Five-Fold Today - My Fire Surrounds You - God's Hyssop - Kingdom Keys - The Song of the Overcomers - A Sacrifice Of Praise - Who Do You Say That I Am? - Freedom
My Fire Surrounds You
Oh My little one, why is your heart heavy? Have I not said I would take care
of you? Have I not told you the battles are Mine? Why do you fret?
When My Son was accused He stood on the Word and said nothing. He did not
have
to defend who He was for He knew who He was. You are of Me. Stand on Who you
are in Me and I will make you as a mighty fortress and no weapon formed
against
you shall prosper. The evil one is mad because he has lost your soul
FOREVER!
He knows there is no going back for you and you are gaining momentum so he
has
to come back with the same amount of his power to combat it. Your situations
will get harder and harder but as you trust in Me your burden will be
lighter
and lighter.
Let those, who will, reject you as they rejected Me. They are blinded and do
not have clear vision and they will not understand. Giving your own answers
fuels their fires against you for they lack understanding. I AM THE GOD WHO
SEES your life and theirs and I am capable of bringing judgment and
correction.
I have NO BLINDERS!
Go forth in what I have called you to and DON'T LOOK BACK! Your past holds
no
future, but I hold your future. You will be grossly misunderstood because I
am grossly misunderstood.
The closer you get to Me the further you will get from the world. And you
will
lose friends who you thought would be there because they will not be able to
get near the heat of the fire that surrounds you but this fire is designed
to
bring others to Me. It seems hot to you at times as that is when I am
burning
your flesh but when it is consumed you will not even know it is there.
Others
will feel it immediately. That fire is My wall of protection for you.
Be careful that you do not step out of it into the attitudes and ways of the
world as you will lose my protection for that time and you will become
vulnerable to the attack of the enemy.
Respectfully submitted by Ginger Gardner
God's Hyssop
Teresa Seputis
God is saying that this is a season of being refined and purified.
God's desire for his church is that it be a pure vessel for His glory
and that means that each of us individually must be a pure vessel for
His glory and (unfortunately) we are not as pure as He would like us
to be. So .. guess what? He is helping us to become purer. He is
refining us. He is teaching us about absolute surrender to His Lordship
and about instant obedience with a good attitude. And He is teaching
us about facing the impurities within each of our hearts, admitting
their presense, and allowing Him to cleanse us.
There is a verse about being cleased with hyssop. Hyssop is a disinfectant.
It stings like iodine, but it purifies.. it kills the infection. And God
is using that same type of thing in our lives He is purifying us. That
purification comes with a bit of a sting; it can hurt. It is like being
in the refiner's fire.
The problem that many of us are facing as we go through this process is
that we become horrified when God allows the deep things within us to
surface we begin to struggle with unforgiveness or bitterness or with
atemptation towards sin, and we know we should not. Or an old hurt begins
to have power over us and effect our attitudes and behaviors and we begin
to condemn ourselves because we know that we "should not" struggle with
that thing. And then we begin to disqualify ourselves and pull away from
God and God says,
"DONT DO THAT! RUN TO ME, don't run away from me! Don't you think I knew
what was in you before you saw it? Did I love you any less before you
were aware of that weakness? Run to Me and I will clease you. Present
your weakness your struggles to me and watch me work my glory in them.
Don't denny them; confess them (similar to how you would confess a sin).
And watch the ressurrection power of My Son break the yoke of that bondage
over you.
For I am pushing you to your limits and I am causing these things to surface
and raise up because I DESIRE to cleanse you of them. And as you submit to
My refinement, I will make you a pure vessel that I might pour out My
anointing on you; that I migth manifest my glory through you.
Child of mine, this is what you have prayed for You have prayed for power
and anointing and intimacy with Me and it is through this process of
refinement that I am able to transform you that I might answer the prayers
you prayed and give you the requests you have desired of Me. For it is
MY GOOD PLEASURE to pour out My glory on you and through you. It is My
good pleasure to heal the sick through you. It is My good pleasure to
break the yoke of enemy oppression and to cause demons to flee through
your commands. I desire to manifest Myself through you, so submit to My
refinement in your lives that you may be a pure vessel. And then watch My
glory come forth in your life.
I will anoint that which I prepare. I am faithful to complete that which
I begin. And I desire to glorify My name through you and to advance My
kingdom through you.
Are you willing child to do this with Me? Will you allow Me to prepare
you for My good works? My plans for you are good and there is no shortage
of anointing that I might pour out on you. Receive my purification and
receive My anointing."
teresa@godspeak.org
Kingdom keys - Present truth that activate the nature of the Father within you
Tim and Theresa Early
According to John 7:38, he that believes on the Lord Jesus Christ as the scriptures says, out of their belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Now, before I go any further, let me add that many church services today are geared toward results and making people very
happy. However, there is a present truth word that is stirring the hearts of God's people to be activated in releasing the
kingdom of God, and not alone positioning themselves to only receive. For when you think about it, most of the seating in
many assemblies are in the theatrical style, where we enter in with view toward the front, the pulpit, podium, and other
external trappings. Here, it is easy to get accustomed to a one-dimensional ministry where we all come to sit and receive, but
beloved, there is another side to this all.
Let's suppose, that the eldership of any particular ministry decided to have the seating rearranged from theatrical style to
circles with chairs of ten each. Let's say, that the eldership went before the corporate assembly and announced that, for the
next several weeks, we will not have the chairs facing the front toward a podium, rather, with a number of chairs in circles
{or, if the assembly is much smaller in number, one big circle of chairs would do} we will relate to one another the
progressive revelation of the kingdom to one another for a deeper view of edification, and the expressed opportunity for all
saints to share in the word together.
Why?
For in many theatrical settings, most saints are never given the opportunity to share their heart toward the purposes of God.
Instead, what we have done in many ways
is created a concept in ministry that is foreign to the mind of God, a concept which suggest that only one person or two, can
ever share the word period, while all are asked to sit quiet and listen, until the sermon or message is complete. Surely there is
nothing inherently wrong with this approach when needed, especially since this is a more instructional setting arrangement
where we come in to hear the word. No real problem there. But what I am after is, "What would happen to an assembly, if
there were changes in the way we entered in the corporate anointing?" What could possible happen when you took the
chairs of a local sanctuary, and placed them into a series of small circles for each saint to come forth in their measure,
metron, or degree? What would be the benefit of the saints coming together to interact and interrelate with one another, as
oppose to the usual approach of coming in to hear the word from the theatrical seating arrangement?
Well, for one thing, your assembly would grow in a new sphere and dimension of grace, releasing a corporate glory among
the saints. For this is the principle of the Cherubim of Isaiah 37:16, living above the mercy seat between the cherubim, as the
glory of God is manifested between the interaction of the cherubim, the interaction of the saints facing toward one another in
deeper intimacy of the Spirit. It is here, where a new growth in the Spirit takes place, as each saint is given the opportunity to
minister their part to the whole, and where the saints become bread one of another.
It is here that we move from receiving each week the glory of the principles of God's kingdom, to releasing the kingdom one
to another, unto our generation as well. It is here that we move from just becoming an outreach church, to becoming one of
upreach to the Father, and inreach one with another. For the truth is, you often hear of the term outreach church, but do you
ever hear of an inreach church, a corporate people that reach into one another?
For truth says, if you can receive something, you can release it. And the question is, "Have you received the Holy Spirit sine
you have believed? But the real question, "Have you released the Holy Spirit since you have received? For that is the way of
the, in that the kingdom is received and released.
Now take note, when referring to local assemblies, let us not forget that an assembly is a people, not a building. Also, if you
would compare the carnal concept of the American church system with that of many assemblies around the world, you will
find that many saints meet in homes, schools, and under the largest tree in the neighborhood park. In truth, many homes
throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and others, enjoy ministry in small intimate settings. But the key is not how large or small
the outward physical dwelling is, but in what fruit you produce and manifest, and in what order are you given for in the glory
of God's kingdom. For when Jesus said to have faith as a grain of mustard seed {Matthew 13}, he never emphasized the
size, but rather, the nature of the seed. For you can have a seed big as a watermelon {So-to-speak}, and produce nothing,
but remember, it is in the nature of the seed. And while we are on the subject of seeds, the true nature of seeds in general is
to experience a birth, death, and fulfillment. For seeds are born to die, and in due season, brought to life. In this I see John
12:22-26...But let's continue on.
So, regardless of the size of your work, or how many things a ministry owns, what is it producing, what is it manifesting, what
is the nature of that ministry?
Is it s ministry that imparts and activates the seed of the kingdom within you? Are you stirred to fulfill your purpose and
destiny {Which is really HIS}? Are you positioned for progression? Are you coming into the unity of HIS faith, and the
intimate knowledge of the Son of God? Are you being recognized, raised, and released, or do you feel like your purpose and
calling is now deceased?
Beloved, this is why the church is in transition from the glory of the outer court to the glory of the holy of holies. For broad is
one way, and strait is another. Many are called, but few are chosen. Meaning, we must define ministry not in what, but
whom. And the question is, "Whose ministry is it?" Why, it is the Lord's!
If church leadership could ever realize how important it is to allow the voice of the Lord to be restored back in our midst,
and to develop strategies and corporate dynamics for all of the saints to minister one to another, what a growing church it
would be. For it is one thing to swell like an infection, but to grow in grace, well, that's something else. Meaning, the saints
would benefit far more greatly if there were more opportunities for all of them to grow in grace together, especially in intimate
group participation and fellowship. For that is where the greater glory of the Lord is revealed, an indicator in which the saints
exercise all that have benefited them in the theatrical arrangement of seating. For now, the focus is no more alone on the
senior ministers, and their message of the week. Now, the saints can come forth in times and seasons to manifest the
impartation of the Spirit from the elders, through one another unto edification.
It makes no sense to sit in an auditorium for years, oblivious to your calling, or to sit and wait for some audible voice to
speak to you like the voice which spoke to Charleston Heston on the Ten Commandments... {Moses! Moses! - Smile}
We need to understand that the Lord would have us in the place of his choosing, the place where his name is, and the house
of his glory. For in this, the size of the building, or the size of the church membership is not the determining factor. For as the
saints move from the glory of the latter rain {30-fold}, to the latter reign {60-fold}, even into the fullness of the latter rein
{100-fold}, we will come to see that the greatest movements of the Spirit in the earth will not come from great power, but
from purity {The very pure nature of the Lord - 1st Corinthians 13 - Love, the motive of the Kingdom}...
So, in whatever you are given to become as a local ministry, never allow anything to quench the intimate voice and fellowship
between the saints in the Lord. Never allow things to replace the real meaning of genuine ministry. Never place a premium on
the externals, while missing out on the eternal, for there is a wealth of resource, and a hidden dimension of grace that the
Father wants to reveal, but remember this, only the pure in heart shall see the Lord! We love you.
Tim and Theresa Early
The Song of the Overcomers
Gloria Shepherd
I call you my overcomers says the Lord, for you are my overcomers in this hour, stepping into a
new land, with a new song in your hearts. You are blessed in this hour, for in this hour, I
have brought you to the place where you have been given the opportunity to overcome all that
tried to stop you from pressing through to the otherside. To those who have just come through
these times, I give you a song to sing as you come into the promised land, which I give to you,
to take for your posssession in this hour. It is the kingdoms of the king, I hand it to you,
and with it the sceptor, which gives you divine authority and power to rule the kingdoms of the
king in this hour. For you have overcome in this hour. This is the song of the overcomer in
this hour.
The song which was sung on the lips of those who have just come through as overcomers was the
song of praise which they sang as they pressed through the wilderness to the other side.
Rejoice, my overcomers, for this is the day to rejoice, and dance and sing before me as I bring
you up to the top of the mountain of Zion. For you have been faithful to press through until
you have gone through to the other side. You have not given up in the face of adversity, nor
grumbled and complained before me, about what you faced. 'Because you have rejoiced in all that
you have faced, and have been faithful to not seek your own will and purposes in this hour, I
will bless you mightily in this hour. Your song will be the song of Zion, for I will bless you
beyond measure for your hearts have been pure and holy before me, and you have pressed through
the hard places in the wilderness and not complained, nor grumbled in the hard pressings which
I allowed. You have rejoiced and sang the song of the overcomer which is the n
Out of the sea of sufferings and trials has been birthed a new song from this 3rd day, a song
of triumph, a song of the overcomers, for they have overcome in this hour. Out of the death is
birthed life, resurrection life that I will fill those who have come through this time.
For by obedience and submission at the cross, death was overcome. Is it not the same today?
Through the death of self, and all flesh, if you will overcome you will be come through to the
promised land, which is the resurrection glory. I will fill you up and you will rise up in this
last hour, for you shall be called the overcomers.
For many of you, even now have come through the sifting time, that I have been doing in you.
For I am burning out that which is not of me in you, and sifting it, and blowing away the chaff
with the winds of my Holy Spirit. This is the hour of purifying my holy vessels for how can you
enter into my presence, without being purged and made clean? It is a time of purifiying, of
being made holy in this hour, so you may enter into a place where my presence dwells. For no
flesh can stand in my holy presence. For out of the death of self, I have birthed life, once
again, for this new day. For my remnant shall be called the overcomers, they have overcome in
this 3rd day, for such a time as this. I am raising them up as one child, in this 3rd day, in
my glory as manifested sons & daughters of my glory for this appointed hour and time.
I am taking those who have allowed themselves to settle into the comfort zones in me, to be
removed out of those places in this hour. To be pressed into the hard places until they can
come into this place, also. For there is no victory in comfort, nor can life be birthed out of
such a place as that. I am bringing, many now, into this new place, now, a new beginning. To
seek me in the higher ground. Do not let the seeds of apathy take root in your hearts, but
press in until you go higher in me. Let me set a fire in each of you, to seek more of me. This
a new time, and new beginning, which I am bringing you into. Seek me and press in, until you
press into that higher ground where I dwell. I want to raise you up into my glory in this third
day, bring you into the place where you will enter into the resurrection life of my glory, for
my purposes to be birthed and fullfilled in you and through you in this earth.
Out of despair, and the trials and sufferings, I have birthed life. I have birthed a new man,
a troop of overcomers who are marching to a different beat, to another song, the song of praise
springs forth out of their hearts and out of their lips they sing the song of praise to me as
they press through the wilderness through to the otherside. Joy and gladness fill their
hearts to overflow in the river of joy, with the song of Zion bubbling out of their hearts, as
they dance and leap and jump as they enter the promised land, up to the top of the mountain
where his presence dwells. It is this song that they sing that is birthed out of their hearts
that comes up from the earth to me, as one heart and one mind in the unity of the spirit.
nitehawkdw@earthlink.net
A Sacrifice Of Praise
Capro Togo
Praise becomes a sacrifice, in the sense that it is costly, when we offer it to God in the midst of the contrary situations of life. It
doesn’t really take much to praise God when things are fine or not too bad. But it is a lot more harder to keep on praising God when
our hopes are dashed and we are surrounded by troubles. Surely it is much more easier at such times to blame rather than praise
God. Yet learning to offer costly praise is crucial if we would see God’s victory.
The Bible says that what we are doing by such a sacrifice is to confess his name. What that means is that as we continue to praise
God, even when all seems hopeless, we are confessing all that God is over our situation. We are confessing that he is love, even
though it looks as if he has abandoned us. We are confessing that he is all wise, despite the confusion that faces us. We are
confessing his almighty power, even though our situation may look impossible. The bible says “with such sacrifices God is
pleased”-(Heb.13:16). And it causes him to act mightily on our behalf.
That was what happened to Paul and Silas. They had been shamefully beaten by the people they had gone to help. And when they
found themselves faced with a night of hopelessness in prison, they CHOOSE to offer a sacrifice of praise. Their minds might have
rebelled against it, but they decided not to miss the opportunity to offer God a sacrifice of praise. And we all know how this their
sacrifice went up as a sweet smelling savor to God, and provoked him to come down and shake their prison.
This kind of praise has very little to do with our emotions. God does not look at our feelings but rather at our willingness to praise
him in spite of how we may be feeling. This kind of offering is one that comes from our heart and our will. But it must be expressed
by our lips. And not only does it bring God’s intervention but the continual offering of this sacrifice would build character into us. So
let’s not waste the opportunity that the troubles of life offer us. Let us offer unto God a sacrifice of praise.
In concluding here is a chorus from a song by Larnelle Harris;
“When praise demands a sacrifice,
I’d worship even then.
Surrendering the dearest things in life;
And if devotion cost me all,
He’d find me faithful to his call.
When praise demands a sacrifice”
caprotogo@bibway.com
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Olivia Long
Whether you be Jew or Gentile, you know Me. BUT who do you say that I am? Do you say that I
am a prophet, a teacher, a carpenter, a man, a preacher, a rabbi, a physician or a healer? Do you
call me Lord and Savior - Yahshuah ... OR do you call me the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed
One?
When I walked this earth, some saw me as John the Baptist, coming to preach repentance.
Some saw me as Elijah, when I had the victory over Satan. Some saw Me as a prophet - of driving
out demons, of healing the sick and raising the dead. Some knew I "was of God" but yet, they did
not fully comprehend who I really was and am! Who do YOU say that I am?
I asked My disciples, men who had committed their lives to follow me, who "people" said I
was. Then I asked My disciples who "they" thought I was. My disciple, Peter, said: "You are
the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One."
Do you believe that I AM THE CHRIST, the MESSIAH, the ANOINTED ONE? For I AM the
CHRIST, GOD HIMSELF. BELOVED, when you see Me, you see the Father.
While I walked the earth, many miracles were seen. I walked on water, I raised Lazarus from the
tomb, but the greatest miracle that I performed, then- as I do now, was changing sinners into
people of GOD. Saul was a murderer, and I changed him into the "greatest of missionaries." Peter
was a fisherman, changed into a great apostle. Have you truly received My greatest miracle, have I
changed you, desiring to be in My likeness? I have desired you to be My disciples, but to do this,
you "must" deny yourself - taking up your cross - and follow Me. You "must" deny your sinful
nature, for you cannot desire the pleasures of the flesh, the world - and be denying your sinful
nature. How do you deny those desires? By obeying My Word. Not your will, but MY WILL be
done. To be My disciple, you must take up your cross. Are you in service to Me? Then bear your
cross. Giving all that you've got, to follow Me. For "WHATEVER YOU FOLLOW, DECIDES YOUR
COURSE."
But be assured, My Beloved, WHATEVER ... you have given up to follow Me ... I LOVE YOU, and it
is MY DESIRE TO BLESS YOU, BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND THE LIFE TO COME.
I hate sin, but I have given free will to choose to obey or not to obey Me, but you have to accept
the consequences of your choice. Obedience is the key. The world " lies " to you, saying you have
the right to do whatever you want to do. Haven't I said that if you love Me, you will keep My
commandments? THERE ARE NO EXCUSES, for I have given you the power to "overcome sin
and 'every' temptation." I have placed your feet on a path that leads to life. Do you seek to
continue on that path, to the place I have prepared for you? For it is not burdensome on this path,
because I have given you My Holy Spirit to dwell in your heart, so that you will always be close to
Me. Beloved, you CANNOT follow the world and also follow Me, for you must seek MY lifestyle and
MY character. Being MY disciple, losing your life for Me and the gospel. Crucifying the sinful
nature, so that it is not you that lives, but Me in you. Being My disciple is not easy, for you will
find pressures from those around you, even your peers and you " WILL " find persecution. BUT,
HAVEN'T I PROMISED YOU REWARD WITH MY GLORY?
Do you believe that I AM eternal, all powerful, all knowing, that I knew you when you were conceived
in your mother's womb? That I knew you even before creation? That I have a plan for your life,
and that I will reveal it step by step and that My promises to you WILL come to pass? Am I the
CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, THE ANOINTED ONE in your life?
WHO DO "YOU" SAY THAT I AM?
Olivia Long
Freedom
Brother Alan
Caught in a job you don't like, feeling trapped and don't know how to get out?
John 8:36 "...if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
How did Corrie Tenboom feel free in the midst of a German Concentration Camp?
How did Paul feel free in a Roman Jail?
Freedom is attained within us, and it is not at the mercy of time, money, health or relationships - not even at the mercy
of those countries that have made laws against religion.
If you feel bound by sin, or disease, or by any form of limitation, physical, mental, moral or financial, freedom is yours if
you only have the desire to break through. It cannot be a mild desire, it cannot be just hope, "Maybe some day" or "Oh I
wish I were free; I wish I were like other people; I wish I knew what other people know; I wish I had more education, I
wish, I hope, I pray..."
These are excuses, alibis. There is education available for everyone, from elementary schooling on up to courses in
universities, and this without even attending classes in person. There is physical, mental, moral and financial freedom
for anyone who has a sufficient drive for freedom. Without that drive, it cannot be attained. There must be such a
desire for freedom that is virtually a passion if we are to attain the heights that we sit around wishing for, hoping for,
praying for, and complaining that we do not reach. No person and no condition external to us is binding upon us. They
may bind us for a year, or five, or ten, while we struggle, strive, work, and pray for freedom, but eventually freedom
must come from every form of limitation.
The only thing essential to freedom is the desire to be free - nothing else - because with the desire to be free, the
means toward bringing it about is about to be reveal itself. It has been said that when the person is ready the Christ
appears, sometimes externally in someone else, sometimes in a book, but if in no other way, when the desire is
sufficiently deep, the Christ will appear inwardly because the greatest teacher of all is on the inside not on the outside
of our being.
Freedom comes only when we can break through the limitations of our mind, when we do not try to pin everything
down to a meaning or confine every statement to meaning the same thing always. Words sometimes seem to be
contradictory, but that is because they mean one thing today, and something different tomorrow, when used in
different ways.
When I was a boy the term "gay" was used to express a feeling of joy and happiness in a person, now it means
something entirely different.
"Cool" used to be, I am feeling cold.
And on it goes.
The real things of life cannot be restricted. Freedom will not limit itself to a word. It is like joy; it is like peace; we know
what they are, but we cannot describe or explain then because they cannot be confined to a word or phrase. How can
anyone explain what the Psalmist meant by "the secret place of the most High?" What is that? Where is that? I it a
place" is it up high somewhere? can "the secret place of the most High" be located in time or space?
Paul said. "For in Him, we live and move and have our being." How can we describe that place where we live, when
we live in God? Where is that? What is the climate?
The Spirit, or the consciousness of Christ in man cannot be restricted. We cannot confine God; we cannot
understand, or analyze, or dissect God; we cannot even name God. God eludes us when we try to put God into the
letters G-O-D. The Soul of man is free; the Spirit in man is free; the consciousness of man is free. That is why we
cannot put God into religion; we cannot restrict Christ to our brand of religion; and we cannot put religion, our brand or
not into man. We cannot confine, restrict, or limit God, or the Christ, or religion. These are free, and if we ever try to
contain them into our tenants of faith or mission statement belief system in any form, we lose them.
Freedom is attainable by any one of us. It is our birthright. Every person on earth, white, yellow, brown or black, friend
or enemy, Christian or Jew, Moslem or Buddhist, is entitled to the fullness of life. But the attainment of that spiritual
fulfillment does not come lightly or quickly. The whole point is whether the desire for it becomes the ultimate meaning
of our life, or whether we are hoping to achieve it in our spare time. It cannot come that way. It will involve all your time
and effort, But the good news is YOU CAN BE FREE.
Brother Alan
broal1@greater-emmanuel.org
June 7, 2001
a_dragon_slayer@yahoo.com
FAP International
tearly1@pdq.netThrough Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that confess his name – Heb.
13:15
And He asked them, But who do you yourselves say that I am? Peter replied to Him, You are the Christ [the Messiah, the Anointed One]. Mark 8:29
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