Daily Deprogramming

Today there is no Daily Devotional by Ardith Keef as yet so I want to take this opportunity to  again let my readers know that what I do here , I do because of Love.  The Lord God expects us to speak out and do whatever is necessary to  snatch our brothers and sisters out of the fire. The enemy, satan the devil,  is like a lion seeking to devour His people.  If for some reason He has granted us sight, it is not only the right thing to do, God’s Word tells us  we must warn another when he or she is headed in the wrong direction.

I pray for the Keefs as well as for the whole Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church.   I pray for their deliverance from satan’s strongholds ,and that the enemy’s  power and (cloud of lies)  over the leaders as well as the few members who are left there, will be broken. 

I can say with a certainty that I continue to love these people for whom Christ died.  I regret that I ever put Ardith Keef up on a pedestal, and oo’d and ahh’d over her “wisdom”, “knowledge” ,and “Bible teachings.”  People like myself are just as responsible as those in leadership for enabling them to become monsters who need  to have more and more control.  This is probably  why  Jesus said regarding Jezebel’s paramours, (supporters, helpers) that they  must repent as she  must, or be severely chastised .  When we  give people power over us, much of the pain we are reaping is our own fault!

So what can we do except to speak out in writing?   Our voice has been silenced in the Anchor Church.  I and my family have been shunned and slandered with lies.  As time goes by more lies  deceptions are discovered , and I am more sure of my stance.  Satan is the great deceiver, slanderer, and the  ”father of lies.”  If he can get a believer to believe a lie against another he can destroy a whole church. He always tries to stifle and surpress the Truth.

My Christian counselor told me in the beginning that I had just left a cult, and that  these situations often end in violence, and there are usually sexual perversions, adultery, and/or  child abuse involved.  Just in thinking about Jim Jones, David Koresh, and other cultish groups this is easily seen to be true.  It has been true of abusive  churches  such as “the Bible Speaks started by Carl Stevens.  The proof of any “ministry”  or leader is always in examining the fruit, no matter what doctrines they teach.

In 1991 Ardith Keef would never have allowed one of her women to leave her home or her husband ,without serious scripural grounds.  She never would have let the young women  (other men’s wives) in the church be alone with the pastor for hours and hours, day after day. She never allowed a woman to even ride  to the Airport alone with the Pastor or any other man in the Church.  She would not have promoted divorce for one Christian against another without Biblical reasons.  She would never have taken a brother or sister to court. 

But like everything else,  over time when we become puffed up with pride , and think we alone know what is best for everyone we begin to lose the sharpness of our thinking, and our sight gets clouded.  When we have people around us who elevate us,  and put us up on pedestals, it doesn’t help us at all.  It only feeds our pride, and strokes our ego. We all need people around us whom we can be accountable to , and  who will  speak up and tell us the truth about our actions and choices.  Pastor Bill and Ardith Keef are accountable to no-one, and refuse to listen to anyone who may have a differing opinion.  This is and was an open door for the enemy!

When I finally was able to see the truth of our church’s  unhealthy condition, and told Bill and Ardith, “The wolves are inside the fold”, it was too late by human standards.  For questioning  and criticizing I was immediately thrown out and shunned along with my whole family.  It never changed the fact that I love these people unconditionally!  Those around me will tell anyone who asks that this is true.  However it is never too late for our Heavenly Father.  He is still the God of the impossible. 

The abuse and accusations of our family, and our daughter in law’s family , is from the enemy.   I could easily doubt my own self , as I know my weaknesses,  but these dear faithful servants of the Lord , Missionaries for over 20 years to Thailand, did nothing to be so maligned or to have their daughter  and their grandchildren severed from their family.  I praise  and thank the Lord that I have them in my life.  The  friendship and fellowship  of the John and Rosemary Kane family,  is one of the best things that has come out of  the abuses of the Anchor Church toward our family.  My husband, Don  who is a non-Christian has finally met some True Christians and he definately appreciates  and respects these folks.

I hold no grudges. I am also not afraid of what men (or women)  can do to me, whether in court or on the street.  I fear God and Trust Him alone. He is my Strength and my song!  The battle is not with flesh and blood, but with the powers and principalities of darkness!  I will stand with the Belt of Truth around me as long as the Lord helps me stand.  I will speak the Truth as long as there is life and breath in my body.  It is all I can do!  They are my brethren!  It is nothing,  when I consider all Jesus Christ has done for me….