BEWARE OF THE LITTLE FOXES. BE FREE FROM THE YOKE OF RELIGION.
- Carlnika Hooks

- Mar 16, 2024
- 4 min read
I had a dream where I was at a gathering. As we were in worship, I began to pray in tongues. There were two women standing near me whom I was watching earlier to see if they would be someone I would want to bring alongside me for ministry. Although I was not praying loudly, but the two women who stood near me could hear me. As I leaned toward one, she ducked off away from me because she did not want to touch me. She went to the other side of the room, where she began to gossip about me speaking in tongues with someone else in the gathering. I was very disturbed and knew she had just missed an opportunity. I turned away and noticed there was a man of God who had a yoke around his neck in the spirit. From a far, quietly, I began to pray that the yoke would be removed. When I turned back, I noticed a sister in Christ prophetically removing the yoke from around his neck. I went over to help her. Once we were done, we gave each other a high five that represented UNITY and a celebration for his freedom. Once the yoke was removed, the man of God began to share that He would be taking a position at AMC movie theaters as pastor for several months. Afterward, I perceived this was one of my gatherings. I knew I was going to have to address the room concerning the little foxes that come to steal. It was time to address the spirit of religion and a gossiping spirit among the body in the room. I woke up.
Songs of Solomon 2:15 says, "Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes."
There are mindsets that some of you have that, if not dealt with, will cost you. These mindsets will open the door for the enemy to steal opportunities from you. These mindsets will keep you from going deeper and higher in the things of the Lord.
I remember hearing my son say to me, "People frown upon the things they do not understand." True statement. Instead of seeking the Father or asking questions for clarity in the things they do not understand, they choose to cast stones. They choose to gather to gossip about one another like the women in the dream. This is the very thing Jesus constantly combatted as He walked the earth and would eventually put Him on the cross (See Matthew 12:1-2, Matthew 9:3-5, and Matthew 9:10-13). He was misunderstood because He was not one that moved in a traditional way. Just because you may not believe in speaking in tongues, worshipping and dancing with flags, being baptized outside of the four walls of a building, preaching, and pastoring in non-conventional ways do not make it wrong.
Acts 2:3-4, "Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
Acts 19:2, "he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.” When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied."
1 Corinthians 14:2, "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries."
The man of God in the dream could not be released into his next assignment until the yoke of religion was removed from around His neck. He was being released into an unorthodox assignment. He was being called to be a pastor at a movie theater. It was UNITY amongst the woman of God and myself in the dream that helped set him free so that he could move forward.
The Father is bringing together His people to go out and set the captives free so that they can move forward in purpose. BUT WE MUST BE UNIFIED.
Philippians 2:2 says, "God delights in UNITY among His people who have “the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
The Father is raising up a people to go out into every sphere of influence to bring light to the darkness. To change the trajectory of an unfruitful environment into a fruitful one. This is not the time to frown upon others who move according to the Spirit of God in which they are not in chains and confined to a box.
It is time to get set free from the spirit of religion, gossiping, pride, and ego. For these things are causing you to be stagnant with little to NO PROGRESSION.


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