Disarming For Spiritual Warfare : To Pastor Derrick Lumsden and the Church of the New Jerusalem

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  Dear Readers,
  
  "If you cant remember the good in your brother, ask another!" So goes the refrain in the song "Disarm" by the Mynabirds fronted by musician Laura Burhenn. 
  This is a response to about a month or so ago to Pastor Lumsden of the Westville New Church Congregation belittling Contemporary Christian Music.  I want to use both the band and the song by Sixpence None the Richer called Paralyzed as an example to him and others in the New Church.  This is a song about war and the damage that it can do on our personal lives.  I feel the song represents not only physical war but emotional and spiritual war.  Also they are a faith based band and this is a very sad and harrowing song.  Not the kind of song that most faith based bands do with such passion.  Also since many members of the New Church are fans of C.S. Lewis I want to take the time to explain the origin of their name.  Singer Leigh Nash puts it plainly.
  
  
  It comes from a book by C. S. Lewis called Mere Christianity. A little boy asks his father if he can get a sixpence—a very small amount of English currency—to go and get a gift for his father. The father gladly accepts the gift and he's really happy with it, but he also realizes that he's not any richer for the transaction. C.S. Lewis was comparing that to his belief that God has given him, and us, the gifts that we possess, and to serve Him the way we should, we should do it humbly—realizing how we got the gifts in the first place.
  —Leigh Nash
  
  I am very proud Pastor Lumsden that not only do I listen to this kind of Christian music but that I am open to faith based music of all different sorts and dont limit myself to some narrow utopic version of what I think music should be.
  
  
  Spiritual Warfare and the Rachel Myatt factor in the New Church
  Pastor Lumsden this blog was inspired by your foray into Love and Unconditional love.  As you know by now or can tell I do read and listen to a lot of New Church sermons and l study the Bible from 1-3 hours almost everday.  I am preparing for spiritual warfare against the New Church and that is the tough love that and drawing the line of love I have that Pastor Malcolm G. Smith of the Westville congregation mentions in this sermon.  http://www.newchurchaudio.org/event/21168/ 
  I love Rachel and Jonathan with all my heart my dear readers but there is one that I love more than that and it is Jesus Christ.  He is the one who gives me the gift of love and His Word and His love is why I continue to press on.  You see the reason that this is happening is because no one else would call Rachel on the way she treated people and her family thought it was cute and coddled her mistreatment of others.  I love her so much I was willing to start this blog and make it personal yet informative. I was willing to call Rachel Myatt out on her evil ways because she is my sister in Christ.  Most of all I have not backed down no matter what because I know that serving God and doing what is right comes before any of these earthly people who put me down, lie, and ridicule me.  Why is this happening and why does Rachel have to hide? She knows what she did and said was terrible and so I put it out in the open.  I came to both Pastor Glenn and Rachel and other clergy but to them it was all something that they thought would just go away. I am about to launch something that is radical, loving, and will show Rachel without a doubt how much I love her and Jonathan even if she treats me like an enemy and her actions almost destroyed me.  The unconditional love I speak of Pastor Lumsden is the kind that Jesus talked about.  The kind that knows no boundaries.  I urge you to go back and read this blog about Unconditional Love I wrote in March.  http://iloverachelmyatt.blogspot.com/2011/11/message-to-dawson-creek-new-church.html
  I am doing what I am doing because if someone doesnt stand up to Rachel she will keep hurting people men in general and keep using her faith as an excuse.  By me bringing this to the attention of the Church, letting her family know I am serious, and not letting her hide by making this public maybe Rachel will change how she treats people and realize the damage that has been done.  I did not do this to humiliate her.  I honestly, truly, and deeply love Rachel and I will and have never loved a person like her again.  Of all the people I have made peace Rachel is the one that matters the most that it happens.  So I am asking her publicly to lay down your arms and reconcile with me.  I love you sister. I am at war with the Church of the New Jerusalem,  Rachel and the Myatt Family, Pastor Coleman Glen on the merit of doctrine, kindness, love, and freedom of expression.
  
  Ephesians 6:13-18
  Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
  ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
  
  ¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
  
  
  I am going to stand up to the New Church peacefully through spoken word, writing, and the internet and Rachel will see what the fruits of her evil deeds sowed.  The person she hurt became very strong and was so humble and all he ever wanted was to love her.  I will not back down from telling the truth and I will have my ears to the ground for anything the New Church says.  I do love you all as my brothers and sisters in Christ but I am also not a doormat and you dont use any religious doctrine especially a Christian based one to put down , belittle, or hurt someone that loves you.  By me telling my story Pastor Lumsden not only does it force the New Church to deal with how they present things to others it makes Rachel realize that she has been selfish and that she spent so much time loving herself instead of looking at the gift of friendship and love she had in me.  She squandered that for foolish pride and arrogance and she even said I wanted her to save me.  In the end that is the statement that made me realize that through determination, prayer, and God's guidance that I needed to do what I am doing and I will not back down.
  
  
  If anyone truly sees the love and Reconciliation that I believe in then they can email me at futureperfect1@gmail.com if you are just going to haggle me and give me reasons that you think I am wrong I will read it and just discard your message.  If you can read through these 400 blogs and see how much I truly love Rachel and Jonathan and understand how much she hurt me then I welcome your reply.  I am not afraid of being honest and I have held back nothing from anyone on this blog.  If you dont reply then just pray that Rachel and I reconcile.  All I want for Christmas 2012 like I did for the past 3 years is to make peace with Rachel and have her in my heart again and I in hers.   Rachel Myatt you are my best friend and if I have to continue to make a spectalcle of this I will not because I want to hurt you but because God loves us both so much and He loves me enough that He gave me a reason to keep living even when I was down and that was to love you even if you hurt me.  I love you and Jonathan sweetheart and I will never stop.
  
  
  God Bless ALL