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

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-

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

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

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

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'

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

“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.