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Andrea Joy Moede

Andrea Joy Moede is a recovering over-achiever, who is now only determined to be a receiver of God's love and provision and follow wherever He leads. She is excited about helping people come into the fullness of both their identity and calling and believes that this is best accomplished by beholding God in all of His fullness first. She lives in the San Antonio area with her husband - Austen, their two busy boys, and their equally busy baby girl. Connect with the author at AndreaJoy.org.

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The Shift: Darkness is Losing its Grip

by Andrea Joy Moede November 14, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

Have you ever wondered why darkness has been encroaching at an ever-expanding rate over the last few decades? It has felt like we are on a runaway train with no end to the tracks in sight. I’m going to share a vision and a message from March of this year, but first let me say: I believe part of the reason we’ve been overcome at every turn has been because of the increase in the shedding of innocent blood. Let me explain what I mean and how to make the shift happen.

Power In The Blood

Throughout history, power has always been in the blood. [Look no further than true darkness which has always displayed itself in witchcraft practices such as blood-sucking and human sacrifice.] This isn’t just a historical or Biblical construct either; it is an eternal law. Medical practitioners can also verify the immense power of the blood: it oxygenates our bodies, carries nutrition throughout our bodies, regulates the temperature of our bodies, flushes waste products out of our bodies – need I go on?

This intrinsic power found in the blood is why Jesus Christ had to come and shed His innocent blood to redeem humanity from the curse of sin and death. His pure, human blood was the ONLY substance that could permanently atone for all sin for all time. Now, the enemy is a counterfeiter and has no original ideas of his own. So in an effort to gain more control and power of this earthly system, he has used this same principle to his advantage. Through the sacrifice of innocent blood, he has been able to gain the upper hand in global systems. [Tangent: For believers covered by the blood of Jesus, nothing can touch our standard of protection. However, that doesn’t go for the rest of the world.]

Innocent Blood

So what are these modern methods of the shedding of innocent blood? Human trafficking, and the resulting crimes, is a huge one. Children are being abducted at record rates [800,000 a year in the U.S. alone], even though you may not see it on the news. These criminal rings are finally being made visible, and their activity is beginning to be stemmed. However, the bloodshed involved in human trafficking is a distant second to the scale of abortion, the murdering of our own children in the womb [50,000,000 in the U.S. since 1973]. Here’s where the vision comes in.

I saw a blanket of murky darkness surrounding the globe. There was a distinct impression that people on earth could not see the truth, as they were blinded by this dark blanket. It prevented them from seeing up and into the heavenlies. As the truth began to be shared on earth here and there, a ray of light would shoot up vertically, breaking a hole through the gloomy atmosphere. These rays of light exploded through and opened windows upward, yet unseen hands moved quickly to patch the holes. I wondered why darkness was able to recover and eliminate the light so quickly but then noticed that the supply of patching material was getting thinner. It seemed these forces had less and less “blanket” to work with, as they tried to keep the earth in the dark, lacking truth and understanding.

The Shift: The Blanket

Finally, I asked God what was happening. What was this shadowy substance that allowed them to gain the upper hand over truth and exposure every single time? A phrase dropped into my heart: the shedding of innocent blood. The growth of this factor (in the U.S. but also around the world) is what has allowed this runaway train of darkness. I immediately understood the reason the “blanket” was thinning: the curbing of global human trafficking over the last four years under President Donald Trump. As the innocent blood has been protected, darkness was losing its grip. Then it hit me. The issue of LIFE was it: this was the final key to breaking off deception and allowing humanity the freedom to see the truth. The coming overturning of Roe v. Wade and the outlawing of abortion would be the final, destructive blow to this suffocating atmosphere.

Suddenly the intensity of the battle for LIFE became crystal clear. Truth is at a tipping point, begging to be exposed, the light pressing down upon the darkness. Our evil opposition is even now struggling against this sovereign shift, desperately trying to maintain their charade of power and patch the holes of revelation. Look no further than the drastic drop in the influence of previously iconic figures. It’s as if their dark spell over people broke, and indeed, I would say it has. They no longer have the same supply of innocent blood fueling their deception and control, the shift is happening.

The Shift In Preserving Life

Last weekend, I was able to attend the Sean Feucht #LetUsWorship event in Washington, D.C. Part of the event was a prayer meeting on the steps of the Supreme Court with Lou Engle; this was on the eve of the vote for conservative justice, Amy Coney Barrett. As we huddled under umbrellas in the freezing rain, I saw innocent blood dripping down the steps and wept for the loss of our babies. Oh but then, I saw cascading waterfalls of the life-giving blood of Jesus that speaks a better word. God, in His faithfulness, is going to have His way; and LIFE in the womb preserved. Without that sacrifice of innocent blood, America will open the door to the greatest revelations of truth we’ve seen in nearly 50 years.

In conclusion, I’m convinced now more than ever that a vote for LIFE [and truth] is the most powerful move we can make. Darkness is losing its grip, and it’s time for the final checkmate. The final shift.

“Everything was created through him;
nothing—not one thing!—
came into being without him.
What came into existence was Life,
and the Life was Light to live by.
The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness;
the darkness couldn’t put it out.“

(1 John 1:3-5 MSG)

November 14, 2020 0 comment

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Time To Rip Off Our Bandage

by Andrea Joy Moede August 23, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

Picture this scenario with me for a quick second. Those of us who have children know – sometimes our kids get hurt. Your child comes running to you, crying and as out of sorts as you’ve ever seen them. As you desperately try to figure out what is wrong, you see that the oversized bandage on their knee is gaping and hanging off in different places. You quickly realize that not only does the bandage need changed, but the wound underneath also needs attention.

Despite that, what your upset child wants more than anything is for you to smooth it back on and send them on their way to play again. As a responsible caregiver though, that cannot be your course of action. This wound you thought you had handled days earlier must be cleaned and dressed again. Knowing it will cause them pain, you also know it is what’s best in the long-term.

Calming them as best you can, here comes the big moment. You firmly grab two corners of the bandage and give it a sudden rip. Whoah! Now they’re really mad and crying even more, feeling betrayed and angry. Clearly, they’re going to need some emotional care and sympathy before you can begin to clean and bandage their knee back up again.

Pain In Our Country

This very setting is where we find ourselves in the United States of America. It’s an ugly place we don’t want to be, full of tears and moaning to be sure. While none of us relish the hysterics, it is helpful to realize we are on a path that will lead to our ultimate healing, if we can stay the course.

Issues and tensions among our people have run amuck for decades. We buried them over and over again and now they are absolutely festering underneath the bandages. This time is full of a collective groan of people who cannot believe the bandage just got ripped off! They want to smooth it back on so they can simply go out and play again.

These childish impulses are understandable because no one wants to feel pain. However, with maturity comes an appreciation of time and the long-term effects of our decisions. Our citizens must wake up to the fact that our country will not get better until we do the hard thing. We must pull back the covers of our wounds, take a look at them in the light (ew, I know), disinfect them as painful as it may be, bandage them well, and patiently allow the healing to begin anew.

Is It Just A Coincidence?

Even now as you’re reading this, some may be thinking this is all too dramatic. Here is the thinking of that mindset: “We are just in a pandemic. Everything will be alright once it’s over.” Is it though? Ask yourself why? Why is a virus that has proved no more deadly than the flu being used to shut down our society in ways never before imagined? Alongside this mind-boggling situation are the myriads of exposures and changes taking place all across our society. If you aren’t paying attention, you’d be tempted to think the timing of all these “coincidences” is shocking!

We are discovering human trafficking rings and breaking them up in numbers we used to only dream of. The prices of prescription drugs are finally coming down after 50+ years of successive increases in prices. Uniform standards and training are being applied to law enforcement organizations on a nationwide level for the first time. Terrorist groups are being dismantled quickly and without much fanfare at all. These are the very same groups that used to brazenly behead people live on TV. People are withdrawing from international agreements and organizations at a shocking rate, as America demands that they are reworked in a way that does not disadvantage us any longer.

One new announcement I saw today is the ongoing preservation of our national parks with the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act. These lands and facilities have been decaying without funding for decades, and now suddenly (along with everything else) their plight has been seen and addressed. This is just one of many “happenings” that the news chooses to ignore. These are major policy shifts that are correcting the course of our nation, so why is no one discussing them?

Could all of these data points really be just coincidence? Why would they be happening simultaneously as we battle a pandemic and head into a Presidential election? Is there more going on here than meets the eye?

Be Awake

I believe we truly do find ourselves in the shoes of the crying child described above. In general, America just wants things to go back to normal already, so we can play again. However, there is a much bigger story unfolding if we are paying attention.

God is moving in unprecedented ways to right the wrongs of previous generations. This is all towards an end of absolute good in mind! His plan continues to involve the rescue of nations by the power of the name of Jesus. The United States of America has a huge role to play in the world, but we must allow ourselves to go through this painful, yet healing time.

As I think about my children and the world they are going to live in, I know that sticking my head in the sand (or smoothing the bandage back over) cannot be my response this time. I must be awake to the happenings of the day, an active participant that finds solace in knowing this tumult will be fruitful. It will all be worth it to watch them grow up under the stars and stripes: this country our ancestors founded to preserve liberty and justice for all.

So if you’re with me, shut off Netflix (and the news) and head into your prayer closet today. Ask our Father to continue to move in this land. Ask Him to expose all of the darkness that is killing us. Pray that He will preserve the lives and livelihoods of every American. Ask Him to pour out His love that all may find comfort during this time. And while we’re at it, let’s all try to keep the hysterics to a minimum too, okay?

“For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.”

– Luke 8:17

Late-Night Mother’s Day Wish: What We Impart To Our Children

by Andrea Joy Moede May 11, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

After putting my children to bed and about to turn in, I’m thinking of all the typical trappings of Mother’s Day. I honestly want to gag a little. I’m not really a sentimental person and probably not your average stay-at-home mom either.

However, I think I speak for many others on this Mother’s Day 2020, amidst the coronavirus pandemic. What used to suffice on this Hallmark holiday: cute little handprint crafts, Mom acronym poems, so many chocolate covered strawberries, plethoras of dyed carnations, matchy-matchy posed family photos – is a little tiresome in the age in which we live.

What Really Matters

Rather, we want to know that we are doing matters, that what we are imparting to our children will last far beyond us, into eternity in fact. As a parent, I’ve always believed that focusing on developing our child’s spiritual compass would be the most important part of this journey.

However, I’ve only recently come to see that raising them with a prophetic sense of the time in which we live is a close second. This situational awareness is inseparable from the geopolitical events of our day. What’s the point of them intimately knowing Jesus if they spend their time here on earth gazing up at the sky, anxiously hoping for heaven as a reprieve? What’s the aim of them getting high grades in history, if this knowledge is used to control them into becoming just another cog in the machine?

Let Your Kids Know About What Is Going On

The smokescreen and veneer of America past that comforted us in our stereotypical lives has been removed, and violently so. Even for those not fully awake yet, what’s clear is that this is a time like no other in American history. This requires a parenting paradigm to match.

So pardon me as I pay our kids to read a slew of political books this summer, or as I regularly show them news clips of the happenings of the day; or as I take them with me to campaign for local candidates; or as I drive them downtown to a political rally.

I am not focusing on politics for politics sake. I am raising citizens of the greatest nation on planet earth. The pivotal importance of the hour cannot be overstated, and I will not omit our kids from these discussions. Learning history is great, but living it is amazing!

Mother’s Day Wish

So for my Mother’s Day wish: 1) I want more parents across this land to take time to be invested politically. It is important to dialogue with their child about the issues. We need to fight to save this nation that has been appointed as a light to the world. 2) I want our kids to know that their parents chose to do the hard thing. That they looked down the road for the dangers ahead. 3) I want believers to come together in unity and return to the principles that made this land of ours great. 4) I want the resulting freedom to spread around the world, that Jesus would get His full reward!

I’ll be one happy mom if we can work towards these. No need to send the flowers and the chocolate. Okay wait, you can still send the chocolate!

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. -Ronald Reagan, A Time for Choosing, 1964

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/ronald-wilson-reagan/the-1964-speech.php

May 11, 2020 0 comment

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The Wedding Party

by Andrea Joy Moede May 9, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

It began with a flash of a wedding being held in an elegant ballroom. I knew all the preparations had been made, and the time for the big day had arrived. I entered the ceremony and tentatively began my march down the aisle. Suddenly, I realized my two-piece dress was having issues. The bottom piece, the high-waisted skirt, kept slipping down as I walked. I was completely embarrassed, knowing all eyes were on me. However, I kept walking toward the altar and my waiting groom, trying to appear casual as I kept pulling the dress up as I went.

As the ceremony began, it became clear that the head wedding planner was also the officiant, who had other employees running around handling the details. I dismissed this thought as we continued in to the vows portion of the ceremony. Suddenly, tuxedoed waiters entered the room and started to serve the guests lobster as they sat in the audience. Baffled, the wedding planner/officiant stopped the vows and left to investigate the problem.

The groom and I waited patiently at the altar, nervously wondering what was going on. After a few moments, the guests began to get up and leave the ballroom. They were headed into another part of the hotel where dinner was to be served. The waiters were taking the food in there, and it seemed the lobster feast couldn’t wait. I watched perplexed as all of our guests left us at the altar, and we hadn’t even finished the ceremony.

This felt like such a strange betrayal and was quite difficult to wrap my mind around. It was then I noticed the bridesmaids. They had spotted themselves in a wall of mirrors and were occupied obsessing over how they looked. All of them were twirling in their dresses, swishing their skirts, and gazing admiringly at themselves. This was almost too much to bear. These were supposed to be our friends, the closest of the close. Yet they couldn’t care less that the vows had not been finished.

My frustration continued to grow, as I viewed the selfishness of all parties, only thinking of themselves. I began to vent that we should forget the ceremony, because no one cared about that part anyway. I thought we should get married later at the justice of the peace and might as well go enjoy the party. As I began to wake, a feeling of sadness came over me. I saw the two of us still standing alone at the altar.

All In

First and foremost, it excites me to think that King Jesus, our Groom, is prepared and ready. In fact, He is already standing at the altar. The location where we will eventually enter into the most beautiful, eternal covenant with Him! It was also comforting to see that His Bride is fully dressed and actively headed towards that commitment as well.

I believe the matter of the dress has two important interpretations. The area around our waist is supposed to be guarded by the belt of truth. This piece of our armor is the one that holds weapons and keeps the other pieces in place. While it may be slipping here and there, the Bride is aware of its placement and is readjusting as necessary, establishing truth as she proceeds. I believe it is vital that we continue to gird up our loins with truth!

The second angle on this could be that the Bride is adjusting her skirt in order to free up her legs to run. Historically, warriors would have to adjust and fasten their garments of the day (robes), so they could move easily and quickly as they ran and fought. Could it be that this posture of the Bride is signaling a moment when we are to be freeing up our lives and preparing for battle?

Finally regarding the Bride, her posture of frustration may be telling. Rather than an attitude of understanding and a desire to bring the others along, she seems to want to flush the whole thing and just perform the expedient, legal ceremony later. That way, she won’t have to deal with the people and can just be alone with the Groom.

The wedding planner and officiant seem to represent some sort of religious authority, as well as those that are supposed to be helping us prepare for this most momentous of all days. While present and participating, the lack of authority to keep the guests in place as well as the departure from the altar, leads me to believe they are not fulfilling their responsibilities in this hour.

Now we come to the guests who have been invited to the wedding day. While they have dressed up and arrived on time, their posture is revealed by their insatiable reaction to dinner. They could not be troubled to witness the vows when there was food available. This may indicate some sort of survival instinct that looms larger than the event at hand. To make matters more interesting, they were set to feast on lobster. This represents the best the world has to offer, but it is traditionally considered unclean to eat because of its role as a bottom-feeder.

Next, we have the bridesmaids. These are the women selected to walk alongside the Bride in this process. They are to help, as well as celebrate, every part of this occasion. There can be no greater affront than when a bridesmaid is revealed as one who is self-absorbed, who cares less about the couple and more about herself. What was supposed to be a position of honor seemed to turn into a place of self-promotion instead.

A further note on these two groups. I believe they could represent the Word movement (guests – desire to feast on the Word) and the Spirit movement (bridesmaids – desire to have charismatic experiences). I remember hearing R.T. Kendall speak of a time coming when these movements converge. That it will be a move the likes of which we have never seen. He was repeating a similar forecast given by Smith Wigglesworth that when these two groups come together, it would eclipse the Wesleyan and Welsh revivals and spread the gospel all over the world.

Get In Place!

Is it possible our Father has already planned the wedding of the ages, and that Holy Spirit is stirring and speaking in this direction? Could it be that our Bridegroom Jesus is longing to be with us in ways we cannot even fathom? How He desperately wants all of us in the wedding party to get in our rightful places, that the wedding of all weddings may commence!

May 9, 2020 0 comment

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In This Season of the Great Contradiction, What Do You See?

by Andrea Joy Moede April 14, 2020

written by Andrea Joy Moede

As 2019 drew to a close, I felt an impression from Holy Spirit. I needed to finish a book that had been on my mind for almost two years. I knew our young family’s schedule would be more relaxed over Christmas break, so I set out in earnest to get the writing finished, spending several all-nighters at hotels to get it out the door. Editing, formatting, and marketing took the project into February, and I was able to release The Path of Truth: Stories of The Lies We Believe & The Power to Break Them on March the 2nd.

Fear Is A Liar

News of the coronavirus pandemic began to spread in early March, and I was listening to prophetic voices from around the globe. Cindy Jacobs stated that there were two fears attached to the virus: the fear of lack and the fear of death. After reading that, Holy Spirit reminded me that the very first two chapters of this book refute these two specific lies. Chapter 1 deals with the fear of lack. Its title is appropriately “Scarcity or Excess.” Hello toilet paper? Chapter 2 covers the fear of sickness and death and is entitled “Wither or Flourish.”

I began to process this, understanding that God had appointed this message for NOW. His urgency in the late fall, unbeknownst to me at the time, was to uncover and remedy a deficiency on the earth. I heard Him say, “My people are not free of lies! Fear is very real, and it’s roaming the earth today, seeking whom it may devour.” He knew this was coming and released yet another tool to add to our arsenal of weapons in the ongoing battle for truth.

Mayday, Mayday

The weeks have passed slowly, as we take care of our little family and pray for the world. I’ve been receiving quite a few “mayday, mayday” phone calls, from seasoned believers who are not in a good place. Unfortunately, most of these calls were not a surprise. What is truly in our hearts is being revealed in the shaking, in the pressing.

Just this morning I heard the Father say, “This is going to be the season of the great contradiction. Everything you see will defy My promises. People who know Me, people who are firmly planted on the rock, will be secure because they trust more in Me than what they see. However, for those who still walk by sight and not by faith, that too will be revealed.”

A New Place

I believe God is inviting us all into a new place, a completely honest place. He’s challenging us on what has been growing in our hearts: fear or faith. There is no place to stand in the middle any longer; these times won’t allow it. We must be firmly, irrevocably, in agreement with His ultimate truth. We must refuse anything to the contrary brought by our accuser!