Five-Fold Today - ICEJ / Shaw Israel Update - What You Give, God Will Take Over - An October Surprise - Grace To Change - A statement of the Redeemed - It Is Time to Search Your Heart - Save Your Ashes, God is Sovereign - Preparation - The Wave - Plan For Battle - When God Lifts His Grace - Be Blessed and Be Grateful
ICEJ / Shaw Israel Update
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ADDRESS BY LIKUD CHAIRMAN ARIEL SHARON,
Thank you------ Thank you----- Thank you----- Thank you. Please sit down.
Shalom to all of you! Shalom to you our friends.
I would like to welcome you, here in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish
people for the last 3000 years, and the united and undivided capital of
the State of Israel forever.
You that - you know the Bible well. Jerusalem is mentioned 667 times as
Jerusalem, and another 154 times says Zion. And the name, David, king of
Israel, is mentioned in the Bible 1023 times.
Without saying anything bad about any other faith, Jerusalem is not
mentioned in the Koran, even one time. In our books of our wise men,
called "Imrot Chazal," Jerusalem is mentioned 3000 times. You know the
Bible. When you visit the Holy Land, you'll see the guidebook. That's a
unique place in the world, where places kept their old names for thousands
of years.
Jerusalem is "Yerushalayim", and Bethlehem is "Beit Lechem", and the
Jordan is "Ha Yarden", and Hebron is "Hevron" for thousands of years. It's
Hevron! And Jericho is "Yericho", and "Har Carmel" is Mount Carmel, and
"Har Tavor" is Mount Tabor, and "Har Gilboa" is Mount Gilboa, and Shiloh,
which is "Shi'lo", and Bethel, which is "Beit El", and they can go along
all the map of this holy land, and you see that you can hold the Bible in
your hands.
And sometimes I envy, because you can hold the Bible and you don't need
any guidebook, you don't need any explanations.
Now I mentioned Hebron, the town, the city, where King David was crowned,
and ruled Israel from there for seven and a half years. And in Hevron
there is a monument, a monument of thousands of years. Who got such a
monument?
Where all the forefathers and foremothers of the nation are buried!
Avraham [and] Sara, Yitchak [and] Rivkah, Yaakov [and] Leah. All is there.
Everything is here. The land of Israel is holy, not only for the Jews.
It's holy for the Jews; it's holy for the Christians - no doubt about
that. It's holy for the Muslims. But, it was promised only to the Jews.
Now fifty-two years ago, I had a merit and a privilege to participate as a
young platoon commander in the heaviest battles, to open the road to
Jerusalem, which was besieged then by the Palestinians and by the
Jordanian army. Very heavy battles. Many, many casualties.
Myself I was very badly wounded then. In those days I did not think that
after fifty years we will be struggling again in order to defend
Jerusalem. And that['s] what happened. And Jerusalem is at stake - you
have to know that.
So we defended Jerusalem during the War of Independence. We liberated the
Temple Mount during the Six-Day War. And now again, suddenly, after all
those years, we have to defend Jerusalem again, and we need your help! We
need your support.
And now when we saw all those horrible days in the recent weeks, and we
have, we ask ourselves: "What are the conclusions? What is the main
conclusion that we have to draw from what we have seen?" And I can say
here, I have been saying that for many, many years, but today I heard that
again also the Prime Minister said that: All the blame should be put for
all this bloodshed on Arafat.
But the main lesson that we can draw is that only if Jerusalem will be
united and undivided under full Israeli sovereignty, only then it will be
freedom of access to everyone to go to the holy places, to everyone,
[whether] it be a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, anyone. When we saw the
hatred, when we saw what happened there, that the only way really to
secure, I would say, free access to all holy places - for everyone - is
only if Israel will have full sovereignty over Jerusalem. ---- Thank you.
There['s] another lesson. That the Oslo agreement, which was very
dangerous from the beginning, almost it was something which was impossible
to implement. Now, everyone understands that nothing can come out of it.
And as a matter of fact, again the man that should be regarded responsible
for that, who violated all the paragraphs and every line. There is Arafat.
And that Oslo agreement doesn't exist anymore. It's null and void!
And then, at the Camp David meeting, though Israel, the Israeli Prime
Minister, has gone further than any other former prime minister in the
land, in the State of Israel, if it's from the Labour, or from the
national bloc, no one, or national unity government, no one ever thought
they can go and make such concessions.
He decided, he came, put everything on the table without really getting
anything in return, anything! But Arafat, when he saw the weakness, he
demanded more. And as he did in the past, every time
that he could not have got everything that he wanted, immediately he
started with violence. As a matter of fact he has done that all those
years - nothing new here. And no doubt that Israel was brought to a very
complicated situation.
Now, as a result of that Camp David understandings, or American ideas,
that if Arafat will accept them, Israel will accept them. Look, the Jews
have been living now as people for four thousand years. And this great
nation has to wait now to see if Arafat will accept it or not accept it?
So, one must understand, all of us are committed to peace, all of us. And
myself, that I had that experience, and I saw all the horrors and fears of
wars. And I had the merit to command maybe the best units and formations
of the Israeli army. And I went through the ranks. I started from a rank
of a corporal, or even say private first class, and I went all the way up.
I saw my friends being killed. Myself I was badly wounded - twice. I felt
those terrible pains in hospitals. And I had to take decisions of life and
death, of others and of myself. Believe me, I understand the importance of
peace, I may say, better than many of the politicians that speak about
peace and never had that experience.
But for me, peace should provide security for the Jewish people. And not
for a month, and not until elections will take place here, or in another,
very friendly country. Nothing to do with that. It should be peace; it
should be true peace; it should be the right peace; it should be peace for
generations.
Of course it should be peace with Jerusalem united and undivided as the
capital of Israel. I know that you know that. Altogether, I could have
been sitting here, that what I really expected, and you will
be singing. That's what I expected. I'll sit quietly here and I'll hear
the songs [about Jerusalem]. But you know these things.
You have to know one thing: The Jews - and I am a Jew - I am first of all,
I am Jew, and for me to be a Jew is the most important thing. The Jews are
having one, tiny, small country. You know, every day in the headlines,
it's even hard to realize how small this country is. It's a great country.
It's a small country but it's a great country. And that is the only place
in the world where the Jews are having the right and the power to defend
themselves, by themselves. And for that, we have to thank God, every day,
and one should be very careful not to harm that capability, and not to
bring this tiny small country to be dependent upon anyone, even our best
friends. No one - we can be dependent upon ourselves!
We are all committed to peace. I told you that. But, when Oslo agreement
[inaudible] don't exist, when Camp David, we saw already what it was. We
have to look for another way. I'm not going to bother you, because I'm
still expecting the songs.
I would just like to tell you one thing. It should be a different process,
a different direction. I discussed that with the Prime Minister several
times. In the Middle East, being surrounded by
dictatorships, by totalitarian regimes, that's one of the problems. If
Israel had been surrounded by democracies, maybe Israel could have taken
more risks. But that's not the situation here.
So, the most important factor here is the time factor. Because written
agreements are never worth the paper they're written on. In order really
to try and see what can be done, we need a longer period, something maybe
like non-belligerency, during which we'll have to check the development of
relations between us and the Arabs, the Palestinians. And to be very very
careful. Very, very careful.
We have to check the development of relations and cooperation when it
comes to struggling against terror and the world is facing, and that may
be the main problem in the future: is facing a great danger of radical
Islamic terror. And by now the Palestinian Authority never took any
serious steps against infrastructure. Sometimes when we provide them with
the intelligence, they may arrest somebody for a few days - they will
release them later - but, they never took steps against the infrastructure
of the Hamas movement or the Islamic Jihad movement. So, we have to watch
how it develops.
We have to watch development in economy, how it's going to be, how it's
going to work. We live here in open borders. And we have, maybe, more than
everything, we have to see what are the steps that are taken in order to
educate people from their early age, to educate them and prepare them for
peace, and to stop incitement.
You are praying, you are reading the Bible - believe me, much more
interesting - and you don't see the most terrible incitement in the Arab
media, in the Arab press. Even now, it's unbelievable. So I think that
everyone should be educated to live in peace - everyone.
But when it comes to the Palestinians, when you see the Arab neighbours,
Israel is not mentioned on the maps, not in Jordan, not in Egypt - we have
peace with them for long time - peace that myself I supported. Israel is
not mentioned in any textbooks, only as the worst enemy that should be
destroyed - that also should change.
So I would say, therefore, we have to follow very carefully and slowly how
it develops. And meanwhile of course, to enable, you know there is a
famous play that says it's hard to be a Jew. It's good to be a Jew, but
it's hard to be a Jew. But I can say, frankly, it's also hard to be a
Palestinian.
So we have to find a way, how we can do in this long-term interim
agreement, it should be long-term interim agreement, with no timetable,
but with the list of expectations, that we have to check on the time how
it develops. I will say, in general terms, that is the answer to the
question, "How should we go from here?" That's the way I believe that we
can move forward.
You know, there is an impression, how it when you see, when you read -
that Israel is weak. Israel is not weak. Israel is strong militarily;
Israel is strong economically.
Maybe, but also, one can not speak in generalities here, maybe some of us,
let's say getting apart from Judaism - and I am a secular man - getting
away from Judaism. Their roots are not as deep as they should be, in order
to face the problems that we have here in this
country.
And therefore, everyone should learn the Bible more, should know the
history of the Jewish people, should know that history of the land of
Israel, should know something about Jewish wisdom, should know about the
fact that Jews never left this country - there were Jews that never left
this country for thousands of years!
I speak about education, everyone knows education takes a long time. As I
said once, if I could have become - and I heard your preachers - I said if
I could have become a Jewish preacher, maybe I could have solved some of
these problems. But because we know that we speak about a process that
takes a long time, we need support and help of our friends.
And we regard you to be of our best friends that we have around the world
- that's how we feel. And I believe that if we will behave let's say, with
more self-confidence, will show more will power and more determination,
and with your help, I'm sure that we will be able to reach, and implement,
the dreams and hopes of all of us.
Shalom and Chag Sameach!
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WHAT YOU GIVE OVER, GOD WILL TAKE OVER
Pastor Francis Frangipane
Early this morning the Lord gave me a special word that I hope will be as
living to you as it was to me. At the moment of my awakening, the Holy
Spirit spoke to my heart, "What you give over, I will take over."
The Marriage of Faith And Humility
We cannot advance spiritually without both faith and humility. Indeed,
faith without humility inevitably becomes presumption, while humility
without faith never ascends above oppression.
Consider: Faith's nature, in part, is to possess the promises of God.
Israel was commanded by the Almighty to possess the Promised Land.
Scriptures tell us that, without faith it is impossible to please God and
that, whatever is done without faith is sin (Heb 11:6; Rom 14:23). Thus,
faith unites the human heart to God. As a result, the sinful appropriate
God's righteousness and those who were dead gain access to God's life.
Christianity without faith is like a computer without electricity: the
circuits of "proper knowledge" may be in place, but there is no light, no
power nor functionality.
Yet, where faith possesses, humility surrenders. Consider Christ as our
example. There will be a time when every knee will bow and tongue
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil 2:10-11); the kingdoms of this
world will finally become the kingdom of our Lord (Rev 11:15). However,
Christ's reaction to subduing the world is He then "delivers up the
kingdom to the . . . Father" (1 Cor 15:24). This is the humility of
Christ: what He conquers, He then surrenders. In America we want the
first part, having faith to conquer, but we're not sure we want the second
part, giving it back to God. Yet, this is the pattern of those who have
followed God: Abraham believes God and a son is born; humility takes
Isaac, and offers him back to God. David conquers Jerusalem, then
dedicates it to the Lord, calling it the "city of God."
You see, the motive behind the exercise of our faith must mature until
what we've appropriated through faith becomes an offering we now surrender
back to God. Our goal is not only to create a better life here, but,
through surrender, to extend the Kingdom of God to earth. Faith brings to
earth heaven's provisions; surrender brings God's presence into those
provisions.
Our Tithe And God's Heart
So, what we give over to God He promises to take over. Here is where true
faith expands into the higher levels of Christlikeness. Yet conversely,
we should also realize: what we withhold from God, we also isolate from
His ability to inhabit and multiply. This is why the Bible says our
tithe is holy unto the Lord. If we give a minimum of one tenth of our
income back to God and His purposes, we are releasing into His hands the
opportunity for supernatural supply.
I'm not merely talking about money, but faith and surrender. However,
tithing is a big part of our becoming complete in God. Why? We
demonstrate that our trust is in God. You say, "Francis, are you trying to
put your hand in my pocket?" No, I'm trying to put your hand in God's
pocket, where you are able to prosper not in the accumulation of things,
but in the expansion of God in all the things of your life.
I have nothing to gain from you in teaching this. I don't take a salary
from the church and the housing allowance I receive, I then surrender to
the work of the Lord. What my faith possesses, my humility surrenders. I
am merely sharing a principle. Likewise, I desire that you also enjoy the
best that God has for you.
You say, "But I'm not making enough to tithe. I'm going to run out of
money." Well, if you think you're going to run out anyway, run out into
God's arms, run out trusting Him. In fact, He promises,
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this," says the Lord of hosts, "if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until
it overflows. Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it may not
destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast
{its grapes}," says the Lord of hosts. And all the nations will call you
blessed. . ." (Mal 3:10-12).
Again, I'm not talking about money alone, but the issues that speak of the
very quality of our lives. Many are suffering from a spiritual
"devourer," an enemy that drains away energy, time and resources so that
you never seem to have enough. The Lord is saying, "Turn over your
finances to Me and I will turn over my resources to you. I will destroy
that which is destroying you."
A Widow Whom God Used
There's a wonderful story that exemplifies this principle of faith and
surrender. During a terrible famine, the Lord told Elijah to, "Go to
Zarephath... I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." (I Kings
17:9). Please note, the Lord did not command a wealthy businessman to
provide for Elijah, but a destitute widow. We enter the story with the
woman, facing starvation, about to prepare a meager last meal for herself
and her son. Yet, though she is not an Israelite, she greets Elijah with
faith, saying, "As the Lord your God lives. . ." (vs 12)
God's way to activate her faith and to bring her into a supernatural
provision was to require her to give over the little she had to fulfill
the purpose of God. What seemed like an insensitive, even cruel command,
Elijah ordered her to feed him first, and then take food for herself.
Although she knew not the plan and provision of God, Elijah knew and he
urged her into both faith and surrender. As a result, God provided for
her miraculously: "The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of
oil become empty" until the famine broke. (vs 16)
GIVE WHEN YOU ARE POOR
Denise and I had a time in our lives when we were nearly destitute. Yet,
even when we had little, we always tithed. We honored the Lord from the
first of our increase. Our giving in faith and surrender gave us many
testimonies of the Lord. Remember, when Jesus fed the 5000, the original
five loaves and two fish came from a little boy. He could have hoarded
his little stock of food, but he didn't. Instead, he turned them over to
the Lord and God took over in power.
When I hear people say, "I can't afford to give," I immediately say,
"Listen, you can't afford not to give." When faith is activated and
surrender perfected, God steps into our lives. I want you to have a
testimony of God's supply, where each of us can say, "God came through for
me." I'm not saying that we must abandon common sense, but remember,
Jesus multiplied the little in a time of need. God multiplied the widow's
provisions during a drought. Maybe it's in the times of need that we
should surrender the most.
The faith God develops as we give is the same faith that comes through us
when we lay hands on the sick. Our faithfulness with money shows Jesus
that we can be trusted with greater things such as miracles. Why live in
the pitiful little realm of unbelief when we can have the provisions of
the Most High?
Recently, I spoke at a conference in Mississippi. Our host, a pastor from
Jackson, was only going to be able to attend one meeting due to a business
commitment that was going to take him to South America for a week. The
trip would have probably secured a financial increase, yet the Lord spoke
to this young man to stay at the conference. Struggling at first, he
decided to obey the Lord and put his income into God's hands. One hour
after he decided to stay, he received a phone call from Russia for an
order that was the largest his company ever had, which would keep them
busy for the following year!
Christ Our Pattern
The key to how Jesus always had what He needed is revealed in John 17:10.
Praying to the Father, Jesus said, "All things that are Mine are Thine."
Jesus surrendered all. Thus, He could continue with confidence in His
prayer, "and [what things are] Thine are Mine." So, also with us: Make
this a sincere act of surrender.
Beloved, whatever we have was God's in the first place anyway. To those
who give all to Him, He says, "What's Mine is thine." We exchange our
little for God's much. Whether it is with our finances, our families, our
future or our past, the key to unlocking the destiny of God is faith and
surrender. What we give over, He will take over.
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AN OCTOBER SURPRISE
by Ron Wood
The season of major transition is upon us now. Yom Kippur is
Israel's
highest holy day. In the Bible, the High Priest would enter
the Holy
of Holies on this day only, to intercede for the people's sins.
In
the New Testament, our Savior fulfilled this type and pattern
by His
own blood shed on the cross. Yom Kippur occurs Oct 9th this
year. In
Jewish tradition, this is an occasion to pray the Kol Nidre,
meaning
"all my vows." This prayer asks for an annulment of all the
vows the
people were unable to keep the year before. It is forgiveness
and
release from broken promises. It is also a time of fresh consecration
to God.
Across America, thousands of believers in Jesus are now fasting
and
praying. It is a season of struggle against the flesh so that
things
of the Sprit can prevail. It is a time for self-denial so that
God's
kingdom can increase. It is a time for ambition to die and for
obedience to be paramount. While many are praying for the welfare
of
America in the upcoming election, there is a higher purpose to
our
devotion- to see God's kingdom come, to see repentance and revival,
to
see Jesus honored in the land. On October first, the Lord spoke
to me
and said, "I have an October Surprise." I sensed in His words
a
divine pleasure, as though it were a gift He had been waiting
and
longing to bestow, awaiting the fulness of times in order for
its
season to arrive. But I didn't know what this meant. I began
to seek
the Lord for what this could mean.
Today, I feel I have gained additional insight concerning this
word.
I believe God showed me three things that are now intersecting
in
God's timetable. These things are coming into alignment on God's
calendar on earth even as they have already been in preparation
in
heaven. Chronos has now synchronized with Kairos. The fullness
of
time has arrived. Now it shall spring forth speedily, at least
to our
earthly eyes. In fact, it has been approaching steadily for
a long
time but unseen by most.
These three things are: Increased prophetic authority, maturation
of
the Intercessory Prayer Movement, and the sudden release of
extravagant resources to finish building God's house.
To expand on these areas, what I see is: 1) authority to confront
the
powers that confuse and captivate nations, people groups, and
churches;
2) authority through the addition of fatherly intercession to
change
the times and seasons and bring God's people into their inheritance;
and 3) a sovereign transfer of stored up wealth into the hands
of
God's builders so that the house of the Lord may be completed
and
filled with God's glory. The Lord gave me three confirming
scriptures: Jeremiah 1:5-12; Daniel 9: 1-19, 1 Chron. 29:1-20.
There is a reason for these events to happen now. For all of
God's
dealings, there has to be a fulness of time. God's prophetic
timetable has a pregnancy factor. The word is spoken, then the
Spirit
broods over it, and then it finally comes forth in due season.
What
seems immediate is actually the result of a long process of gestation
and labor. Just like seasonal changes, there is an ebb and flow
until
we realize a new season has taken hold. In the natural, Israel's
fate
often reflects what is about to occur in the church. (Even as
we
share this, turmoil is mounting in Jerusalem. A major conflict
seems
imminent.)
Now I am going to sum up the three things that are intersecting
and
then apply them prophetically to the church. It is important
that you
read the three scripture references I have cited above.
PROPHETS WILL CONFRONT JEZEBEL
The authority that has been exercised in the prophetic office
has been
thus far limited. It will now escalate to a new level of
authorization by God. The refiners fire has purged, refined,
and in
some cases, destroyed as unuseable the character of God's prophetic
servants. Prophetic gifts have tantalized and been toyed with,
but
the office of the prophet is now being elevated by the Lord.
Ambassadorial credentials are being bestowed.
That office of the prophet is no longer going to be subject to
illegal
control. By that, I mean leaders who are interested in building
up
their own little kingdom or controlling their people rather than
be
burdened for the welfare of the whole church in the city will
no
longer be able to merchandise the anointing or exploit their
prophetic
gifts. The prophetic anointing will no longer be subject to
manipulation or intimidation. Awesome increase of fearful accuracy
will frighten those who live in sin. Jesus owns the prophets
and they
are not for sale at any price.
Jeremiah's anointing was to tear down as well as to build up.
In
tender mercy, with delicate but unrelenting patience, the Lord
will
demolish man-made structures and traditions. He will break a
few
tables and knock a few heads in cleansing His temple. He will
hurt us
to help us. The good will give way to the best. What Father
did not
plant will be uprooted. What God did not build will be shaken.
The
weakness of the present pastoral foundation of the church will
become
apparent in order that we may begin to cry out for the true foundation
of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ as the chief
cornerstone. The upside-down church will get righted.
In particular, the Lord will allow the Jezebel spirit to run
its
course through the religious institutions. He will do this so
that we
may see its fruit, repent, and turn away from false authority.
It
will become apparent that the ordinary office of pastoral leadership,
as necessary and wonderful as it may be, is not adequate to deal
with
nor is it designed to to uncover, confront, or destroy the place
Jezebel has occupied-- unhindered and often unrecognized-- in
the
church.
I now see why Jesus chose for His front line masculine disciples,
a
rough core group who had not an ounce of religion in them, all
but
one, that is, Judas. He had to have men for the foundation of
His
church that were free of religious manipulation from Jezebel's
miasma.
God is uncovering Jezebel in order to rebuild the foundation
of His
church, free of idolatry and wickedness.
PRAYER BY APOSTOLIC FATHERS WILL LIBERATE CITIES
The second factor in God's timetable is the continuing maturation
and
effectiveness of intercessory prayer. This is typified by Daniel,
a
statesman-prophet and true intercessor. He was faultless and
methodical in his praying. He kept himself righteous even while
he
served a heathen ruler. He never lost sight of God's plan.
He prayed
it into existence. This is truly spiritual warfare, using spiritual
weapons to achieve strategic measurable results including the
liberation and welfare of people and the salvation of souls and
the
building up of the body of Christ.
Daniel played a role in the delivery of God's "prophetic baby."
He
served the purpose of God by seeing and saying what God's calendar
predicted. He saw the fulness of time coming to a conclusion.
He
knew God's Word, discerned the times, and labored in travail
for the
season to change. He identified with the sins of God's people
and
interceded for God's promises to come to pass. He prayed with
authority because He knew what God had promised. He was heard
because
he was righteous, because he prayed according to God's will,
and
because he used the persistence of true faith.
Spiritual warfare involves testimony, prayer, praise, preaching,
prophecy and proclamation. These are things we do with our words.
We
form weapons with our mouth. These words inspired by God become
articles of war that defeat Satan and dislodge his influence.
High
praises are especially powerful as tools of war. Intercessory
prayer,
standing in the gap for others, is especially blessed of God.
With
words we bless men, exalt Christ, affirm our faith, and weaken
and
evict the demons. We cleanse our house with words. Words are
weapons, especially when they are divinely inspired and prophetically
timed.
What I am seeing is that the intercessory prayer movement, one
of the
largest mobilizations of the Body of Christ in human history,
will now
move to a new level of maturity. Up to this point in time, it
has
been mostly led by wonderfully dedicated women. This is well
and good
and I mean for nothing I say to take away from what they have
done and
are still doing. But I see that a new phase is dawning. It
can be
symbolized by a change that occurred in my lifetime in the delivery
rooms of hospitals.
When my two children were born, Woman's Hospital did not allow
fathers
to be present at births. It was official hospital policy. But
a few
months after my last child was delivered, they changed their
policy.
I missed the chance to be in on that precious moment. Now, fathers
may enter the delivery room.
Today, God is inviting men into the delivery room. All men,
not just
those called to minister the Word. We are being welcomed to
enter in
to the work of the Lord, to travail in birth for God's will to
be done
on earth. But in this process a new breed of God's generals
will
emerge. These are apostolic fathers who not only know how to
marshal
the troops and lead the battle, they will also be men of much
prayer
who know how to engage in spiritual birthing. They will be wrestlers
who prevail in prayer over the enemy in order that their city
may be
liberated. Am example of this is Carlos Annocondia. His exploits
have been chronicled in books and articles. He travails in prayer,
gains power over the devil, then preaches to set men free. As
a
result, whole cities have been evangelized.
The prophetic intercessory prayer movement is about to have another
layer added to it. It will be called apostolic intercession,
the
combining of ruling and praying, of the kingly office and the
priestly
function, the apostle and the prophet. On top of this development,
the Lord will release the final ingredient to insure our success-
abundant financial resources.
END-TIME TRANSFER OF WEALTH
King David laid up resources for Solomon to construct the temple.
He
also inspired the people to give extravagantly toward the completion
of the building. He made their giving an act of worship, saying
"Now
who is willing to consecrate himself today to God?" (1 Chron.
29:5)
In our day, the completion of the house of God has been hindered
by
two errors. First, we thought the house of God was a physical
building located on a piece of land. In reality, God's house
is the
Body of Christ. That body needs facilities to meet in, but God's
house is the people, not the bricks. God dwells in relationships,
not
in buildings. Second, we have built the traditional church on
the
wrong foundation. We have built it based on pastors rather than
apostles and prophets. As a result, it does not reveal God's
glory.
In the houses we build, the priests have no problem standing
because
God's glory is routinely absent. The fullness of Christ is not
revealed to the degree it should be. Why? Because it was not
built
according to the divine pattern. I am not saying this to build
a case
for apostles and prophets, just to say the current situation
is
unbiblical. God is now addressing this area in order to correct
it.
What does this have to do with end-time transfer of wealth?
Just
this: The financial control of modern churches and seminaries
has been
(with very few exceptions) in the power of pastors or teachers.
This
statement of fact is not meant to indict pastors. Instead, properly
understood, it should be a relief. Pastors have been the unsung
suffering heroes of the Body of Christ. Pastors and their wives
have
suffered slings and arrows and satanic assaults and have still
faithfully tended the flock through it all. But unfortunately,
they
have been drained and burned out, many having left the ministry
having
had to do things they were never given grace by God to do. We
owe all
pastors a huge debt of appreciation.
When we minister inside our sphere of grace, authority, and anointing,
we don't burn out. We carry the load with ease. The foundation
gift
ministries of the church are apostles and prophets. The church
is not
built on the foundation of pastors and teachers. It is built
on the
foundation of apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20).Therefore, in
order
for God to release the abundant resources he has stored up for
completing the work, he is inspecting the building site of His
house
to see if we are removing the pieces that were put in the wrong
place
and inserting the right pieces into proper place. It is a matter
or
placement and alignment.
God is a good builder. God will not pay for what he does not
first
approve. He reserves the right to inspect the building site.
If we
get His permit to continue, He releases the funds to build further.
When the foundation of God's house is built according to His
specifications, He will release the riches of heaven into the
right
hands. God is about to invest in apostles and prophets. But
here is
a warning: If we don't repent quickly, the payment will be delayed
in
transit.
Zechariah was a prophet of restoration. What he described for
Israel
has an end-time application in the church as well. He saw the
high
priest, the Branch (a Messianic foreshadowing), the one who will
build
the temple of the Lord (apostles are wise-master-builders).
He will
rule on his throne (apostles are primarily gifted in government
in the
church), he will be a priest on his throne (one necessary function
of
prophets is to intercede and pray for the people as the Spirit
wills),
and the "counsel of peace will be between the two offices."
(Zech.
6:11-15). In other words, there will be a union between the
offices
of apostle and prophet. There, the Lord commands the blessing.
There, the crown of silver and gold will adorn his head. There,
the
glory and the wisdom will be revealed. There, the gold and the
silver
will be placed as an adornment. Then, money will be no object.
God is not broke. He has stored up the wealth which we need
in order
to finish the work of building God's house. Everything our generation
has amassed, the internet e-tech fortunes, the entertainers,
the rich
athletes, all of it is designed to serve God's purpose. A new
partnership between businessmen and apostles will emerge. A
new
wealth-creation cycle between widows and prophets will appear.
No
spirit of Jezebel will choke off the funds anymore!
God has pre-positioned supplies all along our route. There is
a rich
storehouse of treasure and it is extravagant and abundant. There
is
no shortage of money with God. God's October Surprise includes
the
wealth of the nations being transferred into the builders hands,
the
foundation gifts of apostles and prophets, those who will lay
the
foundation for the future. The glory of the latter house will
be
greater than the former. In fact, there will be no comparison.
Ron Wood is a prophet and writer. He pastors Covenant Fellowship
Church.
RonaldEWood@cs.com
Grace To Change
Christopher Longgrear
There's a designated move of My Spirit blowing upon the Children of God.
It's the grace to change! It's the fire of holiness! It's a purging for
perfection! It's baptism into holy fire! It's the manifestation of My
Spirit, bringing forth the righteousness of My People! It's the release of
the spiritual nature of My recreated saints! It's the overpowering by
spiritual realities into the lives and walks of My children!
I am manifesting My grace, upon My people, to accomplish My purposes! I am
cleansing, purging, renewing, correcting, reproving and encouraging My
people, that they may be a holy sacrifice unto Me, in My service to the
world! Those that yield to this grace to change, will experience cleansing,
healing, deliverance and restoration! Those that walk in this grace of
change, will rise up in it, find strength in it, and shall be promoted by
it! I am the God of all grace! My people walk by faith, and live by grace!
They're to have faith in My grace for them!
Sense the call of the Spirit, to yield up the unfruitful works of darkness,
and have it removed from your life by My Spirit. For I will command a
cleansing to you, in like the manner of the thresher's sifting the chaff
from the wheat! I'll remove the unclean from you, as you cry out to Me,
and yield to My Spirit's wind of grace! I'll renew you and I'll command
the release of angels to minister in your behalf, as you walk in My Spirit,
abide in My word, and live in My love! For I am your holiness, and I give
you grace to change!
christop@wirefire.com
A statement of the Redeemed
Becky McLendon
Lord I thank You for Who you are. You spoke in the beginning I AM. Our response is simply this: Yes Lord, YOU
ARE.
When we cease trying to figure You out, and striving to win your favor by what we do and what we way, THEN
you show up and show yourself to us.
When we cease walking in presumption that we already KNOW what You have said and LISTEN, THEN you
show up and you speak to us.
When we cease striving to get position and promotion and proof that we are anointed, THEN you show up and
place us in Your kingdom.
When we truly receive YOU as Lord, our Inheritance, man's teachings and traditions are brought to naught.
When You appear to us and reveal yourself to us, and we receive YOU as you really are, we enter your rest.
When we realize that Your kingdom is NOW and can be occupied, all else ceases to matter.
We truly know then what it means to "drop everything and Love YOU."
In this we will be found still holding to our First Love, and obeying the first commandment.
When we have apprehended the First Love and the First Commandment, we have need of nothing more.
For LORD you have said I AM THAT I AM
Our response is now, Yes LORD YOU ARE.
olds@intrastar.net
IT IS TIME TO SEARCH YOUR HEART
Yolanda Ballard
Speak, My child. Speak the words aloud that which you hear in the secret place. Bring encouragement to My people by
being a living testimony to My people those who I have died for. Many desire to know more of My love and faithfulness.
Many have desired to walk in My perfect will but have been distracted by the fear and wisdom of man from going on the
straight and narrow path that I have ordained for them.
But I have loved My people and have poured out My grace and mercy many a time and will continue to. But there will come a
day when they will need to take a stand on My word alone. There will come a day when they will be truly tried in the fire and
purified like gold. All the dross and impurities need to be brought to the surface and skimmed off so all that is left will be My
faith in them. They need to know without a shadow of doubt that I am faithful and that I am all that they need.
Lean not on the arm of the flesh but lean on Me. I am your rock, your great provider, your dwelling place. There is great
provision and protection within My arms of love for you. I have all that you need. I will protect you and care for you like a
hen covering her chicks kept safe underneath her wing I will care for you.
So this day I encourage you to seek My face and search your heart to see if there is any root of unbelief where you have gone
your own way. Trust in My ways and not those of man. Time is short, and I don't want you off guard when the enemy really
hits My people.
The storms of persecution are coming, and they will be heavy. But those who know My name will be safe within the refuge of
My love. Look unto Me the author and finisher of your faith. Look to My word for it is truth. Cast down the fear produced
by man through their knowledge. Don't you know that the enemy moves through devices to sidetrack you from My truth? Be
wise as serpents and harmless as doves, and I will care for you says your God.
bethsheeba@juno.com
SAVE YOUR ASHES, GOD IS SOVEREIGN
Joanne Gavlick
O, beloved, do you not know that God is sovereign? The
devil cannot do what he wants to without permission,
therefore God has set you up through loss of someone or
something. But His protection, through others likened to
yourselves, and His mighty hosts of fire, will sustain
and thrust you to the next level. It is not what's right
that will bless you, but what is left, for God knew all
that was to happen before He called you. So when
constantly attacked, praise Him and thank Him, for God
multiplies through affliction. Embrace what has come, for
you cannot be blessed without brokenness. God is calling
for "bridled horses", harnessed by the Lord, and only
those who have an ear to hear and hearts to obey, will
run with God!
Know that the devil is a liar, for the truth is not in
him, so do not receive the voice of lieing and seducing
spirits, but hear the sound of the Lord today, for it
comes as a blast of the trumpet! As the sound of thunder!
As the sound of a mighty, rushing wind; a force and sound
that cannot be denied. His thunder is getting louder, and
lightning bolts are sounding! The Heaven of Heavens is
shouting, for the King of Kings and Lord of Lords is
about to mount the white horse, with fire in His eyes and
a two-edged sword from His mouth! The trumpets of Heaven
are blasting at His gates, and His gatekeepers are
preparing for the war!
Know this, beloved, that without a test, there is no
testimony. Let your testimony be God's testimony, for the
testimony of Christ is the spirit of prophecy. Prophesy
to the winds, the waters, the lands, for there is a
creative power being released like none other in the
history of all ages. A tidal wave of His love will
overtake you, and a deluge of His power will permeate you
to do the bidding of the King. He is calling forth
guardians and protectors of His gates to shut the gates
of hell! Are you willing and prepared to rebuild the
ruins of ancient days, and restore the tabernacle of
David, that all may know the Son of God; for the Ancient
of Days is His name, and freedom is His game! What will
you do without freedom? It was for freedom, that Christ
has set us free. Yet, so many are amongst the ruins and
wastelands . . . . will you sound the alarm to wake up
the sleeping dead?
It is the LORD your God who is speaking to the end-time
remnant church, one in ashes . . . and ashes are the
remains of what has been through the fire. SAVE YOUR
ASHES. God will never let the devil take everything and
leave you with nothing. A little oil is enough for God.
There is resurrection power available to you and through
you, for He is the Resurrection and the Life. God will
use what you have left, to give back to you what you
never had. Remember Elijah and the woman with little oil!
God is going to build His remnant church from leftovers:
the burnt, rejected stones that have been misunderstood,
falsely accused, and martyred; the blood of martyrs is
crying out! O sons and daughters of the Most High, do you
think God does not hear? Are you willing to trade all,
for the freedom He has for you? The greatest work in your
life is during the famine years, not the times of plenty.
So know this, sons and daughters, that sometimes your
miracle is determined by what you're willing to walk away
from. Has the brook dried up? Walk away and seek the land
of the living, for God will send angelic hosts carrying
the "War Chariot" of God and deliver you from the
Philistines!
EagleGav@email.msn.com
Preparation
Priscilla Van Sutphin
I saw a bracelet of gold with hearts connecting....in a vision and I wondered
at it when the Lord spoke...
The oil of purification is being poured out on My people that the BRIDE may
be prepared to receive her Bridegroom in that Day that I will come for her.
Only the purest gold will be used for the great task that lies ahead, so do
not despise the trials and tribulations that have come upon you.
The Refiner's fire is burning off all that cannot contain My glory !
Darkness cannot abide with light. see Luke 11: 34-36
Open up My bride to Your Beloved. Do not hold back, lest any darkness remain.
Be not afraid to disclose those things that cause you to fear. I will not
destroy you ! I am a God of restoration, not destruction.
Let go of distractions. Let go of what you can hold in your hands and hold
on only to things that are ETERNAL. Store up treasures in heaven, not on
earth, where moth and rust decay.
Open your eyes to the signs of the times. Truly, I say to you, this generation
will not pass away before you see the Son of Man revealed; as never before.
This fire is for a time, so that greater glory may be revealed.
Purify your tongue. Take away the pointing of the finger. Judge NOT lest
you be judged.
Love one another as I have loved you, and laid down My life for you.
Spend yourselves on Me and I will reveal the secrets of My heart to you.
Come to Me in your hurt, in your pain, in your rejection and persecution. I
AM Your Comforter ! For I care FOR you !
My sheep hear My voice. I know them and they know Me. And No one shall by
any means snatch them out of My hand.
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Santos Olabarrieto
In the spring of 1972, I visited a friend who had become a Christian shortly
before I did. He was staying at a "Jesus house" somewhere in Fort Lauderdale.
The people who ran the house were Pentecostal ex-hippies with a heart for
Latin America. They held all things in common and were starting outreach into
the islands and Central and South America. We had a pleasant visit, a meal,
some interesting fellowship, and that was that.
About five years later, my mother received a package addressed to me at her
home (I had since moved to Michigan) from a group in Fort Lauderdale. When I
opened it, it was a stack of pamphlets on the end-time move of God. Prophetic
and bible prophecy stuff. Some of it still pretty cutting edge and
perceptive. It came with a note asking me to see that these materials were
released at the proper time. No signature or further explanation. Only a
defunct post office box and the name Santos Olabarrieto. I didn't recognize
the phrase, so I asked a Puerto Rican pastor friend about it. He said it was
an odd term, but the closest it could be translated was "Holy Tidal Wave".
I don't know about the group or the pamphlets (I still have a few in my file
cabinet). But I do know that the experience planted something prophetic in my
spirit. A vision. An expectation. A handful of hippies living in a commune on
the seedy side of Fort Lauderdale praying and reaching out and filling the
atmosphere with prophetic expectation that God would sweep Latin America with
a Holy Spirit Tidal Wave of revival. In 1972. So now, almost 30 years later,
this term keeps resurfacing. The wave. The next wave. Big wave. Waves of the
Spirit. Tidal wave. And Argentina is sending missionaries to America.
This move of God will begin in the Church, but it will not stay there. I
received a word a little over a year ago that I posted here. One brief
excerpt read "The church is about to undergo a catastrophic upheaval, which
will change the face of Christianity forever. Like the forces of plate
tectonics, pressure has been building for a long, long time, and the
separations will be a short work, explosive , powerful. Things never before
seen will be brought to light and revealed, and other things will be
instantly buried and hidden, or washed away in a flood. Like the earth, this
will NOT be a drawn out evolutionary process, but a burst of destructive and
creative power. The result will be a totally new map, a totally new
landscape, and a totally new atmosphere. The Lord does nothing of this
magnitude without first revealing it to His servants the prophets."
Somewhere deep below those things which are seen, there is a pressure
building where two worlds, an old and a new, have been pressing against one
another for a long, long time. Something is about to give. We talk of
shaking, often glibly and with little thought to the implications. But this
will be a SHAKING like the world has never seen before. A release of power
when the points of tension snap. All that can be shaken will be shaken. All.
Afterward, the landscape may be totally unrecognizable in many ways. Familiar
routes and places will be gone. Edifices, works to which years and lives have
been committed, gone. Crooked paths will have been straightened. Valleys
raised up. Mountains made low. Grave sorrow to those who are clinging to what
is passing away in an instant. Glorious preparation to those whose eyes are
fixed on a city not made by hands.
Then, when it seems the shaking has stopped, its full effect will have just
begun. The release of great power, the explosive dunamis, creates a stirring,
unseen at first. We have not seen this yet. It is yet to come. A stirring
deep in the sea (the mass of people). A stirring that will rise up and spread
outward in all directions. A wave. A wave does not move water. It is power
that moves through the water. So with this wave. It will move and gather
force through a mass of people, crashing over every place they touch. Sudden.
Drenching. Flooding. A wall of water. A holy tidal wave. Finishing the work
begun by the shaking. Changing the face of the world forever.
Love and Let the Wind Blow,
Firedancer
donswanger@netscape.net
http://sites.netscape.net/donswanger/homepage
PLAN FOR BATTLE
Alice Weeks
GOING INTO WARFARE
CARES OF THIS WORLD
SIN
KAIROS TIME
COMPANIONS OF WAR
HEARING
AGENDA
ARMOR
IT'S NOT BY MIGHT
A lot of warfare is being done in the Flesh and is accomplishing nothing for
The Kingdom. The pray-ers are so weighted down with the cares of this world
that they are not able to get their spiritual armor on. Some are weighted
down with sin and do not have on robes of righteousness. Some are going to
battle before they hear the sound of the shofar(kairos time) and they are
being slaughtered. Some have their own agenda-
Not God's heart. The heart is deceitful above all things, Jer. 17:9 ,who can
know it. What is your motive for prayer? Is it that all the earth may know
you, your ministry,your cause or That there is a God in Israel.
Begin with Humility
There is a tension that must be maintained in our walk with the Lord that
brings everything into perfect focus. The pendulum swing is a dangerous
thing. The Bible is clear concerning divine order in the church and in the
family. The pivot from which all things swing is found in 1st Cor. 13. The
love chapter of the bible brings all things into proper perspective. It is
no accident that the love chapter of the Bible was placed between 1 Cor. 12
and 1 Cor. 14 which speaks of the gifts. The gifts and the flow of the
Holy Spirit must be tempered with love.
Wildfire, out of control,{uh oh, bad word} brings destruction. Fire is put
out when cold water is thrown on it.{Do not quench the spirit} Strange fire
brings the wrath of God (Nadab and Abihu were consumed-Lev.10:1-2).
Let the fire of the Holy spirit purify us . Let us be baptized with fire so
that it is no longer I that liveth but CHRIST that liveth in me. Then and
only then can the fire of the Holy Spirit flow like a river to cleanse and
heal and bring order out of chaos.
What does the Lord require of thee but to do justly, to love mercy and to
walk humbly with thy God.
It is:
BUT A SERVANT MENTALITY
It is a servant mentality. It is A MENTALITY OF HUMILITY. On the night of
HIS betrayal,knowing that the Father had given all things into HIS hands,
and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and
laid aside HIS garments, took a towel and girded Himself...and began to wash
the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel
which HE was wearing... John 13:3-16...for I have given you an
example.......
WHO WAS IN CONTROL?
THE WELL
WHEN GOD LIFTS HIS GRACE
By Kathie Walters
Once when my good friend Arthur Burt, an evangelist from Wales who has
been in ministry more than 50 years, was visiting me, I had another guest,
a young man named Jeremy, also. Jeremy had recently emigrated from
England. We had an interesting conversation about what God was doing
around the world, and Jeremy shared the story of how he was saved through
the ministry of an American evangelist in England.
Jeremy suddenly turned to Arthur and asked if he knew of this evangelist.
"Why, yes, I do know him," replied Arthur. Then Arthur turned away and
resumed a conversation with another man. Jeremy was excited!
"Arthur, do you know where he is? I would like to contact him."
"Well, yes, I do know," Arthur said, and again turned away and began to
talk to someone else. Jeremy was getting frustrated, and the rest of us
thought Arthur was behaving a little strangely.
"Where is he, Arthur?" Jeremy asked.
Arthur turned again to Jeremy, "If you must know, Brother, he is in jail."
Jeremy almost fell off his chair.
"What do you mean, in jail? Why is he in jail?"
Arthur looked long and hard at Jeremy. "If you must know, Brother, he's in
jail because of child pornography." This time Jeremy turned almost grey,
and his eyes were as big as saucers.
"What do you mean? I don't understand; how could that happen? He was so
powerful and anointed! I was saved in his meeting." Jeremy was shocked.
Arthur turned to our English visitor: "It's like this, Brother. When a man
gets into pride, God resists. He lifts His grace, and then a man falls
into the first hole he comes to. We are all kept by the power of God."
Arthur continued, "A man can hide his sin, but he cannot hide his pride;
sooner or later there will come a fall." Since Arthur made these comments
I have observed the truth underlying them time and again: "Pride goes
before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Prov. 16:18,
NKJV).
Why does pride cause men to fall? Because, as the Bible says, "God resists
the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (1 Pet. 5:5). We are to "humble
ourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt [us] in due
time" (v. 6). God extends His grace to us to the extent that we are
dependent upon Him.
God SAVES and KEEPS us by His power; yet often we acknowledge that we
need
Him for salvation, but then proceed to try to keep ourselves using all
kinds of religious exercises. We must remember that "It is God who works
in us, both to will and to do for His good pleasure" (Phil 2:13). It is
Jesus who presents us "faultless before the presence of His glory with
exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
So then, the main cause of God's lifting His grace from a person, ministry
or work, is pride. But pride can manifest itself in different forms. The
most obvious is being boastful, thinking ourselves bigger and better than
everyone else. This kind of pride--the kind that excludes others and
considers them not so important--is easy to see.
But what about other forms of pride? Self-sufficiency is a kind of pride.
Some people who are very capable in the natural think they don?t need God.
But He wants us to depend on Him.
Of course it is possible for preachers and teachers who are gifted to do
"spiritual things"--teach and preach and sing and pray--without the
anointing. However, we want to teach and preach according to what God is
saying, hearing from Him. That's the only way to get eternal results! Our
capabilities and talents are limited, and God wants us to move beyond the
limitations of the natural.
Humility is KNOWING that we need God. It seems that when we start out we
are able to see how desperately we need God, but after a while success
comes, and before you know it, we can do it ourselves.
The first revival I was involved in was truly an awesome move of God.
Those who were a part of it didn't know how to have a revival; we didn't
even know how to have a meeting! So we waited on God and loved Him, and we
knew that if He didn't show up, nothing would happen.
God loved our depending on Him like that, and He showed up big time. It
was wonderful. He sent His Spirit and taught us, and the place was filled
with the glory of God.
After a few years we had learned how to do things. We didn't need God so
much then. People were coming from all over and getting a real blessing.
They thought it was wonderful how the Spirit was moving among us.
But before long we began to think we were pretty smart. Our attitude
changed from "GOD is using us" to God is using US." Slowly the presence of
God began to wane, but we didn't notice too much. We still had lively
meetings with good preaching and great praise and worship.
Sometimes when you have what appears to be a successful service you don't
notice God isn't there. But His presence among us is not automatic. Our
"having church" is not a command performance for God.
When we become self-sufficient and forget to consult God about what He
wants to do, He is grieved. He will resist the pride that causes us to do
our own thing instead of His thing by lifting His grace. And when He lifts
His grace, everything we are doing begins to fall apart.
Judgment is another form of pride. When we judge someone, we forget what
we ourselves would be like without God's grace. In fact, the Bible says
that those who judge do the very same things they judge others for! (See
Rom. 2:1.) Only God is qualified to judge, for He is the only one who
knows the heart of a man.
Instead of boasting or judging, let's learn to prefer one another. Instead
of trying to serve God in our own power, let's humble ourselves under His
mighty hand (see 1 Pet. 5:6) and learn to follow the leading of His Holy
Spirit. This will assure that we remain under His grace and in His
will--and that we accomplish all He has purposed for us.
PRAYER POWER
As we approach the Lord this week let us remember to humble ourselves as
little children, bring our petitions to Him and fully depend on His grace
to be all we need to be.. Pray for the church around the world,
especially in Israel, China, Nigeria, and France. Gal. 6:2-3
By Kathie Walters, co-founder of Good News Fellowship Ministries
BE BLESSED AND BE GRATEFUL
by Yolanda Ballard
Be blessed, My children, for I have given you so much to be thankful for.
Do not allow the enemy to rob you by giving into the snare of
ungratefulness. If the enemy can get you looking at yourself in a wrong
light and feeling sorry for yourself and depressed, then he can get you to
let go of your many blessings.
This is the day the Lord has made. This is the day to rejoice and to be
glad in it and to put the enemy out of every area of your life for he is
there only to steal, kill and destroy you and all your blessings. So be
wise and diligent to seek My face and feast on My word and to gather with
the saints. For this is a blessing not all freely have.
Many face persecution this day where they are not allowed to seek My face
in the public gathering of the saints. Many do not have the ability or
the means to go out and gather the materials you so freely have to study
My word. Many do not have a Bible. And you, My children, have abundance.
So take this time and use it wisely. Gather with the saints and seek My
face and worship Me wholeheartedly. Rejoice and be grateful that you have
this privilege. And rejoice that you have My word openly proclaimed in
the public gatherings. And you have My word in abundance and study
materials and the internet at present where My word is being shared in
abundance through prophesy.
Be blessed that you are safe in My love. I will always watch over you and
protect you. I will supply your every need because I am your Father. Be
grateful for your every blessing. Do not take any of them lightly, and
never let the enemy cause you to be ungrateful and look at these things
lightly because of the snares he sets up for you. Because his only
mission is to separate you from My intimate presence and love, to deceive
you by causing you to feel you have so much lack in your life.
Take your every blessing and cherish them for they are My gifts to you. I
have given you the gift of nature to enjoy....My creation. I have given
you My breath....My life in abundance. I have given you good things so
that your youth will be restored as the eagles.
Stand on My every promise, My children. And rejoice for this is My will
for you this day. And be grateful for My gifts for there may come a day
when what you see before you may be taken away because of your
ungratefulness. Wake up and be glad and be thankful for this is My will
for you.
bethsheeba@juno.com
October 22, 2000
AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
IN JERUSALEM, SPONSORED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY JERUSALEM
FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2000
We truly know then what it means to Love You with all our heart and all our soul and all our might.
So be it. Amen.
Love and Compassion are the trademarks of My true prophets regardless of
their message. A Father often has to correct His children.
Do not despise My correction.
No greater love has man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend.
Will you lay down your life, that I alone may be revealed in you and through
you?
Will you surrender to the One who loves you as no other loves you?
Will you lay down your life that the Fountain of Living Waters may be poured
out through you to My garden which has become a barren desert? And to the
lost who don't know the Well-Spring of Life?
Come away with Me.
Spend yourselves on Me and I will reveal the secrets of men's hearts to you.
Time with ME is time well spent.
Would that you would come to Me for all that ails you. Don't hold back!
all that I have is Yours, if you would just come. Come to Me for all your
needs.
Be as a little child, for such is the kingdom of heaven.
The Kingdom of God is NOT in self-sufficiency but in dependency on Me!
It is NOT in other dependency, but dependency on Me alone.
I love you !
I love you !
I love you !
I will NEVER leave you or forsake you.
I AM the First and the Last !
I AM the great I AM !
I AM the Lord God ALMIGHTY !
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Don Swanger
Some Thoughts on "The Wave"
You cannot put on the whole armor of God when you are carrying weights.
You must begin with casting all your care on HIM.
How can you fight weighted down with cares? Let us lay aside every weight
which so easily besets us. Heb. 12:1
Put on a garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
You must go into battle free from unconfessed sin. If we confess our sins,
HE is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9, ...who Himself bore our sins in His own body
on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-
1Ptr. 2:24.
{a fixed or definite period or season, as opposed to chronos time, a space
of time}
There is a kairos time to go into battle and there is a time to wait. David
Inquired of The LORD when to go to battle and when to wait. When he moved
in Kairos time he won the battle,and was not captured. Kairos time
determines success 2 Sam.5:24 1Sam.23: 1-12
"Later, at the time when Kings go out to battle,
David remained at Jerusalem." This led to adultery, murder, and a curse that
followed all of his children. If David had gone to battle at the time(kairos
time) when the kings went there would have been no opportunity for
temptation. 2 Sam. 11:1
Before Gideon went to war the Lord told him to reduce his army SO THAT GOD
WOULD GET THE GLORY
Be careful who you go into battle with! Do they have fear? Do they want
glory for themselves or God?
Judges 7:1-7
Before you engage in warfare you must be in a place in the spirit where you
can HEAR what THE LORD is saying to the church. Rev.2:7,11,17, 3:6,13,22,
I was in the spirit...and I heard behind me a loud
voice ...Rev.1:11
Is there a hidden agenda? What is the heart motive for the warfare?
David's motive was that all the earth may know that there is a God in
Israel.
1 Sam. 17:46
Whose armor are you wearing? Who/what is covering you? You cannot slay
Goliath with Saul's armor on! It was not made for you and will not fit and
will not protect but rather become a hindrance. Go in the strength of the
name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. 1Sam. 17:38,45
IT'S NOT BY POWER
BUT IT IS BY MY SPIRIT SAITH THE LORD!
Zech.4:6
Create in me a clean heart, O God!, was a prayer David prayed after he
became King. He was a mature man of God of God at this point. From the
shepherd boy who killed Goliath to a King who delayed, he lost the vision of
the Lord for warfare. He lost the kairos timing. Timing is of the essence
in spiritual warfare, If you delay, as with David, temptation leads to Lust
of the eye, lust of the flesh, resulting in adultery(satisfying your own
desires, not God's desires). Notice that it was at the time of his
youth(honeymoon christians) that David's heart motive was right. After
David had won many battles and became king and was mature(mature saints)he
stayed home while other kings went to war.The mature saints are in danger of
losing the vision and missing the timing of God to go into warfare. BE
SOBER, BE VIGILANT. 1 Peter 5:8
Not a works mentality. The BLOOD redeems
Not a fix it mentality. Only the CREATOR can fix it
Not a control mentality. Sovreign GOD is in control
HUMILITY
Judas Iscariot, the betrayer,was one of those whose feet Jesus washed.
{You have to read it to believe it}
Ministry of Living Water John 4
Alice Weeks
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