Called Out

As Believers, we are all a part of His Body.  And we each have a certain calling that God has set in place for us.  But more than that, He has called us to be Holy and separate...to be sanctified.  He is the protective God who says, "Come out of her, my people!" (Revelation 18:4).  He wants us to be His and dedicated only to His purposes.  This has been a big recurring theme recently.  Below are some revealed messages and confirmations, though there are more in previous posts.  (Search the labels for 'Calling' to see those)

Confirmed 12/13:  I opened up Strong's Strongest Bible Concordance after seeing it on the bookshelf.  The words 'Numbers' and 'Interpretation' were quickened to me.  I knew it was from God....some things you just have to take by faith.  And then the wait began for God to build upon this passage.  With faith, it doesn't take long.  God is faithful to take us from strength to strength.

"Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them."  Matthew 13:12 (Hey, that's a reversal of the date.  I'll 'interpret' those 'numbers' that way...)

So God gives faith with His messages and then adds more and more layers of confirming signs to the original message.  He wants to make the righteous paths clear!  He has established our faith, and when we allow Him to activate it, He will always give us even more abundance.  He is the Holy One who says, "open your mouth and I will fill it"  (Psalms 81:10).  I didn't think much of this until later that day; see below for an explanation...

So,  Vanessa and I were talking later that day about a "Steps to Jesus" devo I had felt led to read that morning.  She had in fact read the same pages after me, as I left the pamphlet open.  The pages we read were under a subtitle called, "The Works and the Life'.  And it pertained to a specific calling.  It pertained to the Works of Jesus regarding His traveling ministry.  And it emphasized the fact that such a calling was 'set apart' from the ways of this world.  What a life!  Let me tell you, it's so exciting.  Hard, but exciting.

Vanessa then went directly into talking about the Levites.  She asked me, "Have I ever told you about the Levites in Numbers 18?"  Before I met Vanessa (and after that, as well!) the Lord often spoke to me regarding the Levites.  I've felt that He has given a similar calling to me.  Turns out, Vanessa has long felt that way, too.  God has both led us to "work for Him" so to speak, through different types of specific ministry.

Anyways, Vanessa mentioned numbers 18, and right away I remembered that 'Numbers' was the word I was guided to in Strong's Concordance earlier that day.  My thought patterns were quickened, and I understood what God was saying:

Our Work and Life (from the devo) has been dedicated to the Lord's specific "Interpretation" of a Levitical (from seeing the word "Numbers") calling.  God was reaffirming through all these synchronistic events that both Vanessa and I have been called out.  We have been called into a Life of dedicated ministry work, just as the Levites were.  Praise God!  He gives us the desires of our hearts, and His Way is the best way.

Confirmed 12/15:  Speaking of interpretations, The Lord gave an interpretation of tongues..."Come Holy Spirit".  Simple, but what a glorious thing to ask Him for.  When I first wrote it down, I accidentally wrote, "Come unto Spirit".    Come to Him; He's called us  His!  That's the message, anyways, that God made out of my guided mistake.

Confirmed 12/15:  Quickened eye-glance in the bible to, "you were entrusted" (Romans 6:17). We have been entrusted to a His calling.  We are to be slaves or righteousness!

Snapshot: Entering the Promised Land

A few days ago God spoke to me about my pathway through life.  This was the same day He was telling me to ask for details.  But in addition to this, we need to allow the Spirit to control our will and our dreams.  We need to imagine God's Will, and walk into it.  We need to see what He sees, feel what He feels, and follow His leadings step by step into the Promised Land.

I remember that a Christian figure from past times coined the term "Holy Imagination".  And that's what we need to have.  We need to have Holy thoughts and pure minds.  Only then can we dream big.
And only then can God implant Himself into our visions and our dreams .  Infact, this was the way that He called many old testament prophets.  So many were called and received their calling from a Spirit filled,  almost otherworldly dream.

This past Spring, I had a dream that I was crossing the Jordan river.  The dream wasn't set in ancient times, though; instead, I was on a steamboat that was slowly being evacuated.  Many passengers were on this boat, and many were scared about whatever might happen while they were stuck on this stalled boat.  Other passengers, however, didn't seem to see any problem in their situation.  I was left wondering what to do myself.

After some time, a militia-type group had also been sent onto the scene.  These military leaders searched for passengers willing to be recruited into their evacuation team.  Brave passengers became compelled to join this team, which was preparing to leave the ship and search for help on the mainland nearby.  I remember that the ship was fairly close to the riverbank, although the evacuation team was facing a jungle once across the river.  I listened as the military personnel spoke about the dangers of the mission ahead, and I felt more than slightly intimidated by my own prospects of joining this voluntary team.  But the situation on the boat was boring and lifeless, and people were left to waste away through their own devices.  So I decided I would go.  I was going to join this team and cross the Jordan!  I was told that the mission would be long and hard.  I was told it would be dangerous.  But I wanted to get off of that boat--it wasn't going anywhere and the people on board were not motivated to do much.  This is where the dream ended.

When I woke up I felt it was a dream from the Lord.  I felt His leading to be bold for Him and venture into uncharted territory.  I felt His desire to take me into new places, and report back to those 'stuck' what I tasted and saw.  Shortly after waking up that morning, God led me to the Joshua 1, 2 and 3, which strongly matched my dream.  God was beginning a new season in my life, and I was being exhorted to enter into the promised land.  Around the same time I had this dream, I started doing healing ministry on the street.  I was just starting to be used by our Lord to pray for the afflicted.  I was out of my comfort zone oftentimes.  But I had made the choice; I had crossed the Jordan!

God's recently began speaking about this to me again.  I believe that I'm in a new season now, and I've just crossed another river of roadblocks.  In the life of a strong believer, there may well be many "Jordans" to cross.  God wants His children to personally walk through the exploits in the Bible, and in that dream He gave me, I was shown that He wanted me to live out Jordan crossing of Joshua.

Confirmed 12/13:  God showed me that I've crossed the Jordan, because His commandments were more important.

Confirmed 12/14:  I was reading the book of Judges, and through 'quickened eye-glances' (see the Quickened Word for more on this), God revealed to me that I had been called out with Him.  This is exactly what the military leaders were doing in my dream all those months ago.  And He went on and showed me that I was to follow His lead.  How critical!  Just as the Israelites could not cross the Jordan without the Presence of God, in the Ark, guiding them, we cannot enter the Promised Land that He's called us to unless we follow Him into it.

Confirmed 12/15: Recent Themes have been:  Lush, green gardens.  Green trees. The Tree of Life. Milk and Honey.  The finest of foods.  Open Door to His Promises!

Confirmed 12/15:  I was reading the Bible Commentary book again, and God really spoke through it.  Random reading (search the 'labels' feature for this, if you're interested).  I was led to the subtitles "Canaan" and "Canaan as a type of Heaven".  God wants to lead us all into a land where the Promises He's given us become manifest.  He wants to lead all those who will listen into a land of heaven on earth.  The Promised Land symbolizes that our Lord has given us another chance to return to the Garden.  The Promised Land symbolizes that our God has great things planned for us, even before we enter Heaven itself.  Praise God!

Snapshot: Respond to God

Yesterday morning in my quiet time the Lord showed gave me a visual that showed me how we as
Christians should respond to Him. This whole teaching helped me understand how God wants us to react to His presence.

Picture yourself in Church. You and your churchmembers are in a time of worship and God is present and bringing comfort and conviction. Those hungry for Him are being satisfied and He is showing Himself Love on behalf of His many promises:

"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

So, the people are seeking God, and He is showing up. The Kingdom of Heaven is being taken by God's mercy. God's arm and His Spirit have been brought into the room on behalf of those who seek Him. The Church responds in worship and repentance, and whatever other things the Spirit prompts the people to do. Everybody praises God and has been maneuvered to a state of thankfulness.

But what happens after the music stops? What happens when the people go home and go about with their lives? This is exactly what I've been thinking about recently. And this is what God was speaking to me about beginning yesterday.

How do we respond to His Love? By changing our ways. By "bearing fruits worthy of repentance" (Matthew 3:8). In other words, by showing our change of heart by putting out greater effort to emulate Him. Those who change their ways can and WILL live in the Kingdom long after being affected by the Lord in the Church service. Those who are willing to follow Him wherever He takes us, wherever He goes, are the ones who are able to stay in the Kingdom.

And so many things distract us from Him. So many things block out our Heavenly Home. We need to think about Him. We need to purify our hearts. We even may need to give up our things if we are wanting to truly follow Him. Let's not be like the rich young ruler. Nothing among our own possessions is worth keeping if that means being unwilling to enter the Kingdom of God.

So, we need to be passionate for Him. And we need to be flexible enough to stay with Him long after the worship ends. We need to be flexible enough that He causes us to bend our wills, and even our perceptions of His. The passionate and flexible--the hungry and thirsty--are those who will see God.

He desires to have us remain in His presence all day. Will you yield? It's only after yielding that we can abide in Him. This is the way to part from the world and become best friends with God. It's not by power or by might, but by His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6). And it's by a humble and desperate heart.

Confirmed: Today Vanessa was reading Hosea and came across a great passage. Let's LIVE in His presence:

"After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence." Hosea 6:2

Let's be revived through worship, live our life in His presence, and the press on to know Him. If we press in, He will allow it. If we search for Him, He will reveal Himself. Glory to God!

"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." Hosea 6:3

Snapshot: His Finger

In Church last week the Lord showed me a vision of a pointer finger.  I saw that the tip of the finger had been covered but was now being unveiled.  I felt it was the hand of God, representing His arm working salvation.  I new it represented a manifestation of His presence entering the room.

I saw this vision, and it was filled up with light.  It was beaming and full of love.  I didn't think much more of this until we opened up the Word during the Church sermon.  As I glanced over at Vanessa's Bible, the first thing I saw was this:

"He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites."  Leviticus 16:19

That really struck me, and I realized what God was showing me.  By the Law, many high priests made many consecrations on behalf of the Israelite's sins.  These consecrations took blood, more than once.  They took a series of painful sacrifices that were created to atone for sins.  They helped people conceptualize the impact of sin and show that it needed to be paid for, one way or the other.  God Himself commanded these regulations for the priests, as a way to prove His Holiness.  Those who would come into His sanctuary needed to be pure.  They needed to believe they were pure, so that they would be able to worship a pure God.

"Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin."  Romans 3:20

But thanks to Jesus we have a better way.  We have a savior who makes us conscious of His righteousness, and the fact that He is more than willing to share it.  What the Lord showed me in that vision was that HIS finger was revealed through Jesus to make us pure.  By His sacrifice, that of His Son, He brings the tabernacle to us.  No longer do we need ritual after ritual to enter near to Him.  Now all we need is a spiritual hunger that causes His Love to draw near to us.  Glory to God!!

I remember that Smith Wigglesworth said in His books, "you only need a touch from Jesus to have a good time".  How true.  What I saw in that vision was a divine touch.  It only took one!  One was enough to bring purity and light.  The Father of Lights does not need to make consecration again and again.  Praise Him that Jesus died to take our sins, once and for eternity!

"But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction..."  Romans 3:21-22

Apart from the Law.  Apart from the finger of a priest dipped in blood.  God has given us a better way. We have righteousness caused by just a touch of His presence.  We have purity given by just a taste of His power.  And we have faith in Jesus that He is able, and that He is willing, to come into our surroundings and set up a sanctuary wherever we are at.  There is wonderful freedom in knowing the purifying power of God.

Confirmed:  At the ending of the Church service, I was beginning to sit down when I happened to touch just my pointer finger on the back of the chair in front of me.  I touched this finger to the metal on the chair and was zapped!  This was quickened to me because of this "finger" vision, and well as the "electrified cross" vision described in the previous post.

God's given to us a cleansing power that can then be imparted to others (2 Timothy 1:6).  He is faithful to empower those He calls, and to show His hand through their own.

Snapshot: Power in His Cross

In Church last Sunday I saw a vision of the cross.  It was surging with electricity.  There was so much power in the sacrifice God's Son made for us.  And there still is!  I saw the cross being filled with power.  We can join in this.  We can partake of this heavenly power.  We can receive tangible life in our dying.  We can be glorified with Him if we share in His sufferings.

"Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."  Romans 8:17

"I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead."  Philippians 3:10-11

If we are willing to carry our cross, if we are willing for our flesh to be crucified, that's when we receive His Glory.  That's when we receive power.  That's when we can "Sing with all the Saints in Glory".  That's the time when The Holy Spirit comes in and makes us truly alive.

Jesus, through His Spirit, is asking us.  He is knocking on the door and asking us if we will drink from His cup... if we are willing to take and use all that He gives us.  Are you willing to be crucified with Him?  There have been many times when I haven't.  But willingness starts with Him.  It starts by knowing His goodness and beginning to die to self.  Every time we die to our sinful desires, we become more like Him.  When we become more like Him, He always comes to comfort us.

There is a point when we become wired with the Life of God.  There is a point when He gives us a type of Life that overcomes any problems on this earth.  "Life to the fullest" can and does overcome our sins, our selfishness, and our sicknesses.  If we are crucified with Him, then He can give us a taste of Glory on this earth.  Then we can experience His power and might and glory, and then we can give it all back to Him.  Are we willing to carry that cross?

Snapshot: Humbled

Humility was a theme last week.  God was putting me through some hardship spiritually and I was wondering why.    So He led me to Psalm 44. This passage reminds me of Job in some senses, where God appeared to let down His people.

When we are set back, we cannot give up.  When we go through that valley, we shouldn't fear any evil.  When we are humbled, we need to accept it.  Despite our situation, God wants us to know that our redeemer lives (Job 19:25) .  We need to know that God is who He says He is...faithful, patient and totally in control.  And so loving!  We need to come out of trials more humble than we were before them.  We need to understand that He is good enough to work all things together for our good.

Confirmed:  On the same day as I read Psalm 44, there were confirming comments on a new post on the Quickened Word.  Here they are.  It amazes me how God speaks similar things to His children.  So synchronized, so timely.  And our Lord wants all of us to "see in part"!

Confirmed:  Here is another faith builder from the Quickened Word, this one from today.  It is God's arm that fights for us, and must fight for us, or else we cannot live in His Victory.  See psalm 44 above for more on that.  The better way to live is in humility!  If we are humble before Him, He will always lift us up.  He lifts us up and gives us His might to live victorious.  God doesn't want His children falling short because they don't have knowledge of who He is and what He's done (Hosea 4:6).  He wants us to use the power and name that called us and justified us in the first place.  God's righteous right hand has lifted us up, and His Word has given us power and authority.

Let's know that God disciplines those He loves.  Let's respond with a Spirit of humility and trust.  Only then can we walk by the power of His arm.  Only then can we help the body.  Only then can we be a "strong and mighty" warrior for Him (Judges 6:12).

Snapshot: ElijahList Confirmations on Revival

There have been more confirmations on Revival recently.  There won't be much to this post, but I wanted to include several confirmations from other sources on here.  I'd encourage you to seek God on if you should read these linked articles and why.

"God Is Restoring..." Prophecy:

"I have invested the power and authority of My Kingdom inside of My family, My sons and daughters. There is an awakening unto fullness, fullness of sonship, fullness of covenant, fullness of position and grace in Me, there is an awakening to the fullness of My power, My Kingdom that I have called you to carry. There is a banner of fire being cast over this generation, and I am raising up voices who will release My wind and My breath upon the embers in order to fan the flame."

God is an all consuming fire!  He calls us to burn for Him.  As I said in my last post, God makes His ministers as flames of fire.  This prophetic Word is such a graceful confirmation from God.

About ten days ago the Lord showed me in a vision a pencil that was wider than usual.  He was saying, "Get ready for fuller and deeper words".  When God speaks, there is a fullness to what He says.  His Word is life and truth.  So His Word doesn't change.  But when we change into His image, into His family, we realize just how fulfilling He is.  We realize the depth of His heart, and we ourselves are deeply cut to the heart as He prepares us for change.  If you already have the gifts of God through the fullness of His Word, then it's now time to fan them into flames (2 Timothy 1:6).


"The Church is the Arm of God Extended..." Prophecy:  


"Hear the call of the Lord to stand out and be counted; you are going to be blessed beyond measure as you stand for what God cares for. He cares for the Bride of His Son, the universal Body and every local expression of that Body. He cares, and I am calling you to be part of the greatest move of God the world has ever seen with each local church burning with the fire of God. But, make sure your talk and your actions are not against what God cares for."

Right now Vanessa and I are in a very small, community-oriented Church.  We felt God calling us here from the beginning, and it was a test at first.  At least I was out of my comfort zone.  But God does not despise the small things or the small beginnings.  No...instead, He chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.

 Since our first week at this Church, The Holy Spirit has been coming in with increased presence.  The Lord has been made more real to us and the rest of the congregation.  We are bearing fruit with repentance and people are simply getting excited about God.  There has been an increase in faith and an increase in supernatural provisions, miracles and healings.  Glory to God.  He is making this little Church, which I underestimated at first, into a flame of fire.

Snapshot: His Glory...Revival Is Coming.

As I said in a previous post, God has been speaking to me about Revival.  This is very encouraging...  it's been my passion for a while now.  I remember this Spring when He first started showing me what Revival meant.

Praise God that He is faithful to carry out our dreams.  He is faithful to bring our callings to pass.  He is knocking on the door right now, waiting to show Himself Lord of all.  He is knocking because we need to answer.

In Church today, I saw in a vision several vivid fire trucks.  I saw them traveling towards me.  I knew these fire trucks were full of His Glory.  They pulsated by me, one at a time.  He is sending in ministers and annointings right now.  He is sending in Glory and Revival.  After this He said, "Thank Me for My Glory".  I knew it was a Word from the Lord (Jeremiah 32:8)

"Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?"  Hebrews 1:14

"He makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire."  Psalm 104:4  (Mini-Confirmation:  Yesterday on the news there was a 104 year-old man who set an age-graded record for the 60 yard dash.  He was also polish...just like me!)

So I saw these brilliant fire trucks traveling across my peripheral.  And I remembered a Word God gave me about 7 months ago:

"I give you fire drills before the fire falls."

This was in reference to a painful purification God was sending me through at the time.  In other words, God was testing me...putting me through the fire, so to speak.  He does this so that He can then revive us.  He was purifying me so that I could be ready for the "fire" of revival to fall.  Fire has been another them recently.  And the Holy Spirit brought all of this to remembrance, showing me again God's truth.  I felt Him saying that it's coming...the Revival is coming.  It's a promise of God; it's definitely coming!  And I want to do what it takes.

Confirmed:  A few days ago I randomly opened an old hymnal at a friend's house.  I opened to the hymn entitle, "Singing with all the Saints in Glory".  I was reminded of this right after the 'Glory truck' vision in church today.  God's Glory is coming to us.  It is not far away.  But it's up to each of us to seek His face and give Him our hearts.

Confirmed:  I also saw in a vision the number "7" while in worship today.  I didn't know what to make of it. Since then, I cannot stop seeing that number. Vanessa tells me it represents seasonal completion.  As she began to answer me, she looked down onto a drawer and saw that a small seven was carved into the wood.

Revival is coming and God is bringing this promise of His to completion.  (As I just wrote that, the word, "seven" was quickened to me from a telephone number just then being spoken on Christian Radio.  Like I said, I have not been able to get away from that number.)

Confirmed:  Near the end of church, a few fire trucks drove right by the building.  I haven't noticed that happening in the past.

Snapshot: Revival

A few days ago God spoke again started speaking to me about revival.  What is revival?  It is a work of God, towards a harvest of salvation, that He orchestrates through those willing to do the work that His son already set the template for.  Revival is a sweeping move of His Holy Spirit that brings conviction and healing to a group or place.

So God spoke to me about this.  Revival has to start within us.  We need to fully accept the Spirit that called us and saved us.  We need to live up to our calling.  God has called us to have joy unspeakable and be full of Glory.  That's what we can experience, what God wants us to experience.  But we have to live up to our calling.  Throughout the process of inner revival, we have to remain Jesus' best friend.

Will you follow Him to the cross?  Will you follow Him there, and then cry out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit"?  (Acts 7:59)  This is where unchangeable peace is found.  This is where Jesus comes to our side and ministers with us.  This is where the climate of revival begins.

Confirmed:  This teaching about revival started just before I read an Elijahlist article on Spiritual acceleration.  Scroll down a little to see that post  ("Snapshot:  The Rocket").  Anyways, it struck me that this article was written by a "revivalist preacher".  Revival begins when God's greatly anointed are used by the Lord to bring Him glory.

Confirmed:  Later this same day, I was reading Psalm 80.

"Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name."  Psalm 80:18

God is waiting to quicken us, to awaken us, and to revive us.  Then we are enabled to truly call on Him.  Revival starts within us.  When the Spirit has total control in one person, that love will flow into another.  When the Holy Spirit has total control, He can give us wisdom and insight into His ways.

If you have time, read this article on the Hebrides revival of 1949.  God started speaking to me about that Scottish revival late this past Spring.  At that time I sensed there was a significance to December.  He hadn't called me to go to Scotland, but He Himself has called me to usher in revival here.  It's been a faith builder to see Him bring the revival theme back again.  Inner work starts revival.  Prayer in that secret place is where we get intimate enough with our Lord to be His friend.  We become His friend, and we share His passions and His thoughts.

"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."  John 15:15

Can we say that we know what His business includes?  Can we say that we know just what He wants us to do?  If not, it's time to become friends with Jesus.  It's time to draw close to Him.  It's time to be revived so we can start the revival that at this moment is waiting in the wings.  It's time to become "Unstuck" (See previous post).

Let's make His life our own.  Let's live as a present-day manifestation of Jesus.  I'm not there yet.  But let's allow God to push us from strength to strength.  Let's be withholding nothing.  Let's want nothing more than Him.  Hallelujah!  Let's allow Him to touch us and then reach out by His Love and touch others.  Let's be revived.

Snapshot: Unstuck

In church last week I saw the word, "Unstuck" written in a vision.  I felt an increase in His presence being poured into the church after that.  But we had to want it first!  This happened partway through worship.

Through this small experience I became more aware of the spiritual warfare that attempts to get between us and God.  In this case, there was a stoppage in place that we were allowed to break through.  Keep in mind there is a lot of spirituality between God and ourselves.  There is violence that interferes with us receiving the Kingdom of Heaven, and the violent take His Kingdom by force (Matthew 11:12).

Our confidence is important here.  When we press in to God we need to know and take courage in His ability to allow a breakthrough.  We need to be hopeful that He will give the Victory and send His Kingdom down to earth.   Those who hope in Him will not be disappointed. (Isaiah 49:23).  So we hope in Him, and He meets us where we are.  Without faith, we cannot please God, nor can we be sure of His presence.

But when we have faith, we come into alignment with God.  We come into alignment with the light, and we join in battle with Him and His angels.  We can use the sword of His Spirit to cut through any interferences that Satan would try to give us.  This is exactly what happened in Church.  Glory broke through, and the oil of His Spirit was poured out.

Confirmed:  A few days later I was listening to Christian radio.  They were talking about a new Christian book called, "Unstuck".  It's about forgetting past failures and trusting God for a brighter future.  It's about stepping out of spiritual darkness and walking into a new season of trust in God.  There are references to Elijah's cave experience.

So God is continually breaking through and giving of Himself.  And we often misuse this.  We don't always live in the Kingdom.  But let's step out of our past.  Let's forget what's behind so that our guilt does not keep us from pressing on towards the prize (Philippians 3:13).  Let's allow His presence and His VOICE to come down to us and change us.  Let's then walk into that new season and cling to Him so that we do not return to past mistakes.

Let's be clothed with His might.  He is counseling us to buy from Him clean garments (Revelation 3:18)  He wants to live within His Presence, where the wells of the Spirit are not delayed or blocked up.  He wants us to become more than conquerors and enter a place of abiding where we do not get stuck.  Let's seek Him to get "unstuck" right now.  And if God has done deliverance already, then let's cling to that and continue intimately walking with Him.