How to Receive A Prophet's Reward

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  In The Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ says something that The Holy Spirit has used repeatedly in my life over the years to ensure that I receive God's spoken Word, a prophet's reward, no matter who is preaching or teaching at any given moment. He said, "He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward (Matthew 10:40-41)."

          One day after I (Keith) had finished reading those verses in Matthew 10, The Holy Spirit whispered to me the last verse, but a bit differently, in a way that would change my life. I heard Him say, "He that receives 'a prophet' in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward; and he that receives 'a righteous man in the name of a prophet' will receive a prophet's reward." Right then, The Holy Spirit revolutionized my pursuit of being made one in Jesus Christ. 

          God's wonder-full Holy Spirit had profoundly displayed for me, in real time, how important it is for us to pursue The Holy Spirit whenever we open God's Holy written Word and begin reading. In fact, having God's infinitely wonder-full Gift of His Holy Spirit makes all the difference in our lives when it comes to our being in God's perfect Will for our lives! The Holy Spirit, and Him alone, IS Who leads us to "believe", and ultimately become a "Believing Believer", in Jesus Christ. If we "ignore" The Holy Spirit, we will find ourselves tragically outside of God's Will, even if we are faithful in giving tithes, are "a good person", and/or have perfect church attendance, the best we can ever expect to be is an "unbelieving-Believer." The Holy Spirit made that point evident to me one evening as I was reading in 2 Corinthians, chapter 3, and particularly verse 6.

          In Apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians in chapter 3 and verses 2 through 6, Paul teaches us a crucial life-or-death truth, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of The New Testament; not of the letter, but of the (Holy) Spirit: for the letter kills, but the (Holy) Spirit gives Life (2 Corinthians 3:2-6)."

          It was that evening, while I was reading and listening for The Holy Spirit's sweet and still, small voice, that I received a priceless gift, a revelation, a Life-giving truth, that God's Holy written Word, in and of itself, is not "an end" but is "the means to an end". As we call on the matchless Name of Jesus Christ, we can meet with and receive, as we read, The Holy Spirit's teaching, a Prophet's Reward. 

          Now, here is where The Holy Spirit clarified it for me. This is what He whispered into my spirit's ear, "If God's people will receive a pastor, a preacher, or a teacher of God's Word in the name of a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher, God's people will receive a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher's reward, ultimately cheating themselves out of receiving all that God has for them. On the other hand, if they will receive a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher of God's Word in the name of 'a prophet'... then they will receive 'a prophet's reward'." 

          Perhaps one of The New Testament's most appropriate examples of someone who desperately needed "a prophets reward" is the miraculous account of the woman that received healing from a twelve-year-long issue of blood. Luke 8:40-48 reads, "And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received Him: for they were all waiting for Him. And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought Him that He would come into his house: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as He went the people thronged Him. And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind Him, and touched the border of His garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched Me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched Me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of Me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. And He said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace (Luke 8:40-48)."

          Question: Out of all of the people who were pressing against Jesus in the crowd that day, why did the woman who suffered from an issue of blood for twelve long years receive healing? Simply put, she was desperate! She "believed" Jesus Christ was Who she had heard other people say He was... and believed it! Most people in the crowd that day, sadly, viewed Jesus Christ as "a good or even a righteous man" at best. If we truly w-a-n-t to personally receive a prophet's reward for ourselves, God's spoken Word delivered to us by way of The wonder-full Holy Spirit, we must desperately "want Jesus Christ". We must "reach" for Him.

          Sadly, in my years of walking i-n Jesus Christ, I've heard far too many church folks complain behind their pastor or elder's back that they were "not being fed" spiritually under the teaching and/or preaching of their pastor or teachers. We must remember, when Jesus Christ explained why the lady with the issue of blood was healed, He accredited it to "her faith." Her money was gone, spent on physicians that had no success at healing her at all, and she had reached the end of her rope, so to speak. Here is what compelled her to have the faith enough to be healed: She was at the place in her life where all of us must come to; She not only "reached" for Him with her hand but she "reached" for Him with her heart. She was determined to receive "a prophet's" reward that day. And she was determined she would not stop until she received it. 

          We must remember, when Jesus Christ explained why the lady with the issue of blood was healed, He accredited it to "her faith." Here is the catalyst for why she was healed: she was desperate; She was at the place where all of us must come to; She was determined to receive The Lord's "reward". If we w-a-n-t to personally receive God's Word, delivered to us by way of The wonder-full Holy Spirit, we must desperately "want Jesus Christ". I can say this with all confidence that "every" time that I have reached for Jesus Christ out of desperation He has always responded to me, and in ways that built my faith in God exponentially.

          We would like to conclude with a life-changing piece of advice. Despite what any local church member personally thinks about the pastor --how knowledgeable he may or may no be, or how well he understands or delivers God's Holy written Word-- if we receive a pastor in the name of a mediocre "preacher", we will only receive a mediocre preacher's reward, at best. On the other hand, if we will receive a pastor (or preacher or teacher) in the name of 'a prophet', we will receive 'a prophet's reward'. The Holy Spirit will see to that.

          If we will go, believing and expecting to "receive from God" what He gives Jesus Christ to relay to The Holy Spirit to give to us, personally, in real time, we will receive "the prophet's reward"... the priceless Word of God delivered to us, for us, by The wonder-full Holy Spirit. People who do not know and walk in this are understanding are putting an undue load of their pastor's, teachers and preachers by looking to them for what only God can give to us by way of His Holy Spirit. That is why God sent Him, to bring to us want He gives Jesus Christ to relay to The Holy Spirit Who then gives God's message, to us... personally.

          As Brenda and I have learned and hold onto is, anything of value is worth fighting for and will be challenged by Satan. This especially applies to our pressing our way in-to God's Holy Presence. The Holy Spirit once emphasized to me how "anxious spirits" are the arch enemies to our obtaining and walking in the kind of "faith" that pleases God. As we prepare to enter through God's gates with thanksgiving and enter into His courts with praise, we must be equipped, in The Name of Jesus Christ, much like clearing a path through a spiritual jungle, to cut through, using the sword of The Spirit, any and all obstacles that come to hinder us from arriving at our Father's feet. 

          We pray that our message encourages you to reach for Jesus Christ like you never have before. We would also like to mention that, perhaps, the most challenging conflicts that I have ever found myself in have been those that come when I begin my journey into God's presence. Shortly after I find a quit place, get alone, relax, and slowly begin reading God's Holy written Word they arrive, memories, noises, ideas all come in an attempt at hindering our pressing our way into God's wonderful presence.  I say that to point out, that it takes work to focus solely on pursuing audience with God, but be encouraged, learn God's protocols, increase your time, from now on, to meeting with The Holy Spirit in the pages of God's Holy written Word and trust us, you will soon receive a prophets reward, God's spoken word delivered to you personally through Jesus Christ by way of God's wonder-full Holy Spirit. 

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Victory that Comes to Us by THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD -- Ephesians 6:11-20

The Toward The Mark MINUTE about "I Don’t Have a Beef with You – It’s those Wicked Spirits" aiming us toward liberty and victory for ALL... countering satan and his wicked spirits by learning and sharing “who” we are, Whose we are, and what we are put on this earth to accomplish... Showing GOD BIG in a world that sees Him small.

    As young Believers we kind of look at a suit of medieval armor; That's the first thing we think about when we hear of “the whole armor of God”. The thing is it’s NOT "a suit" of armor; IT’S GOD… Himself. If you listen to what (Ephesians 6:11-20) says, we are to put on the whole armor OF God... Himself. Be one "i-n Him" and one with Him.

The Scripture says in John 14:15-26 that we abide "in" Him, we make our abode "in" Him, we "reside" (or have "our residence") IN "GOD". I'm going to tell you, no unclean spirit in hell or flopping around the earth is going to try to get at us by a frontal attack on God. It's not possible. The beautiful thing about it is, the full armor of God, among so many other countless benefits it provides for us, it provides us with total protection.

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If you study The Scriptures, you also see in Proverb 18:10 where God is called our "strong tower", that the righteous run IN to and are saved; “our strong tower IS God”. See (in Matthew 6:33), seek ye first "the Kingdom of God"; the Kingdom that IS God... NOT a castle that's on a cloud. The same way as “the armor of God” IS GOD, Himself. It’s not a "suit of" armor; the Armor IS God.

IN God is where we reside continually. Look at the particular (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) Scripture that says we are to pray without ceasing. That passage is on the same line as (Ephesians 3:17-19) we are to dwell in God continually. We are to pray without ceasing. In other words, we are in continual communication with God. We don't ever break those lines... always listening and speaking out to Him. Exactly. Always God-conscious. And these are things we have to understand to be effective at seeing those unclean and wicked spirits in our lives be pulled down in the earth, so that we can work with God as His children, as His beloved heirs to the promise.

We have got to understand first how this enemy works and how we combat him. You know the (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) Scripture that talks about taking every thought captive. Why do we take every thought captive? Because those thoughts that so often come against us are from unclean wicked spirits and they come to steal, kill, and destroy. The Bible says (in John 10:10-29) that the devil comes not but for to steal, kill, and destroy our being able to rest in and relax in the reality of who we are and "Whose" we are. But satan is going to continually work. Satan's unclean spirits are going to continually work... to keep us from resting on the lap of God, to keep us from being able to enjoy God, from being able to rest our head on God's chest and listen to His heartbeat, and just enjoy, not doing, but just being. You see that? Just being. There is a concerted effort that continually takes place to keep us from our Father.

This point has got to be right in front of us, because it's so important to know. And the only way is to know God's written Word and wait and listen for God’s spoken Word. We read and listen, and that’s how we “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33)”... and all of our needs and supplications will be added to us. That's really powerful to know in order to know how to fight who the enemy truly is... it's not “flesh and blood”, not a person or people; it's the unclean spirits and the devil and his demons working through individual persons that are “willing vessels”.

Satan is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:6-11), walking about looking for whom he may devour. And if he's looking, that means there are people that know about his ploys and plot. So, it stands to reason that he has to “walk around to seek” out those who don't know, those with a lack of knowledge of God and His Word.

Speaking of Satan, the devil, walking around like a roaring lion, I've heard some people say something interesting. They say that Jesus Christ, after He died and was resurrected to Life after three days, one of the things He did when He took the keys to death, hell, and the grave from the devil was to use a pair of pliers and pull “the roaring lion’s” teeth out. That’s a great visual and, really, when we learn how to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, we "enter IN" to God.

Once we learn to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, and are entered IN-to God, at that point is when we can work side-by-side with our Father. We begin oyfully fulfilling His plan and purpose for our own Life and for our part in everything He created in this universe. And, moreover IN Christ, not only are we protected against the dangers and demonic activity, Him being our "armor" also means we're ready to go into the battle, which means we are ready to go on "offense" as well, right!!??

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Ephesians 6:11-20
John 14:15-26
Matthew 6:33
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
John 10:10-29
1 Peter 5:6-11

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Celebrating The Life of Our Loving Mom Judi Shealy

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In Loving Memory of our momma Judith Walker Shealy

August 25, 1944 – November 1, 2025

We pray for all who see this to unite with us in resting in an unquenchable passion for Christ Jesus’ teaching us, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:26-27).”


    On that bright and cloudless morning, when the dead IN Christ shall rise, 

    And the glory of His Resurrection share;

    When His chosen ones shall gather in their Home beyond the sky, 

    And the roll is called up Yonder, I'll be there!

Momma Judi, we love you infinitely and will miss you beyond our ability to express with words!

We are eternally grateful to you for all of the love you have always poured out to each of us in your life and in so many wonderful ways!! On the one hand, our hearts are hurting to know that you are gone from us and no longer here with us. On the other hand, however, we are rejoicing with you, and for you, knowing that you have graduated into the loving arms of your and our Father God, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit!

We love you and appreciate you eternally Momma Judi! 

  Judith Walker Shealy, 81, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, November 1, 2025, and walked through the gates to Heaven to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A Yorktown resident for the last 37 years Mrs. Shealy was a member of Grafton Baptist Church. She was preceded in passing by her loving husband, David Sease Shealy, Jr, 29 June 1932 – 23 January 2017.

     Born on August 25, 1944, she was the second daughter of Margaret Pryor Walker and Bob Walker.

She was an Alpha Iota at Croft Business College, graduating with honors in 1965. Judi approached life with purpose and precision. Her organization and attention to detail shone through in not only her career, but also in her beautifully-decorated home and perfectly-planned events. Her hospitality was unmatched—every gathering she hosted was filled with her signature understated elegance.

Judi is survived by her loving daughter, Kristin Noel Shealy, 3 devoted sons, William “Bill” Shealy (and late wife Mari), Wayne Shealy (and wife Sheri), and Keith Shealy (and wife Brenda), and her sister Sandra Miller (Lloyd). She is also survived by 5 grandchildren: Christopher (and wife Megan) Shealy, Matthew (and wife Typhani) Shealy, Justin Shealy, Logan Shealy, and Ethan Franklin. She was a cherished great-grandmother to nine great-grandchildren who brought her endless joy.

Those who knew Judi will remember her for her impeccable taste, her thoughtful nature, and her determined spirit. She leaves behind a legacy of grace, generosity, and class, both, in the spaces she created and the hearts she touched.

     The visitation service in Judi’s honor was held Thursday, November 6, 2025 at Amory Funeral Home in Yorktown, Va and a graveside funeral service was held on Friday, November 7, 2025, at Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, Va with Rev. David Price officiating.

Aside from our momma having a wonder-filled way with her family and friends around her and having “a green thumb” in the garden, she was wonder-full in displaying for all of us her fun side...

We look forward to the day when we are able to hear the sweetest of sounds,
  Well done, thou good and faithful servant.  (Matthew 25:21a)

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Watch a TTM video MINUTE relaying to you God’s Love for you, personally, written from The Holy Bible collection of “Love Letters” via our Rumble channel:

~  "TTM Singing Sergeant" on Twitter

~  "Between The Lines TTM Podcast" by Keith Shealy