I want to obey God.

Well, the anointing came on me to teach, so I began to teach.

-Understanding the Anointing
- Spiritual Notes

08/09/2026

Social media has become a bit of an echo chamber. Who makes the loudest noise, wins.

It has become fashionable to create ministries upon tearing the others who build, down.

But are these prevailing voices and opinions in alignment with the mind of God is the question.

I support and share the view of the late Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. He was very enthusiastic about the possibilities of social media, and used it to reach out to the unreached, to win the hearts, to build and create a positive momentum.

A big amount of our Christian counterparts seem to have forgotten about salvation, and the Saviour [or maybe they still have to come to a realisation of the Gospel of grace].

We are called with the Name of Jesus Christ with a reason. Because there is salvation in His Name and in His Name alone.

Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

How comes that such big portion of Christendom has forgotten all about it by making so much noise and calling our fellow Christians and ministers names which do not at all align with the work and heart of Christ.

Do we think that Jesus Christ was not the Son of God?
Or, do we think that God did not mean what He said in His Word?

Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

We all needed the Saviour, and God provided One. He came to us, to lift us up.

Jesus is the only Saviour.

God made the salvation to the mankind, and paid for this.

How comes that we preach it as if knowingly, and yet forget it next moment when it comes to our neighbour.

If God made it, then everything He made was very well done. Genesis 1:31

If God prepared our salvation, do we really think that it was not a complete work?

Did Jesus - whom we take as a Son of God - God Himself - fail his earthly mission?

You probably say here that this is one big load of tosh - of course not!

And you are right.

But let us then accept it and let it be. God knew His work. He knew how to make our salvation, from alpha to omega, beginning and end. It is done, and very well done. Jesus completed his eartly work.

He said on the Cross that it was finished.

John 19:30
New King James Version
30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

So, next time when there is someone with whom you may disagree in some points or who may not be "your cuppa", think before you launch out into a tirade by labelling someone who is humble and goes and does the works of Jesus, as a "witch" and similar expletives.

They are as saved as you are - for the salvation does not come from any man, but one Man only - Christ Jesus. The end.

Acts 4:12 ► King James Bible
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Hebrews 10
New King James Version
Animal Sacrifices Insufficient
10 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

Christ’s Death Fulfills God’s Will
5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”

8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,

16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” 17 then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

So, next time when you feel tempted to call your fellow Christians with names and labels which do not align with the finished work of Jesus, ask yourself if you are perhaps making light of His sacrifice.

His Blood was shed for you and I, equally. And truly, for the rest of the mankind. But it is up to us to accept and honour it. And once we have accepted His sacrifice, this is it. This is the salvation God has made us, and we have absolutely nothing to add to it. That alone should take care of any temptation to disdain our fellow believers with whom we are standing on the same ground - the Blood of Jesus. Salvation. Not made by human hands, but by the Hand of God. It is good to get it down and understand it, for once we do, it should make it sure that we do not waste our efforts on tearing one another down.

To our own Master, we stand.

Romans 14:4 KJ21
Who art thou who judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; yea, he shall be held up, for God is able to make him stand.

Let us build, and keep building. Let everything we do, be done in the honour of God. Let us make sure our calling and election, and run the race God has set before us - our race. Till the victorious finish line.

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EXERCISING AUTHORITY IN YOUR FAMILY.
God didn't intend for the devil to dominate our families.
When our children were small and the devil would try to put sickness on them, I would get mad at the devil and tell him to take his hands off my children. I would tell him, "I'm ruling over my domain. You're not ruling in this household; I am through Jesus Christ." I put him on the run, and he ran.
You can put him on the run, too.

Years ago I was preaching in the North, and I was awakened in the middleof the night. Somehow I knew in my spirit that somebody was in physical danger, and I began to pray in tongues.
I asked the Lord what was wrong, and He showed me it had to do with my older brother. I knew his life was in danger. I continued praying quietly in tongues for about an hour and a half. My praying didn't disturb my wife, who was asleep in bed beside me. Finally I had a note of victory, and I began to sing very quietly in other tongues. Then I went back to sleep.
Two days later my sister called me from Texas. She was crying and almost in hysterics. "Dub's been in an accident, and he's broken his back," she cried. "He's in terrible shape. He's in Kansas. The doctors don't know whether he'll live or not."
"Wait a minute," I said. "Quiet down. He's not as bad as they think. If he was, God's already touched him, because I prayed about that two nights ago, and I've already got the answer."
"Have you?"
"Yes, I have. Don't bother a bit about it. He's all right."
Two days later she called again. She had checked on his condition and had found that Dub had walked out of the hospital with his back in a cast. He hadn't died, like the doctors had predicted, and he wasn't paralyzed.
He came to our home in Garland, Texas, and was very despondent and depressed, because his wife had left him and had taken the children while he was gone. I was preaching in my home church that Sunday morning and I tried to get him to go with us, but he wouldn't. He was a baby Christian, just barely saved.

Right in the middle of my sermon, I suddenly had a vision. I had my eyes wide open, but out in front of me I saw my brother in the city park. I heard him say to himself, Well, I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to kill her and then I'II kill myself.
I stopped dead still and said, "Wait a minute. I've got a little matter I've got to take care of here. Then I'll get back to my sermon."
I spoke to that devil that was tormenting him: "Devil, you stop that right now! I adjure you in the Name of Jesus Christ to leave that man" (the congregation didn't know who I was talking about, but the devil did). That's all I said. Then I went back to my sermon.
When we got home, my brother was at the house, and he was obviously in good spirits. He said he had walked to the park and had decided to take matters into his own hands. I told him, "Well, I knew that," and I told him
what I had seen.
He said, "Something came over me suddenly, and it was like something lifted up from me. It was as if a cloud lifted from me, and I came back to the house whistling and singing."
Dub didn't know how to touch the Lord for himself because he was just a baby Christian.

Sometimes those of us who are older in the Lord have to help baby Christians, and thank God we can. The time will come in their
lives, however, when they will have to know how to do some things for themselves. We won't be able to act for them then.

Kenneth E Hagin ( Authority Of The Believer)
- Spiritual Notes

08/08/2026

I have had this page for a long time. I first set it up to have my spiritually themed writings in its Notes section but somewhere during the lockdown years, possibly in October 2020, the Notes were closed down and I thought for a while whether to keep the account or not, but glad I did.

This is a shared X post from a pastor with an African name but he may not live in Africa. The heritage does not matter at all. What matters is that this man is intimately aware of the dealings of God and knows the fellowship of His Holy Spirit. So, his writings have been speaking and ministering life to me.

{Now I mentioned his African name and potential heritage with a reason. Lately, a woman apostle called Kathryn Krick has come under a lot of public bombardment via social media. Some suppose that it is because of her spiritual father who is all the way from the African continent. Thankfully, Kathryn Krick keeps herself busy with what God has put into her heart to do, and very possibly does not bother to read any of the backlash.

There are the ones who go and do, and then there are some who prefer to be seated at the sidelines and practice a spectator sport like approach, as critics. Some have downright made their ministry all about the above, finding fault and pointing at possible shortcomings.

I first found out about Kathryn Krick when my daughter's friend and our first Southampton church mate told us about her, for she wanted to attend her meeting in London. We looked into her and her ministry, and while it was OK, I would have preferred possibly a lesser focus on deliverance. Deliverance is a very legitimate concept and truth to be told, it happens at her meetings. Some have been disturbed by the physical manifestations, but also this is biblical and we can see the references to such in the New Testament. Some preachers have been issuing warnigs solely for she is a woman who ministers, some have bashed her, putting her into the same pot with Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and other known ministers whom God has been using with the demonstration of His power which they find suspicious [just because of their own suspicious mindset and gaps of teaching which might find most of the supernatural as potentially suspicious].

Just because some people have assumed a label of a "discernment ministry" does not make them specialists in discerning the spirits. I have seen even some more or less recognised ministers hopping on this bandwagon. If I were in their shoes, I would seek God and think before blurting out such public statements for their followers. Some have asserted that "this woman's ministry has no healings or salvations" which is clearly untrue to begin with.....

Matthew 12:22-32
English Standard Version
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” 25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

I personally might have not attended her meeting with our former church mate, but that does not mean as if I would have assumed a stand against her person or ministry. The sick are healed, the bound have gained their freedom, the gospel is being preached with the signs and wonders following the preaching of the Word, what is there to find fault about....apart from a wish to nitpick and assume a stand as if women were supposed to keep quiet and find the ultimate goal and mission of their life as childbearers who seek to submit to their husbands. Well, this is a rather reductionist viewpoint and sadly, some circles tend to stick to such pattern of thought which speaks more of their teaching than the ministry of the said Kathryn Krick.}

Mark 9:38-41
New International Version
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”

39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40 for whoever is not against us is for us. 41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

---------------------------- [and this is my promised shared post from a pastor with an African sounding name - he knows God and His Holy Spirit and this is all what matters to me - we do not need to be famous in the eyes of the people, all it takes is for us to know God, and for Him to know us]

https://x.com/elanfaith/status/2086074797931245599

Strength For Today!

There comes a moment when faith means putting down what you have been trying so hard to carry. You cannot control every outcome, answer every question, fix every person, or solve every problem at once. The more you try to control what belongs in God’s hands, the more exhausted your soul becomes.

Learn the difference between responsibility and control. Do what God has given you to do, but stop carrying the responsibility for what only He can accomplish.

You may not know how everything will work out, but God does. You may not see the way forward, but God sees the entire road. You may not have the strength for tomorrow, but tomorrow has not arrived, and when it does, God’s grace will be there.

So stop allowing your mind to become a battlefield every night. Stop rehearsing worst-case scenarios. Stop borrowing trouble from tomorrow. Pray about it, surrender it, and trust God with the outcome.


1:59 PM · Aug 8, 2026

08/08/2026

Get some people in your life who desire God more than you, if you are always the hungriest in the room, you are in the wrong rooms,

- Emma Stark

07/08/2026

Don't allow ministry to replace intimacy.

07/08/2026

Consistency is the key. We might want things to happen overnight, but the promises are obtained by faith and patience.

A friend had a need to study German. I offered him a silent partnership in the Duolingo app where I pay for the family plan. He did not take up the offer. When two months after his initial reply had passed, I withdrew the offer. He had already registered to the actual language course.

He did not take up the offer for he was busy with work. Well understood.

But the thing is that a language is not learned overnight. It takes consistency. Small daily doses. Regular attention.

I have been similarly minded in my own approach to bodybuilding. There have been surges of intense workouts, and then there has been a hiatus. And then I take it up again, and lt go again, after an intensified season coupled with fasting on a long-term Almased plan. But something always happens to derail my efforts. Also here, consistency is the key, similar to language learning. Small doses. But at regular intervals. Babysteps, if need be. But never letting go.

Constant movement, instead of choosing to build a camp for a more permanent dwelling at some point. Stumbling, taking a wrong step, but getting up, and continuing the motion. This is how we progress in life.

A Swedish preacher Karl Gustav Severin taught in one of his teaching tapes which I received from someone in their church circle about the three-fold being of a believer. It is not enough to just invest in our spiritual part. It is vital that we do it, of course. But if we neglect our soul and body, we are heading for a future shipwreck.

He used the analogy of a vessel at sea. When the load is unequally positioned, and the storms come, the vessel is at risk of capsizing. Hence, it takes attention to all three parts of our being. Spirit, soul, and body.

When our body is not fit, or is downright ailing, it places limitations to how far we can actually physically go. So, it is paramount to take the time to see to it that it is well-fed, and cared for. It takes exercise to grow a muscle. And it takes regular attention. A muscle is not grown overnight.

Movement and life go together.

And then there is our human soul which needs the attention. There has been an idea that our soul is something second rate, just for we have learned that a strong spirit can keep our soul in its place. But our soul needs our attention as well. There are too many around us with mental health crises, and they have clearly not taken their time to cater to the needs of their soul. Too much depression, and yes, even prophet Elijah fell into deep despair. It is human to feel things, and emotions are God given too. But we are called to walk according to the spirit, and this happens when our spirit is strong - a strong spirit keeps the human soul in its rightful position, where it does not have the ability to keep us anchored to a negative mindset.

Yet, it is human to allow our soul its due. It is human to feel and think and enjoy the small pleasures of life. We may want to be found in some Superman-like mindset, but the fact remains that we have a soul with a reason. God has made it that we enjoy life, and feel deeply, and have the ability for compassion and empathy - this is not wokeness. Jesus was moved at the sight of the human frailty and the compassion moved him in his earthly days into action which resulted in miracles of healings.

God has made us in His image - as three-part beings. We are a spirit, and we have a soul which is encapsulated in our body. He set Adam into a garden, to cultivate it and take good care of it, and the same applies to us. There are things which He does, and then there are things which are our responsibility. It is our responsibility to take good care of ourselves, and be in good health, as our soul prospers.

3 John 1:2 ► King James Bible
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.