Lance Wallnau -- Unemployed Angels?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

"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.