A weak and foolish one God uses to confound the worldly wise. Purpose commissioned from the Throne: To speak encouragement to leaders, to speak clarity to those in influence, to speak of things to come, to speak clearly against those who would others and to reveal the Heart of a Matter when it causes confusion. Sometimes interpreted by some to be a "Troubler of Israel". I only say what God says, that which I hear from the Throne
Thursday, December 2, 2010
"Of Our God" By Apostle John Eckhardt
Thou that dwellest between the cherubim
Thou that dwellest in the heavens
Thou that hearest prayer
Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel
Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death
Thou that savest by thy right hand
Father of glory
Father of lights
Father of mercies
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
Father of spirits
Father of the fatherless
My shepherd
My shield
My song
My stay
My strength and power
My strength and song
My strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort
My strong refuge
My strong rock
The Lord's Standard by Nancy Minor
When the enemy comes in like a flood… threatening to wash you off your feet, threatening to drown you in circumstances seemingly beyond your control…when the enemy comes in, like water seeping through the foundation… creating mess, and extra work and turmoil…
Do not fear, be of good cheer! The Lord also comes in to comfort, to strengthen, to make firm and establish you through HIS Standard.
A standard in Military terms is a flag or banner or pennant with decoration or emblems on it, representing the people, land or nation that carried it.
The twelve tribes of Israel each had their own flag or standard as revealed in Numbers 2:2
(CEV) how the Israelites should arrange their camp: Each tribe must set up camp under its own banner and under the flags of its ancestral families. These camps will be arranged around the sacred tent, but not close to it.
(KJV) Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Flags or Standards were used for Identification, Distinction, Loyalty, Honor, and Pride. They created points for gathering around. They reminded you of the past and brought hope of a future. Wrapped up in each flag was a personal tribal history, along with any promises that G-d had made to them of their future.
In military maneuvers, Standards would locate your troop. It would show what ground had been gained (or lost) and it brought courage, for as long as you could see the Standard, you knew all was not lost.
Even so, if you look at our own National Anthem and read the words, you will see that this held true for Francis Scott Key:
“Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”
So what is the significance of the Lord raising up a Standard?
The Lord’s Standard represents Heaven and its citizens! It represents the approved and lawful way of doing and being right. (Righteousness) It represents all the attributes of the One Who Rules Heaven. And it represents the blessings of living under His Rule!
So what is the Standard of Heaven? During Israel’s time in the Old Testament, it could best be said it was represented by the Veil in the Temple that separated the Holy of Holies. It kept a clear separation and also shrouded the mercy seat with mystery and fear.
But that was only a temporary standard. For when the Standard Bearer came, HE tore the veil in two! So what is the New Standard? It is the Blood Stained Cross upon which the flesh of Christ waved in the winds of all He had created, to secure the Victory for them once and for all.
The Lord raised up a standard, one made of flesh and blood, but incarnate with His own Spirit. First in a manger, then on a cross, then Risen from a tomb that held all mankind captive!
That Standard decrees Victory! Deliverance! Protection! That Standard bought Wholeness, Restoration, Pardon!
That Standard brings Fellowship, Family, and Intimacy with God!
That Standard affords us Healing, Provision, and Peace!
That Standard says, “This far and No further enemy! You are a defeated foe, who must bow in subjection to My People who are called by My Name…”
In the Hebrew “to raise up a standard” means to :
- chase, impel, make to flee (away,)
- put to flight,
- to fly (to the attack) on horseback, to drive hastily
- to cause to disappear, hide
Truly, the Lord will, and does fight for us! He comes to our aid, and he sends the enemy packing. Even when things happen to us that are “bad,” we can look and see how much worse they could have been.
When the enemy is howling mad, screaming at us how ‘we are done for” and ‘we will never make it,’ we must remember the Standard of Heaven which has already been lifted up for us, and Who tells us that He has overcome the World.
Yes, sweet people, we are living in perilous times. But they who KNOW ( have intimate and personal knowledge and relationship with) their God, shall do exploits.
The veil has been torn into two. The way has been. The way of escape. The way of mercy. The way of help and hope. We are told to come boldly to the Throne of Grace. By a new and living Way. The Way of Covenant found only in and through our Standard Bearer, who flew His Colors high upon a Cross. The colors of the skin of man and the Blood of the Lamb.
Whereby, every Tribe, Tongue and Nation now can find their way home to the One who Loves them all and Died to set them free.
We must rally round the Standard and Lift High the Name of the Standard Bearer who gives us Life Eternal- Jesus Christ Our Lord!
Boldness of the Enemy is Rising up and becomes a good target for the Davids of this Generation
1 Samuel 17:
8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” 10 Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” 11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.This is how some see what is happening. The threat of militant Islam. The threat of a government gone awry. Economic threats. Threats of takeover of the Internet by evil causes. Threats of the elimination of the First Amendment in radio broadcasting by devious means. The threat of a creeping homosexual agenda upending traditional family structure. The threats of wars.
It's everywhere. We have a choice. The evil one uses his minions to despise you. The evil all around tries to dismiss a stand for righteousness as narrow minded, prejudiced, radical, meaningless. Today's Goliath still has nothing new to say:
41 Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. 42 He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. 43 He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”
The world system, evil all around us sees us as impotent and puny. Religion and Politics will try to arm us but it doesn't fit THIS fight.
38 Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.We are not able to fight in these days with weapons of the past. This will take a new stance. We must RUN to the battle.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. 40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
This is that time. Wherever the warfare is the greatest is the place of your call to do battle. To hide behind temple walls from the evil forces is not the call on the Davids of this generation.
Nothing less than the world we were handed by our grandfathers is at stake. Our heritage is about to be stolen from us by evil all around.
God is saying, "RUN to the battle. Fight. Use the smooth small stones I provide. The weapons of THIS warfare are those you know how to use well. The old ways will not work in this fight. You must stand and declare the victory of YOUR GOD. Be prepared to be ridiculed. To be disdained by an older brother group who wishes you would go home."
28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
"Your greatest opposition will come from those who claim to know ME. They will be left behind in this warfare. They have already lost as they have drawn back in defeat so many times before."
Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. 24 Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.
"Fear Not. Run to the battle. I will go before you. The victory will be yours if you do not shrink back. This will not be a battle won by Power or Might. This will be a battle for the Spirit that will reign in the days to come. An evil spirit is trying to take it's place. It must be thrown down. I placed you here in this time and this hour for exactly this battle. You are the standard I am raising up. Have I not shown Myself mighty in your midst till now? Have you not killed lions and bears in my name?"
David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
Go and remove the head of he who defies the Living God.
51 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.
As the battle is won many will come to plunder the camp of the enemy. It is ever thus. But the enemies camp MUST be plundered. Take no prisoners. It is time for war.
When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. 52 Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. 53 When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.
The reign of righteousness is in your hands. Pick up your smooth stones and RUN to the battle!!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Adverse Winds will bring you to the Intended Port
A couple weeks ago I heard Barbara Yoder speak on the Adverse Winds. It's a story from the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 27. You will find the key in verse 4. "putting out to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us".
That has been on my mind ever since. Many Christians are living in a time of adverse wind. Change. Shift. Disruption. New Direction or worse indirection.
That's what an adverse wind does. It blows you off what you THOUGHT was your course, the direction you THOUGHT you were led to take.
It happens all the time. Particularly to Christians. We set our plans and then an adverse wind blows. We rebuke the wind. Command the wind. Make demands. YET. The wind blows. It may even cause us to shipwreck. We seem like everything we worked for is gone. We are abandoned on an island.
If you remember the story of Paul at Malta; you will remember how it comes out.
A miracle is accomplished.
Everyone is saved.
An Island is visited by a great move of God
Paul's destiny is reinforced.
It was all God's purpose. How do you think those who disembarked from the ship delivering the "Prisoner" to Rome dealt with Paul? I'm guessing he was treated as royalty.
As a result of this and some other conversation I posted this observation:
I can spot a man or woman of God who is truly called of the Spirit of God to a divine purpose. Father will allow adverse winds to blow on them. He wants to prove up their heart. He wants to see if they will stay steady in the face of discouragement, opposition, disaster & rejection. If they pass the test, they will have proven that their call is their anchor. Then promotion comes.
So, embrace the adverse winds. There are keys being revealed that will open certain doors in your life. You will be able to open the ones you might never have opened before because the winds have blown you to your destiny.
Let the winds blow.
HE WILL RESTORE YOUR WASTED YEARS - David Wilkerson
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you" (Joel 2:25).
How many years did you waste before you repented and surrendered all to Jesus? How many years were eaten up by the cankerworm of sin and rebellion?
You know you are forgiven and your past is forgotten because it is under the blood of Jesus, but wouldn't you love to get back those years and live them for the glory of the Lord?
"I could have been so much deeper in Christ! I could have brought such joy to his heart! I could have saved myself and my family so much pain and suffering. How blind I was: how enslaved by the devil! How close I came to losing my soul and my sanity. I can never make up for all those wasted years." How often have you thought this?
In his final days Paul looked back over his life and testified, "I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith. Now a crown of righteousness is awaiting me" (see 2 Timothy 4:7-8).
Paul says, "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14). In other words, "Forget your past and press on in Jesus!"
Satan's favorite form of harassment is bringing up your past by pulling old skeletons out of the closet to scare you! He will try to persuade you that an old addiction or lust is going to rise up in your heart and take you back to the old life. Or you could succumb to pride, thinking you cannot fall—but then you would be targeted by the enemy for certain!
You might feel the pangs of remorse as long as you live. And yes, the memories will keep you humble. But in God's eyes, your past is a dead issue. As far as condemnation and guilt are concerned, God says, "Forget the past. Press on to what I promised you!"
We see a picture of such restoration in the New Testament when Jesus healed a man with a withered hand. "Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other" (Matthew 12:13). You see, when Jesus restores you, he also heals the wounds.
Beloved, take those old wounds—the worries and regrets about your wasted years—and let God restore to you the very years that were taken away. Then press on toward the prize of your high calling in him!
Doug Addison: I Hear the Train a Comin' and God Says, "Ready or Not, Here it Comes"

While in Calgary, Alberta, Canada last week I began to hear what sounded like a stampede approaching in the spirit. Calgary is known for the "Calgary Stampede" celebration. As I listened more closely I realized that it was the rumble of a train barreling toward us. God spoke to me that He is moving quickly and "ready or not, here it comes."
As I was praying about it, I immediately received a text message from one of my intercessors who did not know what I had just experienced. She was seeing a light coming through a window at me and told me that it was important to press in right and respond quickly to the plans that God has spoken to me. That was a major confirmation of what God is speaking to all of us right now.
Don't Get Distracted
One of the major ways that God speaks to me is through things that happen in my life. These events are often like a prophetic act or they are symbolic of what God is saying and doing on a larger scale. I prayed before I left on my trip to Calgary for God to show me what I needed to pack for the trip. Since I travel a lot, I am normally well prepared for just about anything, yet I ended up getting distracted and forgot the equipment I needed for an event. I also made the huge mistake of not checking the weather! I arrived from California to Canada to five degree temperatures and I was wearing my very thin "Starsky and Hutch" leather jacket. Wow!
God was saying prophetically to not allow distractions, which keep us from hearing Him and being unprepared. I realized later that this message was also contained in a prophetic word I had released on September 1, 2010 (read on the Elijah List).
Watch for Amazing Miracles
We are about to have an encounter with our destinies and it will not be stopped if we don't give up. We are in a time right now that can be compared to what Jesus' disciples went through in John 6:16–21. They had just fed more than 5,000 people miraculously, and Jesus sent the disciples ahead of Him in the boat. He instructed them to cross Lake Capernaum (Sea of Galilee) without Him. In verses 18-19, "A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened."
It had seemed that God had abandoned them...in verses 20-21 Jesus addresses this: "But He said to them, 'It is I; don't be afraid.' Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading."
Many of us have been going through this very thing, where we have seen God do miracles but suddenly it is dark and the winds and waves of our situations are raging against us. Notice that the disciples did not recognize Jesus as He approached to save them. When God does something new, oftentimes we are not able to understand it all at first. It is interesting that it says when "they were willing" to invite Jesus into their situation that they immediately arrived at their destiny. God accelerated their journey just after they experienced an intense storm and as they cooperated with Him.
Prophetic Word: Suddenly Advance into New Times and Places with God
God is doing miracles through situations that appear the opposite. The appearance of loss will bring new life and accelerate us into our life's purpose like never before.
This is a time to not be afraid and to be ready to allow God to step into our situations. Over the next few weeks it is time to sort through all that God has been speaking and promising us.
Is there anything you can do now to prepare yourself? Get ready to move quickly. Let's watch for unusual situations to suddenly advance us into new times and places with God.
Doug Addison
InLight Connection
Email: respond@dougaddison.com
How to Survive the Waiting Game - from John Paul Jackson
Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord (Ps. 27:14, NASB).
No matter what God has called us to do, one of the most difficult things we will face is the in-between time. In the beginning, He prepares our hearts for the calling. He gives us a glimpse of His plans for us, and it births great hope within us.
The difficulty is that there is always a time lag between the initial preparation and the outcome. The beginning often carries a great emotional surge. We know what God said, and we know we will see it happen, no matter what the enemy may throw at us in the process. Our faith is as tall as the mountains. We feel invincible in God’s promise. We take the initial steps and are excited to see the fruit of our labors.
But then comes the waiting.
The days become weeks and months, and we have to wait for what God has promised us. Many of us don’t handle the waiting very well. Our hope begins to waver. We begin to forget the glorious promises God gave us and how it felt when we heard His voice. So many of us lose heart during the time lag.
What can we do to instead gain heart during this waiting period?
1. Be willing to rest.
Hearing God’s voice is like finding a well in the desert. We do not survive on our own thoughts or strength or goodness, and as we discover this we discover reality and true freedom in Christ. His presence is our lifeblood, and He is our peace, which is the foundation for hearing His voice. It will be very difficult for us to stir up our hearts and keep them passionate and alive without being willing to rest in His presence.
So in the midst of waiting for change, we need to be willing to rest. In the New American Standard translation of Psalm 24:17, it reads, “Let your heart take courage” (emphasis added). If we are worrying and striving and trying to make things happen, it will be very difficult for us to find our peace in God. It will be difficult for us to remember Him.
Today, if you find yourself brought low by anxiety, despair or the apparent lack of movement in your life, let your heart take courage by being quiet in His presence. This is the starting point for everything we do. There, God will prepare us for the change He is bringing and for the next step in the promise He has given us.
2. Be captivated.
Paul wrote in Romans 10 that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The level of “hearing” that Paul talked about means to be enraptured, to be captivated, to be totally consumed, to be focused on the Word—that is what increases our faith.
What has God told you? Be like the persistent widow in Luke 18 who would not allow the judge to forget her case.
If it has been awhile since you have actively remembered the promise God gave you, change that. Think about it. Remember it. Write it on a note card and tape it to your bathroom mirror.
Be captivated by God. Open your heart to hearing His quiet voice in the area of His promise.
3. Be willing to take risks.
Finally, we need to consider taking steps we have never taken before. Perhaps God has already set up everything we need, and the only thing left for us to do now is take the risk that He’s calling us to take at the time he’s calling us to take it.
Peter took a lot of risks. The New Testament is filled with wild stories about him. Something daring and unorthodox was in him from the beginning. He didn’t always take the right risks, yet God never chastised him for being zealous.
If you do these three things—rest in God, be captivated by Him, and be willing to take the risks He sets before you to take—then you are guaranteed to see change because you are seeking God. You are holding on to His promises, and you are remembering His voice. You are honoring Him, and that is no small thing.
Today, be strong and let your heart take courage.
About the author: John Paul Jackson is an established authority on Christian spirituality and dream interpretation. His biblical approach to dreams reveals their life-changing purpose, and restores an overlooked way God chooses to communicate with people. He shares his practical and spiritual expertise with an international audience through Streams Ministries International and the Streams Training Center courses and publications.
Read more: http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/prophetic-insight/29678-how-to-survive-the-waiting-game#readmore#ixzz16rWs54tz