"He covers His hands with lightning, and commands it to strike." Job 36:32

First the Power, then the Promise: God's Light Show over Chicago

Aimee Herd (June 30, 2010)

God has always said there would be signs in the heavens and in the earth. This could be a sign that our government, where most of the new team are from—Chicago—should pay attention to the God who is the "Father of Lights." And so should we all pay close attention to the signs sent from Heaven. –Steve Shultz, BCN.

A video camera set up by Craig Shimala captured some amazing action in the sky over Chicago recently, and it's been posted online in slow motion, making it all the more remarkable.

In the first video, several chains of white-hot lightning are seen connecting with familiar landmarks outlining the Chicago skyline—a "triple strike" on the Willis Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower and the John Hancock Building.

But the light-show wasn't over, and fortunately Shimala kept the camera rolling for what came next—shown on the second video.

After a few more lightning strikes, an incredibly complete rainbow forms just over the heart of the city, framing it much like the "Emerald City" was framed in The Wizard of Oz movie.

A Prophetic Warning to Barack Obama like King Nebuchadnezzar Received

With all that is going on in the world, with the economy in tatters, oil spewing in the gulf, spies, polarization and murder in the streets Barack Obama has had a vision.

Let's go back a couple years in history. You remember his election. Many called him a messiah. He even joked about it at a White House dinner. Not that he was, but that people called him such.

For a long time he basked in the glory of his new found adulation. It was at that point that he had a dream. A dream that was a foretelling of hard days to come. To avoid this future he found people like himself to surround and advise him. Many of those people were people with similar backgrounds to his own. Scholastics, academics, idealists, government career people.

He was careful. The dream haunted him. He said to himself, "if I do not deviate I can do this." That is why he has been so careful with the TelePrompter. He has wanted NOT to be found saying or doing things that could bring accusation against his leadership.

He started with pride, like King Nebuchadnezzar . But Like King Nebuchadnezzar he has been warned. Pride is pure plagiarism of God. Lately he has been reminded of the dream of warning.

He has become uncomfortable in his shoes. The coolness with which he governed is rattled. The pressure is under his skin. He is not handling it well. He has the facts, the facts are easy to find, they are everywhere. There just isn't any wisdom. The wisdom that comes from being fathered well and from knowing the father of all fathers has been lacking in his life from birth. That is why he often makes proposals from facts and not from wisdom. He lacks Godly wisdom.

Now Father is saying to Barack Obama, "if you lack wisdom, ask of me and I will give you freely."

He is also saying as he said to Nebuchadnezzar, unless you bow the knee and repent of your dependence on other than ME I will humble you. Your portion will be to lose your right mind for a time. You will see yourself cut off.

He is also saying to Barack Obama, "you were selected to pave the way for greatness for those called of my name from the community from which you and your wife came. I will not allow you to destroy that legacy. They are more important and I have a place for them that you must not spoil. There are those who would say we tried that once and it didn't work, when the next man or woman with similar heritage emerges on the platform of potential leadership."

President Obama, repent, bow the knee. Your presidency is now on the balance. You have been weighed and found wanting. The experience and ability you do not yet posses can become yours supernaturally if you will submit yourself to the Anointing of the Holy Spirit. It's a gift that comes from humility alone. Turn from your prideful ways and wicked advisers.

Wisdom will come when you no longer look to false advisers and confidants. They do not know the Lord of Glory. You do, but He wants you to know him even better.

You have received this dream, this vision, this warning. You know it is true. The decision is now yours.

Your future, Your presidency, our nation and even our world depends on you making the right spiritual decisions.

Bow the knee. Repent Mr President. Put away False Pride. God is God and he will share his glory with NO MAN. Not you. Not anyone. Pride goes before a fall, yours is right at the door.

If you love this country and hate the enemy of our souls, it's time to Pray for Barack Obama. Pray for him to enter fully into the kingdom of God, not as a King, but as a good and faithful one.

Barack Obama

FLEE

David Wilkerson Today

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010

RESIST AND HE WILL FLEE

Satan tempted Jesus with this offer: "All these things will I give thee, if
thou wilt fall down and worship me" (Matthew 4:9). This sounds so outlandish,
so ridiculous, how could it ever be considered a temptation? Believe it or not,
this was a powerful, enticing offer. Satan was challenging Jesus, saying, "I
promise that if you'll merely bow down at my feet, in a single act of worship,
I'll quit the fight. I'll give up all my power over these realms. I won't
possess or enslave anyone else. I know that you love humankind enough to be
accursed by God for their sake. So, why wait? You can sacrifice yourself right
now, and free the world from this moment on."

Why was the devil willing to give up all his power for this? He was trying to
save his own skin. Satan knew his eternal destiny would be sealed at Calvary.
So, if he could just keep Jesus from going to the cross, he might spare himself
that fate.

You may be wondering, "How could this possibly relate to me?" Satan still
tempts the righteous with a similar offer. Satan comes to us with threats and
accusations. He tells us, "You don't have to worship me—because I already
have access to your flesh. I know all your weaknesses. So, go ahead and testify
about your freedom in Christ. At the moment you're singing your loudest praises,
I'll overpower your mind with evil. I'll bring up your sin to you so powerfully,
you'll despair of ever being free. You are powerless."

How do we answer Satan's accusations? "Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you" (James 4:7). It doesn't matter how many temptations Satan throws at you.
You needn't fear any sin from your past. If Christ's blood has covered it, then
the devil can't do anything to separate you from the Father.

Words of the last few days

There have been words of wisdom and knowledge abundant in the past few days. I thought sharing them would be helpful:

If what you do is about YOUR ministry, YOUR gifting, YOUR kingdom, YOUR strengths it's not God, it's a Spiritual Ponzi Scheme. It must be about People. That's the God Agenda. Apostle John Eckhardt

When flesh takes a fresh revelation and touches it, it becomes so perverted it no longer gives life Apostle John Eckhardt

IF a service doesn't include Miracles, Deliverance, Prophecy, Healing and the supernatural, It's not a church service, it's just a social gathering.
Last Night, Apostle John Eckhardt

A teacher will help you get your facts right, but a SPIRITUAL FATHER will help you get your heart right!!! We have too many teachers and not enough Fathers in the Body of Christ. I read that in a big black book I carry around.

You can't impart what you don't possess. I keep getting this over and over again. Strive to become what others want to receive from you. Be possessed by the Power of God and you will have people asking...How can I have that TOO? It's more than speaking in tongues and dancing turn around. It's living a life of fruitfulness, order, peace, Joy and maturity. Your destiny is tied up in all that. Live your Destiny.

A mate, a person you share life with will double or cut in half your ministry. Look at Solomon. Tremendous destiny. But, he didn't finish well. It was about the wives. For Women, it's double true. Connect with the wrong man and he will trample destiny in your life out of you. There are great Men looking for Great Women. Greatness, even unmanifested will attract greatness. Look for Greatness, not good enough

Every Church's Mission and Purpose should be to get people healed up, delivered and secure in Salvation. After that they need more. Don't be a one trick pony. There is much to be done in the Body of Christ.

• The key to Spiritual Productivity, not agendas and activity
• Evangelism as a lifestyle, not a project
• To be Built Up in the Faith
• To be prepared for the work of the ministry
• To have the proper emotional strength to stand persecution
• To know that You can Make it
• To know you are not a loser
• To believe that you are going to win this battle
• To discover and achieve your purpose
• Building hope
• Saving lives
• Be ready to be sent out to expand the kingdom
• To live free of religion, needing only Jesus

The Rejection - The Prophet Jeremiah - A word from Denise Gansmann

Denise has been a long time corespondent. I saw this word and felt like it would speak to someone. It did to me.

Generational curses have a way of trying to awaken again through blame and accusations in the family. I understand the pain of past hurts; having at times of past felt abandonment issues from both parents, I realized it was not personal but a result of their own struggles with addiction or mental emotional displacements at the time.

I look at the experiences of Jeremiah the prophet to rise above rejection, into purpose and vision. As I read the book of Jeremiah I see the constant rejection he received from the people. He is no stranger to the pain for he says " I am afraid of their rejections". In Jeremiah's message is given hope to reform, change, restore. There are times the whole city rejects him even placing him in humiliation in the arm stocks, and placing him in a mud cistern. The abandonment is deep, but with Jeremiah it is only a abandonment to God, and he will suffer any amount to just get the people to a place of hearing the word from God that would save them, to warn them of the fall of the city, to bring a chance for restoration. He tries to get them to a place to see that their rejections are only a root of their own rebellion and indifference toward God.

Jeremiah's rejections have a purpose, a visionary word on the edge molding him secretly into a leader, reformer, Prophet and Restorer of man. All his rejections are thrust upon him since birth and only thru affliction is he chosen as Prophet. He is torn, abandoned and punished. He learns human nature enough now to strive to move the people forward to reform and changes leading to restoration of city and families. This prophesying is divine purpose and powerful...."Direction not rejection", if we could in our own rejections touch this....God does not deliver Jeremiah out of the rejection, he is placed in it where he prophesies powerfully.....reform, change and so the complete destruction of the city does not happen. He is moved to speak further from God in Jeremiah ch. 30, "Your hurt is incurable, your wound grievous, there is none to help you, I will restore health to you and your wounds i will heal ". There is hope to a seemingly incurable conditions. Stripped of all human resources before they were prepared to turn to the healing that only God could provide. "Direction not Rejection". Reading Jeremiah is hauntingly beautiful, moving, the experience of rejection is to the full but with the Prophet it is redeemed to purpose and spoken out over the people and families to bring reform and restoration. His unselfishness is focused to warn and save the city from ruin. I am moved to his focus as powerful......interceding over the city....he is compassionate, all to familiar with the hearts and nature of man having experienced himself many rejections and pains...always on the edge of a lamentation but never far from redemption.........selah.

At the end Jeremiah is given a safe place to hide in the guards quarters, the guard believes in his prophesy and together they watch the city burn as all the previous prophecies start to come to pass. There are some rumors and archaeological findings that the Prophet Jeremiah fled eventually to Egypt on ship and then to Ireland for the rest of his days. I want to think perhaps it was true that he found some rest from all the years of rejection in the emerald quiet grassy meadows of Ireland...........

This is the 111th passage in “Scripture… As We Live It“:

On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside at least 10% into the offering plate and store it up let the church keep it in its bank account, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting the church can give me a portion when I come. (1 Corinthians 16:2 re-mix)

(Please read the first post for an explanation of this series.)