Ties that Bind are Eternal

The Old Hymn Rings True:

Blessed Be the Tie that Binds

1. Blessed be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like that to that above.

2. Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one
Our comforts and our cares.

3. We share each other's woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4. When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5. This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6. From sorrow, toil and pain,
And sin, we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity. 

I just connected with and arranged to meet a friend next month that I have known for 30 years.  We have only met a few times in person.  He is the reason I live in Illinois.  

I am looking foward to seeing him again.  Meeting his wife.  Having them Meet Peggy.

Here's the prophetic truth.  Ties that Bind are deep, long lasting, eternal and precious.  BLESSED.

Every person I get to know in one way or another who is of like precious faith becomes a tie that binds us together... forever.

That give me great comfort.  I may never see you in the flesh.. but I will see you eventually.... eternally.  

Kim Clement: I've Wept Deeply - "Feeling Something Is About To Erupt"

May 25, 2013 - From The Den
Please hear me. I heard this word this morning, clearly, "I will restore today that which has been taken illegally, and even if My people have made mistakes."
Listen to what the word is – hear it now, please. Abraham lied about his wife; said it was his sister for his fear of death, and so the king took Abraham's wife and God visited the king early that morning in a dream, "Should you touch this woman, I will kill you. That man is a man of God." The king came to Abraham and the king said to him, "Why did you lie to me? I could have died because I took into my hands your wife." And he came with offerings to Abraham and said, "Here is your wife back. It's your mistake, Abraham, but along with your wife, I'm giving you offerings of goats and bulls and sheep and stock for I want you to be totally restored" (see Genesis 20).
It was a mistake that Abraham made. It wasn't the king's mistake, but even though it was Abraham's mistake, God restored that mistake; God restored him, not only with his wife back, but with much in blessing.

Even If It's Your Mistake That Caused Your Loss

Today, this is what God tells me to tell you. Even if it's your mistake; even if you're the one who made the mistake and you've lost it, God said, "I will restore it to you today but I will pay back twice the amount, four times the amount, five times the amount, 100-fold – if you would come to Me in faith today, I will do it," says the Lord.

Codebreakers Discussion of Russian Naval Troops and Gathering Off Syria

"And what shall I say about this," says the Lord? "What shall I say about these who speak with lofty words and their mouths utter words as if they were the Lord, God themselves! What shall I do about them? Shall I take their tongue and rip it from their mouths? Enough of this talk; there is too much speaking. There is too much – too much boasting and double talk." God says, "It's enough. It has come before Me as a stench. But now watch how I will silence some of these mouths, because you see, there's power in the tongue."
The Spirit of God says, "There's power in the tongue. I gave that tongue." But now the Spirit of God says, "As Sunil said, 'The split tongue that would speak two different things.' Is it not I that can take the tongue and pull it out?"
God says, "Why do I speak as if I'm angered? For I hear again that they want to come and take from My Israel that which I just granted them for their survival, for their children and their children's children and their descendants to come. Did I not say to Abraham, It's for your descendants forever? Israel is forever! Israel is forever! Therefore, you are now rising up against them – I will rip your tongue out and two of these leaders shall no longer have the power to speak."
God, I pray today, as You've spoken now, that You would destroy the power of those words that are coming and spreading throughout the world against Israel, against ecclesia, against the Church that You are building, against America the great. Oh Lord, I pray that You would stop some of these words for a season and that You would offer us Your word through the prophets and that You would speak through the prophets that constantly tell us the judgments of God and the doom of the future. You have promised us that You would take care of us on this earth so that Your Gospel could go to every ear and every home, and "It shall be so," says the Spirit of God.
Let's flow with this Codebreakers today. You know what happened there; I didn't even think about it. I was getting a little uncomfortable because the Spirit came on me and I don't want to interrupt you while you were talking. But I almost felt like they've overstepped the mark. I don't know how many have been killed in Syria (Sunil says estimates are 80,000 people)– 80,000 people! People say, "Well why didn't God just do something?" He is doing it. We're seeing what's happening amongst those people; there is such a revival taking place in Syria that you won't hear on the news – a move of the Spirit because those people are crying not to Allah – they're crying to God, and in turn, God is turning them to Christ. So as much as they're trying to imprison in Iran, the pastors and the Christians, it's just spreading. My point is – He is doing something about it.

Israel Is Forever

But I felt almost a "Vengeance is Mine," says the Lord, and if it's His, then it's not within our power to do. It's already taken care of. But I felt that vengeance rising up and saying, "OK, they're planning to steal the resources so that My people will not be forever."
Hear me out. It was brought to my attention that He said to Abraham, You and your descendants, forever. The reason that I'm calling Israel is forever, forever, is because it is forever. Somebody wrote once and said nothing is forever. Well, anything God puts together is forever and the reason I called it that was because I was prophesying to the land when I was there. When I went to do the gathering at the Tower of David, you gathered with me. We heard great revelations and words that are still coming to pass. But I went back again, to the land, to prophesy into the land like Elisha did, and others – to bring resources from nothing.
So I felt like God took this very personally, that they're not only trying to attack, and all these weapons that they're using against Israel to destroy it – they never will, as long as He has a mouth that will speak and a promise that will be reminded to Him.
But now they're trying to take away the resources and destroy them again; therefore, I felt a vengeance coming up and God saying, "Kim, I want you in Israel, whether you go with God TV or not. You get to Israel" (because we are going with God TV and you can join us - click here.) Please do it; stand with me on that soil in August of this year. But we're going to go back again – we're already planning it, again later on – because God has told me, "You must dedicate yourself not only to America and to some of the nations that I've told you, but to Israel again."
He's put me on a special fast for it and there's been tremendous – I've never, in 34 years, and I'm saying this today in 34 years – ever had the kind of warfare and struggle that I've had personally, ever. I've never had it like it is right now. It's the most painful thing, and I've had to endure this. I wept for three days in my garden – wept and wept – and I don't weep easily. Wept, feeling like something is about to erupt, and I have to be present to the moment.
He shoved me in China; He's making me go back again – things I don't want to do. And now telling me today, here on this program, "I want you back in Israel. I want you back there, prophesying to the land; I want you to sing songs and your mantle and whatever I give you will bring the preservation." But He did say, and I heard this clearly, "I want to rip out some of these tongues." Now I don't know what that means; they could stop speaking or they could be not voted back into power, I don't know what it is, but God help them.
I have a new commission. Today it came, and it's regarding Israel. So obviously, I'm going to be needed there more than I thought. Please understand that I love the Den more than anything else. I never thought I'd feel this way about being in one place all the time, but I am so in love with you and the Den. But He obviously gave me a new commission, and with a new commission (and I say new, it's a new thing that came to me today) - that I need to go there more. I need to meet with these people like the mayor and different ones that God has opened up to me, but also to put my prophetic voice there; pray on the borders, pray in the various places. He wants me to go; He'll tell me what to do. (Photo: U.S. News)
Kim Clement
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Email: hope@kimclement.com
Website: kimclement.com

The Futility of Excessive Frugality

I was driving by a man's property yesterday.  The Lord spoke to me about his futile life. 

He is one of the most FRUGAL men I have ever known.  OK, Frugal is being kind.  He is CHEAP.  STINGY.  I know him well enough to know that money is more important to him than almost anything other than his family...and I'm not certain about that.

So he lives friendless, on the cheap, denying himself or his family anything.  So you know, he is a man of means.  Owns property and businesses.  He's just an Ebenezer Scrooge.  I confronted him about his behavior.  He called me and I felt like it was time to bring him to account. He didn't take it well. 

So now he lives his empty life.  To be clear he IS a christian. Dutch Reformed.  That will explain a lot.  There is a disease that invades the Psyche of many Dutch Reformed Christians that equate frugality with godliness.

I am all for being frugal. I think we need to be wise.  But when money becomes our GOD... we lose touch with reality.  He has reached that point.

WHAT will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his eternal soul?  That question was not asked of a pagan, but a person who became frugal when he had a chance to be generous.

In the last years I have learned one truth.  Righteousness equals Generosity.  If you quote the verse, "I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor the sons of the righteous begging bread"  You better know what it means to be TRULY RIGHTEOUS.

The futility of frugality is what takes the throne of our heart?  Father says... your RIGHTEOUSNESS must EXCEED that of the Pharisees.  The Pharisees according to scripture were very selfish.

Don't be as they were .....or as many today are.

Being Led by God by Os Hillman

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8,9).

How do you know what thoughts are your thoughts versus God's thoughts? One of the great paradoxes of walking with God is discerning the difference between a "natural idea" versus a "God-idea." One of my mentors challenged me one day to make sure that my ideas and the actions I take are directed by God and not from my own reasoning. But being in a marketing profession, there is a constant rub between the "natural" and the "spiritual."

There are three places from which a thought or idea originate: 1) Our natural man, 2) Satan, and 3) The Holy Spirit. There are a few ways to discern from which place a thought is coming. If a thought comes into your mind that you know you would never have thought of, and it might be something you would not normally consider doing. This is likely God speaking.

I once participated in a conference when an offering was being taken to make up for a poorly organized event that left the organizers very short on funds. It was clearly a case of poor management. Nevertheless, I prayed. I assumed I would give a token gift. However, the figure that suddenly came into my mind was $1,000. I argued with God and struggled with my attitude. I thought He must have two zeros out of place! But I obeyed - as I knew that was not my idea.

In order to be obedient, we must not make advance decisions about a particular matter. Each of our decisions must be submitted to the Lord for His counsel to us, not just based on our reasoning.

Religion is the Demon Bride of the Church by David Smith

In the Book of Revelation, she is called the great whore of Babylon.

In the Book of Proverbs, she is called the Wicked Woman, sitting on the street corner - calling out to those that are young, and immature.

In the Book of Zechariah, she takes flight with her cronies to breed more of her kind.

She is the pious face of religion. She looks good.  She sounds good.  She dresses well. She SAYS that she is wise.

More often than not, SHE is a HE... and, I'm not talking about gender. I'm not even talking about people.  I'm not talking about poor training, poor upbringing, poor teaching. I'm not even talking about good intentions, bad method.

I'm talking about heart.  I'm talking about fruit.  I'm talking about power - true, spiritual, GODLY power.

The demon bride of the church corrupts the heart. It convinces the heart that we will NEVER be worthy!  Yes - God MADE us worthy... but we just cannot - EVER - LIVE a life that is worthy because we just do NOT have what it takes.

But... there are the "special ones" that DO have what it takes.  The demon bride of religion elevates the lives of men - and women - and tries to convince them that " if you just do what I do", you will become worthy.

The demon bride of today's church - religion - has no true power. It uses control, position, intimidation, and threats. If it has ANY power at all, it is POSITIONAL POWER.  With religion, POSITION is everything! Title is EVERYTHING.  Who you know is EVERYTHING!

The demon bride of religion has no true "Fruit of the Spirit".  The fruit that is DOES produce isn't really healthy.  It breeds sickness.  It breeds religion into the church.

I hate religion.

Religion turns a Loving God that simply wants relationship with His children into an angry, vindictive child of a god that is determined to HAVE HIS WAY, no matter WHAT!

Religion TRIES to be the Bride of Christ - but fails.  Religion TRIES to put on the proper "outward appearance" and often succeeds. Religion is good at deception.  Religion is good at looking good.  Religion is good at SOUNDING like the true Word of God.  Religion is good at getting people so distracted that they began to worship the demon bride of the Church instead of the One true God.  Religion tries to convince us that Jesus Christ will never - ever - come back until the Bride of Christ is Perfect. Prepared. Ready. Beautiful. Free of any taint.  Religion wants us to PERFECT the FLESH!

Religion lies.

God is Love.

God loves you. God loves me. When we accept Jesus Christ as Lord, and believe - in our heart - that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead - we ARE saved... for ALL of eternity.  You can lose that salvation.  I used to think that you couldn't... but, over the years, I found out otherwise.  But... there is a catch. The only (meaning without exception - EVER!) way to lose your salvation is to deny God repeatedly; you have to try your best to do anything and everything you can to PROVE to God that you do not love him. That you don't want him.  That you changed your mind.  It takes a LOT of effort.  It takes 24/7 HOURS of diligent sweat-producing effort for years and years and years of doing everything that the DEVIL can think of to get you convinced that God hates you.  Even then, it takes years and years of denying Christ before you lose your salvation.  Even then, you may not have tried hard enough.

God looks on the heart.  He is never fooled.  And He is LOVE.  God can out endure ANYTHING.  He never - ever - gives up on us.

BUT - the demon bride of religion says otherwise.

You have to try EVERYDAY to NOT lose your salvation!  If you have even ONE bad moment, you may have just committed the unpardonable sin!  Your salvation - indeed, your LIFE - is on the shaky cliff of indecision every moment that you breath.

Religion lies.

Religion tries to convince us that we need to "work on our works".

Let me show you what the Bride of Christ is.

Revelation 21: 9b, 10 -

"...Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife; And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21: 2 - 7 -

"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."

Jesus Christ will come back when it is TIME to come back!  Man has no say in the matter.  Man is NOT going to tell GOD when HE may send Jesus Christ back!

God is Spirit.  Jesus Christ has a new spiritual body that will never die!  Jesus Christ is never going to marry a bride that ends up as a dead body.

Jesus Christ will CLOTHE His Bride in a NEW, SPIRITUAL BODY!

Read 1 Corinthians 15!

Read Revelation 21... God is talking about MORE than a PHYSICAL BUILDING!  Study the word "CITY" - a city is PEOPLE!  Study God's Word!  There are TWO cities talked about in the Book of Revelation... and I'm not talking about the churches of the first few chapters!  There is the Bride of Christ - New Jerusalem... and, there is the demon bride of the world, the whore - Babylon.

If you look at the pagan religions of many cultures, and times, you see that a common practice is to prepare the "bride" for marriage to god. She is purified, and cleansed, and made to LOOK as perfect as possible; she is brought into the ceremony with great pomp and circumstance. Sometime she is raped by the god's chosen prophet; sometimes, she is sacrificed on an altar. Sometimes she has to dedicate the rest of her life into service to her "god" -which usually means serving those that are the "official representatives" of god. RELIGION tries to do, through works, what Jesus Christ ALREADY did.

Let those with ears to hear - hear!

A comment from Annie Hoffman, a friend of his:
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BIG from Jane Hoyt

Prophecy is history written in advance. Some prophetic words are so big it is hard to live with them. They overwhelm us. The implications are massive. They open up such a huge space around us that we feel small and insignificant inside that space. However, God has spoken and we must grow to fit what He has seen in us.

Dealing with Disappointment

The word says, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life." Proverbs 13:12

Sometimes that hope came in the form of a promise given by a prophecy or a belief that God would do this or that for you.  You may not have actually received the word, but you believe you received it and therefore you are disappointed.   Consider how disappointed the disciples were right after they saw the man they had invested 3 years of their life following and believing crucified naked and bloody on a roman cross.  That was disappointment. 

So how does one deal with disappointment at that level?

First, look to your Trust in the God of ALL the universe.  You are heartsick.  You are discouraged.  You don't know if you even believe in God any more.  This really stinks.  You had YOUR heart set on this and now... nothing.  This can be really hard.  Yet.. HE is worthy of your trust.  HE is worthy of your faith.  IF you are having a hard time believing, that's about you, not Him.  You have no idea what this really can or will mean.  The doubts you are feeling right now are from the enemy of your soul.  If you allow it to control you it will defeat you. You are vulnerable to being knocked off course. 

The destiny God set for you required that you go thru this before it manifests.  You would not have been ready to own it if he had given  it to you as you expected. He always gives just as much as you can deal with.  It is as it was for the Israelites coming into Canaan.

Genesis: 22The Lord your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you. 23But the Lord your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed. 24He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all.

Second,  ask yourself, "What does this experience make possible?"   Your disappointment opened doors you don't see.  Right now the closed doors is all there is in your view.  You are stuck.  Shake off that dust and take another look.  There, right over there, is a possibility you haven't yet considered.  Test the door.  Look it over.  Sometimes disappointment opens doors you would never have considered without getting smacked as you just did.

Third.  Start Again.  Release as much as you can emotionally of what just happened.  It's hard but it's critical. You must consider where you are today after the disappointment as the new normal.  Don't go back and try to rescue the situation or compromise or try to make right.  Start again. You came THAT close to getting where you thought you were going to be.  You were disappointed.  Now start again. Expand your horizons.  Release the situation.  You are further along right now than you were a year ago.  You are now stronger.

There are Bible references that relate to this worth sharing.  When I went thru a very deep disappointment a little over a decade ago this saved me from going over the edge.

Psalm 46 

1God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

3though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.^c

4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

the holy place where the Most High dwells.

AND

Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you. (Ps. 73:23-26)

This helped me a lot during those dark days:

Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be joyful in God my Savior (Hab. 3:17-18)

This too shall pass.  The rear view mirror will reveal the purposes of God.  This shall become a memory and you will see the greater good in it all IF you can Trust, Look at the Possibilities and Release the pain to Start Again.

That is the word of the Lord for someone I care for who has just gone thru a very hard thing.