I AM MORE than the Freedom You Celebrate

I heard the Lord say this morning as I prepare to "Celebrate" the Fourth of July.

"I am more than your home, your freedom, your business, your family, your city, your state, nation, yes even more than the whole world.  I bought you at a price you can never comprehend.  I offer that redemption to the whole world.  Every soul. Every Nation, Every City, State and Home.  Every individual.  It's FREE.  The only real freedom on the whole earth is that which is found in ME.  When you grasp how free freedom is, you will cease to fret about the freedom men give or take away.  I set you free...indeed".

This came after pondering the words of Jesus to some Jews who believed He was the Son of God yet struggled with the difference between secular freedom and true freedom.

John 8:31-38
Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

IF we read between the lines, Jesus differentiates between the freedom inherited from our earthly, even forefathers and  that which is ONLY found in HIM.

I will continue to do battle to help our nation and world find freedom from the bonds that hold them tight... spiritually and in every other way.

Here is a prophetic truth, the bondage you see all around you in our world is simply a manifestation of a lack of revelation of the true freedom that is bought and paid for you... not by the blood of martyrs or patriots, but by the BLOOD of the TRUE SON of the Creator of all the universe.

Celebrate the Fourth, but be aware, greater has come and now IS.

Kim Clement: "A Great and Mighty Day Just Ahead - Mordecai, Where Are You?"

June 22, 2013 - From The Den:
A great and mighty day is ahead of you.
Mordecai, are you back again?
Mordecai, are you back again?
There's a gallows that we'll use today
To hang the head of Haman.
The accuser of the brethren has opened up his mouth;
It's time, time, time for him to hang.
Mordecai, where are you?
It's time for Haman to hang.
For you that don't know the story, this is about Esther, and Mordecai, and Haman [see the Book of Esther]. Haman prepared a gallows, and I'm going to prophesy in a few minutes about what's about to happen during these next few months, and it's great news for everybody, because heads are going to roll.
I prophesy over you, every family watching, every Warrior – you will have protection; supernatural intervention from the Lord Most High! If you believe it, wherever you are, lift your hands and say, "Yeah!"

It's Time For the Gallows To Hang The Accuser

Mordecai! Beloved of Israel! Esther – and Haman. This same story is about to unfold in this day, in this decade, in this year. You would say, "Why?" It's time for the gallows to hang the accuser.
"The story," says the Lord, "will unfold before your very eyes. Esther – young woman [and] Mordecai – old man, stood together. Today Israel stands in a very volatile and dangerous place," says the Lord of hosts, "more dangerous than you think, for their natural intelligence only tells them so much.
There has been a Judas, a betrayer, a traitor. And," the Spirit of God says, "as Haman built for the destruction and death of the Jewish people, so there are gallowses built for the destruction of the Jewish people, plus the people washed in the Royal Blood. The princes of the Blood Royal are at risk in this nation. Hear, people of God, today. I speak that justice shall come and young, beautiful women and old, strong men shall stand together and do what Esther and Mordecai did.
"She said these words – 'You fast for three days with the men and with the people,' she said to Mordecai. And then she said, 'I, with my handmaidens, will fast for three days. Then I will approach the king, which is illegal and unlawful.' These are the words she said (and these are the words I am hearing now)," says the Lord. "She said, 'If I perish, I perish; if I die, I die. But I die for the purpose of the Kingdom. I brought a dream to the king and suddenly everything changed. Mordecai, robed with royalty, suddenly exalted within an hour, and the perpetrator on the gallows, dead.'
"A head will roll during the summer; I said a head will roll during the summer! There will be a decapitation of a mind that is evil, a mind that is sinister. It will roll, and I will, for a season, exalt My people with My magnificence and My glory. I speak not only of the land of Israel, but I speak of My people. I will clothe you, I will robe you, I will provide for you, I will make it glorious for you for a season, and then I shall destroy the perpetrator," says the Lord of Hosts!
Every person watching me, listen to me. We're going to minister to you now, because every one of you has the right to a creative miracle. I don't know how many times you've begged God for it. Something happened today, in my garden, where God said, "A special season of creative miracles, opening of doors, opening of ways, through this next season." I'm not going to limit it to summer, but I'm going to tell you now, it started today.
Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com
Website: kimclement.com

John Belt: How God's Promise Works in Your Life - Peter was the Only Disciple to Step onto Water

Partakers of His Divine Nature
2 Peter 1:4 By which He (God) has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
Many times people are disillusioned when they feel God has given them a promise and it has not yet come to pass. But with every promise there is a response. Just as promise comes through revelation, God opening our eyes to what He desires to do, there is the accompanying response that is required of us.
With a lack of response there is no fulfillment. Hope deferred makes the heart sick (see Proverbs 13:12). God wants us to know how faithful He is. He desires us to see the fulfillment of the dreams He has given us. When you look in the actual Greek meaning of the verse above (see also 2 Peter 1:4), it actually refers to us being "divine participants, communioners (by the vehicle of communion – from the root word KoinOnoi), partaking of God's nature through the promises of God."

The Seed of Revelation

When the Holy Spirit shows us promise concerning things surrounding our lives, it comes by revelation. God gives us light to see. That revelation is a seed. Just as a seed needs to be watered to grow, so we need to water these seeds of promise with our prayers. Throughout the process, prayer is required to keep things moving in the direction of promises fulfilled. This requires patience on our part. God brings forth maturity in our hearts through this process. This is why we are encouraged not to lose heart. This does not mean that it takes forever to see promises fulfilled, but it does take some time, differing according to the promise. We can expedite God's promises through our response, pursuit, and actions.

Activation Through Response

When we have received the seed of revelation concerning God's promises, we now have an opportunity to respond in some way that gets us "out of the boat."
Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.
Just as when Peter saw Jesus walking on the water, as His eyes were opened to the event, Jesus gave Him an invitation to get out of the boat. Peter did what he knew to do. He took a step out on the water. He went some distance. Taking His eyes off the Lord, he began to slip, but Jesus was still there to meet Him and lift Him up. Peter's response was not perfect, but, unlike any other disciple, Peter was the only disciple with the faith and obedience to get out of the boat and step purposely onto water!
Sometimes in our own minds we justify waiting in the boat, not realizing it is just our natural mind wanting to know every detail. Thinking to ourselves, "Well, maybe I ought to just sit in the boat a little bit longer – after all, we want to have wisdom." Do you think Peter did that? No. He got out of the boat of his comfort zone before his natural feelings could jump in to dictate the next step.
Our spirit man does not need to have everything figured out. Faith is the substance that gets us out of the boat. Be encouraged to seek God on how to get out of your boat. Because once we do all that we know to do in response to God's promise, the Lord comes through for us. God gives us promises. Some have time slots of fulfillment, and others are without time frames just waiting for our response.
Without faith it is impossible to please God. We are not allowed to simply wait for something to happen. I heard it said by someone who had seen many experience supernatural weight loss (i.e. people losing tons of weight suddenly in a ministry meeting, etc), "The people were already actively pursuing their goal, God just showed up to finish the job!"

God Meets Us On The Water

Jesus met Peter on the water. This was the place of faith. Peter experienced something that none of the other disciples experienced because he was willing to take a step. Is it any coincidence that it was Peter who was used to preach at Pentecost? Although Peter had done some presumptuous things, he also found the groove through his persistence, mixed with shortcomings.
God's grace meets us and brings promises to pass in our lives. If it was about us doing everything perfect we would never make it. Find the place of faith where you respond to what God has shown you. Seek God about the proper response through communion, prayer, fasting, and worship. Then do all you know to do. It may not look exactly like the perfect response, but God will meet you on the water to help you get there.
John & Brandi Belt
Overflow Global Ministries
Email: office@overflowglobal.com
Website: overflowglobal.com

Heresy?

Many Christians do not go to movies. I go to few. Many do not watch TV. I do... but it's limited. They avoid anything that is even considered worldly. I was just SW of Iowa City over the weekend. I drove by several Amish Farms. They have shut themselves out from the world. We admire men like Smith Wigglesworth ( I DO) who would read no newspaper. Just the Bible. Many of us (me included) have our bookshelves full of Christian Books. We don't read novels. We don't read shades of Gray. Nor should we. That causes us to become Cultural Heretics. We have isolated ourselves completely from the culture. We do so many times to protect ourselves and our families from influences that might kill them. Particularly in some communities where that is a real possibility. We talk a different language. Our conversations are coded...biblical references and assumptions.

We have so succeeded in isolating ourselves from a fallen culture we no longer are capable of engaging it. We can't speak to them. They have no idea what we are saying. Our books and movies are not read by the culture... oh a few are. Jesus Calls, Left Behind, Cross and Switchblade. There are few christian authors who successfully cross over. Mostly we are talking into an echo chamber of our own making. The ones who DO succeed in crossing over are criticized. Joel Osteen for instance. His "Best Life Now" book was read in the culture. Yet Christians lambaste him for his soft approach to theology. He's engaging the culture, we're not.

Our movies are for the most part unseen by the unsaved. The Bible TV series was watched...but very little Christian Witness exists on Secular TV. We are unrepresented. Mostly because we don't exist in the places where Decisions on these things might be made.

Most of our Christian music (save a few C&W artists) is unheard by the lost. I have admired those who have tried to do Christian Rap. It is an art form that will speak. Unfortunately no one has really crossed over. I hoped at one time that EMINEM would get saved.

The Apostle Paul knew about this. He was a cultural chameleon. HE became all things to all people. In Athens he pointed to their art and used it as a launch pad for conversation. In Rome he became like them. He said, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

We must learn to speak into our culture. We are no longer able to do so. I don't mean compromise, I mean we must become like Paul. The great catastrophe in 72 AD caused the Christians to disperse throughout the culture. They became many different things to many different peoples. Maybe God will have to do that again to get us to engage with the culture.

To continue to hide behind our church walls and not engage the culture is cultural heresy and if we consider Paul's approach... maybe it's simply HERESY

The Next Wave Could Kill YOU - What's coming next

Last week I got a download of the next wave of attack on humanity by satan.

Remember if it is stealing, killing or destroying, it's probably satan.

Paul the Apostle said: "Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes". 2 Corinthians 2:11

Yet, many people ARE outsmarted by satan.  He runs us over and we don't even know what hit us.  The cultural collapse we are seeing as evidenced by legalization of Homosexual marriage was a wake up call.  Yet many are saying let's go back to sleep.  Just say smooth words prophet.  Just tell us good things.  When the defense of marriage act (DOMA) that was just called unconstitutional by the courts was implemented and voted on in the mid 90s it was almost considered foolish. Like voting on a law that makes it illegal for the Chicago Cubs to win a world series.  It was not even on the radar that there would come this day.

It came.  Many people stood by and watched it happen.  Even voted for those who promoted the end of sacred marriage between a man and a woman.  That battle is over.  Satan is destroying marriage.

A new one is about to be unleashed on humanity. Most people aren't even aware that this is going to happen.  You will hear it here first.  I share this as a prophet who has seen this as a future headline.

The affordable care act (Obamacare) is going to fail... financially.  It is unaffordable. It won't work.  It will cause all kinds of headaches.  Young people are not going to comply with the mandate that they have to have health insurance.  Families will not be able to afford to pay the ever increasing premiums.  This will create a crisis.  Even if pretty much everyone is covered under a follow up plan that is nationalized health care, it will fail.  We don't have enough money to provide health care to everyone.  There is an inevitable end to this.

Be prepared for an onslaught promoting euthanasia.  It will become a cultural push.  Movies will be made portraying how honorable and wonderful it is to kill one's self.  Then movies will be made that will portray how honorable it is to kill those who are suffering, old, infirmed and invalid.  They will be very compassionate.  It will become taught in grade school.  Stories promoting the normalization of a culture of death.  There will be TV shows showing people dying who are sick and they take their own life. There was a Mentalist with just such a scene in the last year.  It will become "Selfish" to live or let live those who no longer are able to contribute to society. They will use the expense of keeping people alive and the need for nationalized health care as an underlying cause.

Sure there will be debates.  Just as there were debates about same sex marriage.  The culture will be impacted.  This has happened before.  Hitler had a solution.  Germany had national health care, but it was bankrupting the state.  The push was to send away to die "Useless Eaters".  This was before the war.  This was early on when the state would take a downs child away from a family for "care" and a few months later report that "Sadly" the child had died. 

This spirit is already in force.  You are going to see a cultural push to make euthanasia (active and imposed) a near sacrament.  A sacrament of satan is what it really will be.

When you hear that the most costly health care is in the last year of life of a person... that's the push. 

I know this is true.  Now that you do... start supporting life.  Homosexuals were not out of the closet in the 70's.  David Wilkerson told us they would be.  Now they are having parades and marrying.

This is coming.  We must begin to speak against this before it gains traction.  Christians must learn to win the culture wars.  We don't know how to speak into the culture.  But that's another topic.

Cursed are The Moneychangers who will USE the Cultural Collapse for Gain

I have been seeking God on the whole issue of our cultural collapse as is most recently evident by the court's decision regarding Homosex marriage.

During that time I heard this:

There are many who will now use this as a reason to enrich themselves and their ministries.  A curse will be called on those who do.  It is the curse I called when I cleansed the temple.  Den of Thieves.

There was more, but some was just for me.  I grasp the nature of the curse.  How long will it be until we see in conferences, on Christian TV and in Social Media some guy or gal look into the camera and say:

"We must stop the decline of our country.  Send your offering of $700 today and join the fight.  It's time to take back our nation from the Devil"

It will be some well known someone who is on TV to start this. It is the money machine that  masquerades as christian.  I can see it now.  It's somewhat akin to the sad dogs and cats in the commercial or the starving children you see again and again in an appeal for money.  It's not that there is not a need, it's just that the real purpose is enrichment. 

So, be warned, as a Prophet of God, I will be on alert for this.  I have my instructions.  I will call out the thieves in the den.  As Jesus did.  You will hear this loud and clear.

Yes ministry, particularly ministry that speaks to the culture needs money.  Money however FOLLOWS ministry. IF you are doing what you are called to do, money will not be an issue.  Before you begin to take on leviathan at large, if you are a minister, make sure your own house is clean.  Get YOUR army marching and armed. 

So go to war, just don't call down a curse on yourself by using this cultural crisis for gain. 

Rick Joyner: The Spirit of Truth - Greater Light is Needed

Seek Out Truth
In 2008 we began to pray for the Holy Spirit to move in our country. We prayed for the Spirit of Truth to reveal anything hidden that we needed to know. This began happening very quickly. Some might protest that much of what is being illuminated is coming from whistleblowers in the government, but this gives us insight into the work of the Holy Spirit.
There were times in the Old Testament when the Lord referred to heathen armies such as the Babylonians as His arm. The Babylonians did not know the Lord, nor did they know that they were being used by Him. In the same way, the Lord is using various people to reveal what we need to know regardless of whether they are aware of it or not.

When these illuminations began, my biggest surprise was not how or through whom the Spirit of Truth did His work, but that so many Christians did not seem to understand or even care about what was being brought to the light.
The Holy Spirit is "The Helper," not "The Doer." He will do His part, but He expects us to do our part. Because spiritual authority is founded upon love, we must have love for our country to have spiritual authority here.
If we love something, we will care deeply about its wellbeing and make every effort to acquire understanding. That was the reason for the birth of The Oak Initiative. It exists to bring resources to Christians of depth and commitment who are willing to be salt and light in their nations (The Oak is now in 165 nations).

We cannot be salt and light without being engaged in the times. Because the Spirit "searches all things, even the depths of God" (see I Corinthians 2:10), no one who is truly led by the Spirit will be shallow in their understanding. If we are led by the Spirit, we will love the truth enough to seek it out, and we will be compelled to have depth to our knowledge.

Greater Light is Needed

We have also been given the Biblical commands to be salt and light and to occupy until He comes. We see that even when "the abomination of desolation" is being set up, "the people who know their God will display strength and take action" (see Daniel 11:32). We are not here to cower, to hoard, or to merely seek safety for ourselves. We are here to prepare the way for the coming Kingdom. This is our time.

It is understandable why many Christians refuse to get engaged in the political process. It is hard not to feel slimed if you even get close to it.
However, this is when we need those with the greatest integrity and stoutness of heart to engage in delivering their nations from the darkness that is taking them over.

It is not just into government that we need these brave ones to go. As we have covered, The Great Commission to go into all the world is not only geographical, but must include every field, profession, discipline, sport, etc. The whole world is slipping into a terrible darkness. It is hard to walk down the street or turn on the T.V. without being bombarded with slime. However, we are here for a reason.
In times of great darkness, greater light is needed. The prophecies are clear that those who know their God and take action will rise up.
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
Email: info@morningstarministries.org