Gene - a prophet

One Year Later...the Revelation Manifested

2012-02-14T08:01:00.003-06:00

It was a cold winter night exactly one year ago tonight (the fifteenth actually). 79th and Ashland. Chicago. Crusaders Church. Apostle John Eckhardt was ministering prophetically (with another man). It was one of those precious prophetic flow nights. I needed a word...not from Apostle, from God. I was down, worried, troubled.

I had just been dealt a severe blow in my life. A customer had cheated me of nearly a hundred thousand dollars in payment due me. I am not a wealthy man. This was going to hurt. Not bankruptcy...but pain and difficulty. At my age and state of life this was going to change our lifestyle. I was fearful.

I was sitting in the building where I like to sit. Off to the right side of the platform, about ten rows back in the middle. As inconspicuous as a large older balding white man can be at Crusaders.

While the flow was going on, I was looking hard as the words were given to find something for myself. I was writing down what fit.

Suddenly I heard the Lord speak to me...clearly. I won't try to explain how that happens, if you have had this happen, you will understand. If not, you will someday -- I hope. Not a booming voice, a rising sound in the Spirit coming from deep inside yet clearly from the outside of you. That's what is sounds like when God speaks. It is a voice of peace, joy, love, patience without condemnation but with light and revelation. The kind that drives saints to fall before Him prostrate in awe. He is constantly speaking to his people, audibly in the Spirit, we just aren't hearing Him.

What He said to me has changed my life forever. I hope this will help you as you read this.

I heard in the Spirit the Lord said:

"You don't trust me...do you"?

Yes I do, I love you, believe in you, you are my God, I am your man.

"I know that...but you don't really trust Me".

I do...I really do..."I hope"

"IF you really trusted Me you wouldn't be sitting here in fear and anxiety over your future. You fears over your business and your life would not be stronger than your trust in Me".

At that moment I was crushed. Here I was, in this conversation with the creator of all the universe being humiliated (in love), I could prophecy to kings and yet was personally destroyed.

I repented. I felt foolish. Broken. Then a wave of Holy Love flowed over me. I could feel it. It was like a waterfall of warm oil flowing from the top of my head down to the bottom of my feet. Accepting. Reassuring.

Then after a time in this state, the Lord spoke again...

"If you will trust me without question I will show you the secret revelation to My supernatural Provision and Protection so you can walk in absolute trust in My care for you. Can you trust me that completely?"

I said YES..but I was still fearful. Then He asked me to do something unusual.

He said, "Take out a piece of paper, write down the numbers I am about to give you".

I did, big numbers. Then he identified what they were. Incomes. Sources. Revenues. Places I wouldn't be hurt financially. Places of deliverance in my life. Provisions. Protections. When this promise process was complete, I had to admit it was more than I could hope or imagine in my state at that moment. I was living on credit cards with no money in the bank at that moment. Yet, He had given me His word. I still have that sheet of paper from my notebook. It happened exactly as he said.

Then he said to me, "I will give you supernatural revelation regarding my program of Protection and Provision if you will hear my voice and search the scriptures as I direct to uncover the truth. My people are perishing for lack of this revelation".

For the next 90 days I spoke not a word about this to anyone. He was in the process of revelaing this to me. I wrote down what he said. Then 90 days after this revelation I went public with this and offered to share it as best I could with whomever would hear.

I have shared this as best as can be in a 40 minute talk with a dozen congregations or groups. I wish I could tell you everyone who hears this is filled with great joy and hope. In fact, I have been argued with, disdained and had people get up and walk out. It is not a pearl that you can have without a great price being paid. This requires a new level of obedience into which most Christians are unwilling to enter. Our western culture has erected a wall against this revelation. We have been over-taught incorrectly.

I thought of trying to do this as a You Tube teaching. Too short. This can't be taught, it must be imparted. Several posts on the Prophet Gene Blog have cracked open the door. Yet, the revelation is grasped only by a few.

While I was on vacation I spent several days early in the morning with a pad and pen writing in longhand in completion of a book I had begun writing on this. I write even more voluminously in longhand than I do on the computer (and I'm pretty loquacious on the computer). The words rushed off the end of my pen. A ready writer, I wrote faster and with more eloquence than I am able to in the flesh. This revelation wrote itself.

I have tried to live according to the instruction and revelation given me that cold night one year ago at Crusaders. The result is Peggy and I have had our best year since 1992. God has shown Himself even more faithful than He promised. He protects and provides. From that place of protection and provision he has allowed me to prosper. Unless we are in the flow of his protection and provision, prosperity can never come. If sudden wealth does manifest, it will destroy us. Consider Lottery Winners.

Anyone can access this truth, but there is a price to pay. Everything has to be wrung out of our comfortable lives: Our theology is messed up regarding the end times, our view of Israel is confused, our understanding of kingdom is out of sync with the real Kingdom, our grasp of God's demands on our wealth is blinded, our hearts towards others in generosity is distorted, our mouth's confession hobble the destiny God placed in us, our dealings with our fellow believers and spiritual leaders is a limiting factor in our walk toward this reality. There are so many things in our western christian culture that auger against God's plan for Provision and Protection that we are crushed...as I was.

Most of the prosperity teaching of the last 35 years on Television and from the Pulpits of America have actually had the opposite effect, we are more impoverished than ever. The enemy controls our destiny by our pocketbooks. This is a stench in the nostril of God. It was not his plan.

I would lie to you if I said I have never had a second's doubt. But the voice of God rings in my ears..."You don't trust Me, do you?". May my answer ever be Yes, Lord, Yes.

May you as well. The Lord has placed this secret in my hands, several other prophets have since this time spoken portions of this as well. Even in the secular world there are voices reinforcing what the Lord has shown me.

Our government, much of Religion, our culture, our educational system positions itself against the manifestation of this revelation. I am confident Father will prevail. His word is not being released to return to Him void. We are about to enter a season of crisis where this word will be essential.

I Trust HIM. YOU?

When it appears I am against Barack Obama and all Liberalism, I cannot comprimise on my core convictions

2012-02-13T10:08:00.003-06:00

What I Stand For - My Core Convictions

1. The sanctity of Life before birth and after birth. Equality before the law, for all people, born and unborn - Barack Obama supports planned parenthood

2. The essential of strong families and traditional marriage - Liberals support gay marriage

3. The need to do good in the world thru Non Governmental Efforts (NGOs). Charity and Relief is best done by individuals and Churches. - Welfare state expands, nationally and internationally

4. The essential human right of Freedom of Speech for everyone. Basic human rights not to be infringed by anyone-- (freedom of association, right to bear arms, right to privacy, etc) - Our basic rights are at risk every day from the left, gun control, free speech.

5. The elimination of all forms of racism - BLACK AND WHITE

6. Private liberty balanced with public decency and morality. Not imposed. - I want to see decency taught, not imposed, that requires religion in the public square, not excluded from the classroom as it is now

7. Limited simplified government that promotes Free market principles with minimal intervention from government or government-like bodies - Our present government intervenes more than it is possible to imagine.

When any institution, any government, any agency, any politician speaks or acts against any of these I rise up against them. How about you, do you have core convictions??

Or will you fall for lies, it's not about voting for republicans or democrats, it's about voting for your core values. No man can stand if he stands on nothing.

Wilting on the Vine

2012-02-13T09:06:00.002-06:00

This is NOT about plants...they are a metaphor.

This is NOT about the Church I attend, it's a place where revelation came.

Sunday in Church I watered the plants. Its what I do. I have been gone two weeks. Before I left I watered them. They hadn't had a drop to drink since and until I came back.

They might live. I hope so.

As I was going thru the process the Lord spoke to me.

Son, do you know why so many churches are adorned with plastic plants? It's a type of the religion that pervades these houses dedicated to Me. They are easy. Require no care. Disposable. Look nice but when they are shop worn are thrown in the dumpster. It's convenient.

I send people to them, they are broken, need care. Inconvenient. They don't know how to maintain life, even new birthed life, so the lives that come are wounded and many die. They substitute plastic religion and ceremony for the life giving living water of My Spirit. The people are thirsty for something real. Something alive. Something exceptional. They are hungry for the genuine. Being treated as something plastic in the pew is no longer acceptable in my sight.

How much more valuable than a plant are the precious ones I send...look to them

I considered this. Had asked if perhaps someone would look after the plants while I am gone. It was shuffled off to someone who doesn't do it but isn't accountable. Sort of like a visitation committee.

Prophetically I don't think we really understand the value of a single soul to God who sent his Son to suffer like a criminal on a cross for even ONE of his creation. Yet we treat them like the plastic plants in our sanctuaries. Stay silent we tell them. Don't demand much and if you leave, you leave. People are inconvenient. People are messy. People take a lot of care. Plastic would be so much easier.

This is NOT an indictment of anyone. It is a wake up call for me...to be very very careful to water well those who are just planted in the household of faith....like a green tree. Until their roots have gone deep and they feed from the river of living water, they will need nurture.

Let's be getter Gardeners in the Kingdom.

" The Whirlwind Called 2012" Shaking In the Earth .Shifting In My People,And Re-Positioning For The Kingdom's Sake!! by Jo Ellen Stevens

2012-02-12T16:22:00.001-06:00

I had a vision a little while ago of a Tornado!! It was picking people up and taking them to different locations and flinging them to new ones!! It was spinning really fast!! All I can say is Some people are getting ready to change positions and locations. It may be a new church or a new city or new Job description. Someone needed to hear this,because you think you have to make a choice,but suddenly you are going to be there and you won't know how it happened so quickly!!! Glory to God!!Get ready for sudden change!! It may seem like a crazy ride at first and even a bit scary,but it will be where the Lord wants you when you land and the dust clears!! People will be where God has been wanting you all along .The place that you have been called to since you were born!!

I believe God is getting ready to very quickly and suddenly. Bring a huge change and an awaking that will be caused by a shaking. I believe this whirlwind called 2012 Will suck up into it. Many unawares and many that have been warned This is the year that the Lord alone will be exalted, and God will reposition His people, and position them but none will go unaffected by this whirlwind.

A Whirlwind is: something happening very quickly or changing swiftly happening in a rapid succession of events....Spinning rapidly around a column of low pressure

Now this column of low pressure in the middle is going to be where those that God is about to reposition are going to end up and it hurts going in because of the debris of their past lives and the lives of others are tangled up in this whirlwind.It hurts on the way out because you are coming out of the comfort of the eye of the storm and you are leaving what has become familiar and comfortable to you And this is going to hurt for a bit. There are a few purposes in this whirlwind that are going to happen .Some will seem bad at the time,but it is for the purpose of getting you from one place to another very quickly .If you will hear this and know that God is doing a work. You will have peace in the midst of this Storm and it will bring you to an expected end.

1.This whirlwind called 2012 will cause things to be torn down to it's foundation...I had a vision in prayer group one night . about a church. The floor began to shake and come apart God is in the process of shaking foundations .

Heb 12:26-13:2 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

God is a consuming fire and in the middle of this shaking God is getting rid of the impurities that are holding His people back from walking in the fullness of all that he has called them to do. "Many would not go where I am going to take them, but have sought fame in the church and notoriety instead of where I have been actually preparing them for.. I have a people that are in my heart for you to go to , and I am the God that walks in the the dark places of the Earth to seek those that are hurting,the lonely, and the castaways the downtrodden,the drug addicted ,the abused and hurting in their minds from what they have been through. You would go to those that would promote you, but I am not there. So I am going to allow my people to be touched by the feelings of their infirmities ,so that they may have a heart for them. Some of you have already been through this refiners fire and have withstood it and Now I have or will re-position you to those whom I am sending you to."

The foundations that will be shaken will be ,The Church, because this is where I have to start so that when the world begins to shake and it is shaking will have this place of refuge. My people are being re-positioned to be the "little sanctuaries" for the world to run into. The Government is being Shaken and we are seeing this. Riots are beginning to begin in this precursor called Occupy Wall Street. John Paul Jackson talked about a "Robin Hood mentality" that thinks that they are entitled to others wealth that they have made lawfully and with a lot of work. Nations are shaking The dictators are being overturned in many nations and Anarchy is reining in the streets. People open your eyes ,things are being Shaken all around,but the Lord is saying"KNow this it is in answer to the prayers of my Saints that have cryed out to me. The bowls of the prayers of the Saints are being poured out.." In this process i will divide the wheat and the tares and I am asking now as Joshua "Who is on the Lord's side?"

We are to let brotherly Love be our first priority next to Loving God. The only thing that will matter in the days ahead will be your relationship with God and, your relationship with others . God is saying get your relationships in correct priority.

2 Pet 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:2 Pet 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

This will be a time of great Angelic visitation to help those that are carrying out His word. So know that your help is there with you and that some of you will be being tested even by the Angels to see if you are one that will be used by God to minister to the downtrodden. Be careful these people may be Angels you are helping or rejecting.

2 : A whirlwind sucks up thing that are materialistic and blows them away.. Through this wind some of our materialism is getting shaken out of the way through this whirlwind called 2012... Things that can and should be shaken out of us will be and God alone will be sought out because he is getting ready to be our only source and only wisdom and the people that will turn to Him through this ,and lay there head on his breast and listen to his heart and resound his heart will be ready to be repositioned for what god is getting ready to do after the dust settles.

3:Some people get left behind when a whirlwind hits

Prov 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Prov 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Prov 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Prov 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Prov 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Prov 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Prov 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

If you have been a hearer and not a doer of the word you will not be on the rock when the winds blow and the earth and the storms come. You will be shaken!! if you will not heed and harden your heart and especially if you are standing in the way of God's kingdom coming in the Earth. For example you have know to do right and do not do it and you are in the way of others doing their part in the work of God you may find yourself on the outside looking in. You may go to heaven,but there is a time that you could be removed to keep you from getting in God's way. He is a very patient God,but we are in a time when God is removing distractions from his people. Many have “Stood in the way” of people serving or doing a great work for many others. These people's lives are at stake or their souls and if we will be so self absorbed that we stop a person from getting to these then sometimes God has to move you even if it is on to heaven. I know this sounds harsh,but truly you may be in heaven and it may save many others lives. I would rather God get Glory out of me another way tan having to be removed. God loves people this much. Though it will hurt his heart to have to bring this correction.

Nabal was a man that wouldn't help David and even tried to stop what David was doing ,but his wife Abigail went behind Nabal's back and took food to David and His men. The word says that because of this Nabal Took sick and became like stone and in ten days he died. You see if we do not become a part of what God is doing and become a hindrance .We first get a stony heart and then the works of the flesh which are all rooted in selfishness works death. Many have died and I have seen this in my 30 years walking with the Lord. But Abigail was taken as David's wife ,because she recognized the anointing on David and was willing to further the cause. Whoa!! I pray people will not only get this ,but truly heed it!! I am only a messenger in this. God forbid that this is the case of anyone reading this. I truly pray it isn't.

Isa 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Isa 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

5: People wake up when a whirlwind comes, and they either come to action or start looting!! Your true nature comes out in this whirlwind

whatever you have laid up in your heart will come forth in a crisis!! this is going to be an awakening in the earth and it will wake us out of our slumber and many men will call out on God and say what must I do to be saved!! So will you be prepared to give them Jesus or will you hide in a storm shelter. There is only one storm shelter in this, and it is the secret place of the most high!! Psalms 91

Mat 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Whatever you've stored up will come out Is your wick trimmed and your oil full .or will you be wandering around looking for it when It happens

Mat 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Lay up the word in your heart right now!! during a crisis you will show what you are made of. You aren't going to have time when things start coming apart to learn the 91st psalm or start praising then. You will curse if you do not learn to praise him now during the bad times.

6: people are translated to new places so that they can be strategically positioned to be where God wants them when this suddenly happens. Some people are getting ready to be translated be it in this storm or before. You have been preparing your self by listening to God and worshiping him faithfully and filling yourself up with the word .You have been hidden away for such a time as this and now God through the whirlwind is going to give you a platform and send you to a people .That is why all of what is happening is happening to you .You are getting ready to be the Isaiah 60 church!! Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

God is repositioning you to new places in the natural and the spiritual . Now run with the vision that I have given you in this hour says the Lord run with it. For I am making all things new and shaking things and taking people out of your life and placing others in and moving you to new locations for such a time as this!!!

Isa 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Isa 4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.

Carol Kelley: Past Preparation Meets Present Opportunity

2012-02-12T14:40:00.000-06:00

Along with many others, I have been seeking the Lord over the last several months to see what He would desire to say about 2012. I'm looking forward to what lies ahead, and want to press forward into His goals and call (Philippians 3:14).

2011 was a year of great transition in the life of my family, friends, and many others. The Lord told me in the fall of 2010 that there would be significant changes and transition during the next year (see my word on The Elijah List from November 26, 2010: "2011 - A Year and Season of Great Transition for Everyone!"). But the number and magnitude of these changes during 2011 exceeded what I could have anticipated!

One daughter returned home to live with us last January; our second son married and completed his Masters degree; our youngest graduated from college. My husband, Dave, broke his arm and moved into a time of physical therapy and transition as the bone healed. I took a two-month substitute music teaching assignment at our local high school. Three of our children began new jobs, all within a few weeks of each other; and both daughters-in-law also experienced employment changes. My widowed father, assisted by various family members, prepared to move out from his own house into my sister's home. On 11/11/11 (the number "11" represents transition) came the biggest change of all: Dave was clearly led by the Lord as he decided to leave his workplace of 18 years in order to move on to the next phase of our ministry (which God is still defining). His last day was December 2, 2011.

Four Things to Come in 2012

In the fall of 2011, God told me four things to come in 2012:

1. There will be increasing outreach to the nations.

2. Increased apostolic and prophetic partnering will result in "fullness," a multiplication of His harvest on the earth.

3. Past preparation will meet present opportunity. (See Dave Kelley's word from April 3, 2008, "Prepare, Prepare, Prepare!") God will open up new opportunities for His children who have already been prepared and positioned by Him to move into these strategic alignments.

4. 2012 will be a year to sow seeds of generosity.

Four Principles of Generosity

He also showed me four principles of generosity:

1. Give joyfully, not out of guilt or legalism (see II Corinthians 8:2-3; 9:7). Dave and I like to call this "giddy giving"! The Lord wants to break the fear of "not enough."

2. Give ourselves first to the Lord (see II Corinthians 8:5); then He will show us how and when to give of ourselves to others. Be prepared for Him to change some of your expectations!

3. Be ready and prepared to act according to His instructions (see II Corinthians 9:2-5).

4. God is more than able to supply and multiply (see II Corinthians 9:10-11). He will increase our harvest, to His praise and glory!

Four Ways God Provides for His Children

Early in January of this year, the Lord revealed to me at least four ways He can provide for and give prosperity to His children:

1. A return of what was lost or taken. (Genesis 14:16 – Abram recovered what had been taken from him.)

2. A transfer of wealth. (Genesis 15:14 – It was prophesied beforehand to Abram, and took place in Exodus 12:35-36.)

3. Supernatural multiplication. (Genesis 26:12 – Isaac sowed his seed, and God multiplied it a hundredfold in the same year!)

4. God gives a strategy, an idea, an invention, etc., then blesses it. (Genesis 30:31-43; 31:1-12)

May the Lord bless you with new opportunities, strategies, provision and blessings during this coming year!

Carol Kelley
Email: opendoor2012@gmail.com

On the Death of Whitney Houston

2012-02-12T10:57:00.002-06:00

There was a post by Ron the Blessed Economist that fits this news today:

The primary message of the prophets is the person and character of God. Most problems in the church and the world are rooted in an incorrect or unbalanced view of God. Prophets will consistently speak of his love, mercy, righteousness, holiness, sovereignty and justice.

Ergo:
I don't think we can or should extract more out of the early death of Whitney Houston than there is. Whitney was a wonderful singer and actress who was taken places she never imagined she would go. I can only hope that her death will keep us all aware of the demons that... stalk us all to destroy us. Her association with and even marriage to people who were less than her destiny was a doorway to her destruction.

I believe in restoration on the other side of the veil...let's hope for her. IF she made it, she is restored, whole, drug free and without spot or blemish. We can hope.

There is a prophetic indication happening on the eve of a day we consider those we love, the song she is so famous for...I will always love you. That's true of our love for those precious to us now and true of the one who loves us with an everlasting...ALWAYS LOVE YOU...Jesus.

Death is the result of Sin...we weren't intended at creation to die. "Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay".

I will be out of the country till Feb 7 - Regular Programming will ensue after that

2012-01-26T16:20:00.001-06:00

When Obedience isn't

2012-01-26T11:29:00.002-06:00

I have a friend who has on more than one occasion said to the Lord, "Before you ask me, the answer is yes". His intention is to be instantly obedient in all things.

Mostly he is.

Mostly I am.

YET, if you look at what the Lord asks us to do, are we? Keith Green used to wrestle with this. The lyrics of the song "To Obey is Better than Sacrifice" paint a picture of compromise today.

To obey is better than sacrifice
I don't need your money
I want your life
And I hear you say that I'm coming back soon
But you act like I'll never return

Well you speak of grace and my love so sweet
How you thrive on milk, but reject My meat
And I can't help weeping of how it will be
If you keep on ignoring My words
Well you pray to prosper and succeed
But your flesh is something I just can't feed

If the Lord asked you to eat Dung or at least food roasted over dung, if he asked you to walk around naked for a year, or lay on one side for a year, or remain stoic a the death of a spouse.

Obey?

If the Lord sent you to people you hate, despise, would you go, or let them rot in hell?

Obey?

If the Lord asked you to Bark like a Dog, howl like a Lion, Crow like a Chicken in a worship service, would you? Some did...and it caused problems.

Obey?

If the Lord commanded you to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and even declared in a near mandate that you should speak in tongues?

Obey?

I bring this up because it happened to people in the Bible, in revival and in the case of tounges to all people. I have presented this question to good Christian men and they have said, "My God would NEVER ask me to crow like a Rooster in Church, or Bark like a Dog". They are sincere and in a sad way are right. THIER GOD, not the God of the Universe, Won't ask them to do this. They have enthroned man above God.. another God, obeying the mandate of MAN, not GOD. So their God as demonstrated in a fear of Man is the opposite of the Pattern of God who says I am no respecter of persons.

The only thing standing between you and total obedience is your pride, your fear of man and your traditions.

Other Gods.

The word of the Lord:

Thou Shalt have NO other Gods before me for I am a Jealous God.

To Obey is Better than Sacrifice

You Cannot Pass your Mantle to your Children or Children's Children. Only God can do that.

2012-01-25T08:54:00.005-06:00

The Spirit of God in me has railed against presumption manifested by nepotism in ministry. The assumption that being the son or daughter of an effective 5 fold minister somehow by blood passes to the progeny. It happens so seldom that when a black swan event seems to succeed we point to those unique times as examples. They are false. Eli the prophet's sons were failures, Aaron's sons were killed by God for being presumptive in ministry and Samuel who had hopes for his boys, instead raised reprobates. Great men and women of God seldom raise successful successors from their own bloodline.

There are almost zero positive examples of a five fold minister successfully handing down his or her mantle to the next generation. I can think of only a few close calls and they were anemic at best. Joel Osteen doesn't count. If you know the story, he was not handed the ministry from John. John Died, Joel reluctantly picked it up. New day new game.

Why do we not hear of the children of Apostles and Disciples who carried the torch in the Book of Acts or the Epistles? Peter had children. Nothing. Phillips Daughters were prophetesses. What was more often the pattern, recognition was given to a good father or mother who prepared their son or daughter well. When Timothy emerged Lois (his Grandmother) got some sunshine.

Yet the pattern repeats. Again and again we see and hear of spectacular shipwrecks of unprepared children who took over when Pastor dad/mom died or retired from the ministry and the net result was heartbreak. It's almost a guarantee.

What brings this to the surface once again is the arrest of Richard Roberts on a DUI, the son of one of the late Generals of the faith, Oral Roberts, in the past few days. I remember being in a meeting with Richard Roberts in Broken Arrow at Kenneth Hagin's Church. There was great prophetic confidence that he would take over the ministry of his father and do mighty exploits. Nothing has been further from the truth. He has spiraled downward. All the prophetic words in the world couldn't turn a pattern that nearly always occurs. In business as in ministry, family succession is a Rags to Riches to Rags in 2 (Sometimes 3 generations). It's legendary.

There is a prophetic admonition in all this. If you would have your son or daughter follow you in ministry and maybe pick up your mantle someday, get them out of the greenhouse environment of your church and out into the field for hardening off. They will need it. They cannot pick up that mantle unless they have spent years in the desert discovering all the good water holes, the good hiding places, where friends and enemies located, where the escape routes and where the safe caves are. They need to learn to live off the land in a desert place. They need to learn to acquire their own followers from those wandering the desert with them. THEN, if they choose (mostly they won't) they can come back and pick up the mantle you will leave behind. It worked for David...it didn't work as well for Solomon.

It would be better, even if you have a prophetic inkling that they are destined to follow you on, to keep it to yourself. My oldest son told me last year that when he saw me preaching from the pulpit when he was about 13 years old (he's 44 now), he said to himself, "I want to do that". He never told me. He drifted from the faith. Was beaten up in the world. Today he is a Pastor in a Church and doing what he saw me do. I had no clue this was on his heart. If God had shown me, I might have messed it up.

What works in finding a successor for your ministry is discover the graces of God already among you. Nurture and blow on the hot coals of that grace until he or she comes alight. That requires hunger and persistence on the part of the one to follow in desiring the mantle you wear ... not on the one about to hand off the mantle. You will ultimately shed your mantle, who picks it up is not your call. It's God's.

The story of Elijah and Elisha in transition and the passing of Elijah's mantle is how it REALLY happens. The one receiving is in place, prepared, persistent, intent, hungry for more of GOD and when the time comes for the mantle to pass, the transfer is seamless. The mantle fits perfectly. The key to receiving the mantle is how much do y0u really want it, are you willing to pay the price?

I have sat with church leadership with a looming succession crisis to help them understand this pattern of mantle transfer, how necessary it will be for the one to whom the mantle may be passed to be hardened off on the field of battle with principles of ministry hammered out on the anvil of experience. Most of the time that word of wisdom is not received. I'm not offended. I am saddened.

We misunderstand how God sees our family when we decide that ministry is a generational enterprise. He sees us as individuals, not as a family. IF he calls two people from the same family into the ministry it's more often amazing rather than assumed. Yes, I can call by name certain people who's daddy and who's daddy's daddy were in ministry. Sometimes the Grace of God is such that they are able to pick up and carry on (purely by Grace) ...but it is much more often NOT the case. Most of the time this is the road to ministry destruction it took a lifetime to build. I could point to a dozen current examples happening right now all around me. The sad part is everything they ever built, ever planned for, ever believed God for just evaporates as the Mantle is improperly passed. This is a case of not heeding James 4 (from the Message Bible)

Nothing but a Wisp of Fog
^13-15And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, "Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we're off to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money." You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master wills it and we're still alive, we'll do this or that."
^16-17As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.

Hear the Word of the Lord:

I chose YOU for such a time as this. I lift one up and put another down. No man can rob Me of My Glory. I choose the foolish and weak to confound those who believe themselves wise. Your eyes are on your legacy (not MINE) when you appoint your successor by blood. You have no legacy other than what I gave you...when you pass from this earth a new one will emerge to take your place, one of my choosing, not yours. Moses my servant will be dead ... Joshua of no blood to Moses (son of Nun) will be my man in the new day. So it shall be for you.

Only I can measure the heart of a man, only I can define those who I will place before those called by My name. When you speak for Me and proclaim that this one or that one is to take that place, you take my name in vain. I anoint and appoint those who I will. Your duty is to recognize and embrace the ones I chose, just as I chose David, the least, over all of Jesse's sons.

I will draw My mighty men and women from the cave of Adullam, discouraged and hurt. In pain and rejected. Those who's brokenness I can reform into an image of ME, not YOU.

Let those with ears to hear, hear what the Spirit of the Lord says.

2012 – An Unconventional Year - Prophetic Insights By the Holy Spirit through Mary Lindow

2012-01-24T02:27:00.000-06:00

I have a few things I would like to express to you before I share.

* As I prepare to communicate with those whom the Lord may have read these insights that He has impressed me with for the year 2012, I would like to advise that you would read with the intention of allowing the Holy Spirit to direct you to the Word of God for further confirmation and direction.

No one prophetic voice hears all, and it is a wise person who will listen to what the Lord would say through many individuals who have words to share. There will be a thread or theme that flows out of the multitude of voices, and the Lord will prune away what may well be opinions, personal expressions and flamboyance, or even sensational one-upmanship or eerie predictions filled with dread, or - maybe even ambiguous supernatural potential events.

Having shared this, please- as one of God’s own children, always return to His plumb line of the scripture to bring wisdom and balance to any prophetic words you may hear.

Let’s Begin:

2012 - An Unconventional Year

This will be a year where what often looks to be predictable and obvious will instead, go an entire different direction or take an unpredictable course.

The word “ Unconventional” has been the keynote word from the Lord to me.

The word unconventional means:

Unusual, irregular, unorthodox, unfamiliar, uncommon, unwonted, out of the ordinary, atypical, singular, alternative, different; new, novel, innovative, groundbreaking, pioneering, original, unprecedented; eccentric, idiosyncratic, quirky, odd, strange, bizarre, weird, outlandish, curious; abnormal, anomalous, aberrant, extraordinary; nonconformist, Bohemian, avant-garde; informal far out, offbeat, off the wall, wacky, madcap, oddball, zany, hippie, kooky, wacko.

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9

GOD AND MAN AT ODDS
Many have built platforms and empires within their own self-created spheres that have brought for some, great levels of visibility and success. This applies heavily to corporate leaders as well as those holding on to the concept spiritually that one key leader is the “voice” for the many.

2012 will be a year where the abuses of power will continue to be not only exposed and addressed, but will also appallingly be made pubic and drug through more and more media mud slinging.

Again, the Lord has graciously given time to those who still cling to entitlement and an attitude of “specialness”, presuming they are more anointed, more brilliant and who have consistently attempted to be notable authorities, without having the personal lives behind the scene, that honor the heart and purposes of God.

It will be as if a box has been opened for all to see its hidden contents, or perhaps a drape drawn back to see what is hidden behind it. Plagiarism will be rampant in publications in both specular and spiritual genres. It will expose poor scholarship and rushed materials meant to entice hearts and to stroke the ego of the writer.

All of this the Father has warned over and over again within the heart of those now seared by greed and weak confidence in God’s plan and chosen times for promotions.

“ Some became fools through their rebellious ways,
And suffered affliction because of their iniquities.”
Psalm 107:17

TURNING AWAY FROM PRESUMPTION
So often the Lord has had to deal with the issue of His people presuming that “they know how” He- the Lord will or – “should” move in certain settings, only to be gravely disappointed and shocked when it appears as if the opposite happens.

To presume means to take for granted that something exists or is the case. It also means to make unjustified demands; take liberties.

Unless we as believers become solidly and firmly trained up in the study of the Scripture, not just the memorizing and quoting of it randomly, there will continue to be fractured teaching and many bizarre approaches to what is the plan of God for his people on planet earth.

“And He said to them, be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you--and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.”
Mark 4:24

“Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15

POSTURING OR PARENTING?
As the Lord continues to build and establish the model of genuine “Apostolic Fathering and Mothering”, in 2012 there will be a notable “fork in the road” for those called to this daunting assignment from Heaven.

The Father has asked me to lovingly but firmly warn those who are now in the possible place of having broader influences over another generation of developing young and tender leaders, to be very aware of where they stand.

A healthy and wise parent or mentor will train, model and provide safe boundaries for their children or students to grow and learn to step out into, knowing that they will experience difficulties and hardships, as well as many exciting growth spurts.

Those who need to have a following or remain as “cool and hip” as the young people they mentor will face a serious clash in the days ahead of them. Name dropping, self promoting of their spiritual acumen and harsh or condescending talking down to those in their care will result in being disqualified from moving into the next promise of Apostolic training and mentoring centers, which the Lord has been preparing for several decades.

You CAN teach an old Dog New Ways – If you bring in the MASTER trainer.

Saying things like “This is the way that you are” or that you are “set in your ways” exposes willfulness and a need for control. So does boasting that you have worked hard and have “earned” your title and position.” Those who posture or continue to tout their “higher levels of knowledge and insight” will become a sour source of reference, and the King of heaven will not bless them with further influence.

They now have a choice to set things right with those whom they have “kept under their thumbs” and whom have not been allowed to move into to the fullness of their calling. Chose the path of humbling yourselves in the sight of the Lord.

His example of lowliness and the release of others into the harvest fields will be the only model that Father will bless in the days ahead.

I believe all human fatherhood should be patterned after the Divine Fatherhood.

The Lord would have these whom are stand in this place of decision that it does not matter that you have done mighty or impressive things in the past years. That is past and gone. You have received your rewards. Move now into a place where inclusiveness in Kingdom equality and honor are practiced openly and freely. Those who still have the aloof approach in sharing of honor and position will be eventually left on their own, having exhausted and exasperated those whom they were suppose to train and release.

ANOTHER GENERATION ALSO SHINES BRIGHTLY
Let the up and coming leaders in other generations shine in what they do!
Don’t compete or try to be as “cool” as they are in their genre of expression. Let GO!

“Fathers, do not exasperate (harass – provoke - embitter – aggravate)
your children that they may not lose heart and become discouraged.”
Colossians 3:21

He who always finds fault with a child; who is never satisfied with what he does; who scolds and frets and complains will eventually break his spirit, and soon destroys in the delicate texture of his soul all desire of doing well.

The child in despair soon gives over every effort to please. He becomes sullen, morose, stupid, and indifferent to all the motives that can be presented to him, and becomes to a great extent indifferent as to what he does - since all that he does meets with the same reception from the parent.

“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.”
Deuteronomy 4:9

THE POWERLESS AGAINST THE MIGHTY
The Father in heaven has an exclusive responsibility towards His people and He cries out to them through the Holy Spirit that just as he moved on behalf of Asa and his men when surrounded by a vast army and 300 chariots, so will He move again on behalf of those who are obedient to His voice and commands.

He tells you at this time to put HIM between yourself and the enemy.

When Asa realized his lack of strength… THEN he saw Jehovah God crush the Cushites. They were “Crushed before the Lord and their foes.” 2Chronicles 14:13

Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You."
2 Chronicles 14:11

THE “BUGLE” TO BE “FRUGAL”
There will be several “invented” crisis settings in 2012 that will cause many to choose to hoard and stockpile for themselves. They will be quickly exposed as moneymaking schemes and a tool to inflate prices.

Oh the other side of this there will be those who have very little with which to live and eat due to job losses and cutbacks. Those around them, if not filled with the fruits of Grace and Mercy, will become indifferent to the cry of their needs, for there will be many.

“Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.”
Isaiah 58:7

The Lord would have me share that He is indeed watching to see if the heart of the Apostolic move of God can be again modeled as when the people brought what they had, to trusted and integral teams of leaders, who then distributed with prayer and wisdom to all, and none had any lack.

We are at a time where the Body of Christ must share resources willingly and fairly and not justify personal strictures that apply to others, but not them selves.

Here is a scriptural measuring stick to use to observe the true Apostolic heart and Leader.

Psalm 112:9
They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.

FINAL PROPHETIC WORDS
THE UK - IRELAND – FRANCE – GERMANY – CANADA

“Then I was told, You are to make a fresh prophecy
concerning many peoples and races and nations,
And languages and kings.” Revelation 10:11

The United Kingdom
There will be a ROAR of Prayer heard from desperate hearts in the UK. Prayer will be a way of life in many small Hamlets and Villages, and many homes will become chapels of healing and miracles.

The prostitution red light districts in Central London will have an epic move of God as He sends in intercessors in tandem with relevant and fiery Revivalists who will have such a strong presence of God with the Power of Holy Spirit bringing conviction that even the hardest atheist observing it all will be made to run away in terror at the potent power of God falling upon the filth of prostitution.

Joel 2:25
And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, my great army, which I sent among you.

Houses of hope and care will spring up in smaller surrounding areas, where these whom have once been bound will be cared for and restored.

Galatians 6:1
BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit] should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also.

Ireland
There are many hidden and faithful leaders who have weather political and spiritual storms for decades who are now well prepared and ready for the Father’s divine plan for their lives.
Ireland will begin to export teams of Apostolic and Prophetic missionaries into the USA and Europe. These people will have a razor sharp ability to cast out religious spirits hindering moves of God. They will bring with them the fresh songs of praise and worship now ready for the hungry ears of the true worshiper.

The “cynical” Irishman will now become the grand believer declaring – “With God all things are possible”!

There will be a spotlight on Ireland with new technologies being developed and mined there. With it, doors will open for many to travel to Ireland and find Father and Mother Mentors ready to restore, train, and release.

France and Germany
The Father calls France, “A nation now in chaos”. But as an underground stream flows swiftly and quietly, so do those who have determined to pray and intercede with heart wrenching pleas for the Father to move within their land.

A spiritual passivity will begin to be addressed and shaken off of the hearts of fearful and hidden believers. There will begin to be a few strong and ethical governmental leaders rise up who will begin to risk addressing the rapidly encroaching militant attacks against the people of France and its outlying regions. There will be community vigils of prayer in local churches and the repenting of passiveness and elitist thinking.

German and French believers will begin to view one another in a Kingdom perspective and join in prayer and service to one another, creating a groundswell of food pantries with farmers and dairies that will create CO-OPs.

The key to breaking the spiritual stagnation in France will be the humbling of hearts before the Throne of God, and reaching out beyond its own borders.

Ephesians 2: 14
For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us.

Germany
Germany will have a large revolt and uprising from among the youth as the economy continues to stress and bend. Looting and the stealing and selling of automobiles will become a raging epidemic.

For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching [salvation, procured by Christ and to be had through Him], to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him).
1 Corinthians 1:21

Simultaneously, Young street evangelists who have been well trained as well as educated will be commissioned to reach out to those rioting and manifesting. Government leaders will not know what to do with the uproar, and sanctions against open religious expressions will be put in place.

Nevertheless, young Paul’s and Silas’s will not fear what man can do to them and will continue to flow in the power of Evangelism, seeing the hand of God spare the lives of many.

Jonah 3:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach and cry out to it the preaching that I tell you.

CANADA
Canada will experience one of its most prosperous seasons even known, for a short season.
The Lord would have Canada know that they must deal fairly with the wealth that they will produce and pay back the First Native families, and with Godly equity. If this is not addressed with wisdom and integrity, Canada will have to pass through the sorrows of disobedience.

Canadian Intercessors are being awakened and called up to stand in the place of prayer for its leaders and tribes. Now is not the time for silliness and laughter.

It is a sober day, with a command for sober prayers.

Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful, cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect).
1 Thessalonians 5:6

“Get up! Stand UP! Be Purposeful,” says the Lord. How do you not know that through your borders I can bring a North American Wave of Justice and Restoration?”

1 Peter 1:13
So brace up your minds; be sober (circumspect, morally alert); set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace (divine favor) that is coming to you when Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is revealed.

In Closing, I bless you, the reader of these prophetic insights, in the Name of Jesus.
May His word be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.
2 Peter 1:21

“Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. ”
Revelation 19:10

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Blessed Economist: Prophets are Different

2012-01-23T06:42:00.000-06:00

This may help us all understand something about Prophets:

To a person endowed with prophetic insight, everyone else appears blind; to a person whose ear perceives God’s voice, everyone else appears deaf. No one is just; no knowing is strong enough, no trust complete enough. The prophet hates the approximate, he shuns the middle of the road. Man must live on the summit to avoid the abyss. There is nothing to hold to except God. Carried away by the challenge, the demand to straighten out man’s ways, the prophet is strange, one-sided, an unbearable extremist.

Blessed Economist: Prophets are Different

Words that Move the Hand of God

2012-01-22T18:18:00.004-06:00

Here's what the Lord says (amplified):

^{Isaiah 44:25}[I am the Lord] Who frustrates the signs and confounds the omens [upon which the false prophets' forecasts of the future are based] of the [boasting] liars and makes fools of diviners, Who turns the wise backward and makes their knowledge foolishness,
²⁶[The Lord] Who confirms the word of His servant and performs the counsel of His messengers, Who says of Jerusalem, She shall [again] be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall [again] be built, and I will raise up their ruins,
²⁷Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers,

IF that's true...then how should we live as a Prophet?

This keeps me in line. The Lord seems to be saying, if you speak it, I will bring it to pass...

Our words carry power..use them carefully.

John Belt: Yielding Our Souls to the Desires of the Spirit

2012-01-22T12:25:00.001-06:00

One of the things that is constant in our lives is the need to yield ourselves to the desires of the Holy Spirit. Everyone has desires. Everyone has preferences. But all of these things have to yield to the desires of the Spirit. It goes back to the saying, "He is God and we are not." On one hand, God has delegated great authority to us in regards to His Kingdom. Our faith can move His hand, actually causing Him to act, because He is so pleased with faith. On the other hand, God ultimately has our best interest in mind. He knows when we cross over into thinking we know what is best – when it is more purely us rather than Him. In this, He will basically put in plan His "safe-guard." What I'm referring to is He knows more than we know, knows what is on the other end of things, and protects us when we think we know what is best for us, but we really don't. In this, we simply yield to His desires, because Father knows best.

Sure enough, if we get caught up in anxiousness and fear, then we have lost connection. Jesus assured us that these would not help us at all, but will actually make things worse. It really goes back to our reality check. What world is more real to us? Is it this present world or the eternal? When we are more aware of the ultimate eternal life with God, when the temporal world no longer makes much difference, there is a freedom that comes in our spirit – because this place is not our home. We are journeying through this life knowing that our home is that which is not made by hands but by God in the Heavens.

The truth is that we can now live out of the place of eternity. Eternal life has been communicated evangelically as a transaction that occurs when someone gets saved into the Kingdom of God. This is only half true. Eternal life is also a way of life. We live from this quality of life that Jesus opened the way for us to experience. Paul tells us to focus on the eternal, not the temporal. In this, we free our minds from the cares of this life. I guess you could call it escapism, but that is not quite the case. When we live from the temporal realm, it is inferior to the eternal. It is the difference between a Ford Pinto and a Rolls Royce, between eating a burger from McDonald's or having filet mignon, processed food versus an apple. "You are what you eat." You will reap the benefits of whatever you choose to ingest. The eternal realm is comprised of the life we are called to live in. Heaven is our home. The eternal realm is in God. But, make it more personal: He is our Father, the Everlasting Father.

Let the Peace of Christ Rule Your Heart

In Colossians 3:15, we are told to "let the peace of Christ rule [our] hearts." It all begins with a choice. We say in our hearts, then speak with our mouths. The tongue is the rudder of our being. It guides our ship. What comes out of our mouths is where we are going. Whatever our meditation is, that is what we will end up talking about the most. We talk about what is most valuable to us or what we've chosen to make our meditation. In all these things we need to yield our hearts and thoughts to God, ask Him to fill us with His thoughts, meditate on His words and fix our eyes upon the Lord. His peace is greater than we can imagine.

Not long ago, I was in a situation where a man who had only a little experience with God stayed in the same house with us overnight. I had a dream that night that I was pushing the devil underneath my feet. I was literally pushing down on his head with my feet. The next morning this person came to me saying he had a dream where he actually saw "peace." I asked him, "You saw it?" He said, "Yes!" He went on to say that he had never in his life experienced anything like this before. I saw him again later in the day and he repeated it to me. He could not get over it! What I believe happened was, as I was sleeping, my spirit was pushing out the devil's realm in his life where it actually opened a door for him to experience the peace of God.

The point is that God's peace is beyond our understanding. Our natural minds cannot begin to comprehend how great His love is for us, His peace is to us and His joy is within us. God causes our cup to run over. He doesn't just fill it up. It is an overflow! It is worth it to yield ourselves to God. He knows what is best for us. He does not disappoint.

John Belt
Live In His Presence Ministries
Email: admin@liveinhispresence.com

Verily Verily

2012-01-22T08:46:00.003-06:00

Jesus often started a statement with these words as from the Greek and Aramaic. Verily Verily. He wanted us to understand that was He was about to say was not simply truth, it was the truth about the truth. Truth Truth. This is an absolute.

When he spoke such things it had the net effect of driving a stake in the ground of fiction. Hanging a plumb-line over the deceptions rampant to demonstrate deviation.

This is what is missing in much of the Christian Churchianity. I hear it. I see it. I experience it. We are full of sound and fury signifying nothing. All hat and no cattle. Smoke but no fire. Yet there is verity. There is truth. I see it from time to time. I see legitimate reality. It is clothed in humility and quietness. It comes masked as a beggar. It comes without fanfare and often without a microphone. It almost never appears on Christian Television. I doesn't usually have much of a building nor a very large congregation.

Those who seek HIM in the right places, find HIM. He's never far off but there are so many other pretenders who are jumping into the arena. There is a commercial for Ladders that ran a few years ago. Since I see Jesus in everything, this made me think of the search for JESUS and the mass confusion a lost soul sees when he looks at "Religion".

Jesus came into such a world. A woman at a well was confused by all the players on the court. Jesus had to speak to her with verity.

And she was changed forever.

Can we do the same??

From Apostle Barbara Yoder Today - Established Doctrine emerges From Experience Breakthrough in Revival

2012-01-21T16:20:00.003-06:00

I went to hear and see Apostle Barbara Yoder at Pat McMannus's Church in Aurora today.

Lots of good insight. I enjoy her prophetic insight. Meeting Pastor Pat was a treat.

The core teaching she gave that struck me was this. A church or moment's doctrine results from the manifest revival and what led up to that event. If a Movement (I'll call it denomination because it's what that is all about) experiences great growth, they will always look back to the past to figure out why it happened and declare that you can't have real revival unless you:

Travail in intercessory prayer
Have Extraordinary worship
Street Evangelism
Feed and clothe the poor
Take Communion every Sunday or 4 times a year or something in between
Pray the Rosary, Lords Prayer, 23rd Psalm or speak in tongues without ceasing
Get everybody Baptized in the Holy Ghost
Baptize Adults after conversion only
Baptize Babies soon after birth
Get converts while they are young (Sunday School Movement)
Educate, Sunday School,or in general train up folks intense discipleship
Great Teaching and Preaching (look at the 70s)
Develop a shepherding, disciple making something
Tabernacle of David 24/7 Prayer and Praise
Signs, Wonders, Healings and Manifestations

All of these things are good. Not ONE of them are the KEY to revival alone. A hungry desperate heart is all that counts. If we are desperate enough, revival will come. As Apostle Barbara said, "You have to be twice dead and then plucked up". In the plant world, that's pretty dead. We must die to all our machinations and formulas on how to do it. We can't engineer revival.

Yet frankly it is amusing, if you look at church history so many traditions and doctrines came out of corporate experiences that lead to beliefs that lead to doctrines all of which can be supported by Biblical evidence. Hence we have a zillion denominations all manifesting a historical revival root.

I have often said that it's lucky I didn't get saved eating ice cream in a rowboat. Otherwise I would have to start the Ice Cream in a Rowboat denomination. Don't want to do that.

Aren't Christians amusing? I think it's time we get over our bad self and tell ourselves the truth...we have messed up the word of God by our traditions. Jesus said so.

How about sticking to the Knitting?....or is that another tradition (denomination)

Dr. Mark J. Chironna: Behold, I Am Making All Things New: Destiny Stands in Need of You!

2012-01-20T08:20:00.001-06:00

The cry from the One who sits on the throne in Revelation 21:5 is about making all things new. It doesn't say He is making "all new things," rather He is "making all things new." God never wastes grace, and neither are we to do so. In a consumer-driven culture that always wants new things, the order of the day is to discard whatever no longer has that "new" look or "new" excitement. It's called "planned obsolescence," and the economies of free nations have capitalized on that in the past century.

When we entered the second decade of the new millennium, we entered into what many called "The Shift Age," and for good reason. Behind all of history is the unseen hand of the Eternal God who is causing all things to work together according to His ultimate intention and purpose, whether those outside His Kingdom can see that or not.

So, as we look down the corridor of the year 2012, we need to be mindful of the reality that it is part of a larger "epoch" in the flow of history. It is connected to a decade that began in 2010 that will be marked by the need for many shifts in many areas due to the rapid and accelerated pace of unprecedented change. Daniel's recorded prophetic revelation from the Heavenly Messenger relates these words in what seem to be tied to these times: "...many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase" (Daniel 12:4).

There will be patterns of oscillation multiplying in the lives of many who are in the dark. Yet, there is an emerging company of those who have insight into the times and will lead many who are in a "back and forth" oscillating pattern (which equals being in a "stuck state") into the flow of a new day and a new epoch of the Spirit prior to the coming of the Lord.

It is time for the light within each child of God to shine brightly against the backdrop of the prevailing darkness that is covering the earth, not unlike the chaotic darkness that existed at the dawn of creation.

Compassion

Certainly, transition mastery will become a refined and upgraded "skill set" amongst those who walk in the light of God's glory. Added to that will be a renewal of life in the Spirit as God has intended it to be. There is a deeper work of the Spirit that will be an earmark in the coming days. There will be a "making new" of the Lord's wineskin, His elect, His "called out company," who will, as their Savior did, look out over the fields that are white unto harvest and see the multitudes that are going "back and forth," oscillating in a never-ending cycle of a nest of fear-driven behaviors and beliefs, and see them as distressed and downcast, as sheep without a shepherd. And, like their Master, this renewed company will be moved with compassion and bring a new level of healing and wholeness to those who cry out for answers, for peace, for hope, and for deliverance!

Compassion will become a watchword in the coming days as more and more structures in society will seem to be collapsing. As social containers continue to undergo radical shaking (family-relational structures, community-relational structures, and the like), multitudes in the valley of decision will be crying out for hope and help.

Our understanding of what it means to be an apostolic company will return to a renewal of the days of the early Church, and the government of God will not be in the hands of a select few, rather it will be manifest in companies of people who value community and relationship toward the end that they will be committed wholeheartedly to fulfilling the Great Commission.

God is Already Moving in the Lives of Those We've Yet to Visit

As the culture becomes more and more secularized, the renewed saints will partake of the new wine of the new day of the Spirit, and there will be a tremendous resurgence of the presence and power of God manifest, not only in the meeting places where the saints gather, it will also become more prevalent in the marketplace, where God has always been moving, even when the Church resisted Him and refused to go there.

A radical discovery is going to take place in the coming days, as radical as the discovery of the spies that were sent into the Promised Land by Joshua to spy out the city. The renewed saints who are moved with compassion for the multitudes in the valley of decision (who are distressed and downcast, and who are going "back and forth" in an oscillating pattern that offers no new direction or path to take) will discover, as did the spies, that God is already moving in the lives of those that we have excluded from the table.

We are about to discover that the Spirit is moving in places the Church has yet to visit. It will take a courageous, risk-taking company of the people that know their God to boldly go out to where the sinners are and speak to them of the One who is already working at some level in their lives, in order to bring them to the knowledge of the truth and the light of the glory of God in the face of the Son of God.

How to Flourish in a Hostile Environment

There will be a renewal of ancient and often overlooked patterns and principles that caused the Church to flourish in a hostile environment. Christianity in America has become a marginalized collection of individuals who now find themselves facing hostile opposition to the truths they hold dear.

This will only serve as a backdrop for the greatest awakening in North America since the 1700s. There is a Springtime coming in the next 48 months in the Spirit to a generation that is going to cry out to God and be heard.

There will come a radical shift away from the Church as an institution in the culture, to a MOVEMENT that will have the power to TRANSFORM the culture. Christianity as an institution has to die in order for Christianity as a MOVEMENT to be resurrected. God is making all things new by the ancient, tried and true process of death, burial, and resurrection.

This is the very reason that so many saints in the last number of years have found themselves in the midst of fiery trials and what the apostle Peter calls a "strange thing" that is happening to those who have been graced to share with Christ in the fellowship of His sufferings, in order to partake of Him in the power of His resurrection.

Resurrection Life

Resurrection will become more than a doctrine in the coming days, it will become a way of life. As the consumer-driven culture is losing hope in "things" and asking if there is not more to life than this, a renewed company of the elect are going to be rising out of dead things and pressing to the mark of the prize of their high calling.

Resurrection life is life on a totally different dimension. What does the next move of God look like? I don't know, however this much I do know: It won't look like the last one. It will have all the same essential, non-negotiable truths and principles, however it will be exercised with a methodology that is relevant to the Gospel and relevant to the culture. The days of God showing up in a three-piece suit may be long gone, yet some refuse to give their suits a decent burial. If we can't handle Jesus in tattered blue jeans and flat top sneakers, we might miss what God is doing.

The Government Will Be on His Shoulders, Not on Ours

In this season of 2012, there is a new sense of order emerging: The government will be on His shoulders, not on ours! Apostolic theocracy will be about giving Jesus back His Church for His purposes. Apostolic will describe not just a chosen few preachers, it will describe an entire company of the priesthood of all Believers who have been called to invade the culture with the love, compassion, and resurrection power of Christ Himself!

Apostolic theocracy won't be about a chosen few at the top with all the power. In fact, the genuine apostolic leaders are going to shift from being "on top" to taking a place "on the bottom," for the sole purpose of pushing the saints "to the top" and to the forefront. God is going to carefully minimize those who want to polish their ministries and exalt those whose goal is to "polish the saints" for the work of service, to the end that Christ will be able to be revealed through them in the marketplace where the multitudes are in a stuck state, in a pattern of oscillation, going back and forth, and going nowhere fast.

Renewed Intimacy with the Father

There is a renewed intimacy with the Father that is coming for those who press their way into what He has for them. The love of the Father and the heart of the Father are going to become far more paramount in the hearts and minds of the faithful.

While the darkness will cause the oppressed that are outside the Kingdom to downsize their dreams, the saints will rise and shine in the glory of their Father and model what it is to live in the Father's dream, and the lost will see the good works of the saints executed with grace and compassion, and the lost will begin to call out to the Father of lights and be reconciled through the Blood of Christ.

The Kingdom message will begin to prevail in greater ways, because the Kingdom is all about RELATIONSHIP, not about gold streets and mansions. It is about a prepared place with Christ before the Father, even in the present moment. Evangelism will no longer be the work of a committee at an institutional church. Evangelism will become the by-product of a called-out company of the renewed saints who will return to being a "witness" of the Light in the presence of the darkness.

Many will come out of hiding and fear and will begin to boldly tell their own personal, simple story of what God has done for them in the current hour. The multitudes are crying out not for our dogmas or our traditions, they are crying out for a direct experience with Christ, even if they don't know that is what they are crying out for. He is the Desire of All Nations, and in this year of renewed governmental order, He is coming to rule and reign in the hearts of the surrendered for the sake of the lost He came to save.

Relationship is the All-Governing Principle for the Coming Days

In addition and in closing, this is the Hebrew year 5772, and while there are many significant insights to be gained from the prophetic meaning of the numbers, one thing shines out to me above all others: This is a year of renewed INTIMACY. Greater intimacy with God leads to greater intimacy with others. Relationship is going to be the all-governing principle for the coming days. It is time to renew established relationships, rebuild fragile relationships, and restore broken relationships. God is on the move.

Compassion is NEVER HELPLESS; it moved Jesus to heal the sick, deliver the oppressed, and lift up the downcast. It is time for a fresh immersion in the compassion of Christ, a deepening of what it means to be "spiritual," to be "in the Spirit." It is time to bring healing and wholeness to those that are crying out for it, in every aspect of their lives, and in every area of their life experience. Destiny stands in need of YOU!

Dr. Mark J. Chironna
Mark Chironna Ministries
Email: markchironna@markchironna.com

DON'T invite your unbelieving friends to Church Next Sunday --- with two exceptions

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I have heard something from the Lord that is controversial, we need to hear it:

"Unsaved People should not be invited to Church. Church is for believers".

You hear it all the time, invite your unsaved friends to Church. It might be OK for a special meeting, but we have taken this to a new level that has resulted in a lukewarm religion. Church is not the place for evangelism. Evangelism needs to be on the street or in the home over a cup of coffee. How do we get back to the true purpose of the Church? It lines up with something Martin Luther said.

A blog written by Alan Knox spoke of this.

I had read Alan's post long ago. I also read much of Luther's material on this. We have such public meetings, they are called crusades. The purpose is to help seekers hear a gospel message. The problem is we have degraded the believers service to a lukewarm don't offend anyone, particularly unbelievers meeting. It then neither serves to evangelize the unbeliever nor edify the believer. Luther backed away from this position under pressure...but based on what I am sensing, we need to revisit this.

I have not seen a recent video by a young man and the church, "loving Jesus but hating religion". I have intentionally stayed away from it. I did read an editorial on the Wall Street Journal website that touches this.

There is a reason this has touched a nerve and caused the voice of God to ring in my head as it did over this. We are wasting a precious gift in the church.

There are two categories of people to invite to church:

1. Backsliders who at one time were part of a church but who fell away. It will ring a bell for them. It will restore them to faith in God.
2. A person going to a cold dead church should be invited to church with more light. One should always be seeking more light.

But the unbeliever who has only been to church a few Christmas and Easters, an occasional wedding or funeral will find themselves baffled or mislead by the normative church service in America. At one end of the spectrum it will be boring and confirming to the unbeliever as a waste of time or it will be strange and perhaps a little frightening to him or her. So, we try to "tone it down" to not offend, make it seeker friendly. We fill the pews with people who have never encountered the creator of the universe while the pastor walks on an eggshell strewn tightrope to keep them. What a farce.

That's NOT what Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 14:22-25

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24 But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, 25 as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

If you are a true prophet you will do more to convert the lost by telling them what God things about them, what HE knows about the, how HE loves them, what HE sees in them prophetically. "The secrets of their hearts laid bare". This is the way God uses me in evangelism and it SELDOM happens in Church. Pastors are fearful of the true prophetic and seldom will make room for it in their services. So what Paul says to do never happens in Church.

The true evangelists I know who really get results SELDOM do it in church. Evangelist Patrick-Arie Sabaitis, Keith Darrell and Reinhard Bonnke.

They go to the highways and byways and compel people not to come to Church but to come to JESUS...
God is encouraging us to rethink this whole thing...again. If you have ears to hear, hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to us today.

Kim Clement: "We've Entered into Something Brand New"

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Prophesied January 3, 2012 from The Den – New Year's Message:

Debt, you're going to go! You're going to go as I proclaim the word that came to me a while ago. He said, "There will be a mountain that will come down. There will be no debt; there will be no debt to those who believe, to those who proclaim and say, 'Mountain go! Mountain go!'"

Who is going to take down the mountain? Who is going to prophesy and take down the mountain? Your sons and your daughters, they will bring down the mountain of debt. Your sons and daughters will bring down the mountain of debt. Say it! "My sons and daughters will bring down the mountain of debt." Mountain go! Mountain go!

"Just Give Me a Little Bit of Faith and I'll Conquer the Mountain"

For the Spirit of the Lord says, "Haven't I told you? I will do great things. I will do impossible things. Even though some of you find it so hard to believe, I will do it if you give Me just a little bit of faith. Just give Me a little bit of faith and I'll conquer the mountain." Listen to what He says. "Just give Me a little bit of faith and I'll conquer the mountain. Just give Me a little bit of faith and I'll conquer the mountain." Mountain go! Mountain go! Mountain go!

Right now, if you use your faith and believe what He said to you, your mountain will go.

"There's a mountain I will conquer in the middle of the year." Starting right now I'm going to do what it takes. I'm going to prophesy to dead bones, shout until the walls come down. I'm going to prophesy to dead bones, shout until the walls come down. I'm going to prophesy to dead bones, shout until the walls come down. I'm going to prophesy to dead bones, shout until the walls come down.

Mountain go! Mountain go! Sickness go! Sickness go! Debt, I'm going to trample upon you this year! Debt, I'm going to trample upon you this year! Death to debt! Death to debt! Death to debt! Death to debt!

"Your sons and your daughters, they will prophesy like Joel. In the last days they will prophesy like Joel and Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Daniel, Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego. They will bring down the beast of the East. I'm speaking about your children," says the Lord. "The children of America will do it," says the Lord. "The children of America will do it," says the Lord. In the last days they will prophesy like Joel; just like Isaiah and Jeremiah, they will do it – and just like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, they will bring down the beast of the East," says the Lord. Mountain go! Mountain go! Mountain go! Mountain go!

Windows of Opportunity

The Spirit of the Lord says clearly, and I heard the word, "This day in which you live, there are creatures of the night that have caused My people to fear, caused children to take their lives. Fear has been rampant. But in this year, beginning now, for it is being proclaimed now, there will be small windows of opportunity, like what I did with Ford. Small windows of opportunity shall become big, but it shall only last for so long. Some of you are debt-free because you took advantage when the opportunity came. There are new wells that will be dug. These new wells will bring new resources to My people.

"This that happened in Japan the beginning of the year is a sign of the redundancy of the enemy. There shall be earthquakes, floods, that will bring damage to no one in My Kingdom. I will slay a beast that has stood and watched over you to destroy you. They will come and they will cause the earth to shake, the mountains to erupt, but there will be no damage. The damage that was caused in 2011 shall not happen in 2012. I will prove it; I will show you," says the Lord.

Year of the Youth

"This is the Year of the Youth. I told you about the Year of the Woman. Did you not see what happened?" says the Lord. "Did you not see what I did this year? It shall move from the older to the younger. Leaders will topple; kings will fall overnight. This shall happen throughout the East, the Middle East, and even in the West." But God says, "Enough of corruption. They have stolen, they have boiled My children, they have eaten them. This sacrifice is unacceptable. What I gave Daniel, I will give to them. Watch this year, for you will see your mountain conquered," says the Lord. "Whatever your mountain is," says the Lord, "I will give you the faith of a mustard seed, a small window of opportunity, new wells that shall be dug."

And God says, "Within one day, for some of you, you will be free of your debt. This year is the Year of the Youth. I will take them and cause them to do what I told Joel. They will prophesy night and day and they will bring down the forces that have stolen what belongs to My people," says the Lord.

Though They Erupt, There Shall Be No Damage

Kings will demand an answer. (Kim Sings): "Give me an answer to the dream, for I'm lonely and I have no answer," says the Babylonian king. "I dreamed a dream and no one knows, they lied to me. Is there a man, is there a man that will give me the answer to my fear? Is there a man, is there a man that will give me an answer, for no one knows that I fear, fear those that I dreamed about. Enough is enough. Those fools that tell me they've dreamed. Is there a man, is there a man that will tell me what I dreamed about last night?

Is there a man that knows the Spirit of the Lord? Is there a man that will tell me what I dreamed? 'Cause I'm afraid, I'm afraid that tomorrow will bring a beast. Is there a man, is there a man that will tell me what I dreamed – just one man? They've lied to me. Enough is enough. I saw a beast, I saw a beast. Nobody knows. I am that man, I am that man, my name is Daniel. Give me a chance and I'll tell you what you dreamed for the Spirit of the Lord came in the night. I had a night vision of a stone that became a mountain."

Listen to me for a moment. I'm doing something out of Daniel. I'm hearing the Spirit of the Lord tell me what he dreamed is beginning to happen now. Listen to me; this is very big. What he dreamed about is about to be manifest.

(Kim Sings): "I saw a stone; I saw a stone, but the stone became a mountain on the earth. The stone was somebody I didn't recognize, but I knew that He was likened to what Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego saw in the fire – the Son of God."

The Spirit of God says, "The time that Daniel spoke about has begun. 2012, 2012 is the beginning of the revelation that Daniel received."

The Spirit of God says, "There are mountains, there are kingdoms that represent the kingdom of darkness. There are mountains that represent the Kingdom of God. The mountain that represents the Kingdom of God has just been a stone but is about to erupt and spread. Therefore, because this is happening in the Spirit, it shall manifest in the earth as well. Look to your mountains. Look to the mountains this year; the flourishing. Look to the mountains of the East, of the West. Look to the mountains, for though they erupt, there shall be no damage. Japan was a sign of the Kingdom of God. It speaks of the earth shaking but no damage, no damage to the cities or the towns. This is representative of the Kingdom of God's eruption beginning in 2012," says the Lord. "I placed My prophet's feet in Japan, China, Korea. Watch how I show Myself through these nations," says the Lord.

We've Entered Into Something Brand New

We are in 2012. God spoke about seven years and what He was going to do up until Israel's celebration. Seven years from now is going to be one of the most marvelous and most powerful and most unique outpourings of God's Spirit on the earth, starting with young men. I spoke about the woman last year. Look what happened, how I've been attacked and my family, right on New Year's.

And as I was reflecting on this and thinking about it, the Lord said, "You know the trouble and the resistance and the attack – all of this that has come against you and God's people?" He said, "This is over. There will still be little struggles and things you have, but this huge monster of resistance," He said, "the worst is behind us. It's over. We've entered into something brand new."

This year the Lord told me there's going to be a restoration of the soul of our families and the soul of our nation. That's very important, and we're going to deal with that this year as well.

Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com

Be Wary of Prophets who:

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Be aware of...

Prophets who advertise their gifts and are short on character...

Prophets who boast how spiritual they are...
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Prophets who say they can fix and unfix things for you...

Prophets who offer weird ideas and things to bless you...

Prophets who desire and demand praise for their prophecies...

Prophets who demand personal blessings from you...

Prophets who claim some special connection with God...

Prophets spending unreasonable and questionable time with the opposite sex...

Prophets who boast on their family lineage as a sign to validate their claims...

Prophets who make light of the word and personal devotion with the Father...

Prophets who play on your emotions and personal feelings...

Prophets who intimidate, manipulate, and dominate you or others..

Prophets who takes away your ability to choose...

Prophets who insist on becoming your gateway and connection to God...

Prophets who are always boasting on their lonely walk with God...

Prophets who frown at spiritual authority and the local church...

Prophets who are pleasure oriented (sensual, flirty, promiscuous)...

Prophets who lead you to worship another god...

Prophets who will tell you whatever you want to hear...

Prophets who act as reader advisers, first come first serve...

Prophets who stand aloof from being teachable and corrected...

Prophets who demand unquestionable obedience...

Prophets who constantly have to meet in secret places to meet with you...

Prophets who confuse spirituality with being spiritualistic (spiritism. paganism)...

Prophets who make light of error, falsehood, and sin…

Prophets who constantly remark that no one else is like himself (pride)...

Prophets who teach doctrines which attack the foundations of faith...

Prophets who prophesy out of familiarity (familiar with you)...

Prophets who are always lamenting how rejected they are wherever they go...

Prophets who prophesy out of condemnation and ill-will, harsh and unforgiving...

Prophets who minister out of performance orientation (may the best man win)...

Prophets who draw their esteem and worth on the gifts of the Spirit...

Prophets who motivate out of fear (the "or else attitude!)...

Prophets too stupid to prayerfully study the scripture, period...

Prophets who are novice and immature (but are not necessarily impure)...

Prophets who don't even live what they preach...

We know, we have seen such and more, and this may also apply to apostles or any Ascension ministries...and you, too!

A Word for 2012: New Leadership, New Boldness and New Provision by J. Lee Grady

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As I have prayed about the coming year, I’ve sensed three clear directives.

Some people are terrified of 2012. They worry because the Mayans of ancient Mexico mysteriously ended their 5,126-year-old calendar on Dec. 21, 2012—as if they expected the world to end that day. This silly hypothesis became the basis for several New Age books and a goofy disaster movie, 2012, in which actor John Cusack avoids meteors and earthquakes just in time to get his family aboard the modern version of Noah’s ark (built in China!) before the rest of the world is destroyed by a tsunami.

I’m not afraid of 12/21/12 because (1) Ancient Mayans never actually said the world would end in 2012—and even if they did, they didn’t have an inside track to God; (2) Doomsday predictions have never been accurate; and (3) Jesus holds the future in his hands. As long as I’m in relationship with Him, it doesn’t matter what happens on earth. I’m secure.

Despite strange weather patterns, global terrorism and the specter of an economic crash, I’m actually optimistic about where we’re headed in 2012. And as I have prayed about the coming year, I’ve sensed these three clear directives:

1. Expect major transitions in kingdom leadership. The world is focused on leadership in the political arena, but God has been working behind the scenes preparing men and women for kingdom assignments. Our focus should not be on Democrats, Republicans, Obama or Romney. 2012 is not about a presidential contest. Just as David was prepared for the throne during years of testing in the wilderness, a new battalion of Christian leaders has been trained in obscurity. They will be commissioned and appointed in the new year. And their influence—not that of a political figure—will shift the nation.

Jesus said He would call the humble from the back row and seat them at the head table. He openly rewards those who pray, fast, give and serve in secret. God will exalt those who have walked with Him in faithfulness and crucified selfish ambition. As in the days of Elijah, He has reserved thousands of prophets who have not bowed their knee to Baal. They have been in isolated caves of preparation for years, and some have been on the verge of quitting. A wind of new strength will cause them to stand and assume their positions.

2. The sound of evangelism must be amplified. The prophet Isaiah said: “Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Zion, bearer of good news, lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, ‘Here is your God!’” (Isa. 40:9). Just as the early disciples prayed for boldness in the midst of persecution, and the Lord answered with a supernatural earthquake (see Acts 4:29-31), the Lord wants to turn up the volume of our message and empower us with a spirit of might. We must put aside our timidity. We cannot hide our light under a basket.

Many churches in the United States have not made outreach a priority. We’ve catered to the saved and preached to the choir. The Holy Spirit wants to remodel and revamp weak churches and make them into powerhouses of spiritual impact. He can take a church with a four-cylinder engine and outfit it with eight; He can turn up the volume and cause a quiet congregation to shake a city. In 2012, expect small churches to be revitalized. God specializes in using small armies, like Gideon’s group of 300, to catch the enemy by surprise.

3. Supernatural provision will be released. The great recession has brought heartache and difficulty to families, companies and churches, but it has a silver lining: God has used it to purify motives, refine faith and refocus priorities. The Holy Spirit has exposed our materialism, and His fire has also consumed unhealthy prosperity doctrines that tainted the church with scandal and greed.

Today, a new passion is arising in the church to fight injustice, feed the poor, show compassion to the broken and share Jesus’ love with unreached nations. We’re tired of giving money to support charlatans who demand private jets and luxury treatment; we want to serve the orphan and the widow in the spirit of Christ. And we are asking God for His supply, knowing that if God can feed a multitude with one lunch, or provide for a family with one jar of oil, He can open sources of provision we never knew existed.

Missionary Hudson Taylor said: “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” I pray you will experience this truth in 2012.

Isaiah 66:9 says: “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery? … Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” Don’t fear the future. Receive new strength from the Lord as you step into this new year. No matter what disappointments or delays you have encountered during the past season, don’t give up. God brought you to this point, and He will not fail you now.

J. Lee Grady is the former editor of Charisma and the director of The Mordecai Project. You can follow him on Twitter at leegrady.

God puts one up and another down. Poverty Persists because Prosperity is a Danger to Many

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This may be why the Occupy Wall Street Crowd are not real big on Jesus. Jesus opinion of those who should prosper are those who know what to do with prosperity. Jesus taught this in a parable. I once asked the Lord why I struggled in this area so many times. He said, "if I prospered you to the level you are believing for it would ruin you and destroy many around you". I am learning. I want to be wise when he DOES prosper me beyond my wildest imagination. "to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" Ephesians 3:20

This is FAIRNESS in the eyes of the Master...your and my master.

Matt 25:26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Footnote:
1. Matthew 25:15 Greek five talents … two talents … one talent; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wage.

I have had seasons of Great Wealth in my life and was not as wise as God is with me. I have never starved, but I haven't always been as good with money as I must become to earn the right to more than I can ask or imagine wealth. I'm getting there.

WHITEDOVE E-NEWSLETTER January 2012 FROM: Paul Keith & Wanda Davis

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The friend of God! Such a distinction is clearly considered one of man’s greatest honors. Even so, that opportunity is granted to those who abide in Christ and His Word abides in them. The time has now arrived for the friends of Christ to begin to restore what has been stolen from the church. This will involve many areas of recovery involving our lost heritages.

Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you. For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; and I will make you like a warrior's sword –Zechariah 9:12‑13

The Lord is even going to begin to restore past relationships that our enemy has destroyed, delayed or neutralized. Relationships destroyed by rumors, gossip, and internal wounding will be supernaturally mended by the Lord during this season of the Spirit. I have experienced this myself in recent months as the Lord has wonderfully restored friendships with many that I love very much.

The Restorer of the breach will recondition us with the Spirit of Truth and a new wall of protection will be constructed to surround the true church. Plumb-line revelation of God's word is about to be established with clarity and power. It is around that Message of Truth that many will rally with divine alliances and unity that transcends present understanding.

The Lord is the restorer of the breach and the repairer of the broken walls...He is the restorer of former streets and dwellings and the One who un-stops old wells.

Truth Revealed

The prophet Daniel recognized this generation and described it as the "time of the end," in which knowledge will increase and great mysteries of the Kingdom will be revealed. Many believers are entreating the Lord to show great and mighty (hidden and set apart) things we presently do not know. The prophet Jeremiah was given the following promise when he spoke on behalf of the Lord:

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. —Jeremiah 33:3

If we are instructed to earnestly call upon the Lord, then its clear implication is that we will be endowed with the ability to hear from Him with precision and clarity! In this way, we will understand the articulation of prominent and awesome things that we presently do not know. It will be the unveiling of divine truth and the blueprint of Heaven for our time.

Our Source of Truth

In our quest to understand truth, we can turn to only one source as our absolute standard by which all truth is weighed—the Word of God. The revealed truth—gleaned from the merger of the Word and the Spirit—provides all that we need in this life and the one to come. Through redemption, the covenant promises and blessings are made available to us, as well as the unveiling of the nature and character of God.

The Scriptures and the spiritual impartation they convey are the only pattern by which we may know with certainty the events and directions of the future. They are the only source that satisfactorily answers the questions: Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going?

As someone once said: "Time can take nothing from the Bible. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its life and influence to humanity this day as it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and console every present loss."

Resident within the heart of spirit-filled believers should inherently be a great love for the Scriptures and for the truth they convey. It is the sword that separates spirit from soul—light from darkness. Although we are eternally grateful for the understanding we now have, deep wells of spiritual insight, mysteries, and truth remain to be discovered.

Vast Oceans of Truth

Perhaps many today can understand Sir Isaac Newton's perceptions when he wrote:

"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

An ocean of divine truth exists before us to be discovered by those anointed with the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. Ephesians 1:17-18 emphasizes the right of every believer to be anointed with the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. This wisdom is not merely the ability to mentally analyze a situation and make a good response. Rather, it is a spiritual endowment that allows a believer to explore deep into the heart of the Father, to perceive and understand the mysteries of the Kingdom and one's rights purchased through Christ's redemption.

Not only do we have the liberty to understand vast spiritual mysteries, but also the accompanying Spirit of Revelation to give illumination and comprehension of their reality. By them we may know:

1. What is the hope of His calling . . .

2. What are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints . . .

3. What is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe . . .

—Ephesians 1:18-19

But there must be an anointing resting upon our spiritual eyes that we may see and our ears that we may hear—anointed eyes and ears. Presently we have a very limited understanding of the rich deposit of truth inherent in the Scriptures. Part of our mandate during this time in history is to unfold and demonstrate great redemptive truths as part of the hidden manna set apart and reserved for the end-time generation. Those with spiritual comprehension will have great insight and shine brilliantly in this dark age.

Spiritual Thoughts and Spiritual Words

Through The Church, The Holy Spirit is beginning to unveil the mysteries of the Kingdom by articulating and giving expression to spiritual thoughts with spiritual words (1 Corinthians 2:13). It will be Kingdom truth not taught by human wisdom, but the Holy Spirit granting the proper interpretation of spiritual truth through spiritual language. If we choose a receptive posture in this process, we will begin to understand His ways and apprehend His thoughts. The Lord is promising to reveal His thoughts and ways, which are much higher than ours, if we will only follow his prescription for a "higher way" of holiness.

Words, when anointed, become a spiritual vehicle that transports us from one realm to another; or, put another way, the natural word becomes spiritual through the anointing of the Holy Spirit. In John 6:63, Jesus stated the words He spoke to them were both Spirit and life:

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Through the anointing of the Holy Spirit, words attain a spiritual life of their own. The Spirit gives life to the message of the Kingdom which points to the Cross and transports one from the natural into the Spirit realm. At that crossroad, we discover the hope of our calling and the immeasurable greatness of His unlimited power toward those who believe.

Jesus Himself was actually representative of the "anointed Word." He was the Word of God incarnate and He is the Messiah, which translated means the Anointed One. His anointing is the fuel that propels the vehicle. Without the anointing, the vehicle cannot operate. The letter kills but the Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6).

For the ministered word to become spiritual food, it must proceed from the Lord's Presence through an anointed ministry in an atmosphere of the anointing. As His anointed word is quickened within us and we receive from it an impartation of Spirit and life, we are then growing into His full stature.

Truth Springing Fourth From the Earth

Acquiring knowledge about the Bible is a noble pursuit. However, it cannot be a substitute for knowing Jesus intimately as the Living Word. He is Living Truth. A "word" is a "thought" that has been given expression. Inherent in God are His attributes and thoughts. God gave articulation to His thoughts and virtues through the Word (Logos). The "Word" then became flesh and dwelt among us so we could behold His glory and comprehend the perceptions and qualities of God. Truth sprang forth from the very heart of God in Word form, imparting Spirit and life that is tangible spiritual substance.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him that glory may dwell in our land. Lovingkindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springs from the earth; and righteousness looks down from heaven. —Psalm 85:9-11

The Holy Spirit's spotlight will be on Kingdom truths expressed in the above passage. The salvation here promised is not restricted to eternal life in our heavenly home, but includes deliverance of all kinds—rescue from trouble, distress, and calamity in this generation.

All who truly reverence Him and possess the fear of God rather that the fear of man may expect His impressive support and aid! God desires that the people called by His name possess the confident assurance that He will intervene in their troubles and deliver them.

It is the heart cry of all God's children to see His glory abiding in the land. As the prophet David once wrote: "For Thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Thy truth." (Psalm 26:3). As we discover the fullness of the Spirit of Truth and walk faithfully, we will experience His promised inheritance set before our eyes. The Kingdom's benefits—God's glory loving-kindness, mercy righteousness, and peace—are produced by the Spirit of Truth. If we are going to be fruitful, we must be faithful to the Spirit of Truth.

Truth Exposes Deception

The Spirit of Truth will expose the spirit of deception. When this is accomplished, great conflict results between the two camps. Again, we are confronted in our choices by the testing of our motives and desires. If we embrace the correct commission, we will be catapulted to greater measures of loving kindness and righteousness, and we will experience heightened expressions of His glory.

Testing produces choices that we must make in righteousness as we choose each day whom we shall serve. We must especially pray for a guard to be placed before our tongues so that our words are spoken in agreement with Him. Our prayerful petition should continually be for awakened spiritual senses and a covering to be placed around our hearts so we will not embrace deceptions—only the Spirit of Truth.

All our words should be galvanized with charity. Even if words of correction are necessary, when galvanized with charity they will always be fruitful—love never fails.

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ. —Ephesians 4:14-15

If we do not cultivate a love for the truth, especially in the season ahead, we will be turned over to a spirit of delusion. The apostle Paul prophetically envisioned this day and wrote of it:

The one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false. —2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Unfortunately, many erroneous doctrines continue to be embraced in the Church, providing veils that separate us from the One we seek. A powerful release of the Spirit of Truth is coming to those of God's people who are endowed with eyes to see and ears to hear. This visitation of truth is to guide us into all truth, dispelling the lies that have been taught as truth.

" 2012 Get Ready For The Great And Terrible Adventure! " The Prophets Longed To See This Day by Jo Ellen Stevens

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The Lord just said tell my people to get ready in January 2012 for the Ride of their life!!!!! If you will hold on to my hand I will walk you through the debris of the Chaos and get on the other side. close the eyes of your fear and flesh and I will guide you through the ruins and debris and burning coals of the ashes of what was and guide you into your future!! Get Ready all you will feel is the rush of the wind on your face from the shaking that is about to take place!!!

2012 Will be known as"the Great And terrible ride of our lives. It is what the prophets had desired to see and yet not to see!! it is the Day of great changes for my people. Grab hold of my hand and I will take you trough it to your place of destiny in me!! You are about to enter into your "Time" Your pain in this last season will be your gain in this next!1 Only take hold of my hand and close your eyes of the natural man and open your eyes of your Spirit! I will guide you as a little child walking through a very dangerous minefield,but I know where the traps are and the hidden snares. You can only be guided with my eyes. So Get ready my child ,because your childlike faith will be your saving Grace in this Day and hour ,but oh when we get through the minefield there are great treasures awaiting on the other side .the spoils of the enemy will be yours as you have trusted in me!!

It is the Fear of the Lord and knowing I am your only eyes that will take you to your purpose and destiny. Then you will know that it is the place that you were created for and the place that you were born into this world for and it will no longer be I have to do this and I have to do that ,but you will have a heart after me . "My people will be willing in the day of my power" You will serve me not as a slave serves His master ,but as children excited to please their Father.

Get Ready we are about to go on a the greatest adventure of your life!! I have written your name in my book, and there is a story just about you in it .This is the culmination of your story, and oh what a story it is going to be, for I am about to bring illumination on this treacherous, and tumultuous path that you are on, and bring you to the Place that I created you for before the foundation of the world!! Get ready .Trust Daddy and you will be alright.

Bob and Bonnie Jones: Peace, Prosperity and the Returning Glory!

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The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus came] shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:9

2012: The Return of God's Glory to the Church

This is the year the glory returns to the Church. Forty-two years ago Bob was told that God was removing His glory from the Church and writing Ichabod over it. Ichabod clearly means "the glory has departed" (see I Samuel 4:21). Bob inquired of the Lord as to why He was removing it. The Lord said that man had marketed it for self-gain. Man touched God's glory and He will not share it with anyone! The Lord said that Bob would live to see the returning glory, and from that time Bob has believed it would take place in 2012.

The Glory Train

In September 2009, in a trance, Bob was aboard a train with many other shepherds. Each one had a special seat assigned by the Holy Spirit. Bob asked the Conductor, "What is this train?" The Conductor told Bob it was the glory train and handed him a time capsule that was shaped like an egg. The egg had new life in it! It contained the beginning and end of time. Bob asked the Conductor, "When can I open this egg and when will this train arrive?" The Conductor said the time was within the egg and the egg will be opened in 2012.

Peace and Prosperity

December 29, 2011, Bob was given Haggai 2:9 and told that peace and prosperity would be given to the Believers in the Church. To those who know their God they will know God's peace and prosperity during a time of judgment. It will be the best of times for those who know God and the worst of times for those who don't.

Glory Brings Separation

To what extent the glory will come we don't know, but Bob has believed for 42 years that it will begin this year. The glory will bring a great separation between sheep and goats. God will separate the sheep from the goats single-handedly. There's a separating of the sheep and goats this day among the nations. The sheep you will see graze nicely upon God's lofty hills and become wealthy and wise, while the goats fall by the wayside. The goats will continue to be unclean while the sheep draw nearer to God. We are called to walk with God and be His sheep-herders.

God's Glory Arises

In this day of much devastation, you will see God's glory extended to the Believer. The day of God's glory is coming as the smoke from the rubble clears, and we will see God's glory arise from the ashes of the heap. His glory will be displayed as the saints go forth in love, joy, and truth. They will display God's love and extend healing to the weak and faint of heart. No longer will man doubt God's love or His power.

The Believer will rest in the peace of God and prosper in the fullness of His abiding glory as the glory returns to His Church.

Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda: The Year of God's Favor!

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The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Isaiah 61:1-2a ESV

One of the words the Holy Spirit is emphasizing for us in this year is Isaiah 61 – this is the year of the Lord's favor! So what exactly does that mean for you? How can you step into this reality and experience God's favor in your life, your job, your relationships, your nation?

Proclaim

In both Isaiah 61, and later in Luke 4 when Jesus fulfills Isaiah's words, favor is initiated with proclamation! Favor is not passive. Favor is the anointing of the Holy Spirit to proclaim and release healing, deliverance, blessing and prosperity. The Message Bible translates it this way, "This is God's year to act!" (Luke 4:19).

In the year of God's favor, impossible situations turn around. In the year of God's favor, chains that once held you back are loosed. In the year of God's favor, the atmosphere is pregnant with miracles, signs, and wonders. In the year of favor, waste places are restored, missed opportunities redeemed, dreams reawakened. So in the year of the Lord's favor, don't be afraid to take up difficult challenges. God wants to open the doors of favor to you. How do you enter? Let's begin by looking at favor, so we can define this year by what God is saying, and begin to prophetically proclaim it.

Be Specific!

Every time favor is mentioned in Scripture, it is accompanied by a specific picture of what favor looks like. Isaiah 61 tells us what to expect in the year of God's favor: an increase in His presence and anointing; healing, deliverance, salvation, restoration, promotion, increase, joy! Israel experienced God's favor, and her enemies showered her with silver and gold. Joseph walked in favor, and he was promoted from the lowest dungeon to the palace. Esther experienced favor, and the unchangeable laws of the Medes and the Persians were reversed to bring deliverance to her entire nation.

We will share more examples of favor in this and future articles. Take these and begin to proclaim them. God sees your circumstances by what He can do, not what you can't do. Begin to pick up the vibration of God's possibility in your impossibility. God wants you to step into the reality of this word for your life today.

Proclaim a thing, and it shall be established. Job 22:28

Kingdom First

Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

What do you desire? Choose godly desires, and God will bring them to pass.

It is important that our first priority is the Kingdom of God. Seek first the Kingdom, and all these things shall be added to you. So, as we seek to walk in favor, and all the blessings that accompany it, let us make the things of God first in our life. Delight in His presence, His Word, prayer, tithes, offerings, communion, fellowship in your local church, worship, and the peace of Jerusalem. Love and obey His Word. Bless His house, Israel, and the poor. Be humble. Steward and celebrate the testimonies of what God has done in your life. Rehearse His miracles. Pray in the Spirit and cultivate your relationship with the Holy Spirit. These are some of the things God highlights as His priorities. His Kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy. So if you seek His Kingdom first, you are going to experience more and more the Shalom of God, which is wholeness, prosperity, and peace in every area of your life.

Don't Quit

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison...The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed. Genesis 39:21, 23

Joseph is a wonderful hero for us as we enter this year of favor. He had a God-given dream as a young man that grew more remote with every passing year. He was persecuted, thrown in a pit, sold into slavery, imprisoned. But wherever he went, God's favor rested on him. In every situation, God's favor went before him, promoting him, increasing him, and equipping him for his destiny. So don't quit. Don't let the events of the past discourage you from pursuing the dreams, visions, and goals God has put in your heart. Keep your dreams bigger than your failures. Whatever has happened in the past, you can tell the devil, "It's a new day!"

Relax

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

God has wonderful plans for you. So don't put self-inflicted stress on your life. Be faithful. Keep seeking God's presence and following His cloud. But relax! God's got your plans under control. He wants to prosper you and give you a hope and a future. Your job is to stay close to the Shepherd, listen to His voice, and then rest in the assurance of His grace and mercy working on your behalf. It is His delight to see you fulfill the awesome plans He has for you. He is a promise-keeper.

Yes, you will still experience challenges. Scripture says that the very plan God had for Joseph "tested him until it came to pass" (Psalm 105:19). God's plans are not to harm you. So don't be afraid of the challenges, or define your future by your past. When your life seems to be in the pit, God is working behind the scenes to bring you out on the other side in victory.

Give Thanks

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving (Psalm 50:14).

Thanksgiving is not a day on the calendar. It is a daily habit that we must steward every day of the year. It is one of the most powerful weapons in our arsenal, and is vital to experiencing the favor of God in your life.

Thanksgiving is not a feeling, but starts as an act of your will. Leviticus 22:29 says, "And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will." It is a choice we make every day. It's like walking into a dark room in the middle of the night. It's dark. You can't see anything. You may even stumble around as you run into furniture or misplaced objects. You can either grumble and complain about the darkness, or simply turn on a switch. The moment you turn on the switch, you see the light. Our switch is thanksgiving. It releases the anointing. And the anointing "breaks the yoke" (Isaiah 10:27). So don't give into the darkness, discouragement, or fear. Turn on the switch with thanksgiving and see God's anointing come to break every yoke and hindrance. Your praise is the key to getting in tune with the year of God's favor.

Get in Tune

Set the atmosphere for favor. The Word of God is living, active and full of power. Meditate on the corporate picture the Lord is giving us in His Word for 2012. The following are some Scriptures the Lord has quickened to us for this year of favor. Put them on your refrigerator, bathroom mirror, or your desk. Let the Holy Spirit paint a picture for you, and then begin to step into it. As you get in tune, then begin to prophesy it over your life, your children, your church, and your nation.

God wants to pour out His favor on you individually, on us corporately, and on our nation. This is a crucial time in history. We need God's favor as never before. We invite you to join us as we prophetically proclaim the Year of God's favor and open the year with a time of corporate prayer and fasting. We want to set up a scenario by which God can pour out His Spirit in a mighty visitation.

Proclaim Favor for 2012

• Blessing

Psalm 5:12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield.

• Restoration

Psalm 105:37 He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

• Honor (even from enemies)

Exodus 11:3 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.

• Increased Assets

Deuteronomy 33:23 O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the west and the south.

• Supernatural Victory

Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

Psalm 44:1-3 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, the deeds You did in their days, in days of old: You drove out the nations with Your hand, but them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them.

• Promotion

Genesis 39:21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

1 Samuel 16:22 Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight."

• Requests Granted (even by the ungodly)

Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said."

• Changed Laws (even those that are permanent)

Esther 8:5 If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.

• Establishment

Psalm 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

• Help

2 Corinthians 6:2 "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

• Salvation

Psalm 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

• Anointing, Liberty, Healing, Comfort, Praise...GLORY...

Isaiah 61:1-6 AMP The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion – to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit – that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Aliens shall stand [ready] and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours.

Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda
Chavda Ministries International
Email: info@chavdaministries.org

Apostle John Eckhardt LEAP YEAR 2012-

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A leap year is a catch up year.
A leap year is a make up year.
A leap year is an uncommon year.
A leap year is a year of extra.

(Deut.32:22; 2 Sam.6:16; Psa.18:29; Isa.35:6; Luke 1:41; Luke 6:23; Acts 3:8; Acts 14:10)

I leap past all distractions in the name of Jesus.
I leap past any people the enemy has set in my way to impede my progress.
Let my steps turn into leaps.
I leap over every wall erected by the enemy.
I leap ahead of anyone or anything that has illegally jumped ahead of me in the name of Jesus.
I leap like a lion from Bashan like Dan.
I will leap over my enemies like David.
I receive strength to leap out of all sickness and disease.I leap into my destiny and purpose in the name of Jesus.
With excitement I leap into my future.
I leap from lack to abundance.
I leap from failure to success.
Let every place in my life that is lame leap for joy.
I take a leap of faith and do the impossible.
Let my finances grow by leaps and bounds.
Let my wisdom increase by leaps and bounds.
Let my understanding increase by leaps and bounds.
Let my vision increase by leaps and bounds.
Let favor increase on my life by leaps and bounds.
Let my ministry grow by leaps and bounds.
Let my borders expand by leaps and bounds.
Let me leap and jump to the high places.
Let me catch up in any place I have fallen behind in the name of Jesus.
Let restoration come from anything stolen by the enemy from my life.
Let my revelation increase by leaps and bounds.
I will not be afraid to take a leap of faith at the word of the LORD.
I will leap upon the enemy and overwhelm him in the name of Jesus.
I will leap and rejoice at the goodness of the Lord.
The Lord has given me leaping for sadness, and joy for mourning.
I leap from a low place to a high place.
Let extra favor and blessing be added to my life in the name of Jesus.
Let this year be a year of uncommon favor and blessing in my life.
Let me receive uncommon miracles and breakthroughs in the name of Jesus.
Let me leap as a hart for joy.
I will leap for joy in spite of any persecution or opposition from the enemy.

A Sobering Word from the Master

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A bystander said, "Master, will only a few be saved?"

He said, "Whether few or many is none of your business. Put your mind on your life with God. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires your total attention. A lot of you are going to assume that you'll sit down to God's salvation banquet just because you've been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives. Well, one day you're going ...to be banging on the door, wanting to get in, but you'll find the door locked and the Master saying, 'Sorry, you're not on my guest list.'

"You'll protest, 'But we've known you all our lives!' only to be interrupted with his abrupt, 'Your kind of knowing can hardly be called knowing. You don't know the first thing about me.'

"That's when you'll find yourselves out in the cold, strangers to grace. You'll watch Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets march into God's kingdom. You'll watch outsiders stream in from east, west, north, and south and sit down at the table of God's kingdom. And all the time you'll be outside looking in—and wondering what happened. This is the Great Reversal: the last in line put at the head of the line, and the so-called first ending up last." ~Luke 13:23-30 (The Message)

Wade E. Taylor: End-Time Baptism in Holy Spirit Fire

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Progression in What the Lord Desires to Say

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8

It was not "while they were walking" that Adam and Eve heard the voice of the Lord. Rather, they heard "the voice walking." This profound statement reveals two things:

First, the fact that they "heard" the voice tells us that the Lord desires to communicate with us.

Who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matthew 13:9

Secondly, the fact that He is "walking" tells us that there is a progression in what the Lord desires to say, beyond all that He said yesterday, and is saying today.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come. John 16:12-13

Tomorrow, the Lord will speak beyond that which He has already spoken.

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in Heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, "Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter." Revelation 4:1

The Lord's Prophetic Calendar

Creation was accomplished in six days, and the Lord rested the seventh day. Peter tells us that these segments of time can be understood as being "one thousand year days." These days can be divided as four Old Testament days, two New Testament days, and the seventh, as the Millennial, thousand-year day.

This is prophetic time, not necessarily calendar time. The following Scripture can be understood in this way:

And He said unto them, "Go ye, and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow [Church Age] and the third day [Millennial Age] I shall be perfected.'" Luke 13:32

Near the end of each of these six "thousand-year days" of human history, there was a direct intervention of the Lord in which He revealed Himself to an individual, who, as a result of this act of divine intervention, was able to greatly affect the conditions of that day and time.

The Lord walked with mankind through the first "thousand year day," at the end of which the flood came and removed all from the earth, except Noah and his family. The Lord had visited Noah in order to prepare him for this event.

The Lord walked through the second "thousand-year day," and Abram was called out from Ur of the Chaldees. Through divine visitation, he became Abraham, the friend of God and the father of faith. A personal relationship was established between the Lord and a man, and Abraham reasoned with God concerning the judgment of the "Sodom and Gomorrah" of that day.

The Lord walked within Israel during the third "thousand-year day." At the height of this time, the Lord so revealed Himself to Solomon that he was able to record "The Song of Songs," and the Temple that he built was dedicated in a display of manifest glory.

During the fourth "thousand-year day," Israel gradually departed from the Lord. Toward the end of this day, the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that God desired to use her body to bring His Son into this world. Mary submitted herself, and Jesus was born. Later, John the Baptist was called apart to become "the voice of One crying in the wilderness" who introduced Jesus as being "the Lamb of God."

At the beginning of the fifth "thousand-year day," redemption was accomplished for mankind through the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. The Holy Spirit was poured out upon the one hundred and twenty who tarried in the upper room, and the Church was born. As the Holy Spirit descended, cloven tongues of fire rested upon each, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking forth the glory of the Lord in "tongues" that were unknown to them.

The Lord continued to walk in apostolic power through the fifth "thousand-year day, or the first "thousand-year day" of the Church Age, and the world of that day was greatly affected. Gradually, the Nicolaitans (those who rule over the laity) gained control and substituted religious form and ritual in place of the supernatural, which resulted in the "Dark Ages."

During this time, around 1150 AD, Bernard of Clairvaux received a revelation of grace. This beam of light continued to expand until it shone brightly within the life of Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic priest.

As the sixth "thousand-year day" of divine history, or the second "thousand-year day" of the Church Age began, the Lord continued to walk, and the light of redemption again began to shine in the darkened Church.

In order to raise money to build the Vatican, the Roman Church sold indulgences, by which it claimed an escape from "purgatory" could be obtained. Martin Luther received the understanding that "salvation was a free gift of grace that could not be purchased," and in 1517 nailed his theses on the door of the Church. This led to the restoration of true "teachers" who were burdened for the Church, and great persecution followed.

As the Word of God began to be printed and circulated during the 1600s, the Baptists received the revelation that "if we are freely justified by grace, we should communicate this to others who would be established in local fellowships." The "pastor" was restored to the Church, and again these were persecuted.

As the Lord continued to walk through the 1700s, the Wesley brothers received a revelation that "if we are declared to be righteous, there should be the visible evidence of a committed life." The revival that resulted continued though the 1800s, and the "evangelist" was restored to the Church.

On New Year's Eve in 1901, in a small Bible School in Topeka, Kansas, a young lady received the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Others also began to receive this baptism, and soon this visitation spread to the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles. The revelation began to form that "if we are justified, sanctified, and communicating the Gospel, we should be empowered for this purpose."

Thus, Acts 1:8 became a present word.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8

As this Pentecostal visitation moved throughout the world, persecution again followed.

But, as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Galatians 4:29

It can be seen in the written Word and through Church history, that the recipients of each of these visitations had received revelations that were beyond that which was presently known and accepted. Because of this, those who had received the previous revelation became the persecutors of the next level of revelation and visitation.

This happened because they had become both satisfied and settled with their particular level of spiritual experience. Thus, there are still Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, and Pentecostals who have gone no further.

But the Lord continued His onward walk, and forty years later, during the "Latter Rain" visitation, a further revelation was received. "If we are empowered to communicate the Gospel, there should be supernatural gifts in operation with signs following." This resulted in the "prophet" and the "prophetic gifts" being restored to the Church.

Persecution again followed, as the Pentecostal movement rejected the "Latter Rain" visitation. But, there were those who were willing to pay the price of misunderstanding and rejection in order to continue in the gradual restoration of truth.

After another forty years, the "Charismatic" visitation brought the Baptism in the Holy Spirit into the main line denominational churches. So far, the teacher, pastor, evangelist, and prophet have been restored.

During the Charismatic visitation, the "apostle" should have been restored. John the Baptist spoke of a "Holy Spirit Fire Baptism." This Baptism did not happen when the Baptism in the Holy Spirit took place in the upper room, because this baptism in fire must specifically be invited to come within.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:11-12

End-Time Baptism in Holy Spirit Fire

We have experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues, along with empowered ministries and gifting. However, we have yet to come to this baptism in "Holy Spirit fire," which purges and purifies the individual in preparation for the restoration of the Apostolic office, and also an apostolic enabling with power within individual members of the Body of Christ. This will take the Church beyond all past and present attainments.

This end-time "apostolic" visitation will impart "Holy Spirit fire," which will prepare the way for the restoration of the Lord's shekinah (glory). This will result in a true purity of life and spiritual unity, in which the "creative word" will be spoken with authority.

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. II Corinthians 12:12

The manifestation of the supernatural is an indication of a true apostolic ministry. This apostolic restoration of the creative word, in manifested glory, will again greatly affect the nations in preparation for the Millennial Kingdom to be established.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Isaiah 60:1-3

In transgression, Adam lost the "shekinah" as his covering, which then became an enemy – a flaming sword that prevented all from coming to the Tree of Life. However, on the day of Pentecost, as one hundred and twenty tarried in the upper room, this "shekinah fire" became a friend who returned and sat upon each of their heads.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:1-4

Notice that they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, but the "tongues of fire" sat and remained on their heads. Something more had to take place so this "fire" could come within.

In the progression of each of these visitations, which resulted in a gradual restoration of spiritual life and ministry, the "Charismatic" visitation should have brought the restoration of the apostolic.

Instead, this visitation remained a surface movement with an emphasis on gift ministries, especially healing and personal prophecy. Room was not made for the "fire" to come within and thoroughly purge individuals in preparation for the restoration of the "Apostolic Office" with apostolic anointing and power functioning within the Body of Christ.

Therefore, at this present time, the Charismatic visitation is fading. When some well-known leaders failed, their failure was an indication that the visitation, which they represented, had come short of the "fire," which would have so completely purged and cleansed that the failures that took place would not have been possible.

The fullness of the "apostolic" requires our seeing and being in the presence of the Lord. Only through an inner purging and cleansing will the Lord be able to come within His temple to restore the apostle to the same level of power (and greater), as in the early Church.

We are living in the time of the "parousia" of the Lord – His presencing, or appearing, to those who are being prepared to have a part in His end-time purposes. As Jesus appears to these, He will impart a true apostolic anointing with power and confirming signs.

Therefore, the present Word of the Lord is: "Because those who were bidden to the feast did not respond (denominational and charismatic ministries), the Holy Spirit is presently reaching out into the highways and by-ways, bidding ungifted individual members of the Body of Christ to enter and be clothed in apostolic anointing and power."

And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, "Tell them which are bidden, 'Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.'" But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise... Then saith he to his servants, "The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage." So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. Matthew 22:3-10

At this present time, the "spotlight" of divine activity is beginning to move from the pulpit into the pew. As those within the Body of Christ who have no "apparent" abilities or giftings respond, they are being quickened by the manifested presence of the Lord to prepare them to function in the restoration of the apostolic.

A new wave of apostolic authority will again greatly affect the nations as they are shaken by the power of God.

And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron... Revelation 2:26-27

The result will be the Kingdom of God established in righteousness and peace, and great joy will be manifest throughout the world, as Jesus is revealed as the King of all kings and the Lord of all lords.

Wade E. Taylor
Wade Taylor Ministries
Email: wade@wadetaylor.org

Wade Taylor has been serving others as a teacher and spiritual father for over 50 years. He is respected and loved by many for his quality of spirit and walk with his Lord. He is an anointed author, bringing forth deep truths of the Spirit with a clarity and simplicity that draws the reader up into a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lance Wallnau on 2012

2012-01-12T08:05:00.000-06:00

By now you have heard prophetic words for 2012 with lots of emphasis on Gods order and government being established- largely because 12 is the number of government.

It all fits what I sensed as I checked into my room in Manhattan a week ago. The room? Number #1212! I had an expectation that the Lord would speak at 1...2:12 AM and indeed the Lord started speaking...I HEARD,

"This year you need to make the Holy Spirit your best friend!" These were 12 words to begin the process that brings heavens government over every area of life. Then my eye fell upon a verse from the Psalmist David as he prophesied - "The Lord shall establish peace within your borders."

Your border starts with your mind, threads thru your household. The very Hebraic number for this year suggests the imagery of a "house." Your house defines your borders. Salvation, peace and deliverance applies to you and your house! Walk the floor, anoint the doors and speak this truth! Start by walking the corridors of your brain and don't stop till every thought structure comes down under the authority of peace.

Here is a suggestion, ask God to show you the people you need to cultivate more of a relationship with in 2012. Perhaps there are 12 names in particular that will become the most important? See them as trees and transplant them into your vineyard of prayer. Jesus hand picked 12 and cultivated them. They were the secret to His lasting fruit - His legacy. As the tree of Life has 12 manner of fruit and each branch produces in its season, there is an anointing for every season of your life in 2012 and it is largely connected to the people God put in your garden. Take heed to yourself, take heed to the teaching you embrace and take heed to your house. Transplant these 12 relationships into your prayer garden. Remember, there will be peace in your borders. The border property of your inheritance is made up of people.

Kari Browning: I Hear the Train a Comin'

2012-01-12T07:50:00.000-06:00

Recently, I interviewed Bob Jones at his home in North Carolina. Bob is a seasoned prophet, whose prophecies have spanned four decades. Like Daniel in the Bible, he has not only interpreted dreams but has on numerous occasions told people the dreams they dreamed. He has an amazing track record, even predicting a comet that that would come on May 7, 1983, unpredicted by scientists, on the day a 21-day fast and city prayer meeting began in Kansas City to pray for revival. The sign was given to encourage the intercessors and to confirm the prophetic promise that revival would surely come to America. After the 21-day fast in 1983, Bob Jones had a dream and told Mike Bickle that revival was not going to break out immediately as they thought but there was an "appointed time" for America, and when God said, "It's time," it would not be one day late.

Many prophetic voices, including Bob Jones, are proclaiming "The appointed time has come."

The Glory Train

In September 2009, Bob Jones had a revelatory encounter where he was sitting on a train. He asked the conductor, "What is this train?" The conductor said it was the "Glory Train" and he gave Bob a capsule that was shaped like an egg.

The egg had new life in it. It had the beginning and end of time in it. He asked the conductor, "When can I open this egg and when will this train arrive?" He said the time was within the egg and the egg will be opened in 2012! The time capsule had the wisdom of the ages in it; from the beginning to the new beginning.

Bob said that we've come to the end of the old and the birthing of the new in 2012, and the glory of God will fall upon the churches.

This is what the LORD Almighty says: "In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory," says the LORD Almighty. "The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine," declares the Lord Almighty. "The glory of this present house will be greater than the former house," says the LORD Almighty. Haggai 2:6-9

Ancient Wells of Revival Being Uncapped

There have been several prophetic affirmations that ancient wells of revival are soon to be uncapped. One of those wells that I believe will be uncapped is that of the Latter Rain Revival and the Voice of Healing of the 1950s. That revival saw many miraculous healings and huge tent meetings. William Branham, Paul Cain, Oral Roberts, A.A. Allen, Jack Coe, T.L. Osborne, Gordon Lindsay, and many others, were used greatly during that era of time.

A friend of mine recently had a dream with the late Jill Austin in it. Jill was a traveling minister who loved the Holy Spirit and had an accurate prophetic ministry. In the dream, Jill was passionately trying to get a message to those in the dream, but the dreamer could not hear the message that Jill was trying to convey. Around the same time, another intercessor saw a vision of Jill Austin. In this vision, Jill was passionately trying to get a message to the Church, but the intercessor could not hear the words.

After learning of these two experiences involving Jill Austin, I was doing research on uncapping wells of revival on the internet when I came across a transcript of a prophecy that Jill had given in 2004. I believe this is the message that she would want us to remember at this time. The following is an excerpt from that transcript:

All of a sudden, what I kept seeing was these tents. And the Lord said, "Tent of glory! Tent of meeting!" He says, "I am going to tabernacle. I am going to tabernacle." What I saw was this tent of glory! Tent of glory! Tent of glory! And I kept seeing like a tent city.

I kept seeing a warehouse over this tent and this warehouse had body parts in it. This warehouse had body parts! It was body parts of the miraculous! Body parts of the miraculous! What I kept seeing was new hearts coming down. I kept seeing new hearts coming down. I kept seeing new legs coming down. The Lord says that you are even going to be seeing crippling diseases being healed. He says, "I am going to open blind eyes. I am going to open deaf ears. I am going to deal with MS. I am going to deal with insanities."

But I also feel like the Lord said, "Get ready! I'm going to release profound new kinds of visitations! I am going to take you into that smoky, black realm of God." What I kept seeing is the fear of the Lord!

What I kept seeing was this warehouse, this warehouse of miracles. But then what I kept seeing was radical realms of visitation. What I kept seeing was also a releasing, where it's almost like the Lord says, "You are going to go back and uncap ancient wells of tent revivals." Tent revivals. What I saw was The Voice of Healing.

What I saw was tent meetings. And the other thing I kept seeing was circuit riders. I felt like the Lord is going to [set apart] a group of men and women and they are going to catch the fire and they are going to go into beachheads; they are going to set up tents out on fields. People are going to come because there is going to be so much healing; it's going to be like the old time healing days. It is going to be sparked. There is going to be a catalytic spark.

He is going to start to birth it. The Lord says, "There is a new anointing, and its tabernacling." It's an anointing of the "Tent of the Meeting." It's an anointing of Houses of Prayer on the move. It's going to be wheels of revelation moving with the glory. It's like a moving throne. It's like a moving place of glory. I feel like the Lord says, "I'm on the move. My glory is on the move. It's going to look very different. I want you to be hungry. But I want you to be ones that go into whole communities."

The Glory and the Great End Time Harvest

I believe that 2012 will be a year when we will begin to experience the glory realm and the great end time harvest will begin. Believers will begin to "shine" after experiencing the glory of God manifesting in their midst.

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3

Apostolic preaching, with signs confirming the spoken Word, will cause many to turn to Jesus. I believe what we will experience will even surpass what was experienced in the Latter Rain Revival and the Voice of Healing era.

LORD, I have heard of Your fame; I stand in awe of Your deeds, LORD. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2

Our promised day of visitation is at hand. All the pain, difficulty and hardships of this past season were preparing us for this new season. Out of our brokenness will come fullness. God is going to turn it all around and make everything beautiful in His time. It's time to get ready to board the glory train. I hear the train a comin'.

Kari Browning
New Renaissance
Email: info@newrenaissance.us

Kari Browning is the Ministry Overseer of New Renaissance in Coeur d'Alene, a community known for faith, hope and love. She and her husband, Mike, have been involved in church planting for many years. She started a training center and a Bible school that equipped hundreds for the work of the ministry. She is a forerunner and is passionate about revival history. She has ministered at many churches and conferences in the United States and in other countries.

THE NO-NAME INFIRMITY by David Wilkerson

2012-01-11T19:21:00.001-06:00

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? . .
. O my God, my soul is cast down within me” (Psalm 42:5-6).

Scholars aren’t certain who the writer of this psalm is. But we do know for sure that something is bothering him. His soul is deeply disturbed and he can’t explain why!

This psalmist is on fire for God. He pants after the Lord the way a deer pants for water (see verse 1)—thirsting after Him, yearning for intimacy. He asks, “When shall I come and appear before God?” (v. 2).

We never do learn what the psalmist’s infirmity is. Have you ever experienced this kind of unexplainable melancholy—unexpected, unnamed spiritual blues? You’re doing just fine, with no known sin in your life. But one day you wake up with a disturbance deep in your soul. Some kind of depression has come over you and you can’t put your finger on it.

I have good news for you: This is an infirmity of the righteous! It strikes only those who hunger after Jesus. We are not to be afraid of such an infirmity because the Holy Spirit has a part in it.

I have experienced enough of life to know that a time comes when this happens to every Christian. But we mustn’t try to figure it out—because we can’t! The psalmist never did get his “why” answers. And there isn’t a book,counselor or psychologist on earth who can tell you why an unnamed infirmity has come upon you.

I believe this strange infirmity is “the sighing of the Holy Spirit” within us. He is letting us know what it feels like to be without God—to be on our own, without comfort, hope or guidance. He allows us to experience just a taste of such an awful, horrible condition!

Our bodies are His temple and He has been sent to prepare us a chaste bride to Christ. He knows what it takes to keep us unspotted for the Bridegroom. And He knows how important it is for us to cry out to God for daily strength and power. We simply cannot stand in this time unless we are intimate with the Lord—trusting in Him fully, and constantly fleeing into His presence.

When the World Recognizes a "Coincidence"

2012-01-11T07:55:00.002-06:00

The Denver Broncos’ playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night was unlikely enough, but Tim Tebow’s passing yardage — the Christian quarterback threw 316 yards — sent commentators over the edge. The Associated Press reported that he also averaged 31.6 yards per completion. The religious connotations to John 3:16, a famous Bible verse, were too much for many to chalk up to chance.

For the true believers, it was no coincidence.

Read the whole thing, it may not be prophetic, but it's worthwhile.

When the Seed we Sow manifests it's DNA, Don't be Shocked

2012-01-06T06:59:00.003-06:00

The Lord dealt with me last night. I have not always been accepting of things my own children do. It becomes a torment. Yet, they are the product of seed sown. They are of my DNA. They have chosen a part and I see it manifest.

When I object even in the Spirit, I am objecting to the DNA I conveyed.

Nature V Nurture.

The Lord then said,

"I gave you my DNA when you were born again, a new creation, but sometimes even when you are manifesting who I am in you, I see in you things that are abberations that I understand but do not accept. Liberties you take, sin against the grace I left with you. You are still my son, I will never leave you nor forsake you, but my DNA fights to make you more like me, and yet you go your own way".

Father GOD is constantly in a battle to bring me more into the image of His Dear Son, Jesus. I'm not there yet. My sons are not there yet. AND, why would I want to imagine they Should be just like me...in all my humanity and fleshly flaws.

I have not yet arrived.

When did the Prophetic become a Self Help Program rather than Speaking for the God that IS??

2012-01-05T06:30:00.002-06:00

I am around a lot of prophets. Some better than others.

There is a pattern I am seeing. It disturbs me.

Much that is personal prophecy is not much more or less than the kinds of affirmations and encouragements one might find at a Tony Robbins self help motivational seminar, a book written by some guru or another in the bookstore.

It's not prophecy. It might be encouraging, but it's not prophetic.

Prophetic speaks specifically to a persons future. Specifically to a persons capacities and authority. It speaks to the need for change or movement.

I don't hear much of that. I hear and read a lot of badly masked positive thinking philosophy.

Even when God sends forth his words by many voices all saying the same thing, the response from the Body of Christ is, "where are the positive words of encouragement?". That's what Jeremiah did that got him thrown in a well.

We are there once again. We no longer have clear voices reaching the masses. We have vapid ethereal prophecies without sound or substance.

Read Ezekiel 36. Pretty Rough if you read it all. God is not pleased, yet He protects his people. He hasn't changed.

Why do the "prophets" of today seem to think God is someone else from who he really IS??

Malachi 3:6 "I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed."

It's still true. Speak for the GOD THAT IS...and not what you wish He were.

God is NOT a schizophrenic Part Two

2012-01-04T06:59:00.002-06:00

IF the word of the Lord to the Church and to the nation differed greatly that would only mean one of two things. One God has a split personality, Two one set of prophets are false prophets. I'm confident number one is not so. That leaves number Two.

This word of the Lord for 2012 by Steve Hill confirms to me once more the unity of the Prophetic word for the years to come. No one spoke together. I don't know Steve Hill...I know of him and have seen him preach on TV. YET...the word he brings mirrors what is being said by the true Prophets of God in this time.

2012 Predictions: Persecution Will Increase in US

At the threshold of this New Year, people everywhere are concerned. Escalating political, economic and social unrest have caused many, even believers, to become perplexed and fearful about the future. Jesus warned us that before His return, perilous times would come. But thank God, He has provided a way for us to not only survive but even thrive during even the most difficult of times. Allow me to illustrate.

My family and I are certified scuba divers. One of the first things I learned as a diver is that inclement weather doesn't necessarily indicate that you're going to have a bad dive. As a matter of fact, the storms can be raging on the surface, but deep below the divers are experiencing a spectacular kaleidoscope of colorful choral and tropical fish.

In relation to this upcoming year, the Lord has spoken to me of rough weather ahead. So, in anticipation, let's all recognize the stormy seas, determine to dive deep and experience the peace of God. 2012 will be a great year as we hear His voice and obey His every command.

In 2012, I predict the following:

1. The nuclear arms race will continue to escalate, giving arrogant dictators unprecedented power. The instability of the Middle East creates fear, which in turn produces irrational behavior through its leadership. Christians must pray that covert operations are exposed before damage can be done.

2. Martyrdom will continue to escalate as radical religious groups lose tolerance with aggressive Christians. Approximately 175,000 Christians are martyred every year. This will take place both in the U.S. and abroad. Christians should pray for their persecuted brethren.

3. There will be an obvious creation of a new world philosophy with the blending of religions as its core. Traditional belief systems will seem antiquated as a new understanding of the world system is revealed through media and political propaganda. Pray that the Holy Spirit exposes this onslaught of New Age nonsense.

4. In 2012, countries will continue to yield to immigrants in order to keep their sovereignty. The low birthrate will be so alarming that laws will be changed in order to accommodate the population influx from other nations. In turn, many conservative nations will become radically anti-democratic.

5. Persecution will increase in the United States, separating true followers of Christ from Sunday morning believers.

6. The baptism of the Holy Spirit will continue to be relegated to the back room as to not offend the seekers of a more relaxed religion. Christians pray for a HOLY GHOST REVIVAL!

Christians! Don't be shocked at this avalanche of worldwide events. God is omniscient and is in TOTAL control. These things, and many more, must come to pass in order to usher in the anti-Christ. Banks MUST fail in order to incorporate the one world banking system. The BIG boys will overtake the entire monetary system while the small players sit by helplessly hanging on. Giants like China and India will continue to crush the competition while the rest of the corporate world fights to stay alive.

Relax Christians! There must be a shaking and sifting before God's System can rise to the occasion. In 2012, you are safe investing in God's economy, and super-safe storing up treasures in Heaven where moth and rust cannot corrupt.

About the author: Steve Hill is the founder of Heartland Church in Las Colinas, Texas. He is perhaps best known as the evangelist for the Brownsville revival in Pensacola, Fla.

God is NOT a schizophrenic

2012-01-02T21:33:00.002-06:00

After I published the word of the Lord for 2012, Hope Deferred. I listened to the word of the Lord for 2012 brought by Loren Sandford in Colorado. It's eerie, it's uncanny. WAIT...its GOD. Why would he tell my brother Loren one thing and me another. It sounds to me Like the Theme for 2012 and beyond is set. This is the GENUINE prophetic, not some fluffy words without substance. This is what God intended the prophetic to look and sound like. AMOS - HABAKKUK.

It's an hour long, so be in a place where you can fire it up and let it run. We must start telling the Church the truth about what is going to happen. This is not about END TIMES stuff...this is about the world we are moving into.

Listen HERE:..

Henry Falcone - 2012 THE RECOMPENSE BEGINS!

2012-01-02T08:06:00.001-06:00

Henry J.Falcone on 12/28/2011
Flame of Fire Ministries
www.flameoffire2007.org

Beloved of the Lord,

As I came to the office this morning praying in tongues most of the way here, the Lord dropped in my heart the word recompense. Three times He said, "recompense, recompense, recompense" in my spirit.

I usually don't generally write words of this kind. Not because I won't, but because of it is not the "type of communication" that the Lord and I have very often. So please allow the Spirit of God to test and prove these words whether they are from Him or not.

Since I heard it spoken three times within my Spirit, I pondered of what that meant. Here is what I believe I heard from the Holy Spirit. The Lord was about to bring recompense to "His bride to be who are making themselves ready for Him," "then to the Church at large", and "then to the nations of the world. I then proceeded to look up the meaning of the word and their were three distinct definitions that seem to fit each group of people.

The definition of the word recompense means:(to make amends to those who suffered loss or harm; pay or reward someone for an effort; punish or reward someone appropriately for an action according to their doings.)

The first three months of 2012 the Lord is going to begin to bring divine recompense in 3 unique ways and to three unique groups of people. The first is going to come to those "who are making themselves read as a Bride as found in Rev.19:7. (This is the church within a a church, the Peter, James and Johns who were separated from the 12 to go up the mount of transfiguration." The second group would be the "church proper" "daughters of Jerusalem as in Song of Solomon. (This would be what we would call the "traditional understanding of church life, going to church, doing a ministry, etc) The third group would be for the nations of the world.

The Lord is not showing me what the recompense will look like, but I am gaining some understanding to the three types of recompense that is going to come forward. This He indicated to me by speaking the word to me 3 times. Each time I heard the same word, it had three different meanings to it, to the three groups of people. For over a year the Lord has had things revealed to me in time as threes, like 5:55, or 2:22 or grouping of three's.

As I mentioned, when I heard Him speak word recompense, I went to get the appropriate definitions of what the word really meant. I had an idea, but I wanted the Holy Spirit to help me grasp the true meaning of the word and how it applies to each group of people.

To the "church within a church" here is what I believe the recompense will be to those who are making themselves ready. To you, beloveds, the Lord knows how much you have suffered for His name sake. He knows all the relationships that got broken. He knows all the misunderstanding you endured as being "out there," or to spiritually minded and no earthly good.

He has seen the suffering you suffered even in your own homes, the rejection, heartache, the nights that you cried yourself to sleep. He understands how "alone you have often felt" with no one really to give you comfort but the Lord Himself.

He has seen those who have turned away from the lust of things, money, nice houses to follow Him wherever He led you no matter what the cost or the price was to truly know Him.

To you the Lord is bringing the first definition of recompense: "make amends or compensate you for all that you lost unjustly." He is now going to restore to you the years the "locust" has eaten. He is going to give you beauty for ashes. He is going to bring your forth like He did Joseph who was sold to slavery by his brothers.

He is going to bring to you the things that you gave up for His name sake and have you now ready to have the true supply spiritually and naturally for the very brothers who sold you into slavery.

You are now being positioned to be part of the "great deliverer company" that God is bringing to their feet in the nations. The Lord is going to bring you much supply to your hands so you can feed your brothers. When those who opposed you had the last 7 years of plenty you had 7 years of supposed famine and suffering, but now their time of famine has come and will come upon the world, but you will have the "plenty" to feed them. God is restoring all that you lost just as He did with Joseph.

God gave Joseph recompense. He even named his first son Manassah, "The Lord caused me to forget." That is what the Lord is bring to His "own ones," His bride to be. He is bringing your Manassah, so you to will forget the years of heartache because of the goodness of the Lord.

Though your vision and promises tarried and seemed like they would never come, they are now here. Joseph was in prison one day, and the Governor of all Egypt the next, even as God had shown him in his dreams. So it will be with you.

A total place or restoration is coming beginning in the first 3 months of this year. God's favor is going to come in ways you could never believe for you.

Those who persecuted you and did harm to you will begin to see how much God truly loves you and has been working in your life. Many will repent of the cruelty that they caused you by their ignorance and hardness of the heart. Some of the relationships that can be restored will be restored.

To the second group, "the church at large who is busy doing his works" yet not pursuing being a bride to the Lord," to you, the Lord is also bringing recompense in 2012. The Lord is going to measure back to you what you have measured to him, if it be good that you will reap good, if it be bad then you will reap the consequences of the bad that was sown. His word says, "whatsoever a man sows, that and that alone will he reap." "To whatever measure a mans sows, that and that alone will be measured back to you."

If you have sown to the flesh instead of the spirit, then you will receive even more fully that what must be reaped in the flesh. If you have sown to the spirit, then you will receive even more fully that which you have sown to the spirit. These first three months are "months" of God's measurement. The time where God is trying all mans hearts and motives. It is time where you will be allowed to decide "who is on the Lords' side?"

If you placed the love of money before God, then you will reap and receive recompense accordingly. God spoke of Israel after they asked for meat and weren't satisfied with the manna, "he sent leanness into their souls." This means their ability to know God was diminished. God must honor his word and be just in doing so.

So if you have sown to the flesh and made this world your desire instead of the Kingdom of God, He has no choice but to reward you accordingly. If you don't repent you will see the love for God in you become lean.

Because of this choice, many in the "great body" love for God and one another truly begin to "wax cold" as the word of God says it would. You will see many begin to desert the Lord who they should have remained loyal to. Because of the hardness of their hearts to know Him and His ways, they will begin to speak against the God they said they loved. You will begin to see even more clearly that many "will have a form of godliness, but will deny the power there of."

Yet in the midst of this recompense there is still an opportunity to repent and turn around. As some will begin to say, "what have I done?" What is my life really about?" "Why am I reaping all these things in my life?" They will turn and repent and join the first group and will begin to receive that "definition" of recompense.

To the last group which represent the nations of the world, those who don't know the Lord, God will bring the third recompense to begin manifesting more in the world. More calamities are coming. There will be many more major earthquakes, droughts and flooding.

There will even be new atmospheric conditions that are going to arise in air quality making it harder to breath clean air, and there will be a great shaking in many nations financially that will begin to leave many wondering if the end has come.

But not yet, the birth pains are not fully developed yet before the end is to come. Recompense is going to come to nations that oppose God, His will and who oppose Israel. It looks like they now are gaining the upper hand, but God is about to blow on their "man made and demonic intentions."
Some nations are truly going to return to the Lord in earnest. One of them will be Great Britain and a fire will come forth form that nation to touch the world.

Other nations are going to be know as "godless nations, and others as "God fearing nations." Their God will be the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through our Lord Jesus Christ. Some nations will receive recompense because of the prayers that have gone up to God. God has heard them and a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit will come to those nations as they have prayed for it.

Other nations have done all they can to remove the "TRUE GOD" from their midst, even to purge out any traces of the "True God" to have their "own god" will experience shaking and great tribulations. These nations will face famine, civil wars, and outbreaks of sickness like never seen before, they will face difficulties that would begin to be known as the judgments of God in their midst.

Their wickedness has reached heaven and is now about full and God is going to bring the recompense to these godless nations. Some in those nations will turn to God find the TRUE GOD, THE IAM THAT IAM. Some will receive visitations and appearing of the Lord in open visions and dreams to gather the remnant in those nations, but the nation itself will be know as "against God" and not "for God. "

This recompense will begin in 2012 in earnest and may continue longer as needed by the Lord. It is going to separate the chaff from the wheat, the fat sheep from the lean sheep, the Truth from the Lie, the Holy from the profane, and it does begin in God's house. Those who have sown to the good and have tried to find the Lord will find Him in this time. God will recompense them according to their hearts desires.

God is going to begin to give people over to their true hearts desires whether to good or to evil. Psalm 81: 8-12 will be the measuring stick of the Lord, " He is going to use in the nations.

⁸Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you--O Israel, if you would listen to Me! ⁹There shall no strange god be among you, neither shall you worship any alien god.

¹⁰I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. ¹¹But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.

¹²So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust and let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels.

This is the "recompense" that is about to truly be seen in 2012 in a more fuller way. It has already been delivered in seed form, but now the true nature of all things is about to revealed. The day of fire has come to test and critically appraise all things as they really are.

So there are three types or recompenses to come:

1. To His "Bride to be" it will be a restoration and a bringing forth of the fullness of the Lord to their lives. What was done in secret will be revealed. A divine placement has been given like Joseph to be ready to care for their brothers and sisters who may have sold them into slavery. God is going to restore the years of suffering to bring forth the years of plenty in your lives.

2. To the "church at large." God is going to recompense according to what you have sown. If you have lived your lives mostly to sow to your fleshly need and desires, then you are going to reap from that same fleshly desires that could even produce a leanness in your souls. There will be a time to repent and turn to God, yet also a time of true reaping of what was sown either for good or for evil.

The Lord will allow you to taste what it means to truly have what you wanted apart from God. This will cause a part of the Body of Christ to truly repent and turn to the lord. It will cause another part of the Body love to wax cold and have a form of godliness and deny the power there of.

Then another part of the Body will begin to desert the Lord that they should have trusted and turn away from them because of the hardships they will face. They will actually blame the Lord as the cause of their problems instead of the sin that they never removed from their hearts.

3. The Last group will be the very nations of the world. God is giving each nation a choice to become a God fearing nation under His power and authority, or a "godless nation" under the full power of the god of this world. In those nations God will bring true recompense and punishment for rejecting Him, yet even in those nations a remnant will turn to find the Lord. God is going to give to each one the beginning of that recompense as the definition says, "punish or reward someone for their actions."

The first three months of the year 2012 you will begin to see these things come to pass in a way that are unmistakeable and undeniable that God is truly in our midst and in the affairs of all mankind.

This word is submitted to the Holy Spirit to discern in you on whether this is a Word from the Lord or not. The Bible says, that the "natural man can never understand the the "spiritual things of God, because the Spirit of God is not in him. Spiritual things must be discerned by spiritual people who have been Born Again and filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

God Bless You all in 2012!

2012 - Psalms 112 What an amazing Word from the King out of His Psalms! by Dr John Roberts

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Dr John Roberts is a friend of mine from Tennessee. I am always inspired by his wisdom. He sent this to many and to me overnight as a New Year Wish. It's an excellent word. What struck me was the Psalm 112 quote. It's exactly what the Lord has been teaching me for the last year. Our prosperity is in OUR HANDS.

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If what we know is true, that what is true in the natural is true in the spiritual, then what activity or events naturally are taking place currently? ONE WORD...

OCCUPY

Everywhere you turn we hear it, OCCUPY! OCCUPY!! OCCUPY!!!

However it is not like what we see where it involves Wall Street or any other park or mall or government hall, but an occupation of God's Kingdom Kids to possess the land, and the land I speak of is not the ground under our feet, but the land of the hearts of those that are trapped by religious doctrine, and denominational traditions that have held them captive to and slave under the flags of condemnation or the beatings of verbal abuse all in the name of Jesus.

This I believe shall be the reality of what is soon to take place. I see within the disclosing of this Psalms the gravity of what is about to take place in the Body. Those on the outside are about to OCCUPY them on the inside of the religious boxes and not to come to a fight or cause disgruntle, but bring freedom as the Christ in them will seek to do. Allow me to post this Psalms here for you to review sir and digest...

Psalm 112 NLT
Praise the LORD! Happy are those who fear the LORD. Yes, happy are those who delight in doing what he commands. Their children will be successful everywhere; an entire generation of godly people will be blessed. They themselves will be wealthy, and their good deeds will never be forgotten. When darkness overtakes the godly, light will come bursting in. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous. All goes well for those who are generous, who lend freely and conduct their business fairly. Such people will not be overcome by evil circumstances. Those who are righteous will be long remembered. They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the LORD to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly. They give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will never be forgotten. They will have influence and honor. The wicked will be infuriated when they see this. They will grind their teeth in anger; they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.

In fact the phrase "light will come bursting in" is what I believe is this OCCUPATION that will soon VERY SOON take place.

Word of the Lord for 2012 - Hope Deferred

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What you are about to read is a compilation of what the Lord has shown me over the past several weeks regarding the year to come. I don't believe there is anything special about the turn of a Gregorian year, I do know people are more open to the prophetic at this time of year and because of that are willing to hear what the Lord says. While this is the word of the Lord for 2012, much may not happen in 2012. I have been publishing these words for a decade. In that time it has become apparent that the Lord shows me what is going to happen, but not when. Once in a while when takes place, but not often. Such is the pattern of scriptural prophetic utterance. These words are meant to comfort, warn, reinforce, correct and empower the Body of Christ. They are not meant so someone can play the market better or make a business decision. While some seems to be "bad" news, there is much good news. I am not a prophet who gives platitudes about things without measurable substance. It is my mandate as a prophet to a nation to declare things so the army of the Lord in partnership with the angel armies can do great exploits. You already are enlisted. Here is your intelligence report...future history.

The Lord Speaks Regarding the Year to Come:

I will be a strong tower in the face of the enemies attempts to deceive and capture those called by my name. This is the time when my elect must have supernatural vigilance against deceptions and schemes of the evil one. Live in the Truth, reject the lies. The father of all lies is roaring and roaming about to capture whomever he can. Do not be deceived. Look for truth. It will not be easy to find. Lies come packaged as truth and are sweet to the ear.

The truth is not to be found in old systems, beliefs and traditions. It is not to be found in cultural norms. It must only be found in Me and My word. I release truth to keep you free. Every lie comes packaged as something you will want to believe in. It will come packaged as fairness, justice and mercy yet the lies will sting you if you believe them.

It will be false mercy, false justice and false fairness that will deceive even the very elect. The shame of these lies as they are revealed will be heaped upon those who had been so easily bewitched by them.

This deception is not unto death even though deception can cause death. This deception will lead to a loss of hope, an emptiness that comes when you feel a sense of betrayal. Death of your hope.

As My light shines brighter and brighter in dark places, the deeds of darkness will be revealed. Do not be shocked when those in high places are revealed as a deceiver. The prime method of the deceiver is accusation. Be careful not to accept every accusation of the enemy against anyone. Be vigilant when you hear the accusing tongue. It is a snare rooted in the fear of man.

The most secret well hidden deceptions will be rooted out and exposed by My Spirit.

This exposure is a manifestation of My love for My people even above the shepherds I have placed over them. The demands of truth will cause some of the shepherds to stumble and some even to fall.

There will be no hiding place. Many will see these things come to pass and proclaim it is My wrath. It is not wrath. It is judgment to bring into adjustment, to make the wrong things right. To bring your world into proper bearing. On Earth as it is in Heaven.

Among My people, as these things take place, it will be like a deep breath of fresh air. It will be a relief. Grief will manifest as change comes but only for a short season, then joy will come in the morning. It will be a GREAT JOY.

The false altars and false gods erected in your life must be torn down. The high places that exalt themselves against the knowledge of ME must be burned up. They will be shamed and destroyed. The nations that roar against ME will go silent as I laugh at their vanity in my judgments. There will be no other Gods above Me.

There will be short term conflict and confusion. Wars, rumors of wars, warnings, setbacks, outbreaks and attacks. They will cause people to wonder at the signs. I will show MYSELF in these things and you will have no fear. The end is not yet.

I am establishing an order based on who I AM. Do not be deceived, I AM NOT MOCKED…NOT EVER.

Mockers and scoffers are coming to the end of their day and will find themselves bowing the knee in shame.

I am the God of love. That love is shown in correction that nudges you toward your best interests. Don’t despise my corrections. I know your beginning from your end. I will not harm you. I will bring you to MY expected end for you. You are immortal until you have fulfilled your purpose in Me. Trust Me. You are safe.

I have already seen your present pain played out to your victorious end. These birth pangs are revealing me at work in your WORLD.

Do not be deceived by any who say, LOOK, this is that, He is here, or there. As my kingdom expands, it will fill the whole earth thru My BODY which is YOU. You are part of everything I am doing on the earth. You are part of every prayer you pray. You are my doer of greater works.

Governmental authority from the Body of Christ will wield the sword of the Lord once again. Deception will be exposed and Demonic influences ousted in MY NAME.

Find Hope … Find Joy … Find Rest … Find Peace in 2012

What the Lord is Showing me as a Prophet:

2012 - A Year of Deferred Hope That Can Make Some Hearts Sick

YET in all this those who persevere to the end are the victors

Delay is not denial, it’s just delay delay delay - but not denial

People need hope. There will be hope displayed, but not as we think it will come. Hope can only be rooted in trust .. and there is less trust in man than there was in 2011 - The Crushing has begun. False Idols with Clay Feet are being crushed by the Rock of Truth.

The issues of our hearts will be exposed by our actions and reactions to the changes to come.

This will bring a new prosperity for those who see that this is the opportunity of a lifetime. This will be the best of / worst of time - for others

Prosperity will come for a season. It will be the time to store up against that day to come. Do not be foolish as the harvest comes into the hold.

As we move into God’s protection He is gracing his people with Provision in accord with their generosity towards others. The issues of our hearts are revealed. Psalm 112:1-10 will be manifested.

ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT IN 2012
The angels of God are responding to acts and words of faith - without which it is impossible to please Him.

They are opening the way, protecting the saint, bringing provision and ministering to every need. Angelic hosts stand ready to act in accordance with the confession of our mouth, if it’s of faith they move in power, if it’s in doubt they stand and wait. The angels of God cannot respond to doubt and unbelief. The demonic realm will move quickly to reinforce your doubts. There is no in between, there is no balance in the things of faith. There is either unrestrained Faith in the Mighty God or Unbelief. There is no middle ground.

THE WARFARE
Prepare to hold the line, Prepare to advance. This is not the time to be passive. The war is on and you are in it, you are a soldier in the battle, the conscription came when you were sealed with the Mark of the Holy Spirit. It is your uniform in battle. There are no pacifists in this warfare, only enemy or friendly combatants or casualties. The call to battle is sounding clearly. Mount up. Be brave, for the Lord of the Angel Armies says, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age”.

The enemy will not remain silent, he will use every lie to try to keep you on the sidelines. If he can get you to hold back, he believes he will be able to exercise his power over you.

The father of Lies, the enemy of your soul, will deceive with much more skill and sophistication in the year to come. This will be the year where discernment for the child of God must operate at a supernatural level. Truth has become the first casualty in the warfare that is upon us. It will become a rare commodity. If you buy a lie it will put you in chains. Truth will be there, but it will come in unusual ways. You must not put your trust in man, in media, in politicians, in money…they carry a curse on them that will strangle and even kill you if given the chance. New forms of truth telling will emerge. Look for them.

God is in the process of cleaning up and cleaning out the influences that are evil influences on the earth. The deceived and deceivers are being shut down. God hates a lie and will show it by his power.

ECONOMIC FUTURE NEWS
In seeking for the word on the economy I received a vision of a slow moving train coming down a track onto a bridge that is being built as the train moves forward. There is a safe destination on the other side of the gorge it is striving to reach. IF the builder fails the train will fall to destruction. Eventually if the weight of the train becomes too great the bridge cannot support it and it will fall. There must come a reset, a time for things to stop, a time for the train to stop moving ahead. While this stall takes place it provides time for the builders to construct proper bridge underpinnings to allow the train to get to the other side. That reset is coming.

There is an upbeat mentality right now, that will continue. People are earning more than they were a year ago. People are working. People are getting their personal economic houses in order. New open door opportunities in an atmosphere of yet great risk are everywhere to be accessed. For those with supernatural vision the opportunities will be windows of blessing without containment.

Inflation will continue to accelerate as nations attempt to monetize debt, but it will not hold…the bubble will burst.

THE WORLD ECONOMY must go thru this recovery. It will mean long spells of convalescences. Painful re-directions. Painful cuttings away. Painful reconstructions.

The will mean an overturning of rulers. City state national global

There is a loss of faith that the old broom can sweep clean any more. The world will demand another new broom. The last new broom is broken. This has ever been so and it is vanity. Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

Violence and riot will persist, but weaker. Reality is taking hold. The lies will be revealed. The fascist, antichrist, anti-Semitic roots of the rioters will be revealed. Their real motivations will be discovered and they will fall out of favor.

2012 good start then stumbles in June:

Sideways and down
Starts and Fits
3 up 4 down
4 down 3 up
3 up 4 down

Energy prices will stall as new sources cap any rapid increases

Metals will remain volatile but without real direction except in relationship to currency fluctuations.

Danger remains for those at ease in Zion
The danger is not from terrorists, that is a false flag to reduce our rights, the real threat is from a police state now forming in the USA. This is a demonic plot to legitimize actions that will be taken against the Body of Christ when persecution comes; if nothing changes.

The greater Danger is from insurgency, fascists, radicals and anarchists from within our borders

Dangers from national crisis

Europe
China
NORWAY??? That’s a surprise to me

Will be better at the end of 2012:

Venezuela
Iraq
Libya

Will be worse at the end of 2012:

A Dividing Nigeria
Egypt

Natural and Geophysical Changes for 2012

Weather calms globally - Less destructive than 2011

Mountains Moved - New Washings Away in South Africa

Huge wave - Indonesian Region

Ring of Fire Active - 180 degrees, new tectonics alive in the Americas.

International Political Manifestations 2012

Islam Stumbles - Confusion - Intensity - Disillusion - Disaffection

Europe
Footing and fleeting
Solid for a while and yet some flee when the pressure is too great

China
The giant stirs. Exercising new movements. Like a wounded animal. Yet the influence of Christians in the land invisibly restrains the hand that would harm

Russia
Unsteady future. Backlash against the reverse of freedoms. A second Russian revolution against the reviving oppressors.

Continent of Africa
Disunity
A whole continent breaking up and breaking down.
The demonic influences ratchet up the pressure on the great body of Christ across the whole of the Continent. Martyrs everywhere. No peace.
Of African nations:

One shall fail
One shall Stumble
One shall be overthrown
One shall be broken apart

I get no vision over India. It all seems so dark yet with several lights. I don’t understand this.

Mexico makes a seemingly positive turn and then…a serpent rises up

2012 Will be a Year of Discovery

Secret treasures in hidden places will be revealed Isaiah 45:3

Medical
Drugs and medicines that heretofore have been assumed to be safe and efficacious will be revealed to be a new danger. Statins. Antidepressants.

Faith in drugs as treatment will be reduced. Revelation of the corrupt combine of drug companies, Medical Professionals, Insurance companies and government will be revealed staining the reputation of all shaking faith in the system.

Energy
The landscape of energy production around the world will change much in 2012. Nations that till now have been prime producers will find themselves increasingly marginalized by new and substantial discoveries. New discoveries in Northern Africa, In South America (Argentina) and the Russian Territory of Kamchatka will cause the landscape to begin to shift. The geo politics of restricting oil flow by a cartel to capture revenues will have backfired as the pressure of high prices causes extraordinary exploration… Secret Treasures in hidden places

Aging
As populations in western countries are aging, new levels of positive engagement will be discovered. People working longer. People forming new relationships. People finding better health. New discoveries that will cause many to do better than they were. A discovery of disturbing mental changes that can be ameliorated without drastic treatments will create peace of mind for many.

A New Discovery in Antarctica reveals something unexpected - Changes orthodox thinking dramatically.

These and other revelations will seem to have little impact at the start, but the resultant developments will have long lasting powerful influence for good.

The Church
There will be tremendous new pressures on organized religion. Many will fall away because of it. Many will find the peer pressure too great. It will be easier to be unaffiliated.

Yet in the year to come those who hold fast will find new levels of unity, new levels of victory, new avenues of outreach, new life, new anointing and new joy.

The old way will quickly pass away. The new will come. It will change much and will cause many to not recognize what is happening. This change will be considered loss…but it is in the purposes of God is about to sort wheat from chaff by the wind of His Spirit; and his winnowing fork is already in His hand. Luke 3:17

The deaths of ministries and congregations will lead to vigorous new fellowships and relationships in the Body of Christ never before imagined. New methods of ministry, taking advantage of new technologies will push aside many of prior centuries assumptions and operations.

The decline in the Denominational Body of Christ as we have known it in the west that will accelerate. There will be many fewer churches in that mode at the end of 2012 than at the beginning. There will be more informal fellowships. Pulpit ministry is going thru a transition that will not reverse. The body of Christ must now do less better. This will result in a dynamic new revival and move of God, but it will not fit the patterns of the past.

These changes will not only be driven by the young, but by those of many years. It will shock the established churches. The result for those who get on board with the move of God in this area will reap a great harvest of souls. For those unwilling to find what God is doing and work with Him will become discouraged.

The year to come will cause many people formerly hostile to the Gospel to reconsider the claims of Christ and come to redemption. This will happen as those who once were in the House of God become offended and walk away. The wind of the Spirit is separating wheat from chaff.

Breakthroughs will reveal the Sheep and Goats - Visible Separations. The pure Bride emerges.

There will be fewer disgraced leaders than in 2011. The warning shot across the bow has worked…for now. More will come later. God is cleaning house. He loves his sheep above his shepherds.

Decline of traditional Media Ministries (TV and Radio) will happen as new ways of connection expand. An emergence of new voices…some that have been present but undiscovered. A new pure voice without guile finds national visibility in 2012. Watch.

The Pressure of the Global War on Christians Intensifies
Many fall away under the pressure.

Only the pure Bride Remains

The battle will be fierce

The enemies head is being crushed once again.
He roars, he thrashes about, he threatens, he claws, he bares his teeth…
He is doing whatever he can to intimidate the victorious
But he is under YOUR FEET and cannot harm you as long as you know your position in Christ (the anointed one and his anointing)

In the middle of the warfare…there will be extraordinary Revelation. The plans of the enemy will be revealed - Supernaturally to those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

THE ELECTION of 2012

The Lord KNOWS who will win the elections in 2012 in the USA. I have been given a vision of the result of this cycle. Wisdom demands that I do not share what I have heard. There is no benefit to anyone by doing so. There is an example of such in scripture. Like the Shunemite woman in 2 Kings 4:23-26 ... “It will be all right.” or “everything is fine.” We must keep our eyes fixed on the mercy of God and HIS deliverance, then everything will be all right.

During the electoral cycle the constant accusations of racism and other hate filled words will pale in comparison to the situation that has come to pass.

About President Obama. I am concerned when I see him. Since he took office I have seen him in a death mask. There is a constant threat on his life. The primary threat comes from a radical and disappointed left wing fringe. When I saw the anger and riots this summer I knew that spirit was loose in the land.

At the beginning of 2011 I warned of a threat against the President. Later in the year (October) I warned that an attempt of assassination would occur in November. Just such an occurrence took place November 11 when Oscar Ortega-Hernandez opened fire with an AK-47 on the white house from a distance away. He fired at least 12 times. Several of those bullets hit the upper floors of the White House. The president was not home, so he was not in danger.

With the killing of Bin Laden, the murder of Kadaffi and several other leaders in the world with the endorsement of the USA and the President, there is a sowing and reaping dynamic that has me very concerned.

Watch and Pray.

An Apology

2011-12-30T16:30:00.003-06:00

I have another blog. It is mostly about politics and observations from my perspective. I post some pretty intense things there.

It is NOT in any way prophetic. It is pure opinion. I try to keep them separate...but from time to time I get the wrong post on the wrong blog.

So, if you see something that is seemingly wrong in placement, it probably is.

I had one brought to my attention and I am sorry I got it in the wrong place.

I will try to be much more careful.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

The Spirit of Sudan

2011-12-30T08:24:00.001-06:00

I received this from a Nigerian Brother today via email. The attribution is at the bottom. It's worth reading. When I read it I shudder to think how close we are in the USA seeing this.

Early in September 2011, while fasting and praying for the national prayer retreat of The Preacher scheduled for later that month, the word of the Lord came to me, “Pray against the Spirit of Sudan.” South Sudan had become independent from the oppressive Islamic north only a few weeks earlier, on July 9. I understood the word to mean that the Satanic principality that had sponsored Sudan’s very oppressive anti-Christ Islamic regime, and sustained twenty cruel years of a most ravaging civil war between the Christian south and the Islamized north, having lost that territory, was seeking another abode, in Nigeria. I took it as a personal prayer point even though, later, I had to send out sms’s to a few friends. The message as I understood it seemed well explained by Luke 11:24-26, especially the first half of verse 24:

24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man[a territory, Sudan], he walketh through dry places, seeking rest ; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

This reminds me so much of the Kenyan experience decades ago, when a group of intercessors in a teacher training school suddenly had a vision of furious red horses galloping towards their country. Intercepted by timey prayers, however, the horses diverted from the border of Kenya into Somalia next door. Somalia has not been a normal country ever since, with little rest from wave after wave of Islamic insurgencies.

In September 9-11, 2011, there was the retreat of The Preacher in the Middle Belt city of Jos, Nigeria. In the process of the prayer vigil on the second night of that retreat, a sister with remarkable prophetic gifts raised a prayer concern about Nigeria. She used the same words to describe her burden as she called us all to pray against “the spirit of Sudan.” I was frightened. It was no mere coincidence. I realized at once that God had confirmed His word in the mouth of a second witness. Anyone who has gone through the horrors of one civil war will never wish to experience another. Ask them in Liberia, Sierra Leon, Libya, and ask the elders in eastern Nigeria who suffered the Biafran war.

Four days before Christmas, we posted the online message, “When Feasting is Unpardonable Sin ,” warning that in this season of Christmas festivity and the threats of Islamic jihads in Nigeria, it might not be permitted for everyone to enjoy a feast when the land mourns. Yesterday was Christmas, but it was not to be for everybody. I had been fasting for many days, and could not but go on fasting. St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, on the outskirts of Abuja the capital city of Nigeria, was suicide bombed at the close of Christmas service as worshippers were queuing to leave. Over 40 deaths have been reported, besides several injured and inestimable property damaged. What jolted me was the Yahoo News on the tragedy: “Boko Haram is trying to ignite a sectarian civil war in a country split evenly between Christians and Muslims” http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-kill-dozens-nigeria-christmas-bombs-081417359.html It sounded so much to me like the word of the Lord about the agenda of the Spirit of Sudan. Could that be a third witness from the mouth of a prophetic internet donkey?

What further bothered me in that news were the remarks attributed to Muhammadu Buhari, who had also contested at the last presidential polls. In the opinion of that retired army general and former head of state, these assaults are a pointer to the failure of the present government of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a man who has been under the severe assaults of high level sorcery and political snares; such manipulations and sorceries that it takes more than a Sunday school T-shirt to bullet proof.

As we relish, on one hand, the lofty condemnations of the premeditated brutalities of Boko Haram, we, on the other hand, share the worry of Jesus in Luke 11:17, about the paradox of a house divided against itself. Oh, that Prophet Daniel could come down and read us these glittering handwritings on the wall!

About a year ago, a retired army General who, like Buhari, is a northern Muslim and former military ruler of the nation, threatened tacitly in the papers that there could be a civil war attributable to Dr. Jonathan if he did not ‘gentlemanly’ abdicate his presidential ambitions to the ‘north,’ all of whose prominent candidates were Muslims.

Some hundreds of years ago, Egypt was a very Christian territory, as also was Libya and the rest of northern Africa. Today, the story is pathetically different. Ephesus, where Paul once preached, which had the first of the seven churches to which Jesus sent special letters, it is said, does not have a church anymore. Its candle has gone out, as Jesus had warned in Revelation 2:5. Islam has taken over that city, and others like it.

May our children not rise up in the next fifty years to curse us fathers and mothers whose knees were too stiff to bend, whose lazy brains and fearful hands knew nothing to do while the spiritual topography changed against their tender future. As a Bishop recently feared and warned, may they not have to spit on our graves someday, that while we pursued our insatiable greed and stuffed our protruding bellies with stolen wine, we wasted our political privileges in the houses of parliament and the other corridors of economic and political power, shamefully unlike another woman centuries ago who in similar circumstances swore, “If I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:16).

Jos, a city whose name is said to have been derived from the acronym, “Jesus Our Saviour,” which used to be the paradise of many missionary agencies in Nigeria, is now like ancient Berlin with an invisible wall marking the risky boundary between the Muslim north and the Christian south of the city. The city has already conceded some precious grounds to the threatening advance of Islam. Port Harcourt and Lagos are not too south from the ‘northern’ threats. America is not as far away anymore; not farther away now than next door. South Africa and Kenya and Britain are already marked for their own seasons. Ghana and Zambia are stirring. France seems almost like a helpless captive. The list is long. Every place is under watch. It is a global threat, “while MEN slept” (Matthew 13:25). Feeble women and little children may sleep, but when adult men also sleep in some seasons, things go wrong.

There are notable parallels between the two nations of Nigeria and what used to be Sudan. Today, Nigeria is reckoned as the foremost evangelized and evangelistic nation in Africa, a missionaries-sending nation next only to USA in the world. In the 1950s and earlier, the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM) similarly sent missionaries, and especially evangelized the northern parts of Nigeria. Sudan had a dominantly Christian south and an Islamized north. So does Nigeria. Both territories boast a large land mass. Sudan had and still has a species of Islam that is fundamentally fanatical and very intolerant of any other faith, like the Boko Haramians of northern Nigeria. Sudan used the means of politics, governance, and violence (in fact, wars) to pursue its agenda of enforcing sharia over the entire country. The tools have been no different with those who have been invoking the spirit of Sudan into Nigeria. The sounds of ‘Boko Haram’ are the sounds of that spirit already knocking at our door.

‘Boko Haram’ is a political mask. May God expose the masqueraders behind the mask. Boko Haram is a unilateral declaration of war awaiting escalation whenever ‘the other’ should have been provoked enough to reply. When a cock struts out to challenge the sleeping neighbour next door to an early morning fight, check properly; its owner is behind it, waiting with a machete. The coordination, professionalism and sophistication of Boko Haram are not those of some ragtag terrorists or ‘militants.’ They have the intelligence and other backings of certain foreign governments, of notable foreign and local agencies, royal fathers, as well as serving and retired politicians. Until recently, when God exposed one of their moles among the members of parliament, who could have believed that those dissidents had such ‘noble’ membership and patronage? The general public will be shocked the day it learns about the size and skill of their army and the sophistication of their weaponry; but our prayer is that God may do again in Nigeria what He did to Pharaoh and his armies when He overthrew both horses and their riders in the sea (Exodus 15:1). Amen.

Last night, during my midnight prayers, the date “January 12” came to me as having been marked for a surprise attack in an unsuspecting location. I wish I can right away tell where, but it could be somewhere in one of the ‘safer’ southern cities. Watch and pray; pray with eyes open in this season.

Often, one hears the understandable remarks of aggrieved southern Nigerians, that the country should split, and “let them go their own way.” It is not so easy, for many reasons that this is not the place to explain. Besides, by such expressions, unawares, these make prayers in support of the very Spirit of Sudan.

Someday, soon, the mystery of the fifth seal shall speak from under the altar in Heaven, and there shall come “the great day” of the wrath of the lamb that sits on the throne. In that day, there shall be no hiding place in the dens and rocks and mountains “from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb” (Revelation 6:14-17). May that day come soon, in Jesus name. Amen.

May the world join us now to contend against the Spirit of Sudan. We would rather have those prayers now than relief materials later for a war-torn people, should that wandering spirit somehow find abode here, aided by the bloody invocations of its armed priests that have already offered more than sufficient provocations.

If this stirs you, please, pass it on. If it does not, delete it. One will chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand to flight (Deuteronomy 32:30). Amen.

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Kim Clement: Warning to Middle East

2011-12-30T07:59:00.000-06:00

Prophesied December 1, 2011 – From The Garden (Iran and Syria):

Regarding Iran and Syria: "Woe to those who make unjust laws and to those who issue oppressive decrees. What have you done, depriving the poor of their rights and withholding justice from the oppressed of My people, making widows your prey, raping young women and robbing the fatherless? What are you going to do in the day of reckoning when disaster comes from afar? To whom are you going to run for help? Where are you going to leave your riches?

"Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives and fall among the slain. Yet for all of this, My hand shall be upraised; judgment against you. Woe to you, Iran. Woe to you, Syria. The rod of My anger in whose hand is the club of My wrath – you would run? You would flee to another godless nation? Watch – I will dispatch you against the people who anger Me. What would you do to seize the money, to seize the treasure, and to snatch the plunder and then to run? Where will you run to? Where will you go? Would you run and seize all the images? Would you seize the idols and run?

"I will punish the kings of Iran and Syria and others for the willful pride of your hearts and the haughty looks in your eyes." God says, "By the strength of My hand I will do this. By My wisdom, because I have understanding. I will remove the boundaries of these nations. I will plunder their treasures like a mighty one, like I did before as I subdued kings." Therefore God Almighty says, "Your own warriors who were once sturdy, I will send a spirit of division, a wasting disease if necessary, but the light of Israel will become a fire, the Holy One a flame."

And Israel, what about you? Have I not already spoken at the remnant? The survivors will not rely on any other nations. They are self-reliant, for they rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant has returned, and they've returned to the mighty God, and though the people be like the sand by the sea, Israel – just a remnant – will stand up and watch the destruction of these that would come against them.

Therefore, this is what God says: "My people who live in Israel, who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Iran, do not be afraid of Syria, do not be afraid of Russia. Do not be afraid of these nations who try and beat you with a rod and lift up their hands against you as Egypt has endeavored to and will." But God says, "My anger against them will end this destruction. I will lash them with a whip, like I did before." This is the word of the Lord.

The Winds of Change are Coming

Prophesied December 3, 2011 – From The Garden (Winds of Change):

As the winds are blowing in Southern California, as I'm praying now, it is a sign, because God did speak to me about the winds earlier and the fact that this would be a sign that southern California will actually be blessed, will be restored, or come back, and God will shine again on this state. Though great evil has come on this state – He spoke to me about this and said – even though great evil has been propagated from this state, once again He will restore it.

There will always be evil. There is evil in every state in America; there's evil in every nation in the earth. Evil will not be wiped out until Christ returns. However, the dominion of evil will not stand here. Already God has judged many of those that have stood up and been arrogant in this industry. So therefore, what I've received today now is the winds are blowing very strongly as a blessing, as a sign that certainly He is destroying certain levels of evil, certain levels of dominion and principalities in this region.

Yesterday was a day where I spent a lot of time in spiritual warfare – hours, in fact. Today I'm sensing an excitement in the Spirit. I'm sensing anticipation. I'm sensing that the winds will not only blow in Southern California but in America. The winds of change are coming. That's what I'm hearing as I'm praying right now:

The winds of change are coming. These are not just coincidences. All this – the weather patterns – has to do with what God is saying and actually doing right now. I'm continuing my prayer – Southern California, California will be restored. God will not wipe it out and send it into the sea. That is His word and that's what He's saying right now. I will continue to pray for America and see what He has to say about this nation, because there has to be a change of God. The winds of change are coming, and let's see what takes place. It's very exciting.

"From a Recession to a Depression was the Plan of the Enemy, and that Will Not Happen"

Prophesied December 4, 2011 – From The Garden (Economy):

It is day four and today is very different. There's a lot of brokenness, and I'm finding that I'm "weepy," which is sometimes a sign of joy, true joy. It sounds strange, but it is the case that sometimes when you have joy tears come. There's also a feeling of humility. The fact that America, and many of the nations that God is setting up to bless – they have been humbled, these nations, and we'll probably be more appreciative as the economy turns slowly around. I say slowly because it is the hand of God that has allowed this for a season, though I must say the Kingdom of God has flourished; even though many have struggled, we've survived, and it's at its worst now.

That's what came to me as I'm praying, and I have to share this with you, because it's day four and it's regarding the economy. These are words that came to me: "The plan of the enemy was to humiliate; the plan of God was to humble America and to humble many of these nations. Those who have been in strong positions financially and have been cocky and have held their head up and strutted like a peacock, now they shall be humbled and shall be likened unto the fox, and there shall be no hole for the fox, no place to rest.

These nations that have been proud and these nations that have said, 'We have control because of the oil and various other means,' the change will bring them to a place where they will look and say, 'Now it has come to us. Why? We looked at the west and we looked at the great eagle and we said, "It has fallen," or "It is falling." Now it has come upon us, for we thought we could trust in our soil, we thought we could trust in that, and in the resources that we had, but look – America and the nations have been placed in a position where they are now, a resource that has overtaken and blessed them.'"

So I heard these words: "From a recession to a depression was the plan of the enemy, and that will not happen." God said, "I will save them from the ultimate, and that is a depression, and then out of the recession." So the word of the Lord that's coming to me as I'm praying now and calling to Him is that there is a strategy that God has, and please don't take this wrong, and this is not only regarding the political aspect, for those that disagree with Reagan maybe, but the Lord spoke to me and said, "I honored him, and so there will be a re-visitation of Reagan."

Now obviously this is not speaking about reincarnation, but there will be a spiritual and political re-visitation of Reagan, "And I shall even place someone there that will have that in their heart. As I blessed Reagan and caused this country to come forth and be restored, so it shall begin. The era shall begin in the next seven years. Now look up, for your redemption draws near. And even though they shall say, and you will hear their words, 'This recession shall lead to a depression,' but what of, what of the Euro Zone?"

God says, "I spoke to you about a unity that shall take place. Now look up. Again I say to you, look up for your rescuer is near and the people of God shall be blessed, for I will reveal secrets to them on how to invest and where to invest so that I can take them out of debt. The greatest investment that they can make," the Lord says, "is into the Kingdom of God and into the destiny that is ahead. Therefore, do not sow in places where there is death. Death does not take place in the future; death does not happen in the future. Death always happens in the present. There is no such thing as death in the future; it takes place in the present and therefore sow into the future, those that speak of a future, those who speak of the good news of reaching the earth. That is the future."

Now, these words came to me as I'm praying, and I'm still here now. We had tremendous, tumultuous weather here yesterday; the winds blew greatly. Today there is peace. The sun is shining in this state, in any event. This is a sign to me; as I walk up and down this garden, these are good signs. These are signs for His people to rejoice, and in the presence of the Lord there is fullness of joy. So, as your prophet and spiritual leader to many of you, I tell you what He has shown me on the fourth day.

Take note of this; pray it, for the will of God can only be brought about by the prayers of God's people, the people of Christ – the princes and princesses of royal Blood. Those are the ones that God listens to. So I ask you to pray with me now and hear my words. The first investment that you make is into the Kingdom of God, and specifically into the future. The present often is death. People who do not proclaim what God has for them in the future are those that are dying and offer nothing. We do not sow into that which is death.

So, Lord, I encourage the people of God to sow and to give. And Lord, in this State, they have heard the word of the Lord. I pray that they'd begin there. And, Lord, open up the doors and show them where they should invest, where there's success, where there's victory, where there is growth, where there is progress. And Lord, many will become debt-free in the year 2012, many of them. Many of them, Lord God, will become millionaires. This is not an impossibility – and even some, billionaires.

Why would I say these things? Because it is God's will to prosper, for once you are prosperous and you have humility, you have the Kingdom of God and the progress and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. That's what His word is, so I bless you from my garden.

Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com

Kim Clement: The life of Kim Clement is an expression that has defined "the prophet" for the modern era. This has made his journey unique; a journey that has taken his inspired message to schools and colleges, churches and synagogues, alleyways and prison cells. Kim's prophetic gift is a magnet that has drawn a broad audience, as he has whispered to kings and inspired prisoners, his path through life continues to be an exciting adventure. His diverse and extemporaneous perspective has gained him notoriety that transcends culture, race and religion, placing him onto a world platform. He has performed at the Rose Bowl Stadium in California, Times Square in New York City, Mt. Carmel in Israel and even the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

It's time for the TRUE PROPHETS of GOD to stand up and the PRETENDERS to sit down and be quiet

2011-12-28T21:26:00.005-06:00

I take no glory in, or credit for, the word of God given through my hand. I take a great deal of heat for it. Many ridicule the whole idea of a year end prophecy. Still, there is an openness to the prophetic at the turn of the year. That openness makes possible to speak to the spirit of man in a way you couldn't in June or July. There are so many flaky inaccurate so called "prophets" spouting off this time of year, it's time for proof of the pudding. I no longer take part in "compilations". No one holds these so called prophets to any accountability. Prophets no longer test nor judge the prophets. I hold myself out to be tested. You can judge. I don't do this for glory, I do this because the world has become jaundiced to the true word of the Lord from His prophets. It's time to end the fiasco. It's time the true prophets of God stand up. We are in a critical time and the world is crying out for a true word from God. We have had enough of the airy fairy words without any substance. We must have truth, future history. This is that. IF you are going to decide what to hear, you must first judge what was spoken, then decide:

Those things from the Word of the Lord for 2011 are in RED:

On January 1, 2011 the world had not yet experienced

Kim Jong Il was still alive and there was no one from the south visiting North Korea till now

Korea: Leading to ONE

Hugo Chavez was assumed to be well...until it was announced he had cancer

Venezuela: Paper Tigers burn up

There was no indication that Putin would run again in Russia nor would the clamp downs begin

Russia: Drifting to a former state

China was assumed to be solid as a rock, now it is finding it difficult to continue it's growth

China: Change - Fragile - Stumbles

The governments in Australia and New Zealand were considered set..then change happened--- a nosedive for the Prime Minister after the elections of 2010 and Earthquakes in NZ in Feb that shook the foundations of it's government.

Australia - New Zealand: Turning a new leaf

Europe has seen a backlash against the needful economic changes...none of that was even indicated before Jan 1, 2011

Europe: Backlash and restraint. Re Order

Brazil overtook Britain as the worlds 6th largest economy.

Brazil: A nation in redemption

Egypt, Tunisia and Libya were still nations under a seemingly stable dictatorship

Africa: Divided and Dark. A pall hangs. Much yet to be done, but MUST be done by Africans. Not all help is helpful.

--- false governments, false dependencies, will be torn down. They will be shown for the false assumptions and accusations that they always were.

Again and again the word Fragile was used to define the economic condition of the USA.

There had been no earthquakes in Oklahoma before 2011. Now there were in September

There will be earthquakes, center of the USA,

Japan had never suffered such a profound quake before 2011. Now it has in March

There will be earthquakes in the far east

Temperature extremes became normal. Coldest winter ever, hottest winter ever. All "unexpected" except to God.

The weather will be severe as a norm. VERY COLD. VERY HOT. Abnormal will become normal.

Spiritual leaders with great calls were dethroned this year.

You must not place your trust in any man during this time. I have demonstrated MY power to dethrone false gods in the past year, even those who were considered great in the Kingdom, to be brought down. This will accelerate. Those who carry a great call will be judged more severely.

Some even died. More than ever before.

David Wilkerson
Pastor Zachery Tims
Jessy Dixon and 5 others

Central Banks around the world attempted to monetize the debts of the nation. Debt limits became a key issue. More than ever before. The arguments became over who's money was worth what. This was new in 2011.

Money made up. Fiat money to pay off overblown indebtedness.

Cities and States that had never before declared bankruptcy did this year. Cities at least and effectively states like California and Illinois were declared bankrupt. All this in 2011.

Public Unions became a power unto themselves. They have exercised civil disobedience in every state capital where their power was challenged. The revelations of the amount of money public employees earn as compared to the private sector became an issue in 2011.

Many cities as well. The primary cause of this bankruptcy is pensions owed to individuals who work or worked for the states and cities. These pensions are unpayable. There is no political will to deal with this. The result is that defaults will happen. There will be no checks sent. Riots and other forms of civil unrest will happen. Unions will attempt to muscle money out of the public sector. The public sector has no money. So the public sector will attempt to muscle the money out of the private sector. This is a fleece the people mentality. It will in fact result in violence we have not seen in this nation in decades.

This prophecy before the riots in Madison WI or Columbus OH.

Copper thefts across the nation have become rampant. People stealing air conditioners for the copper. Stealing copper from buildings. This became epidemic in 2011. It didn't start till May of 2011.

People will steal from one another out of need. Something we have not seen since the middle 1930s. Violence and lawlessness will increase.

The reality of the worthless college degree and the huge student debt attached to it became a bubble and a crisis in 2011. The occupy movement was about this too. Big education with no job.

People with huge student debt will find no place to apply their education no matter how good it seems to be. There will be no jobs. These young people will become a difficulty in our economy as they clamor to take their place but are woefully unprepared to do so. There will be a backlash from the youth.

All in all it has been a year of lost civil rights. The government has tightened it's grip more and more.

Terror efforts are going to come. Fear will be the result. Do not fear the one who can kill your body, fear only the one who can destroy your eternal soul.

The year ended on a higher economic note than anyone thought at the beginning of 2011.

There will be tidings of great doom. Hopelessness, decline, so it will appear. In a place captured by materialism as a god; will materialism need to be torn down and destroyed. This will result in good, a new normal based on stability, trust and Faith in ME. Do not fear the drumbeat of doom, hope is on the horizon, but it is hope based only in ME.

You may want to read the whole of the word from January 1, 2011 to get a flavor for what is to come.

Political and economic manipulation can forestall things for a little while but people must go thru these things to enter into the new place Father has prepared. The old system had no future whatsoever. This is a new thing. We must embrace it.

IF you want to know what is coming prophetically, you must look to the true prophets of the land. They may not bring great news, but they report future news so the People of God can be prepared.

I say all this to prepare you for the warnings and encouragements to come. IF y0u want to see how God deals with false prophets, see the Book of Jeremiah. It's pretty clear.

One thing is for certain....this year is spelling woe to those who are at ease in Zion. It's a call to enlist in a war that is already declared. Choose this day...

Stay tuned!

A Word for 2012: New Leadership, New Boldness and New Provision -- J. Lee Grady

2011-12-28T18:16:00.000-06:00

As I have prayed about the coming year, I’ve sensed three clear directives.

“Despite strange weather patterns, global terrorism and the specter of an economic crash, I’m actually optimistic about where we’re headed in 2012.”

Missionary Hudson Taylor said: “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” I pray you will experience this truth in 2012.

J. Lee Grady is the former editor of Charisma and the director of The Mordecai Project (themordecaiproject.org). You can follow him on Twitter at leegrady.

Break Old Cycles for 2012 by Chuck D. Pierce

2011-12-28T13:34:00.001-06:00

Israel was an example of a corporate group who had to overcome several things to enter their promised land. The following spiritual assignment will allow us to move forward into the fullness of God’s plan for our lives as we look toward 2012.

Make a list of old cycles. Now is the time to break from any old cycle that has held your promise and destiny in captivity. Declare that your Passover time of deliverance is now beginning. Ask God for signs, wonders, and miracles that will intervene in old cyclical structures of your life.

Be secure in timing. Declare that everything in your past be repaired and restored so that your future can be unlocked. Look up and see the window of heaven that is opening over you. Gain victory in strategic warfare. Do not be afraid to ascend in worship.

This is a time to experience God’s glory. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Ask God to open your eyes so you can see His glory. Make a list of promises. Even make a list of stirrings that have been in your heart that have never come to fullness. Let His presence direct you into the path of deliverance and pass over from captivity to freedom.

Position yourself for your future. The best is ahead!

About the author: Chuck D. Pierce is the president of Glory of Zion International Ministries in Denton, Texas. He is known for his prophetic gift and has been used by God to mobilize prayer throughout the world. Pierce is also the author of many books, including the best-selling Redeeming the Time. For more information about his ministry or to purchase resources, visit his website at gloryofzion.org.

Ras Robinson on Christmas is over and the New Year is upon us

2011-12-27T08:26:00.000-06:00

December 27, 2011. Be encouraged today. Christmas is over and the New Year is upon us. The Lord says, "Celebrate the good and spit out the bad. The grain is always better than the husk. Think on the good, believe the good, speak the good and do good things. You gave to people in need. That blessed Me to see. You are generous to the poor, the widow and the orphan. That which you give will never be ...wasteful because it fulfills My will and I always bless that. Never give for the purpose of being seen. There is in it no reward. But oh my, what multiplied favor comes in seasons like this when your heart is tender to give.

Acts 20:1-2 (GW) "When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, said goodbye, and left for Macedonia. He went through that region and spoke many words of encouragement to the people."

Faith is the light of time by Jean-Pierre de Crussade

2011-12-24T16:17:00.000-06:00

Time is............too slow for those who wait; too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve; too short for those who rejoice; but for those who love...... time is eternity..............

Faith is the light of time, it alone recognizes truth without seeing it, touches what it cannot feel, looks upon this world as though it did not exist, sees what is not apparent. It is the key to celestial treasures, the key to the unfathomable mystery and knowledge of God. Faith conquers all the fantasy of falsehood; through faith God reveals and manifests Himself, defying all things.

Faith removes the veil and uncovers eternal truth. When souls are given the understanding of faith, God speaks to them through all creation, and the universe becomes for them a living testimony which the finger of God continually traces before their eyes, the record of every passing moment, a sacred scripture.

The sacred books which the Holy Spirit has dictated are only the beginnings of divine guidance for us. Everything that happens is a continuation of the scriptures, expounding for us what has not been written. Faith explains the one through the other, in which souls can discover the key to all its mysteries......Faith is only living at its best when sensible appearances contradict and attempt to destroy it.......To find God is good in the trivial and most ordinary events as in the greatest; is to have not an ordinary, but a great and extraordinary faith..............How delightful the peace one enjoys when one has learned by faith to see God in this way through all creatures as through a transparent veil.

Darkness becomes light and bitterness sweet...........There is nothing that faith does not penetrate and seek out. It passes beyond darkness, and no matter how deep the shadows, it passes through them to the truth which it always finally embraces, and from which it is never separated

A Word for Christmas

2011-12-24T08:43:00.002-06:00

Today has been hard for some reason...then:

Philippians 3:
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

As I wallowed a bit in self pity this morning, I was reminded by the Spirit of God (John 14:26) that I had taken my eyes off the high calling of God. That I was allowing the spirit of the world to bring me down. The news is not great, people beating each other over shoes. Greed. Bombings. Worldly junk. Then there are my personal remembrances and regrets. Wasted life opportunities. Ghosts of Christmases Past.

Paul screams in my spiritual ears as he writes to the Church at Phillipi. I will imitate him. I will set aside those regrets. I will press forward. I can't unring the out of tune bells in my life. I can just try to make the new bells I ring sound better.

I must not allow myself to be conformed to a world I find so foreign. (John 15:18-19)

At some point in our Christian faith we must draw the line and stand for something that will infuriate people. It is happening now in India, Malaysia, China, Iraq, Iran and, at a lesser level, even in the United States. But this is the path that Jesus took and He calls us to follow him. He chose us to break the holds of worldly conformity and to bring us into significance. We are chosen out of the world into our true citizenship; the Kingdom of heaven. Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org

I know that if I become so earthly minded I will be of no Heavenly good. I resolve to cut it off now. This word was for ME...and maybe one other.

Pressing on ...Merry Christmas

NEW WINE BEING POURED OUT from ElaineTavolacci

2011-12-23T08:29:00.001-06:00

NEW WINE BEING POURED OUT

Yesterday as I was speaking to a friend on the phone she told me that her browser says "delete recent history". Not knowing much about computers she then asked me "Should I delete my recent history? As soon as she said that, the Lord quickened this word to me. He wants us to remove anything from the past that is holding us back from receiving all that He has for us, especially our "recent history." When we do this we will be prepared for the New wine that He is about to be pour out.

The Lord says I am about to pour out my new wine in abundance. There will be a great acceleration in the days ahead. Many of you will advance expeditiously in to what you were called to do. Do not fear moving forward at an accelerated pace but as you do, allow Me to prepare the new wineskin to receive the new wine. As the new wine skin is fashioned, it will be able to contain the new wine with ease. Do away with all hindrances in your life. Leave behind religious mindsets that are holding you back from receiving and allow Me to renew your mind with My word. Walk in humility and throw off any pride and arrogance that is harnessing you. Be willing to release anything that would keep you from receiving all that I've called you to be. Guard your heart from the subtle entrapment of the enemy.

Many of you have cried out to hear My voice, and as you refuse defiling thoughts and line your thoughts up with My will, then you will learn how to hear My voice with clarity. As you are observant of My leading I will guide you in your decisions. As you discard of your old nature you will be more aware and attune to My voice in the daytime as well as during the night. You will recognize when I speak to you in dreams as I reveal My plans and purposes to you. Don't go back to your old ways but look ahead to the future that I have for you. Stay in that intimate communion with Me so that your conscience will not be seared and the process of acceleration will not be hindered. Learn how to deal with every opposition that arises and every challenge that comes your way. In this season of the new wine being poured out, I will bring you in to the place that has been assigned to you as you move forth into the plans that I have for you says the Lord.

Mark 2:22
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine busts the wineskings, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

Ephesians 4: 20- 24

But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.

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In Fresh Water

2011-12-21T08:25:00.003-06:00

Last night I attended Crusaders Church in Chicago. I have been so busy in business that I haven't darkened the door for a while. It's Christmas week. I wasn't going anywhere last night. I didn't know what to expect. I went because I have been so hungry for something real. Something fresh. Something clean.

I wasn't disappointed.

During the time of worship I had a sudden wave of what could only be a sensation of fresh water crashing over me. Clean. Clear. Cool. Fresh. It's been a long time. Some streams are less than refreshing.

It was interesting because while I was experiencing this Apostle Eckhardt began to declare a moment of Niagara flowing over us. Fresh water. Newness. In the same flow.

I love when that happens. When in sensitivity the Spirit of God speaks to people all at once.
I needed that. There were some 1 Corinthian 14 moments. During the preaching, a precious sister asked Apostle a question, He smiled and said, "This isn't a class", but took her question, respected and answered it. Earlier a young man walked up and brought a note on a different translation of a Bible Verse Apostle was reading from. It gave additional depth to the understanding. Apostle was gracious and sensitive.

I wonder how many major leaders in the Body of Christ are that flexible and humble to have this kind of thing happening in their services. There may have been 5-700 people there. Only those most sensitive to the flow of the Holy Spirit walking in fullness of maturity and anointing can operate at this level. I have talked of this in the past. Five Fold leaders must learn to understand what the operation of Holy Spirit is at any moment and be ready to fit in where HE leads. That might happen even in the middle of what was a well prepared sermon the Spirit of God might move on someone to interrupt what was happening to say something else. That takes confidence. I have seen it only a few times and it was always good.

This will take real maturity and humility among leaders in the future. Most won't get there. Here's the word of the Lord:

I will restore the fallen tabernacle of David, I will bring back the soul of MY Body on earth. I will see my people with a new heart and a new mind in the unity of MY Spirit.

I saw that manifested last night. I needed to see it. I had gone stale in my spirit. I needed a washing of regeneration I wasn't getting on my own. The congregational influence of reaching up, pulled me up.

The old song from David Ruis, Wash Over Me...fit last night:

When the tears are falling
And the tears blow 'cross my mind
When the waves are breaking
And the sun is hard to find
When the deep is calling
And the waterfall's my home
When I'm all but drowning
And I'm treading on my own

I cry a silent prayer
That comes out of me
It's a mystery
Come wash over me
Wash over me
'Till I can't take any more
And I dream that my voice is heard
In a secret place
Where I bare my face
Come wash over me
Wash over me
'Till I can't take any more

Prophetic Headlines

2011-12-20T07:12:00.002-06:00

I don't KNOW Terry Bennett Personally. I have watched his work. He seems to hear from God in a unique way. God gives him Headlines in Advance. I had published some from a meeting he had in KC but was asked to remove them. I did. The headlines he got last December were erie, so many came to pass.

SO, I commend this to you. I honor the prophetic.

Some recent headline prophecies:

Pharmaceutical Nightmare; Uncovering the hidden intentions and cover ups, big money vs. the hidden long-term health effects of drugs.
Overhauling the FDA; unveiling the corruption of payoffs and buyouts.
The Trial for the Unborn - the conscience pulse of our nation. To vote or not to vote, and a nation hanging in the balance.
The Taming of the Shrewd! Restrictions and transparency measures increased toward Wall Street investors, insurers, and the business of profit.
"I Fell into the Burning Ring of Fire," The Ring of Fire Ablaze!
"The Burning of Our Fields," from historical practice to modern catastrophe.
The Season of Burning; a South Chicago Blaze, a New York Blaze, and a San Francisco fire.
The Embattled Bill of Rights, the Basis of Our Freedoms on Trial.

See them all

Reviewing the past year in Prophecy

2011-12-18T15:21:00.004-06:00

Last year about this time I sought the Lord over the year to come, the one just being completed.

Some prophetic things that came to pass worth noting:

"The world you are living is becoming more and more fragile. More than ever. Things you thought were unbreakable are now breaking.
So many things we thought could never break down are now globally collapsing. Economies. Governments. Systems.

Words for 2011 in the world:

* Korea: Leading to ONE
* Venezuela: Paper Tigers burn up
* Russia: Drifting to a former state
* China: Change - Fragile - Stumbles
* Australia - New Zealand: Turning a new leaf
* Europe: Backlash and restraint. Re Order

I am about to break the education system in your nation that has become a place teaching doctrines of devils. Thesis that are created by the enemy of your soul. Look for changes in this year. It has been going on for a while, but I will accelerate the changes in this year.

There will be great upsets in the year to come in the physical. Birth pangs. There will be earthquakes, center of the USA, California, Alaska, far east. The weather will be severe as a norm. VERY COLD. VERY HOT. Abnormal will become normal.
You must not place your trust in any man during this time. I have demonstrated MY power to dethrone false gods in the past year, even those who were considered great in the Kingdom, to be brought down. This will accelerate. Those who carry a great call will be judged more severely.

MAKING MONEY UP
Every nation pays it's overwhelming national debts with monetized money. Money made up. Fiat money to pay off overblown indebtedness. Our international partners will put up with some of this because they have ways of laying off the risks in buying asset preserving instruments.

GOVERNMENTAL BANKRUPTCY
States, cities and individuals have no such power. Right now many states in the USA are bankrupt. Many cities as well. The primary cause of this bankruptcy is pensions owed to individuals who work or worked for the states and cities. These pensions are unpayable. There is no political will to deal with this. The result is that defaults will happen. There will be no checks sent. Riots and other forms of civil unrest will happen. Unions will attempt to muscle money out of the public sector. The public sector has no money. So the public sector will attempt to muscle the money out of the private sector. This is a fleece the people mentality. It will in fact result in violence we have not seen in this nation in decades. People will die. Military will be needed to quell the riots. The result will be the reduction of human rights and civil liberties.

This State and City bankruptcy will foment an economic and social collapse. One that no politician can cure. Not republicans, tea party, democrat. No one. This will cause crimes of necessity. People will steal from one another out of need. Something we have not seen since the middle 1930s. Violence and lawlessness will increase.

People with huge student debt will find no place to apply their education no matter how good it seems to be. There will be no jobs. These young people will become a difficulty in our economy as they clamor to take their place but are woefully unprepared to do so. There will be a backlash from the youth.

You can read the whole of the prophetic word for 2011 here.

King David's last words. Let them be mine too

2011-12-18T14:42:00.001-06:00

When David was on his deathbed, he said to his son Solomon: "I want to tell you why God has blessed me. I want you to know the secret of my ministry." Listen to David's last words to his son: “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue” (2 Samuel 23:2).

David was saying, “I didn't trust in my knowledge and wisdom. I didn't trust in any part of my flesh. I was a weak man—but I depended on the Holy Spirit! Every word I spoke was under His unction and anointing. His words filled my mouth!” -David Wilkerson

John Eckhardt Prophetic Evaluation Questionnaire...Thought Provoking

2011-12-14T14:11:00.002-06:00

Prophetic Ministry Evaluation

1. Do you believe that the Prophet and prophetic ministry are essential to the local church? _______ Yes _______ No

2. Do you believe that Prophets are for today? ____ Yes ____ No

3. Are you a part of a denominational covering that believes prophetic ministry is for today? _______ Yes ______ No

4. Do you as a leader prophesy? ______ Yes ______ No

5. Are there ordained Prophets in your church? ______ Yes ____No

6. Are there ordained Prophets in your church government? ___Yes ___ No

7. How often do Prophets teach or preach in your church?
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8. Do you have prophetic teams? ____ Yes___ No
If yes, how many? How were they trained? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

9. Do you have prophetic intercessors? ______ Yes _____ No

10. Do you have prophetic counseling? _______ Yes ______ No

11. Do you operate in prophetic evangelism? ______ Yes ____ No

12. In what manner does one give a prophetic word in the church/service?
_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ What is the protocol? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

13.
What is your greatest need in the area of Prophetic ministry?

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Why the Earth (and the Heavens) Are Shaking By Francis Frangipane

2011-12-14T12:22:00.001-06:00

As the year 2011 comes to a close, it is hard to be unaffected by the massive earthquakes that occurred these past years. Remember, it was just 2004 when the great South Asian Tsunami roared along the Indian ocean, suddenly rising and striking the coastlines of nine nations. Over 230,000 people died, and millions more were left grieving and homeless. Scientists tell us that this great disaster not only changed the landscape of Asia, it actually caused the planet to wobble on its axis.

But the physical shaking was not over. Nine and a half months later, in October, another devastating quake struck, this time in the Kashmir region of Pakistan. It killed nearly 80,000 people. Millions again were left without homes or shelter. Then, along with quakes in Chile and New Zealand, the horrific Haitian earthquake struck and another quarter million lives were lost. Lastly, a huge magnitude 9 quake and subsequent tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan, raising the specter of a nuclear meltdown and the widespread poisoning caused by radioactive contamination.

There is something happening in the earth. Massive earthquakes. Huge death tolls. Unprecedented storms. It may all be a coincidence, but I cannot help but call to mind the Lord's word, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven" (Heb. 12:26). There is certainly a great shaking occurring in the nations.

Remember, Jesus warned that "great earthquakes" would be part of a variety of natural calamities, which He called "birth pangs," that would introduce the End Times (Luke 21:11; Matt. 24:8; Mark 13:8). In other words, He told us to expect natural disasters to increase both in magnitude and frequency, as though the earth itself was recoiling against the weight of sin. As Isaiah said, "The earth is shaken violently. … It totters like a shack, for its transgression is heavy upon it" (Is. 24:19-20).

If we are, indeed, living in the last decades of this present age, we should not expect the planet to remain calm or tranquil. God will use these calamities to draw multitudes to Himself, but we should be aware they will probably grow in severity.

Spiritual Shaking
As disasters increase so also will fear increase, but it should not be so with us. For it is also during this time that the Lord promised that the ruling powers of darkness will be shaken from their position of influence and rule. The Lord will "shake not only the earth, but also the heaven" (Heb. 12:26). This verse is not referring to the highest of heavens where God dwells. The heaven mentioned here refer to the spiritual realm, also known as the "heavenly places" elsewhere in the Bible (Eph. 3:10). These "heavenly places" represent the spiritual dimension from which "the powers … the world forces of this darkness … the spiritual forces of wickedness" exert their rule over nations (Eph. 6:12).

Thus, the Lord says in Isaiah "It will happen in that day, that the Lord will punish the host of heaven on high, and the kings of the earth on earth" (Is. 24:21). The last great shaking will affect both the natural and spiritual realms. Likewise, Jesus warned that during the time of the end "the powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Matt 24:29). Remember, the shaking of these powers denotes the "removing" of their place of influence and rule (Heb. 12:27). In other words, every demonic stronghold that hinders the coming forth of the kingdom of God on earth is ultimately going to be confronted by the power and authority of heaven!

One may argue, "These verses refer to the end of the age." Yes, the finality of this twofold shaking---things on earth, but also heaven---won't reach its maximum power until just before the Lord returns during the tribulation period.

However, I believe it has already begun on a certain level. Consider the former Soviet Union. Here was the largest geographic empire in the history of the world; its military was powerful beyond measure. The USSR was avowed atheistic in nature, and it spread atheism to all nations under its influence. Yet, in an amazing and unfathomably sophisticated exercise of the divine will, the Almighty judged the spiritual powers ruling Soviet Communism. The USSR fell without a violent revolution, without an insurrection or war, suddenly and dramatically it disintegrated.

Not only did this great empire implode, it was on Dec. 25, 1991, that Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union, effectively ending the Soviet Communist Party. The next day the Soviet parliament acknowledged the dissolution of the empire.

What a great and enduring sign! On Christmas day, the very day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the demonic power ruling the USSR was shaken and toppled from its place!

Will the Lord's final confrontation against the spiritual powers of wickedness be much more significant? Since the fall of communism, missiologists tell us that more people have come to Christ worldwide than the sum of all conversions since the first century. Of course, Russia still has its problems, but let us not overlook what has happened: a godless, evil power fell from its place of rule. Since then millions of people have come into God's kingdom! (Anyone feel like shouting here?)

Even while the physical world will suffer birth pangs, I believe we are going to see other major "powers in the heavens" come down just as dramatically as the former Soviet Union. I know it is possible that Islamic factions will merge and become stronger, but remember, there are currently millions of Christians praying for these Muslim nations. Somehow, whether sooner or later, the power holding sway over Muslims is going to unravel. There will be unexpected, but significant breakthroughs. Muslims by the millions will open to the gospel and find Christ as their Savior. This is the prayer frontier God set before us right now.

We will also see major demonic powers fall in the USA. I believe it will not be long before serious restrictions will begin to curtail abortion in the USA. The demonic power that has blinded lawmakers and justices will be confronted and toppled. Let us, therefore, continue to pray for Supreme Court Justices to be appointed who are both pro-life and God-fearing.

It seems to me that we are living when, at least on some level, the "powers of the heavens" are being shaken. Our prayers and personal involvement in the affairs of life play a major role in toppling these powers of darkness. If we do not quit praying, we will see significant changes unfold before our eyes.

Finally, let us remember that, even while things on earth and in heaven are wobbling, we have received "a kingdom which cannot be shaken." (Heb. 12:28). Beloved, God has an unshakable kingdom to which He calls us. It is the place where Jesus rules as King, from which place every knee in heaven and on earth shall bow.

About the author:·Francis Frangipane is the founder of River of Life Ministries in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has traveled throughout the world ministering to thousands of pastors and intercessors from many backgrounds. In June 2009, he retired from his position as senior pastor of River of Life Ministries and is devoting himself to prayer and the ministry of God's Word. To read more teachings by Francis or to learn more about his ministry, go to www.frangipane.org.

A Word from my brother Buster.... another good prophet

2011-12-14T06:38:00.001-06:00

Prophet's Journal

And now...the signs of the beginning of violent plunderings is in our area...break-ins by gangs of armed men who loot and plunder homes. It was only a matter of time. We knew these things were coming. It is the way of the natural man to reach out and take in times of hardship...and especially so in these times in which iniquity abounds. I am concerned about the rise of this new wave of violenc...e and what it will lead to. I know that GOD has given HIS angels charge to be ministering spirits unto us; nevertheless, I feel a heaviness, not particularly a fear, but a deep sense of knowing that harder times are about to break loose upon the earth that will prod many in the Church into their prophetic positions of being strong and doing exploits. You may say, "Well, that is something that you should be rejoicing over!" I am not rejoicing that many of my brothers and sisters are going to enter into the clutches of those who, by means of torture and deprivations and such, would seek to make them deny JESUS CHRIST. I do rejoice in the fact that what will be the darkest hour for the world will be the brightest hour for the Church, which will shine brighter than the fires of persecution and opposition. I do rejoice over the fact that our LORD is with us in everything and will never leave us nor forsake us. I do rejoice over the fact that we will soon be together with JESUS forever. I do rejoice that GOD knows exactly how to comfort us, in every adverse situation, by HIS HOLY SPIRIT. I know that GOD told me that it is time for the world to see the power that is in the name of JESUS alone. I believe that something mightier than the world expects is about to break loose from GOD. You see, the powers of darkness may grow mightily within the earth, but they can never overshadow the power of GOD and the power that is in the name of JESUS.

The truth that HE that is in us is greater than he that is in the world will always ring true. Don't get me wrong in what I am saying. I know that we are in the time of the falling away from the faith, but also in this time GOD will cause grace to abound much more than iniquity abounds. Be encouraged. May GOD grant us all the grace to obey the words of JESUS and to not let our hearts be troubled. Be strong in THE LORD and in the power of HIS might. We know that there is no strength or virtue in our own natures and that we must rely on the working of HIS HOLY SPIRIT within us to enable us to walk by faith and not by sight. GOD bless you with strength, my Brothers and Sisters in JESUS. Let us continue to pray for one another.

a 'Word from the Lord' for 2012 by David Smith

2011-12-13T08:06:00.001-06:00

David Smith is a friend of mine. I trust him. This is interesting and stirring. Consider:

From Prophet David:
Below, is what I believe the Lord wants me to post regarding this upcoming year of 2012.

He downloaded the whole thing to me in about 30 seconds, but I spent a few hours double-checking the Bible, and checking what He wanted me to say. The final draft, I checked numerous times by way of Holy Spirit.

To give you some scripture to "check" what the 'Word - it covers the section of scripture between Eli and Solomon (essentially Judges/1st/2nd Samuel & 1 Kings) : more specifically, it addresses the transition between the kingship of Saul & the transition to the Kingship of David & the building of the temple under King Solomon.

As always - please do not believe my words simply because I write them - but go to God's Word & check with Holy Spirit to see if these words be true.

Hear ye the 'Word of the Lord' for 2012 -

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I am the Lord.

Man has had their day, their time. Now, it is My Day, My time.

I have rejected Saul.

You have set your idols before Me - now, your idols will fall.

Behold, you stand on the threshold of the Day of the Lord.

I have prepared My Army of Joshua's - now, they become Christ's Mighty Men.

They have been tested, they have been tried. Now, they stand at the door - prepared to shout.

At that Shout, at My command, all that is of man will change. All that is of man will be shaken. The day of man will be no more.

At the Shout of My Army - the path to New Jerusalem will be paved. With the Shout of My Army, the dragon will, once again, raise its head to wage war against the House of David. This time, that House will never fall.

King David traveled a long journey to bring My House to Jerusalem. I have traveled a long journey to bring My House Home. That journey is near its end.

Now - you will see your world shaken.

Now - you will see who is King.

Now - you will see who is God!

2012 - Time to get Real...

2011-12-13T07:07:00.002-06:00

IF you decide to heed some of the Prophetic Words for 2012 that are being published, you might want to go back and look up what what was said for 2011 by that same prophet. IF that prophet is all wet, random, weird and without veracity in what he or she prophesied last year, why even bother considering what he or she prophesies this year.

I like to see and hear the prophetic, I am just concerned that the people posting the 2012 words may have had too much pizza.

I invite you to judge ME as a prophet at the same level. In the next few days I will review the prophetic vision presented and reported on by me. I have also compiled a large number of other prophetic utterances.

Do not despise prophesying. Judge every prophetic word according to the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 2:20-21

Don't fear those who bring prophetic panic if they have not been accurate in the past. Deuteronomy 18:22

This is wisdom

Living in Uncertainty of God's Provision is Economic Hell

2011-12-12T07:12:00.003-06:00

The last couple of days I have been struck by the generosity of GOD...even to his own hurt. His provision that comes out of HIS pain at the cross. Jesus, true GOD, on the cross, becomes SIN for us. By this he provides a way to the Father, no other way but HIM. Provision in pain.

God's generosity towards us is so great that our humanity sees it as unfair. That some thief on the cross gets the right to stand right next to us before the throne and worship in full. I have read books on heaven that seem to say there are slums and penthouses in heaven and those who just make it in, like the thief, will end up in a tin shack on the other side of the tracks. I reject that.

What has made me understand even more the wonder of it all is the realization of what entering into the protection and provision of God does for us on THIS side of the veil.

The parable of the workers in the vineyards who despite working 8 hours or 1, they receive the same pay for a days work is a prime example. Matthew 20:1-16

Some would say, God's not fair if he thinks this is OK. There never has been a time when God tried to be fair. He's good, He's Just, He's Generous, He's rightoues, He's Merciful, but to the human intelect it doesn't seem fair. That's not God's Problem, it's ours. When Jesus told this story, this parable, HE said that the Kingdom of GOD is like this. Therefore, to many, the Kingdom of God is not fair. IF you want fairness, you will have to visit another kingdom, of this world, ruled by powers and principalities you don't want to think about.

Let's consider those who only worked ONE HOUR. They spent the whole day without work. They weren't sure they were going to be able to feed their families one more day. They weren't sure they were going to be able to take care of their needs. They were anxious all day long. They were facing an uncertain future. They were not YET living in the provision and protection of the master.

Then consider those hired about the nineth hour. They worked all day. They knew from that hour they were going to make it. That dinner would come. That provision was certain. That there was nothing to worry about. They worked along side other men who had the same assurance, the same confidence in provision. They had the comeraderie and fellowship from those who worked side by side with them. They did not stress about the day to come. They were there together toward a goal.

It's only at the end they question the master when he pays everyone the same. Fairness rears it's ugly head. The enemy puts a question in their heart.

The answer by the master is the key:

Matthew 20: 13-15
‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. ¹⁵ Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

People are angry with God because he is perceived unfair in his generosity. YET, that is how the Kingdom works and will work. It will look unfair to the world, yet it is generous beyond belief.

The future will belong to those who are generous, not to those who are fair. Entering into the kingdom is recognizing you will not always understand. He is GOOD...that is sure, but we may not always grasp his generosity.

It is the heart of GOD to be generous. YET, Christians live in lack because they are bound by a system that insists on fairness.

Lance Wallnau -- Unemployed Angels?

2011-12-10T09:11:00.002-06:00

It should not be too big a stretch to believe that God has assigned angels to watch over you. Your angel is the invisible guardian who keeps you in all your ways, sets up key connections and advances, and in the end accompanies you at death. But what if God has more than one angel at work in your life? In fact, what if God has purposes and multiple assignments for you to complete? It is not a stretch to imagine that some saints have a veritable swarm of spiritual activity surrounding them - including warfare and battles. But what of the saint to much is given but little is done?

What happens when the angel is assigned to a believer who allows fear, sin, bad teaching or doubt to stop them? What do the angels do when believers for long stretches of time wander like the wilderness Hebrews in circles? The angels do not leave....but angels are, for all intent and purposes - unemployed. What a thought.

Angels are mighty winds of fire assigned to advance you in the very areas you were created to go. They are activated by the voice of His Word...and only wait to hear the anointed utterance, command, confession, prayer that comes out of your mouth. They will go before you, set things up, bring in the resources needed, bind your adversary and fulfill the prophetic word over your life - if only employed. I wonder, what are they doing right now? Are they fully engaged?

2012 is a year of Governmental Order, Please Do Not Reject Apostolic and Prophetic Ministry by Daryl O'Neil

2011-12-10T07:43:00.002-06:00

Daryl O'Neil is a friend of mine and I trust this word:

As we close 2011, I am being stirred from within to encourage those who are legitimate apostles and prophets to take a courageous stand in 2012. I believe, if we are courageous to obey(have faith), we will see the type of global citywide breakthroughs and reformation we are praying for. I have consistently come across in the past two years many Pastors and leaders, who have been negatively been impacted by what I will simply call "inaccurate representation" of the gifts of Apostle and Prophet. This is nothing new and the answer to the problem is not new. It just takes those who will be willing to be numbered with the TRANSGRESSORS. There must be a group of apostolic and prophetic leaders, who have not been "twisted" in their representation of these ministry gifts to carry the "sins" of those who have and ask for the opportunity of forgiveness to build relationship and model the genuine through covenant friendships across denominational lines.

In Isaiah 53, a prophetic declaration of the coming of Messiah and His work are given. It is through this declaration, I would like to extract an Apostolic principal of INTERCESSION that has been reduced to PRAYER. Before all who pray and are specifically called to pray manifest, please hear me, I AM NOT ADVOCATING NOT PRAYING. I believe in prayer and pray. I want to suggest, however, by action and definition INTERCESSION involves RELATIONSHIP and MEDIATION. These are two character traits lacking among those who are legitimately called to serve in these two, vitally important to the Body of Christ, ministries. Most apostolic leaders I know talk about the lack of friends they have in their locale. It is a difficult thing to get in the middle of other people's dysfunction, yet the scriptures say WE (sent new creations) HAVE BEEN GIVEN the MANDATE of reconciliation. IT IS THE APOSTOLIC MANDATE. It is what Christ the APOSTLE did first!

Isaiah 53:11 states that "For HE shall bear THEIR iniquities"! Jesus receives a reward of greatness and spoils because He poured out His SOUL unto death and HE was NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS and He bore the sin of many AND MADE INTERCESSION for the TRANSGRESSORS.

His mediatorial work was called INTERCESSION and consisted of taking on the wrong doing of another.

The apostolic (sent mandate) and prophetic (interpret the Father's heart) principle is INTERCESSION. The definition of the word to intercede, does NOT involve prayer ALTHOUGH prayer is one method of interceding.

To INTERCEDE: To attempt to reconcile differences between to people or groups. Intercession is not just spiritual, it can be natural intercession. This is one of the challenges hindering real city-wide advance.

This is NOT a local challenge. It is a GLOBAL challenge and can only be overcome by COURAGE to be identified with those who ARE WRONG in our own camps and seek to serve properly as a model of sent ministry that represents the Father's heart.

2 Corinthians 5:21 says "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him".

This is at the tail end of the TRUE apostolic mandate of RECONCILIATION.

I get made fun of by many of my friends in ministry. They mock apostolic and prophetic ministry yet draw from those rivers, in my own life. When we speak I consistently remind them I am joined to the "camp" you are mocking yet the blessing you perceive me to be comes from my being joined in covenant to what is right in the camp.

What I have found is that many of my denominational friends are interested in change and know they need it, yet because of the arrogant, overbearing, know it all spirit many who are misrepresenting these life-giving graces they resist. I believe those who are called to serve the body in these graces must openly acknowledge the abuses of our camp and look for opportunities through relationship to model correct use.

True apostolic and prophetic ministry is NOT just about the preaching of spiritual things. Listen to the Apostle Paul...this is my personal template for ministry that is revelatory. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 gives CLEAR CHARACTERISTICS of Father guided ministry and what can be expected of apostolic and prophetic ministry:

1. Transparent and sound instruction with NO ulterior deceit.

2. Not being all about the Benjamins. Verse 4 No flattery as a cloak for COVETOUSNESS.

3. We Were GENTLE among you as a nursing mother...some people think authority is equated to overbearing and bossy. There are some men and women who simply need to be discipled in being GENTLE!

4. We must embrace letting people close. Paul SAID, "we were well pleased to impart to you NOT ONLY the gospel but to impart OUR OWN LIVES, because you had become dear to us. This is a sign of true apostolic ministry. Has to be...these verses were INSPIRED by Holy Spirit!!!

5. Apostolic and Prophetic ministry should not be burdensome to a local church. It should be honored not DEMANDING.

6. It behaves justly, blamelessly, it exhorts and COMFORTS and charges as a Father guides his children to walk worthy (representing God) not us.

If we are will to repent to leaders for the "sins" of those who operated wrong we may have the opportunity to model the true and see global advance of His rule in our hearts collectively.

May we all GLOBALLY have a blessed 2012 seeing the manifestation of the "sons of the King and His Kingdom.

2011- 2012 To be subtracted from that we might be added to From Deana Barnes

2011-12-09T19:38:00.000-06:00

This past year has been the culmination of a season of pruning for those marked for leadership in the body of Christ. All of us who press on into the upward call will find ourselves in and out of these seasons of pruning, where God is removing dead works, and unproductive clutter, out of our lives. Often times, we are so preoccupied with expansion, and growth, we overlook the necessary principles of maintaining healthy, and stable, businesses, ministries, and relationships. This season of pruning, for many, has resulted in cut backs. Ministries, outreaches, businesses, and perhaps even a loss of these things, leaving those who have gone through this, a sense of bareness, but it is for our good that the dead things that have no fruit in them are cut away. There are going to be abrupt changes taking place, in so much, that literally, we will find what was relevant one day, not at all the next. Looking back a year from now will seem such a faded distance away. Change is in the air. God sees down the line a lot farther than we do. He will get you ready if you're willing. The baggage we throw our world into, will take wings. WE must put all our trust in Him.

Those destined to serve in divine government have been sorely pruned. The missing branches, taken out of our lives, and ministry, that we thought would fulfill us, were ill equipped, or incapable of producing what will be needed in the governmental authority God is preparing us to rule in, as we move into 2012 and the decades to come.

The weakened, fruitless, or diseased, branches that would betray us under the pressure of appointment, and position, were cut off, to make way for a stronger, and more productive branch, to take its place. What seems to be loss is preparation for great gain. This is 2011, this is 2012. Subtracted from, to be added to, in preparation for government rule.

Philippians 3:13-14

New King James Version (NKJV)

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

The Kingdom of God Suffers Violence, And The Violent Takes it By Force

However, there has been another kind of assault against those marked for ruler-ship in the kingdom of God. And this one is of the kind that David and his men suffered in 1 Samuel 30. It is another kind of "removal or subtraction" and that is one of a healthy limb, cut off, or taken by the enemy. A malicious separation by the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

In David's story we see an aggressive campaign to restore what has been stolen, and a lesson learned regarding a militant watch required on the home front, even as we are off in foreign lands working for the Lord. The story of David and his men (that I encourage the reader to review) speaks of those who are left to watch over the home front receiving like honor, as those in the field.

One area that will bring much healing in the body, and already has, is this subject of honor. Giving honor to those to whom honor is due, will continue to be the healing balm of restoration, and unity for the Body of Christ, as we move forward into a new church era.

The Davidian Rule takes back the lost and stolen. It gives honor to whom honor is due, recognition to whom recognition is due. It Sees the part everyone has in the whole, and rewards it. 1 Samuel 30:21-31

2011 A Sum of All Our Yesterdays, the Beginning of All Our Tomorrows.

For many of the faithful, 2011 has become a year of realization. The realization that they have suffered unjustly, to often, for to long. For the older saints who still have a few years of work ahead of them, they are seeing, what seems to be no end to it, no retirement possible, in the natural, to even do the things they wanted to do for the kingdom of God. Their years of spiritual warfare, and the wrong decisions that others have made, has taken from them momentum, time, and money ... the actions of others taking from them what should have been stored up for their latter years.

Now many are seeing a world that has sown to the wind, and is reaping the whirl wind. The result of sin, and disobedience, how it has impacted there own lives even though it wasn't from choices they made. As David, they have come home from work, from ministry, from obedience to God, only to find their family members in captivity, their finances depleted, their house, and wares worn out; surrounded by comrades who themselves are angry, and disenfranchised.

The answer to much of this is walking in the revelation that the bear market has nothing to do with the kingdom of God's economy, but we ,also, have to remember we are living in this fallen world and the murderer and thief is still at large.

The good news is, Satan cannot win, and even when he does seem to win, that is when he really looses! It is God's good pleasure to restore to us what has been stolen.

Campaigns To Retrieve the Lost and Stolen

Now is the time to pull all stolen resources out of the camp of the enemy. Calling them out in the name of Yeshuah. (The God who saves) Just as David and his men went after their family and wives who were stolen from them while they were out to war, so there are those in the body of Christ, who have been out doing the Lord's work and have come back only to find their home pillaged by the enemy. The weakest link in the family/body being zeroed in on to penetrate walls of defense, to get in and raise havoc.

You may not see how it was persecution, but I assure you that for many, that is exactly what it is. You did nothing wrong. A weakness that had nothing to do with you was exploited to the hilt, not because of your wrong, but because of what you were doing right.

Yes, some of us make messy beds we have to sleep in and God is merciful, but this I am talking about is something that would not have been exploited like it was had it not been for WHO YOU ARE.

You will need all that the enemy has taken from you back, for the days ahead. And it is there for you to retrieve, if you will believe. This translates into that which has been stolen from our homes, finances, and families, our church families, and even God's people through out all nations, for those who are believing for the lost on that level.

Pent up justice, and that thing stolen- from those who have been faithful, is held up for that day of exchange that God has assigned, in a time when it will be needed most. The riches of the wicked, and illegally obtained wealth, is laid up for the just. You have been waiting to long. Now is the time for you to mount up for battle, and demand the thief to restore all that has been stolen- with interest!

Our Own Experience
A few months ago we did just that, we began a prayer vigil, and stand; demanding what has been stolen to be returned. After a few days of prayer we had a break through. The lord gave me a vision. I saw my self walking through a battle field, nothing was left but abandoned tanks, and burning debris, the earth was scorched. I then came upon an abandoned camp, up next to a mountain. There was nothing left in the camp but smoking debris and broken equipment. I felt that what was stolen in the camp had been retrieved, but my eyes fixed on clefts in the rocks of a mountain side, next to the camp.

I walked over and began to search into the clefts and ravines. As I did I began to see souls coming up from between the rocks, they were missed when the campaign to retrieve the stolen, had previously gone through. I Saw Parcels and a U-Haul Bringing Back the Lost and Stolen.

I have had the lost, and stolen restored before, but this was something else. Much more was at stake than what we could possibly have known. When we obeyed God and began this campaign, we saw the Lord work a mighty work. I saw in the spirit a U-Haul truck full of goods. The Lord said, "In a few days there will be three parcels coming in, little things as a down payment, but behind that is a haul. Keep standing, believing, and praying." A few days after that my camera that had been lost for a year was retrieved. A couple of parcels came in the mail, items left behind from traveling, another parcel was a financial blessing that restored an unjust loss; as He has promised these three parcels came in as a marker for more to come ...

To Go the Extra Mile, To Wait Upon the Lord For One More Hour ...

It was there the Lord reminded me of something that happened many years ago. We suffered the loss of a fledgling work of the Lord where people were getting saved, healed, and delivered, and this loss came through betrayal. I began to include that situation in our prayers for the recovery of the lost and stolen.

A few days later came the haul. The lives and souls of precious human beings. I can testify that our prayers for the return of that which has been stolen has measured out in souls. Even a new mission presented itself in subsequent days from this focused prayer for the stolen to be returned. God is an awesome warrior who retrieves the lost at every cost, for He has done that, even to the shedding of his own blood at Calvary, for the remission of sins.

What the thief has stolen shall be restored. Many of us in ministry have been interrupted, or intruded upon by the enemy, the cost has been souls, and I shudder for those who have involved themselves in treachery in the midst of God's work. But in Christ's kingdom nothing shall be lost, none of His shall be forgotten. He will go the extra mile as the good shepherd always does, not satisfied that He has secured the 99, he continues searching for that one missing.

What we do in the kingdom of God must be done with intent. Make the decision to try again, go back one more time, take one more search party, lead one more campaign in the spirit. Didn't Jesus say, "Could you not tarry one more hour?" Could we not go back one more time, try once again, and this time believe for all that was stolen to be restored? Ultimately, that is summed up in souls of lost men and women, and hurting boys and girls.

Many times finances hinder the work of God, yet, He promises us that He gives to us all things pertaining to life and Godliness, those things are available to us to fulfill God's purposes in the earth. If finances are not coming through, it is not because of what God will not do, or what He has not provided. It is because of what the enemy has done. I don't understand asking God for prosperity, I do understand telling hell to get off of what God has already given us, to serve Him with.

We must take our authority and exact from the kingdom of darkness those things stolen away and hidden in it. God wants us to take back wealth, time, health, strength, all for souls, all to advance His kingdom. He said, " I have given you power to tread ... The kingdom of God suffers violence, but the violent take it by force.

And how is this done? Didn't Jesus say, the words that I speak to you are spirit and they are truth? That we war not against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness in high places? Are we not to command the night to bow to the day, with a two edged sword in our hand, and the High praises of God in our mouths? Speak as Moses spoke to the spiritual Pharaohs of the land and say, God has said, "Let my people go?" Our part should not be left undone for He has said, "Go into all the world ... these signs shall follow them that believe in my name ..." it is up to us to take possession of every realm and dominion, for He has given it to us.

deana barnes

The Bud is Yet in the Vine

I gotta get away

2011-12-08T05:43:00.002-06:00

For the past decade I have always gone aside for a few days of quiet at the end of the year to hear from God. He is faithful to speak. The accuracy of what He says is amazing, but He is GOD. This is a sad admission, but I am so wrapped up in business right now, I don't have time. WHAT IS UP with that? Too busy to hear directly from the Throne???

I will make the time, even if it costs me financially. I Have to hear what He has to say. Last year's work was amazing in it's accuracy. It would be good to have a clue what's yet to come.

IF you are a prophet and you want to do this, get alone, No computer, no cell phone, no Bible (it should already be in you), no radio. Just you, a pen and paper and seclusion. Wait, Wait, Wait. Pray if you like. Pray in Tongues. It helps if you don't eat. No distractions. Just water during this time. THEN be quiet. BE totally still and write down what you hear Him say. As long as He speaks.

You can in this time Inquire of the Lord. That is Biblical. Ask the Lord a question about a situation or a person or a decision. Write it out. Then sit quietly. He will answer. Write it down just as you hear it. Don't edit too much. Don't interpret. Be faithful to deliver what you hear. Who knows, the Lord may just deliver a word for the world thru you.

Nancy Minor....an Apostle who sees Jesus in everything

2011-12-07T07:14:00.003-06:00

I smiled because I understand this. If you live in the Spirit, you see Jesus in everything. She did....in road signs. From her blog which is linked below on the right side of this blog

Quickened Road Names
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Today and yesterday names of roads kept being quickened to me. Their names would stand out to me, and God would whisper scriptures to go along with each name! Here then are those names and scripture and the prophetic word that He gave.

Keepsake Way
A keepsake is something kept or given as a memento, a memorial, a monument, a remembrance, a reminder, a token, a landmark, a marker, a testimonial or a tribute.

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.

His Name is our token, our keepsake to use here on earth. Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit as a testimonial of Himself to remind us, to help us and keep us. Communion is a Tribute to all that HE accomplished for us and is a memorial to remind us of His Shed Blood and
Broken Body to purchase our salvation, healing, restoration, deliverance and freedom!

Thanksgiving Road
Psalm 100:4 (KJV) Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

What road are you walking on today and where is it taking you? Are you in going in circles in Grumble Gulch? Are you mired down in Bad Attitude Alley? Are you stuck in a traffic jam on Complaint Corridor? Are you stalled out, frozen on Worry Way? Are you on Prejudice Pallasaides?

It is time to bust loose! Paul and Silas were beaten, their backs bloody and raw and bodies bruised and sore. Then they were locked up in the inner part of the damp, dark, dungeon! Probably there were rats and bugs in that place. But they had stood tall and spoken the Name of Jesus boldly and they were happy to speak it again, in that place. Not just speak it, but sing it! Worship despite pain, despite conditions, worship instead of complain or cry! And when they sang, God's Presence busted loose all over and not only were their shackles and chains broken off, but the jailer and his whole family got saved! Who ever has gotten saved from hearing a complaint? But you have no idea what is happening in the spirit realm when YOU praise God!

Overlook Drive
1Pe 4:8 (AMP) Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. [Proverbs 10:12] (WNT) Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.

1Co 13:7 (AMP) Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fade-less under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. (MSG) Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

Waverly Road
James 1:5-8 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Hartmont
Genesis 22:14 (KJV) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
(Jewish Bible)14 Avraham called the place ADONAI Yir'eh [ADONAI will see (to it), ADONAI provides] -as it is said to this day, "On the mountain ADONAI is seen."

Proverbs 23:7 For as he ( a man) thinketh in his heart, so is he...

Matthew 12:35 (MSG) (MSG) A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. (AMP) The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.

Is YOUR heart the MOUNT of the LORD? The place where God will be seen by others?
Or is it choked with worry, doubt, fear, prejudice, resentment, judgment and bitterness?
NOW is the time, TODAY if you hear HIS VOICE…THIS is the place to repent, change your mind and your ways, turn around and walk on the Path HE has chosen for you. It is filled with peace and joy and blessing. That does not mean that there won’t ever be hardness ahead, or difficulties to face. It DOES mean that you won’t walk alone, and you WILL be given strength and direction and help along the way!

So, I ask you again, What road are you walking today beloved? Isn’t it time to get on the right road?

Word of the Lord:
Yes Beloved, there are many roads for you to choose. Even as I have said in My Word, there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end there of leads unto death, so too it is yet true for you. Do not choose in your own understanding. Guard well your heart and the paths that you walk. For I have mapped out a way for you that leads to life ever lasting. It will keep you safe from many dangers, many heart aches that you would otherwise encounter. Wide is the way that the world chooses to go, do not go with them! Narrow is the road, strait is the gate that leads to intimacy with Me. Satan has many obstacles to try to distract and crowd your way. Pay him no mind and give him no say! Pick up your cross for I am the Way, I will teach you the Truth and what to say. I give you Life day by day.

Keep yourself from all that would contaminate and ruinate, instead Meditate! Think on those things that I have already done, think on the victories that have been won. Think, my beloved of My promises to thee, think of how I have set you free!

Choose the High Road of Integrity. Here the Spirit, He bids you to “Come and Walk with Me.”

History, is it repeatable?

2011-12-07T06:39:00.002-06:00

My friend Prophet David Smith of Asheville NC observed this with Spiritual Eyes:

On this date 70 years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked - and the United States, & the world, changed forever. SEVENTY years is generally considered to be the biblical lifespan of man. The Book of Daniel talks about 70 weeks being 490 years (70X7) to the Christ (see the Matt. Henry commentary for more on this). The year 2011 minus (-) 490 = 1521. What happened in the year 1521? Martin Luther was excommunicated, went into hiding - and then changed the world forever.

I honor those of the greatest generation who changed the world forever after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

I honor those who in the past did the same as Martin Luther did.

Who will do that again? Is he or she about to be revealed?

Labor Alone Will Not Satisfy by Os Hillman

2011-12-06T11:25:00.000-06:00

"All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not satisfied" (Eccl. 6:7 NKJV).

How would you feel about yourself if your job was removed from you tomorrow? Let's imagine that your income wouldn't change, just what you did everyday.

One of the schemes that Satan uses in the life of the Christian worker is to get him/her to view their value solely based on the type of work they do and how well they do it. We call this performance-based acceptance. It says "As long as I have a good job and I do it well, I have self-esteem."

This is a "slippery slope" and can be used by Satan to keep our focus on our performance versus Christ. We are never to find our value in what we do. Instead, our value is solely based on who we are in Christ. The apostle Paul wrestled with this after he came to faith in Christ. He had grown to the top of his field as a Jewish leader.

"If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.

"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith" (Phil 3:4-9).

You'll never really know to the degree that your self-esteem is rooted in your work until your work is removed. Unemployment, illness, or a financial crisis can lead to job loss.

Why not evaluate where you are in this area of your life. Affirm with God your desire to be known by Who you know versus what you do.

Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders.

Avoid the Escape Mentality by Os Hillman

2011-12-03T08:33:00.000-06:00

"Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle" (Ps 144:1).

One of the best-selling American books of all time is a fiction series that focuses on the end times called Left Behind. It deals with the rapture of Christians from the earth before the final end-times crisis takes place and the anti-Christ rules.

If we are not careful we will fall into a mindset that we are simply buying time until Jesus calls us home. No matter what the end-times scripture teaches, it is clear that believers should model a behavior that is more like a soldier in battle desiring to take the land, than a person awaiting an airlift.

When God placed man on earth, He desired man to rule the earth. "God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground" (Gen 1:28). The intent was not dictatorship, but to express the love and care of God throughout all of creation in order to know and experience the creator in all things.

Today, we often have a cruise ship mentality in the Church of Jesus Christ instead of a battleship mentality designed to engage the enemy of our souls. Our army is often ill-equipped to know how to take the land that God has provided through His Son. This is why believers in the workplace must see their work and calling as an assignment from God to demonstrate His power in all of society in order to restore His rule upon the earth. That is the key reason Jesus died on the cross - to restore that which was lost (Luke 19:10).

Are you engaged in the battle?

Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders.

PROPHECY “The LORD says" by Maurice Sklar - DECEMBER 1, 2011

2011-12-03T06:50:00.000-06:00

The American dollar is about to lose 30% more of its’ present value. This will be the second drop since the previous 2008 drop of 20%. The dollar will then be worth half of what it was before September 2008. This drop will cause great economic distress upon our nation. The church will be shaken and many will wake up spiritually and cry out to ME. There will be also looting, rioting, and terrorism in our land.

There is an even greater financial disaster that is falling upon Europe that will collapse the Euro, cause panic and chaos there. Germany will refuse to prop up the euro any more. Basic needs in the poorer European nations will be threatened. Many will lose their money overnight as the stage is set for the financial takeover of the Antichrist system. This is imminent, and the dollar will also follow, although it will survive for a season more.

The great revival will also begin. God has hidden His Holy Apostles and Prophets for this present hour. There will be great outpourings of supernatural provision, miracles, and healing in various places. These areas will become cities of refuge and places of refuge for God’s people.

There is coming an all out war in the Middle East as the neighboring Arab nations will come against Israel with a sudden missile attack starting from the north with Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Syria. Other Arab nations will join. Israel will be hit from all sides at once and there will be deaths and partial destruction of settlements, smaller cities to the north, and some damage to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well. Israel will respond with great force, and limited nuclear weapons will release devastation upon the neighboring countries, particularly Lebanon, Damascus, which will be destroyed completely, and the rest of Syria as well as military strikes into Iran, Gaza, and even northern Egypt/Sinai region.

The resulting shaking of the West will then release a tremendous movement of Jews making aliyah back to Israel. There will no longer be security or stability as it has been up to now in America and Europe. Israel will emerge victorious from this war, but hurt. However, the devastation inflicted upon the attackers will be one hundred times worse. The spoils of this war will include much territory and will force the west to recognize the Holy God of Israel. It will emerge as the only stable country in the region. Many, even millions of Arabs will be killed. Islam will receive a mortal wounding by the Holy God of Israel.

I am taking Billy Graham home to heaven soon. When you see this, know that My time of grace for the Gentile nations is coming to a close.”

Prepare your hearts, the LORD is at the door to appear for His Bride, the overcoming church in this midnight hour...

Pray for those that are trapped in darkness that God will reach them in time.

In our Messiah,

Maurice Sklar

Prepare your hearts, the LORD is at the door to appear for His Bride, the overcoming church in this midnight hour!!

A Warning from a Brother in Soweto

2011-12-02T06:24:00.002-06:00

I don't KNOW this brother, but his admonition is correct. Soweto is in South Africa, if you didn't know. He comes from the impoverished area near Johannesburg.

Vusi Ndaba
The greatest deception that is fatal to the Kingdom of God is when a servant of God believes that everything he says or does being in the spirit is correct.

The second one is to believe that the anointing or the move of God is God's approval.

One of the most prominent apostles of the Lord, who walked with the Lord missed the Lord when he was in the spirit (Revelation 1: 10) John the apostle while in the spirit, worshipped an angel, and the angel rebuked him (Revelation 22: 8-9).

It's not a matter of how mature you are or how long have you been saved, anyone can be deceived, if not careful. A servant of the Lord can be highly anointed to heal the sick, open the blind eyes , raise the dead and come with the word of knowledge concerning someone's condition etc. That can be deceiving to believe that every word of prophecy spoken in this spiritual mood is correct. In spite of the heaviness of anointing and the accuracy of the word of knowledge, it is still necessary to discern the prophetic word spoken, because like John, the prophesier can prophesy in the flesh and deceive many who are not discerning, it is during this heavy anointing when someone will start to prophecy in this time and age of the rapture immanency that someone will give birth to a child who is going to trouble the kingdom of darkness, this prophecy will keep many who are not watching for His imminent return, right now there are organized year end prophecies that will predict a great 2012, yet we know that the opposite is true.

The second deception is when the servant of God begin to believe that the move of God is an indication of God's approval. God may still use you even if you are on your way to perdition (Matthew 7: 21-23). You must constantly ask the Lord to search you that relying on the anointing to measure God's approval of your life or ministry. However there is no excuse for those who gives false hope and deceive the people of God, their judgment will be severe.

Please seek God about the relevant message of this time and season before you make a mess. The grace of the Lord be with all of you in this season of preparing the Bride in holiness, and complete surrender, amen!!

So Dire I won't Publish it

2011-12-02T05:53:00.002-06:00

I often reprint or publish prophetic words from others who I respect or who I know. Rick Joyner is one of those for me.

This word is so dire, I will refrain from doing anything with it other than offer a link.

Sometimes, you need to go there yourself.

Sadly, I believe he is hearing from GOD.

Ben R. Peters: The R.G. Factor

2011-12-02T05:24:00.000-06:00

The Queen of Sheba Encounters a King of Kings

What is the R.G. Factor? It is a key weapon in the Christian's arsenal to defeat the many subtle attacks of the enemy. It is a key ingredient in the Christian's recipe for true and lasting success in life. It is a vital part of the Christian's ability to receive and give financial blessings. Without it we live defeated, substandard and unfulfilled lives.

The Queen of Sheba and Solomon clearly understood and embraced the R.G. Factor. Because of that they were mutually blessed and enjoyed increased wisdom, knowledge, understanding and prosperity. Both of them walked in dimensions that few others have experienced.

The story of the Queen of Sheba is told in both 1 Kings 10 and 2 Chronicles 9. Both records contain certain tidbits exclusive to them, but we will look mainly at 1 Kings 10.

"Now when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions." 1 Kings 10:1

This African queen, like other national leaders in her time, had heard of Solomon's fame. But the writer here makes it clear that it was "concerning the name of the Lord." His fame was intrinsically connected with the name – the character, and authority of the Lord. God was given the glory throughout the world because of Solomon's achievements.

Kings Seek the Presence of a King of Kings

Notice these powerful verses in 2 Chronicles 9:

"So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart." 2 Chronicles 9:22-23

Again, God was given glory for what He had given Solomon by making him both rich and famous on the earth. Yes, there are times when God wants to make His people both rich and famous, so He can receive glory and people can learn about Him.

There are two main ways to get out the Gospel to the people of the world. The first way is to go into all the world and preach the Good News. The second way is to experience something so incredible that the whole world comes to see what is happening. We have seen several examples of this in my lifetime as well as in the Scriptures.

Recent revivals in Toronto, Ontario, and Brownsville and Lakeview, Florida, attracted leaders and seekers from all over the world. Many came and received an impartation, which they were able to carry back home with them. A different type of move of God is still going on and accelerating in Redding, California, and continues to attract people from around the world.

In Scripture, we know that people from many nations came to Joseph in Egypt and heard about the God that prepared them for famine. At Pentecost, when the miracles started to happen, crowds invariably gathered to get in on the excitement. But nowhere else, besides 2 Chronicles 9:22-23, do we read in Scripture that "all the kings of the earth sought the presence" of any one man.

No one else understood and embraced the R.G. factor like Solomon. He enjoyed the blessings and favor of God and lived an amazing life full of peace and prosperity, that is, until he turned back from following God with all his heart.

So what is this R.G. Factor?

The R.G. Factor

We find the R.G. Factor in 1 Kings 10:13:

"Now King Solomon gave the Queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the ROYAL GENEROSITY..."

Yes, the R.G. Factor is the ROYAL GENEROSITY FACTOR. It's the mindset of someone who was raised in the palace. It's the attitude of a person who always has enough. It's the culture of kings and queens, who give gifts as a way of saying, Hello, how are you? It's nice to meet you. It's the royal protocol where kings bless everyone to whom they want to show honor and respect.

We see another example of the Royal Generosity in the book of Esther. When the king, Ahasuerus, who also was a great king of kings made a grand party for all his regional "kings", we read:

"And they served drinks in golden vessels, each vessel being different from the other, with royal wine in abundance, according to the GENEROSITY OF THE KING." Esther 1:7

Ahasuerus, the emperor, desired to show honor to his leaders. He did this through his own ROYAL GENEROSITY by serving wine in abundance, but also through serving it in hand-crafted, custom designed drinking vessels. This speaks of creativity and uniqueness, which made his giving more special and honorable.

We Relate!

In this amazing story, let us allow Solomon to represent Jesus, our King of kings. Solomon actually was a king of kings, like the emperors who were given that title by Daniel and others. Solomon reigned over the kings of many nations around him, thanks to the military exploits of David, his father.

The Queen of Sheba can represent us, the Bride of Christ. I don't know if she was a head of state or the wife of the King of Sheba, but she was certainly blessed with knowing the ways of royalty and she knew the value of learning from other royal leaders and establishing strong relationships with them. This wise queen sacrificed significant time and expense to make a long journey to come into the presence of Solomon, a king of kings.

We are now at a point in Church history where those whose hearts pump royal blood – those who know they were born to privilege and their destiny is not to live the life of a commoner – are hearing more and more about their King of kings and are longing to do whatever it takes to come into His presence to behold His majesty and listen to His words of wisdom.

Second hand information may be helpful and informational, but there is nothing like a personal one-on-one encounter with the One who exceeds all others in majesty, glory, wisdom, knowledge and understanding. The Bride of Christ is taking a cue from the Queen of Sheba and she is paying the price to have that face-to-face encounter with her King.

When the queen had personally encountered and witnessed the glory of Solomon, she was completely overwhelmed and expressed great amazement and awe of his majesty and greatness. The NKJV Bible says, "...there was no more spirit in her" (1 Kings 10: 5). This wise queen came based on the testimony of others, but she left with her own testimony and declared that those who had reported to her previously didn't even tell her the half of Solomon's glory.

Surely, those of us who have had our own personal encounters with the King of kings could say the same thing as the Queen of Sheba. God's glory is beyond all of our capacity to describe it. Those who have had literal visits to Heaven always report that it is totally impossible to relate the intensely positive experiences they have had there, looking into the eyes of Jesus or beholding His majesty in the Throne Room of Heaven.

At any rate, even before her personal encounter, the Queen of Sheba knew enough about the Royal Generosity Factor to prepare for her visit by gathering together an appropriate gift for this king of kings. Notice the details in the following verses.

"She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart." 1 Kings 10:2

"Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon." 1 Kings 10:10

Precious metals were considered a staple gift for kings, but this queen also brought something that distinguished her from other royal visitors, who could perhaps bring more gold, silver and jewels than she could. She brought Solomon an unprecedented assortment of spices. Undoubtedly, these spices were grown in her country or imported from other distant lands. Spices speak of creativity and worship. Cooks and chefs use spices to create unique gourmet dishes to delight the pallet. Spices can also be used to produce a special atmosphere, like incense, because of their unique aromas. We know that our worship and praise is a fragrance in the nostrils of the Lord.

Here clearly, the Queen of Sheba demonstrated the Royal Generosity Factor. She gave gifts that first of all recognized Solomon's royal status and secondly imparted a personal flavor that distinguished her gift from others.

But Solomon was not to be outdone by this foreign queen. Notice this passage from 2 Chronicles:

"Now King Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants." 2 Chronicles 9:12

This verse is such a powerful statement about the Royal Generosity Factor. No matter how much we give of our life to the King of kings, He will always far out give us. There is no way in Heaven or earth that we can out give our God. The King of kings always has more to give than any other king and He will not be put to shame by giving a lesser gift. We can count on this and in fact, we can "take it to the bank."

The Wise Men

The wise men, or Magi, in Matthew 2, also clearly demonstrated this R.G. Factor. The Magi were kings bringing gifts to the King of kings, and they were aware of the protocol. They brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. Jesus was just a baby, but they were bearing witness and prophetically proclaiming that a great King had been born. Like the Queen of Sheba, they sacrificed much to have that encounter with a King, whose majesty exceeded that of every other king who ever sat on a royal throne.

Of course, Baby Jesus had no ability to give something back to the Magi, like Solomon did for the Queen of Sheba, but He certainly made up for it when He became a man. Not only did He live and die for the whole world, but He instructed His disciples to go to the ends of the earth to bring the Good News to every nation, including the eastern countries, from where these Magi had come. It could certainly be stated that, like Solomon, Jesus gave back far more than they had given Him.

Saul

In 1 Samuel 9, when Saul was seeking the prophetic advice of Samuel, the Seer, about his lost donkeys, he was concerned that he had nothing to give to the man of God. Samuel was not only a prophet and priest, but he was also the judge – the political ruler in Israel.

Saul pointed out to his servant that it would be very inappropriate not to bring a gift of some kind when seeking the face of the ruler of the land. In 1 Samuel 9:8, Saul's servant found a silver coin, which became the gift to give to Samuel.

Of course, Samuel, being in the higher place, not only received the gift from Saul, but he gave Saul a greater gift. First, he fed him the finest cut of beef, which he had set aside for him and took the time to eat with him. Then he gave him the prophetic word he was looking for. Finally, he presented him with the crown to rule over Israel.

Thus, Samuel gave up part of his own governmental throne to Saul. In a similar way, when we offer ourselves to Jesus, He shares His throne with us, for we are seated with Him in Heavenly places and He has made us kings and priests unto Him.

Prophetic Application

There are undoubtedly countless other illustrations from Scripture and modern history, but let's quickly make the important prophetic applications. This revelation was not given just to make an interesting observation. It was given to us as a prophetic witness to what God is planning on doing in our day.

Many prophets witness to the fact that we are in a brand new season and the winds of the Spirit of God are blowing in a new direction. I would like to add this prophetic word to what has already been released:

The Lord declares that He has been building a glorious temple for His habitation on the earth. He has been fashioning every living stone and overlaying them with His Heavenly gold – the glory of His Presence.

God is divinely connecting and placing stone next to stone and strategically positioning each one for maximum usefulness and glory. This has caused significant discomfort in many and they have questioned whether they were still in His perfect will because of the trauma of transition and the stress of change.

But this glorious temple is being filled more and more with the presence of the King of kings and Lord of lords. And like Solomon, He is welcoming all the kings and queens of the earth to come and hear His wisdom and behold His majesty and glory.

He only asks that each king and queen remember the royal protocol and bring with them a gift fitting for a King of kings. In response, He will give them everything they ask for and anything they desire, in addition to what He has already prepared for them out of His heart of Royal Generosity.

This is not an offering message – although it would be a great one – it is simply a life principle and promise for those who are aware of their calling to greatness and royalty. So what kind of gift would be appropriate for our King of kings?

Gifts Appropriate for Our King of Kings

1. GOLD: Gold represents glory. We give all the glory He gave to us back to Him through praise and worship. We enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise (Psalm 100:4). This is the staple gift for all kings and queens to bring to any king of kings. Everyone would bow down when coming before a king, and all kings would bow before the king of kings.

God is pouring out His glory on the Church in ways unprecedented since Pentecost. And like the Apostles in those days, today's leaders will give all that glory back to God. They will come into His presence in humility and display the R.G. Factor by giving Him praise and honor to the very best of their ability.

2. SPICES: Spices represent our gifts, talents and creativity. Different combinations of spices create unique dishes and unique aromas. Each of us have unique combinations of gifts, talents and creative abilities.

I believe God is saying that the "spices" being brought to our King of kings in our day will far exceed the measure of spices brought by the Queen of Sheba to Solomon. For the creativity of the Church will rise up like resurrected bodies from the graveyards of religion and bring back to life the divine artistic abilities which have been given to the Church through the Royal Generosity of Jesus, the King of kings. This creativity will invade and conquer every mountain of society and replace an earthly and ungodly leadership which has become bankrupt of original creativity.

I do believe God is pouring out spiritual gifts and anointings like never before and that His kings and queens will respond by bringing to Him the gold and spices that He deserves.

I believe His people will begin to understand the Royal Generosity Factor and bring Jesus their best sacrifice and in turn receive much more than they gave to Him, including every desire of their heart.

When we understand how the Kingdom operates, we have so much to gain and nothing to lose. And because Jesus is the King of kings and has unlimited resources, it is all fine with Him. In fact there's nothing He wants more than for us to experience the blessings of His Royal Generosity.

Ben R. Peters
Kingdom Sending Center
Email: ohmint@gmail.com

Ben Peters is the Co-Founder of Open Heart Ministries and Kingdom Sending Center, along with his wife, Brenda. He has authored seventeen books to date, including Prophetic Ministry: Strategic Key to the Harvest and The Ultimate Convergence: An End Times Prophecy of the Greatest Shock and Awe Display Ever to Hit Planet Earth. He and Brenda have ministered in many nations, with a passion for equipping and sending abandoned lovers of Jesus into the harvest fields of the world, including the seven mountains of society. The Peters live in northern Illinois.