Bearing MUCH Fruit

Sometimes natural things reveal spiritual truths. This is that.

Last year we went thru a very dry time in our area.  Plants struggled to survive. Fruit harvests were sparse in some cases. Growth did not take place.

This year there has been more than ample rain.  More than ample sun.  Perfect growing conditions.  Plus the time of pollination didn't have frost interruptions as so often happens.

For these reasons, we have an abundance of fruit.  At the Church who's grounds I help take care of there are Cherries and Currants galore.  I can't eat fast enough to get it all done.  The birds help..but even they can't do much more than stay even.

At my house the Raspberries are overwhelmed.  More than enough.

What is most interesting is the fact that the greatest fruit production is on the oldest vines and branches.  The young fast growing green shoots are pretty and promising but they bear little fruit.

The multiplication of fruit this year MORE than makes up for the shortfall last year.  Even if you averaged it up, we are on total much greater in net yield. 

All the fruit produced in the same time. All at once. It's usually progressive.  Last spring all the trees bloomed at the same time with promise of fruit, but none came.

I know this seems like a report on the local horticulture.  It's not.  I see Jesus in EVERYTHING: 

Don't worry about the dry times in your life, when the restoration comes it will be more than you could imagine.

Don't be impressed by showy displays of glory on others, they may look good, but is there going to be any fruit.

The young green shoots that shine so brightly are wonderful to see, they hold promise, but the well rooted established branches and vines are the ones who bring forth great fruit.

The dry times prepare the hardened off branches for the fruitfulness to come.  It's a time of preparation. 

Never be quick to cut off that which appears to be dead... it may be the next harvest.  Look beneath for life.. if it's there... nurture and watch the glory come.

Sometimes a time of frost will kill off the fruit you were meant to receive.  Don't worry so much, another season will come and another harvest. 

Your time of fruitfulness is not over, in fact it's here now.. and will continue as long as you stay rooted.

SELAH 

Bob Jones: A New Dawn for the "Children of Light"

Why do children of light come under such demonic attack at certain times of the year? In Ephesians 5 it says that we are light.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. Ephesians 5:8

Recently, I've seen that people whose light is getting brighter have come under a stronger demonic attack than ever before. As I was praying on what to do about this, this is what I heard: "When you turn a light bulb on in the darkest of night, what does it draw? It draws Beelzebub!"
Flies, mosquitoes and other bugs are literally like the enemy's tormentors. And the children of light are getting under a stronger demonic attack. These tormentors come to distract and put out their light.

If you've been under attack recently it simply means that your light has been turned up because you've had a strong hunger and thirst for God. So don't turn your light off or out. Instead let it shine brightly for all these things shall pass away when the night is over and the dawn of a new day begins.

Children of Light Coming Forth

I feel that very shortly, probably within a few weeks, the night will be over and a new day of light shall begin. And a new purpose for the children of light is coming forth to reveal the true light of God.

So this is what I believe He's speaking to me. The true light of the children of God will understand what is already written in the Bible. This Beelzebub realm; flies, mosquitoes and things of darkness, will grow darker as it comes to steal your light.

The darker the night is in the world, the brighter the light of God flows from the children of God.
Don't let Beelzebub have your light because this attack is a short-lived thing and it will shortly pass away. Then the light of day will come and the time of the light in you being revealed is close at hand.
So don't back up and don't let the enemy steal your love, your joy or your peace. Hold on to them during this time of attack because the enemy is short-winded and shortly the attack will be over. The light that you have will shine brighter in the light of the Son.
Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones
Website: bobjones.org

Whatever you Sanction you Release in your Life

I have offered this prophetic warning again and again.  It's time to repeat it.  The sowing and reaping of our intentions, actions, words, thoughts and mindsets (strongholds) creates the world we live in.

Show me your circumstances and I can tell you much about those intentions, actions, words, thoughts and strongholds in your life.  Your theological approach to life is revealed in your situation and circumstance.

Those who are tolerant, thereby sanctioning depravity at any level will find the demons that carry increase in that area manifesting themselves in their lives.

This is easy to agreed to in the area of sex, perversion, alcohol, drugs, pornography and other things that are affirmed as evil. Yet there is much more that will bring you to a place you didn't intend to go.  Much more that if allowed in your life will destroy you or at the least put you in chains.

It is the sowing and reaping that is part of our endorsement of things that we don't understand will release the demonic  in our lives.  I warned of this in the last election.  This is NOT about politics, this is about the things we sanction.  Knowing full well the demonic release that would come with the sanctioning of the government now in Washington DC, I warned about what has now led to a full out attack in the areas of homosexuality, gay Marriage, Islamic incursion, Gays in the military, persecution of Christians, attacks on free speech and the vocal insistence of free and open abortion as a right.  We have a slow creep that will lead to bestiality. It's on the way.  Euthanasia is about to become government policy.

THIS IS NOT about politics.  IF you endorse the policies that propagated these actions, you are not a christian. I am not speaking of policy, politics of politicians.  I am operating as a prophet and warning my brothers and sisters to recognize the strongholds being established and strengthened in your lives.  One is right at the door waiting to take you captive.

The vocal support for the conviction of Zimmerman in Florida regardless of the justice and legal outcome is about to release another demon on many. It will increase the level of race division.  One I have fought very hard against for a long time.  The real demon that is waiting in the wings with chains in it's hand is the demon of acceptable injustice.  Distrust of our justice system and it's foibles as this unfolds will increase lawlessness.  It will increase injustice because those demons who see this as an opportunity will enter into our culture in a greater way will be released. Those who rail against the outcome of this trial will find themselves abused by even greater injustice in their own life.  It's the order of things.  The wind will have been sown and a whirlwind is about to be reaped.

Sowing and reaping is a spiritual truth. Plant race distrust you get a demonic attack of racism in spades.  Plant anger that sanctions injustice and you reap injustice in your own life.  I am warning you to back away from importunity in this area.  I don't have a dog in the fight.  If Zimmerman is acquitted, so be it.  If he is convicted, so be it.  That's why we have courts.  Let them do their job.

The violence we see on our streets that breaks everyone's heart in Chicago is a demon that was released long ago by a culture that became infested with getting even with imaginary injustice.  It is one that whispers in people's ears, "It's the other guys fault".  It's the cops.  It's the system. It's joblessness. It's that OTHER gang.  THE OTHER...  It's....  blame something, someone... just pay no attention to  the demon lying to you.

Our system IS broken, but allowing the demons to manifest without understanding the how, why and  root cause is will make victims of us all.

I know that not every person on the west or south side of Chicago is a gang banger.  Yet, the sanctioning of the violence by silence will not solve anything.  The blaming only builds the demonic stronghold higher and greater.  Until good men and women of God take a stand, not for injustice as has been the case in the whole trial in Florida, but intentionally not sanctioning by silence and inaction the demons that have invaded our cities.

What you sanction you release in your life.  We saw it in November last year.  We see it now in the  trial in Florida.  Stop building the strongholds of satan in your life.  Receive this lie and he will wrap another chain around your ankle.

I know this is a hard word, but it is the truth and I stand by it as a prophet.  It won't get me any platform time... I would rather tell you the truth than stand up and lie to you with smooth words.  I'll let others do that.  Do you have the courage to hear the truth and act on it or will you let the demons drag you to a hell on earth?

Godly Discontent

Father says:

I have placed discontent in your heart.  It is designed to move you from complacency to action.  Only when you find yourself in that place where you no longer can abide circumstances as they are, will you be motivated to step into the destiny I designed for you.  I so loved the world I SENT. Holy Discontent has caused ME to reveal a new level for you.  Greater than you can think or imagine.  Don't allow complacency be misidentified as contentment.  Start again.  It is a new day.

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Our society holds an ideal of satisfaction that portrays an unrealistic, idyllic, and utopic view of life that quite simply is not true. Satisfaction does not mean that we strive to live in a Corona commercial. It means that we enter into the human condition of pain and disorientation with a sense of purpose, rootedness, and peace. We do so with the knowledge that we are ambassadors of a God who has accomplished the ultimate sacrifice of redemption for us! Satisfaction means that we know and believe the reality of the Gospel in our lives in the midst of a world steeped in hurt and tumult.


Satisfaction is a two headed coin. On the one side is peace. And on the other is what I call holy discontentment. This means that we feel the weight of our world’s brokenness, including our own, with eyes wide open. I am not content with the status quo. My heart breaks for those who live on a self-destructive path. I yearn for the day when God will end the suffering and hurt of our world and set all things within it back to right. This thought alone gives me proper confidence. That knowledge sets me heart at ease. This definition of holy discontentment drives me forward in faith fueled by the truth of the Gospel. And where our lives intersect with this two headed coin of satisfaction: joy and holy discontentment, therein lies our call.

Such an argument could lead one to feel woefully discontent, the type that Jesus warns against. I offer two suggestions for how you may live your life according to a holy discontentment perspective:

1. Know your identity. You are saved by Christ and Christ alone. He is King. You have been redeemed by God so that you may be a witness of this new reality to others. This is your foundation. This is your identity. Living with holy discontentment is a precarious way to live life. Always remember the joy of your call! Holy discontentment is an important driver, but it is not your identity.

2. You are not God. A holy discontentment perspective posses the potential of leading one to think that he or she is the savior of the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. When we live our lives according to Gospel satisfaction, only then will we see the world through the lens of Jesus – through holy discontentment. This view ought to spurn us on toward good works… within our finite, limited capacities. It is not our job to save anyone. Rather, all we can do is let our call and ability be a delightful thorn in our side for the sake of advancing the message of Jesus to those who need to hear it!

May you revel in holy discontentment, for you have been saved by grace and called to the good work of Jesus in the world.

It's a new day.

An invitation to walk in the Fullness of Sonship by Jeffrey Stewart

The Father says:

"I want My People to know that there is so much more to walking with Me than is commonly taught. You have been taught to expect a certain degree of things from Me, from your walk with Me. You have been taught that you grow to a certain point, then pass away and spend eternity with Me. Your time with Me in eternity started when You accepted My Son Jesus as Savior and Lord. Right now, You are seated with Me in Heaven. This is where you are NOW. (Eph 2:6). That very fact should radically change your life. But most of My Children the same as they did before they were placed next to Me. They pray, yes, but the unsaved also pray. They read My Word, but the unsaved also read My Word. I am calling you to a higher walk that is available to ALL MY CHILDREN. People look at Wigglesworth and think He is special. The ONLY thing He did special was say YES to Me an go through the door into FULL Sonship, the door that ANY of My Children can walk through if they simply do so.

"It is SO BEAUTIFUL beyond that door. Joy made full lives beyond that door. Life and that more abundantly lives beyond that door. Walking in the SAME intimate walk I had with My Son Jesus when He walked the earth, lies beyond that door."

"So come on into the Land I set aside for you before I created the World, where you have always wanted to linger, to walk in, and explore. Take My Hand, and Let me show you just what it means to be a Son of God."

The Keys to walking in Full Sonship

The Father says:

"The First Key

Revelation is reading the Word through My eyes.

When you read My Word through man's eyes, you will continue to walk as men. When you read My Word through My eyes, you begin to walk as Sons of God.

This is possible for you, since we are One Spirit. Ask Me to help you do this and I will.

The Second Key

My Word was never meant to read only silently, but mainly aloud. The word meditate in Joshua 1:8 and Psalms 1:2 means speak, mutter, utter to yourself.

You are supposed to educate both your mind AND your spirit. You educate your mind primarily by what you SEE. You educate your spirit primarily what what you HEAR. You teach your mind what to think by what you SEE. You teach your heart what to believe by what you HEAR. Reading My Word aloud, then, is the best way to renew your mind and grow in faith at the same time.

The Third Key

Wigglesworth is an example of a person who walked in Full Sonship.

Many believed I was able to do so many mighty miracles through Him because He was Baptized in the Spirit. This is not true. Many are baptized in My Spirit yet see no miracles. That is because Wigglesworth walked not only full of My Spirit, but also full of My Word. He would pray in the Spirit daily, and read aloud from My Word daily. That is why I was able to raise so many from the dead, through Him, and restore missing limbs, and so many other mighty miracles.

These are the keys to walking in Full Sonship. This is the revelation that causes the prophecy of the manifestation of My Sons in Romans 8:19 to be fulfilled in this season."

Comments He gave to add:

The sower soweth the Word - when you READ HIS WORD ALOUD, you are being YOUR OWN SOWER. Planting HIS SEEDS in the Garden of YOUR HEART every day, so that you will GROW A GARDEN in your heart that will make you begin looking, walking, and talking like Jesus. And another benefit of doing this is that the seeds that the enemy has planted, such as seeds that block healing, seeds of making you fear rejection by the Lord and others, will be replaced by seeds of FAITH FOR HEALING, and a new sense of TOTAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE LORD and BOLDNESS TO GO FORTH AND DO HIS WILL AS YOU HAVE NEVER KNOWN!

There is so many false teachings about healing and other subjects. That is the real reason why some, even very, very Godly, spirit-filled people, have had issues receiving healing from the Lord. Bad seeds planted in their hearts when they were not looking. By some pastor or teacher they listened to thirty years ago. In the Garden of their hearts, in some forgotten corner, is a weed that the enemy planted, that thing that made them just seem to never be able to step out into faith and receive the wonderful gift of healing from their Loving Father, purchased at such a great price by His Precious Son. Reading the pure Word of God aloud will uproot those foul weeds from the enemy, and replace them by a plant of growing faith to receive the Wonderful things their precious Father wants to give His Precious Children. The bad seed entered by something heard, so it must be uprooted by something also heard.

This revelation a major part of the Awakening. The Awakening has started, the GREATEST MOVE OF GOD to ever occur on the earth. Awakening is actually a misnomer. It is "multiple Awakenings, all at the same time: An Awakening to Who He is, an Awakening to ALL He did for us on the Cross, an Awakening of who WE ARE NOW as His Sons who are seated WITH HIM in the Heavenly Realms, an Awakening to who Jesus is IN US and who WE ARE IN HIM, and an awakening to who we are TO THE enemy. All these Awakenings coming to together will lead to a radical transformation of His Bride, and to the greatest incoming of souls that the Church has ever known. And then His Return

Lord Jesus says:

“I am the Beginning and the End. I, the Word, started the Church, and I, the Word, will complete the Church. That is why I am revealing the message that you should not only be full of My Spirit but also My Word. It is this message about My Word that will transform My Bride into the Glorious Bride.”

Robin McMillan: "I Saw Five Wagons of Revival"

When I face certain kinds of spiritual attacks, I have learned to go on the offensive. I lay in bed early one morning prior to speaking in a conference, feeling oppressed and tired even after a good night's sleep. I knew I needed to move in faith, so I began to declare aloud parts of Psalm 91 (paraphrased):

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty, whose power no evil foe can withstand! I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, He is my fortress, my God, on Him will I lean and rely, and in Him will I confidently trust! Surely then He shall deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover me with His feathers, and under His wings I shall take refuge; His truth shall be my shield and buckler."

The power of the Word of God is released when believed and spoken! As I proclaimed these vital verses, the dunamis [power] of God began strengthening my soul. So, I did it again with renewed strength and more conviction:

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty, whose power no evil foe can withstand! I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, He is my fortress, my God, on Him will I lean and rely, and in Him will I confidently trust! Surely then He shall deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover me with His feathers, and under His wings I shall take refuge; His truth shall be my shield and buckler."

Suddenly, I saw in the top of my hotel room a type of open spiritual passageway. I knew instinctively that I could leap into it and be carried into the realm of the heavens. So I did. At lightening speed I zoomed through the atmospheric realm of the prince of the power of the air. I heard demonic voices saying, "Hey, you can't come through here!" I laughed, knowing their attempts to stop me were in vain. I was going, and that was that!
I landed in the heavens in a shadow-like place under a huge dark wing at least 12 feet tall. Tennis ball-size and larger precious stones beyond description exuded from the enormous wing. Gold and silver particles and other precious metals were coming out of the wing. I had never seen anything like it before. I was confused. At first I didn't understand why the place was so dark. I thought angel's wings would be white, but then I realized something.
Had I not just boldly proclaimed that I would dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty? Had I not declared that He would deliver me from the snare of the fowler, you know, the bird catcher? That's quite a promise for a man named Robin! Had I not emphatically proclaimed, "He shall cover me with His feathers, and under His wings I shall take refuge"? I was not under a massive angel's wing but had found refuge under the very wing of the Great Eagle, the One of whom I had been proclaiming.

Five Supernatural Wagons and Their Meaning

In that place the Lord authorized me to bring back and release five wagons of divine substance. The first one was a wagon called "Deliverance from Deserved Consequences." The second wagon was called "Deliverance from Criticism and the Critical Spirit." The third wagon was called "Hope." The fourth wagon was called "Provision." The fifth wagon was called "New Vision for the United States."
One characteristic of this kind of spiritual encounter is that you instinctively know things. I knew I would find the significance and understanding of the wagons in the story of the amazing restoration of Joseph to his father Jacob and his brothers, recorded in Genesis 45. A significant part of the restoration occurred because of wagons Joseph sent to his father to prove he was alive.
And [Joseph] sent to his father these things: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father and for the journey. Genesis 45:23

Then they went up out of Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. And they told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt." And Jacob's heart stood still, because he did not believe them.

But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the [wagons] which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Genesis 45:25-27, emphasis mine
Joseph's words and Joseph's wagons had this effect on his father: "The spirit of Jacob their father revived." That is the first time the word "revive" is used in the Bible. In the context of this encounter it speaks volumes. These five wagons, when activated, have the potential to release revival and restoration. Joseph is the clearest type of the Lord Jesus in the whole Old Testament. Some students of the Scripture had found over 80 similarities between the two. For instance, the disciples thought Jesus was dead, but He was alive and Lord of All. For 22 years Joseph's family thought he was dead. He was not only "not dead" but alive and lord of all Egypt.
Our hearts and this generation will revive when we see the amazing resources of Heaven that Christ Jesus has provided for the world as represented by these five wagons!

Wagon #1 – "Deliverance From Deserved Consequences"

The first wagon was called "Deliverance from Deserved Consequences." Jesus loves people so much that He wants to set them free from their bad choices and decisions. Perhaps you did the wrong thing, you made the wrong choice, yes, you sinned – but, Jesus wants to set you free from what you deserve and the consequences of your actions.

Wagon #2 - "Deliverance from Criticism and the Critical Spirit"

The second wagon was called "Deliverance from Criticism and the Critical Spirit." Jesus can set wounded people free from the effects of people's criticisms to become who He says they are. That wagon is also intended to deliver us from being critical. Remember, Jesus also warned that we would be judged in direct proportion to our condemnation of others.

Wagon #3 – "Provision"

The third wagon was called "Provision." God has provided for the needs and desires of His people. It's all in Heaven. In Matthew 6:10, Jesus taught us to pray, "Your Kingdom come...on earth as it is in Heaven." That means that what happens in Heaven should happen on earth. There are no poor people in Heaven; no sick, nor depressed either! We can access all that Heaven contains.

Wagon #4 – "Hope"

The fourth was a wagon called "Hope." Hope is an indispensable commodity. It is the foundation for faith, for "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). The Apostle Paul said that hope anchors our soul. Hope secures our entire mental welfare and energizes our life of faith! Hopelessness is the fruit of believing lies. Jesus said we would know the truth and the truth would set us free. One who accurately knows Jesus and believes the truth is filled with a hope that cannot be extinguished!

Wagon #5 – "New Vision for the United States"

The fifth wagon is called "New Vision for the United States." In the story of Joseph, Pharaoh provided the very best place in all of Egypt for them, called Goshen, which means "drawing near." James 4:8 says, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." If our nation will draw near to God, He will draw near to us and change our nation! I believe that is going to happen in the United States. We are on the verge of another Great Spiritual Awakening that shall once again reshape our nation.

Activating the Five Wagons

Why were these heavenly blessings in wagons? Wagons are pulled by something called "the tongue." You must properly use your tongue to access what's in them. The wagons I saw were huge, ancient, wooden ones with wheels having big wooden spokes. You could say they were "spoken" wheels. How we use our tongue and our spoken words are so important:
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit" (Proverbs 18:21),
"For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:10).
Each of us may access the contents of these heavenly wagons by believing in the existence of their substance and speaking their reality by an agreement of faith. Jesus has so much for us. The reviving of our nation is His intention. Lay hold of these five wagons and see what happens in your life. The time is now.
Robin McMillan
Senior Pastor, Queen City Church
Email: robin.mcmillan@aol.com
Website: robinmcmillan.me

God knows what He is doing by Jo Ellen Stevens

When we who speak prophetic words come to realize that God knows what He is doing we will not be moved by what we deem as wrong reactions from the hearers. Everyone receives by the Spirit or through their Filter,weather that be a religious filter or a filter of a mindset of prejudice. Weather that may be an issue with the speaker being white ,black, female,Republican, democrat, male or female or with a way that you were brought up or taught by a certain type of doctrine or belief.

Life experiences cause all of us all to hear differently,to process that word differently,but we who claim to speak His word need to trust God in that He knows how to get through to who He is trying to get through to. Sometimes I speak a word of prophecy or a word of knowledge and in my mind it means something totally different than what the person that it was for took it to mean. My temptation in this is to try to explain what I thought God was saying...

It is not up to me to decide what that meant to them that can take us over into control if we do this. We are not responsible for how they receive only for our obedience to speaking exactly what we see and hear. We just can't be tempted to add our opinions to it when we think a person heard it wrong. We must have as much faith in God's ability to speak to them and bring clarification to them as we are in believing that He is speaking his word to us..

We Prophesy by faith the word says.What we have to believe and trust in is simply this..After all The Holy Spirit is the Teacher and he caused them all to hear the same thing on the Day of Pentecost even though they were all speaking in different languages. He knows how to get His word to all that have ears to hear!!

Isaiah 55:8 "For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, Nor [are] your ways My ways," says the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9 "For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isiah 55:10 "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper [in the thing] for which I sent it.