Do You See? Update W/Scripture

 

A Lighthouse In a Storm
A Siren That Warns
A Roaring Of The Sea
A Shaking Of All That Be

Read the Scripture below from a place in the spirit. The Lord is speaking to us in these verses. Time is short, take your place of prayer and service.

Isaiah 24

New King James Version (NKJV)

Impending Judgment on the Earth

Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.


 And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.

The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.

 The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.

The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
And few men are left.

 The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.

The mirth of the tambourine ceases,
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.

They shall not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

The city of confusion is broken down;
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.

There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.

 In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.


When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.

Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, “I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”

Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.


And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be caught in the snare;
For the windows from on high are open,
And the foundations of the earth are shaken.

The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.


The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth the kings of the earth.


They will be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the pit,
And will be shut up in the prison;
After many days they will be punished.

Then the moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will reign
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously


 

 

Something Stirring??

I have something to say, but I dont know how to say it

I have someplace to go, but I dont know where it is

I have something to do, but I dont know what it is



If only there was a way, to unfold the mysteries this day

Wait!!! There is!!!
 
 
Romans 8:26-27
Amplified Bible (AMP)



So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.


And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.



So my friends, if these words stir something in your heart:

I have something to say, but I dont know how to say it


I have someplace to go, but I dont know where it is


I have something to do, but I dont know what it is



 If they cause your inner man to groan for more of God, more of His Plan for your life.....Then ask and you shall recieve power from on high, to be a witness for Jesus, and to recieve The Power and Help of His Holy Spirit, WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES!!!!

He Faithfully Answers Our Prayers!

Psalm 90:16-17
Amplified Bible (AMP)

 Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children.


 And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.



Psalm 65:5-13
Amplified Bible (AMP)


 By fearful and glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas;

 Who by [Your] might have founded the mountains, being girded with power,

 Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples,

 So that those who dwell in earth’s farthest parts are afraid of [nature’s] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy.

 You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth.

You water the field’s furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation.

 You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness.

 The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy.

 The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together.
 

Freedom!!!

I am convinced that there is no oppression, or addiction, that can not be overcome and defeated, by The WORD of God and Prayer. The more intense the addiction or oppression, the more powerful the prescription of The WORD and Prayer needs to be.

God is able to RESTORE! Not just keep you a lifetime addict or in a place of circular oppression, where you are free then bound,free then bound.

Praying in The Spirit. Being in prayer groups that pray fervently in The Spirit. Continually feeding on The Word. Habitually attending a church that is Spirit Filled and teaches the anointed WORD OF GOD! Surrounding yourself with strong men and women of God that know how to pray and know how to stand firm with you. All these things are more effective than you can imagine!!

The Blood of Jesus purchased your freedom! Do not stay bound even one more day!

If you need prayer, leave a comment and I will get back to you. I will not publish your comment. Don't let the enemy have one more day of your life. Choose Life and Freedom in Christ TODAY!!!


Jesus said He came to destroy all the works of the devil in YOUR LIFE!



1 John 3:8
Amplified Bible (AMP)

8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning.
The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].

Turn Away----Turn Toward

I want to share with you today a couple of very powerful experiences I have had recently in prayer. Mainly The Ministry of Prayer. If you scroll down after reading this you will see that many of my recent, and not so recent post, are about Spirit Led Prayer to and for The Body of Christ and YOUR local church.

First let me preface this by saying that I walk a walk that I know that others are walking and have walked. You know if you have been placed by  God in a Prophetic Ministry and/or life. If you don't know, you may strongly feel that there is just something different about your life, something that makes your life not yours to guide or dictate.

 Having said, that this post, and principles in it, will apply to every Christian in every land,from every nation tongue and tribe. Much like how there are gifts that every Christian has and the higher level of those gifts given as Ministry Gifts.

We all have times in life when it seems our prayers are not producing any fruit. Times when we see others receiving the end of their faith, yet the things that are important to us, are just not coming to pass. It can be easy to get discouraged, easy to become hurt. 

Hurt isn't a word normally used in connection with prayer to God. However if we are honest with ourselves there are times that we wonder why God is allowing us to suffer, allowing us to go without those things we hold so dear to our heart. Those thoughts and pressures of the enemy can make us feel hurt, like God has chosen to not give us those things He has promised.


I have been there several times, and it seems it is a continual temptation to take my eyes off The Lord. That brings me to the point of my post.


I have had one those times recently. During several times of inner groaning to The Lord and opening my heart about the things that were coming against me, I felt The Holy Spirit come upon me. It was like He gently grabbed my face, meaning my thoughts, emotions and focus, and turned my heart toward what He wanted me to pray about. 


There have been times that I have sensed His leading to change focus, sometimes I have yielded, sometimes I have chosen to not yield. These time were different. My entire focus was turned away from my issues and troubles toward a few specific needs in The Body of Christ and The Local church here.


Here is the great blessing. I have never entered the spirit quicker and deeper than I did on these occasions. As soon as I yielded, really I cant take credit for it, I felt the anointing rise up within me and descend upon me. I prayed in the spirit on a couple occasions, very specific, anointed and laser like prayers for a specific Missions Leader and his team. Another time, I prayed the same type of specific, laser like, anointed prayer, for the leaders of our church here. There has even been a couple times that I began to sing in the spirit, and was instantly singing an anointed song directed toward The Body of Christ.


I want to encourage you today to trust The Holy Spirit to be your Helper. He is in you and with you for the Purpose to Help and Comfort you. To empower you and anoint you for service to The Body and to be a witness for Christ in the world.

No matter how long you have been praying, or how many powerful experiences you have had in prayer, The Holy Spirit wants to take you deeper and make you a more powerful weapon in His hand!


We have all heard  that when we sow into others we will receive. I have been exhorted that God will lead me to pray for others and then others will pray for my needs. That is not what I am talking about here. This goes deeper, this speaks to being empowered for Service, even during times of trouble and unpleasantness. The type of anointing that Paul had. The kind of ministry that he walked in. He relied fully on The Holy Spirit. If he would have looked toward the environment around him or his circumstances, he would have never finished his race, or won the good fight of Faith.

Paul hints toward this kind of walk that some ministers are called to walk. He speaks about how there are those in the church that were talking about him,his team and his troubles. He says how they are poured out daily as an offering for them. Yet among all the trouble Paul had to endure,all the beatings,imprisonments, deaths and tribulations, he endured. More than endured! He was used more mightily and powerfully than any other Apostle. 


Let me encourage you to allow The Holy Spirit to speak to you today about what He wants you to take way from this post. I am confident that no matter who you are, no matter what country you are reading this in, He will speak to you personally and powerfully!

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Let the Beauty and Delightfulness and Favor of the Lord our God be Upon Us

Sometimes scripture says it ALL!! Pray and Declare these over your Family and Church.


Psalm 90:14-17
Amplified Bible (AMP)



 O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning [now, before we are older], that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.



 Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil.


 Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children.



 And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.


And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.

Psalm Poems

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.



Lead Me To The Rock!



Lead me to The ROCK, that is higher than I
So I may see what you see, with your eyes!


Lead me to The Rock that is higher than I
So I can love the unlovable, and not despise!


Lead me to The Rock that is higher than I
So I will know your with me, in the midst of the fire!


Lead me to The Rock that is higher than I
So I will stand in faith, and march through the mire!

Lead me to The Rock that is higher than I
So I will be your witness, and a carrier of Your Light!

Lead me to The Rock that is higher than I
So I can see Your Land and take it for CHRIST!!!!





Psalm 63:1-2

O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;


My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.


So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.





Your Sanctuary


My enemy has surrounded me
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

Trouble has encompassed me
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

The wicked have plotted against me
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.


False brethren, deceived sheep, have lied about me
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

You are Worthy of Praise
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

You are the ONE TRUE GOD!!
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

You are The Alpha and Omega
The Beginning and The End
The Everlasting Father!!
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

Your Will Shall be Done on Earth
As it is in Heaven
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

I long for your soon Return!!
For The Completion of Your Redemption
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

Psalm 122 Prayer

This is from Psalm 122. My spirit man was drawn to these verses. Alow The Holy Spirit to lead you today in prayer for Isreal and The Body Of Christ!



Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”



For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will seek your good.
 
 
 
 
DESTINY!



There are some voices that are about to go out!
That will raise in The Body a Victory Shout!

 The forces of darkness are shaking in fear!
They know that The Final Harvest is here!


Jesus Our LORD, has risen The Banner of His Word
The Power of His Spirit is about shake the nations of this world…


Jehovah is preparing, by calling His elect into The Light
So they can join His Army, and Engage in The Fight


From the North and the South:The East and The West
The called out ones are coming into their rest!


The voice of The Shepard, The Message of His Blood and The Truth of His Cross
Gleaning the Kings Garden, separating the Silver from The Dross


His name being Exalted, above all that would offend
As The Almighty, All Powerful God…His children He will DEFEND!


This is a battle of His Making and Choice
A separated time for The Triumphant Church to Overcome and Rejoice!


GLORY..GLORY..GLORY….
TO THE LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY!

The Ministry of Prayer

Lets start with our essential scripture verses for The Ministry of Prayer to, and for ,The Body of Christ Locally and Globally!!


Romans 8:26-28

Amplified Bible (AMP)


So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.


And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God's will.

We are assured and know that {God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.


 I feel led by The Holy Spirit to re-emphasize these verses and plead with, whoever He may lead to read this, to take up this Ministry to your Local Church and The Body of Christ Globally.

My heart is assured that we have past a road marker of sorts, in The Spirit. More than any other time in the history of The Church, I believe the Ministry of Prayer as explained and revealed in the verse above is needed, is mandatory and is the call of every mature spirit filled Christian.

Our brothers and sisters in Christ need us. Our leaders need us. We are a family. We are an army and we are connected in a very real way both naturally and spiritually.

There are things that the enemy has sent his servants on assignment to accomplish, in order to disrupt Gods plan for His Children and The Church. There are Angels sent from heaven on assignment for God to bring His Plans and Purposes to pass.

In the middle of this battle is us, The Church! The enemy already has mankind in his grip. His focus is to keep them blinded and buffet the Church so we will lose real Faith in The Lord Jesus and His Word!

The outcome of The war is and has been already determined. However the outcome of the battles we are in now, and will be in soon, depends on The Ministry of Prayer! I will state that again.


The outcome of The war is, and has been, already determined. However the outcome of the battles we are in now, and will be in soon, depends on The Ministry of Prayer.



In closing I will say what I said in an earlier post. There is ALWAYS a part we play in receiving Gods promises. The above promise is no different!


"We are assured and know that [[a]God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose."


We must purposefully take up The Ministry of Prayer for The Local Church and The Body of Christ in The World.

We Must Stand for The WORD!!!! We Must Pray

We are at a cross roads in this nation. Not as a nation, but as The Church in this nation. This nation has chosen her path. Many churches have chosen to side with the enemy and the secular society that  we have become.

Many are asking, what the church can do. Many are still looking toward government and politicians to change things. What an error. How sad it is, that much of the church has become so political,so secular, so out of touch with The Spirit of God, that they are blinded to the most simple spiritual truths.

As I read several different post on a couple social media outlets, I was both troubled and encouraged. I was troubled that there are so many in the church, that claim to be spirit filled Christians, that have embraced the moral compass of a secular and sinful society. There seems to be a growing number of Christians that feel they can pick and choose what to believe in The WORD. Just as troubling, there are even more that feel that a politician or party will be this nations saving grace.

Here is a warning:We must know who we are. We must know The  Word. We must not mistake grace and love for lasciviousness and paganism. It is frightening how many Christians who claim to be spirit  filled, bible believing Christians have more of a pagan view point on sin and salvation.

We must pray. We must clearly define ourselves. We must clearly define what The Word says on the issues that are trying to taint The Church.

We must be on guard! We must not allow a pagan, secular spirit to poison The Church! We must pray and believe that The Spirit of God will heal OUR LAND..The CHURCH.

As a Watchman on The Wall, The Lord has revealed to me today the snare, and the enemy at the gates. But He has also revealed The Answer.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁴ If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

And also this from a Brother in India: 

Prince Caleb Son

 Prayer,Hope

No ocean can hold it back.
No river can overtake it.
No whirlwind can go faster.
No army can defeat it.
No law can stop it.
No distance can slow it.
No disease can cripple it.
No force on earth is more powerful or effective
... than the power of prayer.
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:22

May we heed the warning and seek His Face. May we not allow what the mixture of Paganism and Filth did to the early church, do the same to the Church today. The enemy doesn't much mind religious organizations, he poisoned them long ago. He fears the Spirit Filled Church and wants to pervert it like he did once before. He fears a Church that knows the Word and is free from sin.

Be sober! Be on guard! Be vigilant!

Blind Faith, Untested Faith, Fare Weather Faith will not stand when you come to the place where it seems He will not come through, there will be no miracles, there will be no breakthrough. Some people say Raw Faith is needed, got to be a faith man!!! Sometimes I wonder if these people have ever been really tested.


The faith that is needed at this point is simple faith, when year after year has turned, season after season has changed, prayer after prayer seems to have fallen to the ground for yourself, yet have produced a harvest for others.


You have tried everything to change things. You have done all you know to do. You have gone over in your mind a million times what you could have done differently, what you did right,what you did wrong. Did you make God mad about something..did you miss it.


The only conclusion your natural mind can come up with is that He doesn't care. That those things that are precious to your heart,good things, deep things about family and life, that you have sown for and stood for, are not coming. So many can't come, the time has past, and nothing can bring that season back. So why bother???????


Why bother praying any longer for The Body? Why bother going to church? Why bother caring and praying for people that already walk in those things that are seemingly being with held from you.

There are many text book answers to these questions. Many will answer these questions with an answer that you have heard over and over. Some will say it is self focus, just look outside yourself, love others. All would be true, but none fill the void of those things that your heart longs for, that your soul needs.

So it comes down to just simple faith and three questions.


Is He Good?
Is He faithful?
Is His WORD True?


Yes. So we stand.


We may stand with many tears, but we stand.
We may stand and be angry, but we stand.
We may stand and be hurt, but we stand.
We may stand and feel rejected, but we stand!



He will come through! He does care! He is Faithful! He has a plan! He is full of Grace! He will bring it to pass!!!!
 
So.....Be sober! Be on guard! Be vigilant!
 
Your enemy will use apathy and disappointment to lead you to a state of backsliding and destruction.


Take heart you are in good company!!!!


2 Corinthians 4:8-10

Amplified Bible (AMP)



 We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;


 We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed;


 Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.









 
 

Guard The Vision

An organization will take on the characteristics of its leader. It will draw people with like hearts and vision. This is also true for departments within an organization.


This is why it is so important for a leader to delegate leadership only to those with the same heart and vision. If not, as the organization grows, and more leaders are needed, the farther it will stray from the vision and heart that was given to its founder.


We see our landscape littered with denominations and institutions that, little by little, allowed the founders heart, and the vision God gave to them, to get swallowed up by other agendas and other visions.


Popularity won out over Gods vision. Financial numbers and goals won out over advancing into deeper things and more powerful experiences. Natural thinking won out over spiritual. Self protection, over advancement into uncharted territory.


It is of utmost importance that the founder and leaders of an organization guard and protect the vision and heart of that organization.

The path down a road that leads to it being lost is a gradual one and almost unnoticeable to those within it.

Declare--Repost!!!

When you feel like the children of Israel
Pressed against The Red Sea!

This is what the declaration
Of your mouth needs to be!


That Jesus Christ Is Lord, over all The Earth
And by His mighty hand, your deliverance will be birthed

He is your saviour, your God, your Lord
He is your Father, who is watching diligently over His WORD!

He loves you more, than your human heart can understand
He has paid the price, with His Blood, so you could inherit HIS Land!

He has given you all things freely
That pertain to this life

He has given you Faith and Joy
To replace Fear and Strife

There is only one thing that
You must be diligent to do

That is to open your mouth BOLDLY
And DECLARE HIS WORD TO BE TRUE!

Look at bondage
And declare I am free

Look at blindness
And declare I can see!

Look at fear
And declare I am full of Faith!

Look at depression
And declare strength for the race

Then look away from the problem
And to His Glorious Throne

For in Truth and in Spirit
That is your true Home

And say
I am not weak

But strengthened with ALL MIGHT
According To His POWER

I AM WAGING AND WINNING THE GOOD FIGHT!
I AM NOT SICK


BUT THE HEALED OF THE LORD
THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL


I HAVE FULL FAITH IN HIS WORD!
I AM NOT FULL OF SIN


BUT WASHED CLEAN BY THE BLOOD
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY HELPER


EVEN AS THE ENEMY IS COMING LIKE A FLOOD




So say with me, with a shout from your heart
Say it boldly, say it loud, tear the enemy's lies apart!

I am a child of Light
A new creature in Christ!

I am Born Again, Blood Bought
And full of Power and Might!

I am the head and not the tail
Above only and not beneath

I have on His Mighty Armour
His all powerful SWORD in my sheath

In Him, I stand strong
In Him, I stand Tall

For He who keeps me
IS LORD OF ALL

I AM FREE

I AM FREE

I AM FREE

AND IN HIM WILL FOREVER BE

The Holy Spirit/Tongues/Prayer and The Will of God

Romans 8:26-28
Amplified Bible (AMP)


So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.


And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God's will.


We are assured and know that [[a]God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.




I don't think there is a better translation that brings out the revelation of these verses than The Amplified Bible. I chose to only post three verses, because the revelation is so deep,so profound that I want to be sure the reader grabs what The Lord is saying.

We have heard the verse over and over that says "All things work together  for good....", but is this always true, no matter what? Or, like with any promise of God, is there an essential part we must play?

First, all things don't just magically work together for good. You can choose to do many things, that will quite hinder you, and not work together for your good, can't you? Within yourself, you can't control all circumstances or other people.

What, and most importantly, Who does the scripture reveal, that is esessential to "All things working together for good..."

The revelation about the importance of the ministry of The Holy Spirit in a Believers life, in The Church and in the world on behalf of the Believer, is revealed mightily, not only in these verse, but in this entire chapter of Romans.

My friend you can pray from your mind. You can know The Word, you can be as religious as you like. But unless you are actively allowing God, through His Holy Spirit to partner with you in your labor of prayer, you are missing out on the promises of these verses. Not only for yourself, but your family, your church and your community.

I have stated it before, and without reservation I will state it here. If believers all across the planet, all of a sudden stopped praying in tongues, the foundations of the world would begin to fail, the foundations of government would begin to collapse. The enemy of God and man would reek havoc on The Church and mankind........

The only ministry, that is able to cause all things to work together for good, is The Ministry of The Holy Spirit partnering with the prayers and intercession of The Church on earth. This is how God causes His Will and Plan to come to pass on earth. This is how His purposes are accomplished.

This is why the verse says "who love God and are called according to HIS Purposes". The Church and an individual believer must be standing in a place of salvation and in a place where they have submitted themselves to Gods purposes. Then in that agreement, The Holy Spirit joins forces to cause Gods Plans and Purposes to be revealed and manifested on earth.

Don't limit what God can do through your effectual fervent, spirit filled prayer. He, right now, is asking you to join forces with him, and pray in the SPIRIT, PRAY IN TONGUES! If you have not been baptised in The SPIRIT with the evidence of speaking in tongues, then just ask The Father, and He will do so.

Allow Him to use you to bring His will to earth. Allow him to use your heart and voice to cause all things to work together for good, not only for you, but set your focus even higher, for The Church in The World!!!!!!



Acts 10:44-46
New King James Version (NKJV)
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.




Acts 19:3-6
New King James Version (NKJV)

  And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”
So they said, “Into John’s baptism.”


  Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”



  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.



1 Corinthians 14:18
New King James Version (NKJV)
I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
 
 
 
 

Pray for Healing

The Body of Christ is in need of healing. There comes a time in the life of a believer that the Lord wants them to stand for healing, to stand for what belongs to them.

 We can carry the scars and damage of past sin in our physical body. We can walk around with the remnant of brokenness and pain resonating in our body. Often times, we don't even realize how these things are holding us back, damaging our environment and the very people we are called to love.


The Lord loves us, is patient and merciful to us. However, we must, at one point, yield to His healing and delivering work in order to properly fulfill our mission and purpose.


There comes a day that He will lead us into a battle, that the outcome of ,will not only affect our destiny, but the destiny of others. A battle that will be presented to us as a clear choice, to fight, or not. To progress or not. To take ground or yield ground to our enemy.


So it is, with The Body of Christ, in this nation, right now. We have carried within The Lords Body, scars, pain, unforgiveness, resentment and hate, for far too long. The LORD will have none of it any longer. The Church is His Body, and He demands that those in His Body yield and allow Him to heal.


He is no longer content with allowing his Body to walk this nation broken, scarred, segregated, full of distrust and hate. He is no longer willing for His Body to be out of balance and unhealthy.


He is leading us into a battle of His Making. Many will have a clear choice, to choose healing or not. To fight or not. Those who choose to stand and be healed will enter into a glorious ministry of reconciliation and deliverance.


Those who choose to hold on to the brokenness, prejudice, pain and resentment will remain unhealed and be subject to the attack of hatred that is coming upon this nation. Trying to battle using natural means that are doomed to fail.


I see in The Spirit a new labor of prayer. A battle in prayer to drive out of The Body of Christ all that offends. So that she can be free and able to move unhindered. Yes, drive out prejudice and racism. Yes drive out materialism. Yes drive out the foul political Spirit that has gripped her. Yes drive out dead religion, doubt and unbelief.

Drive out every false doctrine, worthless debate and foolish babbling. So much to drive out, so little time. However what He has determined.....He shall accomplish.




2 Chronicles 7:14-16
Amplified Bible (AMP)



If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.


Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.


For I have chosen and sanctified (set apart for holy use) this house, that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.

 

To Those Who are Oppressed

I feel the years that brought the tears, and the resentment to your heart. I know the pain, of poverty's sting, that tears your hope apart!
 

I have within, my body scars, that I stand in faith for release. But we are redeemed, by The Blood of our God, who gave himself for our peace.
 

So we must love, those who hate, with the love of our King. We must turn from our ways, and healing He will bring!

A Declaration of Thanksgiving!

Father, I thank YOU in Jesus Name, for releasing in Your People an anointing to heal those bound.

Spirit,Soul and Body!

Specifically Father:
Thank you for an Anointing to Heal and Restore to Perfect Function and Harmony these systems:

The Central Nervous System
The Endocrine System
The Enteric Nervous System

I thank you Father for The Fruit this ministry will bring. The Freedom it will bring to your people. I thank you for a revelation of the original intent of these systems in the body before The Fall.

I thank YOU Father, In Jesus NAME, for The thousands, tens of thousands and even millions of people who have never known real peace, full peace, because of disorders and dis-unity in these systems of the body, that will soon be healed and know it!

You did not create them in disorder. You created them to function in perfect unity.
You are the restorer of our souls!!!!!

Oh I see it now!! The Children of God who are already perfected in the spirit man, being released and set free! Able to do exploits like never before. A perfect spirit man, with the use of a perfectly functioning communication system in their body!!!

Like those at The Tower of Babel, except moving in The Will of God, nothing will hinder them. There will be no schism in their heart because the functions of their body will be operating in unity! Whatever they set their mind to do, in Jesus name, they will be able to do.

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I had a dream several years ago, before I took this journey of my own troubles and pain. Before The Lord really began to speak to me about the healing He wanted to bring to His People. Healing of The Soul.

He showed me that even though His children may be free in the spirit and even walking in His Word at a level of freedom, so many have not ever known real freedom as He so longs for them to know.

So many are kept bound, by the communication systems of their body.

How can a child of God be led in His spirit and be led by peace, if The Enteric Nervous System in his gut, the place we tell them to be led by the spirit in, is sending mixed signals?

How can I be led, if my gut is full of butterflies? How can I walk in clarity, if the major communication systems of my body are sending different messages, not working in unity, not functioning in unity with my spirit man?

Yes I know about the renewing of The Mind through the Word. I am not speaking to that right now. I am speaking to physical healing. A physical healing that will require a powerful anointing and will be a sign and wonder in these last days.

Oh my friend, I know this may seem confusing. But, the fruit will be the explanation.
Peace, Unity and clear communication between every part of our being!!!
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I ask that those who read this that have healing gifts in them to ask The Lord for a revelation of this and believe for it to manifest.

HE WANTS TO FREE HIS PEOPLE! HE WANTS TO HEAL OUR SOULS!!!
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This was the dream:

I was walking up and down what seemed to be an Alter Call, but I was not in a church. It seemed I was walking in a place in the spirit. There was a line of people, but again they did not look like people.

They appeared as pillars of light with a round light for a head. I walked up and down the row and when I got to one that seemed to be in disarray, I would stop. The rest of the "people" were a glowing steady light, but there were those that were shaky, in disorder, they were not giving off a peaceful light, but a light that more resembled an unstable electrical current.

At these I would wave my hand toward them, and they would be restored to a calm glowing light.
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Restoration!(Small Edits)

From Addiction to PTSD. There is coming gifts to The Body that will arise with an anointing to RESTORE and heal the deepest part of the soul.

To restore, to its original design, the systems and chemicals that have been put into a state of dis-order and malfunction. An anointing that will actually heal the physical soul, not just dull it with drugs.


God is able and willing!! We will see the greatest miracles we have ever seen. We will see lives,families and generations changed! The healing of a cripple in a wheelchair is indeed a wonderful thing.


However, the physical RESTORATION of The Entire Soul!! Oh that will cause lives to be changed, families to be healed and generational curses to be destroyed in the life of a believer and be a sign of The Love and Truth of God in Christ, to the unbeliever!

We have not fully seen the manifestation of what Psalm 23 means when The Lord says He will RESTORE OUR SOUL!!!

We have not fully understood the significance of that word RESTORE!


RESTORE! Like the abuse never happen!!
RESTORE! Like the addiction never took deep root!!
RESTORE! Like the enemy never gained that horrific stronghold!!
RESTORE! To its' original design!!!

We have told people that once they are addicted they will always be. LIE!
We have told people that they never really graduate from recovery. LIE!!
We have told people that recovery must be a long process, and the scars will always remain.

LIE!LIE!LIE!LIE!

He Shall Restore! He shall show Himself stronger,mightier and more able than any devil that has bound His Children and His People!
Psalm 23:3
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

The Work of God! Revival of Gods Work!

So many people,including myself, miss their greatest chance at ministry, because they do not understand that they are to be the extended hands of Jesus on the earth, not a popular person. Begin your ministry by simply being moved by the compassion in your heart for those He draws you to. HE is wanting to reach through you to set them free. It isn't about you, it is about doing His Work.



Charles Finney knew something of this. He life passion was getting people saved, then putting them to "The Work", as he called it. Beyond salvation you could see the passion in His heart to be sure once the church was established or re-established, that they continued in "The Work" of The Gospel.



In one account of a revival, and even that word "revival", he called a Revival of the Work of God. The community came out with hard hearts at first. During the meeting they were overcome with repentance and were crying out to God. Finney could not get them to listen to The Gospel because they were in a state of complete brokenness and heart ache because of how they treated The Lord.

After this went on for a long while, Finney, began to whisper in the ear of each one, preaching the Gospel to them, each received and were filled with the joy of salvation.



Even over 150 years ago Finney knew that there was a difference between "revival" that brought out odd fleshy manifestations, that caused people to mock "religion", and true revival. He mentions over and over how some Upstate and Northern New York communities were skeptical, because past, so called revivals, made people look crazy or act odd. Finney was well aware of this, and would have none of it.



The Spirit of God rested on his meetings in such a way as to bring repentance to even the most hardened heart. The result  of God showing up to do The Work, was saved souls, healed bodies and minds that were delivered from pain and oppression. As well as The Church being returned to discipleship and The Work of God.



Finney, a man whom The Lord used to really demonstrate what the true meaning and results of revival would look like, would instantly recognize that most of what the church today calls The Work of God, or revival, has been tainted by the flesh and the enemy, making mockery of Gods Work.



Also it would not settle well with his heart that the church has divided so much that The Work of God is locked out of many "settlements" and "communities". Modern denominations are much like they were in his time. The like believers would settle in a community together. He talks of The Settlement of The Baptist, of The Universalist. They settled down together in their own communities separate from other denominations.



His ministry, or The Work of God through him, brought The Gospel of Jesus in Power and demonstration into every community and settlement(denomination). No matter what the name of the denomination, the result of The Revival of The Work of God in each community was the same. Men and Woman coming to repentance, dropping dead religion, turning from sin, and for the first time knowing the True Joy of being Born Again and Saved.

 The end result being?



An established or re-established Church, filled with The Spirit and Power, continuing discipleship and The Work of God. Preaching The Gospel of Jesus Christ!!!!

Mattie Montgomery (For Today) preaching at the Fight the Silence Tour in...

Fatherhood!!!

Fatherhood!!!! What a blessing to see and hear this!!




I Am Living: Mattie Montgomery from Come&Live! on Vimeo.

Am I Ready? Are We Ready?

I have read many books over the past year about the lives and sermons of Great Evangelist and Teachers. This one, that I just started reading is different. It is The Autobiography of Charles Finney.

It is hard to explain. It is like I am reading about how The Holy Spirit works and operates. How He performed miracles, led sinners to salvation, and melted the most hardened heart: Not the man the book is about.

There is something profound about this book. It isn't written in a way I usually enjoy, the wording is language from the 1700's, but God is in every word.

I believe the anointing associated with what I am reading is already starting to operate. I am a bit nervous to be honest.The anointing started to flow in a small post office today that was packed.

The warm oil was upon my face and bubbling in my spirit man, would I have been ready if,like with Charles Finney, The Holy Spirit brought that whole room to The Throne and they began to repent and ask what they must do??

We pray for times like that, we have believed for it again for years...

I want to be obedient and not run. When the rubber hits the Road will I be able to handle it???

YOUR Father Loves YOU!

The loving, caring eyes of Your Father are upon you with great intention and interest. His attentive ears are listening with great concern to your voice, which He loves to hear, and never grows tired of.

He not only sees and hears you, He has the will and ability to care for you, heal you,comfort you, protect you and provide for you.

There is no enemy that can overtake Him. There is no intruder that can snatch you from His Hand. Your Daddy truly is The Strongest Daddy on the playground!

YOUR FATHER is The Lord of All Creation if YOU HAVE accepted His Son as Lord!

Read and Receive!!

I was meditating today on how the anointing seems to be transferred from the pages of the books that I take great pleasure in reading. What is it about reading the autobiographies of  Reinhard Bonnke, Smith Wigglesworth and His Sermons, Charles Finney, Kenneth Hagin Sr, and the like?


It isn't the men themselves that reach through the pages and make a deposit in my spirit. It isn't because they were so amazing or great, although they were made great in The Kingdom for a reason.


Then, I began to see something in way i haven't before. I began to see what it was, besides the anointing, that caused such a deposit of glory and maturity in my Soul and Spirit.

When I read the accounts of the lives of these men or when I read their sermons and teachings, the greatest thing being transferred is how they viewed The Lord and His Word. It is the deposit The Lord put in them, the heart The Lord put in them.


The very high view that Kenneth Hagin had of The Word, The Blood and The Name brings my view of those things to a higher level. His impenetrable Faith in Gods Word is contagious when you read His story and His teachings. His book "The Name of Jesus" will cause any Christian, any true Christian, to honor The name of Our LORD MORE HIGHLY THAN THEY EVER HAD.




The RAW Faith and gruff determination of Smith Wigglesworth is saturated in everything that he wrote and taught. "The Power of Faith"  is one of the most powerfully anointed books I have ever read. Every story has a thread that is unique to Him and His life. His longevity and his refusal to bow his knee to anything of the world, causes the reader to go to new heights in their faith In God and His Word!


The autobiography of  Reinhard Bonnke , "Living The Life of Fire", stands as one of the most powerful  ever written about an Evangelist and in my opinion a modern day Apostle. If you have never read it, get it, read it and you will be in awe at what THE LORD communicates to you through it. So many misunderstand His ministry because they do not know his roots. Discover His roots and unlock a whole world of teaching on evangelism, that is really inexhaustible.


Charles Finney (Read His Autobiography) knew something about the anointing,prayer, intercession, that most have never even scratched the surface of. But you can have a deposit of that same understanding that caused him to be a fit vessel, to advance the kingdom like few in history have been able to do.


I guess the point of my post today is: Don't lose out on what the Lord may have for you through these men that He anointed and called to deposit something into The Church today.


Even if you do not agree with all a preacher has done or taught, don't miss out because of pride or spiritual elitism. There is a thread of power and anointing, because of the understanding these men had, and have,  about God and His Word, about Jesus, and His Blood, His Name and the power and tools He gave The Church to complete His Mission.


I pray that he who has an ear to hear, will hear what The Lord is saying. Don't look to the vessel, look to the revelation The Lord has allowed The Vessel to have, and receive fully from it.


When you read books and teaching from men and woman that advanced The Kingdom, through The Word and The Spirit, read them with your inner man. Don't intellectually look for the theologian in them, look for the heart of God and FOR GOD, That He put in them.

Rest in Him! As He is At Rest in You

Mark 4:35-40
Wind and Wave Obey Jesus

On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.  But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”


There are times in life, even for the most stable Christian, that the circumstances around us feel as if a mighty storm is threatening to destroy our lives. Just like the Disciples it seems as though The Lord is comfortably sleeping in our spirit, while we battle the wind and waves.

I believe with all my heart that The Lord gave us this story, not only to show us He was Lord of all Creation, but to demonstrate to us, what He expects us to do during these times of trouble.

He isn't resting comfortably because He does not care what you are facing, although the enemy would love for you to believe that. He is resting comfortably because He knows what He has declared over your life. He knows that He will not lose you from His hand.

Some of us know what it is like to have everything on the outside calm and at peace, but inside, we have a Major Storm going on. Whether it is a broken place in the soul, that is yet to be healed, turmoil in the mind, or a physical condition that causes distress in the belly of our being, The Lord has taken up a place of rest IN YOU, and He will give you that rest!

However you must stand up in faith, against feelings, against what you see, and declare His Word! Command your heart to be at peace and your soul to be calm. You must CHOOSE to look beyond the waves and the wind. 

Like John, lean back on The Lords chest and take comfort in His presence in you.

I know you see them, I know you hear them. I know they can be frightening,disheartening and troublesome! But!!! The greater one lives in you! If He is at peace in you, you can be at peace as well.

Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing the Word of God!! Look to His word and hold tightly to His promises.

If you are new to the Christian Walk of Faith, He is so good to help you along and rebuke the wind and sea for you, time and time again. If you have been walking with Him a while, He expects you to trust Him and take up a place of rest, even if the storm continues to rage.

You will make it. He has an expected end for you!

IT IS GOOD!!!

Jeremiah 29:11
New King James Version (NKJV)


 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.