U Can't Teech Sheep!: And Other Mind-Bending Revelations from God

By Gina Dick

We know what some of you might be thinking: Who are YOU that God would give YOU revelations? To that, we simply respond, Daughters of the King.

We have learned that having conversations and encounters with God are normal parts of a Christian lifestyle. They are small parts of the abundant life we should be living as promised in Scripture.

So, with that said, lets be clear. We didnt make this stuff uphonest! Were just not that creative. Plus, some of this? Its going to put us in the hot seat for sure! But guess what? God wants His church back. Sadly, religion has crippled us to the point where we, as Christians, have become inept, ineffective, and misinformed.

Gods heartbeat is to restore the body of Christ to its full potential. So, come on in, sit down, and lets have a chat! God really wants you to get this!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449766733

Gina Dick

MEREDITH and GINA received several life-altering revelations from God over the span of one year’s time. It culminated early in 2012, and they felt a pressing need to share the revelations they received with others in the body of Christ. They hold no special degrees, nor have they ever taken any courses or had any formal training to qualify them in any religious-type forum, except—and this is the key: they made themselves available to God. It is their heartfelt wish that in sharing their testimonies, others will be encouraged to believe that they too are “qualified” to receive heavenly downloads for themselves. They live in Maryland with their respective families and hope to one day teach what God has shown them.

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Contents

Gina’s Forward

Meredith’s Forward

1 - U Can’t Teech Sheep!

2 - What Am I Exactly?

3 - But...What About SIN?

4 - What Is My Real Purpose?

5 - Whare Do I Fit In?

6 - Uhhh..They’re Gifts.

7 - 1...2...3...4...5...

8 - Rise Above It.

9 - ...Stay Steady.

10 - What Is Workship?

11 - Forgiveness

12 - An Interlude About Intercession

13 - A Confabulation on Sanctitfication

14 - If There Was An Eighth I Am...

Gina’s Forward

God is…amazing. The best. He’s wonderful. Magnificent. He’s even funny. He’s the coolest person (Spirit) I know! We could go on and on about Him, but the truth is, there are no earthly words to convey what He truly is, and what He has become to us and for us.

It’s been a crazy-awesome two year journey that began when my sister, my niece and I walked away from a collective 44 year church-centered lifestyle. Guess what happened? We experienced God like we’ve never known before!

If you, or anyone you know are sitting in church right now waiting for a move of God, wanting more, intrinsically knowing that there is more (or all of the above) and you just don’t know how to get there or where to find it – this book is for you.

This is not another Follow this formula to get this result in your life book. And you will not find a bunch of high falutin’, religious sounding malarkey in these pages. Contrary to popular belief, God is not about formulas and (brace yourself here, I’m about ready to blow your mind), He’s definitely not into your religion – whatever that happens to be at the moment.

E.W. Kenyon wrote, Christianity is not a religion. It is not a system of ethics. It is not a set of rules to guide man’s conduct, but it is union with Deity. And to that I say, AMEN. Imagine that. Union with God.

And out of that Union comes some pretty amazing things.

This book is our testimony about some of those very things.

It is our profound wish that it will bless you, release you from any religious bondages and shatter strongholds and mindsets that keep you from truly knowing our magnifijesticwonderfabutifical God.

Remember, let your resident inner witness (Holy Spirit) be your guide (1 John 2:27).

Meredith’s Forward

The conveyer belt of Christianity. You’re thrust upon it the moment you read the tract or repeat the prayer after the pastor or televangelist. From there, you roll down the belt, stopping at various classes, seminars, services, etc., to polish yourself up. You stop at the Christian bookstore where you buy the T-shirts, the various devotionals, a plethora of approved for Christian ears music, a concordance and all approved translations of the Bible. Oh, and let’s not forget the quintessential cross pendant.

Your next stop is where you throw away all of your favorite CD’s and movies. Your favorite collection of murder/mystery books goes along for that ride, too. Your car receives it’s own adornment in the form of the WWJD bumper sticker and the Jesus fish emblem.

Your unsaved family and friends notice the change (you’re just not as much fun as you used to be), the world notices the bumper stickers and you feel like you’re being a witness. You make a point not to cuss anymore, choke back the urge to tailgate the guy who cut you off, bite your tongue when you feel like yelling at your sister (or whoever) when she’s acting like a jerk…etc., etc. You raise your hands in church and give all the perfect Christianese answers when you greet fellow members of the Body. They give all the right answers to you. You go on missions trips, do church fundraisers, join various ministries (women’s, men’s, flag, bead, children’s, single’s, etc.). It becomes like a dance as we bump down the belt on our way to heaven.

You feel like you’re doing what you’re supposed to for God…for the most part.

Sometimes, you look up and wonder how you got to where you are. But those on the belt with you look so happy and fulfilled. They’re walking out their faith like a pro. How could they not be? They’re always smiling, throwing themselves into the worship service with reckless abandon and never seem to have any problems whatsoever! Why can’t you attain that ever-elusive perfection that you see those around you experiencing? I AM SAVED, FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE!! I’M SUPPOSED TO BE BLESSED AND HAVE A JOYFUL LIFE!! WHERE’S MY ‘MORE’?

I know what you’re thinking…She sounds awfully scornful and bitter. Just bear with me. My purpose in outlining the whole above scenario isn’t to express any disdain whatsoever. The truth is, this is how I felt for a very long time. I love God. I’m grateful to Him for so much. I always have been, but sometimes it all felt so disingenuous. Like, there had to be something more that I wasn’t getting. I wanted that. I wanted experiential understanding of God, not just theology.

Come on, people, we all would concede that reading a book about sex and actually having sex are two completely different things; two totally different bases of understanding.

I knew a lot of great things about God. I read the Bible and studied it and heard it preached every week for about twenty years. The truth is, I realized that I was tired of just reading the book…I wanted to get it on! (Don’t be offended, just laugh. God’s laughing, I promise!)

So, my mom, my aunt and I did something really radical. I mean, completely out there (religiously speaking). We jumped off the conveyer belt. We left the church…and guess what? We found God. He wasn’t on the conveyer belt. He’s not even in the factory! He’s out there…in the world beyond. I had to leave all of my religious, pre-conceived and theologically-contrived notions behind.

When I did that, I realized that God is so not religious. We all tend to make the assumption that He sees things our way. If we’re Baptist,