Last Monday night the night of the full moon summer solstice I was outside with my wife looking at it. This was an event that happens pretty much once in a lifetime. Once was in 1948 and again in 1967. Those were years that changes took place. A wind blew then and is blowing now.
1967 was the summer of free love. It began a wave of things that many today consider a downfall.
1967 was a time of social unrest. A year before Martin Luther King was killed.
1948 was after World War II. It was the beginning of the cold war. The Berlin Air Lift was initiated. We were at a stand off with the Russians.
1948 was also the year, an election year, where EVERYBODY KNEW that Dewey was going to defeat Harry Truman. The famous Chicago Newspaper Headline stands as silent ridicule for a deceived press.
I am not saying that the Moon and Solstice have any powers. They don't. I'm not saying that there is any meaning to them other than my ears were open to hear from God.
He said to me: "You see this and marvel. Once in a generation or so this happens. I move in generations. There are those not yet alive who will serve me with a passion you do not understand. There will be events coming that will confuse and defy worldly wisdom. Those considered wise will be made to look lost. Do not hear the voice of the mocker. They do not know MY voice. The wind of change is in the air. It is a wind that you see the effects of but cannot see. I am doing things in the world that only results tell of. Do no have any fear, for I am in the wind and in the clouds. I am moving things out of the way that threatened you."
So many things in the natural seem to be crying out that those who consider themselves wise are foolish. Even the vote in Britain to leave the EU is part of this. No one expected it. Every prognostication you hear from the wisdom of the world is wrong.
So look up, see the movement and know the winds of change are blowing. The song "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan was an anthem to persuade change. It's time for a new anthem. The wind is blowing again.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016
I Build a wall - a Prophetic Understanding of the Church
Yesterday, I built a wall... a pretty big wall. I used hardscape formed concrete stone 12"x4"x8". They were heavy and sturdy.
When selecting from the pallet of stone there were many important examples as they were selected and as they were installed.
The wall is about 40 feet long. It is not on level ground. The area is not straight. It had to be formed to be straight. The most important stone was the first one. Where it was placed. It was the beginning of the whole project. The whole wall keyed off that stone. Once it was set the rest could be placed in line with that one.
The most important part of the project was getting the foundation course set. Each stone had to have an underlayment in that first course that brought it into perfect alignment with the initial stone. Level, Not tilting in or out left or right. The integrity of the whole wall depended on this alignment and the proper leveling. IF the first course had a flaw, the whole wall was in jeopardy.
Even though the wall was hundreds of stones, the first 40 took the longest to place. There had to be excavation of wrong placed material, replacement of that with other until the first foundation stone was perfect.
It took 4 hours to place the first 40, the last several hundred took an couple hours to complete. It was much easier with the foundation perfectly in place.
The parallel to ministry and how God calls is clear:
The chief stone, the one that all others must be held together is Jesus. If you don't line up with Him, the wall cannot stand.
The proper placement of the foundation stones that hold the rest of the wall up in place properly aligned as the Apostles and Prophets do must be level, straight, not out of skew. The rest of the wall of Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists and all the other ministry gifts are dependent on the foundation being proper and straight.
If a stone higher up in the wall is out of alignment above the base foundation stones, it can weaken the wall above it, but that is repairable as long as the foundation stones are intact.
The wall is the Church, both the church universal and the local church in expression. It's a wall against the attack of the enemy. It holds back evil. It is a place from which attack can be made. It is a place of refuge.
If the foundation stones are not aligned, not properly placed, if they are crooked, not on the level the local church will fall. This is why as God calls out proper solid Apostles and Prophets to build upon He is so careful as I was. It is also why when a church is built on another calling alone it fails. There are many more parallels, but the truth is in building a wall or building a church find stones aligned perfectly with Jesus and build on them. In fact after the wall is complete, I can take anyone to the chief cornerstone and point to it and say with confidence that this whole wall is keyed from that single stone.
One last truth came as I built the wall. I don't know which of the stones were the apostle stones or the prophet stones. I know that as I built they had to be lined up with each other. There wasn't just one most important Apostle stone. There wasn't one most important Prophet stone. They were all linked back to one stone. Jesus. The key stone. The chief cornerstone. If one foundation stone thought itself more critical or important it had to be removed and placed inline. Many foundation stones hold the wall up.
Paul wrote of this and it's still true:
Everything is prophetic to the Prophet.
When selecting from the pallet of stone there were many important examples as they were selected and as they were installed.
The wall is about 40 feet long. It is not on level ground. The area is not straight. It had to be formed to be straight. The most important stone was the first one. Where it was placed. It was the beginning of the whole project. The whole wall keyed off that stone. Once it was set the rest could be placed in line with that one.
The most important part of the project was getting the foundation course set. Each stone had to have an underlayment in that first course that brought it into perfect alignment with the initial stone. Level, Not tilting in or out left or right. The integrity of the whole wall depended on this alignment and the proper leveling. IF the first course had a flaw, the whole wall was in jeopardy.
Even though the wall was hundreds of stones, the first 40 took the longest to place. There had to be excavation of wrong placed material, replacement of that with other until the first foundation stone was perfect.
It took 4 hours to place the first 40, the last several hundred took an couple hours to complete. It was much easier with the foundation perfectly in place.
The parallel to ministry and how God calls is clear:
The chief stone, the one that all others must be held together is Jesus. If you don't line up with Him, the wall cannot stand.
The proper placement of the foundation stones that hold the rest of the wall up in place properly aligned as the Apostles and Prophets do must be level, straight, not out of skew. The rest of the wall of Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists and all the other ministry gifts are dependent on the foundation being proper and straight.
If a stone higher up in the wall is out of alignment above the base foundation stones, it can weaken the wall above it, but that is repairable as long as the foundation stones are intact.
The wall is the Church, both the church universal and the local church in expression. It's a wall against the attack of the enemy. It holds back evil. It is a place from which attack can be made. It is a place of refuge.
If the foundation stones are not aligned, not properly placed, if they are crooked, not on the level the local church will fall. This is why as God calls out proper solid Apostles and Prophets to build upon He is so careful as I was. It is also why when a church is built on another calling alone it fails. There are many more parallels, but the truth is in building a wall or building a church find stones aligned perfectly with Jesus and build on them. In fact after the wall is complete, I can take anyone to the chief cornerstone and point to it and say with confidence that this whole wall is keyed from that single stone.
One last truth came as I built the wall. I don't know which of the stones were the apostle stones or the prophet stones. I know that as I built they had to be lined up with each other. There wasn't just one most important Apostle stone. There wasn't one most important Prophet stone. They were all linked back to one stone. Jesus. The key stone. The chief cornerstone. If one foundation stone thought itself more critical or important it had to be removed and placed inline. Many foundation stones hold the wall up.
Paul wrote of this and it's still true:
Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.So find that house that you are part of built on firm foundation, built on apostles and prophets to keep alignment sure. Built so that your gift can find it's place in the wall and that you can provide the part you are called to be.
Ephesians 2:20-22 New Living Translation
Everything is prophetic to the Prophet.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Demonic Religions always want to make a deal
I have been meditating over the shooting in Orlando asking Holy Spirit to give me insight. I got a revelation that will help us all understand the mentality that causes a man to shoot many people in the name of allah. We make the assumption that they are zealously religious as Muslims and that they are trying to carry out the Koran's instruction. This may not be true.
Recent revelations dispute that.
The Devil is always trying to get you to make a deal. Look at how he treated Jesus in the Desert for 40 days. IF YOU THEN.... He was bargaining with Jesus for power, kingship and to satiate hunger.Trying to get Jesus to sin. And if it was temptation he considered it.
Any religious expression that requires YOU do something and then GOD will do something for you is a works based religion. It has no content of the Grace of God. In fact works based religions you are making a deal with God. I'll do this, you do that. DEAL or NO DEAL?? Some prosperity teaching borders on this. Some health "deals" are in this realm. The one that is most humorous is someone who says, "God if you'll just get me out of this I promise never to bother you again"
The catholic church long ago was big at this. You had to do things (works) to find true peace and salvation. Many cults have this as part of their teaching. Jesus PLUS. Hindu is the same. We get that. We know there is fault in any religion that keeps us separate from the grace of the true and living God.
When thinking about all this, I heard this, "The demon of Islam asks people to do acts of horror to get earn paradise".
Think of how many suicide bombers die believing that paradise with 72 virgins waits on the other side of the loud boom. Think of the horror ISIS inflicts on people who think the brownie point tally is moving in their favor with allah. Works based religions are death.
But there is something even deeper that drives radicalization. Consider the 9-11 muslims who bombed the twin towers. They went to a strip club and got drunk the night before they blew themselves and 3000 others up. The "work" of martyrdom was all the needed for their redemption from their sins the night before. That was the deal. No matte how they lived, they kept their side of the bargain and expected allah to keep his. Of course they ended up in hell. The devil is a lie.
Then the Orlando Shooter. It appears not only did he drink out of line with the strictures of Islam, he was a closet homosexual his ex wife says. Many homosexuals are married and have children. So, for him to achieve paradise, seeing his life style was out of order with Islam, was to kill and destroy those who most represented the failure and shame he felt. It was justice in his "bargain" to kill people some of whom may have been sexual partners in the past. Dying a martyr killing infidels would guarantee paradise (he thought)
Were you aware that some Islamic countries are huge users of pornography? Pakistan in the area the Taliban occupies is number one. A strange paradox. They masturbate to the porn and then despise themselves in guilt and hate the nations where it comes from. They come to the conclusion that the only way to get right is to make a deal with "god" to get rid of the source. That means being more radical while staying in their sin. Destroying the source of their personal perversion becomes a way to overcome their shame. Works kills again. Consider that Saudi Arabia which has the strictest Islamic law application to women is number six on the porn useage scale. Using legalism to make a deal with allah.
Pilgrimages, calls to prayer, Ramadan are all outward appearances that try to heal a polluted heart. Since the Muslim faith lacks any grace at all, it requires works to appease allah.
Sometimes that is expressed by joining ISIS to be with others as tormented as they are. They are doing gods will in their eyes. They feel they destroy the great satans of the world. Jews, Christians, nominal Muslims, and all western infidels. What is really happening is they are failing again and again in an attempt to appease an unappeasalbe god. They jump thru convoluted religious works hoops of legalistic rules. Whenever they rape a woman, they " Marry" them for a few hours. This makes it OK. All works.. external, for show.
Guilt and graceless religion radicalizes people. It's true in India as well. People feel they have to do all kinds of weird things to please the gods. Many die every year doing strange things that take their life.
There is only one answer, that is Jesus and the truth of the fully paid price for our sin. The wholeness that sets people free comes with it. We need to realize how powerful this is. Once someone trapped in a "deal with god" religion hears the truth.. it's like a million pounds of guilt is lifted from them. They are free and forgiven without having to sacrifice themselves in a demonic deal with a false god.
I know it seems pat to say it, but the real weapon of our warfare is the unlimited grace of a loving God and the complete payment for all our sins, past present and future. He never fails us.. ever. Muslims need to hear this.. how to reach them is another issue. I don't have the answer, but
Let's spread the news of the unlimited grace of the true and living God - It could save your life
and theirs
Recent revelations dispute that.
The Devil is always trying to get you to make a deal. Look at how he treated Jesus in the Desert for 40 days. IF YOU THEN.... He was bargaining with Jesus for power, kingship and to satiate hunger.Trying to get Jesus to sin. And if it was temptation he considered it.
Any religious expression that requires YOU do something and then GOD will do something for you is a works based religion. It has no content of the Grace of God. In fact works based religions you are making a deal with God. I'll do this, you do that. DEAL or NO DEAL?? Some prosperity teaching borders on this. Some health "deals" are in this realm. The one that is most humorous is someone who says, "God if you'll just get me out of this I promise never to bother you again"
The catholic church long ago was big at this. You had to do things (works) to find true peace and salvation. Many cults have this as part of their teaching. Jesus PLUS. Hindu is the same. We get that. We know there is fault in any religion that keeps us separate from the grace of the true and living God.
When thinking about all this, I heard this, "The demon of Islam asks people to do acts of horror to get earn paradise".
Think of how many suicide bombers die believing that paradise with 72 virgins waits on the other side of the loud boom. Think of the horror ISIS inflicts on people who think the brownie point tally is moving in their favor with allah. Works based religions are death.
But there is something even deeper that drives radicalization. Consider the 9-11 muslims who bombed the twin towers. They went to a strip club and got drunk the night before they blew themselves and 3000 others up. The "work" of martyrdom was all the needed for their redemption from their sins the night before. That was the deal. No matte how they lived, they kept their side of the bargain and expected allah to keep his. Of course they ended up in hell. The devil is a lie.
Then the Orlando Shooter. It appears not only did he drink out of line with the strictures of Islam, he was a closet homosexual his ex wife says. Many homosexuals are married and have children. So, for him to achieve paradise, seeing his life style was out of order with Islam, was to kill and destroy those who most represented the failure and shame he felt. It was justice in his "bargain" to kill people some of whom may have been sexual partners in the past. Dying a martyr killing infidels would guarantee paradise (he thought)
Were you aware that some Islamic countries are huge users of pornography? Pakistan in the area the Taliban occupies is number one. A strange paradox. They masturbate to the porn and then despise themselves in guilt and hate the nations where it comes from. They come to the conclusion that the only way to get right is to make a deal with "god" to get rid of the source. That means being more radical while staying in their sin. Destroying the source of their personal perversion becomes a way to overcome their shame. Works kills again. Consider that Saudi Arabia which has the strictest Islamic law application to women is number six on the porn useage scale. Using legalism to make a deal with allah.
Pilgrimages, calls to prayer, Ramadan are all outward appearances that try to heal a polluted heart. Since the Muslim faith lacks any grace at all, it requires works to appease allah.
Sometimes that is expressed by joining ISIS to be with others as tormented as they are. They are doing gods will in their eyes. They feel they destroy the great satans of the world. Jews, Christians, nominal Muslims, and all western infidels. What is really happening is they are failing again and again in an attempt to appease an unappeasalbe god. They jump thru convoluted religious works hoops of legalistic rules. Whenever they rape a woman, they " Marry" them for a few hours. This makes it OK. All works.. external, for show.
Guilt and graceless religion radicalizes people. It's true in India as well. People feel they have to do all kinds of weird things to please the gods. Many die every year doing strange things that take their life.
There is only one answer, that is Jesus and the truth of the fully paid price for our sin. The wholeness that sets people free comes with it. We need to realize how powerful this is. Once someone trapped in a "deal with god" religion hears the truth.. it's like a million pounds of guilt is lifted from them. They are free and forgiven without having to sacrifice themselves in a demonic deal with a false god.
I know it seems pat to say it, but the real weapon of our warfare is the unlimited grace of a loving God and the complete payment for all our sins, past present and future. He never fails us.. ever. Muslims need to hear this.. how to reach them is another issue. I don't have the answer, but
Let's spread the news of the unlimited grace of the true and living God - It could save your life
and theirs
Monday, June 13, 2016
There is HUGE Money Available for Missions.. if it's a Mission that Works
In 2005 I was aware of the huge amount of charitable giving that was going on. Most at that time in history. I contacted some of those people who knew people to contact. I knew many of those with deep pockets who could or would give. They weren't stingy, they were careful.
Many of them were anxious to give into a mission that would fund the intentional conversion efforts towards Muslims globally. These people saw clearly that an unrestrained Islamic move would become an evil unknown till that point in time in the world. This was at the stalemate of the Iraq war and the heat of the Afghan wars.
In 2005 they did not believe bombs, troops and guns would solve anything. They believed in the power of the Gospel to get results if effectively transmitted. They gave me permission to go to people on their behalf and find the best and most powerful tools that they could fund. I began the effort. I was saddened by the outcome. When President Obama was elected there was hope but they didn't understand what he really meant, the expansion of influence of Islam in the USA. Many of these wealthy supported him.
There were few real effective strategies. There were mercy missions. There were silent incursions. There was radio and satellite. There were some other efforts. I met with many. Some who are still friends of mine. All had a story to tell, but without results that anyone was ready to invest in.
Results is what these financiers of missionary work were looking for. Not efforts. I'm not talking about a little money. I'm talking about huge capacity to give. Hungry for a place to invest. Kind of like a Shark Tank for Ministries. IF many of these ministries came in front of the Sharks, they would be laughed out of the room. Day dreams and fairy dust.
I attempted to partner with some large ministries to accomplish this. I won't mention names but one such has become nearly apostate over backing away from constancy in the Gospel. He was ready to bring in the people who could speak truth to the situation. Yet his timidity (a real problem in missionary work) became the single biggest restraint to effectiveness.
The effort was short circuited by the collapse of the economy in 2008. People's money went away. Jobs, businesses and houses were lost. Now 8 years later there are huge amounts of money on the sidelines. There is no where to invest it. Banks pay 0.nothing on interest on deposit. The stock market is scary. Gold is not a safe haven. The world is at war with itself. The uncertainty of the upcoming elections in Britain and the USA have many people shaken.
There is no safety. Even at the Bilderberger meeting, if there was a way to get it done, without war, by conversion, there is money begging to find a home to help with an effective mission. Man's efforts at Missions to turn Islamic Fundamentalists from their evil ways is missing. Mercy doesn't do it. Relief efforts are a waste of time and money. We need a frontal war of truth given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Monied people may not be that christian, but they recognize the need for reform of a distorted anti christian cultural religion against the norm that western society was built upon. At the end it became apparent that there is no effective mission to Muslims that is getting results. Therefore the money stays on the sidelines.
I hoped there was such a mission, one that got results, one that could say with certitude and concreteness.. "God changes hearts through my efforts". There is only one: Only the Holy Ghost's power is what matters and He doesn't need funding.
Many of them were anxious to give into a mission that would fund the intentional conversion efforts towards Muslims globally. These people saw clearly that an unrestrained Islamic move would become an evil unknown till that point in time in the world. This was at the stalemate of the Iraq war and the heat of the Afghan wars.
In 2005 they did not believe bombs, troops and guns would solve anything. They believed in the power of the Gospel to get results if effectively transmitted. They gave me permission to go to people on their behalf and find the best and most powerful tools that they could fund. I began the effort. I was saddened by the outcome. When President Obama was elected there was hope but they didn't understand what he really meant, the expansion of influence of Islam in the USA. Many of these wealthy supported him.
There were few real effective strategies. There were mercy missions. There were silent incursions. There was radio and satellite. There were some other efforts. I met with many. Some who are still friends of mine. All had a story to tell, but without results that anyone was ready to invest in.
Results is what these financiers of missionary work were looking for. Not efforts. I'm not talking about a little money. I'm talking about huge capacity to give. Hungry for a place to invest. Kind of like a Shark Tank for Ministries. IF many of these ministries came in front of the Sharks, they would be laughed out of the room. Day dreams and fairy dust.
I attempted to partner with some large ministries to accomplish this. I won't mention names but one such has become nearly apostate over backing away from constancy in the Gospel. He was ready to bring in the people who could speak truth to the situation. Yet his timidity (a real problem in missionary work) became the single biggest restraint to effectiveness.
The effort was short circuited by the collapse of the economy in 2008. People's money went away. Jobs, businesses and houses were lost. Now 8 years later there are huge amounts of money on the sidelines. There is no where to invest it. Banks pay 0.nothing on interest on deposit. The stock market is scary. Gold is not a safe haven. The world is at war with itself. The uncertainty of the upcoming elections in Britain and the USA have many people shaken.
There is no safety. Even at the Bilderberger meeting, if there was a way to get it done, without war, by conversion, there is money begging to find a home to help with an effective mission. Man's efforts at Missions to turn Islamic Fundamentalists from their evil ways is missing. Mercy doesn't do it. Relief efforts are a waste of time and money. We need a frontal war of truth given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Monied people may not be that christian, but they recognize the need for reform of a distorted anti christian cultural religion against the norm that western society was built upon. At the end it became apparent that there is no effective mission to Muslims that is getting results. Therefore the money stays on the sidelines.
I hoped there was such a mission, one that got results, one that could say with certitude and concreteness.. "God changes hearts through my efforts". There is only one: Only the Holy Ghost's power is what matters and He doesn't need funding.
Words of a Terrorist who Killed People who didn't Embrace his Radical Religious World View
You might recognize this
It's the words of Saul the Zealot who later became known more commonly by the name Paul the Apostle. Romans 5:8-13
It is this hope any of us who love God and pray for peace can have. To allow the Zealots to kill at random without opposition or resistance in the name of toerance is a warped view of scripture.
To see them confronted with the truth of who Jesus really is must be our goal. Plus we must see a way to counter with truth the lies spoken by misleaders in Islam and in Christianity. This does not require anything other than standing against them with a loud voice and not one that pretends that the real problem is ease of access to swords (as might have been said in Saul's day).
I prophesy that eyes will be opened in spite of the desire by the devil to inflict further blindness. That we are standing against an Antichrist spirit that strikes out against freedom and liberty. I may not and don't embrace those things that many in the spirit of liberty engage in, but I understand that liberty has always been taken.
Truth and the Transformation that follows must be made real in the global culture. To pretend that Christianity is simply equal to all other world religions, even Judaism, is a slap in the face of the grace of God. We have the answer to the world's decline into the abyss. Let's face that, and begin the long march to the fullness of God's manifested spirit thru the Power of the Holy Ghost.
One will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
It's the words of Saul the Zealot who later became known more commonly by the name Paul the Apostle. Romans 5:8-13
It is this hope any of us who love God and pray for peace can have. To allow the Zealots to kill at random without opposition or resistance in the name of toerance is a warped view of scripture.
To see them confronted with the truth of who Jesus really is must be our goal. Plus we must see a way to counter with truth the lies spoken by misleaders in Islam and in Christianity. This does not require anything other than standing against them with a loud voice and not one that pretends that the real problem is ease of access to swords (as might have been said in Saul's day).
I prophesy that eyes will be opened in spite of the desire by the devil to inflict further blindness. That we are standing against an Antichrist spirit that strikes out against freedom and liberty. I may not and don't embrace those things that many in the spirit of liberty engage in, but I understand that liberty has always been taken.
Truth and the Transformation that follows must be made real in the global culture. To pretend that Christianity is simply equal to all other world religions, even Judaism, is a slap in the face of the grace of God. We have the answer to the world's decline into the abyss. Let's face that, and begin the long march to the fullness of God's manifested spirit thru the Power of the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
When the Sifter Sifts
Peter was told by Jesus that he would deny Jesus but turn back...
you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”…
Luke 22: 30-32
There is something we need to see here:
1. Satan ASKS permission. It was not withheld.
2. Jesus does not pray that Simon Peter not be sifted, but that his faith will not fail.
3. He knows Peter will turn back and Jesus wants him to strengthen others.
What did that sifting look like?
Accusations (aren't you one of his disciples)
Confirmation (Your accent gives you away)
Denial of the accusations (I don't know the man)
This is how the accuser of the brethren does it. Accusing.
But the truth is some accusations find the mark.
Denial is the problem. It's the coverup that kills. It's the constant defense that is the problem. It was for Peter, It is for us.
As I reflect on the current news cycle I see people running for the highest office in the land being sifted by accusations. Some are true. Some find the mark. They are being sifted. It's what the sifter does.
The difference is who is praying for the ones being accused. If they are to be victorious over the sifters, come out of this whole and return to strengthen others, that person is going to need prayer. They cannot make it without.
I am convinced that Prayer is going to be the key to the outcome of the election and the capacity for the next President whoever he or she is to lead effectively.
Sadly, somewhere along the line, the current president lost his way. Many of his unrighteous decisions and policies have revealed a lack of prayer being made for him. He has become deceived and used of the enemy to promote things like gay marriage, transgender bathrooms, gays in the military, blessing of Planned Parenthood and using agencies like the EPA and IRS for evil intent. His promotion of racial disharmony exists because prayer did not.
What are we to do? We must pray that as the sifter sifts these people like wheat, that they return to strengthen us. Not destroy us.
you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”…
Luke 22: 30-32
There is something we need to see here:
1. Satan ASKS permission. It was not withheld.
2. Jesus does not pray that Simon Peter not be sifted, but that his faith will not fail.
3. He knows Peter will turn back and Jesus wants him to strengthen others.
What did that sifting look like?
Accusations (aren't you one of his disciples)
Confirmation (Your accent gives you away)
Denial of the accusations (I don't know the man)
This is how the accuser of the brethren does it. Accusing.
But the truth is some accusations find the mark.
Denial is the problem. It's the coverup that kills. It's the constant defense that is the problem. It was for Peter, It is for us.
As I reflect on the current news cycle I see people running for the highest office in the land being sifted by accusations. Some are true. Some find the mark. They are being sifted. It's what the sifter does.
The difference is who is praying for the ones being accused. If they are to be victorious over the sifters, come out of this whole and return to strengthen others, that person is going to need prayer. They cannot make it without.
I am convinced that Prayer is going to be the key to the outcome of the election and the capacity for the next President whoever he or she is to lead effectively.
Sadly, somewhere along the line, the current president lost his way. Many of his unrighteous decisions and policies have revealed a lack of prayer being made for him. He has become deceived and used of the enemy to promote things like gay marriage, transgender bathrooms, gays in the military, blessing of Planned Parenthood and using agencies like the EPA and IRS for evil intent. His promotion of racial disharmony exists because prayer did not.
What are we to do? We must pray that as the sifter sifts these people like wheat, that they return to strengthen us. Not destroy us.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
IF we really believed, IF we really Knew who we are, how would we then live?
I heard the Lord say to me once: "You really don't trust me do you". I objected but the truth was.. I didn't. It hurt to hear Him say it, but I needed to hear.
Since then I have come to realize I live below my spiritual potential because I really Don't Believe fully, I don't represent by my life what I say I believe and I do not know fully yet who I am in Christ or who he is in me.
IF I truly believed I am saved and sanctified by the Blood of Jesus alone and nothing of my own doing.. how would I behave?
If I believed that all my healings are and were for me today, would I accept malady as easily as I do?
If I truly believed that all the fullness of riches in Glory are supposed to be mine, would I worry so much about money?
If I truly believed that God's mercy towards me is only for my good and not for my destruction ever would I worry so much?
If I truly believed that I have been delivered from so many catastrophes in my life by the Spirit of the Living God would I live any differently? More fearlessly?
And If I truly understood fully the grace of God in my life would I not want to use it to fulfill my destiny in Him?
I think we and ME do not really believe every promise made in the word of God. We are timid, passive, fearful, concerned, angry, deceived and a zillion other things because of our unbelief.
SO.. like that dad long ago.. Help me Lord from my Unbelief.
Since then I have come to realize I live below my spiritual potential because I really Don't Believe fully, I don't represent by my life what I say I believe and I do not know fully yet who I am in Christ or who he is in me.
IF I truly believed I am saved and sanctified by the Blood of Jesus alone and nothing of my own doing.. how would I behave?
If I believed that all my healings are and were for me today, would I accept malady as easily as I do?
If I truly believed that all the fullness of riches in Glory are supposed to be mine, would I worry so much about money?
If I truly believed that God's mercy towards me is only for my good and not for my destruction ever would I worry so much?
If I truly believed that I have been delivered from so many catastrophes in my life by the Spirit of the Living God would I live any differently? More fearlessly?
And If I truly understood fully the grace of God in my life would I not want to use it to fulfill my destiny in Him?
I think we and ME do not really believe every promise made in the word of God. We are timid, passive, fearful, concerned, angry, deceived and a zillion other things because of our unbelief.
SO.. like that dad long ago.. Help me Lord from my Unbelief.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
God will not Tolerate an Affront to His Dominion
There is a direct assault against Christians and Christianity around the globe. You have to be blind to think otherwise. What is worse much of it comes from inside the borders of the USA. Our national leaders either support or ignore the frontal push to quiet the voice of God.
Even in churches the voice of God is no longer heard. Compromise is the heart of modern theology.
This is not new, It has happened again and again in history. When you see the kind of open rebellion against God and much of it promoted by misleaders, you can be sure there will be a supernatural backlash. It will come in 3 forms:
Many lukewarm so called Christians will fall away as the pressure builds. They will resort to being silent as people are persecuted and die at the hands of satan's servants.
Difficulty from economic and international collapse will cause many to turn to Jesus in desperation ushering in the greatest move of God seen in a hundred years.
The opposition to this will come not just from the secularists but from the nominal church world. People will come to see the empty rhetoric of churchianity. Many churches will close.
Lawless people will become more bold against righteousness and at the same time Godly men and women will develop a spine and stand against this.
This is already in motion. It doesn't take a prophet to see the unraveling. We have been the author of our own decline.The division is clear.
Look UP for your redemption is nigh. Have faith in God and believe Him to move.. You are a part of this move as you pray and move HIS hand.
Even in churches the voice of God is no longer heard. Compromise is the heart of modern theology.
Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego would have been ridiculed by
today's church for standing up to Nebuchadnezzar
This is not new, It has happened again and again in history. When you see the kind of open rebellion against God and much of it promoted by misleaders, you can be sure there will be a supernatural backlash. It will come in 3 forms:
Many lukewarm so called Christians will fall away as the pressure builds. They will resort to being silent as people are persecuted and die at the hands of satan's servants.
Difficulty from economic and international collapse will cause many to turn to Jesus in desperation ushering in the greatest move of God seen in a hundred years.
The opposition to this will come not just from the secularists but from the nominal church world. People will come to see the empty rhetoric of churchianity. Many churches will close.
Lawless people will become more bold against righteousness and at the same time Godly men and women will develop a spine and stand against this.
This is already in motion. It doesn't take a prophet to see the unraveling. We have been the author of our own decline.The division is clear.
Look UP for your redemption is nigh. Have faith in God and believe Him to move.. You are a part of this move as you pray and move HIS hand.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Not Gloom and Doom, Preparation
I wrote this a few years ago. It seems gloomy. It's not. It's not Judgement on a nation. It is what will happen if a raft of EMP attacks begin. It is the single most deadly weapon in the arsenal today. It doesn't kill directly, it initiates us killing one another. I'm not afraid as much as convinced we do not grasp how deadly this can be. It has not yet been tried, but will be ultimately. The gloomy say 90% of us will be dead in 6 months in the USA after such an attack. I don't know if I believe that, but it will domino. So read this and consider what your role in the aftermath of such will be.
From 2013
There is going be a complete economic reset in the nations, particularly harsh among those nations who have tried to game the global economic system to sustain unsustainably mostly in western countries. This will mean the collapse of currencies. This will mean warfare intranationally (civil war) as services collapse. It will start slowly; Detroit was considered a black swan. That destiny waits for many cities, states and nations. Prophets have declared in the past that Detroit would be a pattern for the nation. Many spiritual leaders didn't think it would be like this. Other cities will collapse, then states and eventually the whole nation.
Once one large western nation collapses, other economic dominoes will follow; one at a time.
That will create the chaos that neutralizes the supposed power of a one world currency.
People will form these smaller subcultures. Skill will once again become the currency of exchange. I will do for you as you do for me. Exchange will be conducted with hand written IOUs in small community groups. Those who have nothing to offer (skill), those who cannot contribute in these small sustaining subcultures will die. Man's fallen nature will not support one another in a godless society. Give to get. Dog eat dog. Raw survival.
Add to this the constancy of violent global weather conditions, not unusual, just constant. This will result in unmet needs in nations. When earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, epidemics, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, tornadoes, floods, landslides and a hundred other killer events occur after a global economic collapse (I promise one is coming) there will be no response. There will be no one able to respond. People will perish. There will be much death and destruction from this. There is hope however and it bears the signs of rebirth. Read on. All this seems like doom and gloom and the end of all things. It's not, its birth pangs as the Kingdom of God is advancing.
Those who look to these events as the end of the world aren't looking at the optimistic future I see. BUT, you can say, "Doesn’t seem very optimistic to me". NO, if we depend on our leadership, our government or the corrupt world economic system, we have good reasons for pessimism.
There is no cause for optimism as long as two altars are erected in every home, city, church, state and nation. One allegedly to the God of our Fathers and one to the Beast supported by the false prophet. We have that situation now. There are two altars in many churches, Baal and God. One is an altar of prosperity and fertility (Baal) and one is to Father God (giving lip service to trusting HIM for provision and protection). It's time for one of them to be torn down.
The result of Baal worship is that those who support it become dog food. Jezebel and Ahab were a type of this religious system of government with it false prophets who supported this evil government and economic bondage system (as is being formed right now in the USA). The worship of Baal was for the purpose of assuring prosperity. That's the antichrist system we have in effect today. You don't have to look for the antichrist spirit; he is in the news every day. You don't have to wonder what religious governmental combine is supported by this. It's global.
It's a strange combination, the false prophet is encouraging tolerance by imposing intolerance. Islam is one such, but as John the Apostle said, the antichrist is already in the world and there are many antichrists.
When you see a false worship based on peace and prosperity wrapped up in government and supported by media with a degraded culture (as seen on TV and it's not Sham Wow) you see the beginning of the day when it must all be thrown down by the Eunuchs and consumed by the dogs. THROW HER DOWN.
There will be places of refuge, but they won't be predictable. They will happen as the Holy Spirit manifests Christ among us. Many places will remain in deep darkness, but the Holy Spirit will brood above the deep darkness and bring light at His Word.
This will result in the greatest awakening the world has ever known, even in Israel spiritual birth will come as a sign and a wonder. Jesus will be manifested even greater than we have ever known. Nearly all churches, as we have known them will dissolve. Our focus on some supposed future event will be discarded for the realization that here and now is the fullness of the Presence of Christ. In the natural tragedies of flood and famine there will be supernatural events that point to the true and living God. Manna, Healing, Wholeness, Provision. It is that happening at the hands of Holy Ghost empowered witnesses (not witnessing, being witnesses) demonstrating deliverance to the nations.
From 2013
There is going be a complete economic reset in the nations, particularly harsh among those nations who have tried to game the global economic system to sustain unsustainably mostly in western countries. This will mean the collapse of currencies. This will mean warfare intranationally (civil war) as services collapse. It will start slowly; Detroit was considered a black swan. That destiny waits for many cities, states and nations. Prophets have declared in the past that Detroit would be a pattern for the nation. Many spiritual leaders didn't think it would be like this. Other cities will collapse, then states and eventually the whole nation.
Once one large western nation collapses, other economic dominoes will follow; one at a time.
That will create the chaos that neutralizes the supposed power of a one world currency.
People will form these smaller subcultures. Skill will once again become the currency of exchange. I will do for you as you do for me. Exchange will be conducted with hand written IOUs in small community groups. Those who have nothing to offer (skill), those who cannot contribute in these small sustaining subcultures will die. Man's fallen nature will not support one another in a godless society. Give to get. Dog eat dog. Raw survival.
Add to this the constancy of violent global weather conditions, not unusual, just constant. This will result in unmet needs in nations. When earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, epidemics, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, tornadoes, floods, landslides and a hundred other killer events occur after a global economic collapse (I promise one is coming) there will be no response. There will be no one able to respond. People will perish. There will be much death and destruction from this. There is hope however and it bears the signs of rebirth. Read on. All this seems like doom and gloom and the end of all things. It's not, its birth pangs as the Kingdom of God is advancing.
Those who look to these events as the end of the world aren't looking at the optimistic future I see. BUT, you can say, "Doesn’t seem very optimistic to me". NO, if we depend on our leadership, our government or the corrupt world economic system, we have good reasons for pessimism.
There is no cause for optimism as long as two altars are erected in every home, city, church, state and nation. One allegedly to the God of our Fathers and one to the Beast supported by the false prophet. We have that situation now. There are two altars in many churches, Baal and God. One is an altar of prosperity and fertility (Baal) and one is to Father God (giving lip service to trusting HIM for provision and protection). It's time for one of them to be torn down.
The result of Baal worship is that those who support it become dog food. Jezebel and Ahab were a type of this religious system of government with it false prophets who supported this evil government and economic bondage system (as is being formed right now in the USA). The worship of Baal was for the purpose of assuring prosperity. That's the antichrist system we have in effect today. You don't have to look for the antichrist spirit; he is in the news every day. You don't have to wonder what religious governmental combine is supported by this. It's global.
It's a strange combination, the false prophet is encouraging tolerance by imposing intolerance. Islam is one such, but as John the Apostle said, the antichrist is already in the world and there are many antichrists.
When you see a false worship based on peace and prosperity wrapped up in government and supported by media with a degraded culture (as seen on TV and it's not Sham Wow) you see the beginning of the day when it must all be thrown down by the Eunuchs and consumed by the dogs. THROW HER DOWN.
There will be places of refuge, but they won't be predictable. They will happen as the Holy Spirit manifests Christ among us. Many places will remain in deep darkness, but the Holy Spirit will brood above the deep darkness and bring light at His Word.
This will result in the greatest awakening the world has ever known, even in Israel spiritual birth will come as a sign and a wonder. Jesus will be manifested even greater than we have ever known. Nearly all churches, as we have known them will dissolve. Our focus on some supposed future event will be discarded for the realization that here and now is the fullness of the Presence of Christ. In the natural tragedies of flood and famine there will be supernatural events that point to the true and living God. Manna, Healing, Wholeness, Provision. It is that happening at the hands of Holy Ghost empowered witnesses (not witnessing, being witnesses) demonstrating deliverance to the nations.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Devils Scheme to Divert, Delude and Confuse God's People
The word of God regarding Lucifer is one of a being that lives in delusion.
He thought he could tempt Jesus to fall.
He thought he was destroying God's creation in the Garden when he appeared beautiful and resplendent to Eve
He thought he could rise to the level of being God himself.
That is the voice of a deluded being. He has people enslaved that sound just like him.
That voice sounds among his people even today. He uses imaginations, ambitions, greed, selfishness and vain speculations to divert and confuse God's chosen into being useless in the kingdom.
I know right away when I am dealing with such a person. It doesn't take great discernment. Here are the signs of this corruption that has taken place:
They see a movie and begin to frame their world around it as if the movie carries some level of truth. I remember well a good man who used to have a vital ministry all taken by the movie about George W Bush called W. He was convinced it was nearly a documentary. He lost his ministry.
Movies and television are powerful delusion machines and the devil knows just how to use it.
The Internet and it's many portals is a cesspool of speculations, quarrels, conflicts, controversies and semantics all designed to confuse.
Books and magazines can carry the lie forward as well.
What is worse is you can hear this on "Christian" TV and Radio. Gobbeldy gook. Confusion. Misinformation. You may even hear it from the pulpit under which you are sitting this very day. The capacity to believe the lie is much easier than facing the truth.
Many get rich quick or at least easy schemes are driven by these delusional ambitions. There is nothing to them, particularly the Multi Level schemes. When I hear people trapped in the delusion they sound just like Satan... I WILL. It's not inspiration, it's delusion.
We have a sad state of affairs today. People missing God. People believing the lies.
Jesus said, "If you know the truth, the truth will set you free". Yet most of humanity lives under a dark cloud of lies, suspicions, confusions and delusion. This must stop.
It's high time to get back to the reality of life. His name is Jesus. He's really all you will ever need.. ever. You don't need the delusions.
He thought he could tempt Jesus to fall.
He thought he was destroying God's creation in the Garden when he appeared beautiful and resplendent to Eve
He thought he could rise to the level of being God himself.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O
day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that
didst lay low the nations!
13 And thou saidst in thy heart,
13 And thou saidst in thy heart,
I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God; and
I will sit upon the mount of
congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.
That is the voice of a deluded being. He has people enslaved that sound just like him.
That voice sounds among his people even today. He uses imaginations, ambitions, greed, selfishness and vain speculations to divert and confuse God's chosen into being useless in the kingdom.
- refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. 2 Timothy 2:23
- speculation rather than the stewardship of God's work, which is by faith. 1 Timothy 1:4
- an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth.
To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.
1 Timothy 6:4-5
- What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don't they come from the passions at war within you? James 4:1
I know right away when I am dealing with such a person. It doesn't take great discernment. Here are the signs of this corruption that has taken place:
They see a movie and begin to frame their world around it as if the movie carries some level of truth. I remember well a good man who used to have a vital ministry all taken by the movie about George W Bush called W. He was convinced it was nearly a documentary. He lost his ministry.
Movies and television are powerful delusion machines and the devil knows just how to use it.
The Internet and it's many portals is a cesspool of speculations, quarrels, conflicts, controversies and semantics all designed to confuse.
Books and magazines can carry the lie forward as well.
What is worse is you can hear this on "Christian" TV and Radio. Gobbeldy gook. Confusion. Misinformation. You may even hear it from the pulpit under which you are sitting this very day. The capacity to believe the lie is much easier than facing the truth.
Many get rich quick or at least easy schemes are driven by these delusional ambitions. There is nothing to them, particularly the Multi Level schemes. When I hear people trapped in the delusion they sound just like Satan... I WILL. It's not inspiration, it's delusion.
We have a sad state of affairs today. People missing God. People believing the lies.
Jesus said, "If you know the truth, the truth will set you free". Yet most of humanity lives under a dark cloud of lies, suspicions, confusions and delusion. This must stop.
It's high time to get back to the reality of life. His name is Jesus. He's really all you will ever need.. ever. You don't need the delusions.
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